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12/16/2007 成功：视野 行动——2007北京国际论坛在京举行
此次论坛的六位演讲者来自六个不同的国家。他们包括英国剑桥大学创业中心入驻企业家、首届英国女皇企业促进奖得主艾伦·巴锐尔(Alan Barrell)教授，剑桥大学博士、英国皇家学会、欧盟研究与发展委员会院士刘煜炎教授，日本野村集团总部企业传讯部和宣传部经理池上浩一(Koichi Ikegami)先生，GSM协会移动创新论坛首任主席、菲律宾女子年度企业家麦拉·维拉纽瓦(Myla Villanueva)女士，在阿联酋迪拜政府核心机构供职的犹瑟夫·阿尔-穆拉(Yousuf Al Mulla)先生，以及拥有二十余年投资银行业务、科技风险投资经验的罗伯特·瓦利(Rob Valli)先生。
围绕“成功”这一主题，此次论坛的演讲者从“视野”和“行动”两方面为中国青年学生展开了演讲。
“视野”：拥有广阔的视野是取得成功的必要环节之一。在这个部分中，知名的经济学家站在世界的角度对中国的国际地位与形势做出评论，包含中国目前的强项、潜力以及机遇。这些演讲者将会帮助学生拓展对未来的视野。
“行动”：如不付诸实践，成功仅是南柯一梦。在这个部分中，著名的企业家们旨在通过演讲内容激励学生大胆设想，并采取正确的行动，从而迈向成功。
围绕以上思想，演讲者的内容涵盖了新时代的创业能力和创业精神，大学生的成长、成才、成功之路，亚洲资本市场的前景展望，在发展中国家从事科技创业的挑战和乐趣，如何抓住机遇并承担风险，以及如何为可持续、高增长的新企业奠定引资基础等等。
此次论坛面向首都一流高校的优秀大学生，旨在帮助中国高校学生从世界范围的角度加深对本国当前形势的认识和了解，并且让中国的新生代了解如何在当今全球化的局势中实现自我价值。此外，这次活动也将为促进中英两国在文化与教育上的交流做出贡献。剑桥大学国际教育协会顾问、前任英国驻中国大使韩魁发爵士表示：“我认为这是一个重要并富于想象力的活动，他能增强中英两国的相互理解并能帮助中国的年轻人面对国际化带来的挑战。”
此次论坛获得了包括英国文化协会(British Council)大中华区负责人乔安娜·伯克(Joanna Burke)女士、芬兰驻华大使郭安琪先生、中国青年创业国际计划全国办公室主任陈浩先生在内的、中英双方高端层面的重视和支持，并亲自出席此次论坛。乔安娜·伯克女士在论坛开幕式上致欢迎词。
来自首都各顶尖大学的优秀大学生代表、论坛的演讲者以及来自国际知名企业的代表们，还受邀参加了在12月8日晚八点在北京新世纪日航饭店举行的交流酒会。
剑桥大学国际教育协会简介
剑桥大学国际教育协会成立于2007年8月，协会旨在于国际间分享国际顶尖教育资源并促进教育与产业交流。其主要活动之一即举办国际教育论坛讲座——全球知名的演讲者将会被邀请与世界各地的学生分享他们的见解并与学生探讨各个方面的学术问题，培训学生们的创业及求职能力，实现有志青年们的梦想。
协会一经成立，它便获得学术界和商界的广泛支持。顾问委员会的成员，例如前任英国驻中国大使馆大使韩魁发爵士和英国剑桥大学创业中心入驻企业家、首届英国女皇企业促进奖得主艾伦·巴锐尔(Alan Barrell)教授，对中英事务都有着广泛的见解和经验，他们“深信这一新动议能增进各地人民的文化交流，并对教育的方式和分享知识、充实经验的方式带来积极而深远的影响。”如今，数百名拥有同样目标的剑桥大学学生已经加入剑桥大学国际教育协会，并形成了一个倾力协作的团队和集体。
11/17/2007 CUEWB International Forum, Beijing
International Forum, Beijing "I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep." - The Scroll Marked III, Og Mandino
About CUEWB Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB) is a non-profit student association. It aims to share educational resources worldwide and break the barrier between educational institutions and industrial organisations. One of its major tasks is to organise forums and talks, which are given by prominent speakers of an international standing, for students not only in Cambridge, but also for those around the world. CUEWB is a young society but has already gained broad support from both inside and outside Cambridge University since its formation.
About International Forum, Beijing Date: 8 December 2007 With capacity for over 1,000 students selected from the top universities in Beijing, the Forum will provide the opportunity for students to hear six world-class speakers who can give their view of China, and of what it takes for young Chinese people to succeed in today’s globalised world. Furthermore, we are aiming to promote the educational and cultural exchange between China and the UK. The theme of the Forum is "SUCCESS" and consists of two parts: 1. Vision: Creating a powerful vision is one of the most important aspects of success. In this session, our speakers will give the students an overview of China, including its strengths, potential and opportunities, from the speakers’ perspective. They will encourage the students to develop their own vision for their future. 2. Action: A vision is only a dream unless it results in action. This session will encourage students to think big, take active steps, and become successful.
