Thursday, January 20, 2011

Change of command in Google

Change of command in Google. The technology firm surprised Wall Street with an unexpected change in its management team. Larry Page, one of its two founders, will be in April with the position of CEO, a position currently held by Eric Schmidt, who shall at that time CEO. Sergey Brin, the other founder of the browser, will focus on strategic projects.

In this way, Google seeks to unify further work of Page and Schmidt, and simplify the management structure of the company. The goal, as explained by the acting Chief Executive Officer, is to "accelerate" the process of decision making. Something you need to view how to progress their new competitors, especially Apple and Facebook, with the intention to avoid a situation like Yahoo and Microsoft, which have been clearly taken down the process of adaptation to new Internet-based technologies.

Flip Phone, a new design

As of today mobile telephony is in a stage of technological development where we see the biggest changes reflected in the software and user interfaces, the characteristics of mobile phones are becoming more similar and it looks like touch screen smartphones with good connectivity and navigation. Ulrich Kristian Larsen designer has introduced a new design that changes with the current parameters of the telephone, Flip Phone is that while it is only a prototype makes us dream of a new style of mobile telephony.

HP unveils its next tablets information

So far the company Hewlett Packard (HP) had not revealed, practically, information on its new models of tablets for this 2011, so far, what's next from HP are Topaz and Opal, two tablets of similar characteristics. The company has not only released the names and a picture of this new product, but he has shared with us some of the technical characteristics of both tablets.

Both models will also be adapted to a smaller palm format that will look to compete with more modern smarpphones. Both the new Topaz and Opal will have a 1.2 GHz processor frequency, a high definition camera and front USB 2.0 port. For its part, HP Palm Topaz model will have a 9 inch screen, while the HP Palm Opal, the smaller the range, will feature 7-inch display.

Flyer, HTC's new tablet

HTC has unveiled new details of its new tablet device Flyer, which at first was to qualify as a Scribe, but in recent days the company decided to change the name, the same will be premiering at the forthcoming Mobile World Congress this 2011. This model is designed using Honeycomb, ie what would be Android 3.0, but there is speculation that the software would not arrive in time for the release of the tablet so in a market would start using Android 2.3, with the possibility of then upgrade to Honeycomb.

Amazon goes one step further to bring movie streaming to Europe

The so-called European Netflix, Lovefilm, with all that that means, will be purchased in full by the giant Amazon. Should not be too crazy to think he could be a great first step for this DVD rental service and is starting to make downloading movies on demand, to become what we all hope for Europe. Amazon must be securely positioned thinking the best way possible in Europe, still virgin territory for these services, but do not forget that the arrow Netflix have also put our old continent.

Samsung ST6500 and ST30, new cameras other Koreans

Few new photographs, at least in the realm of simple compact cameras, we will stay for the rest of the year. Companies do not want to speculate, and all strive to show what they have for the consumer by the year 2011. Samsung, which at CES and he gave us a good crop of compact cameras and camcorders, in Spain presents its latest innovations.

The two most interesting are the Samsung ST6500 with its angular design to be more ergonomic, and Samsung ST30, a model the size of an actual camera. Both cameras can see in the image above. The largest model, the Samsung ST6500, offers a 16 megapixel sensor, 3-inch touchscreen, 5x zoom which starts at an angle of 26 mm and video recording in high definition.

Flip Phone, we want something different and

Now that mobile phones are entering the maturation phase would, we fear that the choices are reduced rather than expanded always speak in terms of specifications and design. Apple only has one model, the nails Windows Phone 7 one after another, Android does not escape the monotony and other operating systems empty into another war.

So, after a hard weeks work, what if we enjoy the Flip Phone? Although not more than the concept of designer Kristian Larsen Ulrich, this Flip Phone gives us to dream as when Nokia introduced the concepts of the future. What can we do, we like to imagine this kind of terminals and to take a break from the maelstrom of consumer electronics in January.

Fight against child pornography: Kauder battles against the suspension of Internet blocking

Block or delete? The question of how to combat child pornography on the Internet is best to deal on Thursday evening, the coalition committee. In advance of the CDU warned MPs Siegfried Kauder, the government ignoring the law. Osnabrück - Just before the first meeting of the coalition committee in the new year has prompted the chairman of the Legal Committee in the Bundestag, Siegfried Kauder (CDU), in the controversy over Internet censorship against child pornography to take swift action.

Connect the laptop to TV without cables, video show you Widi technology

Though media centers and televisions themselves are taking over tasks that pertained to computer as video playback, web browsing or access to sites like YouTube, the hassle of having to connect your laptop to your TV, be a center multimedia or computer games have always been there and are uncomfortable situations.

