The Icelandic company that collects money for the site Wikileaks has sent a complaint to the European Commission against the credit card giants Visa and MasterCard for blocking since the end of 2010 donations to the site, his lawyer said to Agence France-Presse , Wednesday, July 13. "The complaint was sent (by mail) and will be filed Thursday," said Svein Sveinsson Andri, a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Iceland which represents the company DataCell WikiLeaks and in this case.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Xbox 360 will also run on Windows 8?
The news is doing the rounds of the network quickly, the site Insideris explains that Microsoft could make compatible the new Windows operating system 8, with their Xbox 360 games through a subscription to Windows Live Marketplace.
Electronic Arts buys PopCap Games
The video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) announced Tuesday, July 12, an agreement to buy PopCap Games, a specialist games on mobile devices and social networks. The acquisition, which may range from 750 million to $ 1.3 billion, should be completed in August. EA will pay approximately $ 650 million in cash and $ 100 million in securities for the designer of Bejeweled and plants against Zombies.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Cisco would consider removing 10,000 jobs
The U.S. telecoms equipment supplier Cisco is about to eliminate 10,000 jobs or 14% of its workforce, Bloomberg announced, Tuesday, July 12, citing two anonymous sources. According to Bloomberg, 7,000 jobs could be lost in the month of August 3000 more job cuts would correspond to early retirement. In May, the group announced quarterly results that have troubled analysts and investors.
A $ 1.81 billion, fourth quarter net income of the group is falling by almost 18% over one year for the second consecutive quarter. Sales, up from 4.8% to 10.87 billion dollars, is itself just as expected. In April, Cisco also announced the closure of small Flip video camera, purchased two years earlier, resulting in the elimination of 550 positions.
A $ 1.81 billion, fourth quarter net income of the group is falling by almost 18% over one year for the second consecutive quarter. Sales, up from 4.8% to 10.87 billion dollars, is itself just as expected. In April, Cisco also announced the closure of small Flip video camera, purchased two years earlier, resulting in the elimination of 550 positions.
Twitter has over a million applications
A year ago, was only 150,000, as reported by the company blog. Every half second register an application for this ecosystem of short messages. The blog reports that since December, investors have invested more than $ 500 million in companies that are dedicated to developing applications for Twitter and more than a thousand millonesse been spent on the purchase of companies related to their ecosystem.
Patents: Apple files suit against HTC
The war continues patents in the field of mobile devices. Apple has a complaint against the Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and HTC touch pads. This is the second time the U.S. firm files suit against HTC. Apple believes that the Taiwanese group violates five of its patents in areas as diverse as the user interface or motion sensors, the document details of the complaint, dated July 8, with the Board of U.S. Trade, based in Washington.
Anonymous hacks 90,000 emails from the U.S. Defense
Anonymous continues its activity. This time has revealed the contents poured into The Pirate Bay. These are data from the U.S. company Booz Allen by the Department of Defense U.S. government. Anonymous, as has been reported, has had access to 90,000 military emails, passwords and a 50 MB database.
The original announcement also says that the hackers group found 4 gigabytes of source code in SVN repository. The group justifies its action because Booz Allen participated in the same auction of government contracts that HBGary. According to the group in concursoha been corruption among officials of the company and the government, warrantless wiretapping and surveillance projects questionable.
The original announcement also says that the hackers group found 4 gigabytes of source code in SVN repository. The group justifies its action because Booz Allen participated in the same auction of government contracts that HBGary. According to the group in concursoha been corruption among officials of the company and the government, warrantless wiretapping and surveillance projects questionable.
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