9 "hot spots" of the technology village in 2011

  2011 is the year of the village volatile technology with the departure of "magician" Steve Jobs, hackers around the world unchained, and the old year about to end with no lawsuits end.
Creative genius Steve Jobs dies5/10 - a day after Apple introduced the iPhone 4S, believes "the magician" Steve Jobs takes to the world "horror that." Although everyone knows that Steve Jobs had cancer, survival time but not much about faith and technology fans have for him, still believing that he will still have the strength to steer "the boat "Apple.
Belief sympathy for the great man, a talented leader. On the site, at the Apple retail store filled with words of regret to farewell Steve Jobs. Apple has spent most revered words to say about the departure of his: "We have lost a creative genius. Talent, passion and energy of Steve Jobs has created extraordinary inventions, enrich and improve all our lives. Actually better world thanks to Steve. "
Notorious group of hackers unchained - AnonymousThe attacks "total force" on the Sony PlayStation 2 network and Qriocity collapsed all the services of millions of users within 2 months. Anonymous notorious group of hackers had seized control of information more than 70 million subscribers and hurt Sony more than $ 170 million.
"Catastrophic" heaped on Sony after the company actions in response to attacks by hackers to unlock the game GeoHot PS3 to run illegal software.
Security on the Internet became more troubled when anonymous group of hackers "angry" with a group of emerging hacker LulzSec for daring to organize for "breakthrough" the host of three popular Internet game companies: League of Legends, Minecraft, EVE Online, and numerous organizations and governments as HBGary, U.S. Bank America, NATO, and many of the governments website. Even the FBI, CIA, Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate was "fired" in a row.
2 groups of hackers have been manifested extravagant after "truce" and started to work together. This notorious group of hackers would set up a hotline to hack ... as required. However, after several months causing disturbances on the Internet, "the riot" was a lull after several members were arrested in several countries around the world.The handshake deal and acquired cult
2011 not only saw the surprise handshake between "big" technology, but then there is the acquisition with huge amounts.
Handshake between Nokia and Microsoft are considered historic handshake
Opening for "movement" of cooperation between "the big" which is the official Microsoft and Nokia announced a partnership with one another to form a strategic alliance to help each other in a race on smartphone, which Microsoft has been slow back legs while Nokia is facing many crises. This is a partnership that Nokia's technology assessment will take much more, when to abandon the platform developed by ourselves to use the platform of Microsoft Windows Mobile 7, meanwhile, takes advantage of Microsoft Money available subject to the Emperor set foot in the "playground" smartphone, but which it has been left very far. However, Nokia also has little more to reap the "fruits" after eight months announced a partnership. Windows Mobile Phones Nokia's first - Lumia 800 - though not "outstanding" as the user's expectations but monolithic design and enough features to this smartphone has helped achieve impressive sales in some European markets first sold.
Google has ambitions to join the race mobile market?
Subsequently, Google also has made many people surprised by the amount spent up to $ 12.5 billion to acquire Motorola's mobile division, which the company is to increase the number of technology licensing, help strengthen the "power" in the legal dispute later. But everyone could understand, with an ambitious company like Google, to set foot in the mobile market with its own product is what can be predicted, and the acquisition of Motorola are seen as steps go first to move there.
Skype is the most expensive business history of Microsoft
Acquisitions last major witness in the past year that Microsoft has spent $ 8.5 billion to buy back its Internet service provider Skype, which is aggressively integrating Skype into Microsoft's products and take advantage huge amount of current users of Skype. This is the most expensive acquisitions in the history of existence of Microsoft.
The "struggle" zero tolerance
Not only snatching or handshakes, the year 2011 witnessed the uncompromising war between technology companies on the legal battle, the most typical of which is war and persistent tension between Apple and Samsung.
Legal battle between Apple and Samsung is a close
Which is another good partner in all this time, until April this year, when Apple suddenly sue Samsung, saying the product of the Korean electronics company copied the design of their iPhone and iPad. It does not, Samsung also immediately shot back and said that Apple has illegally used the technology has been patented his.
So far, the legal battle between Samsung and Apple still has not ended and constantly broke out on several new battlefield, from Asia, Europe, America and Australia to take. Although there have been certain victory for both Samsung and Apple, but so far, two companies have not encountered too many difficulties from the case, on the contrary, the amount of consumption of the two products continually increasing.
Notably, the Samsung is not being aggressive opponents only Apple, but HTC and Motorola are caught up in the legal battle with Apple persistent, and not ending until now, with the allegations mutual piracy.
 Tablets and race "exciting"
Even when Apple unveiled the iPad, a tablet computer his first in 2010 has opened a new market segment device located between the smartphone and personal computers. However, this race really became hot and exciting than ever in 2011.
Starting at the Consumer Electronics show the world's largest consumer CES 2011 held in January, with the emergence of massive new tablet form, indicating a year "landing" of this product technology market, and the real results that were the case.
2011 saw the emergence of massive new tablet form
Only in 2011, the race on the tablet market has led to the presence of the "big" in the technology market, as Samsung, Sony, HP ... and even all the "infidels "also step into this potential market, such as Amazon (online retail specialist) or Barnes & Noble (retailer, America's largest book ...)
However, synonymous with exciting challenges and fierce, while not "players" should be sticking its head in this market, as the goal of "subversion iPad" is not easy. Many firms have been the death of their products because they can not compete, or only moderately developed, as in the case of the HP TouchPad tablet or RIM's Playbook is the typical example.
Hard to compete with iPad 2 design and brand manufacturers to choose the price as "main weapon" for her, which led to this strategy is the tablet of Fire Amazon Kindle, was somewhat achieved certain success.
Most likely the tablet market in 2012 would be somewhat loose with the emergence and development of ultra-thin laptop ultrabook segment, however, this market will continue in the future, which specializes Predictions at least not until after 2015 a new alternative to this potential segment.
Smartphone spy scandal
Never before, the issue of user privacy becomes of interest like in 2011, when a series of scandals related to the secret track user activity on uncovered smartphone.
Opening for the trouble is that the security experts discovered iOS 4 operating system on Apple's iPhone and iPad 2 4 save secret location of the user. After that, Apple has acknowledged this problem, but said it was the fault of the OS and had to quickly release an update to fix this.
Spyware problem on smartphones that users continually worried in 2011
Not long after that, Google also "prime" location tracking of users to use its Android smartphone platform. Google then also had to admit his error and take action to remedy. After that, both Apple and Google have testified to Congress to explain this problem.
Most recently, smartphone spy scandal once again topical concerns for users, while security experts discovered a spyware named Carrier IQ is secretly installed on hundreds of millions of smartphones on global operations and to collect user information.
After this information, many have voiced giant admitted using Carrier IQ, but denied using it to track users. Finally, carriers and smartphone are produced simultaneously take action to remove Carrier IQ on their products.

