Sony 'S1', a tablet with which to conquer the market

We started the year sharing with you a story with high expectations from Sony and limited evidence, we summarize that the Japanese company assured her that would be the second vendor tablets shortly. If anyone can make a statement like this is Sony, which history has shown us several times that it has reached new market niches and has dominated.

To not lose much time to get it and have the code name for the first device: Sony 'S1'. The first data on the tablet of Sony that we share are its 9.4 inches screen, using Honeycomb operating system, and its launch in autumn 2011. Sony will work a major operating system customization, but not only from the visual point, but with the addition of its own services that already operate in the market as Qriocity.

"The Origin of the World" Courbet banned from Facebook

A Danish artist has been temporarily banned from Facebook for putting his profile on the painting The Origin of the World by Gustave Courbet, and have thus violated the rules of the social network. "This is an unreasonable censorship, especially as this famous painting, part of the French cultural heritage, was intended to illustrate my comments on a television DR2 [the second public television channel] sex nude" Frode said Steinicke to.

Google launches news subscription system 'online'

He is still CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, announced at the Humboldt University of Berlin to create One Pass, a service that will enable newspaper publishers to sell subscriptions, articles and content 'online'. The user who comes to a publisher's website can be accessed once and pay for the content of any site that uses One Pass.

Items purchased through this service, you can read all types of devices (laptops, phones, tablets). One Pass is in addition to Yahoo and Apple platforms to offer paid content. Last week Yahoo! presented LiveStand. Apple yesterday introduced a subscription service similar means of taking 30% of turnover.

Panasonic gives the 3D LED technology in its new televisions Neoplasm

After seeing a preview of the new range of Panasonic TVs in the last fair in Las Vegas, the Japanese company has already given details of what we expect from your new range in Spain. The new Panasonic TV models focus on LED and of course the plasmas that keep the company as a benchmark in that category.

In both categories, there are developments in the panels, with the addition of Alpha LEDLCDIPS technology and for the second neoplasm. The most striking of the new Panasonic plasma TV is called neoplasm. The search for a new level in the contrast and performance of motion pictures has led to the inclusion of these new televisions 600 Hz technology for improved response time with the new rapid development of phosphorus improves switching team performance in 3D mode.

Crysis Demo 2 for PC will arrive March 1

As he had promised to release a demo of Crytek Crysis 2 for PC, the demo in question will be available from March 1 and the latest statements by the manufacturer, the PC version will be much better graphically than consoles. The demo is multiplayer and consists of two maps and two game modes, maps are: Skyline and set on top of skyscrapers and Pier 17 in an open environment with very few areas covered.

Record year for video, classroom and at home

2010, "record year" for admissions: According to figures Médiamétrie, French theaters last year have produced their best performance since ... 1967. With 206.5 million admissions in the year 2010 was an excellent year for cinemas. A figure all the more remarkable that no film has beaten record in 2010: no film has surpassed the six million entries, which is rare, but 16 feature films have surpassed three million spectators an exceptional figure.

D-Link MyPocket and Lepetit, two 3G routers to lose in your pocket

In our journey through the crowded stands of MWC 2011, we made a quick stop to interview the guys from D-Link and its Boxee Box. Apart from what they told us about his streaming video player, the company is famous for its internet access devices, ranging from ADSL Routers to the popular USB 3G skewers.

Of all the gossip range of antennas, the two models that captivated us most were the D-Link D-Link MyPocket and Lepetit, two 3G data routers that stand out for their tiny size. The D-Link Router MyPocket is now available in Spain for a price of 179 euros. Like other similar devices offered by telephone operators, the MyPocket creates a little WiFi hotspot for up to 16 devices from a 3G connection up to 7.6Mbps downstream and upstream 5.76.

News: Google launches a subscription service and online sales

The American group Google has launched Wednesday, February 16, its online sales service for publishers, which it offers a platform where they can sell subscriptions and items to the unit. The service "One Pass" ("Media Pass" in France) was launched in France, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Italy and Spain.

"One Pass is not a site or an application made by Google, but a platform for publishers so they can from their own website or from their applications, selling a very simple way to subscribe or access an article, "explains Philippe Colombet, director of" Google News "Google France. "Interest in the Internet is that it can from any type of device - via the web or mobile - pay a very simple and fluid for articles or subscriptions, and move from one track to another , "says the head of Google.

