Purna Jual BlackBerry di Indonesia Harus Seperti Singapura

Jakarta - Pemerintah akhirnya melunak dengan mencabut larangan impor sebagian produk BlackBerry. Namun sebagai gantinya, Research in Motion (RIM) selaku prinsipal harus bisa membangun pusat purna jual sebagus dan selengkap yang ada di Singapura.

"Kami minta kualitas service center yang akan dibangun di Indonesia sama dengan yang ada di Singapura, total solution. Jangan sampai kalau ada BlackBerry yang rusak di sini tetap masih dibawa ke Singapura juga," kata Kepala Pusat Informasi Depkominfo, Gatot S Dewa Broto kepada detikINET, Selasa (14/7/2009).

RIM rencananya akan membuka purna jualnya di Jakarta pada 26 Agustus 2009 mendatang. Namun secara teknis, purna jual layanan BlackBerry itu itu sudah bisa berjalan 21 Agustus.

Seperti dipaparkan kepada pemerintah, RIM mengaku butuh waktu untuk pembangunan. Jadwal yang mereka paparkan adalah Hype Plan (14 Juli), Site Construction, Material Delivery, dan Training (31 Juli), Line Setup (7 Agustus), Trial Run (17 Agustus), Quality Assurance (20 Agustus), dan terakhir Go Live (21 Agustus).

"Pada 15 Oktober nanti, RIM juga janji akan buka tambahan dua service center lagi di dua tempat. Mereka tak sebutkan di mana. Namun target total RIM akan bangun enam purna jual," pungkas Gatot.

source : detik

Microsoft Office Web App Siap Duel dengan Google Docs

Mulai tahun depan, Microsoft akan menggratiskan aplikasi Office dalam versi online. Layanan ini akan menjadi pesaing berat bagi Google Docs yang lebih dulu menyediakan layanan serupa.

Layanan Office dalam format web application memungkinkan pengguna melakukan pengolahan kata, tabel, dan presentasi tanpa harus membeli software dan menginstal di komputer. Hal tersebut cukup dilakukan dengan mengunjungi situs di internet dan melakukan pendaftaran untuk memperoleh hak akses. Data-data hasil pengolahan akan tersimpan di server layanan tersebut.

"Office web application merupakan versi browser yang ringan dari Word, PowerPoint, Excel, dan OneNote yang menyediakan akses ke dokumen dari mana saja," demikian Microsoft. Layanan ini akan ditempatkan dalam Windows Live dan untuk mengaksesnya harus memiliki akun Live.

Rencana tersebut diumumkan dalam pembukaan Worldwide Partner Conference di New Orleans, Senin (13/7). Dalam ajang tersebut juga diumumkan bahwa generasi baru Microsoft Office 2010, Visio, Project, dan SharePoint Server akan dirilis pada tengah tahun opertama 2010. Saat ini versi trialnya sudah diuji coba kepada puluhan ribu penguji terpilih.

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Evergreen, Kartu Grafis DirectX 11 Pertama AMD

AMD kini tengah menyiapkan jajaran kartu grafis mereka yang berbasis DirectX 11. Evergreen, dikabarkan akan menjadi varian kartu grafis AMD yang bakal dirilis pada penghujung tahun 2009.

Setelah memamerkan teknologi DirectX 11 pada acara Computex Juni 2009 lalu, AMD mengatakan bukan tidak mungkin mereka akan merilis kartu grafis berbasis DirectX 11 bersamaan dengan peluncuran Windows 7, yakni pada bulan Oktober 2009.

AMD pun sesumbar bahwa produk mereka akan mampu menjalankan aplikasi ataupun game yang sudah memanfaatkan DirectX 11. Bukan hanya mampu, AMD yakin produknya akan sangat 'bertenaga'.

"Kami tidak menghabiskan uang untuk membuat hardware yang 'loyo', kami memprediksikan bahwa pengguna akan terkesima ketika kami merilis kartu grafis berbasis DirectX 11," jelas Richard Huddy, Kepala Developer Relations Department AMD. Seperti dikutip detikINET dari Pcgameshardware, Jumat, (10/7/2009).

