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<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IPad 2 frenzy in China]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TheiPad 2 debuted in China this morning to what is fast becoming a standard reception: massive lines and quick stock-outs.That the device had been unofficially available on the market--through sellers who brought it into the country after buying the device overseas--did little to quell demand, which drove hundreds of hopeful buyers to queue overnight outside Apple's four stores in Beijing and Shanghai. &quot;When we arrived here at around 4 a.m., there were already more than 500 people waiting,&quot; an Apple security guard at the company's downtown Beijing store told Xinhua. &quot;The crowd rose to some 1,000 people when the store opened.&quot;Sales began promptly at 8 a.m., the first retail stock-out was reported about four hours later, and by Friday afternoon the iPad shipping estimates at Apple's Chinese Online Store had gone from &quot;1-2 weeks&quot; to &quot;No Supply.&quot;So a very strong first-day showing for the iPad 2 in China, and one that suggests Apple's decision to make China top priority is paying off in a very big way. According to Analysys International, Apple was able to claim a 78 percent share of China'stablet market with the first iPad. How much more will it claim now, given the staggering response to the launch of the second(Credit:M.I.C. Gadget)Story Copyright (c) 2011 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 411: Family plans and headphones while driving]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Should you switch to the Verizon iPhone to save money Maybe not.(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I'm stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at nicole.lee@cnet.com. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let me know in the e-mail.Question: I am in a family plan with my brother and mom through AT&amp;T. I have an iPhone 3GS and the other two are not smartphones. Our bill is $185 with me=$78 mom=$85 bro=$23 with 1,400 minutes and 2 of us have 200 texts per month. The bill is high, seeing as my mom doesn't text and my brother only calls and texts. I have unlimited data and never go over 2GB, but I don't want to lose it just in case. I've been waiting for the newiPhone to come out but I've read it may be a nano iPhone, which I wouldn't want. What do you suggest we do to get a cheaper bill Should I switch to Verizon for the iPhone 4 My mom wants me to get my own plan so the bill is cheaper for them even though I pay my portion every month. I don't want to get another phone' I love the iPhone, but alone it will cost at least another $30 more. -- Peter, via e-mail$185 is a lot to pay a month, Peter, especially if you can get something cheaper. I looked over what the current AT&amp;T family plan pricing is for 1400 minutes ($89.99), a 200 messaging plan for two people ($20), and a legacy unlimited data plan ($30), and it should still add up to around $139.99 a month, not the $185 that you quoted. Perhaps there are additional fees that your family has incurred, or maybe you need to call AT&amp;T and negotiate a new deal.Aside from that, I would look into your monthly calling habits. If most of the calls your family make are to other mobile phones, then I would suggest looking into a cheaper minute plan. AT&amp;T offers unlimited mobile-to-mobile calls to any carrier, so the monthly minutes you buy only apply to landline calls. If you don't make a lot of landline calls, I think you can get away with a 550- or 700-minute plan that costs $30 to $20 less. Also, I know you like unlimited data, but if you never go over 2GB, then you could also consider going to a $25 monthly plan to save some extra money. If you're running into overage charges with texting, I would suggest moving up to an unlimited family messaging plan, which is only $30 for everyone.As for whether you should switch to Verizon, that's completely up to you. In the overall scheme of things, I don't see it saving you much money. As you say, you have to pay around $30 more a month anyway, and Verizon has even said that it won't likely keep its unlimited iPhone plan for very long.P.S. And about that nano iPhone rumor: Please note that it's just a rumor. Nobody aside from Apple really knows what the next iPhone will be just yet.Question:What would be the best headphones to use while driving I drive a truck over-the-road and would like to listen to myiPad, but can't find any that allow you to drive while using them. -- Bob, via e-mail Bob, I hope you didn't mean to write that! You absolutely should not use headphones while driving--it's dangerous! Now, if you're asking about a mono Bluetooth headset, I can certainly recommend a few from our Best Bluetooth headsets list--the Jawbone Era is good, as is the Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus. You could even go the wired headset route, as long as you remember to only use one earbud. Even then though, I suggest not listening to your iPad that way' it's safer if you use some kind of an auxiliary jack or an FM transmitter, so you don't need to fiddle around with the headset.   Nicole Lee     Full Profile E-mail Nicole Lee   E-mail Nicole Lee If you have a question or comment for Nicole Lee, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Nicole Lee is a senior associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also a fan of comic books, video games, and of course, shiny gadgets.