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YouTube, Google recently released a new software service that allows users with a simple click of ordinary two-dimensional to three-dimensional movies have become.
According to Mehr news agency quoted the Word Craft, YouTube for video content D, provide a new tool has become. With this software, users can only see three-dimensional content on this site may not be his next two films D and then put on YouTube.
This new tool is ideal for users who have less expertise and allows them to select the correct Video 3D movies and convert two-dimensional to three-dimensional. YouTube product manager noted that the introduction of this tool for viewing the content is still having a three-dimensional glasses.
This service is provided on the other new tools that can be pointed to the editor Magisto. This software is able to select the best scenes and to combine them with music and effects.
Zeus, according to news reports, the second tool is Vlix can add various effects to movies, add text to the opening and closing.
Perhaps many years from the original logo, but it's not a Taiwanese company, Acer plans to change with this new chapter in understanding the company and products for the world to begin again.
The report quoted the Word Craft CD, new logo, which according to most experts of letters similar to the Apple logo and Apple products are designed with bright green and is trying to show the new logo and color scheme of its policies your company to show the world.
Perhaps one reason why the discussion of color and energy-friendly nature of the party's logo represents the company's identity, and strategic knowledge that it is in accordance with claim Taiwanese company to change the logo you company on the productivity huge See.
Acer has to be seen whether and how the company claims is close to reality.
Buying an LCD and LED displays the latest products in front of you will be sure you buy a little confused. So to better understand the differences between these two technologies continue to read this carefully.
The report quoted the Word Craft CD, both LCD and LED display technology, LCD screens have the benefit of both the liquid crystal display, but there are several key differences to the way the name We.
LCD displays are made up of two glass polarized together in the liquid crystal placed between the glass and the light from the back of his plays. In fact, light does not produce a liquid crystal display in both the light source of a series emitted light bulbs are located behind the screen. in display LCD, the light bulb behind the screen displays, LED fluorescent lamp, but the lamps are light emitting diodes that perform this task.
LED displays for the two types of lamps for backlighting are:
1 - Light Edge
In fact, the structure of the LED displays are used in the lighting around the edge of the screen.
This type of display offering a very slim possibility that the manufacturer originally producing this type of display used in this type of structure.
2 - Light Full Array
Full lighting array is placed behind the screen and make appropriate colors red, green and blue can.
This structure is used in many of today's displays and the display colors in the spectrum becomes more clear.
However, image quality is hard to say what type of image display quality, a better offer, but the advantage of LCD displays have low energy LED front display images with higher brightness.
You're still calling the shots for the final and perhaps other factors should be priorities for you.
Google is currently building a Belgian beer company called Dog Fish, cooperation in the production of a beer brand Rkantynnt has begun.
Internet giant Google over the years invested in the giant footsteps of many other areas related to Internet technology has brought. This time, however, Google is investing in a completely different and a little strange, surprised media observers are motivated. Internet company Google recently decided to partner with a Belgian beer is produced in the field.
Google is currently building a Belgian beer company called Dog Fish, cooperation in the production of a beer brand Rkantynnt has begun.
In this partnership, the company's technical knowledge to produce the goods receipt and Doug pieces of honey used in this type of beer will Btamyn Google. It's Google in the hives of honey, California, United States.
Other elements of this type of beer, which is located around the world are produced. For example, seeds from Australia lightwood, marigold from South America, Africa, and a plant to plant in front of the bus Myryka Gil will be made from Europe.
It also contains large amounts of alcohol as beer is twice as common Bjvhay.
Rkantynnt beer last week for the first time in the company, Doug bill was introduced in America. You must see it popularity and world-renowned company, Google can encourage consumers to buy this beer?
According to a spokesman for Google, Google is acting only as an advertising and Google is not supposed to be serious in making beer.
However it seems that Google's recent actions in the Muslim biggest search engine users do not reflect very positively and even in Muslim countries will reduce the popularity of the Internet giant.
Given Google's recent move that surprised many observers of the provoking, must sit and wait for Google to see what other areas of the chance to be tested in various markets.
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U.S. company has launched a video game based on the comic brought immigrants do not have official documents and bringing them across the borders of the United States illegally.
