HP and Bang & Olufsen collaborate to deliver premium audio experience

HP  and Bang & Olufsen today announced a collaboration that brings the globally recognized sound of Bang & Olufsen and B&O PLAY to HP’s PCs, tablets and accessories.

“Audio plays an important role in the experience customers have on their PCs, tablets and accessories whether it’s watching a movie, listening to music or Skyping with friends and family,” said Ron Coughlin, senior vice president, Personal Systems, HP. “With their passion and expertise, we are thrilled to work with Bang & Olufsen to create exceptional sound experiences for customers.”

“Bang & Olufsen and B&O PLAY have a long heritage in delivering great music and audio experiences for people no matter where they decide to enjoy their media,” said Tue Mantoni, CEO, Bang & Olufsen. “We are excited to collaborate with HP to bring our iconic sound to HP PCs.”

Iconic Sound, Innovative Devices

HP and Bang & Olufsen will custom tune each notebook, desktop, tablet and accessory for precise sound. In all HP devices that carry the Bang & Olufsen or B&O PLAY brand, a dedicated audio island isolates the sensitive audio circuits from other signals on the motherboard. The headphone jack limits the amount of metal parts to reduce ground noise to help further perfect the audio experience on HP devices.

HP devices include an audio control panel which allows customers to customize and enhance their audio experience based on preset configurations tuned by HP and Bang & Olufsen. Customers can choose from optimized presets or manually tune the sound to their liking.

The first HP personal computing systems with Bang & Olufsen and B&O PLAY audio will be available this spring. The Bang & Olufsen brand will appear on HP’s Spectre, OMEN, ENVY and select commercial PCs. The B&O Play brand will appear on HP Pavilion PCs, tablets and PC audio accessories.

Socomec Announces Three new UPS for Indian Market

Socomec, French based MNC company further strengthens its market-leading position with the launch of three new UPS solutions MODULYS GP, ITYS PRO and ITYS E for the Indian market. The new product ranges will add in to existing wide range of products and targets Data centre, IT, Service sector, Infrastructure, healthcare, light industrial applications.

The group continues to invest strongly for innovation and technology leadership for bringing high quality products in the market. It has in-depth understanding of the market dynamics and provides solutions that are adapted to customer requirements and fully in keeping with international standards.

Addressing the media persons at the event, Mr. Sushil Virmani, Managing Director, Socomec Innovative Power Solutions said, “As we know today world where the pace of business constantly accelerates, the customers are looking for dynamic infrastructure that aligns business and IT asset to support overall business goals. They would need scalable, flexible, cost effective, lesser footprint, efficient and reliable solutions. The equipment installers require solutions that are easy to order and operate with minimal effort and time. As our specialists are in constant touch with the customers to sense their demand evolution, we are able to bring the solutions with the effort of our R&D team that meets our customer requirements. We are excited to launch these new solutions that will further strengthen our product portfolio and our market position”.

MODULYS GP

MODULYS GP is the 100% modular and fully redundant Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) of the Green Power 2.0 family and it is the result of Socomec’s 20 years of experience in providing modular solutions. It not only ensures the highest levels of power availability and scalability for critical IT infrastructure, but also provides the necessary margin for unforeseen evolutions in the design of secure infrastructure projects.

Key facts

-       Available from 50 to 200 kW.

-       100% modular and 100% redundant UPS, 100% SOCOMEC and 100% European.

-       No single point of failure.

-       System flexibility and scalability guaranteed during the service life of the IT infrastructure.

-       Compliance with the EU Code of Conduct (CoC) governing data centres that aims to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

-       he architecture, incorporating an innovative Socomec’s “Forever Young” concept, combines a user-friendly system with the rapid implementation of many associated professional service packages allowing to protect the business by the latest UPS technology

-       The output and performance levels of the MODULYS GP have been tested and verified by an independent body

-       The first of its kind on the market, the MTBF value of the power modules has been certified as having the highest ranking on the market by an independent body (IEC 62380).