Even in the era of DLNA. So the ability to connect the laptop to TV without cables and via WiFi is almost a dream. This is the proposal Widi technology from Intel, which we show in this video analysis with Push2TV Netgear and Asus Bamboo as protagonists. Both products you can see them very closely in this video.

The coffees from Starbucks and can be paid to the mobile

Cafetarías international chain Starbucks yesterday launched its payment service via mobile phone. It can be done with Blackberry, iPhone or iPod Touch. Just download an application to pay via a barcode sent directly to the device. According to Starbucks, the service was launched in 6800 and over a thousand stores in the U.S.

Starbucks. UU. The service is based on the existing prepaid card from the string itself now, thanks to the downloaded application on your phone, you can manage your balance, load the card (through PayPal if you are an iPhone), and locate a retailer nearby.

HTC wants to do a hat trick of tablets before summer Android

A lack of a good three, and that it was rare that a company like HTC did not give signs of life as far as tablets are concerned. The first one would come to the U.S. in March and possibly be called the HTC Flyer. The information coming directly from component manufacturers in Taiwan HTC devices. Accompanying Flyer, two tablets that appear in June to ensure the use of Honeycomb.

An important point source of news is that HTC Flyer could follow the line of Samsung Galaxy Tab, a spice of your considerable dimensions based on the design of Desire family. Would initially market with Android 2.3 (gingrebread) if Honeycomb not arrive on time, but it seems clear that receive the corresponding update.

New Computer Game Museum: point, line, pain

There is a giant joystick, the first video game in the world - or a game, which distributes errors shocks: On Friday opens after eleven years of wrangling in Berlin finally a museum about the history and present of computer games. Martin Heller has already played out. A voluntary torture - if it is such a thing, then here.

The exhibit is right in the corner, almost ashamed to be a bit for the device. On the box, as big around as a table football game, are two faces to the laying on of hands, one for each counterparty. Instead of a reward for good performance, for example, by points, a new level, a more beautiful avatar, does the "pain station" through physical torture.

Amazon moves to the international expansion of Netflix

Amazon has bought British online videoclub Lovefilm, whose company already owned shares. The move is interpreted as a defensive move to the U.S. announcement of Netflix, also dedicated to the rental of films and series from the Internet, leaving the domestic market and into Europe this year. Amazon may start an operation Lovefilm expansion in Europe.

This service is present in Germany and Scandinavia. The company began as a DVD rental service in 2002 and now has more than 1.4 million customers. The company has added services like a catalog of games, although in the area of renting movies via streaming, not downloading, has had a dispute to offer products from companies such as Universal.

Nexus S, analysis of the new Google phone (I)

The Nexus S Google will undoubtedly be one of the phones of those who hear about a lot this year 2011. And although it was not yet announced its launch in Spain, Tech News Buzz we have already fully explore this new phone with Android under the auspices of Google. After testing with HTC in the Nexus One, the search engine company entrusted with the hardware of the new Nexus S to one of the brands, 2010: Samsung.

Price: everything is more expensive, not just a telephone

Feels like we always so everything is more expensive, but that's not quite right: Telecommunications and Internet are becoming cheaper. The documents, the Federal Statistical Office based on current figures, also applied to the alleged Expensive-2010. Wiesbaden - Competition for full-service packages can be the price of telephone and Internet use continue to tumble.

The consumer price index for telecommunications, including mobile communications, was in the average in 2010 by 2.0 percent below the 2009 level, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Thursday in Wiesbaden. This continued a long-standing trend: From 2005 to 2010 was this consumer price index rose by 10.6 percent - of the decline in prices is therefore continuous.

Yahoo! provides access to their services with Facebook or Google accounts

Yahoo has announced on its corporate blog that provides access to services that require registration with Facebook or Google accounts (via opne ID). "Hundreds of millions of members of Facebook and Google can easily interact with the Yahoo! using register your account on Facebook or Google," he explains.

This eliminates, he continues, the proverbial need to sign what is required to recall the identity and password used to open a new account. Yahoo! had already admitted the use of Google accounts to enjoy the photo site Flickr. Acceptance of an employed person has two consequences: it gives more value to the accounts allowed but at the same time, help increase traffic to sites that support them.

Sony Ericsson Lively 2, a bestseller that is renewed with Android

Sony Ericsson is being widely criticized in recent weeks following the decision not to continue with updates on his family Xperia X10, but it is also true that is taking the whole hog with its new generation of phones, while it has promised that the mistakes of their first Android handsets will not reoccur.