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile: Business as usual for now]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T announced today it had entered into an agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The news was unexpected and sent the technology world into a frenzy, and naturally, it has many AT&amp;T and T-Mobile subscribers wondering what's next.Of course, T-Mobile customers have more to gain or lose in this deal, and to ease some of the early anxiety, the carrier has posted an FAQ on its Web site, outlining how the acquisition will impact their service. For now, you won't see much of a change. T-Mobile will continue to act as an independent company until the merger goes through, which the company expects will take about 12 months. Until then, your service, data plans, selection of phones (read: noiPhone just yet), and billing will remain the same. In addition, T-Mobile states that any contract plans entered into before the change of ownership will be honored. The carrier goes on to explain how the acquisition is good news for customers, as it will improve voice and data service and ensure 4G LTE coverage for 95 percent of the population--something T-Mobile says that neither it or AT&amp;T could have done on its own. We have reached out to T-Mobile for additional information on how the acquisition might impact the product portfolio, data plans, and contracts and will update this story once we have more information, but the carrier says that customers will receive advance notice of any changes to service.Despite this reassurance, the reaction from T-Mobile customers has been apprehensive to say the least. Let us know what you think in the comments section below.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan crisis challenges nuclear around the world]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Even as the world tensely monitors Japan's nuclear crisis, it's clear that nuclear power will face harsher public scrutiny and a reevaluation of nuclear's expansion.Last week's powerful earthquake and tsunami shut down the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and crippled the cooling systems at three reactors. According to reports, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company said that one of the cores, No. 2, has been temporarily exposed to air, risking a meltdown of the nuclear fuel or metal cladding around the fuel rods.A close-up of a nuclear fuel assembly being placed into a nuclear reactor core at a U.S. power plant. Click for a slideshow of the inside of a nuclear power plant. (Credit:Martin LaMonica/CNET)As Japanese officials deal with multiple crises from one of the five largest earthquakes in recorded history, the ripple effects from the nuclear power emergency are being felt around the world, shaping public opinion and raising the bar for safety. &quot;In terms of being a social catalyst, this could change the requirements for using the technology and it could have a big effect,&quot; said Michael Golay, a professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. &quot;To a large extent, it depends on how competent a job the media does.&quot;In the U.S., it's likely that there will be a review of the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to earthquakes, particularly in active zones such as California, experts said. Six reactors in the U.S. use the same design as Fukushima Daiichi, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute, and most of the U.S.'s 104 plants were built in the 1970s and 1980s. In addition to a review of current plants, Congressman Edward Markey yesterday called for a moratorium on new plants in seismically active zones, saying that a quake the size of that in Japan would endanger existing U.S. plants.Amid public demonstrations, German officials today put in place a three-month moratorium on the extension of operating lives for existing nuclear plants in order to review safety standards. Swiss officials suspended approvals for three new plants to reconsider safety levels and study what happened in Japan. Similarly, India said it will review all nuclear reactors. At Fukushima Daiichi, engineers are using the improvised technique of pumping seawater into the reactor core to keep temperatures under control. Even though the nuclear plant stopped operating after the quake, residual radioactive material is still generating heat and needs to be cooled for what is called a &quot;cold shutdown.&quot;To lower the pressure from steam in the containment building, engineers are venting steam which contains radioactive versions of cesium and iodine. Japanese officials have created a 12-mile (20-kilometer) exclusion zone so people are not exposed to the low-radiation steam. The release of this radioactivity gas is higher than the normal amounts people are exposed to from the environment but poses &quot;minimal health risks,&quot; a World Health representative told AFP.There have been two explosions at the plant caused by the build-up of hydrogen from the cooling operation, with one occurring today, according to the Japanese government. Neither blast is believed to have damaged the metal shield of the containment dome, which is crucial in keeping radioactive gases and the core contained.Although it's still an unfolding situation, experts say that the crisis will not result in the same level of damage that occurred in 1986 at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union which was a different design and didn't have a containment dome. