Risalah Langkah

Rinduku mati bersama janji yang tak pernah kau tepati.

Risalah Langkah

Takkan lagi aku mau menunggu meski jarak waktu hanya sekerjap matamu.

Risalah Langkah

Kau bersimpuh dan menyentuh, aku melepuh dan melumpuh.

Risalah Langkah

Aku. Kamu. Tak akan pernah menjadi kita. @puisi__cinta

Risalah Langkah

Membaca kerinduanmu, mengembalikanku pada jejak-jejak dalam pasir. Lenyap terhapus ombak. @puisi__cinta

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Aku mencintaimu dalam hening doa, kamu membenciku dalam hiruk pikuk maya. @puisi__cinta

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Aku mengecupmu dengan bibir yang mendaras doa, dia melumatmu dengan gincu serupa darah. @puisi__cinta

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Doa dan harapmu akan hadirku, semakna debu di jelang pagi. Lenyap terhapus embun. @puisi__cinta

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Mengapa memilih melupakan, bila sesungguhnya dapat tetap mengingat? @puisi__cinta

TANDA-TANDA SESEORANG BERAKHLAQ

TANDA-TANDA SESEORANG BERAKHLAQ


Yusuf bin Asbath mengatakan, akhlak mulia terangkum dalam 10 hal berikut ini:




1. Tidak memperuncing perbedaan pendapat (tidak suka berselisih paham)


2. Mudah memaklumi (berlaku obyektif)


3. Tak mau mencari2 kesalahan orang. 


4.Memperbaiki apa yang tampak tidak baik.


5. Tidak sungkan untuk meminta maaf.

6. Tahan kecaman (Tabah menghadapi segala kepedihan dan kesulitan)

7. Jika menghadapi kegagalan, tidak menyalahkan orang lain, tetapi justru mengintrospeksi diri sendiri.

8. Mencari-cari kekurangan diri sendiri, bukan kekurangn orang lain.

9. Berwajah berseri (murah senyum) kepada semua orang.

10. Bertutur kata santun kepada semua orang.


Semoga kita semua bisa belajar menjadi lebih berakhlaq :)

What is hydrocephalus?

Hydrocephalus comes from the Greek hydro meaning water and cephalie, meaning brain. A watery fluid, known as cerebro-spinal fluid or CSF, is produced constantly inside each of the four spaces or ventricles inside the brain: between 400 and 600mls is produced each day. The CSF normally flows through narrow pathways from one ventricle to the next, then out over the outside of the brain and down the spinal cord. The CSF is absorbed into the bloodstream, and the amount and pressure are normally kept within a fairly narrow range.

If the drainage of CSF is prevented at any point, the fluid accumulates in the ventricles inside the brain, causing them to swell and resulting in compression of the surrounding tissue. In babies and infants, the head will enlarge. In older children and adults, the head size cannot increase as the bones which form the skull are completely joined together.

What causes hydrocephalus? 

The condition is caused by the inability of CSF to drain away into the bloodstream. There are many reasons why this can happen. Hydrocephalus can be congenital or acquired.

• Key

Cerebrum: The main part of the brain, in two halves one on each side (left and right hemispheres).

Cerebellum: The smaller part of the brain at the back of the head, involved in muscular coordination.

Ventricles: Connected spaces inside the brain, where CSF is produced. There are two lateral ventricles (one each side), a third ventricle and a fourth ventricle. CSF flows from here over the outside of the brain before being absorbed back into the bloodstream.

Choroid plexus: The organ that makes CSF.

Superior sagittal sinus: The major vein that runs over the centre of the top of the brain and collects CSF, draining it back into the central bloodstream.

Pituitary gland: A gland situated in the brain cavity but just behind the face. It is very important in secreting a large number of hormones that regulate body function and development. An example is growth hormone, and others are involved in sexual development.

Brainstem: A very important area connecting the spinal cord to the brain. It controls breathing and other vital functions.

Spinal cord: A complex trunk of nerves transmitting impulses to all parts of the body, allowing muscle movement, sensation and reflexes.

How is hydrocephalus treated?

