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Since its beginning, when the mice needed a trackball to record movements, users and industry PC solutions have required to be more accurate. The optical mouse was a big step in that direction, being followed by the highly accurate laser technology.

In these days, Microsoft announced a new technology development of the computer mouse.

For now there are no details announced, and Microsoft has released a single image advertising with the words “Say goodbye to laser” and dated September 9.

Then there is a need to wait two weeks to know what concerns Microsoft.

The forecast assumes that the interest for the iPhone is at the same level today as when it was launched. In case, if this forecast is real, Apple will sell a much larger number of phones than its own initial editions.

Recently, Apple reported it would increase its production of phones in Taiwan.

Currently, the company produces 150,000 units of iPhones per day. But considering that current demand exceeds supply, and that Apple is preparing to launch the iPhone in more countries, this could prove that even 150,000 daily appliances is an insufficient number.

The value of the company amounts to 159 billion dollars.

This amount means that Apple higher value to Google, Cisco, Intel, Nokia and Dell. Among the direct competitors of Apple, only Microsoft and IBM have a market capitalisation exceeding Apple.

The top 11 list is composed by:

1. Microsoft (MSFT) - 255 billion dollars
2. IBM (IBM) - 170 billion dollars
3. Apple (AAPL) - 159 billion dollars
4. Google (GOOG) - 157 billion dollars
5. Cisco (CSCO) - 144 billion dollars
6. Intel (INTC) - 136 billion dollars
7. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) - 112 billion dollars
8. Nokia (NOK) - 96 billion dollars
9. Research In Motion (RIMM) - 72 billion dollars
10. Disney (DIS) - 60 billion dollars
11. Dell (DELL) - 51 billion dollars

Source: IDC

In order to increase scalability and access to archived information, Hitachi Data Systems, announced that investigators from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, are using the Hitachi Platform for content files for searching and retrieve scientific information about the atmosphere in a faster way.

An integral component of the strategy Services Oriented Storage Solutions of the Hitachi Content Archive Platform, which are scalable archiving delivery services that ensure the protection and preservation of information for a long term, also provides a search and quick recovery method to the valuable data of the proposed high performance of the NASA for the Data Processing System and the Ozone Monitoring Instrument.

“The information that is difficult to obtain or very slow access hinders our investigation, so we wanted to find a technology that automates archiving and expedite the search and retrieval of the database, with an easy way to access the hard drive,” said Curt Tilman, scientific computation of NASA. “The biggest benefit of the Hitachi Content Archive Platform is that we can introduce our information and retrieve the same data without experiencing the latency of an infrastructure based on tape.”

To ensure that researchers can retrieve critical information safely and on time, NASA chose to upgrade their old data storage systems, which are frequently accessed for the files that are accessed less. Researchers at NASA needed a procedure that took less time for data recovery and to endure the failures of systems without loss of information, so as to prevent operators when erase data inadvertently. NASA selected the Hitachi Content Archive Platform to consolidate recovery and dynamic view of 70 terabytes of information.

“The unique approach of content services for storing and managing data of Hitachi, is helping customers in all industries to improve utilization of existing information infrastructure of data centers, and thus reduce the waste and applications in sleep associated with replacements of systems, “said Alejandro Lomelín of Hitachi Data Systems.

Not many years ago, Google itself was a small business and recently founded. Google then has created its own venture capital firm to help other entrepreneurs.

The project is named Google Venture and will be in charge of the current vice president of corporate development of Google, David Drummond.

Over the years, Google has bought a large quantity of small enterprises, in order to have access to their applications and technologies. By investing in the stage of development and establishment of a project, Google will have access from the beginning to innovative technologies.

Google joins and then drives to similar initiatives in Silicon Valley by giants like Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola that have invested large sums in new businesses.

According to the Wall Street Journal venture capital investments have fallen by 12% over the past year. In the second quarter of 2008, just in the U.S. were invested $6.64 billion dollars in a total of 602 new companies.