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HTC Wildfire S Photos

2012-02-14T07:10:00.000-08:00

Presenting HTC Wildfire S Photos having Android 2.3.

Nokia X2-02 Photos

2012-02-14T07:06:00.000-08:00

Cheap Priced Nokia X2-02 Photos.

Nokia Lumia Wallpapers

2012-02-14T07:03:00.000-08:00

One of the best smartphone Nokia Lumia Wallpapers.

New screenshot shows Windows 8 with no start button

2012-02-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

Since its development began, Windows 8 showed up in screenshots and leaked on torrent sites. Shortly after Microsoft itself has released a test version for developers. This weekend, however, appeared showing the new version catches Consumer Preview. And it comes with a twist: the absence of the start button.

The captures were obtained in PCBeta Chinese forum site and show a supposed Windows version 8 Consumer Preview 6.2.8220 Build 8220, which - by name - would be the version provided by Microsoft to end users. It may not be too drastic a change, but for a button that was there 15 years ago, I think it will be difficult getting used to.

The sources of The Verge site also confirmed that in place of the button should provide an area with thumbnails and it will be to assess the applications and shortcuts without discriminating whether what is interacting with this area is a mouse or a finger of a touchscreen to the touch.

The idea that Microsoft seems to be to further integrate the interface meter on your system. But as the changes in Windows Explorer, I hope there is an option to re-enable the button. For the sake of my sanity, because I think I'll always drag the mouse to the lower left corner of the screen and click, there is something there or not.

Android Market gets redesign

2012-02-07T08:05:00.000-08:00

Whoever opened the Android Market today by the browser will find a page with a new design. Following the model currently used in the version store in smartphones, the Android Market Web is content to stand in squares, in the style of Windows Phone.

The new Market includes - also for the Brazilian market - the categories of music, books and movies. However, the presence of new multimedia content leaves us only with your mouth water: to buy them, you must address and U.S. credit card.

Following the line of the App Store, games and applications are now sold in U.S. dollars. This is a very controversial, given that it is forbidden to charge currency estrangeria in Brazilian territory. Anyway, the Market for smartphones continues to sell with price announced in Real.

Interestingly, with the redesign of the Web Market, comes yet another rumor about the arrival of the Android Instagram: in one picture taken of a Galaxy Tab by AndroidGuys, there is a propaganda Instagram for Android. But this was the only record, to the dismay of the hipsters, the link did not lead anywhere, and the search with the term "Instagram" only led to similar programs.

Spark: new tablet with KDE Plasma for Linux users

2012-02-07T08:03:00.000-08:00

While the tablets whole scene revolves around the iPad and Androids, there has been little to say about their potential competitors, both for hardware and OS. Or they are born dead or not ... there.

Yes, WebOS was one of the most promising legends to ever win the mythical status of incredible promise, while the Playbook still serves as a laughing stock in any self-respecting geek pub.

ICS also "wheel" in HP Touchpad and almost no one laughed at that joke. Although the Cyanogen is a step of rotating the Playbook. The problem is that RIM is more proud that HP to burn it for $ 99 S Obamas. So do not chutemos dead dog, right? - So they say ...

Anyway, the scenery is vast and virtually unlimited fuel for the legion of Linuxers, heroes of the resistance to fight and swearing about how all the tablets are still imperfect.

In relying on a guy named Aaron Seigo, KDE developer, the world may also legitimately criticize a tablet Freeta ... I mean, the good old Linux base.

To be more specific, he announced on his blog a few days ago that the new toy runs on Plasma Active environment, a mobile version of KDE touch and developed especially for tablets.

The name of the candidate? Spark, a tablet with capacitive screen 7 "ARM CPU 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB of internal storage, with input for SD Card, Wi-Fi and a starting price of U.S. $ 262 (U.S. $ 453). If you have 3G? Do not force ...

Under the hood, the Spark runs Mer, a fork built on the MeeGo also beaseado on Linux. According to Seigo, everything is open source and the user can install and tweak whatever you want with the Spark. # Joinha

Plasma is a project that sought to make some modifications to the standard navigation scheme KDE 4.0. He has received his share of criticism, perhaps too much and probably because Shiites have been explored in projects for tablets and smartphones, such as Seigo, or those who do not admit that KDE is used with your fingers.

On the other hand, has received good attention by certain facilities that, when we consider a decent Linux running within a relatively inexpensive tablet, please. Do not expect that beauty iOS semi-deity, nor all logic and simplified distribution of Android.

iPhone 4S or Galaxy Nexus: Which is better?

2012-02-07T08:01:00.000-08:00

iPhone 4S or Galaxy Nexus: Which is better? lets found the better smartphone.

HTC Salsa Photos

2012-02-07T07:59:00.000-08:00

Android Smartphone HTC Salsa Photos.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Photos

2012-02-07T07:52:00.000-08:00

The Slimmest Smartphone Samsung Galaxy SIII Photos.

Google is convicted in France for displaying maps for free

2012-02-07T07:07:00.000-08:00

A French court found Google guilty of the charge of "abuse of dominant position Google Maps on the market" and ordered that the web giant to pay compensation for damages to a local mapping company called Cartographes Bottin, and other 15 000 euros fine.

According to the verdict issued by a court in Paris on Thursday, the fact that Google Maps offer services for free for some companies practice is "unfair." This is the first time Google is convicted in a case involving the supply of maps of their service.

"This was a battle of two years and an unprecedented decision," said Jean-David Scemmama, a lawyer for the French company. "We proved to the court that Google's strategy to eliminate their competitors," celebrated the lawyer to the Economic Times newspaper.

In a statement, a spokesman for the web giant said the company will appeal the decision. "We are convinced that a free tool maps and high quality is beneficial for both users and enterprises. There is a lack of competition against us in this sector both in France and the rest of the world, "concluded the company.

This is not the first time Google Maps yields headaches for its parent company in the courts of the land of baguettes. In 2011 the company was fined 100,000 euros for violations of privacy involving the service Street View.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Software Review

2012-01-31T06:50:00.000-08:00

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Software Review by Pocket Now.

Amazon Kindle Fire Photos

2012-01-31T06:40:00.001-08:00

E-Book Reader Amazon Kindle Fire Photos.

T-Mobile Nokia 710 Review

2012-01-27T07:01:00.001-08:00

T-Mobile Nokia 710 Review by Slash Gear.

4shared delete suspicious files and accounts

2012-01-27T07:00:00.000-08:00

The shutdown of Megaupload promoted by the FBI last week brings up the discussion about the legality of sites that provide file sharing. Yesterday Tecnoblog FileSonic reported that along with other notable services of the type began to block the sharing feature - the user needs to login to download files. The 4Shared has not yet reached that point, but started cleaning the servers to avoid future problems.

In recent days the 4Shared started deleting files and user accounts. The company has not made any statement on the subject, but it is fair to say that following the playbook of political correctness erasing third-party content shared without permission.

In addition to deleting the files, the site is also in the process of closing the affiliate program that maintained, allowing local companies to sell premium services of 4Shared charging on the currency. In Brazil there is a list of nine companies authorized to sell on behalf of 4Shared, according to the page "Resellers" their site. Some are corporate and everything, as required by Brazilian law.

Brazil is among the countries that access the 4Shared. According to Gizmodo Brazil, access from the country accounted for 12.6% of total site traffic, a figure only beaten by Indonesia. Statistics page of 4Shared says that Brazil leads with 16.7 million hits followed by Indonesia with 7.7 million hits. However, the numbers appear to be updated.

I tried to contact the staff of 4Shared for comment. If the answer to come here can be sure that the article will be updated. In the meantime, I recommend that readers use to share files 4Shared seeking similar service. To this end I usually resort to CloudApp, which offers a good client for Mac and a good web service for those using Windows.

New Google privacy policy: spread your data across all services

2012-01-27T06:57:00.000-08:00

Last Night Google announced the streamlining of its privacy policy that says it will now include 60 to 70 different documents related to the privacy of the company's services. This change, which only comes into effect on March 1, also says that from that day Google users will have their data shared among the company's services, willingly or not.

What that means, Google's own words, is that "you can provide a more personalized experience." In practice, it is only unifying data services not only to provide results that are more personal and more accurate but also more targeted ads and therefore can yield more in the end. See a brief explanation in the video below, in English.

Obviously Google is a company and as such have to aim at profit. These changes reflect a lot of this line of thought, profit more with the help of more personalized advertisements. And who does not want to use Google still has a little over a month to withdraw their data from company servers through tools DataLiberation.

When Google announced that the results would include shared links from Google in my circles, I did not like, but at least there exists the option to disable. Here, if you do not want to have your search history, watched videos or location (for users of Google Latitude on Android phones) linked to your Google account, the only option is to use no service to them. No opt-out.

If it's good or bad, will the preference of each. Gizmodo U.S. think Google is contrary to his mantra "Do not be evil", but I'm not as extreme as well. I think if I still have the option to disable the social search, do not care about Google's data raise the rest of what I seek in my account, provided that such data are well protected and provide an advantage.

Google Maps now displays emergency alerts

2012-01-27T06:50:00.000-08:00

It was announced this week a Google initiative to bring more information about emergency situations. Through Google Maps (or Google Maps, as some prefer) the company will inform emergency alerts and security in areas shown on Maps. In special weather conditions that merit the attention of the Internet.

According to Google, institutions recognized for warnings of earthquakes, public safety and weather conditions provide relevant data to Google Maps. Among these institutions include the National Climate Centre of the United States and the USGS, National Center U.S. Geological Survey also.

Alert provided by Google Maps
When you search for a particular subject in Maps (for example, flooding in Indiana) will come face to face with a warning in the sidebar. When the user clicks it is a message explaining what has occurred or is projected to occur in the near future. Google also informs through small bar-style "progress bar", how severe the damage may be conferred by the emergency event.

Google offers the main Public Alerts powered by Google Maps, to centralize all active alerts at this time. Still have a lot related to the United States, but gradually the trend is that more research institutions and government entities such as the River Operations Center has partnered with Google to bring this information utility for users of Internet.

"We want to make people's access to critical emergency information during a crisis easier by using online tools they use every day. By incorporating data from public warning from sources of authority to the Google Maps we aim to simplify the search process for emergency information. "

App Inventor wins hands open source version of the MIT

2012-01-27T06:48:00.000-08:00

Recently discontinued by Google, App Inventor soon have new home at MIT. And what's better: will be open source, allowing developers to contribute to the tool.

Created from a partnership between Google and MIT, App Inventor was a tool to create Android applications quickly and easily, just dragging components onto the layout area. Unfortunately, the App Inventor eventually discontinued by Google, leaving it with many beginning developers without having a starting point to begin developing for Android.

However, MIT came to the rescue and is already preparing a version of App Inventor, this time under an open source license. The strategy is not only to allow the code of App Inventor is updated by the community, but that other educational institutions and businesses to create their own versions of the system.

Importantly, this first moment App Inventor Edu MIT will not be open to developers. The official justification is that "we do not want to distract developers from MIT in its efforts to complete and launch large-scale public servant." All right then.

Nokia celebrates 1.5 billion mobile phones in the world

2012-01-27T06:45:00.000-08:00

More than ten years after launching the S40 platform, Nokia celebrates in January selling the device number 1.5 billion. It happened in Brazil: in an event promoted by the company in partnership with Magazine Luiza, a consumer has received from the hands of Luis Almir Narcizo, president of Nokia, a unit of the Nokia 303 Asha.

The S40 operating system is adopted in the basic and intermediate devices of the brand. In its latest iteration, offers easy access to social networks like Orkut, Facebook and Twitter. The system also features the Nokia Browser, browser that compresses pages to use less data - similar to what Opera offers many years.

"We are proud to be a reference when people look for the best phone for them, is a product of entry or a complete smartphone. Much of this success is due to the volume of S40 devices sold here, with the best value for money "- Almir Luiz Narciso, president of Nokia.

Some people turn up your nose in the betting for Nokia S40. After attending the Nokia World and talk to the VP of mobile phones must say that my bias has decreased. The S40 is something to those who have failed have a way to access the internet and keep in touch with friends by phone. The idea is to popularize the simplest cell, as the market matures, selling smartphones for that audience already knows the products of Nokia.

The question is whether there's still time to wait this one billion people that the company plans to put Nokia hands before delivering the next financial results. This week the company reported operating loss of $ 1.4 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, down 31% on smartphones running MeeGo, Symbian and Windows Phone. Fall painful.

Google+ Doors are open for teens

2012-01-27T06:42:00.000-08:00

In an interesting change of strategy, Google announced today that teenagers - before Google+ banned from entering because of age - may participate in the social network. The move came nearly seven months after the official launch in June last year, and was accompanied by some well-deserved security warnings about privacy and information sharing.

Justin Bieber may have a Google account + now.
From now who are 13 years or more and have a Google account can now create a Google Profile + if you want, just log in and fill in your data. Since the launch of Google + this has been one of the most criticized, something that did not make much sense if you remember that on orkut that the minimum age to create a profile is also 13.

Allied to this, Bredley Horowitz, Google's co-director of the +, also announced the launch of a security center (in English only for now) specifically for the younger audience, which is known more than he should share in any social network. The site will not only teach beginners how their parents or guardians to deal with information sharing on the network and how to use it so that no one take any risks.

Unboxing of Samsung Galaxy Note

2012-01-27T06:34:00.001-08:00

Unboxing of Samsung Galaxy Note by Phone Dog.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Photos

2012-01-27T06:31:00.000-08:00

Following are Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Photos.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Photos

2012-01-27T06:26:00.000-08:00

Amazing Phone Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Photos.

Review: Samsung Omnia W, Windows cheapest Phone in market

2012-01-27T03:50:00.000-08:00

Released in the country shortly after the HTC Ultimate, Omnia W is the Samsung's first bet with Windows Phone in Brazil. It comes with a 1.4 GHz processor, screen and Super AMOLED 3.7, 8 GB of internal storage and already out of the box with version 7.5 of the system.

Here he appeared in Brazil costs $ 1300, dropping to current R $ 1.2 thousand in certain stores. In a country where high-end phones Miramar in figures of around R $ 2 thousand, as a phone that costs 3 / 5 this value can stand out from others? Or he can not? I spent two weeks testing the Omnia W and you can see what I found below.

Design
On the left side are the volume control (which also drives the music controls are touching if any), are on the right side button on / off the screen and the camera and at the top and bottom are, respectively, sockets for headphones and miniUSB. The screen comes with a VGA camera at the top and back buttons, Home (the only physical button on the front) and search the bottom.

As cell bars, the Omnia W does not offer something very different than we're used to seeing. It has a design with curved sides of a plastic that are a bit slippery, forcing a firmer grip for me. At the rear, beyond the camera, speaker and flash, there is a metal part on the cover of battery to be deduced NFC, as it connects to a pin on the device. But there is no application that takes advantage of it yet.

W The Omnia has a construction that gives the impression of being cheap, something I expected because of the price, but he was until very tough: even with some bumps in sharp corners, did not notice scratches.

