Mar
12
2010
Technology By Ernesto Custodioe | No comments yet

Apple to release about 5 million Tablet PCs iPad

iPad, is equipped with 9.7-inch touch screen, 1-gigahertz processor, Apple A4, module Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and 3G (optional). The volume of the integrated flash memory can be 16, 32 or 64 GB.

The most inexpensive model without 3G-Module with 16 GB of memory costs $ 499; a variant, equipped with a modem 3G and 64 GB of memory, will cost $ 829.

Tablet computer Apple iPad is due in U.S. stores on the 3rd of April, furthermore, only in the version without support for 3G-networks. Option with 3G support should appear in the U.S. retail in late April, at the same time both versions of the Apple iPad will appear in Canada, Europe and Japan. Prices for each region will be determined individually. Apple sets the recommended level of prices only for U.S. retailers.

Each Apple store has allocated a certain number of admissible applications as soon as it is exceeded, the particular outlet will stop taking orders for the iPad. Since the beginning of sales in the U.S. have iPad on Saturday, the 3rd of April, the delivery device to the client may take some time.

Shipments iPad will begin April 3: On this day tablet purchased will have the modification without the 3G-module. Deliveries of models with support for third-generation mobile communication will be organized towards the end of next month.

Analysts predict that the most popular is to use iPad the cheapest model with 16 gigabytes of memory and a WiFi adapter for $ 500, although the manufacturer is the best deal iPad – a version with 32 gigabytes of memory. However, to judge the outcome of sales is still too early. Some sources predict that in the current half-year Apple will release about 5 million Tablet PCs iPad.

Mar
12
2010
Gaming By Gary Singer | No comments yet

Charts Japon: one machine stands out: the PSP.

According to Media Create ,Here are the console sales in Japan for the week 1 to March 7.

Seeing the rankings this week, we mark the sales are going down. Indeed, for some time now, they all have stagnated, retaining their overall sales volume of previous weeks. Fortunately, one machine stands out: the PSP.

The traditional model has received a serious blow this week to boost by almost doubling its sales .And going for some reason the side of the charts softwares, we see that. Hack / / Link Kenka Bacho 4 and God Eater is sold pretty well (not unusual), but apparently enough to provide a comfortable lead for the PS2 pocket.

1. PSP 64,808 (PSP Total: 14,293,498)
2. Wii 33,880 (10,002,219)
3. PS3 28,824 (4,798,490)
4. DSi XL 23,611 (Total DS: 29,780,519)
5. DSi 15,017
6. DS Lite 4316
7. Xbox 360 2,764 (1,241,993)
8. PS2 1,839 (21,429,269)
9. PSPgo 1275

Mar
11
2010
Google, Technology By Gary Singer | No comments yet

Spanish newspaper attack Google for denouncing “censorship” in the country

Google caused a stir with the press in Spain to compare the country to Iran and China, putting it among the nations that apply Internet censorship.

In a hearing before the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives United States of America in Washington on Wednesday, the vice president of Google, Nicole Wong, cited the ban on blogs calling for the boycott of products of Catalonia – determined by a Spanish judge – as an example of censorship.

“We suffered a blockage in China, Spain, India, Pakistan, Iran, Myanmar and Ethiopia,” said Wong. “Google has been a habitual focus of government efforts to limit freedom of expression because our technologies and services allow people connected to the internet speak to a worldwide audience.”

You Tube is blocked in 12 countries, the most popular video service, Internet, owned by Google. In the Spanish case censorship, according to vice president of Google, occurs in the service of Blogspot blogs. Already Saudi Arabia, Iran and UAE were cited as countries that criticized the social network Orkut.

On day 2, the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the Senate, Google had mentioned Spain as a country that practices censorship.

The newspaper El Pais saidthey contacted with Google, the Spanish office issued a statement saying that although it actually occurred censorship to blogs, this is an isolated incident. “We have no problems with Spain with regard to freedom of expression,” the statement said.

“That did not stop Google from against Spain, without presenting any evidence, as a country where censorship is practiced the web”, criticized the newspaper on Thursday. “Several countries, media and news services have echoed this complaint, naming Spain in their texts.

Mar
11
2010
Gaming, Technology By Simone Meier | No comments yet

MySpace focus on gaming to regain its name

MySpace announced on Wednesday that it would now focus on gaming. Co-president Mike Jones, of MySpace wrote in a blog post that just as music was used earlier, they would concentrate on gaming to revitalize their site.

It launched a revamped games homepage at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco today.

Game activity will posted via users’ notifications and streams. The revamp also includes personalized game recommendation, popular game charts, and the ability to rate games.

Jones also informed that for developers, application engagement and analytics tools had been improved so that users had more information about the demographics of who was using their games, how were discovering them and how were being shared.

The firm also launched a new iPhone app, known as MySpace Neon, which will provide users access to their games on the iPhone.

