Thursday, February 09, 2012

How does Maps on the Nokia 710 Lumia

How does Maps on the Nokia 710 Lumia. The Finnish company Nokia mobile phones not only offers customers simple. The smartphone, also known as intelligent terminals allow the user to enjoy many more features, far from simple acts of calling and texting. As you know, the vast majority of devices and allows us to connect to the Internet to check our email, we make very good quality snapshots or we use them like a real dedicated GPS. If you have not explored your Nokia device's features Lumia 710, today you are welcome to do so. In fact, in this article we will deal in particular the question of the GPS and Nokia Maps, the package Espoo company offers its customers free of charge. We tell you how Maps so you can start enjoying the benefits of the service.

1) First, if you have not tried this new feature, you must access the "Marketplace" in the Windows Start menu to search Phone "Nokia Maps". When you find this application click on the "Install" button.

2) If you have this tool perfectly located, you can simply tap on the icon "Maps" located in the Terminal Applications menu. In fact, it makes sense that it is in its normal position so that the user can start using it.

From that moment and you can start using Nokia Maps to search for individual establishments, finding new places, see the routes for public transport and make the best route for pedestrians. You'll be wondering if this option also allows the phone to work as a GPS navigator for your driving routes. Well, in this case, the most interesting application called "Nokia Driver" and serves to get voice-guided directions, like a dedicated GPS navigator is involved. With this system you can receive the instructions needed to easily reach anywhere, of course downloading the maps and updates provided free Nokia.

At this point we remind you to enjoy good service, you will need to watch for downloads and updates that introduce new maps and information about them, plus unreleased features for the browser. If you do not know how to keep up your phone we recommend you follow the instructions that you gave to properly update the software on Nokia Lumia 710.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Netflix will come to the UK and Ireland in early 2012

Netflix will come to the UK and Ireland in early 2012. Netflix video company is already preparing his next step, after announcing that ultimately did not spin off its DVD rental service and revitalize Qwkister. The American company has announced its intention to continue to expand internationally and his arrival to the UK to Ireland in early 2012.

"With the launch, Netflix subscribers in the UK and Ireland will instantly see a wide range of television programs on their televisions and through a wide range of devices compatible with our streaming, such as PCs, Macs, tablets and mobile" explains the company on its official blog.

This move will make Lovefilm rival Netflix, a movie rental service European streaming which was acquired last year by Amazon for nearly 320 million euros. This platform is available in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden and has 70,000 titles in its catalog.

The U.S. expansion will add to that undertaken in 2010 to Canada and 43 Latin American and Caribbean countries last September.

Remains to be seen if the launch in the UK and Ireland will take place before he was scheduled for Spain. The premiere Iberian Netflix supposedly going to be held in January and was to be the begin the landing of the tool in the Old World, as revealed Pedro Perez (president of FAPAE) in mid-August. However, this statement from the American sobering that the Spanish market will not be the first in Europe to have the service.

Currently the number of Netflix users is 25 million people and its streaming service supports up to 700 gagdets, according to figures provided by the company

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Steve Jobs, Apple founder has Die at 56

Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple and essential figure for understanding the evolution of technology in recent decades, has died tonight at age 56 after losing his battle with cancer he suffered, as announced by the company.

"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius and the world has lost an amazing human being" , reported by the company through a brief statement on its website . "Those who have been fortunate to meet and work with Steve we have lost a dear friend and mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built and spirit will always be on the basis of Apple," the note added The company, which has included a picture of Jobs in his home page as a tribute to one of its creators.

His family has also confirmed the news through a press release expressing his "deep gratitude" for the samples of condolence and support they have received at the news. The emotional text indicates that Apple co-founder died "surrounded by his family." "In his public life Steve was a visionary, in his private life completely devoted to his family" . Family members have also indicated that it has launched the Apple web space for fans to send their condolences and pay tribute to Jobs.

Jobs announced last August the resignation to the CEO position it occupied in the company for health reasons and named as successor to Tim Cook. The executive had been eight months out, since early this year , for medical reasons.