Screen and interface
With 3.7 inch AMOLED screen, the Omnia W is not less than exceptional in this regard. Even with the screen brightness in half it stands to display vivid colors and clarity respectable for the price it costs. Against the sun she also did reasonably well, without being too reflective. And side by side with the iPhone 4S, both with maximum screen brightness, there is not much difference.

The interface is extracted directly from the Zune, is something that can be both intuitive and difficult to navigate. Let me explain: for those accustomed to the interface of Android and iOS, there is a certain learning curve to deal with the difference of interface of Windows Phone. But for those who never used a smartphone in life, it does not look like it will be tricky as well.

The so-called tiles, or blocks (which is what Microsoft calls here in Brazil) appear on the home screen and stretch to the limit. The remaining applications are accessed by an arrow in the top right or by dragging the screen to the left. It can be different and interesting, but there is an excess of animation in live tiles that bothers me after a while, especially in the contact block.

Even with a slightly larger screen than the iPhone, I found the keyboard a little cramped for typing. The automatic correction dealt with most errors caused by its small size, fortunately. I missed the option of tactile feedback as the sound of little use to indicate that I was typing something.

Multimedia and call quality
Because it is derived from the Windows Zune Phone offers a good level of multimedia support. The application responsible for it is simple and easy to use, with buttons to control music available in the home, even with the screen locked, and when the volume controls are activated.

For some reason not all the ID3 tags of music files were correctly identified. Also there is the option to display lyrics, something Motorola has corrected the RAZR. Otherwise, the music player is what you expect: random music playing options, display lists and everything else. The headphones that come with the unit a little disappointed in the quality, but for mobile phones are good enough. And the rear speaker come with headphones.

It supports the video was a little disappointing. All videos, if not already on the right codec and extension, need to go through the program conversion Zune sync, I speak a little later. This conversion takes depending on the computer processor, but it's still an advantage over Apple that offers this option even with iTunes. Since Android manufacturers also started to pay attention to this detail.

Call quality was reasonable in turn, nothing exceptional. He does not have a noise reduction, then through a tumultuous environment can cause the occurrence of "what you said?" Who is the other side. I did not expect a rear speaker very good, but for cases where a speakerphone is needed it is more than decent. The headphones also have a very good build quality, but will do the trick for calls as well.

Camera
With 5 megapixels, the camera is good and there. The sensor used in Omnia W can capture a good image on clear days, but in night photography is not always possible, even with the flash enabled. He compensates for this flaw with an excellent macro focus mode, which lets you take pictures of objects and close. As a whole, the camera can catch up to the top of Androids line without too much pain, but lags slightly behind the last two iPhone models.

The sensor W Omnia also supports video recording at up to 720p which is a good quality for display on the phone. Increase the screen a bit and you will start to see a grain characteristic of this type of sensor. But hey, it's better than nothing, right? The video I recorded with him being sent to YouTube and will update this review with him just finished being processed.

As is required by the specifications from Microsoft, the W Omnia also has a dedicated button on the camera, which allows it to be activated when the screen is locked. The button is two points, but is a bit too sensitive: just a light touch so the camera is triggered. This camera, in fact, is capable of reading QR codes automatically, simply open the search for Bing.

Applications and navigation
The Windows Phone coming in the Omnia is the Mango 7.5 W and with it the Samsung brought some unique programs, such as an image editor, a version of its Photobooth, an RSS reader and AllShare, the program used to share multimedia content through devices with support ... AllShare.

Additionally the system comes with an already known strong social integration. If you log into your Twitter account it automatically fills in the contacts application with the names, avatars and the latest updates. When logging in to Facebook, in addition, it also detects events for which you were invited and integrates the calendar.

Other applications included in Windows Phone also deliver functionality that are side by side with their competitors, as the maps application that loaded the GPS signal very quickly, the messaging application that centralizes the Facebook chat to Windows Live Messenger and SMS, and email, it integrates so startlingly uncomplicated services such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo or any POP or IMAP access.

The application store, Windows Phone Marketplace, gave me more problems than solutions. I tested two different credit cards and none of them were accepted, then buy programs was not one of the graces with which my phone was blessed. And yet, even if I wanted, the number of applications available is not the greatest - it seems to be still incomplete, the same initial phase of the AppStore: full of flatulence apps and testing.

Yes, there are several major titles of the games industry that have already been ported. Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and hundreds of others who are already successful in competing platforms have won a version for Windows Phone. But the lack of variety is still possible to understand something when you do a search.

Navigating the Omnia W is for the Internet Explorer. And before you make a guy who just took a sour lemon juice, let me say that it is up to a decent browser on the device. IE gives the option to display or not the mobile version of certain sites and comes with support for tabs (in this case, tabs). But it lacked support for private browsing.

For anyone who requires Flash, a disappointment: it is not supported. But at least you save on battery life.

Synchronization
The same application that uses the Microsoft Zune is spent with their Windows Phone. It offers a slew of options that compete with other programs like that, although the size of the download and installation time are aligned with the rest of them. Support synchronization of images, videos, music and podcasts are included in the program, plus access to Windows Phone Marketplace.

The video conversion is necessary for it to be played on the device. Just drag the program and synchronize at the end. The Zune offers the option to change the conversion quality music, but lacked the same for videos. I noticed that the quality dropped dramatically when I played an AVI converted video on your mobile.

Like everyone, he is good but not perfect. Downloading the application program does not always work and the fact of having to drag content to the phone instead of using playlists is a bit annoying. But a good focus is to sync via WiFi, which can be slow in some cases, but it works without problems - and was available even before Apple think of this possibility. Also in the program missed some of the battery charge indicator on the phone.

Battery
In two weeks of use, the battery was one of the most consistent items. With extreme use, including video and music playback, sending SMS and constant calls, web browsing and social networking, using the camera for pictures and videos, the battery ran out in 8 hours and 40 minutes. Already using reasonable with few links, moderate use of 3G and WiFi and just using the playback of music among the multimedia functions, the battery life was at 12 hours and 30 minutes. I auditioned several times and all with the average brightness and automatic.

You can say that on an average day hardly use the Omnia W will leave the user at hand. It has a battery that can last all day, since the owner is not exaggerated. Still, he is one of those phones that you will need to plug into the outlet at night to avoid problems with lack of energy the next day. Like most current fact.

There is also the option to save the battery built into Windows Phone, which should help the weight to be further extended and not end so soon when you're in the latter.

Negative points
Little storage space;
Design of cheap plastic.
Strengths
Price into account;
Screen SuperAMOLED;
Long lasting battery.
Conclusion
The W offers the Omnia for $ 1200 is aligned with some more expensive now offer Android also comes compete with the iPhone in some aspects, such as good battery life. He's a cellphone with a system and high-end features and priced for mid-end.

Still, there are many rough edges to be trimmed. The Windows Phone still seems to me an incomplete system, especially in terms of applications. The excellent screen and camera with 5 megapixels of resolution are good items, but it appears that Samsung cut to save other items, as shown in the external finish and lack of support for microSD cards.

I believe that they should buy the Omina W are those who are not afraid to venture into a very different system than we are used or those who have never had a smartphone. These two groups will be pleased with what it offers for the price it is sold. There is a learning curve to understand the interface and take full potential of it, but it is very difficult.

The Omnia W then proves two things: you do not need a smartphone that costs two thousand dollars to be good and not always the ones that cost less than 2,000 reais will be bad. Just have a system with good features at a decent hardware. And this is the combination that offers the Omnia W.

Large solar storm hits the Earth this week

2012-01-27T02:52:00.000-08:00

The largest solar flare since 2005 should hit Earth this week with strong electromagnetic radiation. The claim was first made by the airline Delta Airlines and monitored by scientists and scholars.

The company has changed its flights in the polar regions to the south routes as possible to conventional airway, after having realized more cargo of solar radiation reaching the earth in that region.

In the case of poles Radiation causes the beautiful images of the aurora borealis, but the biggest fear is that the solar storm could interfere with the comunciação on the planet, damage satellites and cause more serious problems with power grids in the northern hemisphere.

The event began last Sunday and was caused by a very specific eruption that occurred near the center of the Sun, said Doug Biesecker, a physicist at NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center).

"The rash itself is not spectacular, but in this case a strong coronal mass ejection travels at an average of 6.5 million kilometers per hour" in our direction - concludes.

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is the expulsion of material from the solar corona. What is the Sun ejects the phenomenon is basically matter and plasma, primarily protons and electrons, with small amounts of heavier materials such as helium, oxygen and iron.

Beautiful Aurora Borealis, North Pole
The phenomenon releases strong electromagnetic charges and so EMC is the largest, most obvious is the potential for damage. The ejection began last Sunday and scientists hope it will continue to reach us until the end of tonight, no later than the morning of Thursday (26).

The reason for this is that the entire volume of space between us and Jupiter, for example, is filled with protons and we can not "just get rid of them so easy", says Biesecker.

NOAA classifies two higher levels of electromagnetic radiation in such storms, severe and critical. This is the strongest of the other one occurred in May 2005, where the mass of radiation (as protons) traveled to more than 149 million miles per hour toward earth.

Most scientists are aware, but the phenomenon observed in a non-alarmed, without worrying too much.

It is an important phenomenon of great importance to science, but for those who expect an exaggerated encounter with a Mayan shaman or frightened gazelles with natural tanning and iPhones duds, everyone stay calm. Everything will be alright.

Review of Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus

2012-01-24T06:58:00.000-08:00

Review of Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus by Phone Arena.

Dell Core i3 N5010 Photos

2012-01-24T06:56:00.000-08:00

Laptop Dell Core i3 N5010 Photos.

Samsung Galaxy Y Photos

2012-01-22T10:59:00.000-08:00

New launched in Pakistan Samsung Galaxy Y Photos.

Samsung Transparent Smart Window at CES 2012

2012-01-19T07:16:00.001-08:00

Samsung Transparent Smart Window at CES 2012 which looks amazing.

Samsung Galaxy Gio Photos

2012-01-19T07:14:00.000-08:00

Android Smartphone Samsung Galaxy Gio Photos.

Apple iPhone 4S Photos

2012-01-14T06:33:00.000-08:00

One of the best smartphone Apple iPhone 4S Photos.

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Photos

2012-01-14T06:28:00.000-08:00

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9790 Smartphone Photos.

Amazing Touch Screens That Touch You Back If You Touch Them

2012-01-13T08:21:00.000-08:00

Amazing Touch Screens That Touch You Back If You Touch Them. they where shown at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.

Mix Android Wallpapers

2012-01-13T08:20:00.000-08:00

Mix Android Wallpapers 2012.

Samsung Infuse 4G Photos

2012-01-13T08:15:00.000-08:00

Following are Samsung Infuse 4G Photos.

Samsung Galaxy R Photos

2012-01-13T08:11:00.000-08:00

Nice Smartphone Samsung Galaxy R Photos.

Samsung Galaxy Note Detailed Review

2012-01-12T06:51:00.001-08:00

Samsung Galaxy Note Detailed Review of the Smartphone.

Kinect for Windows Is Going to Launch In Start of February

2012-01-12T06:47:00.000-08:00

If You are a Kinect fan and the OS you use is Windows then i have a good for you that Kinect for Windows Is Going to Launch In Start of February 2012. This Announcement was made in CES. The price of Kinect for Windows is $249 which is a little higher than price of Kinect kit for Xbox 360.

Microsoft has also confirmed this on their official blog. Kinect for Windows will only work on Windows 7 and Windows 8. When Kinect for Xbox 360 was launched it got millions of sale in a very short time. It clearly means that Kinect for Windows will also get massive sales after launch. So if you are also looking to buy it then wait until 1st February 2012 and keep $249 in your savings.

Nokia Lumia 800 Photos

2012-01-12T06:36:00.000-08:00

One of the best Smartphone Nokia Lumia 800 Photos.

Samsung Galaxy Note Photos

2012-01-12T06:29:00.000-08:00

Android Powered Phone Samsung Galaxy Note Photos.

Samsung Omnia W Review

2012-01-08T04:46:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for a smartphone with Windows Phone operating system smaller and cheaper than the HTC Ultimate, a new option painted in the market. The Samsung Omnia W is the second unit to arrive in Brazil with the mobile system from Microsoft, and is presented as a good alternative to Android or iPhone. Check out the review:

Design
The Samsung Omnia has a W conservative and sober design, with straight edges and color predominantly black. The buttons characteristic of devices with Windows Phone are discrete - those responsible for the command to go back and look for are touchscreen, responsive to the touch.
The rear of the machine has parts that are not good quality printing, but the site that covers the battery treatment has metallic silver with the logo of Samsung, from the feeling of strength, especially considering that the smartphone screen has treated Gorilla Glass more resistant to scratches and cracks.

On the left side, only the button to increase / decrease volume is available. On the right side, we have the button on / off the unit and responsible for adding the camera that takes pictures with up to 5 megapixel resolution and shoot videos with a resolution of 1280 × 720 (HD).

Performance
Despite having a single-core processor 1.4 GHz and only 512 MB of RAM, the device does not disappoint in the category performance. Even in the face of competitors with dual-core processors and 1 GB of RAM in the same price range, the system is light and fluid, with no need for a dual-core chip.
The fluidity of the system is largely due to the good work that Microsoft made in Windows Phone Mango. Even with many programs open, you can switch between applications very rapidly. In popular games like Angry Birds, not seen any crash or slow to more complex stages.

Features
One of the big flashy W is the Omnia's screen. The 800 × 480 resolution is great and brings great clarity. Super AMOLED technology and treatment Gorilla Glass, the brightness is intense and the standard interface with black background and white text reveals a Windows Phone color contrast very pleasing to the eye. The answers are immediate and the touch screen supports multitouch commands. The size can be disappointing compared to the HTC Ultimate, which has 4.7 inches, but you can handle the device without complications and the device falls slightly in my pants pocket.

Super AMOLED screen has good contrast of colors (Photo: Paul Higa / TechTudo)
The camera has 5 megapixel resolution and can easily replace a compact camera in lighter environments. When there is little light, however, the pictures may be blurry or noisy.

Video recording is another highlight: the apparatus makes movies with HD resolution up to 1280 × 720 at 30 frames per second. To enjoy all this quality, however, you must change the camera settings - by default, the system records video in VGA format.

The speaker has loud and without distortion. The microphone allows the person on the other end hear your voice with good quality, no noise. Unfortunately, Samsung decided to include a headset for a very simple device that costs more than thousand dollars, so if you want to listen to music on the way to work or college, we recommend purchasing a better quality headset to take full advantage features of music and video player for Windows Phone.

The big problem is the device to store files. A total of 8 GB of memory, but much of that space is used by the operating system, leaving the user about 6 GB for music, photos and movies. There is also no possibility of an expansion memory card, which can remove users who like to put entire collections on the device.

Battery
The Samsung Omnia W has great battery. Despite the more intense activity to test the device, even after tweet, Facebook updates, conversations in Windows Live Messenger and hours of music, the battery has reached the end of the day with nearly half of the remaining charge, an excellent mark.

