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<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When Steve Jobs isn't happy, he really isn't happy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bewinresamie</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Did anyone really expect the Apple CEO was all sweetness and light(Credit:CC Whatcounts/Flickr)Sometimes, when things go wrong, some people can say things they might regret.On the other hand, some people can say precisely what they think, in language that's unmistakably descriptive.In the latest issue of Fortune magazine--yes, it's gettable for your iPad--there are several nuggets of joy about Apple and the way Steve Jobs ministers to his flock.Perhaps the most telling--and surely the most unsurprising--involves the somewhat punchless launch of MobileMe in 2008. The servers tended to crash and the loading times were somewhat pedestrian.So, Fortune relates, the Apple CEO called the MobileMe team into his office and reportedly got a little cross.&quot;Can anyone tell me what MobileMe is supposed to do&quot; he reportedly offered. Someone in the room ventured a response, reportedly one that made an awful lot of sense.&quot;So why the f*** doesn't it do that&quot; retorted Jobs.Oh, and apparently that wasn't all. &quot;You've tarnished Apple's reputation,&quot; Jobs apparently declared. &quot;You should hate each other for having let each other down.&quot;That would have made for an awful lot of hating. And it would have meant a lot of hating to handle for the new executive Jobs apparently named to run the MobileMe team during the very same discussion.This &quot;Inside Apple&quot; article then offers other radiant details, bound to make for fascinated minds. It reports how meeting rooms are checked for bugs before presentations' how Apple holds &quot;Top 100&quot; meetings, attendance at which is coveted by many' and how Jobs had a hand in designing the shuttle buses that take employees from San Francisco to Cupertino.It's fun to hear of these little amusements. But, really, should anyone be surprised Is any company as closely identified with its leader quite as much as Apple is So, how can anyone not imagine that, along the way, he'll get mad, he'll micromanage, and he'll have his idiosyncratic versions of inspirationSome of it must work, right <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Smart meter radio frequency emissions low]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bewinresamie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[With millions of smart meters projected to be installed, opponents have raised concerns over the health impact from the radios inside these two-way meters.Industry group the Electric Power Research Institute today released the results of tests that show the radio frequency emissions of one smart meter fall well below the federal safety threshold. It measured the radio frequency energy coming from commonly used Itron smart meters, part of a few tests it's doing in response to public health concerns.Testing Itron meters for RF signals.(Credit:EPRI)In some places, such as Northern California, there is fierce opposition to smart meters because of concerns around privacy or health. The rollout of smart meters has inflamed worries over people's sensitivity to radio frequency signals from items such as cell phones and Wi-Fi routers. Though there is ongoing study on the effect of cell phone signals on people, smart meters are relatively new and have not been researched as much. Smart meters are equipped with a radio to send data from a meter to a utility on regular intervals. Meters can act as part of a mesh network, sending collected data from a neighborhood to a central point. With a greater amount of real-time data, utilities can more quickly locate outages and use energy more efficiently by closely gauging demand. Consumers, too, can get more insight on when and how they use energy. In practice, meters are not on continuously but instead transmit data in quick bursts several times an hour, averaging about a minute and a half of transmission time per hour, according to EPRI.EPRI's measurements of RF signals from in front and behind a smart meter found them well below the Federal Communications Commission's safety limits. The strength of the signal dropped with distance. Because smart meters transmit for only a small fraction of the day, the RF level in actual usage would be less than 1 percent of the FCC limit, EPRI said.Echoing other analyses, EPRI also published a chart showing that other smart meter RF emissions fall below those from cell phones, cell phone base towers, microwave ovens, Wi-Fi routers.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft earnings get boost from Xbox, Office]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bewinresamie</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft beat Wall Street's expectations today with its fiscal second quarter earnings. For the three months ended December 31, Microsoft earned $19.95 billion in revenue, or 77 cents per share, on $6.63 billion of net income. Analyst estimates from earlier in the week had pegged the software giant's revenues at 69 cents per share on $19.2 billion in revenue. In the same quarter last year, Microsoft earned 74 cents per share on revenue of $19 billion, though that included $1.7 billion in sales that had been deferred from the previous quarter because of Microsoft'sWindows 7 coupon program. Not including that deferment from last year's numbers during the same quarter, Microsoft said that its second-quarter growth rate for revenue was 15 percent, with earnings at 28 percent.The star of the quarter was Microsoft's Entertainment and Services division, which saw a 55 percent growth, bolstered by breakout sales of the Kinect at more than 8 million units and theXbox 360 console, which topped 6.3 million unit sales. Microsoft also attributed the group's success to subscriptions of Xbox Live, which went up 30 percent year over year, and strong Xbox game sales.&quot;We are enthusiastic about the consumer response to our holiday lineup of products, including the launch of Kinect. The 8 million units of Kinect sensors sold in just 60 days far exceeded our expectations,&quot; Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft, said in a statement.Also pushing high, double-digit growth was Microsoft's Business Division, which grew 24 percent year over year. Microsoft attributed some of that success to Office 2010 being the fastest-selling version of the software suite for consumers. The group also posted a 9 percent growth in its multi-year licensing revenue, as well as double-digit growth of revenue from its SharePoint, Lync, and Dynamics CRM products. Missing entirely from Microsoft's earnings release was mention ofWindows Phone 7, which launched in Europe and Australia in late October, and in North America in early November. Yesterday Microsoft announced sales of 2 million of the devices since its launch, though that was to mobile operators and retailers and not necessarily customers. During the company's conference call, Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein said that the company was pleased with the initial response, but that the company still has &quot;a long road ahead of us.&quot; As for PC sales--something of interest to analysts and investors alike given recent reports of a sales slowdown--Microsoft said that the total OEM revenue growth was 2 percent for the quarter. That's including an adjustment for last year's deferred revenue from Windows 7. Going into the next quarter, Microsoft said it anticipates segment revenue in Windows and Windows live to be in line with PC market growth. Even so, the company said that it's now sold more than 300 million licenses of Windows 7, making it the fastest selling operating system ever. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Online Services Division, which includes Bing, MSN, and the company's advertiser and publisher tools, posted a $543 million loss. That's slightly better than last quarter's $560 million, but not by much. For a more in-depth look, here's a chart of how each of Microsoft's individual business units performed: (Credit:Microsoft) Update at 2:45 p.m. PT: Some assorted tidbits from the company's quarterly conference call:   &amp;149' On the slowdown of PC buying: Klein said Intel's Sandybridge, and AMD's Fusion processors are making the company &quot;bullish&quot; about improving the computer refresh outlook for the year.  &amp;149' On cannibalization from tablets: Klein noted that Netbooks already hit their peak, but that it's not just tablets, it's a handful of other device types. These were classified as &quot;secondary&quot; devices, though. &quot;That's caused a little bit of drag on the consumer side,&quot; he said.  &amp;149' On Bing: Klein said the company is &quot;laser focused&quot; on growing search share and the revenue on that search share. To do that, Klein said the company could continue to do a lot of the same things it's doing now--like enhancing the product with new features.  &amp;149' On Kinect: Klein noted that Kinect promises to make the Entertainment and Devices division even more profitable based on margins. &quot;The long-term story is a good one,&quot; he said, saying that if the company continued to build on its install base, it would end up with higher attach rates for new services and games.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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