There will be no government commissioner to Arcep

The joint commission ruled: there will be no government commissioner to Arcep, Constable Telecommunication, as desired by the Minister for Industry, Eric Besson. The government had provoked the wrath of the High Authority requesting the appointment of a representative, what was perceived as an attack on the independence of this strategic body.

Then the European Commission had taken possession of the record, arguing that the state is a shareholder at 27% of Orange, potential conflicts of interest were significant. Brussels Paris had threatened proceedings for infringement of EU law if the project was adopted. Session rejected by the Senate, abolition of the post of Commissioner was validated by the Mixed Commission (WPC, 7 senators, 7 MPs) on Wednesday afternoon.

What Anonymous has successfully hacked a security company

After conducting a "transaction response" to avenge Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, the group attacked Anonymous, Sunday, Feb. 6, an American security company, Federal HBGary, accused of collaborating with the intelligence services to identify members of the network of "hacktivists". Tens of thousands of emails have been intercepted and for several hours, the company's website was inaccessible, replaced with a message: "You tried to bite the hand now Anonymous and Anonymous's hand slap.

Powermat prepares furniture that charge your gadgets

There are few more distressing everyday situations than having to make a call or send an important email and phone to see how our life is slipping in our hands. Such cases come to a head in those gulags surreal that some call airports, and where to find common sense or a plug can become an adventure.

Among the stands of the Mobile World Congress, we had the pleasure of visiting the Powermat, a company specializing in wireless charging platforms. There, in addition to new models and accessories, find an interesting project to provide free charging systems at airports, train stations and other public spaces.

Ephemeral sling minority shareholders at Nokia

The agreement between Microsoft and Nokia on the use of Windows Mobile smartphones from the Finnish brand never ceases to stir. After the anger of the unions, who believe that the agreement threatens to 6,000 jobs - 3 000 to 4 000 in the direction of the group - they are minority shareholders of the Finnish group, world leader in telephony, which attempted to organize to delete the agreement and dismiss the group's CEO, Stephen Elop, its functions.

An Israeli general claims the creation of the virus Stuxnet

The Israeli General Gabi Ashkenazi has acknowledged having overseen the creation of computer virus Stuxnet, who was Iran's nuclear facilities, in a video filmed on the occasion of his retirement, says Haaretz (in Hebrew). Stuxnet virus, appeared in late 2009, was mainly infiltrated Iranian computers.

The analysis showed that the operation was designed to disrupt the uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz Iran. The sophistication of the virus seemed to indicate he had been created by an organization with resources and advanced knowledge, presumably a State. The virus seemed to have reached its goal, at least in part, the plant in Natanz have had to stop working several times due to "technical problems".

Samsung Galaxy S II alternative, how Nvidia Tegra 2?

We told you long ago that Samsung and Nvidia were working together very seriously, and one of the benefits expected from the relationship was a phone, as this had been leaked on occasion, but ultimately the Mobile World Congress just get the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the tablet with Nvidia Tegra 2. The Galaxy Samsung S II until late motorizaría not know who, and the final itself was that Samsung has done with his Exynos.

SONOS Introduces New Audio System Home

Technological innovation in audio systems has demonstrated the ability to create new systems of reproduction in the home. This time, the development has been submitted by the company Sonos, who has created a Multi-Room System through which you can have different sound systems in the rooms of your home.

This new gadget also has the advantage that it does not require any cables. This new device was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which is gaining worldwide attention with the best technology presentations. Multi Room System will allow you to have sound environments in different rooms of your home through Sonos Controller application, created especially for Android devices.

From the bottom up for a revolutionary project

Between 2009 and 2010, the staff of the Smithsonian Institution (the largest museum complex and research in the world, based in Washington) has worked hard to interpret and understand the opportunities that the web and new media could offer the community of contents . It 'opened the blog Smithsonian 2.0, but above all he was made a wiki to share space inside and outside the "web and new media strategy" of the institution.

Blog - Playtime Hits: Odyssey pixelated, handkerchief in flight "Rails", Open City

A selection of the most original notes recently published on the blogs of student development in video games, participating in the contest "Playtime Hits."