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the Chernobyl accident was classified at the highest rating of seven, while the Fukushima Daiichi event, as of Sunday, was classified as Level 4, an &quot;Accident With Local Consequences,&quot; lower than the Level 5 rating given to the 1979 Three Mile Island accident. Last-ditch cooling effortsUsing the Three Mile Island accident as a guide, cooling the core with seawater at Japan's Fukushima plant reactors could take several days, said Andrew Kadak, the director of nuclear services at consulting company Exponent and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Venting of steam to relieve pressure could continue on for months, The New York Times reported yesterday. Four of the Fukushima Daiichi plant&amp;39's six reactors are shown in this satellite photo from Geoeye via Google Earth. The reactors are the four tall buildings inland of the four longer buildings' the Pacific Ocean to the east is on the bottom of this photo. Reactors four, five, and six had been shut down before the earthquake and tsunami, but plant operators are struggling to cool down units one and three and it's believed there has been a partial meltdown in unit two.(Credit:screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)The fuel in a nuclear reactor, which is often uranium oxide, is shaped in long thin rods made of individual pellets. To stop the atom splitting that generates heat in a nuclear chain reaction, metal tubes called cladding fit over fuel rods to make what is called an assembly. Dozens of assemblies, each generating heat to make steam to turn an electricity-generating turbine, are placed under water in a core.What Japanese engineers are furiously trying to avoid is a meltdown where the assemblies in the core are exposed to air for a long time and cannot be cooled. In the case of a full meltdown, the assemblies melt, turning the solid fuel into a lava-like or wax-like fluid. Japanese officials today said that even in a worst-case scenario, the melted fuel will not cause the type of dangerous radiation exposure that happened at Chernobyl, according to reports. If the containment building remains intact, then radioactive material from the fuel will not leak into environment. It's possible that the melted fuel would melt through the floor in the containment building, The New York Times reported today. Kadak, however, said that is highly unlikely because there is water in the containment building outside the nuclear reactor core. That means the molten fuel will be able to turn solid and remain there, Kadak said. As in Three Mile Island, the core would be left to decay for several months and then cleaned up, Kadak said. Weighing risksBecause the situation has not yet stabilized and many details on precisely what went wrong when are still not known, it's not clear what lessons nuclear plant operators and regulators can apply from the Fukushima accident, experts said. But the events will certainly inform the public dialogue around nuclear power, said Neil Wilmshurst, the chief nuclear officer at the Electric Power Industry Association, a utility-funded industry research group.&quot;You have to make an assumption of the maximum earthquake, the maximum tsunami, every external event. Around the world, there's a constant review and update of those designs,&quot; he said. &quot;This will be one of those events that will be studied in tremendous detail and will influence decisions going forward.&quot;Opponents to nuclear power were quick draw attention to the health risks of nuclear in disasters. Dave Lochbaum, the Nuclear Safety Project director at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said that the incidents underscore the inadequacy of safety in U.S. plants, many of which are designed to cope with power outages for only four hours. Dozens of plants in the U.S. don't comply with fire safety regulations, which could compromise back-up systems. At Fukushima, back-up generators to power the cooling pumps were apparently knocked out by the tsunami that followed the earthquake and back-up batteries also failed to work, according to reports. &quot;Reactor emergency plans in the U.S. rely on the assumption that a reactor accident would be the only demand on emergency response resources. The accident in Japan is just the most recent reminder of the need to revisit emergency plans to ensure that people get the help they need even when disasters overlap,&quot; he wrote. Supporters of nuclear power say that the crisis in Japan is being blown out of proportion in relation to the larger emergency in dealing with the aftereffects of the earthquake, where as many as 10,000 people could be killed and the economy severely hurt. Whether nuclear power plants should spend the money to enact more stringent safety requirements, such as impact from earthquakes the size of Japan's, is a question that society has to answer, said MIT's Golay.&quot;We have a pot of resources for public protection and we have to decide how to use them. We're talking about very expensive remedies and it's a social choice,&quot; he said. &quot;If we do that, we're not going to protect ourselves against other things or we could spend the resources elsewhere like better schools, for instance.&quot;Support for nuclear power appeared to have been building among the public in the U.S. over the past few years because nuclear plants offer emissions-free electricity generation at large scale. Some new plant designs use so-called passive systems, such as gravity, to power cooling systems, avoiding the problem of power failures.&quot;New plants are on an order of magnitude--ten times--safer than the existing fleet and they did this by improved designs,&quot; said Kadak. &quot;If people worry about global climate change, then they cannot take nuclear off the table.