"I always said that if the day came when I could not fulfill my duties and expectations as CEO of Apple would be the first to let them know. Unfortunately that day has come," said Jobs then in the letter that went to the board of directors of the company.

It was not the first time that the executive was forced to relegate their duties because of his health. Earlier in 2004, he had pancreatic cancer several months of work section.

Since then, speculation about his condition have not stopped. In 2009 a new complication him back away from his duties at Apple. On this occasion suffered a hormonal imbalance reported in January that year and lasted six months, which took Jobs to recover from a liver transplant.

Throughout this year was seen several times in centers for cancer patients, although never confirmed that he had reproduced the disease. In 2011, very little publicly lavished reappeared for the presentation of the iPhone in February last March, an event that was greeted with a standing ovation and that was extremely thin.

'He will be missed'

Reactions to the death of Steve Jobs have not been slow in coming and soon after the news, his successor as the top leadership of the company, Tim Cook , said after learning of the death that "Apple has lost a visionary and a creative genius and the world an incredible human being. "

Bill Gates also wanted to make public his condolences following the death of Jobs. Microsoft Chairman and eternal rival company Apple has said it will "miss." Gates wanted to emphasize her figure: "In the world rarely sees people who have as much impact as he and the consequences of their actions for generations to come." In addition, the computer mogul has stated that "for those who were lucky enough to work with, has been a huge honor."

Revolutionary genius and maverick

Steve Jobs is considered the driving force behind the success of Apple and the mastermind of the products that led to the highest to the company , including the mobile phone iPhone , the music player iPod or tablet iPad .

In 1976 he founded the company with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, and played a key role in the personal computer revolution. In 1985 he was expelled from the company, prompting a decline in Apple's revenues, which was reversed only with his return in 1996.

During the period when the environment was far from the block, in 1986, Jobs purchased a digital entertainment division with filmmaker George Lucas to ten million dollars and renamed it Pixar became the most successful animation studio in the world . Then he sold it to Disney for 7,400 million dollars.

She founded 'Next Computers' to realize its vision of personal computers powerful but elegant. Although a commercial failure, the scientist Tim Berners Lee used one to create the world wide web (www). Jobs sold the company after Apple, where its technology was the basis for the current Apple operating system.

When Jobs was rehired as chief executive of Apple revitalized the company with the iMac , a colorful one-piece computer. He outlined a strategy to make Apple products in the center of a digital lifestyle that was emerging.

Although strategically it was surpassed archrival Bill Gates, Microsoft, Jobs maintained the same vision it started with digital, which holds that for computers to achieve its optimum performance Apple had to keep control of both hardware and software . Finally, this stubborn insistence was the basis for his later success.

Apple launched the iPod in 2001 and in 2003 the online music store iTunes, which sold seven years more than 10,000 million songs and completely dominated the online music business.

The next great success of the iPhone Jobs was launched in 2007, which revolutionized the smartphone market and is expected to reach a total of 100 million units by year's end. The company launched the iPhone in 2010, which generated an unprecedented demand for tablets and sold over 25 million units so far.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

U.S. knocks Boecillo

U.S. knocks Boecillo. The satellite Deimos achieved a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Two years after the satellite Deimos 1 began its journey, come the first results for a project in which their control of operations is from the Boecillo Technology Park and in front of him, the astronaut Pedro Duque. And the results are outstanding and that the turnover reaches five million annually and has achieved a contract with the Ministry of Agriculture of the United States, to provide two monthly full coverage of their territory. A project, expressed as Duke, intended for agriculture and environment and that has meant that 7800 has been taken pictures of the world and created a data file that covers an area of more than 690 million square kilometers, equivalent to five times the entire surface of the Earth. Deimos 1 has done for the European Space Agency (ESA) a complete inventory of all the world's tropical forests and now works for the EU to provide full coverage of Africa. Some images are also used to know, for example, estimates of crops, fire detection or control of spills anywhere in the world. In this regard, the Minister of Economy and Employment, Tomás Villanueva, highlighted the work done in Boecillo and Elecnor company cited as the best example of how to invest in innovation and to dispose of their products abroad. "They bet by encouraging the development of R + D + i for a policy of human capital." And the orders began to accumulate, so that Duke announced that the workforce (currently about thirty people) will increase between 10 to 15 percent. Now, the next challenges are to reach new markets such as East, especially China, Russia or South America, who have launched their own satellites, but have failed for various technical failures

