Top 10 Laptop Brands of the World in 2012

Laptops, these days have become a commodity though they were considered to a luxury few years back. With the developments in the tech-market, that has given a serious blow to lives, People find themselves confused when it comes to choosing a best brand for their use. What we see is, the reviews on how a brand is, totally? depends on individual experiences that hold no credibility when it comes to the market value of it. Here are the ten most authentic best brands to choose when you decide to get your hands on your Laptop.

1.Apple

Owner: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
Established: 1^st April 1976
Headquarter: California, US

Apple is an American multinational corporation which deals with consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. Apple is best known for its Macintosh computers, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Apple was named so as Steve Jobs thought it is ?fun, spirited and not intimidating?.

2.Lenovo

Owner: Liu Chuanzhi
Established: 1984
Headquarter: Beijing (China), Singapore, Morrisville (NC, United States)

Lenovo is a Chinese multinational information technology. It deals with personal computers, portable devices such as tablet computers and mobile phones, workstations, servers, electronic storage and IT management software. It is the 2^nd largest PC vendor by 2011.

3.HP

Owner: Bill Hewlett, David Packard
Established: 1939
Headquarter: Palo Alto, California, US

HP is an American multinational hardware and software corporation. It includes products, technologies, software, solutions and services for all the consumers. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services.

4.Sony

Owner: Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita
Established: 7^th May 1946
Headquarter: Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Sony is a Japanese multinational company. For consumer and professional markets, Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics.

5.Toshiba

Owner: Hisahige Tanaka, Ichisuke Fujioka, Shoichi Miyoshi
Established: 1939
Headquarter: Shibaura, Minato and Tokyo, Japan

Toshiba is a Japanese multinational electronics, electrical equipment and information technology corporation. It deals with manufacturing and marketing electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances. It was the 5^th largest PC vendor in 2010 after HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo.

6.ASUS

Owner: T.H. Tung, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh, M.T. Liao
Established: 2^nd April 1990
Headquarter: Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan

ASUS is a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company. Apart from selling its own products, it also produces components for other manufacturers such as Apple, Dell and HP. It provides motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers, video cards and mobile phones. It is the 5^th largest PC vendor by 2011.

7.Dell

Owner: Michael Dell
Established: 1^st May 1984
Headquarter: Texas, US

Dell is an American multinational company technology based corporation. It develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. It is the 3rd largest PC vendor in the world after HP and Lenovo.

8.Samsung

Owner: Lee Byung-Chull
Established: 1938
Headquarter: Samsung town, Seoul, South Korea

Samsung is a South Korean multinational company. It is composed of various subsidiaries and affliated businesses, some of which are Samsung Electronics, Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering, Samsung C&T and Samsung Techwin. The company contributes a lot to the country?s economy.

9.Acer

Owner: Stan Shih et al
Established: 1976
Headquarter: Xizhi, New Taipei, Taiwan

Acer is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation. It provides e-business services to businesses, consumers and government and also deals with desktop and laptop PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smart phones and peripherals. It also provides e-business services to businesses, governments and consumers. It is the 4^th largest PC maker in the world.

10.MSI

Owner: Xu Xiang, Huang Jinging, Lin Wentong, You Xian?neng, Lu Qilong
Established: 1986
Headquarter: New Taipei City, Taiwan

Micro-Star Technology is electronics based company. It is known as the 3^rd largest manufacturers of motherboard and video card in the world. It also manufactures expansion cards, servers, barebone computers, car infotainment products, notebooks and all in one PCs.

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Gold for Mexico

Mexico seizes the momentum in the first minute of the game and never looks back as it beats Brazil 2-1 in the gold medal match. Oribe Peralta scores both goals, leading Mexico to its first soccer gold medal.

Brazil vs Mexico, Men's Gold Medal Match

WEMBLEY, England (AP) ? With a goal in 29 seconds, Mexico extended Brazil's wait for a first Olympic football gold for at least another four years.

Oribe Peralta stunned the Brazilians by scoring as some fans were still making it to their seats for the final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The heavily favored South Americans never recovered, losing 2-1 after a late comeback attempt came up just short.

"I don't know if this was the best match of my career, but what I do know is that this is the most important, because I am here today with a gold medal," Peralta said. "I dreamed about this moment. It is one of those things you don't get to live every day."

The surprising result left Mexico celebrating its first Olympic gold in men's football ? and Brazil wondering if it will ever add the elusive title to its long list of triumphs in football.

"Yet again we came close, but didn't quite get it," Brazil coach Mano Menezes said.

Peralta took advantage of a mistake by the Brazilian defense in the opening minute and slotted a low right-foot shot just inside the near post. It was the fastest Olympic goal since FIFA began keeping record of the competition in 1976.

The striker added the second with a firm header from a free kick in the 75th.

Hulk scored for Brazil in injury time, but Oscar missed a header in the final seconds to waste the last chance for a comeback.

"This is a great emotion for all our country, Mexico will be celebrating on the streets," coach Luis Fernando Tena said. "It is a great honor for a coach to see his players singing the national anthem with gold medals around their necks. It's a very important moment for Mexican football. It's a great moment for us."

The Olympic gold is the only significant trophy that Brazil, five-time world champions, hasn't won in football. The Brazilians established the London Games as the team's priority this year and arrived as the heavy favorite after bringing most of its top players for the competition. Many will also be in the team for the next World Cup, which will be played in Brazil.

