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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Extending Touch-Based Media Playback to the Windows 8 Desktop, CyberLink Unveils PowerDVD Touch


Taipei, Taiwan—January 9, 2013—At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), an innovative solutions provider for media creativity, will offer special previews of PowerDVD Touch, the premier touch-optimized Microsoft Windows 8 desktop media playback software solution. Blending multi-touch experience and multimedia enjoyment in a superior way, CyberLink PowerDVD Touch now provides the no-compromise, must-have media experience on Windows 8 desktop mode. Now, with both PowerDVD Touch and PowerDVD Mobile, CyberLink offers a complete touch-friendly solution for media playback on the Windows 8 interface, expanding the smooth, intuitive touch experience from modern UI to desktop mode.
“From smartphones to laptops, we see the trend of touch computing dominating the user experience. People expect a tactile experience: they want to interact with their devices by touching their screens,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “With this latest addition to the PowerDVD family, our customers are ensured of a consistent, responsive touch-based media playback experience, no matter which device they chose to use.”
PowerDVD Touch offers an advanced multimedia experience for Windows 8 touch-screen users in desktop mode. It supports the most popular and up-to-date video as well as audio formats, including MPEG2, MKV, Blu-ray, DVD, Dolby, DTS, and more.
Availability
Availability initially to OEM customers, PowerDVD Touch will be exclusively previewed during CES at the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Suite H477, January 8-11, 2013. Please contact us to arrange a meeting. General availability to all consumers could be expected by the end of this quarter.

About CyberLink
Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. is the world’s leading multimedia software company. With over 100 patented technologies that provide a solid foundation on which to continuously revolutionize the way multimedia is experienced, CyberLink’s visionary outlook has allowed the company to grow rapidly. This ultimately led to a record-breaking IPO on the Taiwan Over-the-Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203) in 2000. CyberLink is currently listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 5203.TW).

CyberLink’s broad portfolio of multimedia applications can be categorized into two main areas: Media Entertainment – PowerDVD being the flagship product in this category, provides the latest in media playback on PCs, across devices in the home network, and on-the-go with portable smart devices; and Media Creation – offers a series of software to create enticing videos & photos, author Blu-ray & DVD discs and more. CyberLink has built strategic partnerships with leading CPU and GPU providers and a solid reputation for delivering high-quality, interoperable, and fast time-to-market solutions that keep our OEM partners from top PC brands on the leading edge. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters are located in Taipei, Taiwan, with regional operations offices in North America, Japan, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company has 700 employees worldwide, with more than 500 engineers in product design and development.
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Press Contacts:
Corporate: Stacy Chang at press@cyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 2151
CyberLink Japan: Akiko Iwasaki at contact_pr_jpn@cyberlink.com or by phone at: +81-3-5875-6650
CyberLink USA: Amy Peterson at cyberlink@famapr.com or by phone at +1-617-986-5026
Germany: Volker Maxisch at contact_pr_deu@cyberlink.com or by phone: +31-43-306-0797
France: Hervé Delemarre at contact_pr_fr@cyberlink.com or by phone: +33 (0) 1-4110-4111
United Kingdom: Maggie Zaboura at contact_pr_uk@cyberlink.com or by phone: +44-1491-639-172

Monday, December 24, 2012

China unveils new top leaders

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By Jaime A. FlorCruz and Jethro Mullen, CNNNovember 16, 2012 -- Updated 0630 GMT (1430 HKT)if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(25);expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(3);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("China\'s top leaders meet", 1);After months of speculation, China unveiled the elite group of leaders who will set the agenda for the country for the next decade, including new Communist Party General Secretary and presumptive next president Xi Jinping. 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A paramilitary police officer stands guard during the flag-lowering ceremony at Tiananmen Square on November 13.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"} Cars for delegates to the party congress are pictured near the Great Hall of the People, mostly black Audis. Cars for delegates to the party congress are pictured near the Great Hall of the People, mostly black Audis. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"}Chinese President Hu Jintao (seen at the very bottom) addresses delegates on November 8. 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"If we fail to handle this issue well, it could prove fatal to the party, and even cause the collapse of the party and the fall of the state," Hu said.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"} Hu helps former Chinese president Jiang Zemin to stand up as Prime Minister Wen Jiabao looks on at the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress. Hu helps former Chinese president Jiang Zemin to stand up as Prime Minister Wen Jiabao looks on at the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"}Attendants serve tea during the 18th Communist Party Congress. 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Hu called for stepped-up political reform and a revamped economic model on the first day of the congress.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet "} A woman watches the Party Congress on television from her cigarette shop in Shanghai. A woman watches the Party Congress on television from her cigarette shop in Shanghai. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"}Chinese hostesses jump for the cameras before the Party Congress' opening session in Beijing. Chinese hostesses jump for the cameras before the Party Congress' opening session in Beijing.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":19,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"} Members of the press gather inside the Great Hall of the People for a briefing on November 7. Members of the press gather inside the Great Hall of the People for a briefing on November 7.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":20,"title":"China\'s top leaders meet"} Congress spokesman Cai Mingzhao answers a question during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People. 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Beijing (CNN) -- China on Thursday unveiled the elite group of leaders who will set the agenda for the country for the next decade, the culmination of months of secretive bargaining and a carefully choreographed performance of political pomp.

