Monday, January 24, 2011

Topaz HP wants to release the dual core Snapdragon

Last week we received a picture and information of what the tablets belonged to HP and Palm are preparing webOS in today we can ensure through a significant amount of new material that we were to design HP Topaz. New images and technical specifications pertaining to a document from last year are to expand the web quickly.

It reports one of the most anticipated details of the tablet, the hardware chosen by HP, the new dual-core Snapdragon Qualcomm. Qualcomm was very silent partners who are working with them to launch products Snapdragon, specifically the 1.2GHz model MSM8660 (GPU Adreno 220), circuitry that promises much omnipresent war on Nvidia Tegra 2, or at least extended OMAP4 of Texas Instruments (BlackBerry Playbook).

Nvidia Tegra 2 surprises critics

At the beginning of last year when the American company Nvidia announced the development of a new video chip to offer dual-core 3D graphics layers for small screens, mainly looking to immerse themselves in the market for tablets, phones and smartphones. The project had been showing several problems in its operation which made many people think they have little to show for the past CES 2011, but the debugging of the errors was optimal and technology fair last Nvidia managed to introduce the new T25, video chip with 3D capability and with a frequency of 1.2 GHz Despite the miraculous progress that the American company has made the chip still requires glasses for 3D visualization.

PP government and agree on the 'law Sinde'

Sinde law will get through the Senate. Will, according to the Executive and the Popular Party in the Senate, thanks to an agreement between the Government and the PP, which has sealed a joint amendment after several weeks of negotiations following the bump suffered by the rule in Congress in December.

The reformulated text introduces greater fair trial since the beginning of the process that will allow the closure of sites serving unauthorized content subject to copyright. The judge intervenes at the outset of the process (which according to initial estimates the process could extend for at least 17 days), where the special intellectual property and has received a complaint that require data such as who is responsible for the domain, how many users or other matters is subject to confidentiality.

Toshiba will not NB550D USA

The new Toshiba NB550D, the device presented by the Japanese company during the last CES 2011, will not be distributed in the United States, at least not in Toshiba's initial plans, as well as the company said after confirming the launch of the product to Australia, Europe and Japan. The new Toshiba NB550D is a netbook that dazzled everyone at the 2011 CES as it is one of the few devices that have opted for the new AMD C-50, the new AMD line by seeking to compete with Athome series of Intel, the current leader of the netbook market.

Firefox blocks a Skype extension

Firefox has announced that it blocks the Skype extension that automatically installed a Web browser when downloading the program to use this service dial-up Internet. According to its blog, the said extension detected a phone number on the web page accessed and activated so that with a simple click you could establish a connection with the above number.

Skype installed by default to download the program. Again according to Firefox, this extension work hurting browser speed and reached the same result in 40,000 crashes in a week. The measure is to block Firefox, not uninstall. So that the surfer can work again if you wish but aware of the problems resulting from their activity.

LG has introduced its new Optimus 2X

2X Optimus was one of the most outstanding releases of the last CES 2011, at least the LG line, the new smartphone the company has won the attention of all because it is one of the pioneers in the use of new dual-chip NVIDIA Tegra 2 core. Optimus LG 2X NVIDIA's new chip will feature the new T25 series of NVIDIA Tegra 2 which has a frequency of 1.2 GHz and 3D visualization technology, the same will come with 2.2 of Froyo Android, which will soon be updated to 2.3 Gingerbread as soon as it hits the market.

The face of change Hadopi illegal downloading

This is one of the findings that emerge in the hollow of the voluminous report released on Sunday 23 January, the High Authority for the dissemination of works and the protection of rights on the Internet (Hadopi) on patterns of content consumption Cultural Online: punish illegal downloading will only go through the monitoring of peer-to-Peer (P2P).

According to the poll conducted for the Hadopi before the introduction of "flexible response", in France there are almost as many Internet users illegally downloading via Rapidshare or Megaupload (37% of respondents claiming to download illegally) than to P2P users (42% of the sample). Other figures seem to confirm this trend.

