These devices would be available in early 2012 from major OEMs including Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba.

Intel Corporation announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed “Cedar Trail.”

Designed to provide small, compact, on-the-go computing with great battery life at an affordable price, the latest platform adds several new features to netbook computers made popular by students, families, and those looking for light productivity and Internet browsing, the company said in a statement.

The new design’s dedicated media engine enables full 1080p high-definition playback of videos and Blu-Ray content and includes additional digital display and output options including HDMI and DisplayPort, it said.

Systems based on the new Intel Atom processors may have up to 10 hours of battery life and weeks of standby, allowing for all-day use between charges. Additionally, Intel increased processor and overall system performance while reducing power consumption up to 20 per cent compared to the previous platform”, the statement added.

The integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600/3650 combined with the integrated memory controller provides enhanced performance and system responsiveness, including an improvement in graphics performance up to 2X compared to the previous generation platform, it added.

Mr. Chen Yue said the Windows Phone handset will launch in China in the second half of 2012. No pricing was available.

Computer and electronics giant Lenovo is looking to broaden its stable of smartphones to include a Windows Phone handset next year.

The news was presented by Lenovo product manager Chen Yue at a press conference that announced new phones aimed at the Chinese market.

there were no announcements regarding international availability.

But this has to be seen as a win for Microsoft as they try to woo and retain OEM partners for its nascent mobile ecosystem.

China Lenovo may see stiff competition for their WP7 handset Nokia will launch the Lumia 800 well ahead of them.

Lenovo is also a producer of Android phones and tablets.

But isn’t a big player in any mobile ecosystem so far.

With a minimal investment in both ecosystems.

Lenovo may act as a bellwether company if any major shift happens in the smartphone market in 2012 since they could easily favor whichever OS they feel offers the best opportunity.

Apple has just released a free update for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, both iPads, and the third and fourth-generation iPod touch.

Watch how easy it is to update iOS 5 over the air, without using iTunes.

iOS 5.0.1, the update claims to fix that battery longevity bug, and in addition.

Owners of the original iPad get the additional multitasking gestures (already possible on the iPad 2).

Everyone gets better synching with documents in the Cloud and Aussies can more accurately dictate text using voice recognition.

Some of us have already noticed longer battery life with the 5.0.1 update (we’ll test that further as the days go by).

But the big novelty here is the way you can upgrade an iOS device over Wi-Fi.

Otherwise known as an over the air (OTA) update.

Android users will laugh, because they been doing this for years.

But for those of us using iPhones and their brandmates, this is a big deal.

As Mashable’s Christina Warren emphasized earlier today, it’s no longer necessary to plug your iOS device into iTunes and wait for the entire 852.5MB operating system to download.

Just the part that needs fixing is downloaded this time it’s 55MB which took only a few minutes before it started installing.

For some iOS users, it’s even easier they’re getting a “push” notification of version 5.0.1′s availability.

With a small red-encircled “1″ on the Settings icon that leads them to the update.

We didn’t get that push notification, but we’ll show you how to update your iOS device without it. Here’s the step-by-step upgrade procedure.

Compuware’s Local Office To Serve Clients Locally And To Take Advantage Of The Phenomenal Growth Expected In Southeast Asia.

Compuware Corporation the technology performance company, today announced its first physical office here in Malaysia to better support its local customers.

The company has been in operation here for the past 10 years but its staff was previously “mobile” they either worked from home or were based on site at clients’ offices.

Present to officiate the event were Nick Evered as Regional Vice President for Asia and India, Koh Eng Kiong, Managing Director, Compuware Malaysia, Andy Tan, Chairman, CIO Chapter.

National ICT Association of Malaysia, Shaifubahrim bin Mohd Saleh, President, National ICT Association of Malaysia; Nick Evered, Regional Vice President, Compuware Asia and India, and Stephen Jacques, Counselor for Commercial Affairs, US Commercial Service.

“As our business is growing, having a proper office seems to be the right way to move forward,” said Nick.

Our area of focus is Application Performance Monitoring (APM) strategy and centers around delivering comprehensive and unique value to our customers.

Gartner Inc., recent announcement wherein it had placed Compuware in the “leaders” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM)” report.

After Compuware was Evaluated Based on Completeness of Vision and its Ability to Execute over 29 other vendors, added Nick.

He explained that the Gomez Application Performance Management (APM) platform is the industry’s leading solution for managing and optimizing the performance, availability and quality of web, non-web, mobile, streaming and cloud applications.

Gomez is used by line of business executives, marketing managers and application owners to ensure positive customer and end-user experiences.

By IT operations teams to identify and resolve issues before they impact the business; and by application developers and QA personnel to minimize testing time and costs.

Gomez provides the only solution that covers the entire application delivery chain, allowing you to test and measure from every location in the chain.

You can test the entire chain — from the First Mile (your data center) to the Last Mile (your users) so you can find and fix the broadest set of issues to ensure a quality experience.

Currently, the company has over 50 local corporate customers including financial institutions like World Vision, Maybank, EPF, RHB as well as Malaysia Airports among others.

Though their presence is already felt globally in the banking and airlines sector, Nick said Compuware is here to help Asian companies become globally competitive and to be one, their website has to be as good as Amazon, etc.

Compuware is committed in ensuring an optimal web experience and we have a complete range of solutions in resolving issues along the application delivery chain, helping organizations to focus on the customer experience.

We are able to support companies in travel, banking, online gaming, hotels, manufacturing, content providers and telcos.

About Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company, provides software, experts and best practices to ensure technology works well and delivers value.

Compuware solutions make the world’s most important technologies perform at their best for leading organizations worldwide, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20 most visited U.S. web sites. Learn more at: http://www.compuware.com.

By Asia Pacific Correspondent :

Rani Wemel

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