• FrontierVille Playtime II Timed Mission now available (04/01/2011)
• Playtime helps bind generations (14/02/2011)
• Playtime helps bind generations (14/02/2011)
• FrontierVille Playtime! Timed Mission: Everything you need to know (06/12/2010)
• FrontierVille Unreleased Playtime II Timed Mission: Everything you need to know (17/12/2010)

The new tool from Google Chrome

Internet browsers have fought an increasingly fierce competition, releasing every week new accessories and systems that make them more competitive with each other. On this occasion, who presented further developments is Google Chrome, the browser that this time Google will give you the ability to block sites that do not want appearing in your search, a new tool to further refine its utility.

ESA: Italians among the first to hack the game

A recent indaggine conducted by ESA Entertainment Software Association, has made some very interesting data about the piracy of video games on the internet, have emerged from this analysis five nations, including Italy, which together hold the record with 54% piracy. The nations complained of not taking appropriate measures to protect copyrights are Italy, China, Brazil, Spain and France.

Moreover, these channels do not provide sufficient producers have to sell products bow. Connections to the world that are involved in illegal file sharing of video games are more than 144 million and about 78 million of these are traceable in the five countries mentioned above, a number five times greater than that attributed to U.S.

AMD Catalyst 2.11 available!

AMD has released a new set of Catalyst drivers 11.2 for Windows, Linux and Radeon HD 2000 up, this time the improvements are aimed mostly at the image quality, as well as some small improvements in performance with quualche game. The image quality was also migliorara with both the management of the custom action threshold is the tessellation with Morphological Anti Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series.

Technology Drivers Cell Phone Apps

Previously dominated handset manufacturers and network operators, the mobile market. With the advent of smartphones grew a new power: the software developers. Apps that are the secret behind the rise of Google and Apple - and the decline of Nokia. Barcelona - It's a crazy idea that the mighty cell phone world market leader Nokia of aggressive cartoon birds, simple pastime games and fart programs was brought to its knees - and yet this is true in some way.

"Jeopardy"-duel: Watson LSST look Quiz-old Knig

The human face a serious setback: In the second "Jeopardy" quiz round was supercomputer Watson his opponents of flesh and blood behind you. His opponents now have one last chance to catch the giant projection of the IBM machine. This time, Watson had supercomputer his human opponents little chance.

The result of the second round of "Jeopardy" in the special version of man against machine could hardly be clearer: $ 35,754 had the computer at the end of the broadcast Tuesday night on his quiz Account. The "Jeopardy" champion Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter - both have earned Series appearances in the show millions of dollars - came up with totals of 10,000 and 4,800 dollars.

Blackberry reaches out to operators

Google and Apple are not going to stay with the business operators. RIM's CEO, signed the peace pipe with Telefonica, Vodafone and Telekom. The agreement involves the purchase of applications for the Blackberry is charged via invoice operators. Something that will undoubtedly also help RIM devices are promoted by them.

The CEOs of RIM, Qualcomm, NTT DoCoMo and Nokia have filled the auditorium of the show to talk about connectivity appliances, but in reality each has sold its product. Jim Balsillie explained the excellence of the tablet Playbook, RIM's latest product. "This is an example of how manufacturers and operators work together." He explained its features: multi, flash (why it hurts to Apple), symmetric multiprocessing, open standards and prepared for the 4G, ten times faster than 3G.

"I am your father", N95 exclusive interview about his alleged paternity of the Galaxy S II

Among the aisles of the MWC in Barcelona this year there is a strong rumor, the Nokia N95 is the father of Samsung Galaxy S II. Following the first analysis of Antonio on this edition of MWC 2011, which has hatched a new generation of advanced mobile dual-core in which the Galaxy S II Samsung has declared the head of your group and all, an old Nokia N95 which dragged down the hallway reminded that he too was once considered as a total phone.

Hillary Clinton campaigns for Internet freedom

In a speech in Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pleaded Tuesday, February 15, for Internet freedom, claiming that countries that censor the Internet may experience a backlash. "The Internet has become the public space of twenty-first century," she explained, saying that the demonstrations in Egypt and Iran, fueled by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube reflected "the power of connection technologies as accelerators of change political, social and economic.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, first impressions

One of the biggest attractions of MWC 2011 has been, without doubt, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, the upcoming PlayStation Phone. Yes, a phone half way between your PSP handheld console to match any Sony Ericsson Xperia family, its high-end handsets. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play stands for a feature that no other terminal of the market can offer: game slide controls.

