Tcken of technology: Skype outage caused by software error

The failure had begun to overload some servers that store the instant messaging messages for users who are currently offline. This had some computer late responses from these servers and get an older Windows version of Skype software (vversion 5.0.0.152) had processed these answers wrong - which led to a crash.

This Skype for about 20 percent of users had failed. Since Skype technically but on the P2P principle is based, and each participant simultaneously relay station for the transfer of data is already meant to destabilize the Skype network. But the little error should cause far more than just a data bottleneck.

Skype allows video calls on the iPhone

The latest version of Skype for iPhone application will make free video calls over 3G and WiFi networks. The new Skype application for iPhone, available now for download, allowing those with an iPhone make Skype video calls. According to Apple, Skype is among the top five free iPhone applications major 2010.

With video calling can make and receive free Skype to Skype call fixed or mobile phones worldwide at very low rates, and now also use Skype to iPhone video. "Video calls accounted for approximately 40% of all minutes of Skype to Skype calls during the first six months of 2010. Our users have shown interest to use the video call on their mobile phones," said in a statement Neil Stevens general director of the consumer division of Skype.

LG sues Sony for patent infringement of its phones

Sony adds to the long list of mobile phone manufacturers who demand a competitor for patent infringement. The U.S. has made against LG in court in Los Angeles, reports Reuters. Demand for Sony affects ten models of LG, including Encore, Rumor Touch and Neon, among others. The company sought to prevent their sale in the U.S..

The patents relate to audio systems and transmissions. LG has sold two million units of its popular smartphone, the Optimus One The clash over patent issues between manufacturers of mobile phones is not exactly unprecedented. Motorola accused Apple of infringing 18 of its inventions in the multimedia player iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad tablet and some Macintosh computers.

Web guerrilla offline: from unknowns Schieen Anarcho Forum 4Chan

The hackers and trash platform 4Chan is the birthplace now ubiquitous Internet trends - (garnished with strange sayings cat photos in rudimentary English), for example, the lolcatz movement. Allegedly, the "Operation Payback" was - an informal grouping of Web attacks on financial service providers that WikiLeaks the settlement of payments refused donations - their origin in 4Chan forums.

The now international informal Anonymous protest movement takes its name from 4Chan forums: Anonymous there is the standard name for all users. Now 4Chan itself is the victim of a distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) have become. On Thursday, the operator announced its users to the official System Status page: "The offer is currently not achievable because of DDoS - or - we have noticed that there were Master Card, Paypal and Visa alone." Before the forum disappeared from the network, passed through strange things: some of the 4Chan-forums, the organization suddenly changed, the site presented instead of the usual pastel tones suddenly red-yellow-Azur, the euro-dance-trash classic "Cotton-Eyed Joe "ran in the background, and glittered in the page header, the heading:" MOOT IS OLEV OLEV IS MOOT.

Read a Kindle book can Nook

The book ebook Barnes and Noble, Nook, can download the application for Android Kindle, Amazon's digital book and enjoy Nook catalog on Amazon. Nook has a color screen. Obviously, this maneuver is not authorized by Barnes, but an unofficial blog on Kindle has released details of the maneuvers that the owner of Nook, which is Android operating system, you can do to achieve this dual use.

"Now it is fairly easy to get Kindle books Nook in color and have the catalog of both stores in a single device," explains the blog because Nook Color is not exclusively an electronic book, is also a platform Android. The owner may, after a series of maneuvers, link color Nook's shop for Android applications.

Internet, 21% more expensive than in the EU

Broadband in Spain remains far more expensive than in the European Union. And Telefonica, one of the incumbents (also called incumbent) less affordable in the EU. In addition, the spread between the Spanish and European rates increases. These are the main conclusions of the report of the Telecommunications Market (CMT).

The interim report, which presents the best rates comparative to June 2010 in different EU countries, notes that the packages of broadband and voice services to medium speed (2 to 10 megabits per second), the most common because they represent 60% of the total, 21.2% more expensive in Spain compared to the average European offers the best prices adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP), ie taking into account the income level of each country .

Young UMP victims of "cybersquatting"

 Certainly, the Web Fails to the UMP. While the party should abolish early January, her social network launched a year ago, the creators of possibilities, however, supposed to become a cornerstone of its online presence, the youth of the UMP just be a victim again Internet jokes. Tuesday, December 28, LeFigaro.

fr announced that members of the Young folk were preparing to put online a site to mock the divisions of the Socialists. Ready to launch, this site is called parody TheSolferishow. fr. Led by France future youth group of the UMP led by Alexander Brugere, a relative of Eric Besson, the site was to compare the positions of different social figures to point their substantive differences.