Friday, February 11, 2011

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Dell Announces New 10-inch tablet operating system Windows 7

The presentation of the new range of Dell was almost completely overshadowed by the launch of the HP touchpad. However, the announcements made by the veteran American company, highlights of two new tablet to be added to this increasingly saturated market. The first of these devices is not just a screen version of its popular 10-inch Dell Streak, who not long ago she met another version of 7 inches.

MWC 2011 in Tech News Buzz: the agenda

By the time a bit dodgy and many expectations, the team News Tech Buzz, Tech News Tech News Buzzndroid Buzzmóvil and is about to land at Barcelona ready to bring our personal coverage of this global event on mobile. Through live webcasts, analysis, first contacts and all information about new releases, feel that it is you who are in the MWC 2011.

Do not miss this magical moment for consumer electronics and point our agenda. If you fear that you forget some of what we do in the MWC 2011, do not worry, you always notified in advance to be able to be present at a crucial time for the gadgets.

How to create new business models?

What is common between car design and the creation of a business? Not much unfortunately, sorry Alexander Osterwalder, a consultant specializing in business models of innovation. However, the design of automobiles is structured by a series of steps that would greatly benefit the design structure of a company, says the author of Generation Business Models at the conference Lift11 who was in Geneva.

Yahoo launches LiveStand

As each new gadget that hits the market in technology, there is also the need to renew and download updates. This has created a parallel market, the virtual store. Nothing is beyond them, and how could it be otherwise, the tablets also have a new "kiosk" virtual. Livestand This is nothing less than the company Yahoo, who has taken a step forward.

Since the company has indicated that the concept of Livestand seeks to be a "customizable kiosk otrosdispositivos tablets and phones." This store is available on several Internet sites, and can visit his gallery on Flickr much as News or Yahoo Finance. This new system will allow other providers of content display and publish their information, using this platform to reach all readers and users of the tablets.

Confirmed "Cloud Touch", the mobile Facebook

After months of rumors, it unveiled the unknowns. Phone Facebook is already a fact and there are several features of this phone that their creators have released. Some early data have come to light concerning their operating system, be that Android would be 2.2, and a classic performance of all the phones will be modified: you will not have calendar, but a section on "events." The most popular social network in the world with over 610 million users, will shortly have its own mobile phone.

ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pro will be a dual-boot Windows tablet 7 and Android

As we advance, the MWC 2011 will be the first in which the tablets have as much or more relevance to their own mobile phones. They are the fashion device and no one wants to stay out of the party, whether for domestic or professional. The ViewSonic Tablet ViewPad 10Pro is a new component of the crossroads where the market is becoming.

It is a model for the consumer market but for the professional, but it does not matter today. What is clear is that they offer a dual-boot with Android 2.2 Professional and Windows 7 in an attempt to satisfy our two selves: the practical and idealistic. The ViewPad 10Pro have 10-inch screen whose resolution is set at 1024 x 600 pixels.

Third and final day of hearing for Julian Assange

The hearing was to last only two days, but discussions were continuing: Julian Assange hearing before a London court, which must decide on a possible extradition to Sweden, returned on Friday morning for a third day debates. The co-founder of Wikileaks is accused of "rape and sexual assault" by two Swedes.

Facts he denies. Mr. Assange refuses to be extradited, arguing that the conditions are not met in Sweden he is entitled to a fair trial. He and his supporters accuse the veiled Swedish court to act on the orders of the United States, where the publication of reports of the military in Iraq and diplomatic cables has caused a political storm.

Samsung puts its past backlighting for mobile sensors

After the war of megapixel and even flashes, now is the time of the sensors in cameras of mobile phones, a war which is interesting because this is the key to a mobile phone camera can be used as a compact point and shoot or who knows, before long, for much more. MWC Samsung added in 2011 a series of new sensors in which the highlight is coming with backlight technology.

Its decisions will be 8 and 12 megapixels. The lower-resolution model will have a size of 1/3.2 inch sensor, auto focus and backlight technology a little lower in quality than the Nokia N8. The performance of this sensor will not be noticeable only in low-light shooting, but especially in the video.

Coffee grounds readers predict the mini-iPhone

Small, cheap, contract-free: oracles supposedly informed people again on a new iPhone favorable for the mass market. shall be 200 dollars it cost this time. Such forecasts are a tradition, but so far little substance. The rumor is almost as old as the iPhone: In 2007, analysts speculated about a small, cheap version of the Apple smartphone.

