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Google today held a conference, the official launch Google Music (Google Music) service.

The service’s web site for music. Google. Com, support the PC and Android devices. It will provide free, most users can upload 20000 songs. The user can now use.

Google earlier this year launched a beta cloud music service, today officially launched. Then the official launch of Google and music stores. Users buy singles are 320 KBPS MP3 format music, every song can listen to the 90 seconds. In addition, Google music every day will provide a free songs.

Google music added social characteristics. In single user purchase, you can Google + on and close friends to share. Good friends will be able to listen to complete songs, but not the 90 seconds of preview. The service will be in the coming days on Android mobile phones and tablet computers. Unfortunately, at present, only the United States to be able to use Google users music.

Google and universal music, EMI and SONY music, the three big record companies signed the agreement with the providing content. Previously, a large number of small music manufacturers are also involved. Google says, has more than 1000 manufacturers in Google music, provide more than 13 million songs, which has 8 million first online.

Google music also provides a group called “the artist center (artist hub)” function, artists are only required to pay a registration fee of $25, and can customize personal homepage, upload original content, on its own, formulate the price and sell songs. Google will extract from 30% of income. This will obviously be extrusion MySpace living space.

In addition, Google and the U.S. Mobile operators T-Mobile USA signed agreement, users will be able to use words fee from Google music to buy songs. In addition, T-Mobile users will also get some exclusive offers singles.

The nokia executives yesterday confirmed next year will launch new flagship phone Symbian, after a new version of the system today saiban was also exposure, they were Carla and Donna. A “happy”, Donna will support dual-core processor.

Once before, sources said nokia will follow Google, let Symbian version of the new system to A, B, C, D so on order to name, and the new exposure of Carla and Donna is proof of that. It is reported, Symbian Carla will support the web browser 8.0, dolby surround sound and NFC (near field communication), and other functions, and Donna’s largest window than support dual-core processor.

Have sources say, Carla will in the end of 2012 or early 2013 release, Donna and the introduction of the time is much more on, and he says Donna after releasing, nokia will not provide the update of the Symbian system.

Apple iPad success not only increase the tablet computer market competition, and allows appeared on the market a lot of fake products and imitation. November 1 news, market research company MarkMonitor data show that the July 23 in e-commerce web site, average daily have nearly 18000 iPad and Android counterfeit products to sell.

MarkMonitor chief marketing officer (CMO) Fred · fellman (Fred Felman) said, if the tablet computer products with fake apple logo, it will be against the law. Usually these counterfeit products performance is not qualified, no guarantee service. MarkMonitor survey found reproductions and fake products from the more than 5000 distributors, many of them come from China.

In the current economic environment of the weak, consumers tend to buy cheap goods, so during the holiday at the end of the iPad counterfeit items may be further increased, this will lead to apple face more and more competition. But the company HIS analysts Francis west Germany g (Francis Sideco) said apple product advantage lies in the software, it is difficult to copy. Other merchants can to a certain extent the generic tablet computer products, but these products may not be able to access the apple iTunes store and application services.

Apple in April 2010 issued the iPad, and then quickly become the second largest company after the iPhone products. Total sales last quarter apple $28.3 billion, with the iPad sales account for $6.9 billion,

The fake products to more before drug, hand bag, and software products, and now mobile technology by counterfeit products more attention. According to the consumer electronics association, figures released by the tablet computer become this holiday season most consumers want to buy products, ranking every laptop computer, TV, more than electronic reader and video games. It also makes the tablet computer become the target of counterfeit products.

Fellman said, in order to prevent fraud, consumer should choose in their retail site known as the shopping. In addition, low price of product is counterfeit products another sign. MarkMonitor surveys show that the tablet computer knockoffs are usually sold at a 69% lower than genuine retail price.

At the same time, if the same tablet computer high price of product is usually indicates that it is gray market products. These products are genuine, but without permission of the national market. This product buyers usually paid 15% of the premium, also may enjoy less than the warranty and service technical problems. MarkMonitor data shows that, in July average daily has 5500 sets global grey market flat products for sale.

The Green series will be discontinued in February of next year as the company said that its new Barracuda drives have a “nearly identical power-consumption profile as energy-efficient desktop drives,” but delivers much better performance. The flagship XT series will also disappear and will be folded into the general Barracuda lineup. However, Seagate said that it plans to reintroduce the Barracuda XT later on as the company’s desktop solid state hybrid drive.

Seagate said that the consolidation of product names will make it easier to find hard drives and help Seagate’s OEMs and channel customers by reducing the complexity of their inventory.

The new Barracuda hard drive features a SATA 6 Gb/second interface, 7200 RPM platter spin speed and up to 64 MB cache. Seagate’s SmartAlign technology, a feature of Seagate’s Barracuda Green drives, will continue to ship with the flagship Barracuda drives, the company said.