In smart clock Pebble has a new competitor

The company MetaWatch started collecting funds for the analogue of "smart" watches Pebble, working in conjunction iPhone and Android-smartphone. Developers are attracted money to the project through the website Kickstarter. By this time they managed to collect just over 150 thousand dollars (at the original stated goal of one hundred thousand). Prior to completion of financing there are still 20 days.

Hours Strata operate in a similar way as the Pebble. Accessory is connected to a compatible "apple" (iPhone 4S or iPad 3) or Android-device via Bluetooth 4.0, and shows a variety of useful information: incoming calls, SMS-message, news feed Facebook, Twitter, calendar, weather and more. Also in the gadget preinstalled for jogging, to control music playback and opoveschalka, which is triggered if the user is too far away from the device.

The benefits of Strata is broad support for operating system, Apple iOS, including most of the new, sixth version. On the project page states that the Strata, in particular, are compatible with the Galaxy Nexus. Will they be able to work in conjunction with other Android-smartphone, is not specified.

Strata are 96x96 pixels display, three-axis accelerometer, Vibro, light sensor, and six buttons. One battery charge will last for five to seven days.

Watch case is protected from moisture. Make a pre-order for the Strata can be $ 159 (in black, green, orange and blue colors). Deliveries accessory is scheduled to begin in November.

What can a tablet?

Company ASUS, producing a Tablet PC called the Google Nexus 7, to meet the cost of $ 199 economized on everything. In the tablet is not a card reader, not even the back of the camera. But some do manage to connect them to the missing device. One of the owners of this gadget has posted photos of unusual network of "transformer". Go to the tablet via USB-hub connected to a mouse, keyboard, USB flash drive and floppy drive! And all this in order to play the old DOS version of the game Ultima. It remains, perhaps, to connect the tablet to a large LCD TV.

HTC and Nokia: rebirth from the ashes?

It seems that the position of Nokia and HTC began leveling off. First the company announced the purchase of software developer, designed for image processing, and the second began working closely with Facebook. So it remains to be seen as a bad case of HTC and Nokia. Both have problems with sales of its smartphones. But they probably will not greatly affect the financial capacity of these companies.

How much Nokia paid for the company Scalado, is not reported. However, representatives of the manufacturer's smartphones indicate that purchased the developer has created a unique photo processing technology that will create a revolution in photo processing. In particular, the modern mechanisms of known media companies allow multiple frames to make one picture, which will carry a significant amount of information about the owner. Scalado have developed software that makes a picture of one frame.

And distinguished company HTC, which cooperated with Facebook. Now, with the support of the largest social network, it will be very difficult to squeeze in any market. Apple's need to really try to overpower the fresh lobby HTC-Facebook. The manufacturer will create social networks for the corporate smart phone, and she, in turn, will help sell it worldwide. The popularity of smartphones developer so high that HTC phones repair service and warranty is much cheaper than devices from other manufacturers.

However, Apple, and in this case is not poorer. Only in the last quarter it earned $ 8.8 billion. And this is just pure profit. A total quarterly revenues of $ 35 billion. It was sold 26 million iPhone and 17 million iPad. However, the plates lost their appeal. Their sales "collapsed" by 10 percent, compared with the same period of 2011.

Android-devices have other problems. Platform was occupied by the hackers. According to Microsoft, from the Android-smartphone has created the first mobile botnet.

From Diablo III have a slot machine

In the most popular "meat grinder" on the planet now you can play joystick and buttons.

Dave is an enthusiast gaming machine Nevinsky collected Diablo III: standing in front of the booth to the screen, the player controls the game play through the joystick and buttons. To do so, had to write an interim program to VB.Net, which connects the Diablo III interface with so unusual in this case management.

Argued that without a problem you can play for all character classes. For example, moving the joystick moves the mouse around the screen, and if at the same time hold the button on its top, he will move the character, without changing the place where the cursor.

Booth itself is made of plywood and decorated with decals, and printed them with the texture of wood, in order to create a sense of narisovannosti by hand.