Speakers 1. Ms. Myla Villanueva (Philippine) 2. Prof. Alan Barrell DBA, FRSA (UK) 3. Mr. Koichi Ikegami (Japan) 4. Prof. Qixiang Sun (China) 5. Mr. Yousuf Al Mulla (Emirate of Dubai, UAE) 6. Mr. Rob Valli (USA)
Apply Now Please send your ENGLISH CV to cv@cuewb.com via e-mail with the subject, "CUEWB Forum Application + Your Name + Major + Undergraduate/Graduate/Postgraduate/MBA + Name of Your University", by 30 November 2007. Please make sure that in your CV, you indicate your level of English proficiency and describe your work experience and extracurricular activities. CUEWB will inform the selected students in the form of a rolling process on every Tuesday and Friday and issue unique invitation codes for registering at CUEWB.com. Once registered, the selected students will need to submit their English CVs online immediately in the required format at CUEWB.com. The CVs will be viewed by international employers such as Nomura International, Credit Suisse who are seeking top candidates to work in Hong Kong, Tokyo, London, New York, etc. for both summer internships and full time positions in the areas of Sales & Trading, Investment Banking, Research, Asset Management and Corporate Finance in 2008. The experience of being one of the delegates to our forum will be recognised by the sponsoring companies of the forum, including Nomura International and Credit Suisse, which will be beneficial to your job application to these companies. After submitting your CV online, the box offices in Beijing will be updated with your name, university, etc. which will entitle you to purchase the ticket. The price of the ticket for the whole-day forum is 80 RMB yuan. For enquiries regarding the International Forum, Beijing, please e-mail enquiries@cuewb.com.
Ms. Myla Villanueva to deliver a speech at CUEWB's International Forum, BeijingCambridge, UK - 5 Nov. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between academics and industry, is pleased to announce that Ms. Myla Villanueva, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of MDI Group Holdings and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Novare Technologies, will deliver a speech at CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing on 8 December 2007.
Ms. Villanueva is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of MDI Group Holdings, a leading systems integrator representing Dell, Juniper, and Cisco and the Co-Founder and Partner of Novare Technologies. She is Member of Executive Management Committee (for Smart Communications), Director of Emerging Market Handset Development Fund, and the first Chairperson of Mobile Innovation Forum of GSM Association, London, representing 700 operators and 2.3 billion subscribers. She is also the Asia Pacific President of Global Telecom Women’s Network. In 2004, Ms. Villanueva was named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in the Entrepreneur of the Year program, conducted by Ernst and Young, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippine Stock Exchange, Bankers Association of the Philippines and the Philippine Securities Exchange Commission.
CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing is themed Success: Vision & Action. Open to over 1,000 students selected from the top universities in Beijing, the forum is aiming at providing the opportunity for students to hear speakers from outside who can give their view of China, and of what it takes for young Chinese people to succeed in today’s globalised world. In addition, CUEWB is also hoping to promote the educational and cultural exchange between China and the UK.
With Ms. Villanueva joining to speak at the International Forum, Beijing, CUEWB believes that the student audience will broaden their minds on partnerships outside their borders in technology transfers and services in the new generation of Internet and mobile services.
Ms. Myla Villanueva, Mr. Koichi Ikegami, Prof. Qixiang Sun, Prof. Alan Barrell, Mr. Rob Valli, and Mr. Yousuf Al Mulla are the finalised speakers for CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing.
More information can be found at CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing event page: http://www.cuewb.com/node/50.
Mr. Yousuf Al Mulla to speak at CUEWB's International Forum, BeijingCambridge, UK - 24 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between academics and industry, is pleased to announce that Mr. Yousuf Al Mulla will speak at CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing on 8 December 2007.
Born and raised in the City of Golden Opportunities and with only few years of professional experience, Yousuf Al Mulla has been involved in many ventures, ranging from a sport management company to Real Estate Financing. However, in the last one year his focus has moved to the Public Sector. He graduated from Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, with a degree in Corporate Finance. Currently, he is doing a Master in Public Administration at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Yousuf is also an Associate at the Executive Council of the Dubai Government, which is the centre of the government and Think-Tank of Innovation for Dubai. In addition, he is part of the USC alumni Network.
CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing is themed Success: Vision & Action. Open to over 1,000 students selected from the top universities in Beijing, the forum is aiming at providing the opportunity for students to hear speakers from outside who can give their view of China, and of what it takes for young Chinese people to succeed in today’s globalised world. In addition, CUEWB is also hoping to promote the educational and cultural exchange between China and the UK.
With Yousuf joining to speak at the International Forum, Beijing, CUEWB believes that the student audience will benefit from topics on the strong and robust economic growth in Dubai and how it is and will be linked with China's economic growth.
More information can be found at CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing event page: http://www.cuewb.com/node/50.
10/18/2007 Mr. Rob Valli to deliver a speech at CUEWB's International Forum, BeijingCambridge, UK - 8 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between academics and industry, is pleased to announce that Mr. Rob Valli will deliver a speech at CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing on 8 December 2007.
Mr. Valli's professional background and experience dovetails business, higher education, leadership, and service. After two decades of successful investment banking, technology venturing, and entrepreneurial leadership, Rob Valli joined the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. He is laser-focused on identifying, cultivating, and brokering ways of interacting that are mutually beneficial for all constituents; leading to relationship growth and higher global recognition for the Department and the University. Rob Valli is an accomplished professional: who prides himself on being pro-active, rather than reactive; an achiever, rather than an aspirer; and a student advocate whose deed follows his word. Rob is the consummate "team player" who is committed to listening, learning, fostering and facilitating.
CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing is themed Success: Vision & Action. Open to 1,500 students selected from the top-10 universities in Beijing, the forum is aiming at providing the opportunity for students to hear speakers from outside who can give their view of China, and of what it takes for young Chinese people to succeed in today’s globalised world. In addition, CUEWB is also hoping to help promote educational and cultural exchange between China and the U.K.
