Saturday, December 25, 2010

Apa Saja Rumor 'iPad 2'?

Jakarta - Rumor-rumor seputar 'iPad 2' alias iPad generasi berikutnya sudah banyak bertebaran. Apa saja? Apple memang diyakini banyak pihak akan kembali memperkenalkan iPad generasi kedua. iPad ini sudah hampir pasti akan dikeluarkan untuk 2011, namun entah kapan tepatnya. Karena itu, berbagai pihak sudah mulai menebarkan rumor seputar iPad yang akan datang ini. Berikut adalah beberapa di antaranya:
<ul"
<li" Perubahan desain - Termasuk, mengikuti iPhone 4 sehingga punggungnya menjadi datar. Selain ada perubahan ukuran sedikit. </li"
<li" Kamera - iPad 2, atau apapun namanya kelak, dikabarkan bakal memiliki kamera. Tak hanya satu, tapi dua kamera yang bisa digunakan untuk FaceTime (video call) </li"
<li" Jaringan - Ada yang mengeluarkan isu, iPad 2 itu nantinya akan mendukung jaringan GSM dan CDMA (entah terpisah, atau bersama-sama). Rumor serupa juga sudah lama muncul untuk iPhone. </li"
<li" Prosesor - Saat pertama hadir, prosesor A4 iPad cukup menarik perhatian. Konon, iPad 2 akan semakin garang dengan menggunakan prosesor dual-core. </li"
</ul"
( wsh / wsh )

Friday, December 24, 2010

Oracle Unveils Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0

New Release of Open Source, Cross-Platform Virtualization Software Delivers Improved Usability, Performance and Scalability

Redwood Shores, Calif. – December 22, 2010

News Facts

Further enhancing the popular, open source, cross-platform virtualization software, Oracle today announced the availability of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0.
Part of Oracle’s comprehensive portfolio of virtualization solutions, Oracle VM VirtualBox enables desktop or laptop computers to run multiple guest operating systems simultaneously, allowing users to get the most flexibility and utilization out of their PCs, and supports a variety of host operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, most popular flavors of Linux (including Oracle Linux), and Oracle Solaris.
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 delivers increased capacity and throughput to handle greater workloads, enhanced virtual appliance capabilities, and significant usability improvements.
Support for the latest in virtual hardware, including chipsets supporting PCI Express, further extends the value delivered to customers, partners and developers.
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 continues to deliver on Oracle’s commitment to open source.

Enhanced Virtual Desktop Performance and Usability

Highlights of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0:
New Open Architecture – Oracle and community developers can now create extensions that customize Oracle VM VirtualBox and add features not previously available.
Enhanced Usability – A new scalable display mode enables users to view more virtual displays on their existing monitors. Improvements to VM management, including visual VM previews, an optional attributes display, and easy launch shortcut creation enables administrators and power users to customize the interface to make it as simple or as comprehensive as required.
Increased capacity and throughput – A new asynchronous I/O model for networked (iSCSI) and local storage delivers significant storage related performance improvements, while new optimizations allow larger datacenter-class workloads, such as Oracle's middeware, to be run on 32-bit Windows hosts for testing and demo purposes.
Powerful virtual appliance sharing capabilities – Enhanced support for standards-compliant OVF appliances and added support for OVA format descriptors. All information about a VM may be stored in a single folder to facilitate easier direct sharing among VMs.
Support for latest virtual hardware – A new, modern virtual chipset supporting PCI Express and other hardware enhancements including high definition audio devices helps ensure support for the most demanding virtual workloads.
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 is available for download here. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply. It is also available for Oracle Linux customers via the Unbreakable Linux Network.

