How the Internet has withstood the earthquake

Despite the magnitude of the natural disaster that struck Japan, Internet access in the archipelago was very little disturbance outside the areas directly hit by the earthquake and tsunami. Based on measurements of Google, connections to the search engine from Japan have remained relatively stable, and the traffic level is raised 24 hours after the earthquake.

In areas directly affected, the connections are completely cut off, not because the infrastructure has not resisted, but because the means to connect (computers, grid ...) have been destroyed. The submarine cables linking the islands to the Internet have been damaged but the extent of damage is still unknown, and the network has been specifically designed to continue to operate even during major disasters.

Several video games canceled in Japan after earthquake

A major earthquake affecting a large city and a hero to survive by managing food, water, and especially avoiding the pitfalls of the devastated city become hostile territory ... Such was the scenario Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories (Disaster Report 4 West), set out initially to urban survival on PlayStation 3 10 March 2011, the day before the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Japanese archipelago.

Philips Homerun, comes another robot vacuum cleaner to compete for domestic cleaning

On the market and we have excellent domestic robot vacuum cleaners. First came the iRobot Roomba, then came Korean alternative paths, the Hom-Bot LG and Samsung Navibot. Philips now is that this ring is up to the Philips robotic Homerun. Very similar to other automated vacuum cleaners have seen, the Philips Homerun also integrates multiple cameras and sensors (up to 20, according to the Dutch) to map the house.

With version 9, Internet Explorer will take advantage

Faster and safer: since Tuesday, March 14, Microsoft offers for download the final version of Internet Explorer 9, its Internet browser, the main developments concerning the speed of navigation and new measures to protect the user. Long time leader of the browser market, Internet Explorer has in recent years, gradually lost market share, mainly against Firefox (Mozilla) and Chrome (Google).

Internet Explorer remains the most used browser in Tech News Buzz, with nearly 57% market share, according to figures from the firm NetApplications. With IE 9, Microsoft wants to reverse the trend. "This is not just a renewal of our browser, said Nicolas Petit, Director Consumer Marketing & Internet, Microsoft France.

In Spain reach the Samsung Galaxy SII "pata negra"

After leaving the Nexus S in Spain with almost no screen expected SuperAMOLED, now we'll start to feel a flea market, so that the shadow starts to fall on future terminals arriving from the Korean company Samsung. Fortunately in the Samsung Spain yesterday, from twitter, undertook to reassure reporting a couple of important details about the star in 2011 Phone: Samsung Galaxy SII.

Last week we informed you that there are two versions of the phone, which differ mainly by the internal hardware used. While Nvidia Tegra extended option 2, or the Exynos 4210 of Samsung's own. The title of the story makes clear that for me the choice of Samsung is good, with that I'm not saying that Nvidia is not, that may have more support from the beginning to be more widespread, in fact arrive via Tegra Games Zone and PlayStation Suite.

Dell Vostro V130, analysis

The Dell Vostro V130 is a different handset. Since its launch had a huge desire to have him in my hands for two reasons: first, because the hardware is very decent and balanced a laptop, and second because I was completely seduced by its design. After some weeks of use I must admit that I was not disappointed.

We are a team that has a very decent performance, more than enough for normal users and even for someone looking for something else. Intel Core i3 is to blame, it has proved a perfect platform for everyday use. Our test team has the following features: There are no words to explain the grand design of the Vostro V130.

On July 31 Google delete private profiles

The rumor stated that Google would launch a network under the name of Circles. Not so. It would have been the third, after Orkut and Buzz. The only announcement of Google so far is that the private profiles of Google users will disappear if not made public before 31 July. Making a public profile does not mean revealing all services that have been discharged.

Place an account on Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Blogger or Picasa for each user will be optional, but will be required to reveal, at least the user name. In a message in the help section of Google, explained and set out the decision: "The objective of the profiles of Google is that you control your online identity.