Saturday, September 17, 2011

The 'tablets' of Microsoft do not have Flash

The 'tablets' of Microsoft do not have Flash. The same decision made by Apple at the time regarding the use of Flash has taken the face of Microsoft Windows 8. The version of Internet Explorer 10 for 'tablets' plug-ins will not run. The main reason is to promote the protocol HTML5, reduce the amount of resources that requires Adobe Flash and improve safety.

Microsoft has communicated this decision through its official blog "Building Windows 8 ' . The team ensures that the plug-ins available today do not take the best of the web based on HTML5.

This has been tested by the Microsoft team in the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10, which will be incorporated in version 'tablets' to Windows 8. 10 will be free Internet Explorer plug-ins in its Metro. "The execution of plug-ins version IE10 Metro improve battery life as well as safety, reliability and privacy for consumers," the company says . It also highlights that although from the beginning of the web, plug-ins have been important, now support these "hinder the user's browsing experience on the interface Metro".

According to an analysis by the Microsoft team, many Internet sites are already adapting to HTML5. Of the 97,000 most visited websites in the world, 62 percent have embraced the detriment of Flash HTML5, they say. Microsoft is joining the group of companies that have neglected Flash support for their devices. Apple also chose not to include Flash in Safari for IOS and enabled browser with support from other companies, claiming that this technology is full of errors, and consume much more battery power than other devices and overheating the account. What is not Microsoft has clarified is whether to allow other companies to launch the Windows Marketplace for 8 store that offer support for Flash, though it seems unlikely looking to boost its efforts HTML5.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Intel shows early tablet with Atom 'Medfield'

Intel shows early tablet with Atom 'Medfield'. Intel has introduced its first Android-based tablets and processors 'Medfield' Atom version for smartphones and tablets during its conference for developers, the Intel Developer Forum (IDF).

The Atom Medfield is one of the more efficient chip designs incorporating Manufacturer individual processing cores instead of dual-core Atom netbook used, and will be available on devices in the first half of 2012.

The tablet that Intel has shown during the conference is what is called a reference design that the company will offer manufacturers of tablets as a template for their own products.

Note that smartphones and tablets based on Intel processors incorporate Android, being relegated to MeeGo industrial and automotive applications. The tablet has a thickness of 0.3 inches, a 10.1-inch screen and runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

Intel already offers for tablets chip codenamed Moorestown Oak Trail, but have not had much success . Only a few companies, including Cisco and Fujitsu, have taken the tablets chip developed for the enterprise market.

The chip maker has a role in the market by the performance of their products, but the energy consumption of its processors has prevented the company has a strong presence in the mobile market where there ARM, whose designs are in most smartphones and tablets.

The chip combines an Atom processor Medfield with other components, such as a video accelerator, but the company will not run on this processor and for the IDF has announced new Atom as' Saltwell ' , which hit the market in 2012, and others not available until 2013 and 2014, when the launch of the Atom 'Airmont' , manufactured with 14 nanometer process, will coincide with the launch of the new Core and Xeon chips.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Insurers refuse to cover the costs of cyber Sony

Insurers refuse to cover the costs of cyber Sony. Problems for the Sony group as a consequence of the massive attack that suffered some of their websites, they are far from over. Zurich insurance company has claimed before a judge of the U.S. should not assume the economic compensation for that Sony will face monumental failure in the security of their websites, reports El Pais.

In April, a cyberattack on the PlayStation platform put data at risk 77 million customers. Another parallel data has exposed another 30 million. The company undertook to assume the damage that may have suffered theft victims. In Zurich demand explains that more than 50 lawsuits by users open platforms Sony claiming compensation.

Sony has gone to the insurance companies to support the financial responsibilities that may arise from litigation, and the insurer has responded by saying that his contract does not cover damage from the theft of ciberatacantes.