Regulator Pantau Trafik Telekomunikasi di Akhir Tahun

Jakarta - Meski trafik telekomunikasi, baik suara maupun SMS tidak meningkat signifikan ketika saat Hari Raya Idul Fitri, BRTI tetap menghimbau agar operator mempersiapkan jaringan dan dukungan penuh saat perayaan Natal dan Tahun Baru 2011. "Hal ini agar pengguna layanan telekomunikasi yang ingin mengucapkan Natal maupun Tahun baru dapat dilayani dengan baik. Meski BRTI tidak melakukan pengetesan secara langsung ke beberapa wilayah dengan drive test, BRTI akan tetap memantau performa kinerja dari para penyelenggara telekomunikasi," tegas regulator telekomunikasi tersebut, dalam keterangannya Jumat, (23/12/2010). Jaminan kualitas layanan juga menyangkut dalam penggunaan data, mengingat penggunaan smartphone dan jejaring sosial yang meningkat. Apalagi di akhir tahun ini ada pertandingan sepakbola antara Indonesia-Malaysia, yang dari pertandingan sebelumnya terlihat peningkatan penggunaan data dengan masuknya beberapa nama pemain menjadi trending topic di Twitter. "Begitu juga dengan penggunaan instant messanger, yang di beberapa wilayah dan segmen pasar, telah menggantikan layanan SMS," tandas BRTI.
( ash / ash )

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Internet Bisa Mengurangi Korupsi?

Jakarta - Internet memang memiliki banyak sekali manfaat, bahkan menurut Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Tifatul Sembiring internet juga bisa mencegah aksi korupsi yang merajalela. Benarkah? Internet memang sudah menjadi bagian gaya hidup yang sulit dipisahkan dari masyarakat Indonesia. Selain memudahkan mendapat informasi, lewat internet pengguna juga bisa saling berkomunikasi dengan mudah.  Namun selain itu, internet juga dipercaya bisa memberantas aksi korupsi yang kian menjamur.  "Internet itu bisa mencegah korupsi. Misalnya, kemudahan untuk melacak aliran dana karena transaksi yang dilakukan melalui transfer, bukan melalui amplop," ujar Tifatul dalam perbincangan santai di acara Ngopi (Ngobrolin Peristiwa Internet) Bareng detikINET , Rabu (22/12/2010) malam.    Karena menilik banyak manfaat yang bisa diambil melalui internet, pemerintah pun berupaya untuk terus memperluas cakupan internet di Indonesia. "Desember nanti tiap ibu kota di Indonesia bakal memiliki internet," tambah Tifatul yang saat itu mengenakan batik berwarna coklat. Ngopi Bareng detikINET adalah diskusi santai bulanan yang diadakan detikINET. Acara kali ini didukung oleh Anomali Coffee dan XL Axiata.
( eno / rns )

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

SBY: TV Digital Bikin Kumis Pakde Karwo Makin Kinclong

Jakarta -
Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) tampil santai saat meresmikan pemancar digital milik LPP TVRI. SBY bahkan sempat beberapa kali melontarkan candaan soal kumis dan Timnas Indonesia di ajang Piala AFF.
Candaan tersebut dilontarkan SBY dalam video conference dengan Gubernur Jawa Timur, Sukarwo.
"Kumis Pakde Karwo jadi lebih terang gara-gara TV digital," canda SBY yang melakukan video conference dari Auditorium TVRI di Senayan, Jakarta, Selasa (21/12/2010).
Yang diajak bercanda pun tak mau kalah. "Dengan kumis ini justru bisa menimbulkan kemesraan dan menghilangkan kemiskinan," kata dia yang disambut gelak tawa para hadirin.
Sukarwo di sela video conference mengajak SBY berdoa agar Timnas bisa menang saat menghadapi partai tandang di Stadion Bukit Jalil, Malaysia, 26 Desember mendatang.
"Mari kita berikan doa restu untuk Timnas. Kalau Timnas kita menang, patut kita syukuri. Tapi kalau Timnas Malaysia kalah, juga kita syukuri," canda presiden yang diikuti gelak tawa para hadirin di acara peresmian tersebut.

( rou / afz )

Oracle Introduces Innovative Business Intelligence Solution for Insurance Companies