Facebook faced with censorship Tunisia

This is the first time that Facebook is expressed on the subject: in an article in The Atlantic magazine, Joe Sullivan, the head of security of Facebook, explains how his team tried to fight against "Anmar," the system Web censorship in place in Tunisia's Ben Ali government. Alerted to Christmas on growing complaints of sudden disappearances and Facebook pages, Joe Sullivan explains that Facebook has investigated for ten days, before concluding that the government had put in place a comprehensive flight of passwords of accounts Tunisian users social network.

Foursquare, social geo "game, friends and privacy"

CANNES - Foursquare What is the service more "trendy" at the time no doubt. It is to confirm the current rating of the company founded by Naveen Selvadurai and Dennis Crowley, according to Bloomberg, worth more than $ 250 million. Selvadurai We met in Cannes at the Midem, where the co-founder of Foursquare has also announced that the geolocation service, which has already forged partnerships with several companies such as Pepsi Co, Zagat, Starbucks, Safeways, obtaining his first earnings probably would be a new round of funding by the end of the year, but is not interested in an IPO.

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Some 27 million French plébiscitent e-commerce

The actors of e-commerce in France have a smile. According to the study published Monday, January 24, the Federation of e-commerce and distance selling (Fevad), French Internet users spent $ 31 billion online in 2010. An increase of 24% in one year. Most importantly, no loss of power is considered in the coming months.

Forecasts predict a 22% leap in sales on the Net in France in 2011, bringing the total online sales to 37.8 billion euros. The record 2010 is in line with forecasts had published Fevad. She explains these good results by the dynamism of the first half, when sales rose by 27% and a Christmas record, the French having spent nearly $ 6 billion on the Internet at this time.

Kim Jong-il meets with the CEO of the Egyptian operator Orascom

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, met the leader of the Egyptian telecom operator Orascom, which co-manages the mobile network launched in late 2008 in this country, said, Monday, January 24, official media of Pyongyang. Naguib Sawiris's visit takes place "at a time when investment Orascom progressing successfully in several areas in North Korea, including in telecommunications," said the North Korean agency KCNA.

Privacy: Facebook modified its controversial search process for friends

It is a partial victory for German data protection: Facebook modified its controversial search process for friends. In future, members and non-members' capacity to take effect can may use if and in what way the social network of their address data. Had reported at the weekend about it, then came the official confirmation.

The Hamburg Supervisor John Caspar reported on Monday to bring on an agreement with the online network, the function in accordance with the Data Protection Policy. The much-discussed "Friend Finder" to help Facebook users, quickly found friends among the more than 550 million members. The dispute with the data protection sparked primarily at a function - the evaluation of e-mail contacts.

Sony makes TVs and radios Notebookszu Cloud

Sony is Internet radio provider that delivers desired music from the cloud of data - to a limited group of users. Moreover, at a glance: The blog Boing Boing. de come back, Apple has a winner $ 10,000 Call for advertising and much more. So now even Sony. In Germany. The Japanese company had announced in late summer 2010, a music and video service for Europe.

The offer called Qriocity - a play on words from the English words for Curiosity (Curious) and Town (City) - will offer unlimited access to music and movies, it was then called. Now, finally, from words to deeds. Too late to notify the company back in the digital music business. At the same time went national Qriocity versions in Germany, France, Italy and Spain online.

Pope calls young people to "make good use" social networks

Pope Benedict XVI called on Monday for Catholics to be present in social networks on the Internet, warning that "the virtual contact is not a substitute for direct human contact." "It is always important to remember that the virtual contact can not and should not substitute for direct human contact with people at all levels of our lives," says the Pope in his message for the 45th World Communications Day social.

Hadopi: "My feeling is total impunity"

Readers of the World. en tell what the introduction of Internet Piracy, responsible for fighting against illegal downloading has changed their cultural practices online. Windfall by Bertrand Three main reasons is that I have not stopped downloading: 1) Hadopi, it's as if you were told you can not grill red lights, but the two first you risk nothing, except a call to order.

So I keep my grill red lights quietly waiting for my second message. 2) All News Tech Buzz knows that this law will never hold in court. The Constitutional Council has said, the previous judgments have said, so whatever happens I know I risk nothing. "Hit and non-secure line? Something to laugh all the jurists of France and Navarre.