&quot;The Department of Energy has promoted the development of modular, relatively small-scale reactors as a way to more quickly bring nuclear power online and as a technology U.S. companies could sell abroad. In a press briefing yesterday, the White House press secretary said President Obama continues to support nuclear power plants and that U.S. plants had been built to withstand strong storms and earthquakes, The Hill reported. Federal government loan guarantees to build multibillion nuclear power plants is considered a key piece to any future energy legislation.Whether and how much the so-called nuclear renaissance will be slowed by the events in Japan remains to be seen, said MIT's Golay. &quot;What we have seen in the past is when shocks occur, there's (stalling) for five years and if everything goes well, society becomes more tolerant,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hologram staff to get flyers through security]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For me, it's the American Airlines check-in staff in Miami. For some reason, they seem to function in such chaos that they are desperate for you, the passenger, to have as miserable a time as they seem to be having.&amp;quot'Hello, can my hologram help you&amp;quot' Airport employee Julie Capper poses with a hologram version of herself. (Credit:Manchester Airport)For you, it might be another airport whose staff members make you wish that the nice, but very firm, lady from Tabatha's Salon Takeover would perform a flyover atop their attitude.Now some enterprising, technology-loving Brits are attempting to see if virtual staff can be more helpful than the skin-and-boned.From this week, passengers in Terminal 1 of Manchester airport will be greeted by smiling, happy, and possibly even helpful airport staff. For they will be holograms of the real staff, presumably created to reflect their brightest, most cheerful selves.According to Sky News, the airport was inspired by hologram tricks used by the band Gorillaz into creating staff holograms that will make you feel you are not in a very unpleasant airport jungle.The airport has worked with a company called Musion, which has helped the Black-Eyed Peas and outdid itself when its technology was used to bring Frank Sinatra back from the dead so Simon Cowell could enjoy his singing (and, perhaps, critique it) on his 50th birthday.Julie Capper and John Walsh, the two airport employees chosen to be the models for this new form of passenger-herding, will for now remind passengers about current liquid restrictions, but any message can be recorded. If the pair seem slightly bemused that their virtual selves will be helping passengers have the right amount of liquid in their hand luggage.Perhaps if their virtual versions perform well, Capper and Walsh might secure extra vacation. Indeed, Capper told Sky News: &quot;I wonder if I can send it to meetings in my place and whether anyone will notice.&quot;I wonder if anyone will notice whether they aren't real as they relay the faintly silly rules of engagement to those going through security. Still, if you've ever wanted to walk straight through the sometimes very busy bodies of certain airport staff, now you can go to Manchester and try a dry run.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RightNow acquires Q-go to improve customer service with natural language search]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Natural language processing specialist Q-go was just acquired by RightNow Technologies for $34M. RightNow handles customer service for companies: It operates customer support centers and can handle every interaction with customers via company websites, email, mobile apps, support communities and social media.Many web sites only recognize keywords in searches or provide static FAQs (frequently asked questions). But Q-go&amp;'s research shows that 70-80 percent of customers use more than two words in a query and 70 percent are unable to find what they are looking for.Q-go&amp;'s technology recognizes the meaning and intention of a question rather than just matching words. For example, &amp;''How do I cancel my subscription&amp;'' can mean the same as &amp;''I want to close my account.&amp;'' By matching all versions of the same question with the correct answer, Q-go reduces customer support costs. Instead of having frustrated customers forced to contact a call center (this costs $4-10 per call) or send a customer support email ($13-20 per customer including follow-up mails), they receive the correct answer immediately via the web site.Q-go can also identity gaps in the answers a company is providing to customers&amp;' questions. It&amp;'s easy to see how RightNow could take Q-go&amp;'s natural language search beyond the web site into email or social media interactions.Q-go operates on a SaaS (software as a service) business model and supports all major Western languages. Major customers include banks, telecommunications companies and airlines. These are among the industries most notorious for providing bad customer service, so they could use all the help they can get.Q-go was founded in 1999 and is based in Amsterdam.Next Story: Is Bill Gates a green hypocrite Previous Story: Android Trojan Soundminer can a4Aheara4 credit card numbersPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: customer experience, customer relationship manager, natural language searchCompanies: Q-go, RightNow          Tags: customer experience, customer relationship manager, natural language searchCompanies: Q-go, RightNowCiara Byrne is a full time techie and part-time writer. She has worked as a software developer, team lead, engineering manager and mobile standards expert. Ciara is based in Amsterdam and her interests include creative companies, useful technology, torture by piano and cycling in high heels. Follow her on Twitter at @deciara. VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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