Some forms of hydrocephalus require no specific treatment. Other forms are temporary and do not require treatment on a long-term basis. However, most forms do require treatment and this is usually surgical. Drugs have been used for many years but they may have unpleasant side effects and are not often successful.

The usual treatment is to insert a shunting device. It is important to note that this does not ‘cure’ the hydrocephalus and damage to the brain tissue remains. Shunting controls the pressure by draining excess CSF, so preventing the condition becoming worse. Symptoms caused by raised pressure usually improve but other problems of brain damage will remain.

What is a shunt?

A shunt is simply a device which diverts the accumulated CSF around the obstructed pathways and returns it to the bloodstream. It consists of a system of tubes with a valve to control the rate of drainage and prevent back-flow. It is inserted surgically so that the upper end is in a ventricle of the brain and the lower end leads either into the heart (ventriculo-atrial) or into the abdomen (ventriculo-peritoneal). The shunt may be a programmable (adjustable) type.

The device is completely enclosed so that all of it is inside the body. The fluid which is drained into the abdomen passes from there into the bloodstream. Other drainage sites such as the outer lining of the lungs (ventriculo-pleural shunt) can also be used.

Possible Complications 

In most cases, the shunts are intended to stay in place for life, although alterations or revisions might become necessary from time to time. The tube or catheter may become too short as the individual grows and an operation to lengthen it might be necessary. Occasionally, as with any implant, there can be mechanical failure. Also, it is important to be aware that problems can occur with blockage or infection of the shunt.

What symptoms should be looked for? 

These vary enormously between individuals. Previous personal experience of a shunt problem is often a reliable guide as to what to look for. 

Possible signs of acute shunt blockage may include: 
vomiting, headache, dizziness, photophobia (sensitivity to light) and other visual disturbances, drowsiness and fits. 

Possible signs of chronic shunt blockage may include: 
fatigue, general malaise, visual problems, behavioural changes, decline in academic performance, being just ‘not right’ from the carer’s point of view.

If a shunt blockage is suspected, medical advice should be sought from your neuro-surgical unit within four hours of acute symptoms starting. 
In shunt infections, symptoms vary with the route of drainage.

In ventriculo-peritoneal shunts, the symptoms often resemble those of a blockage. This is because the shunt becomes infected and the lower catheter is very often then sealed off by tissue. There may be accompanying fever and abdominal pain or discomfort or redness over the shunt site.

Sukhoi Super Jet 100 Crashed in Indonesia - was Industrial Sabotage at Play with it? 