Declassified Smartphone Sony Mint

Appeared on the Internet comprehensive information about the new smartphone by Sony. He LT30p, also known as Mint. The model (a prototype, of course) fell into the hands of journalists Mobile-Review, which it carefully considered and tested in action, as well as photographed from all angles.


Sony LT30p received a 4.6-inch screen with a resolution of HD, 2-core Snapdragon S4, 1GB RAM, 16 GB of internal memory, slot for memory cards microSD, output MHL, slot MicroSIM, NFC and chip sealed battery. Star of the evening - a 13-megapixel camera capable of recording videos in the resolution of Full HD. The front camera would cost a resolution of HD.


Mint on dimensions less than Xperia S, so that it is more convenient to use with one hand. But MobileReview impressed with something else: the model has no physical buttons below the screen, and it uses the platform of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at one hundred percent. Standard buttons, interestingly, have settled down a bit unusual: a power button, volume control and camera shutter - all of them perched on his right side.


With regard to changes in the software, then the model will be supported by Small Apps, which will allow access to certain applications directly from houmskrina. Judging by tests, the model is very close in performance to the HTC One S and Galaxy S III, although it is still not the final version of the smartphone.

Unfortunately, it is not clear how soon the Mint will make an official debut.

Nokia gave up its own mobile operating system

Undergoing a prolonged crisis Finnish Nokia has stopped work on a new mobile platform, through which hoped to challenge the phones based on Android. The company hoped that the Linux-platform on the stage of development known as Meltemi, will replace long time used the Series 40, but eventually closed the project as part of the massive reduction in costs.

Experts believe that the rejection of the Meltemi Finnish manufacturer threatens the loss of a strong position in the mass market segment (with the cost of handsets in the $ 100-200). Here, according to IDC, Nokia, despite the losses, is still controlled in the first quarter, more than 20% of sales.

On the platform Meltemi became known in the middle of last year from a leaked video from the network performance of the head of Nokia Stephen Elop. The company itself has never officially confirmed the existence of the project, and to curtail it became known thanks to insider information.

Recall that, according to a published report for the second quarter, once the lead producer losses increased by more than 3 times, reaching 1.41 billion euros. Sales of smart phones for a few months decreased by 34%, even forcing Nokia to the unprecedented decline of prices in the U.S. market: a new tube Lumia 900 fell from 100 to 50 dollars (for comparison, in Russia the same phone offered to buy for 25,000 rubles).

It is expected that in the third quarter, the company will continue to go into negative against stiff competition from Samsung and Apple. The head of the company has already announced that plans to reduce jobs have increased from ten to twenty thousand employees.

The release of the new iPhone may be delayed

Today the web has regular information on the possible delay of the release date of the new iPhone, the announcement is scheduled for this fall.

According to the Chinese resource First Financial Daily, Apple may postpone the release date for the new iPhone due to lack of 28-nanometer chips to be used in it.

The lack of 28-nm chips caused by problems in production at their main supplier - the company Qualcomm.

According to official figures, which became known during the telephone conference of the heads of Qualcomm, at the moment there is no accurate information about the date correct problems in the production of chips.

I would like to remind you that Qualcomm is the only company specializing in the manufacture of chips with an integrated module to support 4G-networks.

How do connect a flash drive to your phone

In many past generations of smartphones (without touchscreen) feature a built-in USB On-The-Go. It is possible to connect to a mobile phone peripheral USB-devices (keyboard, mouse, printers, scanners, cameras, card readers, etc.), thereby significantly extending the functionality of the gadget.
By contrast, modern smartphones and tablets in most deprived of this function. Even gadgets installed Android version 3.1, which means support for USB OTG in the OS from Google.

Connect the USB flash drive or other USB-device accurately to the following devices:

• Samsung Galaxy S II
• Samsung Galaxy S III
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus (USB flash drives not supported)
• Google Nexus 7 (USB flash drives not supported)
• Motorola Droid RAZR
• Samsung Galaxy Tab
• Acer Iconia Tab A200
• Acer Iconia Tab A500
• Archos G9
• Notion Ink Adam
• Motorola XOOM
• Toshiba Excite 10
• Sony Tablet S

Owners of other devices should be checked performance of this function.