With Mr. Valli joining to speak at the International Forum, Beijing, CUEWB believes that the student audience will benefit from the topics on how to bring ideas into innovation, how to make the innovation sustainable, and how to commercialise the innovation.
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CUEWB formally launches its official websiteCambridge, UK - 15 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between academics and industry, today announced the formal launch of its official website, www.cuewb.com, for serving and engaging CUEWB's members and online visitors. The website went live on 2 Oct. 2007 for public preview and the Internet domain name (IDN), cuewb.com, was launched the following day. CUEWB had then continued to improve the website's quality based on user feedback, system testing, and usability assessment. On 12 Oct. 2007, the website passed CUEWB's quality assurance test and was signed off for the formal launch today.
The website, attracting hundreds of unique visitors monthly, contains extensive information on CUEWB, including latest news and events, along with a supporting portfolio of information and useful resources on the latest society developments. It features an innovative user interface that is a model for Internet functionality and includes many features for its members and visitors.
Based on a state-of-the-art content management system, the website is optimised for efficient and lightweight page generation and presentation. Backed by the Student-Run Computing Facility’s high-performance web servers and Cambridge University Data Network’s high-speed Internet connectivity, the website is capable of providing expeditious browsing experience for its global visitors.
The website will act as a strong foundation for promoting CUEWB and its activities. It will also be a solid platform for CUEWB to communicate and interact with its members and online visitors. The formal launch of CUEWB's official website is part of the efforts by CUEWB to improve its workflow efficiency and worldwide accessibility to the next level.
For more information on CUEWB's web environment, please refer to http://www.cuewb.com/node/80.
For more information on the IDN, cuewb.com, please refer to http://www.cuewb.com/node/83. 10/11/2007 Prof. Alan Barrell joins CUEWB's Advisory BoardCambridge, UK - 11 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between educational institutions and industrial organisations, is pleased to announce that Prof. Alan Barrell, holder of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion, has joined CUEWB's Advisory Board.
Following a scientific training and six years working in the hospital laboratory service, Alan Barrell has spent almost thirty years in senior executive positions in technology based industries. He worked around the world with Baxter Healthcare, the world's largest Health technology company and was Chief Executive of Baxter UK for six years. Subsequently he switched industries and joined a very small Cambridge Phenomenon company in industrial electronics, Domino Printing Sciences, as Managing Director. Alan stayed six years, during which time Domino grew internationally and was listed on the London Stock Exchange. Today Domino plc has revenues of £200 million plus a market capitalisation approaching £300 million.
Alan's last full time Chief Executive position was six years with Willett International, a manufacturing and marketing company in industrial electronics which now has businesses in 100 countries, 26 overseas subsidiaries and sales of more than £100 million.
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Prof. Alan Barrell joins CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing as a key speakerCambridge, UK - 8 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between educational institutions and industrial organisations, is pleased to announce that Prof. Alan Barrell, holder of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion, will join CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing on 8 December 2007 as a key speaker.
Prof. Barrell has spent 30 years in senior executive positions in technology based companies, including chief executive roles at Baxter Healthcare, Domino Printing Sciences and Willett International. Latterly he has spent time at various board positions in early stage companies including chairmanship of the Cambridge Gateway Fund, founder shareholder of Library House Ltd, and a director of China Business Solutions Ltd. He is Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre. His work in these areas recently led him to becoming one of the first recipients of the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion. Prof. Barrell is one of the most popular speakers in both Europe and Asia.
CUEWB's International Forum, Beijing is themed Success: Vision & Action. Open to 1,500 students selected from the top-10 universities in Beijing, the forum is aiming at providing the opportunity for students to hear speakers from outside who can give their view of China, and of what it takes for young Chinese people to succeed in today’s globalised world. In addition, CUEWB is also hoping to help promote educational and cultural exchange between China and the U.K.
With Prof. Barrell joining to speak at the International Forum, Beijing, CUEWB believes that the student audience will further benefit from the topics on how to transform their visions into actions and become successful.
More information can be found at:
10/5/2007 CUEWB launches cuewb.com for its official websiteCambridge, UK - 3 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between educational institutions and industrial organisations, today announced the launch of a new Internet domain name (IDN), cuewb.com, for its official website. The redesigned CUEWB website, which was officially launched on 2 Oct. 2007, can now be reached at http://www.cuewb.com. CUEWB has also assumed ownership of the IDN, cuewb.net, which will automcatically redirect its visitors to http://www.cuewb.com/. The launch of cuewb.com is part of the efforts by CUEWB to improve its worldwide accessibility to the next level.
The previous web address at www.srcf.ucam.org/cuewb is still functional and will automatically redirect its visitors to http://www.cuewb.com/.
CUEWB launches new web presenceCambridge, UK - 2 Oct. 2007 - Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB), a non-profit student association committed to sharing educational resources worldwide and breaking the barrier between educational institutions and industrial organisations, today announced the launch of its new redesigned website using a state-of-the-art content management system. The new web environment marks a dramatic improvement in the appearance, navigability, accessibility, and usability of the CUEWB website. With a new look and feel, it is better suited for serving and engaging CUEWB's members and visitors.
The website, attracting hundreds of unique visitors monthly, features an innovative user interface that is a model for Internet functionality. The new website, containing extensive information on CUEWB, includes many new features for members and visitors. Some of the key added or enhanced user features include:
The website acts as a strong foundation for promoting CUEWB and its activities. Alongside information about CUEWB, the website will feature the latest news and events, along with a supporting portfolio of information and useful resources on the latest society developments. In the weeks to follow, we will be showcasing much more information about our society and events.