Company «Apple», for its part refused to sell the game in a package of applications with «iPhone» and «iPod» and «iPad», but it is available for PC applications and devices «Mac». And a description of the game «a Smajl Truc» or truck smuggling, says the company «Olkima Labs» taken from the Boston-based, it should be on the players «keep» on their passengers to «smuggled in less time as possible». The FAQ says: «deviated car .. Keep young children .. Isaac «Animals» Armored «American» Make your way through the hills and caves, deserts and forests to protect the lives of Rcabac ». Says Alex Schwartz, the founder and developer «Olkima Labs», it is for reasons of contract, he could not discuss the reasons for refusal «Apple» annexation of the game to package a game, available via «Apple Store e», but the shop «Apple» Buy a copy similar to the game's controversial, called «Snagel Truk» and that «replaced by immigrants from different cultures pets» according to a statement released by the company. The description says this diluted version of the game, the players «attending the animals from the wild to live in the care of the zoo, providing them food and water in large quantities in addition to modern health care».
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Why you should use 2-step verification
2-step verification adds an extra layer of security to your Google Account by requiring you to have access to your phone – as well as your username and password – when you sign in. This means that if someone steals or guesses your password, the potential hijacker still can't sign in to your account because they don't have your phone.
Thank you Google
How you sign in with 2-step verification
1- When you want to access Google products from your browser, go to that product and enter your username and password.
2- You'll next be prompted to enter your verification code, which you'll get from your phone. You'll only have to do this once every 30 days if you so choose.
3- Soon after you turn on 2-step verification, non-browser applications and devices that use your Google Account (such as Gmail on your phone or Outlook), will stop working. You'll then have to sign in using your username and a special password you generate for this application. (Don't worry, you'll only have to do this once for each device or application.) --- more detail
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Westerners are trying to suggest that those of Arab countries in the wake of the root zone and not make it to the new technologies of communication and social media are compared. It is noteworthy that all of the West for its technology revolutionaries were mobilized to control the revolutions in their own hands. Google is one of the companies that develop new momentum in the act Vtrh Egypt launched a new claim to help and support to companies active in the field of new technologies has started in Egypt in the Arby 'Abda’ " Start] is called.
Google's director of operations in Egypt, claimed: "We believe that the spread of modern technology to economic and cultural development in this part of the world and will have political effects. It's time to give people hope that they can progress into the future and have hope. "
On the other hand, from the east, the Quadrennial State Department report, the plan was revealed that Hillary Clinton told the American public diplomacy, and development of technology export to Muslim countries, democracy and American values as they are issued is so revolutionary and Islamic values, they will interlunar.
The program began with a group of workers in Egypt riding a bus with Google Inc. Google is a commercial sign and painted the word "Abda’" written on his travels around the country to begin.
The purpose of this program to identify and encourage those in the field of modern technologies have an economic plan. This project was reviewed by Google and the best plan to win the race in May next year will be awarded a prize of $ 200 thousand.
Google experts and innovators in new media in Egypt next month to select the best plan to all participants in this contest will provide technical assistance and advice.
Two independent institutions are responsible for organizing and overseeing the competition. Participants can adjust their product design or manufacture of software and computer programs available on the network such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook are available to use.
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Microsoft yesterday released a preview version Windows8 for download on its website said.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the past 12 hours, this version has been downloaded more than 500.00 times.
But it hit the 1 million download through the app store Apple operating system OS X Lion 24 A large number does not count, but this time we should keep in mind that this is only a preview version of Windows 8 Windows 8 is
Since the release of Windows 7 so far has sold 350 million Windows Ballmer on Windows 8 The idea is to sell at least 500 million!
Whether you're one of the 500,000 people who have downloaded the preview version of Windows 8? If you have not already download the operating system from Microsoft download website.
The updated latest security software, Microsoft, Google Chrome as a Trojan known is that the new train statistics by StatCounter currently has a Google Chrome soon after the Firefox browser dominance, and the second most popular browser used.
Google Chrome on your blog and criticized Microsoft has introduced a solution for the inconvenience!
Message from Google will be shown in their forum:
Message in Microsoft's security software updates to it are:
"It is false to PWS: Win32/Zbot"
Microsoft Security page on Facebook in a statement sent from the browser blocked or deleted from the system's 3,000 users and handy way to deal with this problem has.
