Archive for August, 2010

20
Aug

Profits up for HP and Dell

American computer manufacturers Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have published on Thursday 19 AOT, benefitted from the rise for the quarter ended in July with better than expected increases in sales of PCs.

HP, the world number one computer, has displayed an increase of 6% benefitted from its $ 1.77 billion (1.38 billion euros). The turnover is also consistent with prvisions group, 30.72 billion dollars (23.98 billion euros), an increase of 11% over a year. “The strong performance of HP in troisime dmontre quarter the power of our strategy options and excutive discipline” is how the director and director FINANCIAL gnrale intrim by Cathy Lesjak, quoted in the group communicated. ” / p>

Between May and July, the IT group has RALIS the majority of its sales outside the U.S., especially in the BRIC (brazil, Russia, India, China). Servers and storage have recorded sales up 19% to $ 4.4 billion (3.4 billion euros), over 19%. The software has been growing mitigates (2%) 863 million (673 million euros). The group maintains its global position in Premire PCs with a 12% increase in sales of 9.9 billion dollars (7.7 billion euros), a growth of 10% for laptops and 27% for desktops, both led by corporate clients.

action group, however, declining 1.10% 40.21 dollars (31.38 euros) to midnight (Paris time) at the following electronic exchange of power clture New York. She has lost 13% since the Departure of Mr. Hurd, vinc following accusations of sexual harclement by an ex-service group, which has a dclench Internal Investigation into the group.

his ct, Dell has benefitted sky is clear a net increase of 16% during the same Periods, 545 million (425 million)-thanks a lift off 22% of turnover, 15.53 billion dollars (12.12 billion euros). “The commercial activity Dell continues to enjoy a amlioration demand for all products and services, and in all Regions , has indicated the group communicated in Texas.

boss and company founder Michael Dell was excluded from the market shelves, and No. Apple iPad is highly dominant for now, Dell and o is absent, it might jeopardize the revenue growth business. In the U.S., “The PC market is around eight million units (…). The market shelves, I’m not the percentage that goes sr attended by delegates” said Mr. Dell.

action group nevertheless have cd 2% 11.80 dollars (9.20 euros) in foreign exchange market out.

18
Aug

Because life is hard enough

When we were young and carefree with no responsibilities life was plain sailing. The only thing we had to worry about was going to school and playing with friends. Now as we grow older, life seems to get more complicated as we struggle to meet the daily demands that are thrown at us. A new site thingsaboutlife.com has been launched to provide lifestyle tips, tricks and advice to help with the daily grind.

14
Aug

Oracle’s suit against Google

L ‘editor computing Oracle has announced Thursday it has sued Google for patent infringement, on Java technology. Oracle had Ratchet Sun Microsystems, the Java editor in January.

Oracle believes that Google has “ knowingly, directly and repeatedly rape Oracle’s own intellectual ” in the dveloppement Android, the operating system for mobile telephony Google.

The Java programming language to be compatible with all platforms dveloppement. At the end of years 1991, Sun Microsystems had sued Microsoft, accusing them of using his language a Manir too restrictive. In 2001, the two companies had reached an amicable agreement. Microsoft had $ 20 million to Sun, but cess by default to include Java in its Windows operating system.

11
Aug

The United States asked its allies to help stop Wikileaks

T ET Daily Beast rvle that U.S. demand Great Britain, Germany and the Australia to open Investigation into cons Julian Assange, co-founder and spokesperson of Wikileaks, the website spcial in the publication of confidential documents, which has published tens of thousands of reports from Afghanistan by U.S. weapons.

amricaine Justice has opened an Investigation into and hopes that other governments as part of the coalition in Afghanistan to do the same. Whereas with Obama in the rvlations Wikileaks have endangered all soldiers present in person in Afghanistan, amricains as allies.

Opening Investigation into other countries also limit the means of Mr. Assange moved in, of Australian nationality, but who lived in the United States. The spokesman Wikileaks has chosen to stay in Europe, on the advice of his lawyer, to avoid a possibly arrest. Since the publication of the “Afghan War Diaries,” Mr Assange has given a news conference in London, and has apparently made it to Germany, but his place of rsidence is unknown. On Monday, he had canceled a news conference rules provided London, evokes a “logistical problem “.

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APRS The Daily Beast , diplomats amricains would also pressure on Iceland. APRS is a scandal of censorship during the tlvision FINANCIAL crisis, the country wishes to become a haven for journalists and adopted a law last June for extremely protective of sources and people who dvoilent malfeasance. The United States fears that Wikileaks can not find refuge in it.