The Italians in Silicon Valley "Return? Need meritocracy"

SAN FRANCISCO - Astonishment, awe, caution and some criticism. The promoters of the meetings organized in the United States by the promoters of Controesodo, the bill recently approved by the Italian parliament to facilitate the repatriation of talented youth who live abroad, have had reactions contrastantanti among our countrymen in America.

Greeted with enthusiasm both San Francisco and New York (with a reception at the Italian American Museum of Frisco and two meetings in the Big Apple), the parliamentarians had arrived from Italy to answer many questions. The rest of the meeting to speak Frisco was the hard core italianity California.

Governance Arcep: Brussels calls to "reconsider the timetable"

The European Commission has called on France, Monday, January 24, to "reconsider the timetable" provided for the appointment of a government commissioner in the national telecoms regulator (Arcep). The controversial proposal to serve on a government commissioner to Arcep announced it ten days ago, created a controversy in France about possible conflicts of interest between Constable Telecommunication and a state shareholder of the incumbent France Telecom.

Change per tablet Nokia N9 Meego, Nokia reason

Nokia is expecting something for the MWC 2011 although there is lots of data. Is it a tablet? No doubt we would have a big surprise, but one does not know what to expect from the Finns. For starters, Nokia N9 of which I have long been talking about seems to change its design. As told in Tech News Buzzmóvil, the first phone with Meego of Finns could have been canceled with the current design and conception, which would be an almost fatal setback for the Nokia N9 that just arrived.

The BBC confirmed to close 200 websites

He announced nearly a year and now confirmed: The BBC will cut 25% of its budget in the digital area, which is saving 34 million pounds, close 200 sites and laying off of 360 workers over the next two years . Corporation reports the British public broadcaster, the goal is to reduce the budget of 137 million pounds (about 160 million euros) to 103 million pounds (about 120 million euros) for the period 2013/14.

Galaxy Player Samsung 50 in Spain for 169 euros

We first met last October, but he skipped town and we had to wait until late January for the Galaxy Samsung Player 50 appears in Spain. For those who do not know the device is a multimedia player that had the interesting idea of electing as its operating system Android. Thanks to Google we have access to their services and thousands of applications, bringing the concept of player to a new level.

Toolbar Skype blocked in Firefox

Mozilla's Firefox browser editor, decided to disable, Thursday, January 20, the toolbar of Internet phone service Skype. This extension allows you to call a phone number directly with the Skype service, when a phone number appears on a Web page. For Mozilla, this toolbar, Skype partner program automatically when it is installed on Windows, was the source of about forty thousand crashes Firefox browser last week.

In the world there are more than 200,000 call centers

There is a field of internet users who do not have constant access to the network in the rural world, the first encounter with Internet takes place in call centers, small places, like a cyber cafe where a facilitator teaches the first steps. In Andalusia, the Consortium Fernández de los Ríos, a public entity that manages the Red Guadalinfo, has 692 centers located in Andalusian municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.

Hadopi he changed your practice of downloading?

BlackBerry Gestin improve corporate data

In two months, the maker of BlackBerry, Canada's RIM expects to have ready a new program, BlackBerry Balance, which will differentiate the mail and corporate data and personal applications that an employee make your BlackBerry, so that managers the company's network traffic can protect corporate data.

This launches tender to the growing appeal BlackBerry smart phones from Apple or Android are in the business sector. Interestingly, the Canadian manufacturer, which lost market share in this field ... is winning among young audiences by offering an exclusive chat client terminals. The new program, to be launched in the U.S., allows the employee to have one phone in two different areas clearly.

Four cores on our mobiles: small we get older

The current consumer electronics as well. Do not be angry, just deal with it and making decisions you think appropriate. It is true that the advance of terminals and equipment is overwhelming for those who want to always have the latest, but it's time to stop, breathe and think what you need. I say all this because of the latest information stand at the MWC 2011, the introduction of the new Nvidia's Tegra chips, something that we can tell is more than likely.

