Friday, March 11, 2011

The U.S. Senate is looking into accusations against Google

The U.S. Senate committee responsible for issues of abuse of dominant position consideration during the next session of Parliament the charges of obstructing competition against Google, said the Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, who publishes on its website the program committee for the next parliamentary session.

"In recent years, the dominance of Google, the largest search engine in the world, has increased the search results. In this perspective, we examine the accusations of online commerce sites that say they are unfairly poorly referenced and are facing difficulties in buying advertising, "details the agenda of the committee.

Sony is working on 3G cameras connected to the cloud

Someone has to take the first step, not surprise me that Sony was responsible in giving, I mean to market a camera with 3G connectivity, which part of its operation and storage is related to the cloud. The sound of the camera 3G (for now no 3D) expands the network with ease it makes sense, and because the source is reliable.

Unfortunately no details, but we understand that we are talking of a Cyber-shot, or perhaps a NEX, but I doubt that goal this possibility in a Alpha series camera. The idea of \u200b\u200bhaving less dependent connectivity such as 3G, is not to make phone calls, but the transmission of content.

Japan: a tool to search for missing persons

Japanese telephone networks are saturated or disturbed, the Internet takes over to help locate persons whose whereabouts are unknown in Japan following the earthquake that struck the country. Besides social networking, Japan Person Finder, a tool introduced by Google, allows users to report their situation and those of people they are.

This database is accessible to families and friends without news of their relatives, who can do a search using the name of the missing person. The site is available in Japanese and English. At the time of this writing, 1,200 people are reported, but the figure is increasing at a rate of 200 additional people every five minutes.

HP denies it will sell its PC division to a brief statement

Unsurprisingly, the rumors that we share yesterday on the sale of HP's PC division has had an impact, which is not expected was that the American company to answer, as it has done. HP has led directly to the environment arising Taiwanese information, Commercial Times, saying they have behaved irresponsibly.

Then the original statement: It is common in HP releases, but ends with a copyright, is necessary in a press release?, Which invites us to think that things can change without notice: We give validity to Commercial Times, that although it sounds to us unknown, a DigiTimes source (for us reliably) used frequently.

Facebook adds a tool to alert of harassment

Facebook users who feel subjected to harassment may not only alert the moderators of the network, but from now on, to their trusted friends. The service allows you to indicate which friends are considered appropriate to give notice to Facebook in case of being attacked. These friends, who play an intermediary role with those who annoy the user, may or may not, within Facebook.

This means that they can tell through a button for it or by sending an email. This move comes shortly after the White House launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance in the schools this sort of abuse. In fact, the changes will be added gradually in the user profiles have been shown during a conference on anti bullying "promoted by Barack and Michelle Obama.

A false security tool for Android installs virus

Google turns to look at China from where comes the latest threat of infection to the operating system has been developed for mobile, Android. 58 After detecting malicious programs offered applications from the Android Market, which had been downloaded at 260,000 phones, used the Android Market Secutiry Tool to block and clean applications infectious malware phones.

Symantec has located an application of Chinese origin, which mimics the Android security tools and offers download to clean the phone. It is actually a Trojan that contains a virus which apparently allows giving instructions for sending SMS. Google has warned customers that they must use Android accredited sites for these purposes.

Philips Air Fryer, the fryer or smell, or stain, or fattening

Attend presentations from brands such as Philips and entering very unusual times in universes that are related to high technology, but hardly seem the product of a screenwriter's wet dream of home shopping at dawn. Inter-connected TVs, audio systems and wireless headsets latest generation Philips event surprised us with a live demonstration of the Philips Air Fryer, an appliance that cooks food in a manner much like would be fried, but changing the oil / air.