User Registration
To begin taking advantage of all of the user features, users must go and create a new account at: https://www.srcf.ucam.org/cuewb/?q=user/register. The page will prompt you for some information, along with an individually created username. Password will then be immediately sent to the e-mail address used for registration and you will be able to log in and change your password at any time.
7/20/2007 Emmanuel College Tops Tompkins Tables
(Double first for Emmanuel in Cambridge league table)
Emmanuel College, alma mater of the new James Bond writer Sebastian Faulks,has been ranked as best college at Cambridge for second successive year in the Tompkins Table, which ranks the university's 29 colleges on academic performance . Richard Barnes, senior tutor, praised this year's graduates. "In their first year, they topped the mumps league table for the university and did really badly," he said."They seem to have fought back amazingly. In addition, for a college which was once men only, it now recruits more women than men. Our women do slightly better than the men." The college's strengths have been in engineering, English, medicine and philosophy. This year, of its eight history graduates, six obtained a first. Dr Barnes said the college, which recruits about 60 per cent of its students from the state sector, had also been successful in attracting women graduates into engineering - traditionally a male bastion. One of its female graduates won the Sword of Honour at Sandhurst (beating Prince Harry); another is working for the McLaren Formula One team. Founded in 1584, Emmanuel has been top of the table four times in the past five years (slipping to fifth in 2005).
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4/16/2007 Deadliest Campus Rampage in U.S. History
(Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people before he was killed, police said. Photo couresy of MSNBC.com.)
At least 33 people, including a gunman, were killed Monday during shootings in a dorm and a building housing classrooms at Virginia Tech, university officials said. The death toll makes the incident the deadliest school attack in U.S. history. Two people were killed at a dormitory about 7:15 a.m., while another 30 people were killed two hours later at Norris Hall, the engineering science and mechanics building, university officials said. Though university police Chief Wendell Flinchum said police were still investigating whether the two incidents were related, he also said the gunman at Norris Hall took his own life. Investigators are not ruling out a second shooter, Flinchum said. "Norris Hall is a tragic and a sorrowful crime scene, and we are in the process of identifying victims," university President Charles Steger said. Asked why the campus, which has more than 26,000 students, was not shut down after the first shooting, Flinchum responded that police received information that "it was an isolated event to that building and the decision was made not to cancel classes at that time." Steger added, "We had some reason to believe the shooter had left campus." Spokespersons for hospitals in Roanoke, Christiansburg, Blacksburg and Salem told CNN they were treating 29 people from the shootings. Sharon Honaker with Carilion New River Medical Center in Christiansburg said one of the four gunshot victims being treated there was in critical condition. Scott Hill, a spokesman for Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, where 17 wounded students were taken, said he wasn't expecting any more victims. The killings mark the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, surpassing attacks at Columbine High School in 1999 and at the University of Texas in 1966. The first reported shootings occurred at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a dormitory that houses 895 students. The dormitory, one of the largest residence halls on the 2,600-acre campus, is located near the drill field and stadium. Amie Steele, editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, said one of her reporters at the dormitory reported "mass chaos." The reporter said there were "lots of students running around, going crazy, and the police officers were trying to settle everyone down and keep everything under control," according to Steele. Kristyn Heiser said she was in class about 9:30 a.m. when she and her classmates saw about six gun-wielding police officers run by a window. "We were like, 'What's going on?' Because this definitely is a quaint town where stuff doesn't really happen. It's pretty boring here," said Heiser during a phone interview as she sat on her classroom floor. Another student, Tiffany Otey, said she and her classmates initially thought the gunshots were construction noise until they heard screaming and police officers with bulletproof vests and machine guns entered her classroom. "They were telling us to put our hands above our head and if we didn't cooperate and put our hands above our heads they would shoot," Otey said. "I guess they were afraid, like us, like the shooter was going to be among one of us."
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2/10/2007 成都荣膺“中国最佳旅游城市”
（万人空巷，天府广场“创佳”庆典）
成都、杭州、大连，将永载中国旅游业发展史册。这三座城市创建最佳旅游城市的成功经验，有望作为模范旅游目的地的典范被推广到世界各地。经过与全国其他23个城市的角逐，成都、杭州、大连从“创建中国最佳旅游城市”活动中脱颖而出，成为国家旅游局、世界旅游组织共同确认的首批“中国最佳旅游城市”。 昨日上午，隆重的命名仪式在人民大会堂举行，这是中国城市旅游目的地发展史上一个新的里程碑。中共中央政治局委员、国务院副总理吴仪为三个获得命名的城市颁发奖杯和证书。联合国世界旅游组织秘书长弗朗西斯科·弗朗加利致辞。国家旅游局局长邵琪伟致辞并宣布命名决定。国务院副秘书长徐绍史、外交部部长助理孔泉等出席“2006中国最佳旅游城市”命名仪式。命名仪式由国家旅游局副局长张希钦主持。 9时45分，市委副书记、市长葛红林和副市长何华章从吴仪手中接过金灿灿的“中国最佳旅游城市”奖杯和命名证书，人民大会堂一层西大厅沸腾了——在1100万成都市民的共同努力下，中国旅游业最具含金量的“金字招牌”终于花落蓉城！ 成都市市长葛红林在“2006中国最佳旅游城市”命名仪式现场对记者说，成都是三大最佳旅游城市中唯一来自中西部的城市。成为中国最佳旅游城市，将进一步提高成都在世界上的声誉，吸引更多的境外旅游者。他表示，成都旅游资源丰富，生态建设良好。未来几年成都市将加快旅游资源生态化和旅游服务现代化，加速国际化进程，努力形成“大旅游”格局。
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1/30/2007 Microsoft Launches Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 to Consumers Worldwide
(Bill Gates introduces Windows Vista at a celebration in New York., N.Y. Jan. 29, 2007, courtesy of Microsoft)
NEW YORK - Jan. 29, 2007 - On Jan. 30 the most significant product launch in Microsoft Corp.'s history culminates in the release to consumers of the Windows Vista? operating system and Microsoft Office 2007. Starting tomorrow, these two flagship products will be available in more than 70 countries, in 19 languages (with 99 languages anticipated by the end of the year), and at more than 39,000 retail stores and online. The launch marks the achievement of an unprecedented collaboration between Microsoft and its customers and partners, and ushers in an era in which personal computing is easier, safer and more enjoyable than ever before. "Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 will transform the way people work and play," said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft. "Personal computers have become a key part of the daily lives of almost a billion people worldwide. Millions of consumers had a hand in helping us design, test and create the most exciting versions of Windows and Office we've ever released. Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 squarely address the needs and aspirations of people around the globe." A New Era of Personal Computing Windows Vista and the latest release of Microsoft Office feature dramatic graphic enhancements to the interface that make the desktop more visually exciting and significantly easier to use. With simple and intuitive tools, consumers can easily create and share digital documents, photos, music and videos, participate in digital communities, and play online and offline games. With Windows Vista, consumers will be able to experience all kinds of entertainment - from television to video games to music and movies - how and when they want. Keeping in touch with family, friends and colleagues using e-mail, voice recording or video will be richer and more convenient. Redesigned user interfaces will increase productivity and ease of use, helping consumers and small businesses produce documents - from a marketing plan to a child's birthday invitation - that look better and are more professional in less time. Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 will continue to improve access to information with new tools that make it easy to find the right piece of information - be it an e-mail message, image, note or media clip - no matter where it is stored. The new versions of Windows and Microsoft Office also deliver advances in family safety by empowering parents to better manage and monitor their children's PC and Internet activities. With a few simple clicks in the new Windows Vista Parental Controls center, parents can manage and monitor PC and Internet access, and decide what kinds of TV, music and games are appropriate for their children. Security is also more robust in the new releases. Features such as Windows Defender help protect consumers against attacks from spyware and malicious Web sites, while other enhancements help safeguard personal information. In Microsoft Office 2007, Document Inspector helps clean personal information, comments and hidden text from documents, so families can share their documents with confidence. "These are the most amazing versions of Windows and Office ever," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. "The visual effects are spectacular; the navigation is streamlined and intuitive. They make it much easier to protect your PC, yourself and your children online. And they work together to help you accomplish more throughout the day." New Opportunities The consumer launch of Windows Vista is also expected to unleash a flood of new next-generation hardware, software and entertainment devices and services. Currently, more than 1.5 million devices and peripherals are on the market that work with Windows Vista, including more than 2,500 that are Certified for Windows Vista. In addition, thousands of PC manufacturers and system builders around the globe will deliver the Windows Vista operating system and Microsoft Office 2007 on new PCs. "We designed Windows Vista and Office 2007 as springboards for our partners, for realizing the next generation of computing, for a whole new wave of innovation in devices and software that offer better graphics, better connectivity and communications, and a more productive, more enjoyable experience all around," Ballmer said. "Tomorrow's launch will have a dramatic impact on computing long-term." Global Outreach Microsoft also kicked off its global television, Web, and out-of-home and theater advertising campaigns encouraging people to see the "wow" of Windows Vista. The global campaign will reflect the exciting possibilities that Windows Vista will deliver to customers around the world. Microsoft has mobilized employees - including executives, engineers, developers and product managers - to spend the launch day assisting salespeople at retail stores across the United States. Retailers around the world are providing special offers and opportunities to shoppers on the first day of general product availability.
1/10/2007 Apple Unveils iPhone
(iPhone showing the lock screen, courtesy of Apple)
The iPhone brings together several features of the iPod, digital camera, smart phones and even portable computing to one device, with a widescreen display and an innovative input method. "Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything," Jobs said. Featuring a new input technology called "Multi-Touch" the iPhone features only a single physical button, called "home." You control the phone by sliding a finger across its touch-sensitive 3.5-inch display, which has a resolution of 320-by-480 pixels at 160 pixels-per-inch display. The iPhone, which runs Mac OS X, has full iTunes integration and can seamlessly sync data with a Mac, PC, or Internet service, including music and videos from iTunes, contacts, calendars, photos, notes, bookmarks and e-mail accounts. The 0.46-inch (11.6-millimeter) thick device weighs 4.8 ounces (135 grams) and sports a 2-megapixel camera, volume control, ring-silent switch, 3.5-millimeter headset/audio jack, SIM tray, "sleep-wake" switch, speaker, microphone, and a 30-pin iPod dock connector. The quad-band GSM (850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, and 1900MHz) + EDGE phone also has 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 capabilities. Jobs noted 3G capabilities will come in the future. Three smart sensors also help control the iPhone's behavior. A proximity sensor shuts down the display and touchscreen when the phone is held to the ear. An ambient light sensor automatically adjusts screen brightness to save power. Meanwhile, an accelerometer lets the phone know whether to display in portrait or landscape mode. Despite the phone's revolutionary features, Jobs claimed that the phone's strongest feature was its redefinition of how calls are made. "We want to reinvent the phone," Jobs said. "What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls. It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on phones. We want you to use contacts like never before." A Visual Voice-mail feature allows users to skip directly to voice mails they want to hear. An easy-to-use conference call feature lets users connect two calls with one touch of the screen. Text messaging on the iPhone is similar to iChat, with user dialogue encased in bubbles and with familiar iChat sounds, and a touch keyboard appears below for entering text. The iPhone uses its Wi-Fi and EDGE capabilities to automatically connect to the Internet. Internet connectivity includes HTML-capable e-mail that works with any IMAP or POP3 e-mail service. Jobs also announced that Yahoo will offer free push e-mail—similar to the e-mail system on a Blackberry—to all iPhone customers. Apple also included its Safari web browser, and the phone can use its Internet capabilities to view standard Web pages, rather than WAP versions of pages. Integrated Google Maps functionality lets users look up locations, search for local businesses, and view satellite imagery. The iPhone also supports Dashboard widgets, and Apple announced it will include weather and stock widgets. The iPhone's photo management features are equally interesting. Its software enables users to use a "pinching" motion to zoom in and out of pictures, and to orient pictures in standard or landscape mode. When playing music, the iPhone can automatically adjust levels up or down as calls come in. The iPhone will come in two versions: a 4GB, $499 model and an 8GB, $599 model. Both will require a two-year contract with Cingular, the exclusive U.S. carrier. Both models will be available beginning in June from Apple Stores and from Cingular. Jobs said Apple plans to bring the iPhone to Europe in the fourth calendar quarter of 2007, and to Asia in 2008. Jobs also mentioned two accessories for the iPhone: stereo headphones with integrated microphone, and a Bluetooth headset that pairs automatically with the iPhone and goes to sleep to preserve battery life.