News this week from the Facebook and Google plus can be heard. The news reached 800 million users on Facebook, Google plus, availability for all users, Facebook is adding new features and changes in appearance. .. The news that Google plus now has 43 million the border.
Site founder Allen, Microsoft co-founder of Ancestry.com and the fifth time estimates for Google's Paul social networking now has 43 million users. But most of the statistics published by Paul Allen has been very similar to the official statistics are .
Since Paul Allen has released statistics that:
July 4 - 1.7 million users
July 9 - 4.5 million
July 12 - 10 million users
September 9 - 28.7 million
September 22 - 43.4 million
Google Plus also announced the availability of Google Plus the public and persons under 18 years the number of users has grown 30 percent in two days!
Intel chips in the past few days, news of a revolution in the company. Mooly Eden, Intel's senior executives on the idea of being equipped with ultra notebook chip sets to Haswell will be the world's best laptop?
Haswell processors using transistors, three-dimensional, 22-nanometer production is thus 20 times less energy than chips and other needs. According to Intel, the new processors can be recharged every 24 hours to work. And be charged with solar energy or light the room. Intel is also equipped with a computer conference in San Francisco, AMD demonstrated Haswell, who worked with solar minimum.
With the arrival of three core processors Haswell:
1 - The use of laptops in 24 hours
2 - 10 days standby
3 - 20 times less energy than other chips
Haswell will be with the first version of the ultra-notebook market in 2013 will be.
Script kiddies, a hacker group that introduced itself with the Fox News website on Monday morning to a Twitter account a fake news broadcast about the assassination of President Obama.
It did not stop there at 2 pm local time series of messages from this group about Obama's assassination.
First prompted to assassinate Obama was declared the shooting scene minutes after Obama had described.
Next message Twitter fake news was announced that this was "... 45 minutes before President Obama was assassinated by unknown person shot him twice."
In the last messages on Twitter that the assassination was carried out to confirm. And began to shoot.
Yet serious reactions to the "Fox News" there, and only Fox News on Twitter account is deleted.
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Zong proudly presents Zmart trading ecosystem which is a personalized mobile marketplace, which automatically in real time matches buyers and sellers of goods and services. Zmart will enable a daily C2C and B2C trading ecosystem platform on mobile phones and on web portal which will offer both mobile and non mobile content platforms. Zmart is based on SMS, mobile web via GPRS and Wi-Fi. The technology is based on syntaxes & contextual text recognition artificial intelligence algorithm, that is customizable and user friendly. It offers multiple platforms (SMS, Web2.0, Mobile WAP) for posting and matching interests with high matching accuracy and facilitating the communication among parties.
How to Activate VIA SMS:
The customer will send subfree to 8229
System will send the password to the customer
Customer will do profile creation either through sms or by the website
Now the customer can view, upload and edit their offerings (products and services)
VIA WEB:
Customer will fill out an online registration form on http://zmart.zong.com.pk
Registration will be based on mobile number
System will send the password to the customer
Customer will do profile creation either through sms or by the website
Now the customer can view, upload and edit their offerings (products and services)
VIA WAP:
Customer will fill out an online registration form on http://zmart.zong.com.pk.
Registration will be based on mobile number.
System will send the password to the customer.
Customer will do profile creation either through sms or by the website.
Now the customer can view, upload and edit their offerings (products and services)
Subscription Charges:
The service is free in the introductory period which expires on 1st Nov 2011
Standard GPRS/EDGE Charges apply
How to De-activate
The customer will send unsub to 8229
FAQs
Is it possible to activate this service through 310?
No it is a subscription-based service; it has to be activated by sending SMS, via web or wap.
Are there any hidden charges?
No, it's absolutely free for a month.
How long will this offer last?
This is free for one month after that the user will be routed to the basic subscription..
How many interests can I post using the free subscription?
Unlimited interests can be posted in the free period.
How can I be registered through web and wap?
You will have to fill in an online registration form on http://zmart.zong.com.pk.Registration will be based on mobile number. System will send the password to the customer.
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Mike Schroepfer, First Vice President of Engineering, Facebook, said in a statement copied from Facebook or Twitter, Google rejected. He, while not paid directly to the question, said: "Not every new product or feature X or Y compared with Facebook;
The market is hot and everyone wants to be a winner. We were unable to win in all competitions and other social networks fail to come out.