Sony has rolled out a welcome program to reward users of the problems encountered in the platform. A program based on the gift of games and one or two months free subscription

Macbook Pro and Macbook Air

Macbook Pro and Macbook Air . According to Charlie Miller, a hacker can install malware on the chip that can infect the rest of the computer and steal information, control functions, or cause blockage. The researcher Charlie Miller studied the batteries several Macbook, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air and found flaws in security that make them vulnerable to hacking.

After studying several of the batteries built into the Macbook, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air, security researcher Charlie Miller found that the chip microcontrollers batteries are included in the wrong password, once discovered, can be used to introduce computer for malware even stop the operation of the battery.

"What we try to show is that it is possible to use these security flaws for something really bad," Miller told Forbes.

Using passwords associated with a 2009 update of Apple, Miller was able to permanently disable multiple batteries, manipulate information sent to the operating system and charger, and completely rewrite the firmware chip.

According to Charlie Miller, a hacker can install malware on the chip that can infect the rest of the computer and steal information, control functions, or causing blockage. What complicates this problem is that the batteries of portable Mackbook are integrated into the computer instead of being dismantled.

"This change began in 2009 with the Macbook Pro 17-inch, and spread to other models, increasing the battery life at the expense of comfort at the time of replacement. This means that if a battery is damaged somehow be more difficult to solve the problem. At the same time, means that potential hackers can gain control over the system before they can do something about it, except to remove the team, "Josh wrote Löwensohn of CNET. Here are some tips to avoid problems: Accepts only installations and upgrades you've researched or scanned with the appropriate security software. Never trust spam. Beware of pop-ups that suggest upgrades. Stay away from file sharing systems illegal. According The Huffington Post, Miller said that most users should not worry too much because a hacker to take control of your computer and, despite this failure, the security of Mac OS X is better than ever. Miller, who works in the Accuvant security company, plans to discuss its findings at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas to be held next month.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Mac OS X Lion could reopen between Apple and Adobe

Mac OS X Lion could reopen between Apple and Adobe. The relationship between Apple and Adobe have been anything but idyllic. For a long time, the platform Flash Player from Adobe was not compatible with the phone company's Cupertino.

The situation came to a public clash with statements included crossing . However, finally, the 'war' was fixed and returned to normal relations.

However, the arrival of Mac OS X Lion seems likely to return to rekindle the controversy between the two companies. According to The Inquirer explains , the new version of Apple's operating system, which has reached a million downloads day , some Adobe products do not work properly.

Adobe has realized this and has posted a list of the 'known issues' compatibility between their products and Lion. The company suggests that from Cupertino might have turned off the accelerator 'hardware' in Flash , which directly affects its performance.

As they explain on their website, " Flash Player can cause increased CPU usage when playing a video , possibly related to disabling hardware acceleration. " In addition, ensure that "the native cursors are not working properly" and that "the configuration dialogs Flash Player does not respond to mouse clicks."

From Adobe ensure that the new system also creates problems in services such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat , and now, Apple has not appeared on this information which, if true, could reopen the battle between the two companies.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Google closes 'Labs' to concentrate efforts on its strong products

Google closes 'Labs' to concentrate efforts on its strong products. As part of the restructuring that Google is taking place in recent weeks, the company has decided to close one of its development platforms. Google Labs was the place where the Mountain View company showed prototypes of products that were developing so users could try them. As reported by the company, this decision has been made to prioritize their efforts on other products and to take full advantage of the opportunities "that the company has provided. "Although he learned a lot from the launch of prototypes in Labs , we believe that greater concentration is essential if we maximize the tremendous opportunities ahead, "they say. The company also claims that many of the products available on Google Labs will be incorporated in other areas of the company , for example, many products that are Android applications are still available in the Android Market . Despite the closure of its experimental wing Google promises to continue pushing forward the speed and innovation, the forces behind Labs , with all its products, as they did with the early release of Google + .