Facebook page hacked briefly Nicolas Sarkozy

The Facebook page of the French president has been hacked, Sunday, Jan. 23, announcing a quarter of an hour that the French president would not seek a second term. "Dear compatriots, taking into account exceptional circumstances facing our country, I decided in my soul and conscience not to represent me after my first term in 2012.

To explain this action, I invite you all to 'Already popular in this great event, "said the false message with multiple misspellings. The author of piracy referred to another Facebook page titled "farewell of Nicolas Sarkozy" and giving appointments to Internet "Sunday, May 6, 2012 between 7:00 p.m.

Toshiba shows its tablet Honeycomb

You are many who criticize the amount of information that arises every day around the tablets, but that does not correspond to the number of products that actually appear on the market, especially in the case of using the Android operating system, as the case that we present today. Toshiba was among the first who started to stun the market with its Foleo model 100, a 10.1-inch tablet with an anticipated date hardware (Nvidia Tegra 2), but with a little operating system optimized and full of errors, something inadmissible a real product of a signature first line.

Download: a user out of two illicit use

Nearly half of Internet users (49%) reported consuming cultural goods unlawfully, including 29% for less than six months, according to a study conducted by the High Authority for the dissemination of works and the protection of rights on the Internet (Hadopi ) and made public Sunday, January 23, at Midem in Cannes.

The study was conducted online from October 25 to November 4, 2010, with 2687 users in two representative samples of the population of French Internet users. According to the survey, 13% of Internet users say they resort to illegal practices (download, streaming ...) regularly and 36% "occasionally or exceptionally.

USB Project: Trace the Sticks

You have to look quite carefully to find them. Worldwide, activists in cities so-called "dead drops" have distributed: USB flash drives, which are freely available for everyone. Is this communicative art - or a gateway for computer viruses? "The classic. Cement are practical but also clay and resin," Christian von Pentz provides the materials before me, that he just installed in Stuttgart Castle Park a USB stick into a wall.

Motorola Xoom, in late February for $ 700

One of the most anticipated tablets beginning of this year, the Motorola Xoom, will be released on February 17 has been filtered by a chain of electronics stores. This day coincides with the end of the Mobile World Congress Barcelona, where they are expected to be unveiled all the secrets of this tablet Motorola Xoom may be regarded as the Nexus One of Google in the section of the tablets, was chosen as the company to teach and to release its Android operating system 3.0.

LG Optimus Me, Android for all

In the MWC 2011 in Barcelona not everything will be great performances. They are without doubt the most anticipated but not the only ones we have. The terminals of low and mid range also gaining in popularity in the market. The LG Optimus I already have some data filtered through the Facebook page of the Koreans themselves.

What interests us are the product photos, screen size and version of Android that will bring, and we have almost completely. Optimus Me The LG P350, which is his full name, hit the market with Android 2.2 Froyo on a screen that will be around 3 inches, a telephone data entry level, entry.

A fair unfit for voyeurs

What are you tired of the big art fairs and their agglomerations, tired of not stopping to give kisses on your ride and little focus on the basics, the works? Did not have time to travel to London and Chicago and Miami and Basel? No problem. Vip Art Fair, virtual art fair that opened on Saturday, offers the ability to collect up-and-look-comfortably in slippers and with the machine next to the wing chair, as advertised by the organizers.

Music Unlimited, Sony Spotify

After trying their luck in the UK, and we officially in Spain the music service in the cloud of Sony's talk about you a month ago. Sony wants to compete with Spotify by a music system in the cloud closely associated with their equipment. Some say it is a competition to Apple's iTunes, but until the apple company is not passed to the streaming service (he will), the concepts are different.

In the case of Sony Music Unlimited, all content is stored on the network, including you instruct your computer. Then we can access that catalog music and Sony computers or laptops. This Sony Music Unlimited service, managed by Qriocity is from now available with two subscriptions and a number of differences between them: Both systems include Music Sync subscription, which analyzes the hard drive of your computer and incorporates the information of the songs and playlists play to our personal music library in the cloud if it is within the catalog of Music Unlimited.