ITYS PRO

The UPS range that combines high performance and cost-effectiveness

Compact but fully equipped, easy to use and flexible, ITYS PRO simplifies each step of the project - from the design through to installation, including all maintenance operations. This ensures business continuity and reduces the total cost of ownership for the electrical infrastructure.

Key facts

-       Single-phase and three-phase UPS from 10 to 20 kVA

-       VFI "online double conversion" technology

-       95% Efficiency

-       Power factor: 0.9

-       3-level technology

-       System flexibility and scalability guaranteed during the service life of the infrastructure

ITYS E

Affordable and reliable protection for sensitive IT and electrical applications

Key facts:

-       Single-phase UPS from 1 to 10 kVA

-       True online double conversion technology (VFI)

-       Constant output voltage and frequency regulation makes ITYS E compatible with different applications, operating environments and GenSets.

-       Automatic bypass supplies the loads in the event of overloads or faults.

-       Compact tower UPS system saves space in the operating environment.

-       No particular configuration on first startup.

-       Easy connections via IEC 320 sockets or terminals.

-       Wide input voltage tolerance limits the switchovers to battery mode prolonging the battery life.

-       Manual bypass for periodic or emergency maintenance.

Do-It-Yourself day for Texas Instruments

Deepak and his friends wanted to stop adjusting the tap every time they wanted hot water at the ‘perfect’ temperature. They decided to design the Auto Temperature Adjustment Tap or ATAT.

Manoj and Baskaran are green enthusiasts who worry about the plants withering on their balcony each time they leave home for holidays. They came up with a solution that can take in to consideration weather data and then waters the plants remotely for them.

John, Manoja, and Prathap wanted to analyze their car’s mileage data, driving speed, and other parameters which could improve the health of their car and style of driving. The result – ‘Hale car’ that offers real time driving feedback, and makes all this data available on the user’s mobile.

These three innovator teams were among the more than 30 Texas Instruments (TI) India employees who showed off their inventions towards earning the title of a ‘Chief Geek’ at the TI India DIY day. The Do-it-yourselfers are all engineers at Texas Instruments India, who work on such projects in their spare time, proving that creativity doesn’t stop at the end of the work day. It also reflects the culture of innovation at TI. The projects involve TI parts, such as chips and sensors, or products that use TI technology.

The worldwide TI DIY program aims to recognize and encourage TI hobbyists to innovate using TI devices and technology. The “DIY with TI” program which started as a pilot worldwide in 2013, quickly gained popularity and momentum, with India hosting its first ever exclusive DIY day this year.

From the ‘Huduku’ gadget which helps track misplaced things like keys, to designing a  ‘Quiz Buzzer’ for conducting in-house quiz competitions using TI’s renowned Launchpad, the MSP430, TIers showcased all sorts of ideas before the jury panel, making it a challenge for them to identify the one ‘Chief Geek’.

“TI turns ambitious dreams into realities by creating technologies and products that improve and enhance our lives. In the same vein TI Do-it-yourself hobbyists turn to technology towards creating interesting real life solutions”, saidSanthosh Kumar- President and Managing Director, Texas Instruments India. “It is very inspiring to see TIers participate with such enthusiasm in the DIY event showcasing their passion towards TI technology.”, he added.

Prathap Ghorpade, John Roshan Samuel & Manoja Vinnakota collectively won the title of ‘Chief Geek India’ for their unique creation ‘Hale Car’, an innovation which obtains car running parameters and diagnostic data, making it conveniently available on the driver’s mobile. The innovation provides real-time feedback on the driving parameters and helps maintain a ‘healthy’ car.

