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__**NEW TRENDS**__

Knowing the new trends in technology or internet is important as they have significant influences on human lives, especially in the current world where technology affects business, education, social life or even personal characteristics.

Below are some trends on new technology or on internet:

__Tablet:__



Tablet is a creature between a PC and a smartphone. It is: 1. cheaper than a laptop, more functions than a smartphone. 2. e-books - the way to make books more simple and much easier to carry out.

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Tablet

media type="youtube" key="0NesSYWODmM" height="345" width="560" In fact, a tablet can be carried to anywhere you want, this Big tab is actually a table. It is suitable for restaurants, for example, customers can use the Microsoft surface to read the menu while the waiter can use it to take order and check the bills. Moreover, tablet is used in other entertainment venue such as in Asia where some karaoke clubs use this tab for customers to order food and drink, contact the staff, or even choose the songs they like.

Incoming New Tablet to beat Apple __**The Tablet Trend**__

Apple has released the ipad to the world and it becomes hotter and hotter. Tablet devices are not a new technology. It has started since 1980 but then it was not the trend like what we see today. Apple has make a big different by improving the touch screen to be more effective with using only one finger.

Apple made a lot of sales for the past few years which has created a lot of other giant companies want to fight Apple’s tablet market. What is tablet? Many people think that tablet is just a toy, it is not, nowadays, tablet allows us to work on our documents very easily.

We can connect it to Wifi, GPRS, or 3G with just a click. This means that we can check our mail or making video phone call in any single places.
 * Apple is set to launch iPad 2 before April.
 * Dell already has released the Dell Inspiron Duo which it is a netbook that you can turn the screen to the other side and make it to be a pure tablet!
 * Asus just released the Eee Pad that you can slide to have a keyboard.
 * Toshiba is about to release a tablet with a bigger screen than the iPad with Android (Honeycomb) plus HDMI and USB ports.
 * Even BlackBerry already released the BlackBerry Playbook to the market. And in the future who knows, they may replace the notebook computer!

There are over 400,000 applications. The thing about applications is that they can change your phone or tablet into a book, video game, cooking recipe and into practically anything you need in your everyday life. They help us to better use the time by being able to multitask. Someone can send emails, read their favourite magazine and check movie times while doing something else in the “real” world. Applications have made life more convenient. Many hotels are using them so their guests can book and manage reservations and there are even apps to book flights.
 * __Mobile/Tablet Applications__**

UI Centric Proves Windows 7 Tablet could beat The iPad at its own unique programe

Microsoft is looking to hugely invest in the tablet market when the CEO Steve Ballmer says that the company is giving a 100% fight back after the Apple and its iPad.

To win the iPad, one of the biggest challenges is to adapt its windows 7 operating system and make it suitable to the market buyer. The windows 7 default interface graphic is optimally designed for the desktop use but it also supports touch input design. Instead of buying Apple iPad, Windows 7 still need a radical reform as in it design and performance in order to attract the consumers.

So, is this Microsoft’s best chance of challenging the iPad?

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 * __4G__**

4G network is a wireless communication that is of a higher quality of service. It has better reception, exchange of information is the priority and there is less dropped data. 4G is taking basic technology and expand its usage.


 * __IPv4 Vs IPv6__**

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers CANN is going to finish the IP address, therefore the best solution is that replaced by IPv6. IPv4 just offers 40billion IP address, but the IPv6 can offer over 3.4x1038IP address. media type="youtube" key="2wa7y3W2DI0" height="390" width="640"

Google, Facebook, and other major search engines are going to use the IPv6 on 8, Jun.2011.

In simple words, cloud computing is used to spilt the large and complex application procedures into small pieces through the internet, then pass to the server and the results will be returned to the users. Through this technology, the internet service provider is able to process millions of information within a few seconds. It is a computation through internet on autonomous services for individuals and businesses. Since the resources are on the internet, and the computer flow is expressed in a cloud pattern, so, it is called cloud computing. It is also referred to as the 'abstraction of the underlying infrastructure'.
 * __Cloud Computing__**

The resources of cloud computing are easy and dynamic as it is through the internet. The End-user does not have to know the 'cloud' in details and may not have to have the professional knowledge, what he needs is to know the resources that he needs and how to get the appropriate service network. For the small scale business, cloud computing helps to reduce capital cost as it does not require to procure a new machine to meet the demand. Also, it can be maintained easily as there is no software or hardware installation. Finally, it is flexible as it can be customized according to the needs of the business.