Monday, June 20, 2011

Google tool to protect your online reputation

Google has launched Me on the Web, A tool that aims to help users to manage your identity on the Web. This tool will allow, for example, receive notifications when a user name or email address appear in news or web pages. Also give advice to remove unwanted material.

Me on the Web is available from Google Dashboard. Once inside, users can choose how often you want to be alerted if there are such things as your name, email address or telephone number on the Internet. In addition, you can enter new fields to controlling a personalized online reputation.

Thus, it is easier to ask the company to withdraw a result of its search engine (not the web, obviously, because Google does not have that power). In fact, since I'm on the Web can access a page with tips to remove information from Google.

What we write about you

"Your online identity is determined not only by what you write, but also for what they write about you other -Whether a mention in a blog post, tag a photo or response to a public status update, "says Google's blog.

Therefore, when someone looks up the name of a person, the results shown are a combination of user published information and published by others. Therefore, is important to control what is said. However, since Google also warn that the URL removal tool is designed to address "that must be removed urgently, such as URLs that have confidential data accidentally exposed."

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Samsung Apple accused of "harassment".

Samsung Apple accused of "harassment". Cupertino firm says Samsung's request to see the iPhone and iPad 5 3 requires that reveal trade secrets without "good cause".

Apple believes that Samsung harasses their repeated requests to see the iPhone and iPad 5 3. Whether you have chosen to block this request to ensure that Samsung has "advertised, distributed and described" the products you will teach Apple on Friday. The iPhone iPad 3 and 5, however, have not yet been presented in public.

According to the Cupertino company says the request from Samsung is "a dishonest attempt to harass Apple requesting the production of extremely sensitive secrets" also have no "relevant" to determining whether Apple will succeed in his accusations Samsung for patent infringement.

Analysts, meanwhile, seem to agree with Apple. The software patent specialist Florian Mueller, for example, said that the request for Samsung goes "far beyond what Apple called" . In fact, Mueller also claims that justice may give reason to Apple because their accusations are with respect to Samsung devices currently in Cupertino, so no need to teach future.

Samsung will have to teach Apple prototypes S2 Galaxy, Galaxy Tab 8.9, 4G and 4G LTE Infuse (Droid Charge) on Friday June 17. Apple's lawyers will evaluate the products and decide whether or not to sue Samsung, as V3.co.uk collected .

Style pills with Nintendo and Xbox

Style pills with Nintendo and Xbox. While Nintendo's new console tries to be the most powerful on the market, Xbox Live is expanding its commitment to cell phones.

Nintendo wants to break the mold: the new Nintendo Wii is called U will be the most powerful on the market.

At least that's what some game developers have had access to the first development kits for the new system and have a rough idea of the power that the new system would provide for game development.

The successor to the Wii includes a tablet, that would also command. Would be released in 2012.

Xbox says yes to mobile

"The mobile market is becoming increasingly risky, especially with mobile devices becoming more intelligent. So we decided to focus our stake in the telephone sector, integrating Windows Phone Xbox Live 7, for example, "said Dennis Durkin Microsoft.

Xbox Live games, in fact, now account for 70% of revenues OS cell phone playable star of the company that created Windows

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Apple removed the application that stored passwords iPhone

Apple removed the application that stored passwords iPhone. Apple has withdrawn Big Brother Security Camera App Store . This application allowed to lock the phone to turn off the screen and asked for a password for access to the desktop. However, his operator stored the passwords of users (anonymously) to do a safety study.

Daniel Amitay, the developer behind this application, had posted a blog entry in which he explained what the most common passwords on the iPhone with data that was extracted from its application. These data, he asserted, had been stored anonymously. The news reached all the covers and left the proposed security and control of the online store of Apple in jeopardy.

Within 24 hours, the application has disappeared from the App Store. In Cupertino have rushed to withdraw this 'app' that demonstrates the vulnerability of its system of review of content , especially when it comes to an update of a program already approved.

"Of course, I'm not happy," Amitay said in his blog, "but given the concerns that some people have expressed regarding the transmission of data from the 'app' to my server, is understandable."