Innovated by Manoj R & Baskar, the creative ‘Garden Care over Air’, which is anIoT based solution designed to water their plants remotely based on factors such as weather and humidity, was announced the 1st runner up. Innovation in stocking kitchen ingredients, in the form of  ‘KitchenomaTIc’, a Near Field Communication (NFC) based application, that allows users to maintain grocery inventory in the kitchen, won Shinjan Pal, Prathap R & Pheroze Verma the 2nd Runner Up spot.

“ ‘Hale Car’ was what started as a simple idea of obtaining mileage counts, not being present in vehicles currently, became a passion for us helping realize how a larger ecosystem could benefit from this through vehicle diagnostics and monitoring of driving patterns. We see problems in our everyday life but find it challenging to identify workable solutions. The DIY platform gave us an opportunity to find this solution. TI provided a lot of encouragement and mentoring in the last 2 months of hard work that we’ve put in. Happy to see that our efforts have been recognised,” said the TI India Chief Geeks.

HP, New Storage Capabilities to OpenStack Kilo for Cloud Computing

HP announced it has made multiple contributions to the OpenStack Kilo release, including new converged storage management automation and new flash storage technologies to support flexible, enterprise-class clouds.

Drivers such as data growth, software-defined data center technologies, and the Internet of Things continue to fuel cloud adoption. Enterprises are deploying OpenStack technology to overcome private and public cloud challenges, including costly vendor lock-in, lack of control or customizability, and inability to scale applications for the cloud.

As a testament to the company’s ongoing commitment to open source cloud technology, HP is a Platinum Founding member of the OpenStack Foundation and a key contributor to multiple OpenStack projects, including funding, code, reviews, testing, and training. HP currently holds eight Program Team Lead positions and four Technical Committee membership positions. In addition, two HP employees currently sit on the OpenStack Board of Directors.

HP storage contributions increase storage efficiency in open cloud environments

HP’s storage contributions to the OpenStack Kilo release focus on two strategic goals: supporting application-centric, automated, converged storage management; and, helping make environments that use Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) server virtualization technology truly enterprise-ready.

These contributions are designed to increase storage and management efficiency in order to reduce acquisition and operational costs in cloud and hybrid environments via the following new capabilities:

• Evaluator Scheduler—improves management productivity and increases resource efficiency by automatically assigning storage resources to meet incoming requests based on workload requirements.
• Adaptive Flash Cache—reduces the overall cost of delivering I/O-intensive workloads in cloud environments by allowing “flash caching”—the use of flash capacity as a virtual extension to storage system DRAM cache.
• Thin Deduplication with Express Indexing—drives up capacity utilization and increases the life of flash drives used for virtualized workloads by 75 percent via data compaction using inline, block-level deduplication.
• Manila files services—allows HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to serve both block and file workloads in open cloud and hybrid environments using a single, cost-optimized pool of storage that occupies one third less space.

“Enterprises today struggle with the ‘all-in-one’ cloud model because they don’t use a single operating system or database software or management tool,” said Narayanan Chellappan, Country Director, Cloud Division, HP India. “HP’s approach is to support a flexible hybrid cloud infrastructure with open source technologies as its core DNA, and this includes a commitment to supporting OpenStack technology at the storage layer.”

http://techdailyinfo.com/hp-new-storage-capabilities-to-openstack-kilo-for-cloud-computing/

PNY releases HP v150w Flash Drive

PNY Technologies, world renowned manufacturing giant for USB and Memory products, has announced the release of the new and compact HP v150w. The HP x150w offers an easy and extremely convenient way to transfer, share and store all your digital media files like images, music, videos and more. Whether you want to grab and move with your digital files, the v150w is the ideal solution for you. Its slim and streamlined appearance makes it lightweight and portable enough to be carried around, stashed with all files of all shapes and sizes like your homework, or business projects. This small, pocketable drive is your to go storage device.

The drive comes in a sturdy plastic housing with a striking color pattern of black and blue. It’s resilient to dust and scratches and is completely waterproof.

