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Saturday, June 30, 2012
IEEE CCNC 2013 to Profile Entire Range of Emerging Consumer ...
New York, NY, June 30, 2012 ?(PR.com)? The IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2013) will hold its 10th annual event dedicated to the worldwide advance of wireless and wireline consumer networking technologies and applications from January 11 ? 14, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Held immediately after the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), IEEE CCNC was specifically organized by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) to drive the development of global consumer electronics technologies that will one day provide access to information anytime, anywhere, regardless of time or location.
?Over the past decade, IEEE CCNC has gained international recognition for the delivery of cutting-edge presentations that explored nearly every technological area ranging from cognitive and peer-to-peer networking to the designer services and tools used to ensure ease-of-use, security and stunning interactivity,? says General Chair, Eunsoo Shim, Samsung Electronics Co. LTD, Korea. ?The process is currently underway to ensure the finest minds in consumer communications research and development are included in this year?s dais of noted presenters and leading global authorities. We anticipate another stellar year of presentations highlighted by the demonstrations of only the newest applications and services.?
All industry professionals interested in presenting unpublished technical session papers at IEEE CCNC 2013 are encouraged to visit www.ieee-ccnc.org/2013 for conference details and ?Call for Paper? guidelines. The deadline ends August 1, 2012 for original technical paper submissions citing the latest developments, technical solutions and novel applications in home and consumer networking as well as enabling technologies and services. Submissions are presently being considered from within the areas of:
? Mobile Device, Platform and Applications
? Social Networking & Social Media
? Wireless Communications & Networking
? Peer-to-Peer Networking and Cloud-based Content Distribution
? Multimedia Networking, Services and Applications
? Smart Spaces and Sensor Networks
? Security, Content Protection and DRM
? Vehicular Communications and Networking: V2V, V2I, V2R and V2U
? Green Communications and Computations
? eHealth, Ambient Assisted Living
? Telepresence & Tele-robot
? Intelligent and Emotion-oriented Computing
? 3D Imaging, Processing, Communication and Display
In addition to its technical agenda, IEEE CCNC 2013 is also scheduled to host hundreds of keynotes, business panels, workshops, tutorials, demonstrations and work-in-progress presentations in an open, informative environment offering researchers, developers, and academia the ability to discuss new worldwide innovations and practices. During the course of last year?s event, nearly 400 addresses and presentations highlighted topics such as ?Smart Homes: Artificial Intelligence in the Home and Beyond,? ?Digital Entertainment, Networked Virtual Environments and Creative Technology,? ?Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer Communications,? ?Multimedia Communications Over Emerging Networks,? ?Social Networks and TV Toward Connected & Social Experiences,? ?Mobile Human Activity Recognition Systems? and ?Emergency Rescue Evacuation Support Systems in Panic-type Disasters? and ?Communications for Deaf-blind People.?
For more information on IEEE CCNC 2013 including registration details please also contact Heather Ann Sweeney of the IEEE Communications Society at h.sweeney@comsoc.org or visit www.ieee-ccnc.org/2013. Webcasts highlighting numerous IEEE CCNC 2012 sessions including ?Low Power, Short Range RF Mesh Network Communications and Emerging Residential Applications,? ?Inter-Vehicular Communication: Standards, Protocol Design, and Integrated Security Metrics? and ?Future Multimedia Networking? are currently available for viewing on the conference website.
The IEEE Communications Society has over 50,000 members and is the second largest of IEEE?s 38 technical societies. Founded in 1952, IEEE ComSoc is recognized as a major international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking. The society is also an international sponsor of global publications, conferences, certification and educational programs, local activities, technical committees and standardization projects.
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Nicki Minaj Advises Drake After Chris Brown Scuffle
'Sometimes, you just need to go to bed,' Minaj says in radio interview.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
European leaders' breakthrough defied expectations
BRUSSELS (AP) ? Europe's leaders finally rose to the challenge Friday, backing bold ideas to help weak countries and frail banks ravaged by a debt crisis that has crippled economic growth and threatened the global financial system.
Markets roared their approval after leaders of the 27 European Union countries agreed on an aggressive plan to fix the financial crisis.
For the first time in 19 summits since the start of the crisis, the EU leaders declared they would:
? Centralize regulation of European banks and, if necessary, bail them out directly, instead of funneling loans through governments that already have too much debt.
? Ease borrowing costs on Italy and Spain, the euro region's third- and fourth-largest economies.
? Stop mandating painful budget cuts to every country in need of emergency financial aid.
?Tie their budgets, currency and governments more tightly.
The decisions made at the EU summit in Brussels won't end the crisis that has gripped Europe for nearly three years. Plenty of questions remain about how the bank bailouts would work, whether there's enough money committed to rescue banks and governments and whether impoverished, indebted Greece will be forced out of the 17-nation euro club.
But for EU leaders who have consistently underwhelmed their exasperated publics and nervous financial markets, Friday's efforts marked a breakthrough.
The prime minister of Ireland ? one of the five eurozone countries that have required emergency funds ? said the plans marked a "seismic shift in European policy." British Prime Minister David Cameron said that "for the first time in some time we have actually seen steps ... to get ahead of the game."
There was an immediate sign that Europe's latest plan was easing fear in financial markets: The cost for the troubled government of Spain to borrow fell dramatically. The interest rate, or yield, on the country's 10-year bonds fell by more than half a percentage point, to 6.34 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average recorded its second-biggest gain of the year, and stocks advanced even further in Europe ? in strong and weak countries alike. The benchmark stock index in Germany rose 4.3 percent, by far its best performance this year. Germany has the biggest economy in Europe, and a warm reaction there was a crucial sign of approval for the plan. Prices for oil and other commodities shot higher, another sign that the plan may remove a big barrier to a healthier economy.
