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Japanese wireless carrier KDDI has said it will be launch the W42S 3G Walkman phone made by Sony Ericsson in Japan in June.

The new phone will come with 1GB of internal memory which can be supplemented with up to 4GB of Memory Stick Pro DUO and promises 30 hours of playback.

The phone will also feature a 1.3 megapixel camera, a 2.2-inch, 240 x 320, 262k colour LCD and FM radio.

A result of partnership between KDDI and Sony Ericsson, the phone is compatible with KDDI's Au CDMA2000 mobile network, and supports MP3, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+ music format files.

The retail price of the phone is expected to be about $180 and users will be able to download music via KDDI's download service which is similar to 3's here in the UK.

Last week Sony Ericsson announced the launch of four new phones including a new Walkman branded model and a phone aimed at the fitness set.

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A report from (reports) Microsoft states that they will start integrating desktop and intranet search results with their internet web search.

From the initial reports, the new Microsoft product sounds very similar to Google Desktop Search, which nicely integrates search results from your desktop with all of your web searches.

Longer term, this likely is the beginning of a Microsoft strategy to win the search war by leveraging their control of the desktop. For more on that, see my earlier post, "Using the desktop to improve search".

The news that mobile handset market leader Nokia will release a new tablet handheld device with Google Talk heralds the beginning of a new era in mobile communications and sounds a warning to traditional mobile carriers. Mobile internet telephony is about to burst upon the scene and both Google and Nokia want to be at the forefront of an emerging market for both applications and hardware.

Unlike mainstream mobile telephony, which relies on cellular base stations, the new Nokia will connect to the internet via localised Wi-Fi networks, which are becoming more prevalent by the day in large cities, with wireless hot spots at places like cafes and airports. With the emerging WiMAX techology promising ubiquitous mobile wireless broadband connectivity without the need for direct line-of-sight base stations, devices like the new Nokia tablet running web-based voice and instant messaging applications like Google Talk, threaten to encroach on the space occupied by the current mobile telephony market.

Microsoft needs help to survive with its Search

Now that Yahoo CEO Terry Semel has put paid to the rumours that Microsoft was looking to acquire its search business, three things are clear. One is that Microsoft felt a need to ramp up its search business fast. Secondly, the next couple of years are going to bear witness to a three-way battle royale for internet dominance. Thirdly, Google has Microsoft scared to death.

Depending on whose figures you believe, Microsoft has about 13% of the search market, compared to Yahoo's 28% and Google with about 43%. Some pundits point to the fact that Microsoft has come from behind in the past to overtake and displace more established rivals. However, Google is not like the other rivals that Microsoft has encountered. It is very profitable; it is growing at a great rate; it well funded with deep pockets; and it has proven itself to be highly a innovative web player. It is not a case of Google defending its space against Microsoft but in fact the reverse.

Microsoft put paid to Netscape's ambitions by simply obtaining a similar browser and embedding it in its desktop operating system. It can't do that to Google, a company with a market capitalisation of around $113 billion and which, based on its first quarter and its growth rate, looks like having annual revenues this year approaching $10 billion and a net profit of about $2.5 billion from its search advertising business. Neither can Microsoft simply get rid of Yahoo, which has a well-established diversified and highly trafficked web portal business.

A problem for Microsoft is that it is saddled with two legacy desktop software businesses that are barely growing, one of which, Microsoft Office, looks very vulnerable now that there is a compatible open source look-alike that can be downloaded for free. Microsoft realises this and, faced with the market slashing the company's value, it has struck out to try and win share in Google's space. The first serious foray was an attempt to buy its way in through Yahoo.

Although it has been rebuffed by Yahoo and is a distant third placed runner in search, Microsoft is by no means out of the game. It still has 85% of the web browser market, through which it can (under the watchful eyes of regulators) promote its search business, something which Google has been publicly vocal about.

However, aside from Google's presence on the growing rival browser Firefox, the search leader is trying to make the browser less relevant to the search experience by developing and promoting desktop search products. Microsoft could try to do the same of course but any attempt to embed a Microsoft desktop search into Windows would once again raise the ire of antitrust regulators.

In order to increase its search marketshare, Microsoft has struck out on its own and intends to invest money in creating new markets. Part of this is tied up with its Xbox games business, where with the recent purchase of Massive, Microsoft intends to create an in-games ad placement market. In addition, Microsoft, like Google and Yahoo, is busy doing deals in the mobile devices market space to have its search, instant messaging and email products embedded in devices.

It is clear that Google's aggressive push into search and web services has changed the rules of the game going forward. There is no doubt that Microsoft will retain its dominance of the desktop for many years to come. However, as each day goes by, the internet is making the desktop less relevant to users. This is why Microsoft, a company whose foundations are built on the desktop, is rattled and currently engaged in a mad scramble to find new online businesses.

Today google announce their new developments and products. Well this is will be a new improvment to maintain their market with rival competitors like Microsoft, Yahoo, etc.

These new products offer a pretty wide range of services and capabilities, but they have one thing in common: They all enhance and improve the search experience for our users.

- Google Co-op is a way for users to help us improve search. It lets people and organizations label web pages and create specialized links related to their unique expertise. Whether it's information about a hobby, a profession, or an unusual interest, everyone can contribute to making Google search more relevant and useful for the entire community.

- Google Desktop 4 gives you another way to improve search, by personalizing your desktop. New "Google Gadgets" deliver an array of information--ranging from games and media players to weather updates and news--straight to your desktop.

- Google Notebook (which we'll be launching next week) is a personal browser tool that lets you clip text, images, and links from the pages you're searching, save clippings to an online notebook, and then share notebooks with others.

- Google Trends builds on the idea behind the Google Zeitgeist, allowing you to sort through several years of Google search queries from around the world to get a general idea of everything from user preferences on ice-cream flavors to the relative popularity of politicians in their respective cities or countries.

If you're interested in hearing what was said on stage today, check out the webcast of press event at www.google.com/pressday.

� RAM. Random-access memory lets your computer, more specifically, the central processing unit (CPU), juggle lots of complex tasks at once. Think of RAM as the top of your desk. The more megabytes (MB) of RAM in your computer, the larger the desk surface and the more stuff it will hold without collapsing. In the world of computers, RAM rules.

� Hard Drive. This is your computer�s storage or disk space. Think of it as a file cabinet. Files and programs are stored here. If you want to store lots of space-taking digital photos, music and video, go for a 80 gigabyte (GB) drive, though 40 GB should be fine for the average family�s computer. A CD burner, also known as CD-Writer, allows you to record music and store large files externally on CDs. Now there are 750 GBs available.

� Processor. In our analogy, this is your secretary or office manager. The processor listens to your clicks and then relays them to the other parts in your computer. The faster the "clock speed" of the processor (measured in giga- or megahertz), the faster it can perform analytic functions and calculations, as well as open and close programs and save files. Your computer probably needs only a 1-gigahertz (GHz) processor. But if you are into high-speed, high-resolution stuff, then go for 1.5 to 3.6 GHz.

� Ports and Slots. USB ports and PCI slots are where you plug in peripherals-external devices such as printers, PDAs (like a Palm), digital cameras, or internal components like sound cards and modems. An Ethernet port allows you to link, or network, multiple home computers and lets you connect to the Internet using a high-speed DSL or cable modem, which all users can share. If you want to store, copy or move files like photos, videos and music super quickly, you�ll want a FireWire card, which has extremely fast data-transfer rates. Make sure you leave available a few ports or slots for future expansion.

Operating System (OS). The OS is the language your computer�s components use to communicate with each other. Windows XP and the new upcoming Vista are operating systems.