The first stone in this new way we discover the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, but Android will be followed by others, among which are the renewal of a phone that worked really well in the market, the Sony Ericsson Lively. The first model we look at the time, and it became clear that operating system was a step behind the rest of your elements: design, camera, or specifications.

3-D game console: Nintendo games will give more room

A game console, many people today to go: the smartphone. That hurts traditional video game manufacturers like Nintendo. The mobile console 3DS, which provides three-dimensional images without glasses, the Japanese want to stop the downward trend. Since the Game Boy is the name synonymous with the Nintendo game console in your pocket, for digital entertainment on the train or the car back seat.

YouTube, in Catalan

YouTube is also in Catalan. The popular portal Google Video lets you choose the language, adding it to the more than 30 offers. The offer of a Catalan YouTube had been claimed from Internet sites to collect signatures. In a page calling it explained, in English, Catalan is spoken in Europe by 12 million people and no sense to exclude the portal when a Google search over 269,000 were located Video results Catalan speech or in which the surfer who has uploaded using this language.

HD7 HTC, Windows Mobile Phone 7 for further analysis (I)

We begin our analysis of the HD7 HTC, launched in October with a few companions. HD7 The main feature is its screen, 4.3 inches and the height of the Android competition that occurs with the Desire HD, HTC and also we have already discussed. Another major differences HTC HD7 is, as its name suggests, your operating system: Windows Phone 7.

The evolution of Microsoft has proven to be fast, effective and rival the height of competition, where everyone seems to be looking at Apple IOS. WP7 moves very well on the HD7. This analysis of the HD7 HTC will be distributed in two installments. In this first talk about their technical characteristics, appearance, and its screen, leaving for the next part of an analysis and first impressions of the operating system, the new Windows Phone 7.

Social contacts bers Internet: Explore online meet offline

Friend is a relative term, since in social networks like Facebook selfless contacts to be called. Some people collect thousands of such friends, Lady Gaga has about seven million, and the mass of network users ensures constant supply. Because when users get new contacts suggested constantly, just because the turn have contact with someone with whom you yourself - is in contact - at least ostensibly or formal.

BlackBerry blocks "access to pornography in Indonesia

RIM, the maker of BlackBerry, has agreed to block access to "pornographic sites" in Indonesia from your mobile phone. So meet a requirement of the authorities of that country that had threatened the company with the partial suspension of its services. In a statement, RIM says it has begun "to install a filter Internet access that meets the requirements of our suministradopres in Indonesia." Indonesia, with 240 million inhabitants, is an important market for RIM as it has more than two million customers.

Sony selects Opera as a browser for their TVs and Blu-ray

The electronics giant Sony and the Norwegian Opera have announced today they have reached an agreement to use the popular web browser on the Sony Bravia line of televisions, and Blu-ray players from the Japanese company . This partnership will allow television celebrities and players, to maximize the Internet connection they have, as Opera will offer its users a full browser with support HTML5, HbbTV and OIPF.

The G-Slate LG could come with a surprise three-dimensional

Although the data we already have tablet LG T-Mobile let us rather cold, the matter heats up by rumors that this device would place the Koreans as an element of the 3D world. Future LG G-Slate, with its Tegra chip 2 and 8.9-inch screen, enter in the 3D world with a screen that would show a third dimension without wearing glasses but also be able to generate the 3D content.

Its rear camera can record it appears that 3D video for later viewing on a compatible TV via its HDMI output. Would make sense but would depend on the HDMI connection type that was finally implemented. Will then this tablet two chambers back to get a native 3D effect? If we look at the videos of the tablet, no.

JetFlash 700, your USB 3.0 Pocket

Sooner or later USB 3.0 technology had to reach USB sticks. Transcend will be the first to have their models on the market. The Transcend JetFlash 700 does not seek to impact with your design, rather the opposite. Are those memories that you see lying in the street and pass them. But as important is the performance, the strength of these new models is the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed specification that achieves data transfer rates of up to 69 MB / s.

Nintendo introduces the three dimensions in a mini display

Nintendo has done it again. 3DS its new handheld console, besides the three dimensions, adding sufficiently attractive to repeat past successes like the Wii or Game Boy with their legendary Pokémon. "There is another console, the console that starts a new era of entertainment: the 3D," he said yesterday in Amsterdam Satoru Shibata, president of Nintendo in the continent.

In an event where journalists from across Europe invited by the company, could not shoot the 3D display where all the consoles were tied to furniture or walls and Nintendo staff had hung from the belts. So Nintendo made public a secret. Apparently, in these circumstances it seems that Nintendo may be placed in another dimension, namely in the third.