Redwood Shores, Calif. â€" December 20, 2010 News Facts Today Oracle Insurance announced the availability of !-- .http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/insurance/046645.html. -- http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/insurance/046645.html" Oracle Insurance Insight 7.0 a name="P4_377" , an innovative insurance-specific data warehouse and business intelligence solution that offers faster, easier access to the information needed to make critical business decisions. The latest release introduces the concept of “adaptive data modeling,” which gives business users the power to configure lines of business via an easy-to-use warehouse palette tool. Oracle Insurance Insight then automatically creates data warehouse elements â€" such as line-specific database structures and extract-transform-load (ETL) processes â€"speeding up time-to-value for BI initiatives. The combination of business-driven configuration, automated processing and insurance-specific processes helps insurance companies get BI projects up and running in months, rather than years. Oracle Insurance Insight 7.0 provides insurance-specific, out-of-the-box data models that companies can easily configure to meet their specific BI needs. The application aggregates policy and claims data to give property & casualty (P&C) or general insurers a single view of the enterprise. Oracle Insurance Insight 7.0 includes prebuilt content and interfaces for six P&C lines. Additionally, insurers can use the warehouse palette to deploy any and all P&C lines of business from scratch, helping insurers support operations in any country. To meet the demands of an increasingly global market, the newest version provides support for multiple languages and currencies. Oracle Insurance Insight 7.0 also leverages an expanded range of Oracle infrastructure technologies for faster, more scalable and efficient processing. In addition to !-- .http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/ent-performance-bi/enterprise-edition-066546.html. -- http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/ent-performance-bi/enterprise-edition-066546.html" Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition , the solution includes !-- .http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/index.htm. -- http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/index.htm" Oracle Database 11g as well as !-- .http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oracle-data-integrator/index.html. -- http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oracle-data-integrator/index.html" Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition 11g, which delivers Extract, Load and Transform (E-LT) architecture and eliminates the need for a separate transformation server. Additionally, the expanded Oracle technology infrastructure enables support for !-- .http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/exadata/index.htm. -- http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/exadata/index.htm" Oracle Exadata . • Supporting Quotes "The challenges of normalizing insurance data and motivating business user change are significant, but we believe that insurers who develop strong business intelligence capabilities and enable business user participation will have a significant competitive advantage in the difficult market ahead," said Martina Conlon, a Principal with Novarica’s Insurance practice, and author of Business Intelligence in Insurance: Current State, Challenges, and Expectations. “The need for continued investment by insurers in business intelligence capabilities is widely understood, and the industry is acting. Arming the business intelligence implementation with predefined insurance specific content, and flexible and configurable technology will get these projects up and running faster.” “Rapid access to business intelligence is essential to compete and thrive in today’s insurance industry,” said Srini Venkatasantham, vice president, Product Strategy, Oracle Insurance. “The adaptive data modeling approach of Oracle Insurance Insight 7.0, combined with the insurance-specific data model, offers global insurance companies a faster, easier way to get the intelligence they need to make better-informed business decisions.” Resources !-- .http://www.oracle.com/nl/industries/insurance/022188.htm?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen. -- http://www.oracle.com/nl/industries/insurance/022188.htm?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen" Oracle Insurance !-- .http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/OracleInsurance?ref=ts. -- http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/OracleInsurance?ref=ts" Oracle Insurance on Facebook !-- .http://twitter.com/oracleinsurance. -- http://twitter.com/oracleinsurance" Oracle Insurance on Twitter !-- .http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2271161&trk=anet_ug_hm. -- http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2271161&trk=anet_ug_hm" Oracle Insurance on LinkedIn !-- .http://www.youtube.com/OracleInsurance. -- http://www.youtube.com/OracleInsurance" Oracle Insurance on YouTube !-- .http://blogs.oracle.com/insurance/. -- http://blogs.oracle.com/insurance/" Oracle Insurance Blog About Oracle div class="legalese" Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company.  For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at !-- .http://www.oracle.com/. -- http://www.oracle.com/" http://www.oracle.com . 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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Peluncuran Google TV Ditunda