The games homepage will also include several new games, including Fish Isle, Hoop Fever Live, Kingdoms of Camelot, Paradise Paintball, SPP Ranch, Warlords, Wild Ones, and Zombie Revenge.

Mar
11
2010
Google, Technology By Simone Meier | No comments yet

Sony’s new motion controller to challenge Nintendo’s dominance

The makers of PlayStation 3, Sony launched its motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo’s dominance in the gaming sector.

It hopes to lure gamers who have outgrown Nintendo, which launched the Wii in 2006.

At a press conference in San Francisco, Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment said that it was now time to make transition from Wii to The PlayStation, which offered a new experience for both casual and hard-core gamers.

Sony’s new wireless motion controller, used with the existing PlayStation Eye camera can track players’ body movements. The controller, in turn, has on its end a light-emitting orb that is recognized by the camera.

Dille though not revealing the exact prices reported that a starter bundle including the PlayStation Eye, motion controller and one game would retail for under $100.

The latest announcement comes as both Sony and Microsoft Corp., maker of the Xbox 360, attempt to gain ground on Nintendo.

Microsoft is planning its own offensive this year as well with its “Project Natal.”

Although demand for the Wii has slowed in recent months, it remained the most popular console among Americans in January with 465,000 units sold, according to market researcher NPD Group. Microsoft sold 332,800 units of the Xbox 360, trailed by 276,900 PlayStation 3 units.

Mar
11
2010
Gaming, Technology By Gary Singer | No comments yet

Sony introduced the PlayStation Move @ GDC in San Francisco

Sony used the GDC in San Francisco to introduce its PlayStation Move. Is it true that its a simple evolution of the Wiimote competitor to Nintendo?

PlayStation Move will be marketed by Sony’s famous wand. Controller motion recognition copied on the Wiimote, which allows Nintendo to dominate the current generation of consoles.

Microsoft has chosen to invest in Natal, more technologically advanced by removing the handle, Sony merely a vague plagiarism of what works at rival Nippon.

So what does the PlayStation Move Will be able to do better than the Wiimote? More specifically, this seems already acquired since no latency should be seen in the movements.

However, what continues to amaze is the choice of technology, Sony PlayStation as its Move needs to be coupled to the PlayStation Eye (the webcam for the PS3) to work. If one adds to this the Sub Controller (Nunchuk, Sony, wireless), it’s getting a lot of accessories …

Sony will operate differently PlayStation Move, and offer more sophisticated games that are compatible mini-games to Nintendo sauce. Recently David Cage, creator of the game Heavy Rain let such hearing that Quantic Dream could soon make an announcement about the PlayStation Move. But oddly, for the moment to leave the GDC conference which was introduced PlayStation Move is the looming concern among gamers. Indeed, the only “real” game was introduced as compatible SOCOM 4.

For the rest, Sony has clearly shown the ambition to come walk on the flat strips of Nintendo, with the archery (using two PlayStation Move), golf, tennis, fighting with swords a fighting game … From Wii Sports, in other words! And Sony also introduced Eye Pet and LittleBigPlanet to be compatible.

Sony has stated that many third-publishers are already working on titles compatible with the PlayStation Move, including Activision, Konami or Electronic Arts has confirmed this week that his Tiger Woods 2011 would be compatible with this technology, but not Natal with the X360, lack of time. It will therefore probably wait until E3 to see what other kinds of games that exploit PS Move that, after feeding the column for months, is finally a reality.

PlayStation Move out this fall, sold bundled with a game. There is no declaration on the price factor.

Mar
11
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | No comments yet

Opera Mini 5 landed on Android smartphone

Already offered on Windows Mobile for 1 week, Opera Mini on Android arrives in its new version 5.

Also effective as Opera Mini does not replace the standard browser for Android but remains an interesting software that takes full extent if you are not lucky enough to have an unlimited data plan or you’re not in a coverage area 3G, because the volume of transferred data is optimized through treatment achieved by the servers it operates.

A software writing Smartphone France recommends although it is regrettable that the software is currently only available in English and that to truly exit the software vulnerability he used a “Task Killer”.

Opera Mini 5, as the previous version, is totally free and can be downloaded from the Android Market.

Mar
11
2010
Business By Gary Singer | No comments yet

Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man

For over 15 years, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, had monopolized the list. This is the first time a Latin American is headed. “The race with Bill Gates has been very fair, but Carlos Slim has finally won by just 500 million dollars in the world of millionaires is a very small margin,” announced today the publishing group president of Forbes, Steve Forbes , in a press conference in New York.

Carlos Slim’s fortune amounted to about 53 thousand 500 million dollars, according to Forbes. He overtook Bill Gates and Warren Buffet after 15 years. For the second consecutive year, the count of Forbes magazine includes Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. This list is published annually by Forbes magazine for the last 24 years and in which there are a total of 36 Latin Americans, mostly Brazilians, and that includes the second time Mexican drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo “Guzman Loera. Last year ‘El Chapo’ was listed on the site 701, the site went down this year although his fortune estimated 937 billion dollars in remains unchanged.