Adapter USB On-The-Go is connected at one end to the microUSB-port wireless device, and the other has a standard USB-port for peripherals. Such an adapter can be a do it yourself or buy in any store electronic accessories.

Microsoft Surface tablets valued at $ 1-2 thousand

Swedish shop Webhallen attracted the attention of shockingly high price tags on the plates Microsoft Surface. If you believe the resource, the younger version of the device with ARM processor and 32 GB of internal memory will cost about 7 thousand euros, which amounts to little more than $ 1,000. The model with 64 GB drive will cost $ 1435.

More expensive than estimated from the Microsoft Surface micro-chip x86 and Windows 8 Pro - from $ 1865 to $ 2150. Experts agree that the prices of such tablets in the market did not shine, they will remain in the shade of the many many times cheaper competitors.

Many, however, does not rule out that this is just a kind of Swedish advertising magazine. In any case, Microsoft declined to comment on this website Webhallen information.

Nokia will show Lumia 910 and Lumia 920 at September 5

According to the Chinese resource wpdang, during the Nokia World conference on September 5, Microsoft will reveal new details about Windows Phone 8 (maybe even announce its release), and Nokia will present the first two devices running on WP8.
According wpdang, the first day of the conference will be presented smartphones Lumia Lumia 910 and 920, and first in the market will be 910, and 920 will be released later. Thus, the information is confirmed that Nokia, being a "premium partner" Microsoft, WP8-release device before other vendors.

Unfortunately, the Chinese resource could not confirm whether the new products expected by many of the device with the technology PureView.

Recall a recent Finnish company accidentally revealed a list of devaysov developed, among which were a Windows Phone, and Symbian-devices, as well as probably the first tablet Nokia.

Smartphone Sony with a powerful processor and 13-megapixel camera

The network has photos of the new powerful Android-smartphone Sony LT29i with the tentative title "Xperia Hayabusa", which is likely to be a "global" version of the Xperia GX, created for the Japanese market.
Resource GSMArena reports that, in contrast to their "Japanese brothers", the novelty will get a more powerful dual-core processor (Krait) with a frequency of 1.5 GHz and a graphics accelerator Adreno 320 (latest chip Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960T).

Other characteristics, according to recent reports, including 4.55-inch display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, 1 GB of RAM and a 13-megapixel camera.
It is expected that the new product goes on sale later this year.

Read also about another unannounced smartphone from Sony 13-megapixel camera - Xperia LT30i Mint.

The graphics in Windows 8 will be smooth as the iPad

In new version of the Windows operating system interface will work more quickly and smoothly. Due to the special optimization of the operating system code, rendering the windows, icons, and "tile" interface Metro will increasingly rely on computer graphics chip.

Today, the responsiveness of the user interface is one of the principal factors determining the success of the consumer. Modern planshetniki and smartphones have accustomed us to the fact that the screens and menus are turned over quickly, but smoothly, "as live". The same effect seeks to achieve, and Microsoft, in its new operating system.

According to the official blog dedicated to the development of Windows 8, to a rate of 60 frames per second - with an update frequency of the picture most of today's monitors, so what to do quickly is simply meaningless. Under this frequency is optimized all the animation interface to Windows 8, including transition effects, the geometry of the elements and even the rendering of fonts. Speaking of reaching the milestone of 60 fps in the latest version of mobile OSes Android, 4.1, and the recently announced Google. About 60 frames per second display when working with the interface and the popular mobile gadgets Apple, iPhone and the iPad.

Microsoft says that now all the graphics acceleration in Windows 8 is based on Direct3D 11.1, so the combination of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional rendering is even easier and faster. In the end, promise in Redmond, paragraphs of text rendering speed increase compared to Windows 7 by 50%, the user interface - up to 30%, and the headlines - all in three or more times.

Recall, Windows 8 will go on sale October 26, but the manufacturers of computers and tablets will be the final version in late summer. The main innovations are the new "tile" interface Metro, the widespread use of "cloud" services and adapt to devices with touch screens.