WM | 12.05.2012 | 07:26

Based on past aggressive competitive commercial tactics employed by the alliance of American corporations, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and the Pentagon, aviation experts in Asia are wondering aloud whether the recent crash of the new Sukhoi Super Jet 100 in Indonesia was the result of high-stakes industrial sabotage engineered to protect Boeing’s lucrative commercial and military aviation market in Asia at the expense of a resurgent Russian aviation industry… The Sukhoi passenger plane was carrying prospective Indonesian customers, as well as journalists and employees of the Sukhoi company, when it crashed into the summit of Mount Salak, near Jakarta. Of the some 50 passengers and crew, there were no survivors of the crash. A reliable Indonesian journalist has confided that the only copy of the passenger manifest was on board the aircraft when it crashed. Other than the Sukhoi crew and officials on board, there were a number of representatives of Indonesian airlines, as well as local journalists, as well as nationals of France, Italy, and the United States. After 21 minutes into the demonstration flight, the pilot requested air traffic control permission to drop from 10,000 to 6,000 feet. Although there was light rain, weather conditions were not hazardous. The reason for the pilot's request to descend is not known. Shortly after the plane descended, air traffic control lost contact with the plane. Ground observers reported that the plane appeared "unsteady" before the crash. The plane did not take off from Sukarno-Hatta International Airport but from another local airfield, the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, which is shared with the Indonesian Air Force’s Halim Air Force Base. Halim is where U.S. Special Forces troops have been training their Indonesian counterparts in various air force tactics, possibly including meaconing, intrusion, jamming, and interference (MIJI) electronic warfare tactics designed to interfere with aircraft navigation systems. Some of the training occurs every year as part of the EXERCISE COPE WEST, sponsored the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii. Last year's exercise, COPE WEST 10, concentrated on simulated military operations against the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force, which uses fighter jets designed and licensed by Sukhoi, including the Sukhoi 27 and Sukhoi 30. The Sukhoi carried a price tag much lower than its Boeing counterparts, $35 million each, and was Russia's first commercial aircraft offering since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three new Indonesian airlines, Kartika Airlines, Sky Aviation, and Queen Air, had already placed orders for 48 SuperJets and there were another 170 orders from around the world. The crash of the SuperJet has placed the viability and attractiveness of the aircraft for current and future customers in doubt. On his last visit to Indonesia, President Obama inked a deal with Indonesia's Lion Air to sell 230 Boeing aircraft with a $22 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Export-Bank (EX-IM Bank). Obama said the deal to supply Boeing aircraft to Lion Air would create 110,000 U.S. jobs. However, Sukhoi's entrance into the lucrative Indonesian commercial aviation market, which now has a number of competitors to the partly state-owned and safety record-plagued Garuda Indonesian Airlines, represented a threat to Boeing's business in the country and the Boeing deal worked out by Obama. Lion Air is owned by brothers who are former travel agents, Kusana and Rusdi Kirana. The airline's poor safety record has earned it a ban by the European Union for its poor maintenance record and lack of corporate transparency and some of its pilots have been implicated in drug smuggling. A February 15, 2012 Reuters report concerning the biennial Singapore Air Show, which Rusdi attended, states that very little is known about the Kirana brothers, other than the fact that Kirana is also a former Brother typewriter salesman. The brothers started Lion Air a little over ten years ago. The Singapore Air Show was attended by Boeing Southeast Asia President Ralph "Skip" Boyce, who was pushing commercial offerings, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Boeing 737-MAX, and the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, as well as military aircraft, such as the KC-135R Stratotanker and the F-15 fighter. Boyce is a former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and Thailand and Deputy Chief of Mission in Singapore. Boyce was criticized by the opposition in Thailand for opposing the anti-government “Red Shirts” during that nation’s military rule. However, Boyce’s contacts inside Thailand’s government and business establishment enabled him to secure an order for 77 Boeing aircraft by Thai International Airways. Boyce was also criticized by some in the Indonesia press for allegedly covering up details of the 2002 terrorist bombing in Bali that killed a number of Indonesian nationals and foreign tourists. The entry of Sukhoi into the lucrative Asian market with the lower-cost SuperJet was obviously seen by Boeing as a threat to its business in the region. It also helps Boeing that Obama secured the EX-IM Bank loan guarantee for Lion Air to purchase Boeing aircraft. In addition, Lion Air's failure to introduce its Initial Public Offerring (IPO) of $1 billion in stock, due to the global financial meltdown has placed the airline in financial jeopardy. Its main competitor, Garuda, has also delayed its stock float, causing a major ripple in the Indonesian aviation market. There is a distinct possibility that without Obama’s loan guarantees on the Boeing deal, Lion Air could have been forced into bankruptcy. America does not hesitate employing industrial sabotage against its competitors, especially when it comes to Asia. In unprecedented “car wars” with Japan, the Obama administration did not hesitate to engage in industrial sabotage against Japan through a pre-planned operation directed against the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. In 2010, Obama’s Republican Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, engaged in a bitter campaign against Toyota over problems with certain accelerator pedals that were not even manufactured by Toyota but by the Indiana-based firm CTS (formerly known as Chicago Telephone Supply). LaHood kicked off America’s anti-Toyota campaign by stating that all Toyota owners should stop driving their vehicles and return them to the dealership for a fix. To the delight of then-financially troubled General Motors and Ford, LaHood painted a wide brush in his comments about Toyotas. The problem affected only a small fraction of Toyota vehicles that had a U.S.-manufactured accelerator pedal. The accelerator issue resulted in a voluntary recall of millions of Toyota vehicles, including the popular Camry and Corolla, by the Japanese auto giant. LaHood was implementing a White House operation to grab a major portion of Toyota’s market share and hand it over the General Motors and Ford. The Obama administration, through its bailout of GM, became a virtual auto company and decided to play economic hardball with Japan, just as it is doing now with Russia on behalf of Boeing.      Obama’s predecessors in the White House have not shirked from engaging in industrial espionage to boost America’s market share. In 1995, President Bill Clinton authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on companies like Toyota and Nissan during U.S. trade negotiations with Tokyo over Japanese luxury car imports to the United States. George H. W. Bush also used NSA to eavesdrop on Indonesia during negotiations between the then-government of President Suharto and Japan’s NEC on a major multi-million dollar telecommunications contract. Bush shared the intelligence with AT&T, a competitor of NEC on the Indonesian contract. Under pressure from Washington, Jakarta decided to evenly split the contract between NEC and AT&T. A former member of the U.S. Congress confided that he was never satisfied with the explanation of the sudden death in February 2010 of his friend and the powerful chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania, from an infection after routine gall bladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Washington, DC. Murtha was an influential player in the award of a $35 billion competition between Boeing and European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) to supply the U.S. Air Force with military versions of either Boeing or Airbus aircraft to serve as in-flight refueling tankers. Murtha was replaced as chairman by Representative Norman Dicks of Washington state, who was known as the “Congressman from Boeing.” A year after Murtha’s death, Boeing received the Air Force contract. When it comes to sabotage and espionage, the ability of the United States to go to great lengths, including murder, should never be underestimated. The sordid record speaks for itself.