Huddy juga menambahkan bahwa Evergreen nantinya akan disertakan pendingin yang cukup besar, bahkan kartu grafis tersebut akan memakan 2 slot ketika dioperasikan. Dan dapat dipastikan bahwa, kartu grafis tersebut akan dipasarkan dengan harga di atas USD 100

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Android Pertama Sony Ericsson Pakai Interface Sendiri

Sony Ericsson akan menggunakan interface buatannya sendiri pada smartphone berplatform Android pertamanya. Demonstrasi tampilan perangkat yang disebut-sebut akan diberi nama Experia Rachael itu muncul selang seminggu sejak desain rancang bangunnya bocor di Internet.

User Interface yang juga diberi nama Rachael itu menampilkan widget yang banyak di layar yang lebar. Dilihat dari aplikasi yang sudah disiapkan, Xperia Rachael sangat mendukung layanan jaringan sosial seperti Twitter dan Facebook.

Smartphone yang menggunakan navigasi penuh dengan layar sentuh ini juga didukung spesifikasi hardware tinggi. Prosesor yang digunakan adalah prosesor paling ampuh di smartphone saat ini, Snapdragon buatan Qualcomm dengan kecepatan 1 GHz. Fitur lainnya sudah mendukung koneksi data HSDPA 7,2 Mbps, kamera 8 megapiksel dengan autofokus, dan grafis 3D.

Namun, sampai saat ini belum ada penjelasan resmi dari Sony Ericsson kapan perangkat tersebut akan dirilis ke pasaran. Berbagai smartphone dengan platform Android diperkirakan akan mulai menjamur antara akhir 2009 hingga 2010.

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Inilah MOSES, Software Kelas Dunia Buatan Mahasiswa ITB

Sekali lagi keberhasilan putra-putri Indonesia di arena internasional. Tim "Big Bang" dari ITB berhasil memenangkan Imagine Cup 2009 untuk kategori Mobile Device Award. Selain Indonesia, Brasil dan Kroasia juga memenangi kategori yang sama dalam kompetisi yang diselenggarakan di Kairo ini.

Tim yang terdiri dari David Samuel, Dody Dharma, Dominikus Damas Putranto, dan Samuel Simon ini menang atas proyeknya yang diberi nama MOSES (Malaria Observation System and Endemic Surveillance). Aplikasi ini menggabungkan teknologi client runtime dengan aplikasi di PDA untuk melakukan diagnosis dan analisis terhadap pasien yang diduga terkena malaria secara cepat. Solusi ini diharapkan dapat membantu masyarakat yang berada di daerah terpencil agar dapat memperoleh pelayanan kesehatan secara cepat dan tepat.

"Big Bang" menciptakan sebuah virtual character (avatar) bernama Marceline, yang dapat membantu petugas kesehatan. Pada saat pendiagnosaan tersebut, Marceline akan bertanya kepada pasien beberapa hal sehubungan dengan penyakit malaria dengan teknologi yang disebut voice recognition.

Setelah seluruh data yang berhubungan dengan analisis tersebut didapat, petugas kesehatan juga dilengkapi dengan alat yang bernama PDAscope yang terdiri dari sebuah modifikasi mikroskop plus PDA. PDAscope ini menyerupai sebuah mikroskop asli yang dibuat dengan bahan-bahan yang murah. Hal tersebut merupakan pertimbangan dari "Big Bang" atas faktor ekonomis pada implementasi solusi ini.

PDAscope ini nantinya akan dapat menjadi alat pelengkap agar kamera yang berada pada PDA yang dapat meneropong sampel darah yang diambil dari tubuh pasien. Setelah PDA tersebut merekam hasil gambar dari sampel darah tersebut, petugas kesehatan dapat mengirimkan gambar sampel darah tersebut ke pusat kesehatan yang berada pada lokasi yang jauh dari tempat tersebut.

Moda komunikasi yang ditentukan untuk melakukan transmisi data tersebut adalah dengan menggunakan teknologi 3G. Hal ini dilakukan dengan asumsi bahwa telecommunication provider di Indonesia akan segera memperluas daerah jangkauan layanan data pada lokasi-lokasi yang terpencil.

Setelah sampel darah yang dikirimkan diterima di pusat, aplikasi yang berada pada server penerima akan segera melakukan analisis terhadap sampel darah tersebut. Sistem akan melakukan analisis terhadap butiran-butiran darah yang dimaksud dengan melakukan pattern recognition atas parameter-parameter yang telah ditentukan sebelumnya, apakah butiran darah dari sampel darah tersebut terjangkit malaria. Sistem akan menentukan berdasarkan penghitungan jumlah butiran darah yang terjangkit malaria, apakah sampel darah yang dikirimkan benar-benar terbukti positif terjangkiti penyakit tersebut.

