Asus said that with CyberLink PowerRecover, data are backed up in user’s hard disks or universal serial bus (USB) storage devices to prevent data loss or unexpected disasters. Asus Eee PC 1016P as well as Asus notebook P52JC, P52F, P42F and P42JC, delivers features with reliability, security and performance to meet business professional needs.

“Asus has been working on providing professional users the most effective and efficient way to facilitate their work and lives,” said S.Y. Shian, ASUS Corporate Vice President & General Manager of NB Business Unit. “We are delighted to offer users carefree experiences to retrieve and back up data effortlessly by CyberLink PowerRecover.”

CyberLink CEO Alice Chang said: “We are pleased to work with Asus to deliver PowerRecover, the easy protection and recovery solution, on Asus Eee PC platform and notebook product lines. PowerRecover gives users an easy-to-use system recovery solution, enabling users to create their own system recovery media with a USB hard disk, or burn in a Digital Video Disc.”

According to a Bloomberg report, Samsung Electronics may equip its TVs with Google Inc. software, and compete with Sony Corp. in offering sets that surf the Web and double as computers.

TV makers such as Samsung and Sony are looking to tap into the growing demand for Web-based programming and a slice of the $175 billion TV advertising market. The companies are betting on Google’s Android operating system to compete with Apple now.

“It’s difficult to set a clear plan for the coming year 2011, but we’re considering around 30 trillion won,” Samsung Electronics Chief Executive Choi Gee-sung was quoted saying in the report, by Dow Jones Newswires. Choi was speaking at the consumer-electronics show IFA in Germany. The company expects to invest 26 trillion won this year, the report said.

The report added that Choi also said chip demand remains very good and that current market conditions aren’t significantly different from the company’s initial expectations.

Aside from Blu-ray discs, the BDX3100 also supports a wide range of additional media formats. Users can also enjoy MKV, DivX, HD-JPEG, AVCHD and MP3 files loaded onto a USB stick.

The BDX3100KB to ship in the UK this October. The pricing and North American launch dates are unclear.

A CMOS chip is pixel sensor, which is used in digital cameras and is made using a semiconductor process. An extra circuitry next to each photo sensor converts the light energy to a voltage. It’s used in cameras such as Nikon’s, Canon’s and of course Sony’s offerings.

The new investment is higher than the original figure Sony put aside for the second half of 2010. It was however included in the company’s capital expediture, which it released at the end of June.

With the investment announced, Kumamoto TEC’s CMOS image sensor production capacity will be further increased, and Sony will strengthen its ability to meet the expected market demand for “Exmor R” used in smartphones as well as a wide range of digital imaging products for consumer and professional use, including compact Digital Still Cameras. In addition, Sony will increase production capacity for mainly large sized “Exmor” used in Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras.

GLOVIA/SCP FA PSI Collaborator was developed by Fujitsu Advanced Engineering Limited, which possesses a wealth of experience in developing systems that support the production activities of manufacturers.

GLOVIA/SCP FA PSI Collaborator automatically generates production quotas – target production volumes shared by the production, sales, and procurement departments of a manufacturer – for a product depending on the number of daily orders received. Companies can perform simulations to forecast supply and demand, including optimal production schedules, production sequencing based on demand, as well as volumes of required components and inventory quantities.

The Fujitsu Group plans to gradually deploy this software at three of its factories for the production of servers, PCs, and other products. The company will then support its customers’ manufacturing initiatives based on this hands-on experience. (read more on http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201008310318.html)

The new higher-density chips have a circuit line width of 24 nanometers, compared with the current generation of 32-nanometer chips. The upgraded technology will help Toshiba raise its output capacity and lower its manufacturing costs as it will be able to cut more chips from the same-sized silicon wafer.

Toshiba’s migration to the new technology comes as demand for NAND flash memory chips–used in mobile phones, digital cameras, and other consumer electronics–is growing amid the popularity of smartphones and tablet devices, particularly iPhone and iPad.

The move is part of an ongoing evolution in the chip industry, as companies are constantly looking to upgrade their chip making technology. Smaller, higher-density memory chips have played a key role in the development of smaller gadgets with larger data storage capacity.

Toshiba said that it has already used the 24-nanometer technology to produce a new 64-gigabit chip that went on sale Tuesday. It may take a while for the technology to account for a large part of the company’s output, but it will gradually start applying it to more of its products, said a Toshiba spokeswoman.

Toshiba expects the 32-nanometer and 24-nanometer processes to together account for 90% of its NAND chip output by the end of this year.

Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd is a unit of Malaysia’s state-run oil company Petronas, under the deal, Samsung Engineering to complete the plant by December 2013.

According to the company, the plant to be built in Sabah will produce 300,000 barrels of oil and 1.25 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

The broadcasts will be offered on DirecTV channel 103 called n|3D Powered by Panasonic. The semifinal and finals of the tournament will be shown in 3D on DirecTV and can be seen in Best Buy stores as well.

The 3D broadcasts will use six camera rigs each with a pair of 1080p cameras that are placed closer to the action than other cameras in the arena. That will give 3D watchers a closer view of the action. The broadcasts in 3D will also have their own announcers.

The two companies have called it “the industry’s most comprehensive technology stack integration to date, intended to substantially improve the customer experience for developing, deploying and managing IT environments”. The effort is to build a data centre network for enterprises that works as one giant computer. The companies claim it’s highly optimized on cost and extremely scalable.

The applications will include Microsoft’s existing offerings, including the SQL database program, SharePoint collaboration solution and Exchange mailing application, a major initiative in India would be to get the country’s large community of independent developers to create applications for this combined stack. 

In India, this joint effort will also have small and medium businesses as a big target customer segment for applications. Hospitals, small textile manufacturers, small retailers, mini steel plants are all seen to have very specific IT requirements.