Slide the back of the terminal and there we have the control buttons, address both the pad and four buttons PlayStation classic teams, and we all know. To this we must add a couple of tactile controls (like a joystick) and two top buttons, L1 and R1, and the usual Select and Start. What about the new mobile-Sony console? The first thing that enters our eyes, as always, the design.

Digital Book: adoption by the Assembly of the text on the single price

The National Assembly adopted Tuesday, February 15, a bill UMP on the single price of digital books. The text was voted by the UMP, PS, PCF and the New Center abstaining. But this new provision will not affect the major broadcast platforms based abroad, like Amazon, which worries the French publishers and broadcasters.

Already passed the Senate, the text provides that publishers set a single price for sale to the public, as the paper book from the 1981 Lang law. Besides setting the selling price of digital books, it prohibits practices reductions "wild" on the Internet. The rate of VAT on digital books, which now represents in France 1.5% of sales in publishing, will be 5.5% as of 1 January 2012, according to a provision of Finance Act 2011.

"The salvation for operators are the tablets and smart phones"

"Many treat me like a guy who is crazy and I accept it." This has been submitted Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Mobile, the third mobile phone company in Japan in the inaugural session of the third day of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, where he has not hesitated to issue a challenge rivals: if operators do not forget to voice services and become data and Internet companies are doomed to ruin.

LG 3D Optimus. We tested at MWC 2011

It's time to start reviewing the terminal site presented by LG at MWC this year. South Korea has launched three new handsets from which the highlight is, without doubt, the LG 3D Optimus. This is the first smartphone to hit the market with a 3D display visible without stereoscopic glasses. Optimus LG screen 3D works by Parallax Barrier technology like the Nintendo 3DS, and its effect is just as resultón.

Video, music, news: Apple's rules on subscriptions strongly criticized

Apple announced on Tuesday the new rules on applications for its iPhone and iPad offering subscription systems. To publish applications with subscription on iTunes, the Apple Store online, publishers will pay 30% of sales to Apple, and offer subscriptions at the same price (or less) on their websites.

"Our philosophy is simple," detailed the Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement. "When Apple brings a new customer to the [App Store], Apple earns a commission of 30%. When the publisher takes an existing customer or new to the App Store, the publisher keeps 100% of revenue." This change in the rules of the App Store already mentioned a month ago, had angered publishers, who accuse Apple of wanting to get their hands on not only an important part of their digital revenues, but also s 'monopolize their client files.

Project Kal-el: Nvidia will bring the quad-core tablets in summer

He who strikes first, do it twice, and Nvidia did it first with the dual core. Tegra 2 is the dominant hardware platform in the market, and although competition is doing well, especially Texas Instruments, now want to make a technical knockout to the rest presenting their mobile quad-core processors to the public.

This so-called third generation of Tegra, presented at the Mobile World Congress Android devices will this August, so you may be putting the remaining batteries. Right now they have to show are prototypes, but what we bring into production in summer is intended to tablets, to have the mobile version at Christmas.

Polls snapshots with Pollowers

Twitter and Google have become two thermometers on the Net Your tools to track trends come sometimes predict the future, however, can not ask and hear the views in real time. Pollowers it does with surveys via Twitter. The name is a play on words taken from English, but the development is done in Argentina.

He explains Mariano Wechsler, responsible for marketing a business application Digbang whose clients are in Spain, the United States and Latin America. "Survey in English is' pollow." Followers are 'followers', a word that Twitter users almost never translated. So' pollowers' are pollsters Twitter.

Playbook Blackberry, video and print operation

Playbook of the Blackberry, the tablet of RIM, we have spoken on many occasions: in his presentation back in September, on the evidence we had at CES 2011 and also much on their technical specifications. Today in the MWC, we had the opportunity to record the video Playbook tablet, which you have above.

The preliminary conclusions seem clear: it is a pointing device ways, with an interface that maintains the quality seen in other systems (IOS and Android 3.0) but that is something different. For example, access to certain features such as multitasking or the main menu buttons are not performed by, if not touch gestures.

"My goal was to do something more personal service Spotify, interviewed John Parra

Parra Jordi in Barcelona. He studied technical engineering in industrial design but soon switched to the cold northern European countries to enhance their creative work. And we're really glad that it did for theirs is the conception and design of a personal player to Spotify has gone around the world.

This team is your final master project in collaboration with the Swedish company Spotify, which could bring to reality soon. Then pick up the conversation we had with Jordan following the proposal of player personnel for Spotify. Tech News Buzz: Hi John, first of all congratulations for the final work.