Proses penghitungan butiran darah tersebut merupakan sebuah kemajuan teknologi yang dibantu oleh neural network algorithm, metode yang membantu mempercepat penentuan hasil, apakah sebuah sampel darah tersebut terjangkit penyakit malaria atau tidak. Saat ini, untuk menentukan diagnosis masih menggunakan penghitungan manual yang cenderung memiliki tingkat kesalahan tinggi.

Segera setelah sistem memperoleh hasil dari pemeriksaan butiran darah tersebut, sistem akan otomatis mengirimkan hasil kepada petugas kesehatan yang masih berada di lapangan untuk melakukan penanganan.

Nah, kemenangan ini telah menunjukkan pengakuan dunia bahwa putra-putri Indonesia bisa membuat perangkat lunak kelas dunia. Namun, masih ditunggu, apakah ada niat baik atau dukungan pemerintah dan berbagai pihak agar perangkat lunak tersebut bisa digunakan dan bermanfaat, baik bagi masyarakat Indonesia, maupun dunia.

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Dell Studio 1737 (s1737-USE0145)

If you can spot the Dell Studio 1737 (s1737-USE0145) ($749.98 list) in your local Staples, your eyes are already locked in on the prize: Its sweet, delectable 17-inch widescreen will dazzle you, and its 4GB of memory should be ample for your needs. For performance seekers, however, the system's budget processor and Intel integrated graphics might be deal breakers. Otherwise, it's one of the most affordable desktop replacements laptops around.

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Design
The 1737 is an easy system to spot since it's fairly large, measuring 15.4-by-11.4-by-1.4 inches (HWD) and weighing 7.5 pounds. It's the type of system you'll want anchored to your desk, though, replacing your old desktop. The HP Pavilion dv7 (2173cl) and dv7-2170us are each only two-tenths of a pound lighter (7.3 lbs) and take up just as much space. If the lightest 17-inch laptop is what you're after, Apple is the only one that offers it in the MacBook Pro 17-inch (Unibody). The 1737's looks are simple, and has a common theme seen in most Dell laptops: You get to pick from a crop of colors or personalize your own from over 200 designs, though Staples only has a select few in stock. This configuration is draped in Midnight Blue, which is otherwise a $40 option through Dell's Web site.

The 17-inch widscreen is the 1737's most prized feature, as it enriches the movie experience and allows you to work with multiple windows—while keeping eye strain down to a minimum. At this price, though, you so have to understand what you're missing. While it's perfectly acceptable to use the aging 16-by-10 screen aspect ratio, the dv7 (2173cl) and HP HDX18t have already transitioned to 16-by-9 screens, which share a common resolution with consumer HDTVs. The 1737 has a 1,440-by-900 resolution, but is dwarfed by the 1600-by-900 and the 1,920-by-1,080 resolutions found in the dv7 (2173cl) and dv7 (2170us), respectively. At $750, though, a baseline resolution is an acceptable concession. Alternatively, Dell's Web site offers better screens (RGB option) and a higher resolution (1,920-by-1,200), but you'll have to buy it there.

I've come to love Dell keyboards over the years, but this particular one has a noticeable bend in the middle. It's not enough to cramp the typing experience, though. If you're intent on minimizing keyboard vibrations, both the Macbook Pro 17-inch and the dv7 (2173cl) have sturdier keyboards, with stronger backings. Otherwise, the 1737 includes a full-size numeric keypad—bigger than the ones found in the dv7 (2173cl) and dv7 (2170us). And its mouse buttons are soft and completely free of clicking noises; both the dv7 (2173cl)'s and Macbook Pro 17-inch's mouse buttons have faint clicking noises.

Features
The 1737 has the most USB ports found on a 17-inch system—five, with one that acts as an E-SATA combo port. And while not many systems in this price range gives you a FireWire port, the 1737 has it for those who have compatible camcorders and external storage devices. It includes an HDMI port, which is now a standard feature on media centers, and the slot-loading dual-layer DVD burner (is usually a crowd-pleaser over the tray ejecting ones found in the dv7s. In features, there are several reasons why you're paying less than the dv7 (2173cl) and dv7 (2170us): Their 500GB hard drives are bigger, for one (although you won't hear anyone complaining about the 1737's 320GB one), and the 1737's Wi-Fi capability maxes out at 802.11g (both dv7s support the 802.11n standard).

