Sunday, January 2, 2011

The alarm function of iPhones unresponsive

You used to use the alarm on your iPhone or iPod and count on him to return to work Monday after a weekend of back-breaking New Year's Eve, beware. The new year has caused a new bug on the two devices: the alarm function does not work. The problem is only occasional alarms.

Just set the mode recurring (daily for example) they rang again. The bug affects the latest versions of the operating system of iPhones and iPods (4.1 and 4.0.2). Apple was unavailable Sunday, but the site AppleInsider, quoting a spokesman for Apple says the problem will be resolved by Monday.

Charges against Apple, Google, Yahoo and Facebook "They use technologies patented by others"

Bitter end of the year for Apple and for the giants of the Internet, from Google to Facebook, Yahoo to Netflix, the online DVD rental service and video games. Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, in fact back to the office to claim the authorship of some technologies used by these sites.

Allen had already attempted legal action last August to demonstrate that they have the original patent: By its action, however, was rejected by the court for lack of precise references to such technologies. The Huffington Post, one of the first sites to report the news, he wonders if this time the billionaire will have better luck.

11 'tecdencias' for 2011

Weeks before year-end technology companies, security consulting and media reviewed the lived and are released to predict what will happen from next week. CA Technologies, Gartner, McAfee, Cisco, Forrester ... have done their analysis and studies and prophecies. In short, 2011 will be more than 2010.

1.Watch and see in 3D. 3D TV will be more, but less expensive, and besides, the glasses will be essential. The phenomenon will spread to the cameras and game consoles. The increase in content will also encourage the purchase of these receptors, although it will be a slow journey.
2. Tablets, just the beginning.