In standby mode, demonstrates the smartphone be able to stay on for up to two days without recharging. In addition, Windows Phone has the power saving mode, which disables the automatic receipt of e-mails and applications running in the background, ensuring a few more hours of battery life.

Cost-benefit
With a suggested retail price of U.S. $ 1,299 in online stores, the Samsung Omnia is a great option W between devices on the same track. He will not make dramatic shots and app store should have no equivalent to all programs you use on iOS or Android - it is the user to evaluate the exchange pays or not. However, the stability of the device and speed in performing tasks, it is an intermediate of the best smartphones we can buy today.

Microsoft should release Linux on Windows Azure

2012-01-08T04:43:00.000-08:00

Microsoft is about to change their policies to a Windows Azure, a platform to run applications in the cloud making the most of the so-called cloud computing. According to Mary Jo Foley, a journalist specializing in covering the world from the windows will soon service subscribers will also run within the Linux platform.

Under study is the release of persistent virtual machines capable of running Linux distribution. At first glance, the news may bring surprise to observers of MSFT in the IT market. However, it is not today that the company says it invests in the development of free software and community around Linux.

Azure: pay (in dollars) for what you use
You are expected to arrive during the autumn in the Northern Hemisphere the first test version of the VM running Linux. In accord with Mary Jo, of MSFT idea is to develop an environment in which customers can run their Linux applications without having to redo some work to conform to the specifications of the Azure - the platform has its own SDK and APIs.

When the VM version is complete, it will update to users according to their needs. While there is more information on the subject, much less about what exactly the Linux MSFT Azure and will use the customer set that will fit according to your taste. It does not matter much because, since we are talking about persistent VMs, the computer is constantly adjusted according to what the client wants.

I asked the folks at Microsoft was sure to compare Brazil to Windows Azure with Amazon EC2, Amazon's platform for running systems. Not yet got an answer. According to Mary Jo, but gives a comparison, and Amazon is ahead in terms of resources by allowing customers to run Windows, SQL Server or Linux from the platform.

Speaking of SQL Server, the technology can run on Windows Azure and SharePoint, Virtual Server MSFT developed especially for enterprise applications. Today, to my knowledge, companies can run on a SharePoint server itself or on Microsoft's cloud, but in a controlled environment by MSFT. With Azure, SharePoint would be in the cloud of MSFT, but controlled by the client.

Windows Azure works best scheme in the "pay as you go", the same adopted recently by the arrival of Amazon AWS Amazon in Brazil. Prices for the Brazilian market are presented in U.S. dollars.

Samsung announces Galaxy Ace Plus

2012-01-08T04:41:00.000-08:00

Following the trend of placing the largest possible number of names in the Galaxy models of their phones, Samsung today announced the sequel to the Galaxy Ace, Ace Galaxy Plus. The design has remained the same, but the internal hardware has undergone some changes deserved. Yet he has not improved enough to scale up both the smartphone and should remain in the field of mid-end.

The Galaxy Ace Plus comes with a 1 GHz processor, 3.65-inch screen, 3G support, WiFi and Bluetooth, 5 megapixel camera, 3 GB of internal storage and comes with Android 2.3. Strangely, even with the screen a little larger than the previous (3.5 inches), the resolution remained the same 320 x 480 pixels, which can end up making the items displayed in it are a little stretched. But nothing too noticeable, I guess.

Moreover, it comes with all the customizations that cell line are entitled Galaxy, including the TouchWiz, the Social Service Hub and messaging between devices of the platform, Chaton. Samsung did not say the suggested price but said it will be available in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America in the coming months.

If this model is successful, we can expect the coming of the Samsung Ace Ventura Galaxy Super Plus More Advanced in 2013. Just to follow the trend.

Americans are one step closer to bury Internet Explorer 6

2012-01-08T04:39:00.000-08:00

Ever heard of a mother who has joy in burying their own child? Generally society abhors such behavior. Since the virtual community is giving full support for Microsoft's goal of ending the world in Internet Explorer 6. Here in America they are one step closer to realizing that dream.

Internet Explorer 6 below 1%
The Internet Explorer team (now in its ninth iteration) published an article full of pride to call attention to the numbers of IE6 checked by the company Net Applications. The company ended 2011 with only 0.9% of all U.S. users using the infamous browser.

This is the first time in history when Internet Explorer 6 figure below 1% in research for the United States. It means that the battle has been successful, with the Internet gradually putting aside the browser released in 2001 (from within Windows XP natively, remember).

Here in Brazil we are coming to bury IE6. The data from Net Applications found that the browser appears in 1.4% of our computers. A reasonable level, but the intention is that these facilities are replaced by more modern applications (relying on the MS, the most current IE).

Meanwhile, China remains a leader in using Internet Explorer 6. 25% of Internet users remain with the old browser. Something tells me that this percentage has to do with the amount of pirated software circulating in the country, not to mention the delay you have to renew as large an installed base of computers.

This way Microsoft announced it will force a refresh of Internet Explorer 6 for something more modern. Even on computers with pirated Windows, you see.

Google penalizes itself for some SEO practices

2012-01-08T04:33:00.000-08:00

This week Google decided to punish herself for SEO practices considered illegitimate. The problem occurred when an agency called Unruly Media, hired by Google, ordered paid posts about Chrome for several blogs. These posts contain the warning that they were sponsored, but was missing one important item: the attribute "rel = nofollow" on links to the site of Chrome.

This attribute indicates a link to robots indexing pages do not need to be indexed, which prevents the change in ranking a page of results. The result? The pagerank of the site's Chrome will be lowered for 60 days of Google search, which is the standard punishment that applies the company when it detects this type of practice. Doubt? See below for the browser to search on Google.

Google said it has hired advertising agency responsible for the video to publicize Chrome through online advertising such as banners and other means, but not paying for advertising on blogs posts. In fact, a company spokesman said explicitly that they avoid paying bloggers to write about the products.

It seems that Google is returning to its roots and focusing on the mantra "Do not be evil." It remains that they operate in other sectors too.

Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab will not receive Android 4.0 or "value pack"

2012-01-08T04:29:00.000-08:00

According to Business Insider: Because of hardware limitations Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab can not receive the fourth version of Android. Still, as the owner of a Galaxy S, I allow myself to wonder why a custom ROM with the Ice Cream Sandwich work better and faster on my phone about the version with Gingerbread - is the default installation of Samsung or any custom ROM available.

The list of manufacturers who have already taken steps so, however, contains not only the name of Samsung. Motorola, at the launch of Dexter, said that this model would advance versions of Android, but then turned around and did not update the device. HTC is another, updating the equipment in some countries while in others the same models do not get a new version.

It is a serious problem caused by the decentralization of the platform, as each manufacturer does whatever it wants - because there is no control of Google. That way, it remains for those who do not wait to get their hands on Ice Cream Sandwich is to install a custom ROM.

Microsoft sues British retail giant for pirating Windows

2012-01-08T04:26:00.000-08:00

Today, Microsoft issued a statement giving an account of a lawsuit against Comet, an electronics distributor in the UK.

The company claims that the Comet had sold more than 94,000 illegal copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista in the form of system restore disks. On the one hand, the distributor's own fault for having Microsoft stopped providing original discs from the sale of new personal computers in 2007.

According to Comet, if a disk was lost for example, the only way the client was or restore your machine to send the computer back to the store or buy a new Windows license, which is not always meant to have the machine exactly as was before the crash.

On the other hand, Microsoft says it expects "much more of its distributors and their customers deserve more than that - it's not fair."

What seems to be ignored by the Comet (and something that inevitably cost them their heads in the courts) is the fact that the computer is sold at the store contains an original license the operating system, a simple download from the manufacturer's website solves part of the customer problem.

Yes, in the case of Windows XP / 7, if applicable to format the machine to resolve. The user can then burn as many copies of personal desires, since they only use the license of your property. Format, reinstall, viola. Now, to restore it through a download before a possible crash, there's the other ... and this is indeed a problem.

image: front of a Comet's stores in the UK (Internet)
Although it is somewhat difficult to identify as the Comet said it "vigorously defend its position" in the courts.

On the problem of restoration of personal computers, the controversy still persists. Although Microsoft has aborted the CD / DVD directly with the original sale of computers, the possession of his original license, you have to format your machine and then restore a previously saved point.

That is, the argument of the Comet (maybe the only) is that the user can not simply restore your machine through a download, directly from the manufacturer's website, such as Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) for example. He will always need an installation disk to redo the whole process, which according to them (Comet) should be "forced" their hand to meet their customers well, absurd and desperately trying to blame on Microsoft.

Apple has never stopped sending original discs resettlement / restore with each unit sold to 0 OS X 10.6 (Snow Loepard) Microsoft practice that aborted in mid-2007 given by the immense and uncontrollable amount of units shipped with your operating system around the world, which only amplified the scope of the piracy.

Microsoft maintains an entire website specifically targeted to support its user to identify pirated software and systems, to clarify issues related to licensing and reporting the distribution of illegal copies. The website is HowToTell.Com, although unfortunately the truth is that many users do not care much about its content.

From July 2011, the new MacBook Airs on, then Apple would offer Lion pre-installed on the machine and upgrades, updates and restorations completely downloadable.

What really surprises is the fact that Comet completely ignore the terms of use and licensing at Microsoft do not get stuck towards the sale of units.

More surprisingly is on the verge of doing this have on hand Windows 8, which among its many updates, are the functions of Refresh, Reset and Cloud Backup and new countermeasures against piracy.

Yahoo has a new CEO

2012-01-08T04:21:00.000-08:00

A giant web is under new management as of now. The reports that Yahoo has finally decided on the new commander in chief. Chosen for the role of leading a company in crisis, Scott Thompson responded as previously CEO of PayPal, that electronic payments system that everyone uses (or almost everyone) in our little world tech.

It's been four long months since Carol Bartz, the outspoken leader of the Internet company, left his position after being fired by phone. At the time she sent an email to all Yahoo employees show their indignation. Until a message without profanity, I might add.

"Scott brings a proven track record Yahoo to build a solid foundation of existing properties and resources to rekindle innovation and lead to growth, precisely the formula that we need at Yahoo."

Behind the corporate language we have confirmation that Yahoo Thompson perform as expected or better than that obtained when commanded PayPal

At the payment service owned by auction giant eBay, Thompson managed to double the base of active users during the nearly three years that he was ahead. From 50 million to 104 million monthly users. And most importantly, spread over 190 countries worldwide.

For a long time there was speculation that AOL somehow, would acquire the operations of Yahoo on the Internet. At least for now the dream of Tim Armstrong, CEO of the company that still offers dial-up Internet service in the United States, has been postponed.

TIM registers 34% increase in voice calls during the turn of the year

2012-01-08T04:16:00.000-08:00

TIM has made a general assessment of its telecommunications network during the turn of the year. You know, millions of people trying to talk to relatives, friends and enemies through the telephone network ... there is always the risk of something going wrong. According to the operator, all work as the book.

TIM does not comment on absolute number of calls or send SMS. Too bad, but part of company policy. It also does not provide information on sending SMS and data traffic even in percentage terms.

At the turn of the year, the operator reported a 34% increase in phone calls in relation to the previous day, taking December 2011 as a parameter. In terms of turn of the year, when traffic is usually more intense, the TIM was an increase of 8.4% for calls over the turn of 2010 to 2011. More people hanging on the phone, even with the predictions to the contrary.

I confess that I was surprised. I was able to call relatives there by midnight, talking via Skype with his girlfriend and even climb a basic picture for Twitter with 3G provided by TIM in Rio de Janeiro.

"There were no flaws that prevented us from making and receiving calls or data traffic and SMS in the day December 31 and January 1. Anyway, it bears noting that mobile services are subject to changes by external factors such as shadows, geographic, climatic or reception capacity of mobile phones, for example. "

What was your experience during the turn mobile phone? Worked or not?

The other operators were invited to comment on the quality of voice, data and SMS during the turn of the year. For now, only TIM responded positively to our call.

Google wants to standardize the interface of the applications on Android

2012-01-08T04:14:00.000-08:00

One of the main - and better - the new Ice Cream Sandwich is the redesigned interface, named Holo. This time, Google has imposed a condition to manufacturers who adopt the Android Market on their devices: the standard Android interface should be available for handsets that have Android and Android Market 4.

But, wait: the pure Android interface is only available for development issues. Currently, there is an interface standard for Android applications. From now on, the developer may make application to the Holo interface, and can develop a specific version customized versions from the manufacturers.

Unfortunately, this does not mean you can enjoy the pure Google experience on your smartphone.

This, of course, make life easier for developers: with a pattern to follow, it becomes easier to create an application with a user experience as a reference. Ideally, it would be that type interfaces Motoblur, Timescape TouchWiz or cede their seats to the Holo.

The director of the Android experience, Matias Duarte, said he did not bother with costumization made by manufacturers on their devices. A pity.

The Ice Cream Sandwich also has an exclusive source developed for the platform, Roboto.

Nokia Car Mode: central vehicle for the Belle

2012-01-08T04:11:00.000-08:00

Whether your future phone will run Symbian or Nokia Belle. For both cases (which are actually only one) Nokia has developed a specific application to act as a central vehicle. The Nokia Car Mode brings more options desired by drivers in command of a wheel. With touchscreen interface is even better.

The application was first demonstrated at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2011 but only now Nokia Car Mode gives the guys at Nokia store for immediate download. And most importantly, free download, as Nokia has a tradition of offering software solutions for themselves.

The Nokia Car Mode have quick access to telephony features, entertainment (read music) and direction. In the most important, the direction, you can activate the GPS device and connect it to the vehicle sound system to listen to driving directions and at the same time, enjoy the sound that you love. To this end, the vehicle must have connectivity by default MirrorLink, a novelty that Nokia and other companies support. This version of the software costs $ 20 in their store.

(YouTube Video)

According to the company, use the Nokia Car Mode causes distractions for the driver to be smaller. As far as I know, Google also offers something similar on Android - an automotive module with access to basic features of the device. I do not know if the iPhone offers similar feature natively.

Nokia promised that the application reaches a specific version for the Nokia N9 (read the review of the Tecnoblog written by me), which runs MeeGo soon.

Look who's in Instagram: Barack Obama

2012-01-08T04:02:00.000-08:00

When you think of Instagram, imagine those guys with plaid shirt, jeans weird, glasses that do not draw attention, and love a cupcake? Think again. The tool is no longer the exclusive hipster crowd just to round up the most powerful man on the planet. Chuck Norris Barack Obama, the charismatic president of the United States of America, opened its own in Instagram.

Barack Obama became famous for the campaign that made social media to raise funds to finance the presidential race. He said he would give up the publicly funded, then that promise did not materialize and, in addition to taking money from the Internet, used the figures provided by the government to play the campaign.

And what is the significance of the arrival of President Instagram? Rightly so, reinforce the importance of Instagram through social media. With an iPhone in hand and an application in iOS, any user can take to itself the right to produce photos with different effects, interesting. What Clive Thompson in the January issue of Wired magazine calls the "new way of seeing" (photos, in this case).