Windows 8 on the success depends largely on the future of Microsoft. While confident that the company lives by selling software for desktop PCs, in fact Windows is installed on most computers in the world. At the same time, many analysts predict the imminent decline of the traditional PC, and the future of computer industry is associated with mobile devices, primarily - tablet. Microsoft has developed a special version of Windows 8 Tablet - Windows RT, and recently surprised the announcement of its own "tabs" Surface versions for ordinary users and professionals. The corporation hopes that these devices will be able to compete with the current market leader, iPad from Apple.

Acer has introduced a new quad-core tablet for $ 200

Acer Iconia Tab A110 - a 7-inch tablet, which is expected to cost less than $ 200 when the market falls. First device was presented at the Taiwan Computex trade show last month. And, recently got a tablet on the website FCC, which is a prerequisite for any wireless devaysa before it will be sold in the United States.

Despite the fact that the FCC documents does not have much say about the tablet itself, observers point to the site Liliputing.com what we already know that it will have a 7-inch screen with 1024 x 600 pixels. Device will also have 1GB of RAM and 8GB of memory on your hard drive, and will be equipped with quad-core processor NVIDIA Tegra 3.

Description of characteristics similar to Google Nexus 7, only to display a lower resolution. However, the new tablet from Acer has a few new products that are lacking Nexus 7, including micro HDMI port and a slot for cards microSD.

Acer Iconia Tab A110 will replace the current 7-inch tablet company - Iconia Tab A100. This model has a dual-core processor NVIDIA Tegra 2 and 512MB of RAM.

Apple will strengthen the development of mobile processors

John Bruno, a former architect of the chip AMD, accepted a job at Apple.
Apple, wanting to maintain its leading position in the business of mobile devices, is interested in the development of processors with the position of their productivity and efficiency.

John Bruno, who was responsible to the Advanced Micro Devices for developing the second generation of accelerated computing units (APU), known as the Trinity and combining the main processor to the video graphics processing components, took the post in the Apple system architect.

Held rumors that the Cupertino intended to use the APU-AMD Fusion chips in the media set-top box Apple TV model 2010, which, however, still has a crystal ARM-A4. Popped up on the information and based on ARM-processors MacBook-notebooks.

Nokia promises something amazing

"Something amazing is coming 07/09/2012" - a label emblazoned on posters and banners near the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki. What exactly will be presented on September 7, one can only guess.

Journalists believe that will be released a new smartphone operating system Windows Phone. According to the reviewers site The Next Web, the focus is really to be WP-Communicators, and Nokia will announce the day to update the software of existing shells smartphones to Windows Phone 8. According to another version, the new phones will be shown in a series of Asha.

On the eve of Nokia reported sales of four million phones Lumia in the II quarter of 2012. Most of the vehicles sold in the markets of Asia and Europe. In the coming months, the Finnish vendor intends to gain a foothold in the U.S. market.

At the end of the reporting period, net loss increased from 368 million euros a year earlier to 1.41 billion euros. Analysts on average expected loss on the level of 641.1 million euros. Revenue for the period fell by 19%, to 7.54 billion euros with an average forecast of analysts at 7.32 billion euros.

One of the creators of Half-Life 2 has told the truth about modern video games

Art director of the upcoming shooter Dishonored, once worked on Half-Life 2 series, and Redneck Rampage, Bulgarian artist Viktor Antonov, in an interview with Eurogamer expressed dissatisfaction with what is happening in the video game industry.

"In terms of stories for the gaming industry, it was terrible for five years - said Antonov. - Markets operated sequels and recognizable brand, most of them - about the war. However, many of them were excellent entertainment projects, but I say that there is no diversity. "

Antonov said that over the past five years, came just two blockbuster-style steampunk looking to historical detail - BioShock and Dishonored. "We should be more historically accurate of the Worlds, - said the designer. - And it's very bad that they are not. Such games should have been out, not two, but twenty. "

"We always wait for the next generation with better graphics and better game worlds - added Antonov. - As a result, we have the best graphics and game worlds simply do not correspond to its level. Ten years ago we could say that we can not make a cool game world because of the graphics. Now all we have is a solid New York, and the game about the war. I beg you, let's do something more fantastic and crazy. "
Antonov also would like to see the rebirth of hardcore shooters. "This is a separate genre, and each genre has a right to life, - he explained. - And it gave birth to the genre video games and glorified and exalted them. Like Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and extols the movies category "B" shooters should be proud and show what is actually capable of. "