However, the final selection, will depend on users. "He continued, breaking into your creativity, he said and added:" Our head office is in a post that says the right thing, something that is primarily a percent of it is completed. "
Askrvpfr the changes at Facebook, said: "The rapid changes, meaning that we expect to have 750 million users. Rapid change and conflict has its own problems, but this issue is not that we fear to get into that category and this year we will organize it.
Dradamh Askrvpfr, Facebook accounts to the new features, including updated list and add friends, subscribe to the concept that is very similar to the features available in the Google and Twitter. This extension will enable users to change their Facebook page called, no need to add them as friends or anything else, be aware, a concept that can be effective account of the friends list, 5,000 people appears.
Finally, he mentioned another new feature in which users can type up Dyty see friends who want to determine. I prefer to update personal information to a friend of his regular updates.
PayPal recently published statistics that suggest increasing the daily pay of the company. They have announced that second quarter 2011 of $ 3.650 per transaction per second through PayPal done.
According to our calculations, about 315.3 million dollars is traded daily in PayPal. On average, about 5 million transactions per day is added to payments PayPal.
PayPal flagship trade and transactions have been eBay. For the first time in the last quarter of a billion dollars in stock PayPal. Size has increased 34 percent over last year PayPal payments. PayPal eBay stock is also being approached. (In the second quarter reached 1.6 billion dollars)
Another leading PayPal range, is free. The company earlier this year announced a $ 10 million a day by the mobile exchange and the resultant end Amsan mobile payments to reach 3 billion the previous year's amount was $ 750 million.
Having into account the $ 315 million Square (a provider of payment products into the stores) that rapid progress is emerging daily, paid $ 4 million does. PayPal The market wants to pay in stores and is looking to find a partner in this field. Facebook has brought together the volume of transactions for PayPal. Visit eBay and Facebook in the coming weeks will be interesting what they have in the bag.
Size PayPal payments in 2010 was about 18 percent of world trade. Daily progress in 2011 with the platform, this figure will increase.
Aries (Mar)
Birthdays this month they live, work, fun and varied and exciting things to do. Because they love the variety and excitement, for things like advertising, media, fashion design, and architecture are appropriate. Persian month Farvardin born in jobs that require creativity will be very successful.
Taurus (may)
Sea patience are born this month. Just give them the resources and deadlines to work on time so you do well, and it does not matter to them that it was amazing how tedious boredom. These bankers, scientists, accountants and teachers will be good, because it requires is patience and perseverance.
Gemini (May)
Birthdays this month are the energy source, and are tired of waiting time (eg, born May). Professionals are therefore required that a person should stand on its own. They Mktshfyn, translators, and because these things are good Htldarhay requires energy and resources are abundant. Even if these five years has elapsed from the start of a project, do not lose their energy.
Cancer (July)
Birthdays this month are very good listeners and are wonderful for Drdvdl. Naturally these people for jobs that require the advice is provided, such as consulting, law, psychology, psychiatry, and teaching are very good. These people are pathetic, so be sensitive to others feelings and whatever comes back from the hands to relieve the suffering of others are doing.
Leo (July)
Bshashyt and pluralism too, born this month and the ability to instill life and vitality even in the most boring situations, makes them become great leaders. These people also have jobs that require mobility, motivation and creativity will succeed is high. Media, teaching, art, and advertising the good things that come back for it. They can also president, director and President and editors are excellent.
Virgo (September)
Birthdays this month on word analysis "now" is. The same sign of things to be given to the need for its internal research and analysis to satisfy. Research, exploration, testing and medical research, best suited for their jobs.
Libra (September)
The silver-tongued charmer who could feature in areas of the capital of their god. Birthdays this month, the best politicians, education consultants, brokers, and consultants will be. Baakhlaq they are fair people, and in jobs that require a fair judge and will be very successful.
Scorpio (Oct)
Birthdays this month, people are very individualistic. They like the style and ideology in their work and who they do not interfere. Briefly speaking, the chairman and I hate having overhead. They co-founder, business owners, managers, consultants are well.
Tower Sagittarius (November)
Birthdays this month, loves to travel and talk about dating and they are very good. Because of this characteristic can be successful at things like sales. They also planners and marketers will be successful. The thing is dealing with customers and clients, they will be successful.
