YouTube opens the creative commons

The video sharing site YouTube has started to introduce a feature Wednesday June 1, which allows users to publish their videos under a creative commons license, reports the specialized site Boing Boing. With this license, users are able to reuse a video, copy it, but also to select extracts. If a user makes a "remix", the sources will automatically appear in the final cut.

The U.S. cable television network C-Span, but also channel Al-Jazeera and the Voice of America are among the partners. Ten thousand videos "creative commons" should be available to launch the new service.

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Jinan, the epicenter of the conflict between Google and Beijing

Shanghai, correspondence - In a new revolt against China, Google has terminated, Wednesday 1 June, on its official blog, attacks to access email content hundreds of users, including senior administration officials U.S., Chinese political activists, officials from various Asian countries, including South Korea, soldiers and journalists.

This campaign of "phishing" was, according to Eric Grosse, responsible for the security team of Google, enabling them to harvest passwords of users to forward their email addresses malicious. These attacks "appear to come from Jinan, China," said the U.S. firm, adding another layer to open conflict that opposes the government in Beijing.

Microsoft unveils' Windows 8 "

The Microsoft IT group gave, Wednesday, June 1, an overview of the operating system that will succeed the current Windows 7. The demonstration took place on a touch screen, illustrating the emphasis on the shelves that Microsoft hopes to equip the system. "Windows 8", code name for the emerging system shown at the conference organized by the D9 news website All Things Digital in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, is clearly designed in anticipation of a new era of computing where the shelves will an increasing role.

China refuses to take responsibility for the hijacking Google

China said it was "unacceptable" to take on "responsibility" of the operation of flights passwords of Gmail accounts, said Thursday, June 2, Hong Lei, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. "The alleged statement saying that the Chinese government supports the cyber attacks is fabricated. It has ulterior motives," said Mr.

Hong at a press conference. The group's search engine was announced yesterday that Gmail email accounts of senior U.S. officials, Chinese dissidents, military officials and journalists had been pirated, indicating that the attack came from China. "We recently discovered a campaign to collect passwords, probably through the 'phishing'," said an official of Google, Eric Grosse, in a note on the official blog of the company.

Phones: Which phones emit the least air?

The WHO has described mobile phones as "possibly carcinogenic". The website cnetfrance. en establishes a list of mobile emitting the waves and those who emit less.

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All eyes Asus

Asus is one of the manufacturers of technology that was showcased during the most recently concluded Computex 2011 in Taiwan. Among its high points are the newly announced PadFone panel or presentation MeeGo X101 Netbook Eee PC, but one of the highest points of the evening was undoubtedly when it was the turn of the new memo.

The Asus ME173, also known as Memo, will become one of the first tablets to reach the international market with a screen capable of projecting 3D images. Its 7-inch screen offers a resolution of 1280 x 600 pixels that will allow us to fully enjoy all sorts of multimedia content. The rest of the features of the gadget are consistent with the expected.

Pantech unveils its first Android smartphone

Pantech is one of the manufacturers of technology with less environmental reputation yet today has more than earned the headline. The company has announced for the month of June in the U.S. the new Pantech Crossover, an Android smartphone with a price that will surprise you. Pantech's new crossover has a fairly simple design with QWERTY sliding keyboard and a 3.1-inch touch screen.

The phone has an interesting CPU 600 MHz and equipped with the "somewhat outdated" version 2.2 of Android. It also has Wi-Fi, 3 megapixel display and other features nothing unusual. What is unreasonable is its low cost, we can get this beauty in the United States for only $ 70 under contractual mode.