In January we had the confirmation that the Instagram grows by leaps and bounds as a place to share photos. You are on the same footing of TwitPic and Yfrog, with 16% of all photos uploaded to Twitter, according to numbers from a website that specializes in indexing images. Not bad.

Want to follow the Prime Instagram (Instagram the President)? It's @ barackobama. Simple.

While their president keeps using the internet to maintain dialogue with the public, our dear Dilma promised to use Twitter more in 2011 and then disappeared. If it was a campaign promise, we would have a reason to complain.

Steam sets record: 5 million players connected simultaneously

2012-01-08T04:01:00.000-08:00

The store and Valve's gaming platform is making the most successful worldwide. Part of that success is measured with the number of players connected simultaneously to the service. In early January, once again, the Steam servers registered a new record for simultaneous connections: for more than five million.

The Verge The reports that on January 2, a Monday like any other, except for the fact that many people still was not back at work, Steam recorded exactly 5,012,463. Almost there at lunchtime in the U.S. (I guess the west coast, but this has not been confirmed), which gives longer in the afternoon here in Brazil.

Among the titles were played during The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Team Fortress 2, 3 and CoD Modern Warfare Counter-Strike ever present. Are you a fan of any of these? Recommended by gambling Steam servers? Make your comment in the comments ....

Steam's success does not come today and serves to prove that there is, yes, space to play "game" on the computer. The current generation of consoles are still the focus of many players who want to worry about buying hardware just once and spend five or six years without worrying about it. On the PC, so I know does not always work that way, but the category is still very hard.

Here at The Next Web they point to the arrival of Origin, a game store from Electronic Arts (EA our dear), as a further factor which supports the heating of the category of PC games to Valve If the owners do a lot of money Steam, imagine what EA has to get ready. Are eyeing this market entertainment that little by little, he climbed the threshold of the world's most profitable.

So successful that PC games are still the most pirated. Crysis 2, that the more circulated in Torrent, had almost 4 million downloads. The islands are far from it, with Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the best position, registering 1.28 million downloads. Gears of War 3 most downloaded Xbox, recorded 890,000 downloads.

In total, Steam has 35 million active users.

And there were people saying, in a not too distant past, that computer games were in their final days. I see. This story still going to samba.

Android Waterproof Tablet : there is (or will exist)

2012-01-08T03:59:00.000-08:00

Pantech. You may have heard of this South Korean company, maybe not. Anyway, Pantech is about to enter the U.S. market with a different tablet (or the promise of being different) of what we have seen so far. Dual-core, with a camera recording in Full HD, and most importantly, waterproof.

The Pantech Element is ready to be presented at the CES 2012, which takes place next week in Las Vegas. The site BGR found that the device will run Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), although the Ice Cream Sandwich is there for some companies use - legend has it that the latest version of Android is present in 0.6% of the devices currently.

Pantech Element
Among the physical attributes of the device can highlight the 8-inch display, a 2 megapixel front camera (records video in 720p), rear camera of 5 megapixels (1080p), all duly protected from water. The inner beauty of the Element comes down to dual-core 1.5 GHz (no information about the manufacturer so far) and 16 GB of internal storage. No word on RAM.

By "waterproof", understand that the device can not be immersed. In addition, all entries must be sealed, more or less as with the Motorola Defy. The difference is that the Defy may be a few inches under water, as we find ourselves in the review published by TB.

Pantech Group works closely in partnership with operators. For now, what is known is that AT & T U.S. training vendors to show the operation and eventually make customers buy the tablet. For the price of U.S. $ 299 it will come out with two-year contract. More expensive, the Element has unlocked priced at $ 499 (I will not compare with iPad or other Android tablets, leave the job because of you).

Windows 8 will have reset option to erase all

2012-01-08T03:58:00.000-08:00

Windows already offers the option to restore to an earlier point where applications were not present or at a point before installing a driver, for example. But in Windows 8 Microsoft will offer two new options, calls Refresh and Reset, which are quite unlike the restore option - one of them is very similar to the factory restore option that is present in most if not all, of today's cell phones .

The Reset option will make Windows start from scratch: it removes all personal data, all changes to the default settings and reinstall the system. Within this option you can make two choices: remove the data completely (longer) or just delete the data quickly (so they can be recovered by someone with the right tools). It is intended to be used when you do not have much attachment to their data or have already backed up your computer and want to move forward.

It keeps the option Refresh all data, applications and settings but it makes a system reinstall. This second option for those who must serve notice any problem or are dissatisfied with a possible slowdown, a hallmark of older Windows installations. Or also for people who want to reinstall the system but do not have an external hard drive for backup.

The details even more detailed (!) Of these options are available in the official blog of the team responsible for building Windows 8. There has also been detailed in past the new installation of Windows 8, you must follow a simpler scheme than the existing several screens in previous systems, so it is natural that the other processes follow the same ideology.

HP Omni 27 is the newest all-in-one device

2012-01-08T03:56:00.000-08:00

HP will present at CES 2012, the Omni 27 that will surely stand out because of its proportions pachyderms. Competitor of the iMac, the model is an all in one with 27 inch screen.

The iMac HP
The model relies on the services of an Intel Core i5 2400S to run Windows 7, which will arrive bringing in an interface with a "style" 1080p touchscreen for your screen is not touch sensitive. Otherwise, it will have Blu-ray player, TV receiver, 2 TB of storage and Beats sound system, signed by rapper Dr. Dre and can optionally be augmented with a subwoofer.

For those interested, the Omni will reach 27 U.S. stores in the next 8 days priced from $ 1,199 (U.S. $ 2,200).

Less innovative, HP also comes with a new traditional desktop on your line. Given the name of Phoenix H9, the computer is a monster designed for gamers and professional video editing and comes equipped with an AMD FX-8100 eight-core, 8GB RAM, 160 GB of SSD storage, and another 2 TB storage traditional, all for a modest U.S. $ 1,149 ($ 2,000).

U.S. Sopa laws relating to piracy and censorship on the Internet

2012-01-08T03:52:00.000-08:00

U.S. Internet users set up a virtual protest to spread slogans against two bills. the issue is the ability of U.S. companies to protect their intellectual property.

Behind the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP is the interest of the Senate to give lawmakers a heavier treatment to prevent the continuation with the celebration of movies, music, software and similar content on the network indiscriminately, with entitled to millions of people connected in networks - you know what I'm talking about - sharing these bits of content.

First of all, let us understand what are the bills reason for such disagreement.

SOUP (emphasis original text by me in PDF) regarding the content mainly but not only. For information purposes this article, I will disregard all of the text that talks about physical pirated products (the same goes for the PROTECT IP). By law, the Attorney General of the United States is responsible for observing and processing sites that offer third-party content, especially movies, music, series, books and software to download. Or that facilitate access to this content.

If the RIAA feel uncomfortable with a link published in the American site, it could request that the entire site is taken down if the site owner does not agree to remove pirated content. The hosting provider, through a short letter from the government, would be forced to disable it without any right to claims. As a preliminary, that among Brazilian judiciary gave rise to the maxim: "Injunction is not discussed, is fulfilled" (or something like that, so remember the lessons of judicial practice).

In addition to the site becomes unavailable, the bill still allows multiple devices to economically affect the site owner. For example, transactions for services that facilitate this type of business, like PayPal, could be blocked on the orders of justice. Likewise, would be in charge of the U.S. judiciary to determine that an ad network (AdSense for purposes of illustration) stop all future payments to the owner of the site. Seekers would be required to remove links to sites judged according to what determines the bill. A comprehensive series of taxes and dangerous.

Among the opponents of SOUP there is a belief that there are legal means to prevent piracy continues to spread in the digital environment. Most prominent of them, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, the "Act" means "law" when present in this type of name) gives tools for a company to send extra-judicial notification to a site or service provider for content publishing requesting that certain content out of the air. Showing clear evidence that this is copyright infringement, the company that hosts the content has to fulfill the request.

Here in Tecnoblog, for example, has fired some reports for WordPress.com asking them to remove the air full articles reproduced without permission. The WP.com has always fulfilled the requests.

For SOUP, download copyrighted content in an unauthorized manner becomes a crime, with a maximum penalty of ten years for the download of ten films or ten songs in six months.

Across the ring, the list of those against the law SOUP, include Google, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, Grooveshark, Mozilla, Twitter, eBay, Microsoft, GoDaddy (domain registrar that has lost a few thousand customers before changing aside), OpenDNS, Wikimedia Foundation, Zynga, Bloomberg (financial news agency) and several others. The staff of the internet, making money with the virtual environment, is opposing the weight SOUP.

The bill PROTECT IP (PDF emphasis by me) is about protecting American intellectual property spread abroad. The target sites are hosted abroad which offer pirated content for download. Again under the supervision of the Attorney General would be the decision about which sites violate the copyright law and which do not. To this end, the first company with a copyright need to make formal complaint, then the notification sent to site owner by email or traditional letter, warning of the incident.

The tactic of the PROTECT IP is the technology to shut down the sites. Rather than ask the hosting company turn off the content - not least because the U.S. has no jurisdiction on servers in Europe, such as The Pirate Bay who have running - the PROTECT IP provides that the name by which the site is found on the net is blocked (the domain). U.S. Internet users would be prevented by the law, they get to the computers connected to the internet through the thepiratebay.org (just an example).

Opponents say the PROTECT IP that the user still free to enter the IP of the site in question and, therefore, access the computers on the network that generate the pages of the site.

(Vimeo Video)

Although the original text of the bill does not show this, consider that ICANN is responsible for domain names, is still an entity linked to the U.S. government - yes, even though such an important role in the global Internet, and even projects to bring democracy to the global organization - and you can imagine the implications of giving such power to U.S. courts to decide what to do with sites that infringe copyright.

Of course the RIAA, the dreaded combination of record U.S., has given full support to the soup, the law has caused more controversy in recent times. The same goes for NBC Universal, the communications giant, Comcast, who offer combos internet and pay TV a la NET, the Disney group, who needs no introduction, CBS, one of the largest broadcasters in the country, Nintendo, other than needs no introduction, and even Xerox.

In both cases - and PROTECT IP SOUP - companies that normally orbit a site, such as search engines, ad networks and domain registrars are more than invited to participate as proactive actions contained in two bills in order to are always in credit with the United States if it appears a heavier action requesting deactivation, for example, a search engine completely.

As I said earlier, there are a lot of controversy involved. The Internet companies say there is a terrible precedent for that in the near future, the United States may censor what now circulates freely in the network. SOUP also says that does not include the violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which deals with freedom of speech and press, but we can not know how true this is discussed.

For us non-Americans (I am using the concept widely known and disseminated in "American" here), is the certainty that the U.S. think they own the internet. Or at least you can send more in the large network through its laws. In part they are right, as the largest Internet companies operating under their jurisdiction. For those who are not located in U.S. territory whatever - would disable access to Internet done by Americans, which is what matters.

There are several initiatives to raise awareness on the network and try to block the adoption of two laws. Among the most numerous is the American Stop Censorship, which provides a means for Americans to contact their representatives in Congress to ask them to vote against the law. The American Stop Internet Censorship also encourages foreigners send messages to the State Department showing their displeasure with the bills. Something that own Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, has already made public in The Hague.

The site keeps OpenCongress pages updated on the progress of SOUP and PROTECT IP.

In this PDF you read the letter signed by some of the largest Internet companies positioning themselves. This here is the article signed by over one hundred U.S. academics also going against the bills.

In the end, one should think that the Internet was conceived as a means to free flow of ideas. Something that American lawmakers attempt to restrict.

Canadian Parliament downloading illegally, says Pirate Party

2012-01-08T03:48:00.000-08:00

Last month it was discovered that studios like Sony, Fox and Warner as well as the Department of Homeland Security United States, the official residence of the French Presidency and the RIAA itself usually download copyrighted content network. Now it was revealed that the honorable Parliament of Canada is also a place where piracy of digital files is done.

The complaint was made by the Canadian arm of the Pirate Party, which had access to some of the content downloaded by politicians and their supporters in recent months of November and December. Among the material downloaded files are movies, music, programs and books.

"The Pirate Party of Canada found ample evidence of copyright violations in parliament (...) The information was discovered through the same IP tracking methods used by the RIAA and MPAA to find addresses of computers to enter lawsuits," said the guild in statement. They also recall that in early 2011 Canadian providers were forced to hand over user data due to downloads of the movie "War on Terror."

"It's quite ironic that this same group is working to toughen the laws of copyright infringement," said Travis McCrea, candidate for governor of Vancouver by the party in recent elections. "Like the case of the process of 'War on Terror', the report shows that the content was downloaded, but does not indicate exactly who did it," the political ends.

"Ubuntu Phone" on the way?

2012-01-08T03:45:00.000-08:00

Just behind the start of CES 2012, it is natural that all kinds of rumors floating around, but that Canonical is really interesting: we can very soon have an "Ubuntu phone" making faces.

Relax, this is just an illustration by a user.
In fact, all information is rather vague, but some clues can be decisive in the elucidation of the mystery: we know that the Canonical has promised to show a "concept device" at CES (without giving further information about what this would be such a device). But another issue that was pointed out, Canonical will also be present naMobile World Congress!

The GSMA Mobile World Congress Congress, which runs from February 27 to March 1, is a major world events in the industry of mobile devices, and can be decisive for the piece the puzzle that Canonical set up for the ESC. Many suggest that we will see very soon a smartphone running Ubuntu there.

It costs nothing to remember, Canonical is already signaling interest in releasing versions of Ubuntu for tablets and smartphones is a good time. Unity, default window manager in Ubuntu seems to have been made especially for mobile devices. Canonical's innovations in the area of cloud computing, such as Ubuntu One, also show an interest in integrating cellular / computers.

But wait, that for now this is all just a rumor, and even then it may be that Canonical only provides proof of concept, something to draw the attention of potential partners and manufacturers to who knows, maybe someday, God willing , someone would even dare to make a machine with Ubuntu. Or maybe we already have a device ready next week.

Motorola announces Motoluxe and Defy Mini with Android 2.3

2012-01-08T03:43:00.000-08:00

Motorola this week announced two new devices with Android, Motoluxe and Defy Mini. Both will be sold with the Gingerbread version (2.3) Android, which is not strange if you look at the rest of the release of the manufacturers, the majority still do not have phones with Android Ice Cream Sandwich ready. Yet they have good specifications for mid-end phones.

Defy The Mini comes with a 3.2 inch screen, 3.2 megapixel rear camera with flash, VGA front camera and 1650mAh battery. Moreover it follows the same characteristics as the Defy line: resistance to water and dust and scratch resistant screen protection thanks to Gorilla Glass. Below is a video featuring the cell.

(YouTube Video)

With this announcement Motorola makes our model very similar to the Defy line phones from Samsung Galaxy. If a manufacturer to launch a Defy Defy Pro and S in the future we will know who was the inspiration.

Motoluxe already has a 4 inch screen, 8 megapixel rear camera with flash, VGA front camera, 1400mAh battery, 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of RAM. A differential it is to have a bevel on the bottom left that emits light of different colors for different notifications. If this will be enough to sell the phone? Maybe not. But watch the video below and see if it encourages you to buy one.

