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According to foreign media reported today, Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard said that next year, Google will have Google Docs (Google Docs) for significant improvement in challenge to Microsoft Office.

Girouard said, specifically, Google plans to make 30-50 items for functionality and performance improvements of Google Docs and other aspects; perhaps Google Docs in the function can not match Microsoft’s Word software, but then it should be able to meet the the vast majority of users. He expects that by that time, large companies can abandon the Office .

Microsoft Office currently has 500 million users, including Google document Google applications (Google Apps) has 20 million users. If, as envisaged by Girouard, Google documents has become a mainstream product, it needs some time to achieve this vision. And Microsoft will not stand still, Office 2010 will instead compete for Google Docs users.

For a long time, we have gradually got used to notebooks, digital cameras, cell phones in the lithium battery, this battery work is fairly steady in the past. However, battery chargerstarting in 2007, the lithium-ion batteries overheating and explosion of fire and began to hit the newspapers, including Sony and several other major computer makers, including business also suffered, they had to recall his numerous notebook products equipped with lithium batteries. Recently in Europe, Apple’s iPhone and other mobile products, lithium batteries also began to overheat and catch fire or explosion, etc. failures.

To this end, scientists have developed a variety of other non-lithium type of battery products, such as claims to a stronger endurance Zinc Zinc-air batteries, etc., but these new technologies in order to enter a large-scale application stage also need a few years time, so Before that people need to develop a lithium battery to improve programs, such programs should be able to enhance the capacity of lithium battery life and significantly reduce the lithium-ion batteries overheating failure probability.

The researchers said that in lithium batteries by adding this new material, the battery will increase the production costs of around 2-3%, they plan to sell this material technology, notebook and mobile phone makers are expected to adopt this new material of lithium the battery will begin next year on sale.

Intel Matrix Storage Manager is Matrix Storage Technology software of Intel.It provide support for high-performance Serial ATA RAID 0, ATA RAID 1, ATA RAID 5, ATA RAID 10 arrays. In addition, Matrix Storage Manager supports Intel Quick Resume Technology; AHCI commands Queuing; Support Matrix RAID array in order to get two in a single RAID volume.

Version 8.9.4.1004 WHQL driver update includes:

1, revise some compatibility issues that exist between the system and the Windows 7 

2, revise that AHCI SATA controller to be turned off after use can not re-open 

3, resolve Blue Screen of Death issue thet when pull out the eSATA hard drive to enter S4 sleep mode

4, revise extended disk in the RAID 5 will appear on the problem of data mismatch

5, address the AHCI mode into the hot-plug hard disks can cause UI interface to stop responding 1 minute

Cikuan specific support for driver chip models include:

RAID Controllers: Intel (R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller, Intel (R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller, Intel (R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller, Intel (R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller, Intel (R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller

AHCI Controller: Intel (R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) EP80579 SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) ICH9M-E / M SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller, Intel ( R) ICH8M-E / M SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller, Intel (R) ICH7R / DH SATA AHCI Controller

Three months after the last update of Safari, Apple released the latest version of Safari 4.0.4, it mainly improved JavaScript performance, and historical search performance, many stability of functional improvements have been made, such as third-party plug-ins, in addition to fixes a lot of security issues.

Apple recommends all Safari users upgrade to  version 4.0.4, update the log is as follows:

- Improve JavaScript performance;

- Improve the integrity of the browser history, search performance for easy browsing history for more users;

- Improve the stability of third-party plug-ins, such as search box, Yahoo Mail and so on.

More about this upgrade to improve security please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Safari 4.0.4 via Apple’s Software Update or the official download page to obtain, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger systems can be upgraded, of course, also recommends that Windows 7 and Vista, XP users to upgrade.

Three months after the last update of Safari, Apple released the latest version of Safari 4.0.4, it mainly improved JavaScript performance, and historical search performance, many stability of functional improvements have been made, such as third-party plug-ins, in addition to fixes a lot of security issues.

Apple recommends all Safari users upgrade to  version 4.0.4, update the log is as follows:

- Improve JavaScript performance;

- Improve the integrity of the browser history, search performance for easy browsing history for more users;

- Improve the stability of third-party plug-ins, such as search box, Yahoo Mail and so on.

More about this upgrade to improve security please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Safari 4.0.4 via Apple’s Software Update or the official download page to obtain, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger systems can be upgraded, of course, also recommends that Windows 7 and Vista, XP users to upgrade.

Because Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool has recently been throwed daylight on borrowing GPL code, for the queries, now Microsoft has suspended the software downloads.

Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool is a Microsoft introduced a system for the Internet of the installation disk authoring tools, it is easy to file  the installation dociments of Windows 7 to the U disk or DVD, in order to facilitate the installation of the system for further use.

