Thursday, 20. November 2008, 06:09:46
Magazine, Search, diary, news
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Google recently launched an online photo album, which includes the "Life Magazine" collection of a number of 1,000,000 have never been displayed to the public the photos. Users can browse through
http://images.google.com/hosted/life about 2,000,000 photos. Google plans to "Life Magazine" collection of 10,000,000 scan all the photos and on-line publication.
"Life Magazine" collection of photos can be traced back to the Civil War period, some of the photos related to the theme of the 20th century, the most important events, such as the Kennedy assassination photos. Qoop.com customers to buy pictures.
In order to attract more Internet users use Google's search engine, Google will be a variety of different types of information online. In the past four years, Google scans dozens of libraries around the world by several million collection of books.
Google with "Life Magazine" show that Google's cooperation began to set foot in the field of professional photography. Google will work with other large gallery of the agency signed a similar cooperation agreement.
Friday, 14. November 2008, 07:57:33
fun, news, traffic, Search
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Market research firm comScore Media Metrix has announced the U.S. A presidential election on polling day news Web site traffic rankings. According to the list, Yahoo News to 7,600,000 unique visitors and 2.6 billion page views among the major achievements of the top news websites.
On polling day, users on Yahoo News Political Dashboard, the average view time of 14.2 minutes. In the polling day and vote a day later, Yahoo's traffic information is 5 times the normal traffic.
In the polling day, Yahoo search on the election of the search than the number of votes the day before an increase of 780 percent over the same day last week, an increase of 4600 percent. "Election" into Yahoo! OneSearch day of the most frequent search keywords.
Throughout the 2008 presidential election, Yahoo News has become the number one Internet news site. In the three months prior to election day, Yahoo News has become the only three months in a row over 40,000,000 visitors an independent news Web site. In the Democratic Party and the Republican National Convention held during the Yahoo News two weeks in a row over 21,000,000 unique visitors.
Thursday, 23. October 2008, 07:10:59
fun, blog, diary, news
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates concluded by the end of June this year in Microsoft's day-to-day work, he has quietly set up a new company. Gates's new company called BGC3, may be to focus on Microsoft, Gates Foundation and other companies to provide information services, similar to a "think-tank."
Gates, the new company BGC3 there is a complete high-tech office space, a secret name, but also have their own trademarks. Public documents show that the new Gates is a "think tank." Is this the next Bill Gates is a big business? A person familiar with Gates said that the establishment of the Gates BGC3 only purpose is to coordinate Microsoft, Gates and his philanthropy as a means.
According to public information display, BGC3 company, formerly known as Carillon Holdings, was established in March of 2008. In July this year, Gates in the end of the day-to-day work ten days after Microsoft, Carillon Holdings changed its name to BGC3. BGC3 to set up headquarters in Kirkland, from the Gates home in the vicinity of the lake close to Washington. BGC3 in Sept. 29 to apply for a BGC3 trademarks and logos C3. BGC3 plans to use the trademark in the end do what is not clear.
BGC3 in the end what it means? The logic is that Bill Gates Company Three, that is, in the Gates of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after the third of the company. Gates means that people will play a new idea together.
Thursday, 16. October 2008, 06:16:08
industry, diary, news, life
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With the October 8 announced spin-off manufacturing operations, and the United Arab Emirates to receive ATIC84 billion U.S. dollars of investment, AMD continues 30 years of R & D and manufacture of integrated business model declared end to the post in the R & D and manufacturing of products, a new model .
In the competition, and Intel, AMD has achieved outstanding results, but Intel still occupy most of the chip market share. The industry said that while AMD over the past few years have been frequent launch of the quad-core, the three nuclear, PUMA platform and high-end graphics products to enable Intel by surprise, but Intel's manufacturing advantage by virtue of the core, control and the industrial chain of attracted. AMD's initiative to change that in the AMD and Intel to maintain the same technological advantages, the business model is to find new opportunities.
At present, the global semiconductor industry is undergoing change, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, the rise of manufacturing strength, in order to make Intel, Samsung represented a major challenge IDM model. In a detailed division of labor of the times, Taibaodalan the IDM model and related industrial chain could be further remodeling, and AMD out of the 30-year extension of the business model, adapted to the evolution of the global semiconductor industry trends, use of external resources, Will have more flexibility in co-operation.
AMD can change the offensive against Intel appears to be remains to be seen, but this series of AMD's action will help it to make better use of their advantages. Leading-edge technology with market-oriented mode of production will help AMD chips in the war to win the next high ground. Although AMD take the initiative in changing the business model constitutes a threat to Intel, but the replacement products, AMD will have enough to maintain competitiveness.