Cisco Systems sued Apple Inc. in federal court Wednesday, saying the computer maker's new iPhone violates its trademark. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, came just a day after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone in dramatic fashion at a trade show in San Francisco. But even while Jobs was trumpeting the product during his keynote address to Apple faithful, the matter of the product's naming had not been resolved behind the scenes between two of the biggest names in Silicon Valley. San Jose-based Cisco, the world's largest network-equipment maker, has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name. And three weeks ago, Cisco's Linksys division put the trademark to use, releasing an Internet phone called "iPhone" that uses the increasingly popular Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. But on Tuesday, Jobs unveiled Apple's own iPhone, a "game-changing" touch-screen-controlled cell phone device that plays music, surfs the Web and delivers voicemail and e-mail. Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said she could not immediately comment on the lawsuit. Cisco said Tuesday it had been negotiating for several years with Apple over a licensing agreement, but that Apple lawyers had not signed and returned the final contract. "Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission." Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco's iPhone trademark. "Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand," Chandler added.
1/4/2007 SanDisk Releases Flash Hard Drives for Laptops
(SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 1.8, courtesy of SanDisk)
The switch, however, will cost you a few hundred dollars more. SanDisk on Thursday released a 32GB drive for commercial notebooks that stores information on flash memory chips rather than the magnetic platters that make up a traditional hard drive. The drive is available only to manufacturers, and the company declined to give out pricing or identify any notebook makers that will adopt it, but SanDisk said notebooks sporting the drive could come out in the first half of 2007. For the past year or so, flash memory makers have promised to come out with products that will challenge hard drives in notebooks. The debate between flash makers and hard drive manufacturers will be one of the big topics at the Computer Electronics Show and Storage Visions, which both take place next week in Las Vegas. While SanDisk shows off its flash drive there, drive makers will be touting hybrid hard drives. Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts. As a result, flash devices are less prone to breaking down - flash cards can survive drops from research balloons - and consume less energy. SanDisk's flash drive can increase battery life by about 10 percent, said Doreet Oren, director of product marketing for SanDisk. Flash also can retrieve data faster. In its own tests, SanDisk says its flash drive can boot up Windows Vista - the next version of the Windows operating system - in 35 seconds, 28 seconds faster than the 55-second boot-up time required with a conventional drive. Military and aerospace customers have been buying so-called solid state flash drives for about a decade. Some have capacities of 256GB and are quite sophisticated. "They are in data recorders in aeroplanes," Oren said. "Breakage sometimes happens with military targets." SanDisk gained the bulk of its expertise in these drives when it acquired Msystems, an Israeli outfit that was an early pioneer of USB flash keys.
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12/31/2006 Announcement: The Old Wallop Codename 'hazart' will be ClosedThe old Wallop Codename 'hazart' will be CLOSED in a month. All blog entries will be compiled and provided as a downloadable archive. (The old Wallop Codename 'hazart')
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Happy New Year! Thank you for your continued support. 12/27/2006 Today's Headlines about Telecommunications Disruptions in Asia
(北京时间2006年12月26日20时26分18.8秒，南海（震中位于北纬21.9度，东经120.6度）发生7.2级地震，中国地震台网中心图片)
(Undersea cables in use as of the end of 2004, courtesy of TeleGeography Research)
Telecommunications across Asia have been severely disrupted because of damage to undersea cables caused by Tuesday's earthquake near Taiwan. Banks and businesses in Taiwan, South Korea, China and Japan reported telephone and internet problems. The earthquake, a magnitude 7.1 according to the US Geological Survey, struck off Taiwan's southern coast Two people were killed and at least 42 injured in the temblor, which shook buildings across the island. The earthquake took place at 2026 (1226 GMT) south-west of Hengchun. It was followed by a number of aftershocks. Japan's Meteorological Agency had warned of a possible localised tsunami heading towards the Philippines, but nothing was later reported. 'Seriously affected' Taiwan's largest telephone company, Chunghwa Telecom Co, said damage to an undersea cable had disrupted 98% of Taiwan's communications with Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Repairs could take three weeks, Vice-General Manager Lin Jen-hung said, but quality would improve daily. Telecommunications companies in Hong Kong, Japan and China also reported problems. China's biggest telecoms provider, China Telecommunications Group, said that communications cables to the US and to Europe had been damaged. "Internet connections have been seriously affected, and phone links and dedicated business lines have also been affected to some degree," it said. In South Korea, broadband provider KT Corp said six submarine cables had been affected, interrupting services to customers including banks. Some foreign exchange trading was reportedly affected. "Trading of the Korean won has mostly halted due to the communication problem," a dealer at one South Korean domestic bank told Reuters news agency. Several companies have warned of slow internet access over the next few days. In Taiwan, rescue workers were searching through rubble for people injured in the earthquake. Two members of a family died in Hengchun when their house collapsed, Taiwanese officials said The earthquake came on the second anniversary of the Asian tsunami, which claimed almost 250,000 lives.