Performance
The dollar savings on the 1737 are also reflected in its performance parts: It runs a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 processor. While it's fast enough for the majority of multimedia tasks, the dv7 (2173cl) and dv7 (2170us) run faster and more energy efficient Intel processors—at least on paper. Though you won't even notice the CPU's speed differences in the real-world scenarios, the 1737 beat the dv7 (2173cl) in video encoding and Cinebench R10 tests. It also helped that the 1737 included 4GB of memory. Gaming and 3D scenarios, however, fell short against its rivals. Its Intel integrated graphics was simply no match for the midrange ATI graphics cards found in the dv7 (2173cl) and dv7 (2170us)—another reason why it's a cheaper system. That said, the 1737 is not a powerhouse gaming system or even a moderate one for that matter.

A less burdensome graphics subsystem translates to better battery life. Even though this configuration uses a 56Wh battery, it outlasted the dv7 (2173) and the dv7 (2170us) and their bigger 73Wh batteries by a handful of minutes. (The 1737 scored 3 hours, 37 minutes in Bapco's MobileMark 2007 tests). A bigger 85Wh battery ($45) is available through Dell's Web site only and can easily get you into the 4- to 5-hour range.

The Dell Studio 1737 (s1737-USE0145) is not the powerhouse everyone expects from a laptop that takes up a considerable amount of desk space. Although it has the dimensions to accommodate scorching parts, this particular configuration is targeted as a value proposition for big-screen lovers. You don't get the high-end 3D graphics or a thoroughbred processor. For $750, though, most frugal shoppers can look past those parts and reap the benefits of its features and the gorgeous 17-inch widescreen.

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Norton Internet Security 2010 (beta)

Last year Norton Internet Security 2009 made quite an impression. Symantec rewrote the suite from the ground up for improved performance and gave the UI a substantial overhaul, too. Judging by the free public beta, Norton Internet Security 2010 (downloadable from norton.com/nis2010beta) focuses on keeping the product's impact small while enhancing malware detection and giving the user better access to useful information. And, wonder of wonders, Symantec finally replaced its lame spam filter with something that really works. I spent a day with the beta, and it already looks very, very good. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the final version when it's released this fall.

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The installation process is quick and simple. A tiny downloader utility collects the program installer and the latest anti-malware definitions and launches the install process. As before, you agree to the EULA and launch the install with a single click. That's it—the next thing you know, the product is completely installed and actively protecting your system.

Flipping User Interface

Symantec has long been working to keep unnecessary minutiae out of the user's face. The 2010 beta goes a step further and moves much of its detailed reporting to a new location on the back of the main window. Yes, the back. Click "Flip Screen" and the main window visibly turns over. Well, most of the time—Netbooks and other systems with low-powered graphics can't render the 3D flip effect. On those systems Norton just displays the "back" of the screen as a separate dialog. Perhaps Symantec should check out Panda Cloud Antivirus, which flips its main window even on my underpowered virtual machine test systems.

On back of the screen is a chart of CPU or memory usage and a visual timeline of events like scans and detections. Clicking a point on the CPU chart lists the three applications taxing the CPU most at that moment. Clicking an event in the history displays more detailed information.

A link from the back of the main screen takes you to the list of Norton's background tasks with another graph of CPU and memory usage. By default, the suite does all its work in the background, so as not to get in the user's way. On this background tasks page, you can see which tasks have managed to run in the background and manually launch any that seem to be overdue.

There's another new interface element right on the main screen: Vulnerability Protection. This link brings up a list of applications with known vulnerabilities for which Norton offers protection. Clicking on an app displays a list of its specific vulnerabilities, and clicking one of those takes you to a Web page with details. You can't do anything with this information, but it's nice to know you're protected.

Deeper Insight

Norton Insight, introduced in the 2009 edition, checks all the programs on your system against Symantec's database and identifies trusted programs. Skipping trusted programs speeds up malware scanning tremendously, but the database's usefulness extends beyond that. The new Norton Insight screen lists the trust level for each application. Insight's display now also includes columns indicating how many Norton users have each program installed, how big an impact each has on system resources, and how long each has been installed on your system. You can dig in for more information about any given program, including its origin and a graph of its resource usage.