"We're very sorry yet again not to get gold," Menezes said. "Defeat is part of the maturing process. This group will continue on this path and get ready for 2014."

Fans threw straw sombreros in the air and waved Mexican flags at the final whistle. Peralta got hold of one of the wide-brim hats and passed it around among his teammates.

As Mexican players jumped up and down at midfield in celebration, the Brazilians dropped to the ground in despair. Neymar, touted as the future of Brazilian football, was one of them, sitting stoned-faced. Real Madrid left back Marcelo dropped his head and cried as his teammates came to try to console him.

"We are all sad, we know it was probably our only chance to win a gold medal," Neymar said. "Four years from now most of us likely won't be here again so this was our last Olympics. It was our last chance to win the gold."

The Mexicans started celebrating early in front of a crowd of more than 86,000.

Peralta's goal came after Manchester United right back Rafael tried to make a pass backward. Mexican midfielder Javier Aquino intercepted the ball, sending it forward to Peralta just outside the area. With no defenders near him, he calmly fired his shot just inside the near post.

Peralta's second goal came from a free kick taken by Marco Fabian. Peralta broke away from Hulk and ran unmarked in a semicircle behind other Brazilian defenders to power in a header from near the penalty spot. Menezes complained about the foul call that led up to the second goal by the Mexicans.

Mexico could have scored after another mistake by the Brazilian defenders in the 64th. Captain Thiago Silva lost the ball in front of the goal and Marco Fabian sent an overhead kick onto the crossbar with the goalkeeper beaten.

The Mexicans also had a goal by Peralta disallowed for offside in the 69th, and Fabian missed the open net with his header from a corner in the 72nd.

Mexico's previous best Olympic showing was at the 1968 Mexico City Games, when it lost to Bulgaria in the semifinals and then fell to Japan in the bronze match.

Brazil appeared shaken by the early goal and struggled to create scoring opportunities to equalize. Neymar started playing better in the second half and helped Brazil push forward, but struggled to get his efforts on target.

Hulk scored the team's only goal with a low shot from inside the area in the first minute of injury time. Oscar, who just joined Chelsea, had the chance to equalize in the final moments, but his header from inside the six-yard box sailed just over the crossbar.

FIFA said Peralta's goal was the fastest at least since the 1976 Olympics, when football's governing body began keeping record of the competition. The fastest goal in a senior competition was scored by Turkey's Hakan Sukur 11 seconds into a match in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

FIFA said the fastest goal in all competitions was scored by Brazil's Fabinho after nine seconds in the 2007 Under-17 World Cup in South Korea.

Mexico won despite playing without Giovani dos Santos, one of the team's biggest stars. He was ruled out of the final because of a right hamstring injury.

It was Brazil's first Olympic final in men's football since the 1988 Seoul Games, when youngsters Romario and Bebeto ended with the silver. Brazil also lost the final four years earlier at the Los Angeles Games.

Brazil had to settle for the bronze in Beijing, when a team led by Ronaldinho lost to Lionel Messi and Argentina in the semifinals. The Brazilians also left with the bronze in 1996 in Atlanta with a team that included Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Bebeto.

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Source: http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/soccer/mexico-shocks-brazil-wins-first-soccer-gold-medal.html

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Romney tax plan is "Robin Hood in reverse": Obama

STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Adding a new attack line to his campaign arsenal, President Barack Obama derided Republican rival Mitt Romney's tax plan on Monday as Robin Hood in reverse - "Romney Hood " - saying it essentially would rob ordinary Americans to help the rich.

Obama stepped up his criticism of Romney's tax proposals at a re-election fundraiser in Connecticut on the same day Romney's campaign reported that it had outraised the Democratic president by more than $25 million in July.

Reaching back to the Middle Ages, Obama invoked the legendary outlaw of old in an attempt to sharpen the contrast with Romney, whom the president said would cut taxes for the richest 2 percent of Americans and pay for it by raising taxes on the middle class.

"It's like Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood," he said, drawing loud applause and laughs from a crowd of about 500 who paid $500 a head to attend the event in a hotel ballroom.

It was the latest twist in the Obama campaign's effort to paint Obama as a champion of the middle class while casting Romney, one of the richest men to ever run for the White House, as intent on protecting the fortunes of wealthier Americans.

Obama sought to back his accusation by citing a report last week by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that found that Romney's proposal to slash income taxes by 20 percent across the board would boost income for the wealthiest taxpayers while reducing it for lesser earners.

The study calculated that Romney's tax cuts would boost after-tax income by an average of 4.1 percent for those earning more than $1 million a year, while reducing by an average of 1.2 percent the after-tax income of individuals earning less than $200,000.

The Romney campaign called the study biased.

Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams, responding to Obama's latest accusations, said the president was the only one in the race who would raise Americans' taxes.

"While he's used taxpayer dollars to grow government and reward his donors, middle-class Americans have seen fewer jobs, lower incomes, and less hope for the future," he said.

When Obama later headlined a glitzier fundraiser with a few dozen well-heeled donors at the Westport waterfront home of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, there was no mention of the Robin Hood analogy in remarks that journalists were allowed to hear.

The $35,800-a-person event was co-hosted by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and actress Anne Hathaway. Vogue editor Anna Wintour, actress Joanne Woodward and talk-show host Jerry Springer were also in the crowd.

(Writing by Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romney-tax-plan-robin-hood-reverse-obama-021930064.html

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