Copyright: China blames Baidu

The Chinese authorities will take action against 14 Web sites accused of violating copyright and promoted illegal downloading of music, says Xinhua, Monday, April 25. Among these sites contained Baidu, the first search engine in China. The agency did not specify what sanctions will be taken against these sites.

The Ministry of Culture attacking particularly the portal Baidu MP3 search engine that provides direct access to music. "Despite repeated requests the authorities, the content in question were not withdrawn," said Xinhua. Reuters quoted a Baidu spokesman said however that the group will act quickly to remove infringing content copyright.

Blog - Interest Crusaders Obama and Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg's company has intensified its lobbying in Washington. The U.S. president has him on the social network for his campaign.

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Facebook is launching a competitor Groupon

The social network Facebook has launched Tuesday, April 26, his service to obtain combined purchase discounts on products once a certain number of buyers have expressed interest. These "cheap" is currently available only to U.S. cities of Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco. The procurement sector increasingly interested in Web players.

Launched in November 2008, Groupon, which claims 60 million subscribers in 45 countries, opened the door. The Chicago company has even refused to fall, a bid at $ 6 billion (4.3 billion euros) from Google. But tailgating is now Groupon LivingSocial, supported by giant Amazon e-commerce.

Sony launches two digital tablets

The Japanese electronics giant Sony launches, Tuesday, April 26, in the market for digital tablets. Sony introduced two devices that will work with version 3 operating system from Google Android (called Honeycomb) said Kunimasa Suzuki, deputy chairman of the consumer product division and group services.

These tablets should be available in the fall. Model S1 has a screen about 10 inches (about 25 cm) diagonally, two cameras, and compatible with Wi-Fi Larger than a smartphone but more like a tablet iPad, the S2 has its part of two touch screens. With these devices, Sony wants to try to take advantage of a market increasingly competitive.

Nintendo Wii renewed in 2012 at the grave each sales

With the 3DS is not enough. Nintendo's reign in the mini-console does not replace the drop in profits in general, and the Wii in particular, which is becoming less attractive to the Kinect of Microsoft Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from Sony. So the CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has announced that in 2012 there will be a new Wii on the international market.

A prototype will be presented at E3 Los Angeles, held in June, and there be known the first details of the machine, as Iwata did not pass. The announcement coincides with the presentation of the economic performance of the company that for the second consecutive year, declining sales and profits.

Reader Photos: Thus, the pinhole camera for DSLR

Back to basics: With a little trick makes the hundreds € expensive digital camera to a simple pinhole camera, the photos as it was 150 years ago. One of our readers has tried it - they see its results. We asked our readers to retro photos - and get more than 100 letters. Among many snapshots that are created by using apps on the smartphone, but also more complex experiments.

Particularly impressed us the photos by Jens Hoesel from Leipzig. He has used his shots a Canon digital camera, but it omitted the lens. Instead, he put the cover of the camera housing on the lens thread, in which he had previously drilled a tiny hole. This turns the DSLR a pinhole camera, according to a principle that Aristotle and Euclid in the fourth century before Christ known.

AutoCAD available on Android MOBILE

Autodesk has made available to Android users of the application of one of its most popular programs, AutoCAD. Users may edit, display and transport DWG files. The application is available for smartphones and tablets with Android. AutoCAD is a design program for creating drawings and plans in two and three dimensions.

This is one of the most widely used software for professional image development projects, prototypes or drawings. In late March the company unveiled new versions of its software. Now Autodesk Launches for Android users. Editing on a smartphone can be challenging but not impossible, but the output of new tablets with Android can convert this existing practice.