Gunmen from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula attack Israeli workers, killing one

David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images - A combination of pictures shows Israeli policemen and a soldier detaining an Arab-Israeli after he tried to pass a road block in the Israeli Negev desert on June 18, 2012. Israel was still hunting for up to four gunmen who infiltrated the Egyptian border and staged a deadly ambush.

JERUSALEM — Gunmen who crossed into Israel from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula killed a worker assigned to build a border fence early Monday, and soldiers responding to the incident killed two of the assailants, the Israeli army said.

The attack some 20 miles south of the Gaza Strip, near the border community of Nitzana underscored Israeli concerns about worsening security conditions in Sinai, where government control has weakened since the Egyptian revolution last year.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the incident, along with the launching of two rockets at southern Israel over the weekend, indicated “a disturbing deterioration in Egyptian control of security in the Sinai.”

He said Israel expected the winner of last weekend’s Egypt’s presidential election “to take responsibility for all of Egypt’s international commitments, including the peace treaty with Israel and the security arrangements in the Sinai, and to swiftly put an end to these attacks.”

Egyptian Gen. Abdelwahab Mabrouk, the governor of North Sinai, the border province where the attack was allegedly launched, expressed doubt about the veracity of the reports.

“Sinai is secure and under control on our side,” he said, according to a statement carried by the state-run Middle East News Agency. “Any intruders are arrested immediately.”

According to Col. Avital Leibovitz, an Israeli army spokeswoman, the incident started at about 6 a.m., when three gunmen attacked two vehicles carrying laborers who had arrived to work on the border fence. The gunmen targeted the vehicles with an explosive charge, rifle fire and a rocket-propelled grenade, Leibovitz said.

Leibovitz said a vehicle hit by the explosive and by the gunfire overturned into a ditch, killing one worker, who was identified in news reports as an Israeli Arab. The army said no other workers were was injured.

 Israeli troops on border patrol arrived minutes after the attack and traded fire with the assailants, two of whom were killed when a large quantity of explosives carried by one of them detonated, Leibovitz said.  She said a third attacker fled back to the Egyptian side of the border, where other members of the attack squad allegedly remained. No soldiers were hurt.

Israeli farming communities and army bases in the border area were locked down after the attack as Israeli troops searched for additional infiltrators. Border roads were closed to civilian traffic.

The workers are employed by one of the companies contracted by the Israeli Defense Ministry to construct the 140-mile long border barrier of steel mesh and razor wire. The fence is still under construction, and the attackers crossed in an area where it is not yet complete.