At first it looked like the summit would produce little more than a modest plan to stimulate growth in Europe. But Italy and Spain, whose borrowing costs have soared to dangerous levels, refused to sign off on the $150 billion spending plan unless something was done to ease their financial burdens.
After an all-night standoff, the leaders agreed to expand the use of Europe's bailout funds ? and do so without imposing strict austerity measures on countries that are meeting existing pledges to control spending. The bailout money could be used to buy bonds to drive down a country's borrowing costs. Or it could be loaned directly to troubled banks, which EU leaders said would help break "the vicious cycle" in which weak banks and weak governments threaten to drag each other down.
Previously, European leaders insisted that the two bailout funds be used only to rescue governments ? like Ireland, Portugal and Greece. If money was going to be used for troubled banks, it had to first go to a government. But that added to the debt on a government's books because it was responsible for repaying the money.
The bids to rescue banks ended up raising fears about the ailing governments; Spain's borrowing costs rose dramatically two weeks ago after the eurozone countries agreed to lend it $125 billion to rescue its banks.
The EU also called for a single regulator ? probably the European Central Bank ? to oversee Europe's banks. Currently, banks are regulated by their national governments and some countries have been slow to recognize loan problems and shut down their worst banks.
As part of a broad "banking union," the new regulator will likely get power to close failing banks if their national regulators won't do it. The plan is also expected to include deposit insurance across Europe. Individual European countries now insure bank deposits within their borders. But bank failures could overwhelm those national funds.
The bank overhaul is supposed to be completed by the end of the year.
The leaders said they were committed to linking their countries closer together economically and politically, but didn't discuss how. Such integration would likely require countries to give up some of their taxing and spending powers to a European budget authority.
Most analysts cheered the EU plans but worried about the questions left unanswered. And they said the bailout funds are too small to handle the tasks that could be thrown at them.
Europe's two bailout funds have a combined $625 billion in lending power; up to $125 billion of that is already committed to helping Spain bail out its banks. The remaining $500 billion looks small compared with $3.1 trillion in Spanish and Italian bonds outstanding.
The solution hovering in the background, say some economists, is the European Central Bank. The ECB could buy any amount of government bonds, backed if need be by the bank's theoretically limitless power to create money. So far the bank has been unwilling to take this step, which could violate its mandate to fight inflation and a ban on central bank financing of national governments. The ECB's next policy meeting is Thursday in Frankfurt.
The summit deal leaves out crucial details of just how any bank bailouts would work. Would bank creditors have to take a loss on their investments, or would taxpayers foot the whole bill? The deal didn't specify.
If the banking regulator and a rescue fund take ownership stakes in failed banks, manage those stakes in the taxpayer interest while forcing losses on shareholders and creditors, it could be positive, said Clemens Fuest, an expert in public finance at Oxford University's Said Business School.
Otherwise, simply charging taxpayers could be "a huge burden on growth in Europe for a very long time," Clemens said.
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McHugh contributed from Frankfurt, Germany. Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin, David Springer in London and Robert Wielaard in Brussels contributed to this report.
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Three cardinal rules of mobile computing
Whether it?s notebooks, tablets, phones, peripherals, or even software, we want three things from our mobile tools: they must be light, fast, and intuitive to use.
Here is a quartet of products that meet those rules for the road.
Thin and light ? and bigger ? portable PC
To fulfill the rule of lighter-faster-easier, Lenovo?s ThinkPad T430s (info page) starts with a carbon fiber?reinforced chassis that helps pare its weight down to just 4.2 pounds. For a 14-inch display notebook, that?s light! In addition, the T430s is equipped with Lenovo?s proprietary RapidBoot technology, which gives it a perceptibly faster Windows 7 Professional boot up than typically seen on many other Win7 machines. And if you?re into cutting-edge qualities, this portable has an optional Windows 8?like interface that launches applications and utilities with a single click. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 1. The T430s comes with an optional startup screen that's reminiscent of the forthcoming Windows 8.
An inch thick, the T430s includes a lithium-ion battery that delivered nearly five hours of power in my informal tests ? enough time to watch Avatar and get some work done, too. Watching the movie was visually pleasing on my review unit. It came with a crisp, 1600?900 HD display (a 1366?768 display knocks U.S. $50 off the standard price) driven by an optional Nvidia NVS 5400M graphics card with 1GB VRAM ($330 extra).
Most laptops and Ultrabooks have reduced size and weight by eliminating built-in optical drives. However, that?s a problem when you want to load applications or grab a movie out of Redbox. The T430s includes a DVD/CD multiburner, adding a bit to its weight and thickness. However, it?s good to have the option. You can also order a second battery that slips into the drive bay for extended power.
On the other hand, you?ll want a good set of headphones when watching movies or listening to music ? Lenovo has put two mediocre speakers on either side of the keyboard.
Figure 2. Lenovo's light and fast T430s
Going back to the days when IBM held the brand, ThinkPads have always sported the best notebook keyboards ? bar none. So why, oh why did Lenovo switch to the island-style (or chiclet) keyboard for the T430s? Although still comfortable with providing great feedback, the key spacing guarantees mistypes galore. I know, I know. You just have to get used to it, but it?s a pity that Lenovo had to ?improve? on keyboard perfection to satisfy obvious MacBook envy.
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About Michael Lasky
WS contributing editor Michael Lasky is a freelance writer based in Oakland, California, who has 20 years of computer-magazine experience, most recently as senior editor at PC World.Source: http://windowssecrets.com/best-hardware/three-cardinal-rules-of-mobile-computing/
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