At that time, told a financial services analyst with JP Morgan, the device will probably cost about $ 300 and somehow look similar to the iPod nano. It has become nothing but betray every year since then analysts (especially) and informed people (anonymously) the media, new details to the supposed iPhone Nano.

iPhone: computer scientists have bypassed the pass code protection

The access can be blocked on an iPhone with a passcode so-called - who does not know the four-digit number can not access the applications. This protection mechanism is to prevent someone who finds a lost iPhone, do not immediately have access to any password-protected services to the previous owner.

But who sets a pass code protection, should not feel too safe, warn researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute SIT. Computer scientists have bypassed the pass code protection. Without knowing the passcode, they gained after a jailbreak the device to access the file system and could read a part of the saved passwords with a self-programmed applications.

Apple working on a cheap iPhone

IPhone at $ 199 (150 euros) without having to take out a subscription for two years with an operator? According to reports from Bloomberg, it could become reality within a few months. Apple is indeed working on a prototype low cost of iPhone, according to unnamed sources. Objective, to regain control against the growing power of Android and its smartphones, overall cheaper.

To achieve such a price, while the iPhone 4 bare (ie sold without a subscription) costs $ 699 (from 629 to 739 euros in France by model), Apple would use the existing components of the iPhone 4, and reduce its size by one third. A study by IHS iSuppli, the current cost of the components of the iPhone 4 is $ 178.45, including $ 37.80 just for the screen.

Singing random access Kpfe: the computer never creaks Ser

The drive is humming, the scanner is booming, the dot matrix printer is flashing already excited: hobbyists turning old computer accessories in musical instruments, without any speakers. The latest hit is a fugue by Bach. An overview of the most beautiful songs of hardware, from Radiohead to the Christmas carol.

Music is nothing more than a series of frequencies. Just like the sounds that make moving computer parts. With the right commands can coax the sound equipment in a specific frequency and order: Bazinga - music. Back in the eighties, made the first software hobbyists are not actually provided musical characteristics of their machines utilized.

Bing nibble market share from Google in the U.S.

The search engine from Microsoft, Bing, has grown significantly in the U.S. last month, show two studies conducted by the firm Comscore and Hitwise. The increase, estimated at between 1% and 2% according to two studies, is low in absolute terms, but represents the largest growth since its launch Bing.

Bing accumulated about 27% of searches in the U.S., including research conducted at the portal of Yahoo (which uses technology from Microsoft), against 69% for Google. According to Hitwise study, Bing has a clickthrough rate higher than Google: 81% of search engine result in a click Microsoft, against 65% for queries performed on Google.

Nokia smartphones now runs under Windows Phone

The world's leading mobile phones, Nokia, announced Friday, February 11 an alliance with U.S. giant Microsoft, whose Windows operating system Phone will become the leading software for smartphones from Nokia, who abandons his own Symbian software. The new strategy includes "plans for a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a new global mobile ecosystem.

Windows phone would be used as the main platform of Nokia smartphones," said Nokia in a statement. This announcement was well received by markets. The title of Nokia fell nearly 10% at the opening of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. DELAY IN smartphone market, Nokia's new CEO since September, Canada Stephen Elop, Microsoft is a turncoat and a possible alliance with U.S.

Nokia surrenders to survive

Saw it coming and so it proved. Almost by Night has become official Phone Windows 7 gets in bed with Nokia for a night of passion as new phones Nokia Phone with Windows 7 but with the idea that love lasts long and helps them to better carry the current technology ecosystem. The owner put that Nokia pays, and more or less is what we feel but on the bottom think it will be one step ahead of the company.

The Senate rejected the appointment of a government commissioner to Arcep

The Senate refused Thursday night to Friday the appointment of a government commissioner in the French gendarme telecoms (Arcep), a prospect that arouses strong criticism, particularly from Brussels. Several amendments to delete this provision from the left and center but also a UMP senator, were adopted by 184 votes against 152 against the advice of the government.

"This appointment is contrary to European law and poses a problem conflicts of interests, "said Hervé Maurey (Centrist Union) who championed an amendment to delete the group. "The group is united in this striking," added Catherine Morin-Dessailly (UC). The appointment of a state representative in the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts (ARCEP) was introduced by the government in a bill implementing several directives, including the "telecoms package" at its first reading by the National Assembly on January 13.