Leibovitz said that it was still unclear from where the attackers – who she said were equipped with helmets, flak jackets, camouflage uniforms, Kalashnikov assault rifles and grenades -- had come. But she said the quality and amount of explosives and combat gear they carried were reminiscent of a deadly cross-border attack last August that Israel blamed on a small militant Palestinian faction in Gaza, the Popular Resistance Committees. In that attack, gunmen who infiltrated from Sinai attacked motorists on a border road north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat, leaving eight Israelis dead.Israel responded with an air strike in the Gaza Strip that killed six people, including the leadership of the Popular Resistance Committees.

Since then Israel has accelerated work on the border fence, which was originally planned as an obstacle to thousands of African migrants and asylum seekers who sneak across the border each year.

 Despite decades of calm since Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, their desert frontier has become more volatile in recent months, as militants seek to use the Sinai area as a launching pad for cross-border attacks.

On Friday, two rockets that Israeli officials said were fired from Sinai landed in southern Israel. In April, at least one Grad rocket landed in Eilat.

Amos Gilad, a senior Israeli defense ministry official, said in a radio interview that extremist groups inspired by Iran and al-Qaeda were “trying to establish themselves in Sinai in order to undermine the government in Egypt and …carry out attacks in Israel in order to complicate relations between Israel and Egypt.”

Lawlessness in Sinai, where local Bedouin tribes have long complained of neglect and harsh crackdowns by the Egyptian authorities, also has increased since the revolution. Gunmen have attacked police posts and repeatedly blown up a natural gas pipeline that supplied Israel under a deal widely criticized in post-revolutionary Egypt. The gas shipments have since been canceled.

Bedouins in the Sinai have kidnapped tourists to use as bargaining chips to get relatives in prison released. Security officials also say arms smugglers have taken advantage of lax security in the area to smuggle arms from Libya.

Also Monday, an Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants from the Islamic Jihad group as they rode a motorcycle in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, local medical officials said.

A statement by the military said aircraft had targeted a squad of snipers that had fired into Israel recently, including a shooting at an Israeli farmer near the border with Gaza last week. 

Microsoft's First Ever Tablet To Be Revealed Today

By SiliconIndia   |   Monday, 18 June 2012, 03:43 Hrs   |    

Bangalore: Microsoft can no longer wait watching iPad eating up the entire PC market and challenging its software, which runs on millions of systems worldwide. That may be why for the first time after 37-years, the company is going to offer a computer of its own creation.

The device is aimed to kill Apple’s iPad and is expected to be launched in Microsoft’s big party today. According to people familiar with the subject, the tablet is expected to run a new version of Windows and will have access to an e-books store using the Barnes & Noble’s technology. Microsoft on April had announced a strategic partnership with B&N, with an investment of $300 million into the business named “Newco.”

Microsoft’s decision to enter into the market is likely to be the outcome of tablet explosion lead by iPads. Tablets are causing a huge threat to the PC market. It has already reached eight percentages in size of PC market and is expected to grow to 40 percent by 2016.

With the introduction of device, Microsoft is also following its rival Apple, who was successful in integrating its own hardware and software. "If Microsoft wants to control the entire user experience and the entire quality of their products, they have to build their own hardware," said Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a Redmond-based market research firm.  

But according to many, Microsoft has a big risk of capturing the tablet market due to the existence of many competes including manufacturers who use Microsoft’s software. There are also new anticipated players into the space including Google, which is redy with its tablet.

“If it’s true that Microsoft is going to produce its own tablet, it’s a major turning point for the company and shows just how breathtakingly the landscape has changed in a just a few years,” said Brad Silverberg, a venture capitalist in Seattle and former Microsoft executive.

Microsoft’s had earlier failed with Zune, a music player introduced to compete with iPod.

Britons Pay Indian Women to Be Surrogate Mothers

By SiliconIndia   |   Monday, 28 May 2012, 16:43 IST   |    

Bangalore: The commercialization of wombs is increasing day by day in our society. When commercial surrogacy is illegal in Briton, many Britons are paying Indians to become surrogate mothers for them. This growing trend in India not only disregards the social systems in the country but also raises many ethical questions before us.

The birth to surrogate mothers in our country last year is likely to be 2,000. Experts agree that the prime single source of majority of these births is from Britons. There are almost 1,000 unregulated clinics in India in which most of them are specialized to help Britons become parents. Indian surrogate industry has been utilized widely by Britons who don’t wish to bear and deliver children. Only around 100 births are recorded in Briton while almost 1000 births through surrogate mothers in India account for Briton.