12月26日晚20点25分，台湾发生7.2级地震，使众多路由经过台湾的海光缆系统陆续发生中断。其中有亚太一号、亚太二号、中美、亚欧三号、Flag、C2C等，和中国电信相关的海缆中断情况如下： 1. 中美 海缆于12月26日20:25 距离台湾枋山登陆站 9.7公里左右发生中断； 以上情况使中国电信到北美、台湾等方向的互联网电路大量中断,到欧洲、亚太等方向的专线、话音电路部分中断。
从昨夜发现很多国际网站无法访问，包括微软官网和msn各项服务、雅虎等等，甚至卡巴斯基的病毒库更新也无法进行了。看到新闻才知道是因为台湾附近海域昨夜发生地震影响到内地出口光缆导致的。
Donews 12月27日快讯（记者 王乐）据中国地震台网测定，从12月26日20时26分至27日12时，我国台湾南部海域共发生5次地震，这给中美海底电缆的修复带来不利影响。 附：5次地震详情，数据来自我国地震台网 据我国地震台网测定，2006年12月26日20时26分（北京时间），在我国台湾南部海域（震中位于北纬21.9度，东经120.6度）发生7.2级地震。据初步了解，福建地区普遍有感、沿海地区震感较强烈；广东广州、深圳、粤东地区均也有不同程度震感。
海底光缆的具体修复过程：
关于修复时间：目前没有收到任何关于维修进程的报道和消息，我们只能查看一些历史数据：2001年2月9日，跨太平洋的中美海底光缆在上海崇明岛段受损中断，2月22日维修完成。3月9日，刚刚修复的中美海底电缆在另一处发生断裂，3月22日维修完成。两次维修花费的时间完全一样，都是十三天。按照这个推测，我们就期待2007年1月9日吧。
新浪科技讯 12月27日，针对从昨夜起国内互联网用户无法正常访问国外网站一事，著名电信专家、北京邮电大学教授舒华英表示，权益之计是借道欧洲陆地光缆通往美国，不过需要国际组织协调。
由于2006年12月26日晚至27日凌晨的台湾7.2级地震影响海底光缆，造成内地无法正常访问雅虎等国外网站，MSN等也无法正常登录。中国电信集团公关处人士27日9时证实了此事。12月27日下午16点半左右，新民网联系了上海电信负责抢修的国际光缆处副处长、高级工程师吴明琪。吴明琪目前正在指挥修理海底光缆系统，包括网络修理维护和船只调度。据吴明琪向新民网介绍，由于台湾地震从昨晚半夜，他就开始忙起来，指挥修理海底光缆系统，协调横滨维护区和斯尤卡马（Seaiocma）维护区以及其他运营商。在连线中，新民网听到指挥中心不断有电话找吴明琪。 吴明琪，1982年毕业于北京邮电学院无线电工程系；1982年至1990年工作于上海市长途电信局微波站和传输中心，工程师；1990年至2000年工作于上海市邮电管理局国际光缆建设处，项目主管/高级工程师；2000年至今工作于中国电信集团上海市电信有限公司国际光缆处，副处长/高级工程师。 附：中国海底电缆建设公司国际海缆工程
12/14/2006 Transistor Breaks Speed Record
Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said Tuesday they created a transistor with a frequency of 845 gigahertz, about 20 per cent faster than the 704 GHz speed record they set last year. A gigahertz is a measure of frequency equal to one billion cycles a second. Transistors are small electronic semiconductor devices that can control voltage or current by using a much lower voltage or electrical current. They are used in a wide range of electronic circuits, including computers and cellular phones. Computer microchips use millions of them. The components' construction "enhances the electron velocity, hence, reduces both current density and charging time," said Milton Feng, the Holonyak chair professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois. The new transistor, made of iridium phosphide and iridium gallium arsenide, brings the goal of making a terahertz — or one trillion Hertz — transistor within reach, the scientists said. At room temperature, or 25 C, the transistor operates at 765 GHz. The speed increases to 845 GHz when the transistor is chilled to –55 C. Details of the research are to be presented at the International Electronics Device Meeting in San Francisco, which ends Wednesday. The researchers also refined their engineering techniques, making it possible for them to make smaller parts to be used in the transistor. The base is about 12.5 nanometres wide. A nanometre is one billionth of a metre. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funded the research, which has applications to "more effective combat systems," according to a statement by the University of Illinois.