You invoke this same feature when you click for more information about a threat that Norton found or blocked. If the file has been identified as malicious, however, the resource usage page is replaced with a list of malware actions and Norton's resolution of each. Symantec has had this information all along, but is just sharing it with us now.

Spam Protection That Works

For some years, planners at Symantec believed that the vast majority of users had moved or would move to Web-based e-mail, making local antispam irrelevant. Naturally they put little or no energy into the suite's spam filter, and naturally it stank. That wholesale migration to Web-based e-mail never quite materialized, so the 2010 suite includes a brand new (and highly accurate) spam filter.

Powered by BrightMail, the antispam technology works on two levels. A set of local filters identifies and marks spam in the e-mail stream. If a message gets past this first stage, Norton checks it against Symantec's servers to see if it's known spam. It doesn't pass along the message, just a unique hash-code fingerprint.

This approach definitely works. In testing, the spam filter didn't mark as spam a single valid personal message, nor did it block any of the newsletters and valid bulk mail. Eleven percent of the undeniable spam made its way into the Inbox, which is not too bad. Overall it turned in a 4-star performance, vastly better than last year's suite.

Prize-Winning Malware Removal

With the 2010 edition, Symantec cranked up the power of its reputation-based malware detection system. Wildly mutating polymorphic malware threats are hard to catch using traditional signature-based detection, because every instance is unique. That very uniqueness can, however, be a clue for security software. If a file has never been seen by any of the millions of other Norton installations, it's immediately considered suspect and subject to further investigation. This SONAR 2 reputation-based technology plus standard signature-based detection gives the product supercharged malware detection. Or so Symantec says.

I initially planned to test the Norton beta against just a few of my malware-infested test systems, but it was so successful that I wound up completing a full anti-malware test. Norton's performance was absolutely stellar. It scored 8.0 of 10 points for malware removal, beating previous top scorer Panda Internet Security 2010. It also set a new record on the malware blocking test: 9.6 points, trumping Prevx 3.0, the previous champion and our Editors' Choice for standalone anti-malware.

At 6.8 of 10 points, Norton 2010 tied with Webroot AntiVirus with AntiSpyware 6.1 for the best score in removing commercial keyloggers. The only main scoring area where it didn't take the top spot was blocking commercial keyloggers. At 7.3 points, it was well above average, but it didn't approach the 9.0 score from Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 6.

This is an extremely impressive performance. It clearly shows that Symantec wasn't just blowing smoke with claims of the software's advanced malware detection technology.

Compare Norton Internet Security 2010 beta to similar security suites.

Easy on Resources

A shortened round of performance testing suggests that the beta remains light on resource usage—mostly. The browsing test took no longer than the baseline. The file moving and copying test took 2 percent longer, and the zipping and unzipping test took 4 percent longer. Norton did add 35 percent to the time required for the automated installation and uninstallation test, about the same as Norton 360 Version 3.0.

The one unpleasant surprise came from my boot-time test: The beta added 31 percent to the boot time. That's significantly more than Norton 360 or Norton Internet Security 2009, and they were scored under a slightly stricter test. Naturally I'll run this test again on the final released version of the suite. This is, after all only the beta—I hope there's still some optimization to be done for the final version.

And The Rest

Besides antispam, Norton's other weak link has been parental controls. Norton 360 Version 3.0 offered to install OnlineFamily.Norton (then in beta) rather than the standard parental controls. The current suite beta puts the impressive OnlineFamily.Norton right on the main screen. Symantec assures me that even when OnlineFamily.Norton switches from free to a subscription-based model, users of the Norton suites will get a free license.

I didn't try to test every element of the beta. I'm assuming, for now, that the firewall is still outstanding, that the phishing protection still beats that of the competition, and that Identity Safe still manages your passwords and personal information. Of course, I'll retest all those areas when the final version of the product is released this fall.

As it is, however, the beta version of Norton Internet Security 2010 is very impressive. It brings the previously weak antispam and parental control elements in line with everything else. It offers more information to users who want it and hides more from those who don't. And it turned in record-breaking scores in my anti-malware tests. I can hardly wait to put the final released product through its paces.

source : pcmag