The reason HP printer dared to raise prices

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Hewlett-Packard (HP) set up a laser printer strategy of raising prices by 15 percent to 20 percent per unit in the first quarter of 2012.

"Because we want to highlight and improve product quality to customer service," said Market Development Manager HP Laser Printer Products Group, Charles Johnson Simanjuntak after the launch of three HP LaserJet printer on Wednesday.

Charles exemplifies the quality of the product on HP laser printers, among others, the ability to connect to the printer and handheld devices to wireless internet (wireless).

"Special Pro 200 color LaserJet MFP M275, this product is capable of scanning three-dimensional," said Charles.

Operation LaserJet Pro 200, continued Charles, streamline workflow from image capture, editing, and printing images.

"Enterprise LaserJet Printer 600 has the function of tracking the number, type, and the printing of security documents and keywords for use with security," said Charles.

Charles adds HP innovation and service done by direct approach to potential customers.

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Indonesian dominance in the U.S. robotics contest

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Robot teams from three universities in Indonesia, ITB, ITTelkom, and Unikom (Bandung), dominated the race of intelligent robots "Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest (TCFFHRC)" at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Specialized staff Mendikbud Sukemi by electronic mail to Reuters on Monday Indonesia stated that the robot team took home eight international titles.

The eight titles include: the winner of one and two (division wheeled fire extinguisher robot / ITTelkom); won one, two, and three (division-legged robot fire / ITTelkom and ITB), the winner of one (RoboWaiter Division Entry Level / Unikom); and champions one and two (RoboWaiter Advanced divisions / UNIKOM).

TCFFHRC 2012 followed by 130 teams that competed in various categories. Besides the United States there are several other countries, like Portugal, Israel and China. TCFFHRC intelligent robot is an annual competition held fire extinguisher at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Competition that has lasted for 19 years it has become the reference standard fire extinguisher robot competitions in schools and colleges in various parts of the world, including Indonesia.

Rules of the game in the competition TCFFHRC adopted in robot competitions in various countries, from national to regional level. Indonesia also adopted the rules of competition in the arena TCFFHRC Indonesian Intelligent Robot Contest (KRCI) for the category of a wheeled robot and legged robot category.

There is some division games on TCFFHRC. In the division of Fire-Fighting, intelligent and autonomous robots are trying to find a fire in a maze-like floor plan room of the house, then turn off the fire and returned to its original position. Fire-fighting division is divided into two categories, namely division wheeled robot and legged robot division.

RoboWaiter Division, in charge of a companion robot that elderly people who have limited (disable). Robot is able to move the dish from the larder or refrigerator to the table. The division is divided into two categories, Entry Level and Advanced.

Robot team in Indonesia sent through a national selection in Indonesian Intelligent Robot Contest (KRCI) 2011. KRCI in Indonesia is one of the contest Contest Robot Indonesia (KRI), which consists of three types of races are held each year.

Three types of robot competitions in the covers KRI KRI, KRCI, and Art Contest Robot Indonesia (KRSI). KRI refers to the international event in Japan, KRCI referring to the international arena in the U.S., and KRSI robot is an event unique to Indonesia.

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Peek at the new look of Windows 8

Monday, April 2, 2012

Latest operating system Windows 8 offers some of the recent changes to simplify the user, one with the look of Metro UI interface to maximize the utilization of the touch screen.

Microsoft has implemented a UI display in the view antaramuka Metro Windows Phone.

Google also adopts the view that the pages of the browser machine interface (browser), Google Chrome, so users can simply put a link on the home page with a favorite short cut or a specific icon.

"There are icons that not only displays pictures but also a description of these links, for example, news links will display photos and news leads so users can quickly find out," said EVP Business Development PT. Navcore Nextology Zulkarnain Farid told a news media about Windows 8 Developer Boot Camp in London on Friday (30/3).

How to create an application with the password was quite interesting. Users only need to draw the dots in the picture wallpaper screen coordinates predetermined by the user.

However, if the user forgets the user can still open it manually by typing the name of the password, just like how to open password on a Windows PC.

In addition to the side bar there are additional icons such as search, share, device, setting.
"With the share icon, users can submit any kind of news, photos, and link to a friend email a friend or social networking account. Windows operating system 8 is very easy to develop," he said.

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Now available Facebook app for Enemy

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

So far, Facebook is a positive place. We can express love but can not say do not like. We can find a friend on Facebook but could not find the enemy.

Now it is changed. EnemyGraph latest application allows us to add our enemies in profile page, either from a list of friends and fellow users of the application.

Once you declare hostilities, then your enemies will appear in the list of enemies dialam Facebook profile and other users can view the application.

Application was made by Terry Dean of the University of Texas at Dallas. Terry called his work as "blasphemous to the social media 'and predict Facebook will remove the application.

A petition signed by three million people calling for the 'hate' on Facebook, but so far has not offered a social networking facility.

Five users have expressed hostility to the Twilight film series, the two have expressed displeasure against the film reviewers Tomatoes page and someone has made a feud with the Nobel Prize-winning German author Thomas Mann.

"When I see a list of friends in the early era of social media, I think where his enemies list?" Terry said. EnemyGraph attempt to further define the relationship between users and other entities in the entire social graph Facebook.

'Most of the social network tries to connect people based on friendship, as you want like a certain band, movie or sports teams. I like them because I have to be their friend. However, the well connected and motivated by some of the things they do not like. '

"We give the trial a few weeks before the application is closed," said Terry.

"Some people ask us about the potential for abuse. If you do not make friends with someone, or not a user of the application, or not famous, you will not be listed as 'enemy'. We will also carefully monitor the application."

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Airborne Reconnaissance Drones, Seek Muggers

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A site about the state of technology soon everyone can later be monitored his activities, even though you just bask in the backyard. The U.S. Congress has responded to the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) operational readiness of the drone.


There can be no single person who would be happy if it could be spied on reconnaissance drone that will operate the local police in the United States. Moreover, until then the person is classified as a suspected insurjen.


Drone called the Draganflyer UAV's (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), shaped like a cross between a helicopter, dragonfly, and a video camera drift. Approximately the size of a kite that kids used to play and can float in the air (hovering) for 20 minutes before moving to the point or different heights.


Police who operate the Seattle Police Department, advised that the Draganflyer UAV flown no higher than 400 feet from the ground; can be controlled from just a police patrol car. Predictably, the authority of national security the United States will soon operate a similar vehicle in larger sizes.


Thus, observation and surveillance can be conducted more in-depth, and the spacecraft will be named Shadowhawk, a similar-shaped helicopter owned by Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Texas. This will be used SWAT team.

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