The current project Antonova, Dishonored, out October 12, 2012 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Nokia could release their iPad and iPhone before Apple

After successive disappointing financial results of the Finnish company, many analysts have pondered the causes of failures of Nokia and why is it now found itself in such a situation.
It is believed that the Finnish company simply did not have time to adjust to the market in 2007-2009, ie immediately after the release of the first Apple iPhone.
However, it turns out, Nokia thought about the possibility of production of its "iPhone" and "iPad" long before the release of these devices from Apple.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, former chief designer Frank Nuovo Nokia said that in the late 90's Finnish conducted a presentation for investors and representatives of the cellular operators, which showed his vision of the future of wireless - phones with color touch screen, with which you can find the location of restaurant, buy a lipstick and play a racing simulator. A separate team at the same time, developed a Tablet PC - with a wireless connection and a large touchscreen.

Unfortunately, all these developments Nokia remained on the presentation slides, or as early prototypes did not see the light. Now the Finnish company is fully relied on his new partner - Microsoft and its operating system Windows Phone. It is expected that the first device on Windows Phone 8 will be presented during Nokia World 5-6 September.

Operators are already testing the nano-SIM-Card

Following the announcement this week that European operators are buying bulk nano-SIM-card in anticipation of a new phone from Apple, his latest contribution from the guys decided to BGR.

It is reported that some operators are already testing the new truly Sims in partnership with Apple. It checks both the novelty will run on their networks. In the list of operators have already lit up, even AT & T, but about other not yet known.

There are specifications flagship Sony Xperia Z

The new flagship of the company under the name Sony Mobile Xony Xperia Z promised to submit as early as late June with a second-generation line of NXT, but the announcement did not take place. The recent leak of information about technical characteristics of the smartphone may indicate that the output device does not have to wait too long. What we will appreciate the company of the "Land of the Rising Sun" at this time?

Unfortunately, we do not know how it will look Xony Xperia Z, but the parameters devaysa is impressive:
Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean;
13-megapixel main camera with video recording in the format of HD;
front camera with recording function in the resolution of 720p;
4.6-inch HD screen with a resolution of 1280x720p pixels;
Weight - 140 grams;
1 GB of RAM;
16 GB of internal memory;
non-removable battery;
Support microSIM;
support for NFC;
quad-core processor.

It is unknown whether the device will maintain a network of LTE, but the rumors that the smartphone will provide a brand new processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 inspire hope. Well, the camera 13 megapixel gadget turns into a full "camera phone". Hopefully, this time Sony does not frighten the designers and the market will be another shall not be construed powerful but stylish device.

And how do you future flagship Sony Xperia Z?

Most of the inhabitants of the Earth has a cell phone

Approximately three-quarters of the world's population owns a mobile phone, according to a World Bank study. According to the organization, the number of cellular subscribers grew exploding for the past 12 years. In 2000 the planet was less than a billion mobile users, whereas today there are about six billion. And all of them are active mobile life for the past year alone has been downloaded more than 30 billion applications.

The majority of customers - from developing countries (about 5 billion people), because these states have slipped stage of laying costly ground infrastructure. According to the World Bank, Rachel Kyte, mobile communications offer many opportunities for developing countries to accelerate economic growth. In her view, countries should develop their own applications that allow citizens to more fully feel the benefits of mobile technology. As examples, she describes a program such as mobile payments in Kenya, or find a job with a telephone application in Palestine.

Also, the study says that smartphones and packs all of the traffic just is not available to most people, so applications aimed at developing countries, are built using low-speed and outdated technology.

Dropbox file-storage attacking spammers

Dropbox users store file complained about spamming, writes TechCrunch. Junk mail is coming to your mailbox specified in the profile of Dropbox, they point out.

Spam complaints have appeared on our technical support Dropbox and on Twitter. On the distribution reported by users from different countries, including Germany (the majority of complaints), the Netherlands and the UK.