The investigation conducted by The Sunday Telegraph brings out this rapidly growing business. The report says that almost £25,000 at a time have been spent by Couples and single people to have children.  Authorities in India believe that the surrogate mother industry in India is worth about £1.5 billion each year.

The industry has to be regulated soon. As doctors responded to The Sunday Telegraph said that the present trend raises fears of a “wombs to rent” culture since many British women prefer to have babies through surrogates to avoid being pregnant and childbirth.

According to British doctors, women in India are being paid up to £6,000 to donate eggs and carry babies. This business have helped many including bankers, senior civil servants, executives at multinational companies and even NHS doctors to become parents through surrogacy in India.

“Nobody in India actually knows for sure how many babies are born through these commercial enterprises and how many places are involved,” said Dr Radhey Sharma, who was commissioned by the Indian government to study the boom in fertility treatments in preparation for legislation to regulate the industry.

He said while disclosing his findings, “I have the database of some 600 IVF clinics in India, but that is not a complete list. There could be around 400 more clinics operating without any regulation.”

The growth of this “baby factory” phenomenon has now become a concern for the government. The committee chaired by Dr Sharma has given suggestions for the industry standard for the first time which includes a regime of inspections and sanctions for those which fail them. The legislation has yet to be considered by India’s parliament and it may take some more years before it become a law.

However if the suggestions are approved, parents in Britain who look for treatments would either be unable to have for legal reasons, or would face lengthy waits on the NHS to obtain.

In the opinion of Dr Shivani Gour, the director of Surrogacy Centre India, “Gay people are just so keen and so desperate to have a family,” she said. “Many of the people say that as soon as they realised they were gay, the saddest thing was that they knew they would never have children.”

 “I would say to those people who call what we do immoral, that I feel very sorry for you, god bless you, but you are ignorant, “she added.

The Parents from Briton have to face long waits in India to attain citizenship and passports for their babies. Presently British authorities can take almost a month to grant British citizenship to the children and weeks more to issue passports.

If the proposed regulations for the industry become effective in India this would bring a check to British people from becoming parents through surrogacy. The regulations would make it compulsory for babies to have instant citizenship of their parents’ home countries as soon as they are born.

@perimerahjambu

10 Things Google Should do with Motorola

By SiliconIndia   |   Thursday, 24 May 2012, 04:27 Hrs   | 

Bangalore: Google is now officially a hardware company. The search giant completed its $ 12.5 Billion Motorola acquisition . Along with the software expertise, a multibillion handset, a set top box business and the talented workforce at Motorola, Google is now the proud owner of 17000 new patents. The market is ripe with rumors of what Google could or rather should do with Motorola. We bring you a list of 10 things that Google should do with their latest acquisition.

1. Fuel the tablet addiction:

Motorola’s Xoom slate was the first android tablet in the market. It was made famous with the Superbowl commercial that mocked Apple. Xoom got good reviews from critics and users alike but it could not capture the market. Motorola even went south with the prices to boost sales but the sales did not pick up too much.

We are crossing our fingers and hoping that Google will focus on coming up with competent tablets. It would be a mistake to not do so.

2. Do not hurt the other android vendors:

Google came up with android and changed the market dynamic. Android devices have a huge market which keeps increasing day by day. The android platform is used by several vendors. The merger between Google and Motorola could send waves of fear in the market that Motorola would have undue advantage since it now officially belongs to the birth house of android.

The smart step here would be for Google to maintain a safe distance from Motorola to reassure the other vendors that there would be no undue advantage given to Motorola.

3. Use the patents wisely:

Google had to shell $12.5 billion for Motorola. They are now the proud owners of the 17000 Motorola patents. This is bound to come handy in this season for patent lawsuits. These patents will help Google against oracle, apple and other such companies. Google could also use these patents to improve the android platform and thus help the various android vendors.

4. Software expertise:

The Amazon Kindle story is known to all. They took android and gave it the Amazon touch and made kindle an instant success. Motorola also followed the same path. They took android and modified it to suit their own handsets.