12/13/2006 Sony Ericsson's Flagship Store in London
(Sony Ericsson's flagship store on High Street Kensington in heart of central London, photo courtesy of Esato)
This is the first of its kind of store which caters to the needs of Sony Ericsson Lovers and general mobile users alike. Based on the very busy High Street Kensington in heart of central london, its the ideal location for Sony Ericsson to get noticed, so they obviously had a good think about picking this spot, and i have to agree its a good choice. Walking into the store i noticed a Security Guard at the door who was there apparantly to keep an eye on many of the Live handsets which are on display, which visitors are allowed to play with. It's all part of Sony Ericsson's strategy for this store which MD John Harber said he had a "hatred for dummy handsets", adding: 'We've got these little guys making fantastic phones in Lund (HQ in Sweden) and they come over and see us putting these plastic dummies in stores. It doesn't do them justice.' Harber said the store is expecting to lose some handsets to thefts but security barriers and a guard at the front will be put in place. 'We will lose some phones.But the overall benefit is more important.' The decor and look of the store is very fresh and modern with Sony Ericsson Logo's and advertiseing displayed very tastefully. A bank of LCD screens are placed on the walls to the right and left of the entrance doors as you walk in and show continuous adverts for various Walkman phones and handsets. This is the best part, in the centre of the store houses the main console which holds all the "Live" handsets and Walkman phones which are connected to headphones on which you can listen to music on. The varying K800i's James Bond Edition, Allure Brown and Black are placed alongside each other, then moving onto the K610i and P990i onwards. Towards the back end of the store is the seating area for customers and visitors to the store, and its not just any seating area, two glass display cabinets are on the wall which show off Japanese Sony Ericsson Handsets not available outside of japan which is a bit dissapointing because your in a Sony Ericsson store and you can't actually buy them, i actually felt a bit cheated, but never mind maybe someday i thought. All in all Sony Ericsson have got this store just perfect, i would certainly recommend it to anyone, they also say this is the first of many such stores, so look out for one near you in the coming future. (Thanks: fran and Andy)
11/30/2006 “迎接新纪元”微软商务引擎启动大会
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每一天，每一小时，每一刻，我们的工作世界和生活都在不断地发生着变化。10多年前，Windows 95和Office 95横空出世，开启了计算机桌面应用体验新时代。10多年间，我们的工作世界不断发生着巨大的变化，互联网的蓬勃发展也促使我们的工作世界日益扁平化和一体化的今天，微软的2007 Microsoft Office system，Microsoft Windows Vista同Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 三大“商务引擎”顺应时代潮流与客户需求，将于2006年11月30日在北京面向商业用户携手“亮相”，共同迎接商务新纪元！
产品名称：Windows Vista (x86) - DVD (Simplified Chinese)
11/29/2006 Intel Samples 45 Nanometre Parts
ACCORDING TO Reuters, Intel has taped out Penryn and is starting to sample it. These 45 nanometre chips are going to be a shrink of Merom/Conroe/ Woodcrest with some goodies sprinkled on top. We first told you about them a year and a half ago, and not much looks to have changed. The basics are the same as the current core, it is just tweaked. The big thing is that cache will be upped to 6MB from 4, basically they will be catching up to AMD here (Note: I am going to get phone calls over that one...). The other biggie will be the clocks, no not the top end, the dividers. Look for it to be in the 3.46-3.73GHz range when all is said and done, but they will support half-clock dividers. This means instead of the rather absurd 333MHz steps they have now, they can do 166MHz. If you are curious why the current CoreNumberForeignnumber parts go from 1.6 to 3.0GHz, that is because marketing demands 5 SKUs, and without the half step dividers you are looking at 5 * 333 or 5 * 266 for the spread. That will be a thing of the past. The chips are also on the 45nm process, and from all reports, it is going swimingly. Intel is going to drive the mainstream wattage down a bit from 65 to 50W here but we still have a year to go, things may change in the meantime. Where ever it ends up, it will be less power than the 65nm parts. Last up are some new *Ts, most notably Rockton finally pokes it's head above the surface for a look around. The chips will also be a little better, a little more efficient, and fix a few of the warts that CoreDuho had. HT was also back on some roadmaps, but it does not look like that will ever be turned on, but the circuitry seems to be there in one way or another. There are a few things that you won't see this time around, real quad cores and higher FSBs. The Yorktown rumours that were flying around at IDF were and are wrong, there is no converged quad core parts until Nehalem. There are also no plans for a 1600FSB unless something bad happens to Nehalem/CSI, or AMD pressures Intel hard. While the chip may be ready a little earlier, don't expect the process to be pulled in much. Think Q4/07 for a trickle of parts, and Q1/08 for the real volume. Intel pulled in a lot of dates during 2006, but pulling in a combination of process and parts may be a little much to hope for.
11/9/2006 Windows Vista Released to Manufacturing
(Windows Vista will be broadly available on 30 Jan. 2007.)
Yes, you read it right - development of Windows Vista is complete. Want proof? Watch this video and hear it from Jim Allchin himself. Ultimately, we never could have achieved this milestone without you, the enthusiast community, who have played a key role in making this the highest-quality, most secure, most reliable and most usable version of Windows the world has ever seen. You gave us unprecedented support in testing and providing your feedback while we designed, developed and refined Windows Vista - so much so that it has in many ways become a reflection of your involvement. Consequently, you should feel the same sense of accomplishment that we feel today. And just what is this so-called RTM? It's the major milestone where we can confidently say that Microsoft is done with Windows Vista and will be handing it off to our industry partners: PC makers, ISVs and IHVs. They in turn will continue to ramp-up in earnest now that the target is locked - for example, by refining hardware drivers - in order to complete the cycle and make Windows Vista available via retail channels on 30 January 2007. On that date Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system will be available to customers around the world. But before we get there, we've got some really, REALLY great things to come, much of which will be disclosed or discussed on this blog - so keep your eyes peeled!
产品名称：Windows Vista (x86) - DVD (English)
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