Rafael Rivera recently found evidence that Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool may stole source code of the opening source project ImageMaster which used GPL licensed . GPL code is a widely used free software license, it is commonly used in open-source software. Although this code can freely be used,it has their own provisions, such as sharing “any changes made to the code.”

A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that, at present, Microsoft has suspended the Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool. In addition, Microsoft has also begun to investigate this issue audit until the completion of the investigation of Microsoft.

Although the influence of innovation sound cards have gradually from bad to worse, the market share is not as once , the majority of revision writers like it very much, such as Daniel_K, swim float, KX, etc., have been producing in various series of innovative new sound card issued revised or enhanced driver, and have been happy in this.

The reason to blame the official driver updates innovation was slow, and can not be perfect to meet the needs of users, because there is such a demand and all before the above-mentioned revision by the positive input of those come in, for the user to solve problems. And as before AMD, NVIDIA graphics driver has also been revised once flooded, but with AMD and NVIDIA’s official driver updates faster, more perfect, those revised drivers are gradually disappeared.

Support Pack 3.6 update includes:

1, solve problems when use DirectSound, WaveOut, WASAPI interface play an audio file

2, support 64-bit OpenAL and 64-bit ASIO

3, resolve Audigy1 sound card in Windows 7/Vista system is not available under the issue of the microphone

3, address the Windows Mixer, and Windows Media Player exist in part of the BUG

4, the new encoder conversion program that can open the DTS Interactive for the Audigy sound card function

5, upgrade the Audio Console program, when using the encoder conversion program will be held at the encoder tab also shows that DTS Interactive Information

Support Pack 3.6 components include:

Audigy Driver version 2.18.0011.10

ALchemy 1.26.04

Audio Console 1.32.02

DDL and DTS Connect License Activation 2.00.03

Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.00.03

DTS Connect Pack 1.68.75

EAX Console 3.00.56 (only applies to Windows XP)

Graphic Equalizer 2.00.65

MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78

SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.00

Speaker Settings 2.00.60

THX Setup Console 2.10.43 (only applies to Windows XP)

Support Pack 3.6 specific support for sound card models include:

Audigy Series

Audigy 2 Series

Audigy 2 ZS

Audigy 4 series

The giant of graphic card –AMD, NVIDIA, Intel launched Win7 display driver long before, and followed Microsoft’s footsteps, from the Beta, RC, RTM, retail sales along the way; the other two the VIA and SIS have basically don’t make graphics chips, they issued a Win7 driver 1 or 2 months ago, this means there isn’t Win7 Drivers Matrox video card manufacturer in the industry ,there is only one left,that is Matrox.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand, as a professional graphics cards manufacturer , Matrox graphics card users will not be too enthusiastic about most games, entertainment, and more from commercial, 2D, design, so Matrox drivers need is not so “fast”, but “stability.”

AfterMicrosoft officially released the retail version of Win7, Matrox has also recently introduced a version of Win7 driver 3.02.00.092 WDDM M , this section has passed the Microsoft WHQL certified drivers, stability and performance are guaranteed, concrete support for graphics cards include:

M9120 PCIe x16

M9120 Plus LP PCIe x1

M9120 Plus LP PCIe x16

M9125 PCIe x16

M9138 LP PCIe x16

M9140 LP PCIe x16

M9148 LP PCIe x16

Microsoft today released a security mend notice,  it will release six security mends on November 10th,that is next Tuesday, of three are critical level of the highest security level, another three are most important level, mainly related to Windows operating system and Office software, but this mend does not relate to Windows 7.

This mend fixes vulnerabilities which includes remote code execution and DoS denial of service attacks, of which four mends are to fix Windows system, remote code execution and DoS denial of service attack vulnerability, while two are intended to repair Office remote code execution vulnerability in the .

The mend will be release next tuesday affects Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Office XP, Office 2003/2004/2007/2008.
 
Microsoft pushes related mends through Update, and remoes the tools for Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services and the Windows Malicious Software upgraded by the Download Center.

Japanese manufacturers IO DATA today announced a 18.5-inch multimedia monitor DTV192XBR, in addition being equipped with dual HDMI interface, the display is also built-in digital TV tuner, enabling the monitor / TV dual-use functions.

However, the relevant parameters DTV192XBR is general, although it is to the multimedia market-oriented,it is only a resolution of 1366 X 768, brightness of 300 lumens, native contrast ratio of 1000:1, response time 5ms, can significantly 16.77 million colors.

In addition, DTV192XBR is also equipped with a DVI – D, D – Sub interface, the size of 453 × 179 × 332 mm, weight 4.6Kg, with remote control.

DTV192XBR will be seld in late November in Japan, priced 29,800 for Japanese money, equivalent to RMB 2252 yuan.