Secondary data and anonymous

In any case, Amitay also took the opportunity to explain exactly what data and how it was obtained. The obtained passwords, for example, were those of the application, not the blockade of the iPhone , which has a similar function. On the other hand, the only data that was sent was the password itself. That is, the only thing that was sent were the four digits, so Amitay could not identify the user or device from which they came .

In addition, the developer is defended on the grounds that data collection is covered by the license agreement users , specifying that the provider "may collect and use technical and related information." This information includes "technical information about the device, system and application software (...) The application provider may use this information, provided it is in a way that does not identify the user, to improve their products or to provide services and technologies. "

For now, Amitay has assured it is working to make the application again. It also explains that he has no problem in removing the code that collects passwords if that's what caused the problem, but ensures that it intended to use the information to warn users not choose obvious passwords.

The most commonly used passwords

Despite the review process by which applications are submitted, Amitay could enter this code in Big Brother Camera Security. In fact, if I had not posted an entry on his blog in which analyzed the most commonly used passwords, it is likely that Apple never would have learned.

But what are these passwords? According to his analysis, of the 204,508 registered, the most common is '1234 ', used by 8,884 people , followed by '0000 '(5246), '2580' (a combination that is a straight line and use 4,753 users), '1111 ' (3262), '5555 '(1774) and '5683' (combination that would write 'love' in a traditional phone keypad and the device is protected 1,425 people).

Another curious book discovered Amitay is that all numbers between 1980 and 2000 are among the 100 most used , so it is believed that many people use as a password the year of his birth or graduation.

With these data concluded that 15% of the passwords that are a series of ten of the 10,000 possible codes . That is, using these passwords could access one of every seven iPhones without given start to erase data (which, by default, occurs after entering incorrect ten passwords).

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Intel prepares new mobile processors

Intel prepares new mobile processors by the end of 2012. Intel Chief Executive, Paul Otellini, Has denied rumors suggesting that technology could take the rival ARM Holdings to build 'chips' phones and smartphones. The company is preparing to launch their products for the mobile sector, scheduled for late 2011.

Intel no ha logrado hasta ahora conseguir consolidar procesadores en los teléfonos inteligentes, A red-hot market in which the 'chip' technology designed with companies like Qualcomm and ARM Holdings, which is rapidly becoming the most used options.

Some experts have said the Intel architecture, originally intended for PC is difficult to adapt to make 'chips' mobile and that Intel would use ARM technology.

"There is no advantage in this, we would be beholden to someone else, indebted to ARM. This would reduce the overall benefits, "Said Otellini." I think we can do better. "

More benefits

Intel executives have also noted that consumers in China and other emerging markets are buying PCs for first time are driving healthy growth in the company's core business. Otellini confirmed its expectation that PC sales will increase to "double digits" this year.

Intel shares have risen by 19% from the record company's quarterly earnings that handily beat expectations had been raised.

But investors remain worried about the sales of heavy industrial PC and Hewlett-Packard, which on Tuesday cut its forecast for the year. For all this, the current mobile device market can be key to the future for Intel.

New 'chip'

Intel, whose chips are the brains in 80% of the world's computers, he hastens to improve the energy consumption of its mobile processors new 'chips' to the 'tablets' and 'smartphones'.

To put 'chips' advanced mobile devices faster, Otellini has said that Intel could increase the pace of implementation of new manufacturing technologies. Intel currently adopts new manufacturing technology every two years.

This month, Intel announced the first steps of the next-generation technology transistors in modernizing 'Microchips' that could be a significant advantage in 'tablets' and smartphones, where Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Nvidia are the main actors.

Intel claims that its new 'chips' 3D offers a new manufacturing process that gives a 37% jump in performance while consuming less electricity, a key point of the sale of ARM.

The chief executive of ARM, Warren East, Has said that Intel 3D technology would not affect plans ARM partners to manufacture the 'chips' most powerful company.

Great perspectives

The market for 'chips' phones is still small businesses compared to Intel's PC processors, but investors expect to grow rapidly.

'Smartphones' with the new 'chip' Intel Medfield will go on sale next year, executives have said the company.

