Message of Iraq Veterans to Obama become hits on YouTube

Washington - People often want to convey the aspirations of the candidates on their leaders. And in this Internet era, the aspirations of delivery via popular video sharing site, YouTube, the public is done.

Concerning the election the United States (U.S.), many people deliver a special message to the two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain on YouTube. However, the election of print video hits relatively little high.

DetikINET as quoted from the BBC, Friday (31/10/2008), election-related video that hits the highest print is a video titled 'Dear Mr. Obama. Video aspirations that are intended to Obama is recorded has been viewed 11 million times.

In the video, a veteran war in Iraq nampang camera to deliver a message on Obama. Core message is, he not agree that the opinion Obama is the Iraq war a mistake. According to the veterans, the Iraq war is to defend freedom. Therefore, he prefers to support the panda.

Still many YouTube video with the theme of delivery uneg-uneg on the presidential candidates this. How longer also varies, from the ordinary course until the furor suggestive.

The influence of YouTube in the election campaign in the United States is considered significant. Both presidential candidates apparently do not shrink menggelontokan various campaign video on YouTube to reach people's sympathy.

Especially for the John McCain campaign funds, which are under Obama, the use of YouTube in a cost-efficient fee assessed enough to help lift the image of the party candidates from the Republic.

This is by Julie Germany, political scholars at George Washington University. He stated that the campaign team panda make the strategic decision to better utilize the power YouTube rather desperately in advertising.

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I Will Find out Why Lehman Bankrupt

Washington - U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers one of the companies that ignored by the U.S. government. That left bankrupt companies have assets, although large and influential on the U.S. financial industry.

CEO of Lehman Brothers, which insulted many people because of bankruptcy Lehman, Richard Fuld is not out of mind. Fuld continues to repeatedly ask why the U.S. government does not save Lehman Brothers

Fuld in a panel discussion with the U.S. Congress, on Monday local time, said that he is responsible for the bankruptcy Lehman, but he wondered why the government does not save Lehman, which is aged 158 years.

Even regulators in the U.S. market is difficult to know the situation faced by Lehman speaking before Lehman months kebangkrutannya submit to the court.

"I want to clarify again, I am responsible for the decisions I take. Until I die I will find out, I do not know why but we are not saved," Fuld said as cited by Reuters, on Tuesday (7/10/2008).

A day after Lehman to bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, the U.S. government offers a direct step to save the insurance company AIG. U.S. government debt to provide up to U.S. $ 85 billion to save AIG from bankruptcy.

In the Congress itself, other than blame Fuld, who also questioned why the government directly save AIG, while Lehman left bankrupt. (Ddn / ir)

Paul Krugman Get Nobel Prize in Economics

Washington - U.S. economist, Paul Krugman won the Nobel award in Economics. Professor of the University of Princenton successfully get the prestigious award on the analysis of the pattern of trade.

According to the Board of Nobel Prize Jury, Krugman, 55 years old, successful memformulakan theory that takes into account the effects of free trade and globalization as a factor behind the stimulus urbanization in various parts of the world.

"Krugman's approach is based on the premise that many basic goods and services that can be produced more cheaply in a long series, a general concept known as economies of scale," said Nobel jury, as quoted from the AFP, Mon (13/10/2008 ).

Unlike the traditional trade theory assumes that the differences between countries explain why some countries to export other agricultural products while exporting goods industry. However, Krugman mengklarifikasi theory why all world trade in fact, dominated by countries that do not only have the same condition, but also trade the same product.

Krugman has formalize a new world trade policies that help to explain that globalization tends to be a concentration, both in terms of what made the manufacturing base and where the location. The theory suggests that globalization tends to increase the pressure of city life community, and make people pushed to the center of concentration.

"Krugman theory indicates that the results of this process is that an area can be divided into the city core high and the surrounding environment that are less developed," added Jury.

Krugman is known as a sharp critic President George Walker Bush through various article in the New York Times. He also has published dozens of books and hundreds of articles, teritama on international trade and financial world and known as the spark "New Economic Geography."

Born in Long Island, USA on 28 February 1953, Krugman PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also taught at Yale University, the London School of Economics, Stanford and MIT. In addition to publish two weekly column, Krugman also served as advisor of the Board of the U.S. economy.

What is the response from the New York Times columnist who is productive on this award?

"I am someone who has great confidence to continue working. I hope this award does not change the many Israeli," Krugman said in the interview with Swedish television, shortly after receiving the award,

Years ago, the U.S. trio Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won this prestigious award, because it was considered a pioneer for the trading mechanism, which is intended to make the market more efficient. The Nobel award giving ceremony will be held in Stockholm and Oslo on 10 December.
(Qom / ddn)

First Time, Notebook Sales Exceeded PC

New York - While the crisis strikes the United States (U.S.), consumer interest in buying a computer is not retroactive. Sales of notebook computers in the country Adidaya was able for the first time sales exceeded desktop computers.

According to market research company IDC, notebook sales during the period of July to September 2008 reached 55.2 percent, grew 18 percent compared to the same period last year. Figures for the first time the number exceeded 50 percent.

The number of notebooks that are shipped during the quarter alone, as quoted detikINET from AFP, on Thursday (30/10/2008), reached 9.5 million units.

"This figure is achieved because the season to return to school, and a growing financial crisis had not affected the performance of the market PC (personal computer)," said IDC.

IDC research manager David Daoud, not decline if the economic tensions that linger can give effect to the sector in the PC market, which causes reduced growth.

However, good news, such as Daoud said, every buyer is considering a PC as a compulsory product is owned, not included in the list of secondary needs. (Dwn / fyk)

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Software Virtualization predict growth of Triple Digit

Jakarta - Despite including newcomers, virtualization technology to predict future growth, which has quickly. IDC predicts sales even virtualization software solution will penetrate the triple digits for the period 2008-2009 for the Asia Pacific region.

Daphne Chung, Senior Researcher Manager of IDC Asia Pacific said, the triple-digit growth is not too high. For, although quite a new technology industry, but the movement is that many prospective adopting this technology later.

"We do not talk of the double-digits again, it's reached triple digits," he said, without mention optimistic figures certainly, in a press conference launching the latest Microsoft virtualization technology, Hyper V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager at the Hotel Kempinsky, Grand Indonesia Jakarta, on Thursday ( 30/10/2008).

Meanwhile, for the years 2006 to 2007, sales growth year on year, according to IDC virtualization software reached 68.5 percent. And it predicted strong growth will be faster again in 2008.

Adrian Anwar, Server Business Group Lead Enterprise PT Microsoft Indonesia, the Philippines is already recorded about 56 percent of Microsoft customers that they are interested in implementing virtualization. And 8 percent, has been implementing it completely.

And prove the new technology, virtualization, of course digembar tout intended to create savings for users. However, the need to remember, saving the cost of the solution of this variety, depending on how large the implementation of virtualization in the IT environment of a company.

For a small scale, Microsoft began claiming savings of 25 percent for electric energy consumption and overhead. Meanwhile, for large-scale, said savings could reach 80 percent. (Ash / dwn)

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