Let us also keep in mind here that Motorola is a software genius. Their software expertise must be utilized by Google to come up with something extraordinary.

5. Utilize the talent:

Google acquired several valuable assets after it took over Motorola. Although the company is not doing very well at the time they were once a force to reckon with. Known for their innovative products they are home to some very talented developers.

Google can benefit largely if they recognize the talents in the company and shift them over.

6. Revive the Chromebook:

The chrome book is a personal computer running on Google Chrome OS. It is a cross between a cloud and a personal laptop. It runs on a Linux kernel and Google Chrome web browser with an integrated media player. The product received mixed reviews and it soon slipped from the consumer memory and also from Google’s priority list.

It is a promising product and hopefully Motorola can work to better the design and relaunch it. All they need is one successful launch and Chromebooks can be back in business.

7. Better the Motorola lineup:

Motorola was earlier known for its sleek phones and they pioneered the flip phones but made the mistake of coming up with too many handsets. The markets were flooded with too many choices for the consumers.

They must focus on fewer products to come up with better choices for the consumers. Apple follows this policy and is at the top position in the market. Hopefully Google will help Motorola make smarter choices and simplify their product list. Too much of anything is not good.

8. Avoid layoffs:

The market is filled with hushed rumors that layoffs are inevitable after the acquisition. When Google had taken over DoubleClick, 40 percent of their employees were laid off. Motorola employees may see the same fate. The company had recently fired 800 employees in the name of reconstruction.

Google does not know yet what it has taken over. They should take some time to consider the possibilities here. The search giants can utilize the talented workforce to come up with newer and better products. They certainly have the resources to do so.

9. Innovation is the key:

Motorola owned the market with its flip phones and then clam phones. Its set top box business is iconic in itself. Motorola’s legacy of being an innovator has been lost in the recent past. They could not keep up with the rapidly changing communications and electronic market.

We can expect Google to come to Motorola’s rescue and resurrect them. Google has the cash and Motorola’s investment budget can also be used to make breakthrough inventions. Google needs to bring back the innovation streak in Motorola to justify the high price they paid.

10. Stand up to Microsoft:

Motorola is currently caught in a nasty lawsuit with Microsoft over patents. Motorola has subsequently sued Microsoft in the US and European courts. Such cases usually end peacefully in patent cross-licensing deals. But this time the companies involved are not looking for settling. Motorola wants Xbox 360 and Windows 7 to be banned in US markets. Recently a judge commented in Motorola’s favor saying that 4 of their patents were being violated by Microsoft.

Google can try to be the bigger person here by letting the lawsuit go or they can take the bull at its horns. It is completely their choice.

@perimerahjambu

Facebook is Sued!

Facebook is Sued!

By SiliconIndia   |   Thursday, 24 May 2012, 03:58 Hrs   |    

Bangalore: Adding to the Facebook IPO fiasco, shareholders of the social network sued the company and its bankers for the share slides on the first day and for hiding the revenue forecasts. Some of them even threaten to seek ‘remedies’ for the massive loss on the shares.

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, the law firm announced today morning that a class action law suit has been commenced in the United States District Court against the social network as well as its underwriters, Morgan Stanley on behalf of purchasers of Facebook.

The suit alleges Facebook of hiding “a severe and pronounced reduction in revenue forecasts from its investors.”  According to a Reuters report yesterday, many investors were shocked when Morgan Stanley unexpectedly cut the Facebook estimates just before the IPO and to make things worse, a Business Insider report yesterday stated that Facebook executive actually asked the underwriting banks to cut estimates, without sharing the news to small investors.

“The true facts at the time of the IPO were that Facebook was then experiencing a severe and pronounced reduction in revenue growth due to an increase of users of its Facebook app or website through mobile devices … such that the Company told the Underwriter Defendants to materially lower their revenue forecasts for 2012,” stated the suit. “The underwriters then subsequently lowered their estimates for 2012, which revisions were material information which was not shared with all Facebook investors, but rather, was selectively disclosed by defendants to certain preferred investors,” continued the complaint.

With its bad debut, rumors have been spreading in Silicon Valley about Facebook and itsfishy IPO. With the latest law suit, the picture is becoming clearer.