Capricorn (Dec)
Birthdays this month with little desire to do great things, and they had their own. Still life with objects and equipment to better their relationship to people. Their favorite job tasks, computer software, engineering and information technology. They Tmyrkarhay mechanics and good will.
Aquarius (February)
People born in this month, Progressive, Progressive, and are prospective. They should be put to work in the planning and supervision of the company. In addition, the astronomers, Falbynan, and fortune will be very good foundations. Yes, they are the futures of other people can.
Pisces (March)
Birthdays this month are a very good trail corridors. They can get help and follow the handbook, the most difficult things to do. Their vice president, vice-minister and vice president and deputy will be good.
Facebook officials of the 22 September - 31 September at its annual conference, f8, America was in the city of San Francisco, announced the number of Facebook users has exceeded 800 million.
This statistic is based on the number of users in the last month have been entered into your account on Facebook. Based on these statistics over the past 3 months, 50 million new users are attracted to the social network, because in July this year, according to recent statistics, Facebook users had announced its 750 million people.
Join 50 million users in over 3 months, Facebook's success in attracting new users to the network's management team, also has another meaning; during this period, plus Google, managed to attract about 25 million users and this means that fees Facebook is still in its nascent competitor words to say.
Zakrbrg Mark, CEO of Facebook's f8 conference that recently took place for Facebook and it's important that over the last few days, some 500 million Facebook users have to enter this site and these statistics in a day a great success for this network is considered.
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Future technology we can get will depend on the outcome of the battle by leading IT companies. Oracle for HP will be one of those typical of such battles, Intel vs. AMD, Qualcomm and also fight against NVIDIA.
But the most notable, Microsoft to develop consumer products that we use on a daily basis, Google, three companies battle for Apple.
Each company has its own strategy, which has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. Here, let's compare them side by side on the table.
Apple Goals: Apple's goal is to raise interest rates high. Apple is a company which is optimized for this purpose, in fact, have secured higher margins than Microsoft and Google. Apple is oblivious even if market share is down to maintain high profit margins.
Strengths: has a clear goal, that is the greatest strength is our employees thoroughly. In addition, the company itself is a simple structure, be raised as a strength that many loyal customers. Quality has been overwhelmed by the other two, and compared with the other two companies have a strong influence in-house engineering department, is also the only company which holds the principal marketing strategy.
Weaknesses: Companies that Apple has been designed to exert maximum force when the customer / managed by Mr. Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs has charisma, and he himself was controlling the product very meticulously. Mr. Jobs is a key sector for almost any company out the mouth, had to fully exercise the power of the position of founder and CEO of the company.
After he stepped down as chairman of the CEO Jobs, Apple decided to lead the next CEO Mr. Tim Cook. Cook's ability is not enough but as CEO, Mr. Jobs is equivalent to that unlikely. After the resignation of Mr. Jobs, the Apple has a lot of executives have already left the company. Apple is to rebuild the structure of the company's ability to match Cook, people have come to find the play the role of Mr. Jobs. Both that can be achieved quickly is unlikely.
Apple has not partnered with other companies, mainly because the hardware manufacturing companies, product costs are relatively high compared with other two companies. Tim Cook's first decisions was to revive the sales campaign was conducted earlier by Apple. This increases the cost, not impair the strength of Apple, said in Dutch for Steve jobs, lead to a situation where I almost ä»°Genai nearly Jobs' future cooperation.
Google Goal: The goal is that Google is not tightly focused, but that goal has yet Kitashi contradictions here and there. Significantly, Google is trying to dominate the field of Internet advertising revenues, and seems to have thought you would like to contribute to the world. Profits, corporate value, corporate survival is not felt as much importance, and they have become a secondary objective.
Strengths: Google has a dominant share in the field of Internet advertising and Internet search. Also, the market share leader in the field of smart phones. Google has adopted a business model to make money from advertising in a number of departments have already achieve this without having to worry about that earn revenue directly from their activities.
Google's work environment are considered to be the best Vehicle 3. And it is more comfortable than Microsoft, but do not have to work every day so scared of Apple. Has been led by two of the founder still do to Google, they are generally from official deeply respected. Google has partnered with many companies followed by Microsft It is also empowered to Google.