Acer Iconia W500, tablet PC format

With a different concept to that of the tablets Android Iconia, Acer ventures into a hybrid such as the Acer Iconia W500, tablet design that adds a base with a keyboard that also incorporates an Ethernet port and USB port. Although we may call the tablet form, from the operating system Windows 7 to the processor or graphics, it's all computer in this new team.

Acer Iconia The W500 is equipped with an AMD C-50, 2 GB of RAM and AMD Radeon HD6250 graphics. It shows the thickness, which is almost 20 mm. The internal memory is 32 GB. The display commitment to the 10.1-inch 1280 × 800 pixels and LED technology, much better than the 7 inches to work with Windows.

Telefónica launches electronic ID

The Mobile World Congress that is taking place in Barcelona, continues to talk and one of the most revolutionary announcements that have been released, is without doubt, Telefonica, who plans to take the DNI to the mobile phone. Assuming that every person has their mobile phone with them, as should happen with the DNI, is looking for mergers.

How? presented the NIDC, which will stay in the phone's SIM card. The aim of this new identification system is that everyone has a safe method to enter the websites of banks, institutions, municipalities and other institutions or companies. A priori, this new identification system may be somewhat uncertain, perhaps thinking of the lost or stolen phone, but of course there are methods to be effective.

"The best days of Yahoo! estn to come"

Carol Bartz has two years as CEO of Yahoo. He took the helm of one of the symbols of the Internet in a storm indescribable. Scientific training, he waited several months before his first statements about the company, which earned him no little criticism of the financial world-men. But if something has plenty Bartz's experience in large companies.

For nearly twenty years led Autodesk, and now sits on the board of Cisco Systems. Nevertheless, the challenge is not easy: Yahoo relocate again in the forefront. Question: If something is the romance of the Internet, and is still alive, that's Yahoo. First search, then portal with millions of Internet users, but it seems that the mobile has made him lose prominence.

Tab Iconia A100 and A500: Acer also has tablets with Android

With less media attention than other tablets, Acer Iconia models are present in Barcelona. And if we look carefully, it is worth pausing to analyze the proposal even for their appearance, because we played at the show and are at present more promise than reality, they work with Android 2.2. and everything is data for the future, no present.

Anyway, it seems they are all tablets with Android. Acer Iconia The A100 is such a model with 7-inch screen (1024 x 600 pixels) to reach the market directly to Android 3.0. Inside house the dual core Nvidia Tegra 2. In point of connectivity, the A100 Iconia tablet has WiFi, 3G (optional), Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI output, and the photo has a 5 megapixel camera back and front of 2 million pixels.

Sonos ZonePlayer, wireless speakers for IOS and Android

Not everything will be moving these days in Barcelona. The mobile capital is also full of interesting accessories. In our tour of the Motorola booth we noticed a corner enlivened by good jazz. The musical tracks took us to the Sonos ZonePlayer, a dock or docks wireless, self control. Instead of the traditional port for the Apple player, the ZonePlayer turn the phone into remote control and music source.

LG Optimus Pad. We tested at MWC 2011

Of the three tablets Star Mobile World Congress 2011, LG Optimus Pad is the only one capable of recording video in high definition 3D 1080. In our first contact with the tablet Honeycomb, the third dimension is not the only thing that has caught our attention. It is also the best time has been ported to handle multiple applications simultaneously.

Equipped with two 5-megapixel front camera each, the LG Optimus Pad, however, is not capable of displaying three-dimensional images without glasses, as does its companion range, the LG 3D Optimus. Instead, the tablet of the Korean visible creates a 3D preview mediate anaglyph glasses (the red and blue lens of life).

HTC Flyer. We tested at MWC 2011

One of the star launching today at Mobile World Congress has been the HTC Flyer. The tablet made by the Taiwanese manufacturer is a long shot to compete with the models presented by LG, Motorola and Samsung. For starters, the HTC Flyer is a 7-inch tablet with 1024 × 600 instead of 10 like the other models featured at the fair.

Honeycomb version does not incorporate Android, but 2.4 Gingerbread with a specific version of the HTC interface Sense. Finally, and not least, your processor is not a dual core, but a single core at 1.5GHz. Despite this, HTC has an undeniable charm Flyer and not a few virtues. Let's start talking about manufacturing.