Pikom And Partners To Create 150 Community PC Centres
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- HP profit beats expectations on PC sales
- PCs invade the livingroom
- Netflix Thinks Inside the Box
Pikom And Partners To Create 150 Community PC Centres
Bernama – May 20, 2008
The project will also see the integration of 1945 existing Economic Planning Unit (EPU) telecentres into community PC centres in two years’ time. Led by Pikom the project features seven partners comprising Microsoft Lions Clubs CyberCare Hewlett-Packard Intel Telekom Malaysia and Cuscapi. “As it is widely recognised that there is a great digital divide between citizens in the city and the rural areas there is valid fear that the divide is only getting bigger” Pikom chairman David Wong Nan Fay said at a press conference here to announce the project. “Thus Pikom sees a need to address this issue by bringing ICT (information and communications technology) capabilities to the people in rural areas… The project will also see the integration of 1945 existing Economic Planning Unit (EPU) telecentres into community PC centres in two years’ time. Led by Pikom the project features seven partners comprising Microsoft Lions Clubs CyberCare Hewlett-Packard Intel Telekom Malaysia and Cuscapi. “As it is widely recognised that there is a great digital divide between citizens in the city and the rural areas there is valid fear that the divide is only getting bigger” Pikom chairman David Wong Nan Fay said at a press conference here to announce the project. “Thus Pikom sees a need to address this issue by bringing ICT (information and communications technology) capabilities to the people in rural areas.
The open source alternative
BBC News – May 20, 2008
For many years buying a home computer has been synonymous with buying a copy of Microsoft’s Windows operating system. But now led by the US computer giant Dell it is getting easier to purchase a PC loaded with a cheaper alternative. Windows is a significant part of the cost of a new system so not having to buy it with your machine can save you a packet. Windows is the market leader and Mac S is the equivalent operating system pre-installed on new Apple machines. But for the past year Dell has been selling systems pre-installed with Linux the free open source alternative. Windows lookLinux is the basis for a vast array of other operating systems like Debian RedHat and Ubuntu.
HP profit beats expectations on PC sales
Seattle Times – May 20, 2008
78 billion or 65 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. n an adjusted basis HP earned 87 cents a share. The computer maker and technology services provider’s revenue rose to $28. 3 billion from $25. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected adjusted earnings of 85 cents a share on $28. 11 billion in revenue.
PCs invade the livingroom
Australian IT – May 20, 2008
module-item –> In truth though the concept hasn’t been as quick to catch on as many technology companies hoped. It seems the concept of using a PC or computer as the central hub of a home entertainment network proved a bit much to handle for many consumers for whom a television a sound system and a computer were different devices and never the twain should meet. Nevertheless there were always going to be tech-savvy users who were quick to see the benefits and the signs are that at last the message is spreading beyond the confirmed technophiles. It’s pretty hard to track exactly how many Australians are now using home Media Centres. Not everyone who has a PC equipped with such capability or even a home network is a user but indications are that it is growing dramatically from just a few years ago when consumers were less than enthusiastic. According to analyst IDC in 2006 about 5.
Netflix Thinks Inside the Box
Motley Fool – May 20, 2008
At a reasonably cheap $99. 99 it’s hard to beat the price. It does however have built-in Wi-Fi (and an Ethernet port for the wired set) to stream films after roughly a minute of buffering. The player’s biggest selling point is that access to digital movies and TV shows is free for Netflix’s 8. Netflix began allowing streaming of select titles… There is also the rub of having to add a movie to your Netflix queue via your computer before it becomes available on the Roku box. Netflix promotes that as a feature to remove TV-screen clutter but it complicates the process by putting more preplanning into the streaming effort. Models change “For a one-time purchase of $99 Netflix members can watch as much as they want and as often as they want without paying more or impacting the number of DVDs they receive” Hastings notes in this morning’s press release. That sounds great but will it last? Netflix already alluded to taking margin hits on its instant streaming service last year.
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