Smartphone, non-stop race


Smartphone market in 2011 is a testament to the growth of the village rushing technology. If previous years, smartphone or mobile only innovation in the 2011 design, the phone had a breakthrough that could hardly predictable.

 Smartphone beginning in 2011 with the model size 3 to 3.5 inch screen with 600-800MHz processor. However, the race of the manufacturers have turned mobile phones became smart "machine" with super-wide screen and powerful configuration with dual-core processor, 1.5 GHz speed.


While Apple has "walked" with iPhone 4S only 3.5 inch screen, Samsung and HTC, LG has even extended the wide-screen smartphone, 4 inch, 4.5 inch and Samsung cause most impressive models Note Galaxy 5.3 inch screen. The trend of expanding smartphone screen has actually been about technology and user demand received by web access as well as entertainment on the phone is increasing.


Regarding configuration, dual-core smartphone has become the term most mentioned this year. The race begins when the dual-core chip unveiled LG Optimus 2X run Tegra platform 2. Mobile speed increased from 1 GHz to 1.5 GHz. In addition, the smartphone has integrated special features, such as NFC or 3D.

 The race between the mobile operating system there are no less interesting when Google Android with young age, was born in 2008, has quickly become the most popular platform in the world. IOS forced to give way, Symbian and RIM lagging also fall into a dead end.
Watson supercomputer "defeated" people


Supercomputer Watson won two outstanding champions of the most successful TV game called America's leading Jeopardy! Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter is in the "war" lasted three days. Watson 2800 contains the processor Power 7 of 10 blade servers. Power7 system can provide leading capabilities to analyze millions of data items and handle thousands of concurrent jobs with very high speed, an area where previously only new supercomputer performance be.Ultrabook new computer and trends
Along with the launch of the iPad, the race on the tablet market in 2011, became ever more heated, with the emergence of dozens of different tablets. This makes the personal computer market slowed down, even, netbook, small laptop generation has been death for failing to stand before the tablet.
Ultrabook opens new future for the personal computer market
Meanwhile, Intel, maker of the largest processors in the world, but is slow in the race to design microprocessors for mobile launched ultrabook concepts, new laptop segment with ultra slim design, ultra- Light but powerful configuration, use the new processor generation of Intel. This is considered a key product for the ultra-thin MacBook Air laptop from Apple.
Since ultrabook concept was born, the computer maker as "pile socks are drowning", was quick to release the first product segment ultrabook and quickly found its niche in the market , opened a new segment vibrant computer.