(YouTube Video)

Both receive what is called MotoSwitch Motorola, which is the new interface that must give way to MotoBlur. It is less social and more intelligent, so Motorola said. This interface will "learn who you most conversation and which applications you use most to make all this information up front and center." Sounds intriguing, but I need to see working before saying it is bad.

Motorola has not yet released the price of the equipment, but said they will be released in Europe and Latin America between March and May this year. In China and is now available Motoluxe Defy Mini should arrive in February.

Samsung sues Apple for use of emoticon :-)

2011-12-23T07:55:00.000-08:00

Here's one way to tell if their lawyers are concerned to see a lawsuit lose strength: they now include unusual in patent litigation. That's what seems to be happening in the process of Samsung against Apple in Germany, since last week South Korea gave up part of it by admitting that Apple had licensed patents to Qualcomm 3G. Now the company added four new patents in the process, one related to the use of emoticons.

According to a spokesperson for Samsung told Reuters two new patents related case are included in "patterns of communication" and the other two patents "related to utilities." Spokesman did not say specifically what patents are, but the intellectual property activist Florian Mueller reveals in his blog all of them.

As the most ridiculous of all, this one is related to patent emoticons being included. Beside you see the emoticons in included in the Japanese keyboard iOS devices and would be the motivation for the new process. It seems that not only the Samsung was able to patent a variety of them like Apple did not ask permission to include them in your system.

In retaliation, Apple's lawyers released the following statement on the new allegations, "= P". Okay, that last part is not true. But seeing the level that this process has come, I'm not surprised if they come to respond using only emoticons.

Samsung confirms Android 4.0 to Galaxy devices

2011-12-23T07:51:00.000-08:00

The list of manufacturers of Android handsets confirmed that the update of its tablets and phones to version 4.0 system got bigger today with the presence of South Korea's Samsung. The company announced that some units of the Galaxy line should receive the update in the coming year, which seems to indicate that they are even doing some work when they focus their efforts on finding patents ridiculous throw back at Apple.

Since Samsung has released Galaxy devices enough to create a constellation, it was good for the company have said what are the models that fit the perspective of update. They are: the Galaxy S II (and its LTE sold in the U.S. only) Note the Galaxy (who arrived here recently high causing confusion by its size), R Galaxy, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy Tab of 10.1, 8.9 and 7.7-inch screen.

The announcement was made by Samsung's global blog, which indicates that no matter where these models were sold, they are updated. The expectation is that in the first quarter of 2012 they all receive the update, devices that will provide features such as facial and release a redesigned interface for Android.

Until then, anyone who wants to have to go ahead can be given a pass by the XDA-developers and see if some of the skilled developers already ported on their own Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to your phone.

Apple can ban the sale of HTC Android phones in the U.S

2011-12-23T07:49:00.001-08:00

Apple won a battle against HTC in the Commission of Foreign Trade of the United States earlier this week. According to the decision of the regulator, certain "patent infringement" (when they) will cause some of the HTC phones are prohibited from being sold in the country from next April.

That patent is number 5,946,647, which describes a system capable of searching content and assign some special functions for certain types of data found. How, for example, identifying a phone number on a web page and allow the user to dial the number by clicking on it, among other functions.

Due to a horrible coincidence, all units affected by the decision to run the Android platform, as the Evo 4G, Droid Incredible, Aria and G2. From next April 19, those devices are not allowed to come in America, but HTC still has permission to import reconditioned equipment and spare parts to December 19, 2013.

In a statement released to the press, HTC says the decision came because of "a small detail in the user experience" of devices that will be removed from the models "soon." Since Apple said that "all competition is healthy, but our competitors must create their own news, and do not steal ours."

Google continues as Firefox's default search

2011-12-23T07:48:00.000-08:00

Even as a non-profit organization, the Mozilla Foundation to pay its employees, those people responsible for developing browsers, mail clients, and a bunch of other things Fortunately the largest source of income, a deal with Google to keep search engine as the default in Firefox, it was renovated. The announcement of the renewal of the agreement was made late on Tuesday.

We do not have much information about what happened between the two organizations. Earlier this month we had reported that the agreement would be with the days since the expiration date had come and Mozilla nor Google had given much less news about what would happen from then on.

The new agreement, according to Mozilla, is beneficial for both companies. Valley for three additional years "at least" with the possibility of being extended there in 2014.

"Due to the agreement for several years, Google search will remain the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox users around the world," said Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla. A guy who should be smiling from ear to ear, celebrating the salary guaranteed for three years.

I wonder what that staff harassment of Mozilla must have suffered from other search engines and Internet companies interested in the special area in the navigation bar of Firefox - which came to the ninth version today, it is worth noting. Mainly from Microsoft, which sees Bing swimming, swimming (including new and very interesting) and die on the beach. Yahoo is out of the picture, as we all know.

In turn, Google can worry a little less to be the default search engine in Firefox. Recently Chrome has overtaken Firefox as number two in the world, according to data from StatCounter, losing even for Internet Explorer. Also according to StatCounter, Chrome is already the most used browser in Brazil.

Android exceeds 700000 activations per day

2011-12-23T07:46:00.000-08:00

Time and again those responsible for the Android play the daily number of activations for the entire hand, to show the amazing growth of the platform, which impress whenever they are released. This time the head of system development, Andy Rubin, Google has used his profile on the Plus to disseminate statistics. He says that today, a day more than 700,000 Android handsets are activated in the world.

For anyone who has followed this issue, in February 2010 were 60,000 shy daily activations. A year ago, specifically in December 2010, that number increased to more than 300,000 daily activations. And in July of that year the amount of which increased to 550,000 activations. According to the CEO of the Android app store, Appitalism, these daily activations can reach 2.5 million by the end of 2012, but he will not say where the monstrous strap estimates.

And while we're crazy and estimates only for entertainment purposes, a friend said the exact area that we use only the four above data, daily activations of Android will exceed 1 million in eight months, reaching that number of August and September 2012. So when the first party invitations in the department of Android start to appear at the end of July, you may already have an idea what it is.

Know the Central Online Program of Ubuntu

2011-12-23T07:42:00.000-08:00

For those who always wanted to know which applications have to download Ubuntu without even being on a machine with Ubuntu, Canonical has recently released an online version of the Central Program, which allows you to navigate through the programs available in the official repositories.

Does this mean a future Central Program completely in the cloud?

Initially, the Center Programs Online seems to be just a catalog of Ubuntu, where you can browse through several categories of applications or search for a specific program. That alone is an interesting feature, because then you can know in advance whether a specific program is available in Ubuntu, even without having to be running the system at the time (for example, a company or a friend's house).

Now, if you're browsing the site while running Ubuntu, the site will ask you to install the program you are viewing (otherwise, it just shows the link to download Ubuntu). It is still possible to also select other versions of programs for older distros.

Just the ease of install packages on the site, a question hangs in the air: Is the Canonical thinking of creating an online repository of applications in the same mold Store to Android Market? Making an integration with other technologies and Ubuntu One Canonical's own, is not hard to imagine a scenario where you could check the site itself a program to download in not just one but several computers at once. It would be paradise for system administrators, and a step and both Ubuntu.

Sandwich of evil: hackers cloned thousands of cards in the Subway

2011-12-23T07:39:00.000-08:00

The story is more or less recent and was revealed in December 8th District Court for the State of New Hapmshire (USA). they tells how the hackers just teaching a lesson to heavy network of Subway sandwiches since 2008 and how the simple act of paying for the meal with a credit card can easily become a headache of demons.

Ráquers Romania, those vampires rascal, would have gained access to credit card data from the computers point-of-sales network of franchisees of Subway, as well as at least 50 other smaller distributors.

The result? More than $ 3 million in fraud and obamas a festival of complaints to financial operators.

To cause the same hole anywhere else, for those willing to take the stupid risks and profitable, the rattletrap involved is nothing sophisticated. Most software is freely available on the network and for a change, everything will depend much more careless user, the power to leech the crime.

The front door was the fact that many employees do not ran the authentication protocols on each machine from the point of sale, which figured as the main facilitator. In the case of Subway in particular were more than 80,000 victims, until the central system administrator noticed that something was wrong. Evan Schuman and more operators of a credit fraud discovered almost simultaneously.

To begin with, all the action from hackers relied almost two points: remote access to machines running the vulnerable and unwary software point of sale (cash, orders, inventory, etc.) in almost all franchisees of the network. To finish off the obvious, a Trojan horse (XP.exe) was complete logging of all machines and even backdoor was installed they were reconnected to often. A disgrace.

That is, enough to pass the credit card that someone would be waiting on the other side of the "tray". The data were subtracted mass. Whereas the Subway network processes a substantial amount of requests daily from around the country, can you imagine how many employees are already looking for another job while you finish this text.

As usual a scheme so large you can not run for only one person, the data was being sold freely on the Internet through the same fields in the U.S., bought with their own credit cards. One of the indirectly involved, Cezar Iulian Butu, pressed new cards cloned in a house in Belgium and spent the money on gambling at the local shops.

Already a actually a little more recent, announced yesterday, the same industry wholesaler Restaurant Depot had an even greater number of bank cards and dice subtracted: more than 200 000 cards.

A company security audit reported that malware has been installed throughout the system transaction processing credit and debit cards, compromising the data of thousands of enterprise customers from 21 September until 18 November.

The company issued a letter to its customers that the company hired a forensic analysis and that is available to repay all of its customers any expenses caused by his 'failure'.

Symantec estimates that cybercrime an average income of U.S. $ 144 billion per year. To have a basis of comparison, all bank robberies in 2010 amounted to U.S. $ 43 million and the global cocaine market in the world totaled $ 85 billion.

The crime has evolved continuously, but the default user is still innocent.

Sony Ericsson explains why the update of Android is delayed

2011-12-23T07:35:00.000-08:00

One of the questions that Android users more likely to ask is: when my phone will be updated? And they also ask the same question for the manufacturers of their phones, since the major criticism of this process is the delay of such companies to release updates. Sony Ericsson, perhaps to avoid further headache with eager customers, decided to show the exact reasons for this delay happens.

The process is slow because it involves three major steps: the adaptation of the original source code, certification and approval of operators and Google itself. You know, for example, that the source code of Android comes standard with support for processors from Texas Instruments? All manufacturers that use a different set of hardware that needs to adapt the source code for their own components. In the case of Sony Ericsson, they must adapt Android to Qualcomm's chips, which are in line Xperia phones.

More details are available in this blog post on the official Sony Ericsson in Brazil. The text is huge, really detailing these three phases and provides a novel perspective for those who thought that just get the Android source code, compile and play on smartphones.

The original explanation was published in the U.S. Sony Ericsson's blog earlier this month course in English. But now that he found relevant was translated to bring it to light, which should at least calm the hearts of users waiting Eager for updates.

Adobe launches app to sign documents using the iPad

2011-12-23T07:27:00.000-08:00

Adobe seems to have solved a tricky problem for corporations large or medium: the bureaucracy's time to get back contracts and documents duly signed. Today the company has the Adobe EchoSign iDispositivos running for the Apple mobile platform. With that installed, the user has all the ease of the world to add a digital signature to the document and immediately send it back to the most interested.

"We know what you are doing more and more business with your mobile devices and tablets and we are committed to helping you optimize your business processes and increase productivity."

Behind the corporate talk that Adobe has always adopts the trend that we have in the future, more and more transactions are done electronically. The bank is well - I bet you use the services of e-banking financial institutions maintaining account. Correspondence, not to mention, given the amount of emails we exchanged daily.

In the case of digital contracts the hole is lower. We're talking about money all the time, and are sometimes exorbitant figures. Therefore, it is natural that the adoption of newer technologies to manage the delivery of documents to happen more slowly and gradually. With app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, Adobe tends to accelerate this process somewhat.

The task of Adobe EchoSign is very simple: after reading the document, the user confirms their validity by means of electronic signature that is linked to your email address. Adobe takes care of all the security part. Thus, the user must be adept EchoSign technology, proprietary technology, which complies with U.S. law e-sign. Any digital signature goes through a process similar to a notary public recognition that we Brazilians, we are familiar.

At that Adobe announced, this is the first time the EchoSign reaches a mobile platform. In other words, nothing like application for Android, Windows Phone and the like. Privilege of iDispositivos users for now.

Access to Facebook is free to pre-paid course

2011-12-23T07:22:00.001-08:00

But it is not anime. The title of the article is true, but there are restrictions. And you probably will not like them.

The course today shot a message to the press reports in which the free access to Facebook exclusively for prepaid customers. To do so, consumers should access this page and download the official Facebook application, available in Java. The company ensures data traffic on the track until 21/03/2012.

Also according to the operator, the offer is not valid for customers with devices running IOS, Android or BlackBerry OS. The statement does not mention Windows Phone, but I imagine that the promotion is not worth also for the mobile system from Microsoft.

What we have then? Facebook for free to customers with feature phones capable of running Java with prepaid plan operator. On the eve of Christmas, something tells me that there is a wide audience who might be interested in the novelty. Prepaid is very strong in the country, and we all know that the feature phones continue to sell well here.

Last year, the TIM began this story with Facebook free. Consumers had to access the interface of the diet social network, without the right to display messages to provide updates to friends and the like without taking a penny from his pocket.

The course also states that the customer pre must be at least 50 cents of credit. And download the app traffic does not enter the gratuity.

CES 2012 will be the last with the presence of Microsoft

2011-12-23T07:20:00.000-08:00

First of all, we have one fact: Microsoft is not going to start work at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from 2013. After many years, the company had privileged space among exhibitors registered by the CEA (event organizer) will no longer participate in that which is considered the largest electronics fair in the world. The CES 2012 takes place between 10 and 13 January next year.

Suit up, hours of speculation. The MSFT (Microsoft) says that the output from the 2013 CES was very friendly. The information, however is disputed by the company's own employees. They say that the CEA decided not to offer a more specific to the Microsoft keynote. In retaliation, the company chose to leave out the show. And the CEA was oblivious to the situation, taking that old philosophy known as "I am the owner of the ball, so I send you."

Also some say that Microsoft is eyeing the kind of disclosure that Apple manages its events produced domestically. Recall that in 2007 there was announced the iPhone during an edition of MacWorld, Steve Jobs doing all the suspense characteristic. In subsequent years, Apple also dropped the biggest event related to the Apple universe promoted by third parties. Instead, they opted to give more prominence to the WWDC and the off-season events that we usually cover here at Tecnoblog - to launch iPhone, iPad, and renovations in the line of iPods and Macs.

Some say that the CEA has asked Microsoft to sign agreements more durable (with digital contract, be?), While the Redmond company was interested in renewing year after year. Again, we have a relationship goes sour and MSFT coming out of CES.

In either case, this is who loses from the CEA, as a large display and may announce its new partner on another date set for themselves. For MSFT may be good news. Without the commitment to the CES, they may have more chance to do things at their own pace. And when the product is ready, then I mark the date and show to the media and the public. It makes more sense when we speak of a company the size of Microsoft.