Jakarta - Google TV yang sedianya digembar-gemborkan segera meluncur tahun ini harus mengalami penundaan. Karena hal ini, Google juga meminta kepada para produsen TV yang menjadi partnernya agar jangan dulu mengumumkan produk TV Google mereka. Ada apa gerangan? Rupanya, seperti dilansir Wall Street Journal dan dikutip detikINET , Senin (20/12/2010), penundaan ini harus dilakukan lantaran Google merasa masih harus meningkatkan kemampuan software Google TV sebelum produk TV berbasis layanan Google TV menginvasi pasar. Kendati demikian, Samsung sebagai salah satu partner Google dalam hal ini tetap akan meluncurkan TV web berbasis layanan Google TV sesuai jadwal, yakni pada ajang Consumer Electronics Show (CES) di Las Vegas, Amerika Serikat, awal bulan depan. Google sendiri belum secara resmi mengomentari alasan penundaan ini. Gina Weakley selaku juru bicara Google hanya menegaskan soal tujuan jangka panjang mereka berkaitan dengan layanan Google TV.  "Tujuan jangka panjang kami adalah berkolaborasi dengan komunitas produsen elektronik yang luas guna membantu mendorong TV generasi terbaru. Kami berharap dapat bekerja dengan mitra lain untuk menghadirkan lebih banyak perangkat baru ke pasaran di tahun-tahun mendatang," terangnya. TV berbasis Google TV memungkinkan para penontonnya bisa berselancar di internet menggunakan TV. Beberapa perangkat dengan kemampuan ini sebenarnya sudah hadir beberapa bulan silam, contohnya seperti yang diperkenalkan <a href="http://us.detikinet.com/read/2010/09/25/141048/1448189/317/sony-segera-luncurkan-google-tv"" Sony </a" dan <a href="http://us.detikinet.com/read/2010/10/01/162318/1453319/317/dahului-sony-google-tv-logitech-meluncur-6-oktober"" Logitech </a" .  Sementara itu, partner Google lainnya seperti Toshiba, LG, dan Sharp menuruti anjuran Google untuk turut menunda peluncuran Google TV mereka. Padahal sejatinya, sama seperti Samsung, mereka berencana menampilkan produk tersebut di ajang CES.    "Kami mengerti pertimbangan Google soal roadmap produk di masa depan, dan kami yakin keputusan ini akan menghadirkan produk yang baik dalam kerangka waktu yang tepat," kata Jeff Barney selaku Vice President Digital Product Division Toshiba.
( rns / ash )

Monday, December 20, 2010

Oracle to Showcase Retail Industry Leadership at 100th Annual National Retail Federation Conference

Redwood Shores, Calif. â€" Dec. 17, 2010 News Facts Oracle will demonstrate retail best practices and innovations at the100th Annual National Retail Federation Conference , being held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, January 9 â€" 11. Attendees will immediately spot the large two-story Oracle Booth #619 at the entrance to the NRF exposition area, where Oracle will showcase software and hardware solutions including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle Retail offerings, all engineered to work together to solve retailers’ unique business challenges. Oracle will feature a  Disney Store pop-up shop within its booth, where attendees can buy Disney-inspired NY-themed products, seeOracleĂ‚® Retail Point of Service at work and receive discount coupons for merchandise at Disney’s new  20,000 square foot Times Square destination store . Disney senior vice president of global retail operations Steve Finney will present an Oracle-sponsoredNRF Super Session keynote at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, January 11, on the creation and launch of the new technology-fueled Disney Store design. Oracle will highlight innovation in demonstrating mobile commerce solutions including mobile Point of Service, Store Inventory Management extensions for mobile and NFC technology used for payment, as well as RFID, biometrics, digital receipts, QR code shelf tags, digital signage and personalized offers. Oracle will host its annual Retail Exchange, bringing together international retail executives in a special program created to deliver high-value business content from NRF sessions and keynotes, engage speakers from leading companies including Sainsbury’s and Morrisons and provide exclusive store tours and events with North American retailers. Oracle also is sponsoring events tailored to Latin American retail executives attending NRF via Brazil retail organization Gouvea de Souza and the National Retailer’s Association of Mexico, ANTAD . Throughout the NRF conference, Oracle will provide retailers exclusive networking opportunities through small-group and peer discussions dedicated to unique retail segments including fashion, grocery, hardlines and emerging retailers. Retailers can follow Oracle’s presence at NRF at Oracle’s  Insight-Driven Retailing Blog , Twitter/OracleRetail and by downloading the Oracle Now application for the iPhone and Android. Further information regarding Oracle’s complete, open and integrated solutions for retailers will be available throughout the show at the Oracle Booth #619. Supporting Quotes Andrea Morgan-Vandome, vice president of strategy and solution marketing, Oracle Retail, said, â€Ĺ“Mobile commerce, retail science and a global marketplace have made this an exciting time for retailers. We look forward to sharing insights and showcasing new Oracle Retail solutions with our customers and retailers from around the world at this year’s NRF Annual.” Supporting Resources
Oracle in Retail About Oracle Retail Oracle helps retailers to redesign the customer experience, reinvigorate operational excellence and re-imagine growth. Oracle allows retailers to create a unified view of information and deliver economic value to the entire business, from store, planning and merchandising operations to financial operations, supply chain and logistics management. Oracle provides solutions to 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide. About Oracle Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at Trademarks Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contact Info

