Atari, Commodore, Spectrum That mania vintage hi-tech

For the nostalgic of Generation X, raised in the early eighties in the golden age of the home computer, the ad has earned a tear of emotion. The historic Commodore 64, the computer that has grown an entire race of geeks Western back into production, ready for the world launch by next summer. This is not a clone of Chinese, as happened in the past with many computers and consoles of the past decades, but an official version of renewable technologies, signed by Commodore itself.

4G licenses: tender in May, the end of 2011 frequency allocation

Permits for the fourth generation (4G) mobile phone will be a tender in May and frequencies should be assigned by the end of the year, said, Friday, April 8, Jean- Ludovic Silicani, president of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARCEP). "We're finalizing with the Government under the call for applications.

If things go normally, it is likely that by early May, the procedure could be launched, which would award the prizes (from frequency) of 2.6 gigahertz and 800 megahertz by the end of 2011, "said Mr. Silicani news conference. The fourth generation (4G) mobile telephony is expected to gradually take over to 3G.

Blog - virtual goods, a market of 3 billion

A recent study by the World Bank assesses the trade of virtual objects in video games online.

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Data Centers: Facebook sharing its technology

The social network Facebook has launched Thursday, April 7, a program called "Open Computer", designed to share technical specifications of its servers and its data centers. "We decided to collaborate with the entire industry, to share these technologies as they evolve," the company said. Facebook's engineers have designed servers faster, cheaper and less power hungry.

According to Facebook, the new architecture would reduce the energy bill 38% and 24% of overall costs. These technologies will be used especially in the data center of Facebook, in Prineville, Oregon. But the goal of "open-compute" is to make these concepts available to other IT groups.

Android should equip half of smartphones by 2012

A study by Gartner, released Thursday, estimated that by the end of 2011, the operating system Google's Android equip half of smartphones in Tech News Buzz. According to research firm, worldwide sales of mobile intelligent expected to reach 468 million units in 2011, an increase of over 57%. This strong sales growth should primarily benefit Android, which will reach, according to projections by Gartner, 49% of the market at the end of the year.

Acer expands its range of All in One

Acer, the U.S. company's technology developer, has unveiled a new desktop computer model in one, this is the new Acer Aspire Z5761. Lately the news in the world of computers and gadgets are sent to virtually tablet and laptop, but that does not mean that companies forget desktops. A lot of companies require desktops to computerize their offices for the computer companies is a source of money and certainly this kind of companies are aiming this product.