Rodrigo Ghedin the Geminder and reminded that the conference does MS Build. Why not let the hottest news in the next edition of the event? Several other companies adopt the same stance. Nokia, for example, made the announcement of the first cell (the Lumia) running Windows Phone for Nokia World event, which we covered exclusively in London.

Good news for MS. Not so much for the CEA. This in my view, of course. If you disagree, I'm dying to see their arguments in the post's comments.

Or the MS dropped the hand knowing that it all ends in 2012 ...

It Has never been easier to scribble pictures on the iPad

2011-12-23T07:18:00.000-08:00

Earlier this week I wondered quietly on my Twitter if there was anything similar to Skitch for the iPad. Imagine, making drawings on top of images with an easy to use application ... Some contacts have suggestions, such as Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. But nothing comes easily in the Skitch we both know that in OS X. Well, this morning Rafa, another editor of the site, gave the good news: Skitch came out in an exclusive version for iPad!

The application's home screen shows the options for adding comments, arrows and related images. The user can open a photo already saved, open the camera and take a picture (sorry about the quality that only the camera offers the tablet), take screenshot of a web page or a map. Finally, a blank sheet is available - but to have this app Bamboo Paper.

Just do not feel that good, because it is a touchscreen device, it is easier to write text on the iPad. The challenges remain the same: you can not put very fine line, and usually features the cursive writing of the person lost. But you can venture capital letters, as I did in the screenshot above. Yes, left much to be desired.

The Skitch is smart and recognizes the elements added by the user in the image, allowing them move and edit the fill color of them. The editing tools are very basic, with trace free, oval, arrow, text, rectangle and line. Unlike Skitch on the Mac version, the iPad does not have a highlighter. A pity.

Edits made, the iPad Skitch allows you to share using the AirPlay to display on a television screen or monitor; send to Twitter taking advantage of the native integration between Twitter and iOS 5, send email, and save to Camera Roll. Not least, it also exports the image as a note of Evernote (the result of the acquisition by the company that develops Skitch Evernote).

I played a bit with the app and really enjoyed it. Simple, to the point and functional.

Tecnoblog As reported previously, the Skitch also has version for free on Android Market.

After that, I have no doubt that the young Americans of the future will give the pen to scribble pictures - to put teeth dirty and Horns - to make fun of your friends. Far more practical with iPad in hand. And then just send by email.

Firefox 9 has 30% faster JavaScript, Mozilla ensures

2011-12-23T07:16:00.000-08:00

As you well know, this week Mozilla released a new version of Firefox. All very good with the right to extended contract with Google to remain the default search engine in the search bar of their browser. But the promise that the browser would be more efficient than previous versions? According to Mozilla, you could say that success was achieved in FF9.

According to Mozilla in a paper published this week, Firefox 9 great asset lies in what they call Type Inference. I confess I do not know all the details on the operation of the browser, but by that Mozilla releases the Type Inference "analyzes the software code and monitors the types of values as the software executes." The information generated by the Type Inference are used in the JIT compiler to generate more efficient code.

The JavaScript engine in Firefox 9, called SpiderMonkey, has improved in Type Inference feature to load and rotate images, 3D graphics and videos faster. Result: navigation as a whole is much better.

Below you see the chart provided by showing the performance of Mozilla Firefox in the eighth and ninth rounds. Indeed, the tests presented, you can see that the software was better.

Testing conducted by Mozilla
And your experience with Firefox 9? A few days after installing it, you realize that the application is faster and more stable? Leave your impressions in comments.

For my part, everybody knows that I am fan of Google Chrome browser because this is the one that best suits my needs (and is faster). I tested Firefox for a while and I can say that the user experience was faster, especially when many tabs open. However, Chrome is still unbeatable for me.

Facebook Brings Event Suggestions For Users

2011-12-23T07:03:00.000-08:00

Some time ago Facebook revised their events page, so that site members could confirm participation in parties and other events more easily. Today more than a change in this session was made and is being made available to users, as always in a gradual manner: these are the suggestions of events.

Suggestions for events like everything today on Facebook, will be based on what your friends are doing, in this case the events that marked that they are going, and also in the events you've been in the past. Accounts that already have this feature enabled will see it on this link.

Speculation is that Facebook will in the future, this session to implement something related to check-ins at establishments. They tried in the past but did not work because of strong competition from Foursquare. This functionality was eventually discontinued and can return with the purchase of Gowalla. But it is just speculation for now.

Until then, Facebook even if you just want to lift your butt and get a little closer to home.

Scientists create paint that generates electricity from sunlight

2011-12-23T06:57:00.000-08:00

Capturing solar energy is now a simple task: you install the solar panels , connect the wires in the right places and wait for the sunrise to start the thrilling adventure. But if the scientists at the University of Notre Dame continue your search in the future as much as we need to do is spend a coat of paint where we want to capture light to generate energy.

The scientists, led by double Prashant Kamat and John A. Zahm of the Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University, announced this week the development of a special ink that can capture sunlight and convert it into energy. They achieved this by mixing nanoparticles of titanium dioxide with sulphide or cadmium selenide, which are compounds that absorb two photons. They applied the paint in a transparent and conductive surface, exposed to the sun and could thus get electricity.

Except that there are still twists and turns left, especially on the question of efficiency. According to scientists, they can only capture and turn into electricity 1% of sunlight captured. In contrast, the solar panels can common 10 to 15% conversion. Even so, they ensure that the manufacture of paint is relatively inexpensive and could be mass produced with little trouble.

Another detail is the combination of colors. They got the best conversion efficiency with a combination of elements that generated a light brown ink. I have no problem with having a house that color in exchange for a discount on the bill, but I understand that there are people who may not enjoy it the idea of color of a house with sewage.

Google+ wins administrators pages and volume of circles

2011-12-23T04:51:00.000-08:00

Today Google announced that they once again heard the complaints and requests from Google users + and will stop copying Facebook implement some of the suggestions they gave to improve social network. Besides other innovations have also been added and include a greater control in circles and some changes to the notifications that are shown by nothing more intrusive: they should be more elegant.

The volume control in a circle, despite sounding like the beginning of a physical exercise, is to determine how much you updates from people in that group appears in the main stream. Just go in the stream specific circle and slide the pin to select whether you want to see everything or just the most important updates. Or none of the updates, if you made a circle with annoying relatives, for example. In total there are 4 different options.

Another novelty is the presence of notifications more descriptive and less tedious. Before you had to guess what each one meant, except on occasions when someone adds you to a circle or posts marked with a +1. The new session of reports will show the first words of one commentary, text and name of people who shared something specifically to you and stuff.

In the list of requests that were made and more are served to improve the support pages of brands and companies. Since it began allowing such pages, Google + left only the creator manage it. Now you can choose up to 50 different people to run a page, the page builder add them by e-mail settings on the site. The notifications to specific pages were also more descriptive.

And finally, Google won a + photo gallery prettier, with a completely redesigned lightbox. Early Christmas present for those who did not like the old gallery and all your mess of links, slow, side comments and other small annoyances.

I think the changes are very welcome, but Google is not doing anything beyond what is necessary not to let Google + irrelevant.

WordPress 3.3, finally with drag and drop images

2011-12-15T11:31:00.000-08:00

It is the heart of many blogs and tech sites out there. WordPress, content management system CMS, opens a world of opportunity for those who adopt it. In version 3.3, available for download today, we still have some facilities more than justify the immediate installation of the software.

The most notable of these, an old wish of someone who knows and uses the WP, is the sending of files via drag and drop (famous drag-and-drop). After clicking the upload icon, the user simply has to open the folder and drag all the files you want to send at once to the server. You know how it works: when you drag files with mouse cursor to a specific area-sensitive feature, the files automatically go up to the server.

Drag and drop
In the changelog of the application still has a description of file support .7 z and. Avi, to the delight of those who want to upload files compressed to WordPress. Very good.

The menu on the side of WordPress has been upgraded. Moving the mouse cursor over the actions, the user opens a submenu floating to the other options relating to that action. For example, "Pages" allows you to create a new page or edit an old page. Also in terms of interface, WordPress 3.3 has gained special floating balloons to give instructions to the user. Very useful for when a new plugin is installed and the developers want to show in practical ways in which each feature is.

We use WordPress on Tecnoblog. The core software is great. And we still have the chance to develop their own solutions to problems specific to the site. You know the highlight bar that appears on the cover of Tecnoblog, below the site? It was produced on top of WP by our ninja developer Leandro Alonso.

I also use WordPress on my personal projects and I can say that I would not trade this for any other CMS. I recommend the download already.

Chrome 16: multiple users with avatar for each

2011-12-15T11:30:00.000-08:00

Google Chrome, the browser preferred by most readers, is here with new features. The application had its version 16 released today by the development team in both Windows and Apple's OS X and Linux. To force the immediate update of your browser, click the Settings icon and then "About Google Chrome". If necessary, it will be updated from this screen. And yes, you have to restart.

Chrome: multiple accounts
Support for multiple users is the main change in the browser. Let's say that several people in your house using the same PC and also share the same browser. Having a Google account, each user can login and thus have their own extensions and bookmarks synchronized directly with that browser window. Privacy is protected, so.

The setting screen of Chrome has a new section where you can manage saved Google Accounts in the browser. There's even the possibility of appointing an avatar for each account, which is displayed in the upper left corner. (I chose the ninja, for the record)

Choose the avatar!
I wonder why Google bothered to draw the feature, since any current operating system has support for multiple accounts, which allow even have documents, files and separate system environment. Anyway, the novelty is there for all to use.

Speaking of Chrome, Tecnoblog today launched its browser extension. With it you can learn of the latest articles and real-time interactions occurring through the site (for those logs). Have you ever downloaded? Says yes, go ...

Director of Nokia: "Android has no more appeal among young people"

2011-12-15T11:28:00.000-08:00

With Steve Jobs out of the picture, Niels Munksgaard, director of product management and marketing of Finnish Nokia, held earlier this week a test to see whether inherited the famous reality distortion field of the late guru of Apple. And apparently, failed miserably.

During an interview with Pocket Lint, the executive said that Android devices are no longer interesting to the younger audience.

"What I see is that young people are always around with their iPhones. Everyone has an iPhone. But many are not happy with the complexity of Android and its lack of security. Then we see a growing number of young people who want the latest technology are returning to use the Windows platform on their smartphones. "

Munksgaard then went to the attack of the hardware devices. "The market is flooded and became a sea of sameness. When you go to a store, only sees a multitude of black blocks on the shelves, and it is confusing to the consumer, "he said, closing his company plans to offer" different devices and services to consumers.

Fatigue aside, the most recent data show that Android currently has about 1 million activations daily, given with devices from different brands on the market. Since Nokia is one of the manufacturers who have sworn allegiance to MS in the market for mobile devices.

Future MacBook Pro would have resolution of 2880 × 1800 pixels

2011-12-15T11:25:00.000-08:00

And we begin again the round of rumors about future Apple products. I have not seen anyone from the specialized media speculating heavily on the iPhone 5. The MacBook Pro, on the other hand, are in serious danger of winning an absolutely fabulous display with a resolution - to be derived from a fable, it is worth explaining. According to DigiTimes, the next generation family of notebooks will have resolution of 2880 × 1800 pixels.

Just to contextualize how dense would be the resolution of the MacBook Pro (relying on the above site): nowadays the use Full HD 1920 × 1080 pixels.

Also according to DigiTimes, the new MacBook Pro family should appear in stores "in the second quarter of 2012." Until then, the site says, Apple has announced new specifications for panels (LCD / LED) required the electronic components industry. "The ultra-high resolution of the new MacBook Pro will differentiate the future of Apple products from other brands, sources commented."

A quick reference to the mother of the donkeys, I found an entry in Wikipedia with the most current standards for screen resolutions. The largest, dubbed QSXGA, has a width of 2560 pixels by 2480 pixels height. Only at the time it is greater than the super-resolution that Apple intends to adopt in the future. As I understand it, we're talking about a standard yet to be determined in the video industry and image. Type of thing that Apple could very well come up with on their own.

The current generation MacBook Pro has a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels in 17-inch model. I wonder which GPU would report on 2880 × 1800 pixels in alleged notebooks in the design phase.

The newspaper DigiTimes is based in China. He specializes in publishing accurate information among the Asian manufacturers of products that, under seal "Made in China" and the like, invade the West from time to time.

Microsoft launches SkyDrive app to rival Apple devices

2011-12-15T11:24:00.000-08:00

Phone features with Windows SkyDrive, the storage platform in the Microsoft cloud. But who said the company is pleased to serve only smartphone users to the system it developed? This week arrived in the App Store SkyDrive application for iPhone and iPad.

"We know that not everyone who relies on SkyDrive to share photos or access Office documents using Windows Phone ... Yet." With these words, a representative from MSFT confirmed the arrival of a native application - no web app - for the platform Apple's. It was made thinking in terms of the iPhone interface, but also functions as the iPad application.

According to Microsoft, all of the shares present in SkyDrive WPhone are on iOS. You can view documents, create folders, delete folders, delete files. In short, to maintain total organization of the 25 GB that MSFT provides free through the SkyDrive service. For those unaware, SkyDrive works very similar to Dropbox adored, just have a Live ID account (Messenger has a user from a) to use.

A feature by which I particularly interested is the easy file sharing. Say I'm on the road and need to send a document that is on my SkyDrive for some contact. Instead of downloading it, attach it and then send it to the person, I can simply open the app SkyDrive, go to the file and select the option to share. MSFT's technology takes care of creating a link to the file in the cloud, from which the message recipient will download the file.

Being more mobile platforms, is that this time spawned the SkyDrive MSFT among the most tech-savvy users (you and me)?

Microsoft recognizes failure with SMS in Windows Phone

2011-12-15T11:22:00.000-08:00

No operating system is safe from security breaches. In Windows Phone, the latest one is related to how the system interprets a simple SMS text message. As we reported yesterday, a user discovered a bug that allows you to remotely restart the smartphone without the user having to avoid the procedure.

Today MSFT has acknowledged the security flaw.

According to the The Verge, Microsoft said it was investigating what is happening with Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango". The general manager for the mobile platform division said: "We are aware of the issue and our engineering teams are now examining. Once we have more details, we will take appropriate action to ensure that consumers are protected. "

Behind all the language adopted by the corporate executive, we have confirmation of a serious problem in the system so beloved by MSFT. The user responsible for the discovery made a great favor to the Redmond company informed while avoiding any kind of detail on the operation of the fault. We even have video proving it works, but do not know how. With luck, only Microsoft engineers will learn the subject.

More likely is that MSFT send an automatic update for smartphones running the Mango.

Tthe games that promise to crush the PS Vita

2011-12-15T11:17:00.000-08:00

In San Francisco, United States, Sony has released a tasting of some of the games which will make the future console PlayStation Vita. Anyone can get to know Little Big Planets or Uncharted, but not everyone has easy access to the Vita Hill Social Club.

Anyway, Sony released a few trailers to leave the gamer audience salivating in anticipation for the arrival of the laptop. Look at that.