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Komikoo, Jembatan Pasar dan Potensi Komik Lokal

Jakarta - Dulu komik lokal sempat berjaya. Namun saat ini, sudah tak mampu melawan gelombang komik luar. Komikoo, sebuah situs komik lokal mencoba membangkitkan komik lokal dari tidur panjangnya. Besarnya potensi komik ini rupanya menarik perhatian dari Iqbal Aribaskara, pemilik komikoo.com. Dirinya melihat masih ada jarak yang cukup jauh antara pasar dengan potensi komikus lokal. "Kalau kita masuk ke toko buku. Segmen komik ramai. Ini artinya marketnya besar. Di tambah di lingkungan saya banyak orang berbakat. Ada bakat, market, tapi ngga punya penghubung. Komikoo berusaha menjadi penghubung antara market dan bakat," jelasnya saat berbincang dengan detikINET , Minggu (19/12/2010). Memang saat ini sudah banyak situs-situs komik yang ada di internet. Iqbal pun mengklaim bahwa situsnya merupakan situs komik lokal yang pertama. "Mulai ide dari 2007, dan kita develop 2008 akhir. Pada tahun 2008 pertengahan versi pertama dan peda 2009 sampai sekarang kita sudah versi kedua," katanya. Di versi keduanya saat ini, komikoo mengakomodasi versi mobile. Dengan adanya versi mobile ini, member komikoo pun bisa dengan mudah mengunggah karyanya. "Semua orang bisa upload, kasih karya. Saya harapkan komikoo jadi tempat mereka jual karya. Dan mereka bisa hidup dari situ," harapnya.
( afz / eno )

Selain PHK Karyawan, Yahoo Juga Tutup Satu Produknya

Jakarta - Kabar minor dari Yahoo tak lantas berhenti dengan berita pemangkasan ratusan karyawannya. Laporan terbaru menyebutkan, raksasa internet itu  juga bakal mematikan salah satu produk miliknya. Korban penutupan ini mendera Yahoo Buzz. Laporan ini bukan lagi kabar burung, namun sudah dikonfirmasi langsung oleh Yahoo sendiri. "Kami terus melakukan evaluasi dan prioritas dari portofolio produk serta layanan kami, dan kami merencanakan untuk mematikan beberapa produk dalam beberapa bulan ke depan, seperti Yahoo Buzz dan lainnya," tukas keterangan Yahoo, dikutip detikINET dari News Factor Network, Sabtu (18/10/2010). Ya, Anda benar, sepertinya tak cuma satu produk Yahoo yang akan menjadi 'tumbal'. Mereka sendiri yang mengindikasikan bakal melakukan shut down terhadap lebih dari satu layanannya. Konon, korban selanjutnya adalah Delicous, MyBlogLog, dan Alta Vista. Namun untuk layanan-layanan ini, Yahoo masih belum memberi konfirmasi lebih lanjut. Sebelumnya, Yahoo telah memastikan bakal memangkas sekitar 4 persen jumlah karyawan mereka. Diperkirakan angka itu mencapai sekitar 600 orang karyawan. Kebanyakan adalah dari divisi produk. Meski demikian, Yahoo mengatakan akan tetap melakukan rekrutmen untuk hal-hal yang jadi prioritas. "Perubahan kali ini adalah bagian dari strategi kami untuk menempatkan Yahoo agar mendapatkan pertumbuhan revenue dan perluasan margin," sebut pernyataan Yahoo. Sejak 2009, bersamaan dengan masuknya CEO Carol Bartz, Yahoo mencapai peningkatan margin keuntungan. Tapi di sisi lain, pertumbuhan pendapatan mereka disebut terhenti. Sedangkan pageview Yahoo menurun 4 persen.
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