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LG unveils newspaper-sized flexible E-paper Display February 1, 2010

Posted by Steven Blair in Information Technology, Technology.
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LG has announced that it will begin development on a flexible display the size of a newspaper. While several organizations have been working on similar projects, this one is the largest and possibly most consumer accessible model in current development. The product will be only .3mm thick and weigh only .28 lbs, lighter than a full newspaper. LG cites the ever-increasing e-book market for its decision to develop the new flexible e-paper.

This product would revolutionize the burgeoning e-book market and possibly carry over into becoming a new tool for mobile computing. These benefits can have major implications for businesses and consumers. The ultra-mobility and lightweight design promise to make hard and clunky laptops a thing of the past. Coupled with bluetooth technology, this device could instantly become an instant success. Businesses would benefit from this technology, which could streamline presentations and aid in collaborative marketing designs. If one can imagine using the new theory behind Google Wave with this product, collaborative work would be a simultaneous creative project that can be edited and formed in real-time over multiple devices, easily cutting development and design time for R&D departments as well as the aforementioned marketing strategies that can be employed using this technology.

Overall, I have been waiting for a major company to begin development on a large-scale flexible e-paper for a while now, and I believe that when it finally arrives, it will not disappoint.

Universal Imaging Utility, saving the day for IT departments? January 21, 2010

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In a recent press release distributed through the online commercial news source, Business Wire, Big Bang LLC announced that it was releasing a new version of its original and unique hard-drive imaging program, Universal Imaging Utility, or UIU, which would be completely compatible with newly released Windows 7.

This program, which creates a hardware-independent hard drive image that can be deployed on any computer by any manufacturer, helps to streamline the costly and burdensome transition to newer hardware. When the recession is taking its toll on the business sector’s financial statements, every penny counts! Against the ever-progressing changes in computing hardware, IT departments cannot be caught between budget cuts and attempting to stay current with updated technology. Thus, IT departments have been foregoing updates in OS to save on money and time. But, when Microsoft released Windows 7, companies still operating with XP had to decide whether to keep up with the times or be relegated to the scrap heap.

This is where Big Bang’s UIU comes in. This program will allow the IT specialists to create an image each employee’s hard drive and then install it on either a new computer, or the same computer with a reformatted hard drive and an updated OS, like Windows 7. This would save on the great amount of time reinstalling company standard software and attempting to store and transfer all employee files through the company’s network at the same time. With the ever-increasing cost of time in the business world, this program could make or break a company struggling to stay current.