Little Big Planet

The imaginary world of Little Big Planet sparked the creativity of children and adults and this time the adventures happen wherever you are. All aspects that made Little Big Planet is one of today's most compelling franchises seem to be intact, and now the player can interact with several new forms in this universe full of dreams.

During the E3 gamer TB Gus Fune Vita played with and played Little Big Planets. Below is the video with his hands in using the laptop.

Escape Plan

Help and Lil laarge to escape from their captivity, preventing them from being turned into a sheep by the fearsome Bakuki. A point and click quite stylized - appears to have come straight out of one of the first Tim Burton-animations and full of puzzles you should solve using their imagination and resources of the PS Vita, as the rear touch screen, motion sensor front screen and multitouch.

Uncharted: The Golden Abyss

Nathan Drake gives the guys in the handheld options with innovative controls via the touch screen and accelerometer toy. The adventure takes place before the events of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (the first game of the series) explores a Drake and less experienced than we are accustomed.

The game should work like the games of the series for PS3, but with adaptations and improvements for the Vita features of PS, as a more accurate targeting system with the help of the accelerometer. As long as the system is not playing like the grenade first Uncharted - you tilt the control to set the launch angle, a disaster in the middle of a battle - you will be fine.

Rush Gravity

Kat is the heroine in anime that promises to let the player dizzy. If not for the strange monsters, will be the amount of times you see the world spinning around you. Gravity Rush is an action game that promises to melt your brain while you control the direction of gravity to resolve the challenges. From using the multitouch screen to move and dodge the enemies until the motion sensor PS Vita to change the direction that gravity applies to an environment. This little game is to bet the Japanese developers of Siren in the new Sony's portable.

With a line-up quite varied and interesting proposals for controls, the PS should Vita launched in the West - including Brazil! - On February 22 next year costing $ 259 (Wi-Fi) and U.S. $ 300 (Wi-Fi and 3G), a little over two months after the Japanese launch.

The expectation is huge, but the question that haunts me is, how does the laptop will cost national lands?

Facebook enters the fight against suicide

2011-12-15T11:16:00.000-08:00

Facebook on Tuesday announced the launch of a service they want to keep suicidal thoughts away from the heads of its users. For now only available to users of English, the service will allow friends to report possible suicide-content posts to the site.

According to information released, the social network itself will be in contact with the depressed user through a message, offering the option to use the social network chat to chat in real time with a counselor.

The initiative, which has been in development since the beginning of the year, has the support of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, U.S.. According to Nicola Pecket, communication director for the UK charity Samaritans, who helped develop the tool but that has not been included in the new, expanding the service to other countries with the help of other NGOs is the "next step" of the service , told the BBC.

"One goal is to allow the person to receive expert help as soon as possible," said Fred Wolens, director of public policy social networking news agency Associated Press. The option has been added telephone services to assist suicides against that for years there including Brazil. "Many people tell us they need to talk to someone but do not want to have to make a phone call. Sending messages is ideal for these cases, "he said Lidia Bernik, Director of the National Suicide Prevention.

Since last year search engines like Google and Yahoo display means of contact with organizations fighting suicide every time a user uses words the risk in their searches.

Study shows that operators can not deal with customers

2011-12-15T11:14:00.000-08:00

A study by consulting firm Amdocs has brought about a very curious information: the mobile operators are using strategies completely wrong to keep their clientele.

Warranty coverage: more than required
The analysis was done with information obtained through interviews with professionals of the positions of directors and marketing executives from 40 operators throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific as well as customers of the respective telcos.

Almost all operators believe that the quality of services, coverage and transmission capacity of the network are the factors that generate more loyal customers. The problem is that customers see these items as most of the obligations on the part of operators, not an advantage to be considered for competition.

This connects to another point in history: the customers are switching over cheating operator. 66% of operators believe that today, customers are less loyal as compared to the situation two years ago, and 70% of operators apotam retention and customer loyalty as critical factors for growth. Still, 65% of operators only offer benefits to customer loyalty is mentioned as one possible switch carriers.

Most operators agree that the retention should be massive over the next five years. With number portability, carrier change has become a less laborious task, and that's the dilemma of entering companies: convince new customers to sign their services, and not let your current subscribers to migrate to other providers.

I say only one thing: operators need to hire better marketing managers. This type of mismatch, a strategic level, compromises the integrity of a company. What does success is the promotion of cheaper fare, and not propaganda coverage.

Google shows what was most searched in 2011

2011-12-15T11:11:00.000-08:00

Now is that time of year again. The moment when familiar Google Zeitgeist reveals the ten things that millions of heads visited on Google during 2011 so far.

Below is the full list.

google plus
casey anthony
Battlefield 3
iphone 5
adele
东京电力 (TEPCO)
steve jobs
Skins 2

In Brazil, as ironic as it may seem, the most searched item was Facebook. The list follows with bbb11, DDTank and two novels. Obviously the term Brasileirão 2011 could not miss the list, but surprised me the fact that he is under "Tumblr." Evidence that hipsters have more than football fans in the country? Anyway, see the complete list it below, courtesy of Google Blog Brazil.

facebook
bbb11
ddtank
rebel
foolish heart
2011 contests
tumblr
Brasileirão 2011
enem 2011
enchanted string

Remember that this time Google caprice even in the presentation of data. The Google Zeitgeist 2011 website has several nice infographics that are worth being seen. I recommend, however, when you visit the site with time left - is a lot of information together in one place.

Microsoft launches Socl, social network based on Bing

2011-12-15T11:06:00.000-08:00

The Socl, according to the official announcement that Microsoft released recently, is a tool aimed at students interested in learning more about social networking.

According to the description of the site, So.cl was developed by FUSE Labs, a research arm of Microsoft. The focus of the network is "exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning" and that social search is, of course, powered by Bing. There is a lame motion on the home page which shows more or less how the network works, but is in WebM and only newer browsers can see.

What made it known so far is that the So.cl will serve initially for students to better understand social media as a social network works. The company blog post says that students can "build posts with various elements such as photos, text, videos and more - and share them with colleagues." Sounds intriguing.

The So.cl that accompanies the current social networks have been doing lately: By default all the posts are marked as public and there is also an element of video, the Video Party, which allows you to share clips with several people at once. This last item would be the Microsoft version of Google Hangout, I would say, but without integration with webcams, only chat.

She goes in one respect, however. According to the FAQ, "the So.cl links automatically shares as soon as you search." This is to show users that the network can discover new interests through this share. Sounds both interesting and a little weird, but I need to see in place before judging this functionality.

The social network is in closed beta testing and so far the three American college students: the New York University, the University of Washington and Syracuse University. There's no predicting when it will be open to the rest of us mortals.

Turn now to the new Facebook timeline

2011-12-15T11:02:00.000-08:00

The timeline that Facebook originally presented in September is gradually coming to all social network users globally. The change is also true for the Brazilians, said Facebook's office in the country in a press release.

First it was the New Zealanders who had a timeline. Following the world time zones - I think that's it - Facebook said that this would be the first people across the world to receive the timeline. With the feature, users have a profile page more visually beautiful, and the centralization of the most relevant information about the individual's life in a timeline (swear?) Built in electronic form over time.

In announcing the appeal, Mark Zuckerberg himself has shown that certain items will disappear from the timeline as time passed. Hence the most important updates on the lives of members remain there, while less important details disappear as time passes.

Imagine, therefore, that Facebook has duly registered in the servers, because your history is there right now, with everything you've done since joining the social network. Well ...

If you want to activate your timeline as soon as possible, the key is to go on that page and click the opt-in feature. Social network will immediately load the new profile, complete with many customizations to make it the way you want.

Remember that, for the moment, timelines are closed to the public, but will become quite public on December 22. This means that the layout, the main photo, the avatar and a few more things will be accessible to the entire internets. To edit the timeline you need to click "Activity Log" and set the privacy of each of the items.

HP will return to produce tablets with webOS in 2013

2011-12-15T10:32:00.000-08:00

The tortuous history of webOS under the control of HP could win a fresh chapter within a year.

Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, said in an interview that does not rule out the possibility that your company offers a new tablet running the platform to the market in "early 2013". The revelation came during an interview on the executive to the site "TechCrunch."

The strategy would be as inspired by the success that the deceased experienced touchpad tablet after seeing its price fall from a pricey $ 499 to U.S. $ 99 comrades - part of an action to clear inventory promoted after the end of the line of the gadget was announced. The new model had modest hardware, price friendly and generate few costs for HP, since the development of its platform would be left to their community (now open) of developers. Formula not unlike the Kindle Fire, another recent success of the market.

Within HP, the new device will be joined with webOS tablet equipped with Windows 8, set to hit stores in the second half of 2012.

In a statement sent to the "TechCrunch", HP said that Whitman's statement about a new tablet with webOS has always been in the works, who left, right, only plans to build phones with the platform. All right then.

Google and Motorola? Not so fast, says EU

2011-12-15T10:31:00.000-08:00

The acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google may take longer than expected thanks to the anti-trust body of the European Union, which is asking for "more information" about the transaction to the web giant to decide whether to approve the purchase of the company.

The information is the news network "Bloomberg", which states that an EU representative asked for "certain documents which are essential information for evaluating the transaction," without going into details about the questions in the air. A spokesman for the European arm of Google said that the data requested by the committee are "routine". Initially it was hoped that the aquicição arm of Motorola mobile devices were implemented on the mainland on January 10.

In last August Google announced the purchase of Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion, an operation that given their proportion of reach must pass the scrutiny of authorities from the mainland to become official in Europe.

One of the reasons given by Google to purchase the company is adding a large number of patents to its portfolio in an attempt to shield the Android operating system driven by legal battles against Microsoft, Apple and other courts in the world.

However, since the end of 2010 the alleged anti-competitive practices Google make the giant web is targeted EU. A list of competitors, led by Yahoo and Microsoft came to protest against certain practices of the company Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the search market and advertising network, reaching the company states that "chokes" innovation.

Xoom 2 Media Edition with Android 3.2

2011-12-15T10:18:00.000-08:00

The Xoom 2 Media Edition, a new tablet launched today by Motorola Mobility in Brazil, comes with Android 3.2. In the eyes of those who already know of the existence of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, it may seem a tablet late afternoon and arrived in the country. But included in Motorola Xoom 2 ME some features that seem to compensate for the fact that he does not yet have the latest version of the system.

The first impression I had the Xoom 2 to hold it was the lightness. He is the first tablet I caught up with one hand and realize that if you hold for a while it will not cause much trouble. According to Motorola they arrived in the middle ground between the screen 10 and 7 inches, the standards of the manufacturers of tablet, after a market research and test prototypes. And it seems to me at least, they found the ideal size.

Unlike the original Xoom, which was created to deliver the pure experience of Android, the Xoom 2 ME comes with some customizations and Motorola appear to be of doubtful usefulness. But out of this list are things like MotoCast, the tablet that lets you access media files on a computer connected to the Internet. In this tablet there is also an infrared sensor on the tablet, which together with an integrated application called Dijit, transforming it into a universal remote control. It is. I did not understand well.

A difference of 2 and Xoom that justifies the "Media Edition" is the name of the concern about the sound quality. He has a virtual surround sound system adaptive. Basically there are three speakers in three corners of the tablet and switch function (two stereo speakers and a subwoofer) according to the orientation of the gadget, to always ensure a good quality sound.

Already the new tablet accessories are really quite varied, perhaps too much: two different types of keyboard (with a trackpad and another with a touchpad hidden), a dock, a microUSB adapter for standard USB port (to make use of USB sticks or other gadgets), an HDMI cable and a smart cover to cover that it serves as a support for the ME 2 and Xoom can make you fall forward if the surface is very flat.

The Xoom 2 arrives in Brazil for R $ 1,299.00, which is a little lower than what we see in the Brazilian market. It is manufactured in Brazil but I'm not sure yet if the low price is linked to the exemption law of the tablet. Still, it is now possible to make a contrast with the Apple tablet. The iPad 2 model with WiFi and 16 GB, for example, is still being sold for R $ 1,649.00, although it has a slightly bigger screen.

When asked if you want to bring the 3G version of Xoom second to Brazil, Motorola has just said that yes, go. But I do not want to risk a date, leaving a vague expectation "first quarter of next year" the same time, moreover, to be released tablet accessories. About Android 4.0 update, the company said it is still evaluating whether the update will happen or not.

For now these are my first impressions of the tablet. He seems to offer at a price that fairly compensates you have. You then have two options to see if it delivers in terms of multimedia and battery life: buy one in the next 20 days or wait for our full review due out shortly afterwards.

Lenovo beats Dell and reaches the second place in PCs

2011-12-06T07:27:00.000-08:00

China's Lenovo comes the second highest number of PCs sold around the world. With this, the company surpasses U.S. Dell, which recently has suffered from the crisis in key markets (read: the United States and Europe). In turn, Lenovo just takes advantage of the internal market, supplying the Chinese with new equipment, thus increasing sales.

Consulting on data from IHS iSuppli for the third quarter, Lenovo appears to 12.5 million PCs distributed. The front remains the HP, who sat on the throne of personal computing time and staff does not seem to want to drop the crown. Hewlett-Packard distributes 16.2 million machines during the period July to September. Dell, which has led the market in the third position with 11.2 million PCs distributed.

The news comes without causing much surprise. Everyone knows that America is recovering from a very heavy crisis, while Europe seems to sink ever more the same type of problem. Lenovo, which only smart, strengthened sales in the Chinese territory. They have the machines set up there, and now do not need ships to transport thousands of computers, since the distribution takes place internally.

And to think that a few years ago, nobody would talk about buying a machine from Lenovo in Brazil. Since they acquired the PC division of IBM and licensed the brand to own laptops, even in 2005 - the year that positioned the United States headquarters, and where was the group's ThinkPad giant blue - this market has changed a lot. Not to mention that interest in desktop computers has declined, with greater desire for notebooks.

Personally I do not know anyone who has a computer from Lenovo. I often see more Vaio from Sony or Acer, which appears fourth in total distributed machines, according to IHS iSuppli. Here in Brazil we have the phenomenon of assembled desktop machines, where the guy goes into a store, choose the specifications, and then provides the technical equipment complete with his assurance, and safeguards for each individual component.

Windows 8 Tablet relevant or not?

2011-12-06T07:21:00.000-08:00

Among the new features of Windows 8, one that stands out is the adoption of applications here in what I call visual Tecnoblog Metro. Inspired by Windows Phone, the interface works well on mobile devices with data entry via touchscreen. Only with the arrival of the first tablet running the future system, it may be that those fans of the ARM architecture are left without the traditional applications written for Windows Mobile.

The ball was up in the podcast by Paul Thurrott "Windows Weekly", and later received the attention of Mary Jo Foley, a columnist specializing in the Microsoft universe. Mary Jo says he received information from staff on the maintenance of MS called Desktop applications (ie, traditional) 8 for Windows tablets. But maybe it does not, if the information is confirmed Thurrott further forward.