Nokia wing with Microsoft to fight Apple and Android

Nokia has announced a major partnership with Microsoft. The Finnish mobile manufacturer mainly incorporate the Windows operating system and browser Phone 7 Bing to their phones offer applications and enter the Microsoft Marketplace. Microsoft, meanwhile, adopt the technology of Nokia Maps. This announcement was made this morning and is awaiting more details.

In particular, the fate that awaits the Nokia's own operating system, Symbian, and that Intel was developing, Meego. The new model of Nokia, Stephen Elop, deplored in a corporate message this week delayed its implementation. The two patterns of both companies have explained in a brief video of the agreement.

Nokia, Microsoft, strategic understanding against the power of Google and Apple

LONDON - A hug tightly, to give force and liberated from Google and Apple. The 'broad strategic alliance "between Nokia and Microsoft announced today the leaders, respectively planetary phones and software, fly high, so high, foreshadowing a new" mobile ecosystem. " Under the agreement the world leader in mobile communications, dealing with a steady fall in its market share, will adopt the Windows operating system Phone as a primary strategy for its smartphone and the two companies work closely together on developing new marketing initiatives and development.

Facebook reopens the account and accept the picture of a mother breastfeeding her child

Facebook has reopened account Leslie Power, a Chilean psychologist who had complained that the network had closed its record for appearing in a photo to breastfeed her child in three months. Power said today via Twitter that Wednesday night a head of Facebook in Chile sent an email with a series of instructions for resetting your account.

The doctor, an expert in child development, 37, told local media that his contact was anticipated that his account had been replaced, a situation he described as a "scary reaction" from Facebook after all the hype that its the case generated national and international press. However, the psychologist lamented that, following the reinstatement of their social network account, lost much of its information materials related to their profession.

Are you interested in Apple a smaller and cheaper phone?

It was clear we could not finish the week without a rumor about Apple. And this time is raise the dead: the iPhone nano. Well, never really existed, but at least his ghost will rise. As discussed very well Buzzmóvil Kote in Tech News, Bloomberg has been released to the pool for this year saying that we could have a new family member of Apple's iPhone.

Would that perhaps the release expected for summer-autumn of this year instead of a new iPad as we have been discussing so far? Logic tells us that Apple should not be thinking about lowering the features of your iPhone 4 today because they are selling this terminal directly to everyone who wants one.

Nokia and Microsoft Smartphone forge alliance: against Google and Apple

It is a pact against Google, Apple and Co.: Nokia and Microsoft will cooperate in the future in the smartphone business. Above all, Nokia is there under pressure. The world leader has recently lost many customers to competitors. Berlin - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia joins forces with the world's largest software company, Microsoft.

Nokia will attend including the operating system Windows Mobile 7 as a key smartphone platform, shared the company on Friday. Thus, the group confirmed rumors circulating for weeks about such cooperation. Nokia wants to get hold of a completely new strategy in the smartphone market rivals such as Apple and other successful manufacturers customers.

Google and Facebook are interested in buying the Twitter network

The bubble continues to grow around the new online social platforms. Twitter was placed yesterday in the center of investor attention after revelations that Google and Facebook are interested in taking the microblog. And what attracted most attention was the price they are willing to pay: about 7,300 million euros.

The negotiations would still at a preliminary stage, according to The Wall Street Journal ahead, even though the score was initiated months ago. But suggesting to analysts is to talk about these quantities when Twitter is estimated that only generates 45 billion in annual revenues, and losses is to invest the money to operate.

Data PROTECTION investigating a filtration in a campaign of Nintendo

The Spanish Agency for Data Protection has launched an investigation at the request of Nintendo, access by a third to four thousand data of people enrolled in a campaign to promote the company was to hold events in different Spanish cities to Nintendo 3DS test. The campaign website and see test was 8 Means.

Nintendo has reported to the police and the Spanish Agency for Data Protection in a Web, adan gecko nickname, by the revelation of secrets and threats. The reason is an email sent to them in which they described a security hole page Nintendo promotional event for which he had had access to personal data of four thousand people entered the Web Site.

Sennheiser HD 220 and CX 310, listens without sacrificing style

Sennheiser Adidas Originals and get along so well that we have a new pair of headphones with which to play sports or go for a walk is much more than physical activity. This type of headphones also invite us to enjoy the music and do it well with style. If you are from Adidas course, because these Sennheiser HD 220 and CX 310 are by far the most personality bring on the sports brand, with blue and white tones and distinctive logo of Adidas.