"With the improvements we Medfield Energy for phones. We are working with several clients and began to wait for the launch later this year," confirmed Intel's chief financial officer, Stacy Smith.

In April, Intel introduced a new 'chip' for the 'tablets', codenamed Oak TrailAnd said to be used in more than 35 tablets and hybrid devices, manufactured by companies such as Fujitsu and Lenovo.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Wow, Microsoft buy Skype 7000 - 8000 Million Dollars

Wow, Microsoft buy Skype 7000 - 8000 Million Dollars. Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on an agreement to take over Skype, IP telephony company, for between 7,000 and 8,000 million dollars reported in The Wall Street Journal.

Based in Luxembourg, Skype offers a service-based communications software that allows users to make free calls over the Internet from wherever they are. Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP also be used to make and receive calls from traditional phone numbers using a paid service.

Interest in Internet telephony has been high since eBay, which bought Skype in 2006, sold part of its interest in the company.

Facebook Google have been mentioned as possible suitors for the company, which began in 2003 and has 124 million online per month.

In August 2010, Skype had some plans for an IPO that was expected to reach 1,000 million dollars. However, those plans were canceled after the company appointed Tony Bates, chief executive of Cisco, as its CEO in October 2010.

7,000 million dollars that could pay Microsoft for the company put this agreement as the largest acquisition of the Redmond company after paying U.S. $ 6,000 million for Internet advertising company aQuantive in 2007.

Friday, May 06, 2011

iPhone 4.3.3 iOS, iPad 2 and iPod Touch Riview

iPhone 4.3.3 iOS, iPad 2 and iPod Touch Riview. Apple announced the release of version 4.3.3 of its IOS operating system. The update contains changes to the cache to safeguard privacy.

The new IOS 4.3.3, released by Apple solves partly the problem of tracking database using "locationgate" but not "close" possible "holes" used by hackers to unlock the device allows installation of applications not certified.

Version available on iTunes

The update addresses a total of 666.2 MB and is available through iTunes . It is compatible with the iPhone 4 (GSM model), the iPhone 3G, iPad 2 , IPAD and iPod Nano (third and fourth generation). 4.3.3 IOS improves battery life and optimizes some incidents of iPod Touch, and provide improved connectivity and GSM wireless networks.

Apple iOS 4.3.3: changes in the cache

Apple wants to settle the contentious issue on the user's geographic location through the iPhone, an upgrade that lets you delete the cache when the service closes, thus avoiding the devices stored for one year, the geographical coordinates of the user.

This controversy has led to a Senate committee the U.S. wants to hear the version of those responsible for Apple and Google , about the privacy of mobile phone user.

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Your privacy compromised

This controversial data collection began in June last year, with the arrival of the fourth version of the operating system IOS. In April, an engineer with software and an astronomer, discovered that the iPhone and 3G connectivity iPad recording the user's location in a file stored on devices in a synchronized manner. Such data are routinely collected by mobile operators, but otherwise by a court order, are completely confidential.

Apple confirmed that it records the location of the iPhone

" Apple has no record of the location of your iPhone. never did and has no plans to do ", said the company outright. In any case - say - have a database where the user is located.

The sole purpose of geolocation is to provide a seamless connectivity of the iPhone, connecting immediately with network points and wireless mobile networks closer.

However, Apple itself has recognized the technical difficulty of reconciling the speed and accuracy, with user privacy and assumed some responsibility for the confusion that has generated the event. The Cupertino company also acknowledged that the fact that these files are saved to the user for a year, was a blunder on their part by ensuring that the impact will be corrected by the iOS 4.3.3 .

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Intel zooms in on next-generation 3D chips

Intel zooms in on next-generation 3D chips. The introduction of a new technology is a good reason to make a nice movie about how chips. Intel looks into the future 3D chip.

This so-called third dimension, the area where electricity flows through less contact with the isolated area. Leaking significantly less energy - which leakage is a problem but as chips continue to shrink, especially at 22 nm (nanometer) level that Intel now operates. Thanks to the 3D design is a smaller voltage needed to drive the chip: lower voltages on the 3D chip 37 percent more efficient than a similar chip on 32 nm.