This stylish drive not only looks good on the outside but performs high-speed transfer of files in mere seconds. USB 2.0 specification makes it compatible with other USB 2.0 configured desktops and notebooks available in the market.
The v150w has a unique cap less design where you can easily slide the drive to the end and expose the USB port underneath it. This allows you to carry the drive anywhere you want without worrying about a misplaced cap or fear of it getting lost. The sliding cap design protects the USB port from any external damage and provides a secure haven for your important files.
For added mobility, the drive also features a strap hole located at the top of the drive. Loop a mobile strap around it or wear it as a lanyard and make it a stylish accessory or simply attach it to your backpacks, wallets or key chains. Create a style statement by being creative and sporting the drive however you like.

BODY	Dimensions	9.5 mm x 17.2mm x 55mm
	Weight	8.8 g
STORAGE		64 GB
OPERATING SYSTEM		Windows 2000/ XP / Vista, Windows 7, 8 Mac OS: 10.3
WARRANTY		2 Years

Huawei new Flagship Smartphone, P8

P8 – where science meets aesthetic beauty

The star product of the launch is the Huawei P8 smartphone, a perfect blend of technology, sleek styling, usability and revolutionary low light camera features. The Huawei P8 is the culmination of the rich heritage of the P Series, which was introduced in 2012, focusing on style and functionality. More than a smartphone, the P8 strikes a perfect balance between beauty, minimalist aesthetics and usability.

P8’s design inspiration comes from the ancient tradition of libraries and hardcover books.  Sleek, simple and elegant, it features a flat front and back design, ultra-narrow beze. Superior craftsmanship means that the LCD screen, one of the largest ratio of screen to body in the industry - taking up 78.3% of the surface.

The phone is 6.4mm thin, with dual SIM cards, and works seamlessly with a 4G network (where the service is available). Despite its advanced functionality, P8 is also one of the most user-friendly Android 4G smartphones with easy-to-use innovative features. The body is slimmer with a longer standby time than ever before, with 2600mAh battery and Kirin 930 64-bit Octa-Core chipset.

Introducing a new philosophy for camera design, P8 camera is optimized for low light and high contrast. It is the best light painting camera smartphone available in the market today, offering DSLR-level independent image processor. Director Mode is the industry's first professional-level video capture function, which allows the P8 user to direct and control up to three other Android phones when shooting a video scene from four angles simultaneously, and also to instant video clip editing.

User-friendly advancement

The Huawei P8 is designed to have a natural connection to human nature, providing solutions to common pain points and meeting consumers’ needs. For instance, addressing the problem with people often misplacing their phone, you can now wake up the phone by Specific Voice command: Speak “Where are you,” the phone will answer back with music and a voice message.

"The goal of Huawei P8 is to become the most user-friendly smartphone for consumers globally" said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, "Through in-depth market research, Huawei has addressed the most pressing pain points for premium smartphone users today. Huawei seamlessly combines the best elements of style and durability in this device, delivering a revolutionary user experience – especially in terms of camera capabilities and network connectivity. Building on the outstanding market performance of Huawei’s P series, we fully believe the Huawei P8 will become one of the most popular smartphones of 2015."

The “people, car, and home” connectivity

Ensuring a seamless user’s experience, Huawei has also design the fashion and innovative wearable products and accessory to consumers, such as Huawei TalkBand B2, work in synch with P8 can be remotely unlocked without entering a password, moreover, locate your phone with just one simple touch in B2. Huawei AP007 13000 mAh Power Bank has two USB slots to charge two devices simultaneously and supports 5V 2A output to make the charging process quicker, to cater to the modern day user’s need to keep their devices powered throughout the day while on the go. Bringing consumers a smart and limitless experience, while staying connected to the world at all times through the scene of “people, car, and home” is the key business strategy for Huawei.