Windows 8: ready to use on the tablet
In the first version of Windows 8 released for testing (the Developer Preview), both traditional applications such as Metro work perfectly. However, the tests were done on a machine with an Intel processor. It has nothing to do with ARM, 32-bit technology adopted by the manufacturer of the same name. It is known that applications must be rewritten to work with ARM as the architecture is quite different from that programmers are accustomed to do with x86 and x64 architectures employed by Intel and AMD and their processors.

Discussion is good because it reveals the difficult decision that Microsoft has to do. The MS system has always been famous for allowing virtually any application. The programmer does what he pleases, without following guidelines (I'm using the force of expression here, ok?) - Albeit unconsciously, as we see in Apple's OS X (ditto). And the user is free to install whatever they want.

In tablets with ARM based processor, the company can opt for incompatibility with traditional applications. We have less choice, but the trend is that the user experience is better in a system where all the apps were designed for this type of interaction based on the fingertip.

Have you thought about using Excel, as was done for Office 2010 in a tablet? I have serious doubts about the viability of this use for a long time. I bet you get tired after a few hours. In the Apple iPad, the iWork suite of applications have been redone to take advantage and disadvantages of a tablet.

Windows 8: Microsoft proves that the system was designed thinking of tablets

If I were the CEO of Microsoft, was in serious doubt at this time. It would be a paradigm shift if the information is confirmed. On the other hand, Windows 8 has a lot of Windows Phone. And we've seen that Microsoft intends to rein in controlling the platform for mobile phones. Why not do the same platform for tablets?

Kindle Fire outsells iPad in Best Buy

2011-12-06T07:19:00.000-08:00

Many have tried, but fell to Kindle Fire for being the first tablet to see their sales exceed those of the famous iPads in a large retail store in the U.S..

The feat took place on the website of Best Buy, where the small tablet of Amazon, which went on sale just over two weeks and available in single version to consumers, came in ahead of the powerful iPad 2 16 GB WiFi black.

However it is not yet time to declare the end of the reign of the gadget created by Steve Jobs. Adding sales of other tablets of the apple variety, the crown of best-selling Best Buy site back to Apple, since, together, the other versions of the model still displaces its small rival.

Although there is not a great achievement, this is the first time Apple sees a competitor having some real success in the niche market that helped popularize with the release of iPad original in April 2010.

Not that such performance Kindle Fire is exactly a surprise. At $ 199, on his first day of pre-sales model had 95 000 units reserved on Amazon mother. In the weeks after the company went on to say that selling "Kindles by 2000 hours," which he had made about 250,000 units reserved at the beginning of your sales that took place last November 15.

Last week, Amazon released a statement saying that sales of the Kindle family of devices had "increased by 800%" over the same period last year, driven mainly by the Fire.

Google improves panel on airline flights

2011-12-06T07:17:00.000-08:00

When they bought the company in aviation ITA data, we knew that Google was up to something. Well, the launch of Google Flights happened some time later with easily searchable information about flights from one corner to another, with the right to amounts charged by the airlines.

Now the data on flights returning to normal Google search in an integrated manner.

The functionality existed before, but got better, as shown in the screenshot at the outset. By using the formula "flights from place x to place y" (in English of course), Google's algorithm automatically understands that they are two different places and tells you which are the flights, at what times and where airlines.

The panel of flights provided by Google allows you to modify the dates of departure and return. Shows, besides the airlines, the travel time, something important for us to plan the time we stay at a particular place. And the values are of course "from". Just do not ask me whether or not they include airport taxes, which sites like Decolar.com in Brazil says only after you already had the heart to take the air-bridge for $ 49.90.

The bad news: it works only with U.S. domestic flights. If you plan a trip backpack style to the land of Uncle Sam, it's still a good choice.

The appeal is in process of release. Should appear for all users in the coming days, according to the company.

Australia wins first exclusive store for Android

2011-12-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

If powerful iPhone and iPad are the opulent Apple Stores, Android now has a place to call their own. Work of the Australian operator Telstra, which together Google introduced the world's first store dedicated entirely to the little robot's operating system, the AndroidLand.

Headquartered in Melbourne, the store is a two-story great room entirely decorated with the program. Little robots of all kinds are scattered around the place and company to make large touch screens where visitors can play Angry Birds and navigate through Google Maps, among other applications available.

According to the operator, the store began to be planned in late July and will be fully dedicated to selling smartphones and tablets equipped with Android.

In the video that displays the location, Adrian Newport, division marketing manager for Google Mobile says that all the local environment is flavored with the scent of gingerbread - or Gingerbread, code name for version 2.3 of the program. But do not talk like you will address the challenge of ambintar the local ice cream sandwich.

Report: Diamonds has open the door to quantum computing

2011-12-06T07:12:00.000-08:00

Quantum physics is of course known for bizarre phenomena that usually jostle with the laws of classical physics. The interaction between physical objects proposed by the scales usually bumps into concrete impediments theorists, when faced with the typical connections for the proposed new school.

The phenomenon known as quantum 'entanglement' (involvement) theoretically connects two objects even if they are separated by distances immeasurable and also studies the factors that affect both objects in time and space, and the potential of these interactions.

The entanglement in a nutshell, occurs when particles such as electrons or photons physically interact and then separate. What defines the phenomenon is, in terms of quantum, is the assumption that both particles share an undefined state until they are measured.

It is measuring the interference it causes, among other factors, the connection takes the name of the phenomenon itself. That is, particles potentialities pluggable (but separate) that respond to the intervention of a measurement and thus causing the state of correlation or, if allowed to simplify the term, contact.

Scientists from the United Kingdom, Singapore and Canada have achieved a remarkable achievement in this field of study. They were able to physically demonstrate the phenomenon by means of diamonds and the common conditions encountered in any laboratory.

Ben Sussman, quantum physicist of the National Research Council of Canada, explains:

"It's hard to understand that we can practically hold in our own hands this little 'thing' quantum 1 mm thick"

He is not shy in saying that the succession of attempts that resulted in these results is very important for engineers and researchers for years looking for a way to explore the phenomenon of entanglement for purposes of investment in technologies such as quantum computing debated.

And indeed, this is a big step toward being able to appreciate a scientific demonstration that goes beyond the theoretical calculations proposed in papers and other specialists.

'Illustration: quantum experiment with diamonds AAAS'
The experiment consisted of placing two pieces of diamond (above in purple) and engage them - creating a state of quantum entanglement - through short laser pulses (green). With this set up properly, it was possible to measure the light given off from both simultanemanente diamonds (blue and red), so that scientists could then prove the desired quantum state with experience.

One other factor that caught the attention of the scientific community was that this experiment was done at room temperature and solid materials in their natural state. The common methodology for trials of type always includes the modification of states of very different samples of simple natural diamonds and also special conditions such as freezing temperatures.

The next step is to make possible the establishment of the phenomenon and connecting elements larger in size. Again, there have been situations where scientists have managed to "entangle" superconducting integrated circuits, but only with their temperatures reduced to extremely low levels.

What seems like a recipe for the new generation of holistic specialists is then the news that ordinary objects have indeed the potential to exhibit this behavior / state.

What one side is the only potential partner with the results of the experiment the AAAS with a brick on the other, the experience itself only paves a very long road still to be covered, until it can fully satisfy the next candidate for Gandalf.

That is, can tell you that speak so things like "science proves beyond doubt that we learn to measure just right that we can connect to a cosmic onion" and so on ...

Romps with these poor souls apart, scientists warn the fact that quantum phenomena easily break or dissociate when larger objects.

The reason this happens because of a physical property that facilitates the demonstration of entanglement in states of very small objects, known as 'coherence'. This condition suffers a kind of erosion when it interacts with other elements, such as atoms of the elements that are close to being 'connected'.

Sussman explains:

"Consistency is the factor which determines the potential extent of a quantum system. If there are many elements heat bouncing back and forth on this system, the quantum potential disappears. "

Ian Walmsley, professor of experimental physics at Oxford University, explains that:

"It is easier to maintain consistency in the smallest objects of them are practically isolated from other particles that can disrupt their interactions. Things are complicated in several other large objects containing moving parts. "

Major focus of research, Sussman and his colleagues note that:

The ductility (toughness) of diamonds shows they are more resistant to disturbances that can destroy the coherence;
The maximum speed of the experiment (the researchers used laser pulses of no more than 60 femtoseconds long - equivalent to 0.00006 of a 1 [ns] * - shows that there was no time for disturbances to destroy the state of coherence, as well as fenomológicos effects of the quantum state in question.

Sony to abandon "Ericsson" and low-end phones in 2012

2011-12-06T07:10:00.000-08:00

Google and Motorola have already spoken about the details of the purchase, Sony had not spoken much about the plans they have for the future of company mobile. Over the weekend a company executive said finally what can we expect.

According to the vice president of marketing and sales Kristian Tear, one of the changes will be the loss of the Ericsson brand name. After all if Sony bought the joint venture over to it, will not want to keep the brand of another company, right? But this change will happen faster than some thought would happen: up to half of next year we will have no more cell phones with the Sony Ericsson brand in the market.

In addition, the loss of the name Ericsson will be accompanied by change in focus of the company, which will cease to manufacture low-end phones and should focus only on smartphones.

Sony Ericsson is known for having a nicely varied portfolio of devices, including in the field of low-end. This is how they are successful in developing markets, including Brazil. For this reason a change in focus of this magnitude should be also accompanied by significant improvements in the experience of Android, currently its main system for mobile smartphones. Or at least that is the twist to happen.

Xbox gets a new dashboard

2011-12-06T07:07:00.000-08:00

In 24 hours, the happy owners of the Xbox 360 will have a big surprise. Very early, the new Dashboard device is scheduled to go on air on Tuesday, December 6. And Microsoft has some interesting promises for those who have the current generation console.

First, the Xbox 360 holds hands with Windows Phone. The company led by Steve Ballmer chose to play the Tiles interface (the squares of the WP) on the console. It is not look like a giant smartphone, however, and I think the result was very positive against the previous interface device. This is the biggest change in the look of the Xbox five years, according to some specialist vehicles.

Some categories of resources were reorganized. "Social" appears to give vent to the contemporary need to share what we are thinking, doing and eating in networks Twitter and Facebook. The user can view the timeline and update their profile from the game.

With the update tomorrow, Microsoft intends to take another step towards the 21st century intelligent television. Not coincidentally, the applications are worth mentioning: it has Netflix, YouTube, Rango, Epix, Last.fm and many others. Depending on the service-TV signs the gamer, the Xbox 360 still give you access to live channels and functionality that provides pay TV provider. In the U.S., customers Comcast has 10 000 films and made available to Verizon FiOS customers can watch some special content.

Specifically in Brazil, Microsoft confirms the availability of Mexican broadcaster Televisa's telenovelas next year. We also have MLB.tv content related to baseball. And only.

Xbox 360: Content
The Bing brand presence in the new Dashboard. The Microsoft search engine does not take the user directly to web searches. Instead, it appears as an option for those who want to search for content stored on the console itself. Movies, applications, etc products available through Marketplace.

It also has better integration with Kinect. Who has the accessories connected to the console can use gestures or voice commands to access applications and do some research (using Bing, of course) on Xbox 360. According to the Guardian, the search for movies "Harry Potter" depends to speak "Xbox, Bing, Harry Potter."

Xbox Live Gold Subscribers gain the ability to save games in the cloud, as well as movies that are watching. Thus, simply put the gamertag on another console to pull the saved games and movies to be viewed directly from the Microsoft cloud.

The dashboard update does not cost anything and it should automatically come on Xbox 360.

Google and Mozilla Are Negotiating Firefox Search Deal

2011-12-06T07:04:00.000-08:00

The Google search that everybody sees in their Firefox is not there for nothing. A few years ago, Mozilla has made a deal with the world's largest search engine to implement the search in the browser. This agreement was renewed in November 2008 and would end date the last day of the month. Some days have passed, but so far the Mozilla did not say whether the agreement was renewed or not, which calls into question the future of the company.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of Mozilla.

Since its inception, has always brought the deal profitable fruit for Mozilla. In 2010, customized searches through the Firefox bar that generated revenues accounted for 98% of its revenue, although the company does not reveal exactly what the Google in total - similar agreements with Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo are also included . So it's a little unusual that no announcement has been made around that yet.

For its part, Google said the BusinessInsider that still has a deal with Mozilla, but does not elaborate on what he is. And as the Google search has not been removed with an update of Firefox, we can deduce that he still will extend at least until the end of the year, giving time for the Mozilla can adapt to a change.

But what happens next? We will see a Firefox with Yahoo or Bing as default search engine? Or Mozilla will be sold to another to pay more, since the company has become extremely dependent on these agreements to have a good financial return? Remember that Firefox already has a version with Bing, but she is not the standard version.

The fact is that Google has its own browser that already has enough traction to overcome the Firefox, so it is natural that Google reconsider the contract it has with Mozilla. The question is whether, first, Mozilla will even let the goose that lays the golden eggs escape, secondly, how users will react to a possible change.

I have no problem in having the Bing or Yahoo as default search engine in Firefox, since I can change. And you?

Cuba creates virtually identical to the social network Facebook

2011-12-06T07:01:00.000-08:00

The Cuban government seems to start thinking about new ways to narrow down the information that travels across the country. Recently Mairata Sandro, who writes on issues related to Latin America to Tumblr channel Univision, published some screenshots of the project called 'Red Social ".

The website is obviously equal to Facebook, where even the same sequence of buttons, layout and visual identity can be easily recognized. The logo sort of tangled up with the old version of MySpace icons.

The project is supposed to be headed by Minister of Education, although it is always difficult to confirm this information when it comes to any action of the country. Set in the air almost noiselessly, Red Social has raised questions about its true purpose.

On the website homepage replaces the image of world map commonly used by Facebook for that of the island of Cuba, signed by the phrase "A virtual meeting place for Cuban Universities."

The blogger Carlos Alberto Benitez La Chiringa * of Cuba said in one of your posts that the project serves as a kind of intranet, online, with access restricted to just local internet connections, making it impossible to access it elsewhere.

Many sources have confirmed it can not access the domain http://facebook.ismm.edu.cu in dif countries. Here in Brazil, apparently, is equally impossible.

Curiously the base url inicilmente include the word "facebook" as a subdomain, which has already ventured implications of brand misuse and possible problems associated with patents. For most it is restricted and controlled the flow of information because of the political regime of the country, it is hard to believe that a carbon copy of so literal largest social network in the world could be so naively developed without any just retribution.

I personally believe that the rapid entry-exit strategy, and has the typical Cuban touch, where the controversy seems to always attract the necessary attention. If this is not where the project should have been thrown away from the radar of the interwebs, then someone made enough mistakes amateurs in the early stages of the network.

Immediately after the publication of Benitez on the above address, apparently concerned about the type of response that Facebook, the engineers behind the project created a new domain for the network http://neko.uclv.edu.cu/index. php / equally inaccessible, but only from the island itself.

However, the likely problems linked to all the visual and functional network can still persist. For now Facebook has not expressed any opinion on the matter.

A year ago, Cuba had already undertaken the construction of EcuRed, which gives his version - both in form and in content - the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on .. all.