The Mexican businessman Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world with a fortune of 53 thousand 500 million dollars, according to Forbes magazine said today, which is in second and third Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

According to the Forbes list, there are 11 thousand billionaires in the world in year 2010, an increase over the 793 last year. Of these, 89 are women, up from the 72 of 2009.

The new president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, and Brazil’s Eike Batista, is also highlighted among the wealthiest men in Latin America.

“The region has a spectacular year, with Carlos Slim has been done with number one on the list, Sebastian Pinera who became President of Chile, and Eike Batista as the big winner,” said today the coordinator of this research was U.S., Luisa Kroll.

The 20 richest men in the whole world:

* Carlos Slim (Mexico) – 53 thousand 500 million dollars, telecommunications

* Bill Gates (USA) – 53 billion dollars, Microsoft

* Warren Buffett (USA) – U.S. $ 47 billion, Berkshire Hathaway

* Mukesh Ambani (India) – 29.000 million, petrochemical, oil and gas

* Lakshmi Mittal (India) – 28 thousand 700 million dollars, steel

* Larry Ellison (USA) – 28 billion dollars, Oracle

* Bernard Arnault (France) – 27,500 million dollars, LVMH

* Eike Batista (Brazil) – 27 billion dollars, mining and oil

* Amancio Ortega (Spain) – 25 billion dollars, retailer

* Karl Albrecht (Germany) – 23 thousand 500 million dollars, supermarkets

* Ingvar Kamprad & family (Sweden) – 23 billion dollars, Ikea

* Christy Walton & family (USA) – 22 thousand 500 million dollars, Walmart

* Stefan Persson (Sweden) – 22 thousand 400 million dollars, Hennes & Mauritz

* Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong) – U.S. $ 21 billion, diversified

* Jim Walton (United States) – 20 thousand 700 million dollars, Walmart

* Alice Walton (United States) – 20 thousand 600 million dollars, Walmart

* Liliane Bettencourt (France) – 20 billion dollars, L’Oreal

* S. Robson Walton (United States) – 19,800 million, Walmart

* Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (Saudi Arabia) – 19 thousand 400 million dollars investment

* David Thomson & family (Canada) – 19 billion dollars, news and information

Mar
10
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | No comments yet

Microsoft, HP and Adobe are preparing anti-Apple iPad

Apple’s rivals seem determined to parasite the launch of its iPad by unveiling their own multimedia touch tablets. Adobe has released a video showing the future HP Tablet Slate ran it perfectly on flash technology.

“85% of websites and 75% of Internet videos using Flash. With Flash Player, HP Tablet Slate provides access to the entire Web, “insists Alan Tam, head of marketing at Adobe Flash, which shows examples of video sites, games, video clips, d ‘photo albums or digital newspaper exploiting this technology.

Adobe is not the only vendor to parasite the launch of the iPad, including marketing to begin on April 3 in the United States. The U.S. webzine Engadget, for example, released earlier this week a mysterious video revealing Courier, a concept of dual screen tablet Microsoft close Booklet already announced by the Redmond company, the future Asus Eee Reader or the Nintendo DS XL.

According to Engadget, this double slate could adopt the same operating system as the Zune and especially Silverlight competitor to Flash by Microsoft, whose mobile version will be unveiled in late March at the MIX conference organized by the publisher.

Despite the false start of Tablet PCs and other Smart Display, Microsoft and its partners in any case seem determined to impose on the segment of touch pads, a market that could also invest Google or Sony in the coming months …

Mar
10
2010
Technology By Simone Meier | No comments yet

Panasonic revealed price for first 3D-TV set

Panasonic announced on Wednesday that $3,000 is the amount which people would have to pay to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home.

The company put its first 3-D sets on sale at an event in New York on Wednesday.

The sales debut comes as moviegoers have shown considerable enthusiasm for the latest wave of 3-D titles in the theater. Last weekend, “Alice in Wonderland” grossed an estimated $116.2 million at the box office, beating the first-weekend receipts of “Avatar,” the winter’s 3-D blockbuster.

Panasonic’s suggested retail price is $2,900 for a 50-inch plasma set, one pair of glasses and a 3-D Blu-ray player. An extra pair of glasses costs $150.

Its South Korean rival, Samsung Electronics Co. announced that its 3-D sets would go on sale this week. For $3,000, buyers get a 46-inch set, two pairs of glasses, a 3-D Blu-ray player and a 3-D copy of “Monsters vs. Aliens”.

Both manufacturers plan to expand their 3-D lines rapidly.

The sets can switch between 3-D and regular 2-D mode, which doesn’t require glasses

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