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE
BODY	Dimensions	144.9 x 72.1 x 6.4 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.25 in)
	Weight	144 g (5.08 oz)
	Build	Corning Gorilla Glass 3 back panel
	SIM	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.2 inches (~71.4% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels (~424 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
		- Emotion 3.1 UI
PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
	Chipset	HiSilicon Kirin 930/935
	CPU	Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
	GPU	Mali-T628 MP4
MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
	Internal	16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA	Primary	13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, optical image stabilization, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	1080p@30fps
	Secondary	8 MP
SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.1, A2DP, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
	NFC	Yes
	Radio	TBC
	USB	microUSB v2.0, USB Host
FEATURES	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
		- XviD/MP4/H.264 player
		- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player
		- Document viewer
		- Photo/video editor
BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Po 2680 mAh battery
MISC	Colors	Titanium Grey, Mystic Champagne (16 GB model)
		Carbon Black, Prestige Gold (64 GB model)

http://techdailyinfo.com/huawei-new-flagship-smartphone-p8/

UC Browser beats all charts in IPL, 2015

UC Browser, India’s No.1 mobile browser with over 41% market share (as of 2014 year-end, according to StatCounter)received a total of 35 million shares, 5 million comments and over 1.5 million likes from its fans through the course of recently-concluded cricket league 2015. The opening and the final match saw the highest traffic with 6 out of 10 fans using UC Cricket every day of the tournament. Over 6.5 million people took part in the ‘guessing game’ contest on UC Browser. Millions of users managed to stay up-to-date on their favourite teams and players using the UC Browser application.

According to the UC Browser report, finalists Chennai and Mumbai emerged as the most popular teams. Virat Kohli-led Bangalore was the third most popular team of the tournament. Delhi versus Chennai was the biggest upset of the season with 67% guesses going in favor of Chennai, according to the UC Browser report.

Talking about the cricket fever, Kenny Ye, MD, UCWeb Indiasaid: “As the most popular mobile browser in the country, UC Browser witnessed a huge influx of mobile users. To make sure the services ran uninterrupted, we assigned a special team to keep a close eye on the traffic flow during the recently concluded cricket league.”  

 http://techdailyinfo.com/uc-browser-beats-all-charts-in-ipl-2015/

Quick Heal becomes Business Partner for IIIT, Pune

After partnership with Microsoft and Intel, the leading IT security product company Quick Heals next big achievement came when it was chosen as a partner by Maharashtra Government for the state-of-the-art, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Pune. Rolta India Limited and Hubtown Limited have also been selected as the business partners for the venture.

Mr Kailash Katkar, MD & CEO, Quick Heal, said, “It is an honor to be associated with an illustrious project such as the IIIT. It is only while setting up Quick Heal – the country’s largest software product company, today – did I realize the power we Indians have when equipped with knowledge and the right direction. I’m grateful to the Government of Maharashtra, who have given us the opportunity to help them create an infrastructure that will provide students from all sectors gain access to quality education.”

Maharashtra Government’s State Cabinet has approved for the project in Pune, after Nagpur to be setup on Not-for-profit Private Public Partnership (N-PPP) model.

This aims to produce best-in-class human resources in IT, harness the multi-dimensional facets of IT in various domains and contribute to the global competitiveness of different sectors of Indian economy & industry with application of IT in selected domain areas.These IIITs are conceived as research-led institutions contributing significantly to the global competitiveness of key sectors of the Indian economy and industry with application of IT in select domain areas.

Old War Horse,TL-WR841HP gets New Strength

With 300Mbps wireless speeds, TP-LINK’s TL-WR841HP High Power wireless router is redefining Speed and Range.

Global giant TP-LINK networking products provider, announced their latest High Power 300Mbps router in India. The router delivers exceptional range and speed, which can fully meet the need of Small Office/Home Office (SOHO). Its high speed is ideal for streaming HD video, making VoIP calls and online gaming. Featured with high power amplifier, 2 * 5dBi antennas and high transmission power, the device greatly boosts Wi-Fi performance.