Weaknesses: Google has no clear vision, which seems too early would also threw for individual projects. Therefore, it is quite difficult to concentrate on to achieve individual goals in the area of employees.
Google's project faced too many. The project has caused conflicts between, so the department has caused a lack of resources. Many projects fail due to lack of funding. Lack of resources has spurred the advertising model has taken from Google. Many departments will not only in funding, from sources of income often is not.
Management is inexperienced, mistakes are repeated in the past their competitors. As a result, has continued outflow of talent.
The biggest problem with Google, the government would respond to the behavior for the competition. It is arrogant and very similar to Microsoft in the 1990s, eyes future government as well as strict auditing Microsoft, it would suffer from narrow-payment of compensation.
Overall, a successful and currently Google is hardly steer.
Microsoft Goals: Microsoft is trying to maximize corporate value. Also, competitors, Google in particular for applying pressure in various ways, the guys have a relatively high ground.
Strengths: Microsoft has divisions PC OS, desktop applications division, game systems, E-mail servers and enterprise systems, which account for the dominant and leading position in each department in your browser. Microsoft's relationships with its partners is not much stronger than that of Apple and Google, said penetration powerful embedded systems.
Microsoft products are most companies that entered the home. In many cases, very difficult to replace them with other products. In addition, the new UI Microsoft, Metro is definitely the most advanced thing.
Weaknesses: Microsoft's goal here and there have been inconsistent, too massive and the company itself, it is impossible to successfully manage and too complex. Excellent employee continues to leave a long time, maintain the key employees are becoming the biggest challenge Microsoft.
Executive has been focusing on cost reduction for a long time, history has repeated that the ship would remain incomplete for this product. Almost lost in the browser sector leadership in the sector gradually losing its desktop OS will have influence. In the field of smartphones, but the current situation of water being poured on Google and much Apple.
During the past 10 years, CEO of Microsoft, deepened the isolation of the house. He has fired many of the executives and the company Kasou against yourself.
Spend most cost by Microsoft, the field has been running a deficit at the same time hanging the fight armed with Google, Bing. In this regard, not even been hampered so far Google's massive fort.
Which companies will win?
The position is sitting pretty by Apple. The Apple has a solid target, the company's structure was simple. This has given the speed and flexibility to Apple.
However, speed and flexibility are being lost by the resignation of his CEO Steve Jobs. In addition, Apple has just issued the results of the ordinary is not evaluated, there is a destiny that must be issued by outstanding results.
This may have given the pressure on Steve Jobs and his executives. Mr. Jobs has begun to discount the product to be made selling campaign Mr. Cook, cursed him in public. As if these things continue, it may be possible change of CEO.
Inconsistency and confusion among executives think like this, which may lead to a weakening of Apple. How come Apple is equivalent to finding the person said Steve Jobs, or being converted into a road just does not need Jobs' company or not. Otherwise, Apple is going to be going now slipped from the top position.
Are positioned to give the second to Apple, is Google. The biggest reason is - it's still overwhelming in comparison with other ad revenue from Google.
However, Google is facing the problem that has gradually begun to withdraw from the Android partners. Google also has to be wasted on meaningless projects strategically. Because of this waste, should find their original focus, which led to lack of funds to projects such as cloud, as a result, leading to situations such as delayed entry into the SNS.
Google has set a goal that must be coordinated with the various projects within the company and clear. Also, executives, become adults, we must avoid repeating the mistakes could be avoided. Otherwise, their best days can happen that in the past.
Microsoft is getting gradually break their stronghold already huge. Microsoft has MiShi the defensive lineup in protecting the core product resources are better focused so as to maintain market share.
The biggest weakness in the field of smart phones and browsers, they share continues to drop, the missing funds.
Moreover, starting dominant in the area where OS is the greatest strength of sales has cut the share of Windows while the rise of the tablet device.
IE10 and Windows 8 is a very competitive product, but the company's leadership, focus, and funding in all areas, in a difficult position as compared to Apple and Google. If you do not solve these problems, Microsoft is Apple, but would not win against Google.
Microsoft executives, before the collapse of the dominant position of Microsoft, either by changing the attitude, or it should have on. Otherwise, the leadership is lost forever from the company, Microsoft is going to be going to nosedive.