The seven members of the powerful committee that sits atop the Chinese system strode out onto a stage in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. They were led by Xi Jinping, who takes over from Hu Jintao as head of the Communist Party, which has ruled China for more than 60 years.

Xi is joined on the new Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top decision-making body, by Li Keqiang, who is expected to replace Wen Jiabao as premier early next year, and five other veteran party officials.

Although the committee's lineup is new, analysts said it appeared to be predominantly conservative and unlikely to bring about meaningful political changes in the world's most populous nation and second largest economy.

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Xi also succeeded Hu as head of China's powerful Central Military Commission, which oversees major national security and military affairs. That makes for a cleaner transition than in the past two power handovers, when the former party chiefs held onto the key military role for years afterward, using it to keep exercising considerable power and influence.

A far cry from the relentless media campaigns and frequent public appearances of U.S. presidential candidates, the efforts to determine who ended up in China's most powerful posts have taken place behind closed doors, part of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition.

The focal point of the process has been the party's 18th National Congress that has unfolded amid heavy security in Beijing over the past week.

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Despite the spectacular economic and social changes China has undergone in recent times, the party has maintained a tight grip on power and upheld its obscure methods for selecting its top leaders.

The consequences of the leadership handover are significant for the nation's 1.3 billion citizens, its neighbors in Asia and the United States, which is warily watching China's economic and military rise.

Standing in front of a huge landscape painting on Thursday, Xi brought a touch of cordiality to the start of his speech before a packed room of reporters, apologetically acknowledging that he and his party colleagues had kept their audience waiting by appearing later than scheduled.

But he quickly turned to serious matters, warning of the "many severe challenges" that the party faces.

He singled out corruption, remoteness from the general public, as well as undue emphasis on formalities and bureaucracy as particular concerns.

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The secrecy and exclusivity of the procedure by which China's top leaders are selected, involving maneuvering and deal-making among senior party figures, leaves a lot of the country's citizens feeling detached from the process.

"Many ordinary people don't feel so excited or joyful about what's happening," said Lijia Zhang, a Beijing-based author. "People say, 'Oh, it's the party's business, nothing to do with us -- and we do not have a say in selecting the leader or the policy.' "

But Xi's speech had more of a human touch than many of those delivered by Chinese officials, and he addressed subjects close to the heart of many Chinese people and others around the world.

"Our people have great enthusiasm in life," he said. "They hope for better education, more stable jobs, more satisfactory income, more reliable social security, medical services with higher standards, more comfortable living conditions and a more beautiful environment."

What kind of changes Xi, 59, and those joining him on the party's most powerful committee are likely to usher in over the coming years remains shrouded in mystery.

"Xi Jinping is in many ways an unknown commodity," said Mike Chinoy, a former CNN correspondent and now a senior fellow at the University of Southern California's U.S.-China Institute. "He's risen to the top of the Chinese system by being very careful not to disclose what he really thinks."

The son of one of Mao Zedong's top lieutenants, Xi is considered a "princeling" because of his family's place in the Communist Party aristocracy. He is also believed to be close to the Chinese military.

Married to a popular folk singer for the People's Liberation Army, he has climbed through the party hierarchy, at one point holding the top job in the eastern metropolis of Shanghai. He is expected to inherit the title of president from Hu, 69, early next year.

Some observers have expressed hope that the next decade could bring a degree of political reform as Chinese leaders seek to bolster their legitimacy, which has been eroded by widespread corruption and the dramatic scandal this year involving the former senior party official Bo Xilai.

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But many analysts are skeptical about the willingness of leaders to adopt significant changes, noting the concentration of power and money at the top of the party. The new set of leaders appears set to uphold the status quo, according to Willy Lam, a history professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

"By and large, we have a conservative team," Lam said following the announcement of the new Standing Committee. "We can expect no substantial or meaningful movement toward political reform."

The new leaders are likely to be "in favor of staying the course, maintaining political stability and defusing challenges to the party's authority," he said.

The new Standing Committee is more streamlined than its previous incarnation, dropping for nine members to seven. The smaller committee may help bring about greater unity and efficiency at the top of the party, some experts say.