This allows Intel chip well into the smallest gadgets such as phones or even smaller electronics can be placed. Currently, phone manufacturers mainly use other chips based on designs from Intel competitor ARM. In Tablet PCs are just processors of the U.S. chipmaker. Intel is found in more than 80 percent of home computers and heavy servers in data centers.

According to Mark Bohr, Intel engineer, the company introduced the new design a 3D chip much bigger jump than the 'normal' Moore's Law. That assumes that the number of circuits in a chip doubles every half to two years. "The low power consumption goes way beyond what we normally reach for a next-generation chip technology. It enables developers to improve existing products and reduce them to totally new products. We expect that this breakthrough Intel's advantage over the rest of the semiconductor industry will increase, "said Bohr.

Also check out this comprehensive explanation of the new chip Anandtech.com

Monday, April 25, 2011

MacBook Air Specs Riview

MacBook Air Specs Riview - In February, Apple the new MacBook Pro models with Sandy Bridge architecture and Thunderbolt presented. In early April, Intel announced the availability of economical Sandy Bridge chips. One analyst now expects that new MBA are already on the way and are to be produced from late May.

In the Apple's latest quarterly figures has already indicated where the journey goes through. For Macs, laptops are more popular than desktops and most users are impressed by the MacBook Air, the latest variant in the fall of 2010 on the market and, according to one analyst now ripe for a Update.

More specifically, it is Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities, has the situation of suppliers considered. He noted that stocks are tight and concludes that an upgrade is coming up. AppleInsider told he that The new models with Sandy Bridge CPU be provided, who already have a separate graphics chip. They will also provide the new Thunderbolt interface.

Production is scheduled to start in late May. This could mean that Apple announced in June, the availability and can deliver a short time later already. Speculated, is because it would fit on the power consumption ago that the 11 inch models could get Core i5 and i7 CPUs at 1.4 and 1.6 GHz, while the 13-inch output with 2.1 and 2.3 GHz Core i7 processor could be fitted.

Nintendo Wii confirms the existence of 2

Nintendo Wii confirms the existence of 2 - Nintendo has confirmed it will launch a new home console in April 2012 and will be at E3, the games fair to be held between 7 and 9 June in Los Angeles.

The Japanese company Nintendo today confirmed that it is preparing to launch a new console Games for April next year. As had been advanced by some means, the company made official a few details during the conference games E9, to be held from 7 to 9 June.

Shortly before Japan the press launch have revealed new details of the platform and dubbed by the media as Nintendo 'Wii 2' and code-named Project Coffee. Among the new highlights for video support HD 1080P, Though no reader will include a Blu-ray discs.

It was IGN, a site specializing in the gaming market, which has revealed some new features like the Wii 2 is just another code name for the successor to Nintendo Wii and the company is considering Japan Alternative names for the platform as "Stream."

Compatibility with 1080 will occur through the IBM PowerPC chip to be used in the Wii 2 and has the same type of setup that can be found on the Microsoft Xbox 360 console.

The details revealed by IGN shatters rumors that Nintendo was going to opt for Fusion platform AMD. Yes I will continue using AMD GPU for graphics, with 512MB of memory, not to be confused with the RAM of the console, as yet undiscovered.

By the time the specifications are known to put Wii 2 in direct competition, graphically speaking, with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, According to IGN. One of the major criticisms that have made Nintendo has to do with the graphics on their consoles, which fail to show the realistic settings of their rivals. A Nintendo console also lacked support in the form of high-definition HD DVD drive (which Microsoft offered as an addition when the format was still in existence) or Blu-ray, and this is not expected to change in Project Coffee .

The release date of the next home console from Nintendo is therefore expected to April 2012, Giving the company a period of at least two years before coming to market the new offerings from Microsoft or Sony.

Nintendo Wii has sold over 86 million units since it came to market in 2006. Last month the Japanese company launched its Nintendo 3DSCapable of displaying 3D images without glasses and has already sold 3.61 million units, short of four million expected by the Company.