Superior wireless range is provided with high power amplifier and two detachable external 5dBi high gain antennas to enjoy wireless network not only in indoor areas but also in outdoor. Enhanced Wi-Fi signal provides incredibly strong penetrability, cutting through walls and obstacles, eliminating any dead zones.

For guests sharing your home or office network, Guest Network Access provides secure Wi-Fi access in a controlled manner without exposing private Wi-Fi access codes or other personal data. Restricted access policies for children or staff and IP-based Bandwidth Control can be configured with the device and SPI & NAT firewall will makes sure that devices are protected from any unwanted attacks.

Specifications

HARDWARE FEATURES
Interface	4 10/100Mbps LAN Ports 1 10/100Mbps WAN Port
Button	WPS/Reset Button
External Power Supply	12VDC / 1A
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b
Antenna	2*5dBi Detachable Omni Directional Antenna (RP-SMA)
Dimensions ( W x D x H )	6.6in.x5.1in.x1.2in.(168.5mmx130mmx31.5mm)

WIRELESS FEATURES
Frequency	2.4-2.4835GHz
Signal Rate	11n: Up to 300Mbps(dynamic) 11g: Up to 54Mbps(dynamic) 11b: Up to 11Mbps(dynamic)
Reception Sensitivity	270M: -71dBm@10% PER 130M: -74dBm@10% PER 108M: -74dBm@10% PER 54M: -77dBm@10% PER 11M: -91dBm@8% PER 6M: -89dBm@10% PER 1M: -97dBm@8% PER
Transmit Power	CE: <20dBm(2.4GHz) FCC: <30dBm
Wireless Functions	Enable/Disable Wireless Radio, WDS Bridge, WMM, Wireless Statistics
Wireless	64/128/152-bit WEP / WPA / WPA2,WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK

SOFTWARE FEATURES
WAN Type	Dynamic IP/Static IP/PPPoE/ PPTP/L2TP/BigPond
DHCP	Server, Client, DHCP Client List, Address Reservation
Quality of Service	WMM, Bandwidth Control
Port Forwarding	Virtual Server,Port Triggering, UPnP, DMZ
Dynamic DNS	DynDns, Comexe, NO-IP
VPN Pass-Through	PPTP, L2TP, IPSec (ESP Head)
Access Control	Parental Control, Local Management Control, Host List, Access Schedule, Rule Management
Firewall Security	DoS, SPI Firewall IP Address Filter/MAC Address Filter/Domain Filter IP and MAC Address Binding
Management	Access Control Local Management Remote Management

Xerox comes up with four new Mobile apps

Business apps are gaining traction in the workplace and are just behind games in terms of number of downloads. Xerox is charging forward and reinforcing its leadership in mobile printing with four new business apps helping employees create, share and process information without servers, middle-ware or IT support.

“Smartphones and tablets open up tremendous opportunities to leverage our office technology, enabling people to be productive whether they are on-site or working remotely. We are already recognized as a leader in office software and solutions, and with these business apps we are delivering new ways to drive productivity and agility,” said Jim Rise, Senior Vice President, Office and Solutions Business Group, Xerox.

Android users can download the Xerox Print Service Plug-in for a range of print options including paper and colour selection, finishing features such as stapling and collating, and a PIN code for a secure release. Free on Google Play, the app identifies and configures the device to Xerox multifunction printers (MFPs), ConnectKey-enabled MFPs and office printers.

For Android users in a mixed vendor print environment, the Mopria Alliance offers a universal plug-in that facilitates two-sided printing, paper size and page range. As a founding member of the Alliance, Xerox actively supports developing standards for simple wireless printing.

With the Xerox Mobile Link App, users can create personalized, one-touch workflows on their mobile device to remotely control a Xerox MFP and transmit documents to the cloud, fax, email or other destinations. Once created the workflows are saved as icons in the app allowing for easy, repeatable use.

The Xerox Print Service Plug-in for Android and the Xerox Mobile Link App are available worldwide.