Besides Xi and Li, the members of the elite committee are Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli.

The new lineup shows that Jiang Zemin, the 86-year-old former party chief who preceded Hu, still maintains heavy clout in the Communist hierarchy, said Cheng Li, director of research at the John L. Thornton Center at the Brookings Institution.

The composition of the committee is "not a surprise but a disappointment," he said, adding that it was dominated by people loyal to Jiang.

He said some Chinese people would be disappointed about the decision not to include Liu Yuanchao and Wang Yang, senior officials who he described as "strong advocates for political reform."

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The next chance to refresh the Standing Committee's membership will occur in five years, when the Communist Party's next National Congress takes place.

For the time being, the committee remains a men's club with no woman among its new members. Since the Standing Committee's creation in 1949, no woman has ever held a position on it.

Despite speculation that Liu Yandong, the lone female member of the wider Politburo, might be tapped for the elite group, she was not among the seven members who marched across the stage Thursday.

Her age may have been a disadvantage in her candidacy, according to the Hoover Institution, which is based at Stanford University. Liu was born in 1945 and has been a member of the Politburo since 2007.

Women lag in political representation in China. Only 2.2% of working women were in charge of the state offices, party organizations and other enterprises or institutions, according to the Third Survey on Chinese Women's Social Status, a national survey released last year.

The number of women on the 25-member Politburo has increased, though, from one to two: Sun Chunlan, the party secretary of Fujian province, joins Liu, who was already a member.

The reaction from China's neighbors to the unveiling of the new leadership reflected its complicated relationships in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan, which is locked in a tense territorial dispute with China over a group of small islands in the East China Sea, said it hoped "the mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interest will be further developed and enhanced with the new leadership."

Kim Jong Un, the young leader of North Korea, sent a message congratulating Xi on his new position, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

Kim's message stressed the long "friendship" between the two countries. China is the reclusive North Korean regime's main ally, providing it with vital economic support.

N. Korean defectors' faint hope for China

CNN's Jaime FlorCruz reported from Beijing, and Jethro Mullen from Hong Kong. Steven Jiang and Stan Grant in Beijing, and Kevin Voigt, Hilary Whiteman, Madison Park and Elizabeth Yuan in Hong Kong contributed to this report.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Microsoft unveils its new and amazing hardware Progam is called "Microsoft surface"


Both when it comes to the actual computer hardware innovations behind the curve on to say the least, is the fact that Microsoft has been aware. That's exactly what "Microsoft surface" technique is a new and exciting hardware and software parts are so amazing. This table is only a touch-sensitive surface, it's actually more than one at the same time can be used by a person for the full contact interaction.

Objects placed on the surface of the table is very intuitive and you can actually work on software hidden inside a table. For example, depending on the touch screen when you put a group of photographers face side down photo will immediately get your hands on the photo you want to digitize any size while holding the arm back and forth to the combustion. Table 30-inch screen Wi-Fi enabled cameras can take pictures with and can easily picture where it is immediately forced to be integrated into the Microsoft surface programs screen.

When can I buy this great new product?
Unfortunately, it is not new, yet the consumer uses Microsoft technology for quite some time. Wholesale prices are a little more for a table, they are T-Mobile, in cooperation with the companies such as Starwood, Harrah Casino for $ 5,000 and will be in the range of. RA-tech planning units, as well as gambling machines for your hotel rooms, all of them, and find your digital photos in a device in the table.

It was for a while in your home, so a little disappointed this great learning about the new Microsoft hardware, much less go in your work, this will be for innovative technology. Bill Gates himself, he will one day see that new table hardware instead of the all the rage had speculated the plane HD computer screen. His vision for more than eight hours a day their boring gray cubicles are sitting on the surface of a person's desk containing interactive. I hope he's right about it.

The future is Microsoft's "surface" tabletop hardware highlights
One of the main characteristics of this technology you will be able to one day not only with digital music downloads in a matter of seconds to scan images directly on the screen, in fact. A later version of Microsoft's "surface" as soon as the 30-inch HD screen, where an image of your entire screen, you will see the following of you directly to one of the USB ports, or digital camera connected to a video camera, which features will come.

Turn on your table as soon as possible on the surface of your personal taste, you will be able to adjust the virtual keyword, which can be seen. So there again there will be no need for a software upgrade, but not until the "better" as well as new Microsoft programs, along with the usual Microsoft Vista software will be built in all tables.

But as soon as the future replacement for the old Microsoft to download an Internet user need to build Internet infrastructure, and Bill Gates ' past statements about one, the incredible new table hardware which allows you to do just that Web surfers are the perfect "set-top" sounds like a platform. Bill Gates, let's hope that keeps his promises.



