Sales of Windows 7 to reach 234% in the Upper Vista Tweet

Good news coming for Microsoft. From the sales reports in the first week of release of their latest operating systems, namely Windows 7, the figure is quite satisfactory.

Recorded, in the first week of sales, Windows 7 sold 234 percent more than the sales of Windows Vista in the first week after launch.

However, the sales statistics for the operating system comes with a less happy news, especially for hardware manufacturers. Computer hardware sales remain unaffected. But at least, the early success of Windows 7 is a positive result for Microsoft who want to erase bad memories of going Windows Vista.

As VIVAnews quoted from PCWorld, 9 November 2009, Windows Vista is facing various trials, both in the operating system itself, nor the criticism and negative views of the user. However, the operating system market, Windows Vista still has 19 percent of users, especially in the desktop computer segment.

Regardless of whether the user's likes and dislikes of Windows Vista, the hardware that they have enough to run the Windows operating system 7.

This certainly is good news for Windows 7. Because, unlike the transition from Windows XP to Windows Vista, users will need to upgrade their hardware in order to be able to run more operating systems with the new full functionality.

On the other hand, does not need to exchange hardware for users who want to upgrade the operating system is not good news for hardware manufacturers.

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Q3, Revenues Up 74 Percent Nvidia Tweet

Nvidia has just released their financial statements for the third quarter ended October 25. From the report, noted that the graphics chipmakers from Santa Clara, California, United States had succeeded in raising revenue to 74 percent.

After announcing their financial statements, called the Jen-Hsun Huang, President and Chief Executive Officer of them as "the result of healthy demand from the market in all segments", Nvidia's shares on Wall Street also climbed 7.8% to number 13, 24 U.S. dollars per share.

"Despite having lost market share to AMD, Nvidia was still a good performance," said Kevin Cassidy, an analyst with Thomas Weisel Partners, as VIVAnews quotes from the Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2009. "Selling them, particularly products high end is surprising," he said.

"We continue to get progress in the third quarter with a healthy demand from the market in all segments," said Huang. "Revenue rose sebelunnya than last year, with the increase occurred in each of the PC business, professional solutions, and the consumer," he said.

In total, in the quarter that Nvidia had raised 107.6 million U.S. dollars. In the same period the previous year, the company only managed to get 61.7 million dollars. The company's profit rose 0.6 percent to 903.2 million U.S. dollars.

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Improving Health Services to the iPod Tweet

Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, a hospital in Florida, United States plans to distribute the iPhone in the nurses. The plan, the smartphone will be used to replace the audible alarms, and improve the performance of health services.

"One of the biggest problems we face in all complex environments such as health care providers, is a communication problem," said Denis Baker, Director of the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare, like quotes from VIVAnews Health Care, November 9, 2009. "It is a nightmare if we trouble to call someone, even the people on the same floor, because they were on duty," he said.

Therefore, Baker's interest in Voalte invitation to head up this project. Voalte a developer of communication using mobile technology. Applications using the iPod to send messages and warnings.

In June, for 60 days, Sarasota Memorial 25 iPod Touch share the nurses in one. The decision to use the iPod Touch is because the device is cheaper than the iPhone, does not require mobile phone service contract, and basically has all the capabilities of an iPhone.

The main purpose of this project is to reduce noise and to be more effective when calling the nurse when the patient needs.

"If a patient is in bed and need help, this time they pushed the button next to the bed connected with the nurses. That raises the noise, including conversations between the nurse's voice, and movement of equipment, "said Baker. "Noise generated a lot of complaints in any hospital, thus making the patient uncomfortable rest," he said.

On the floor where the iPod is applied, the hospital experienced a decrease of 172 calls within 8 hours to just 38. The iPod is used 25 receive 4000 messages per day. "Nurses get the credit of the patients because they are no longer disturbed noise," said Baker.

After these successful trials, the hospital management agreed to implement the additional 100 devices on other floors in the hospital and the emergency room. The hospital is also considering to provide the device to communicate anastesiologis among 26 emergency room there.

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