Monday, March 5, 2012

Microsoft unveils its new and amazing hardware Progam is called "Microsoft surface"


Both when it comes to the actual computer hardware innovations behind the curve on to say the least, is the fact that Microsoft has been aware. That's exactly what "Microsoft surface" technique is a new and exciting hardware and software parts are so amazing. This table is only a touch-sensitive surface, it's actually more than one at the same time can be used by a person for the full contact interaction.
Objects placed on the surface of the table is very intuitive and you can actually work on software hidden inside a table. For example, depending on the touch screen when you put a group of photographers face side down photo will immediately get your hands on the photo you want to digitize any size while holding the arm back and forth to the combustion. Table 30-inch screen Wi-Fi enabled cameras can take pictures with and can easily picture where it is immediately forced to be integrated into the Microsoft surface programs screen.
When can I buy this great new product?
Unfortunately, it is not new, yet the consumer uses Microsoft technology for quite some time. Wholesale prices are a little more for a table, they are T-Mobile, in cooperation with the companies such as Starwood, Harrah Casino for $ 5,000 and will be in the range of. RA-tech planning units, as well as gambling machines for your hotel rooms, all of them, and find your digital photos in a device in the table.

It was for a while in your home, so a little disappointed this great learning about the new Microsoft hardware, much less go in your work, this will be for innovative technology. Bill Gates himself, he will one day see that new table hardware instead of the all the rage had speculated the plane HD computer screen. His vision for more than eight hours a day their boring gray cubicles are sitting on the surface of a person's desk containing interactive. I hope he's right about it.
The future is Microsoft's "surface" tabletop hardware highlights
One of the main characteristics of this technology you will be able to one day not only with digital music downloads in a matter of seconds to scan images directly on the screen, in fact. A later version of Microsoft's "surface" as soon as the 30-inch HD screen, where an image of your entire screen, you will see the following of you directly to one of the USB ports, or digital camera connected to a video camera, which features will come.

Turn on your table as soon as possible on the surface of your personal taste, you will be able to adjust the virtual keyword, which can be seen. So there again there will be no need for a software upgrade, but not until the "better" as well as new Microsoft programs, along with the usual Microsoft Vista software will be built in all tables.
But as soon as the future replacement for the old Microsoft to download an Internet user need to build Internet infrastructure, and Bill Gates ' past statements about one, the incredible new table hardware which allows you to do just that Web surfers are the perfect "set-top" sounds like a platform. Bill Gates, let's hope that keeps his promises.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Microsoft announces a new, called "Microsoft surface" notable hardware program


I know is, to say the least, Microsoft for computer hardware, in real innovation actually are still behind the curve. Exactly what so new technology known as the Microsoft surface is remarkable for an exciting hardware and software work. You can use the interactive surface, contact one or more people who complete it, at the same time touch sensitive, not just electronic table.

Actually you can to interact in table hide software and very intuitive object that is placed on the surface of the table is is. For example, if groups of photos face down on the touch screen, these photos in any size immediately, and sweep your arms while holding hands around your photos, photos that are grouped into pairs. In table 30-inch screen, Wi-Fi enabled camera you can take pictures, easy images are instantly, screen integrated program of Microsoft surface force can be.

When it would buy this great new product I have??
Unfortunately, the new Microsoft technology consumers cannot be used for quite some time yet. Partner such as their t-mobile, Starwood, and Harrah's Casino is $ 5000 range a little more corporate table wholesale prices. Using the planning table for Harrah's, can you find your hotel room, gambling machines in the high-tech contains as well as device and all your digital photos hotel development.

If your home is to learn about this great new Microsoft hardware in your workplace for quite some time, it is in this revolutionary technology to move much less disappointed a bit. Bill and his guess is all the rage now this new table hardware could see a flat screen HD computer screen and supplanting Gates-itself one day. His vision would be of this interactive surface embedded in the user to, and sitting in a booth of more than eight hours a day is a dull gray desk. He is about it, is correct.

Has a bright future in the "MICROSOFT surface" desk hardware
One of the main attributes of this technology is really, to scan image directly screen seconds, digital music downloads, along with 1. HD full screen picture screen appears immediately: 30 inch video cameras or digital cameras surface of the future version of Microsoft, connect directly to the USB port on the come.

Power of the table on to the surface, you can adjust to personal taste immediately access the virtual keyword is included. Of course, software upgrades, need all the usual Microsoft Vista software to the table again, until Microsoft builds a new "better".

However believed to build Internet infrastructure that allows all Internet users to download instantly replaces the old future Microsoft programs about Bill Gates past one of the if statement, the new table hardware sound like any web surfer would be perfect "set-top" platform. Let's hope the promise of his gate.




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