Some people blame Dropbox to issue their email addresses to third parties. They argue that the registration created a separate mailbox specifically for correspondence from Dropbox, and nowhere else pointed this address.

Some do not exclude the possibility that criminals have stolen from faylohranilischa database containing the personal data of users and handed it to spammers. Specialists from the Dropbox in response to accusations wrote that an investigation is carried out.

A wave of spam, however, may be due to leaks caused by Dropbox, and other causes. Many of the spam bots make up for the mailing lists brute. In addition, the "issue" spammers boxes to third-party services that use the API Dropbox.

Service Dropbox allows you to store on a remote server personal files. Access to files can be obtained from your computer or mobile device with Internet access. A limited amount of space available free of charge, you can increase it for the money.

Microsoft fills Office people

Microsoft revealed the new Office. The presentation was held in San Francisco near the Moscone Center, where in June a conference for developers spent Goolge. The event was surprisingly chamber - a room of 130 journalists were present. Novelty introduced Microsoft chairman Steve Ballmer.

"This is the most ambitious release of Microsoft Office, which we have ever produced. Today we'll show you a new generation of Office - Office as a service" - Ballmer told the crowd.
The product includes traditional programs - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. If prior to this, Microsoft has focused primarily on business customers, the recent release of Office tried to adapt to ordinary users. In fact, it is not just Office, and Office 365, which previously could only buy corporate clients on a subscription. The company has released several versions of which are now available to everyone - and by subscription.

Office received a redesigned user interface, adapted to different types of devices, including tablet PCs with touch screen. To update the interface tablet version of the product came with a fair degree of caution. To operate in this mode, press the button in the top toolbar, and then around the icons to increase the free space that is intended to facilitate the touch-navigation. However, many of those who managed to test a product, complain about the unusual control system, so it is likely that in this respect, followed by some additions.

An important change - to connect Microsoft Office to cloud storage SkyDrive. The number of gadgets used by the average user, is constantly growing, so all your settings, documents and history are stored in the cloud, which provides instant synchronization and data access from any device.

"You can store your data on the cloud service, always having access to them through SkyDrive. It gives people the opportunity to work with a variety of devaysov simultaneously. Accessing SkyDrive account can be accessed through Microsoft Live, and if you subscribe to a premium version of Office 365, in You will have, and a significant amount of additional space. But ordinary users, we give 7 GB on a cloud "- said the head of Microsoft.

At the conference, Ballmer repeatedly reiterated that the Microsoft paramount importance is the social aspect of the updated version of Office. It is implemented in the company through the integration of Office Skype. Now users have the opportunity to host a video conference calling and instant messaging, working with the programs of Office.

Another social renewal - function People Card, which allows you to integrate contacts and updates from social networks Facebook and LinkedIn in any of the office applications. Mail, Outlook will work in conjunction with maps Bing. If the email address of a specified, it will be possible to immediately find on the map.

However, the Russian users, this feature is unlikely to be useful - Bing officially went on the domestic market. At the same time the new office is a software interface that allows you to write applications for it. Thus, idle in Russia may well be replaced by Bing Yandex or Mail.Ru. This kind of third-party applications are installed from a digital store, which you can get directly from the "office" programs. In fact, programmers around the world were invited to a new market for them - the market is Microsoft Office.

Office updates will only work on devices running Windows 7 and Windows 8 - support for XP and Vista, the company ruled out. In addition, Microsoft has promised that all the "office" products will be available in tablets with ARM-architecture. Preview the new Office, you can now download from Microsoft. But when the final product will be available, and what is its value in various versions, is still unknown.

The success of the Office in the long term is very important for Microsoft - the software sales account for more than half of the company's operating income. The current Office 365 throws this classic PC-product immediately and planshetniki in the "cloud." Is this enough to be out of competition, it is not known.

The most unusual place that has Wi-Fi

In our time, highly tech wireless coverage may even be in the woods, of course, talking about North America and Western Europe. However, in some cities band Wi-Fi may be the most unusual places.

So, in the American town of Paducah, in Kentucky, at the city cemetery of Oak Grove has a wireless internet coverage. It is true, why in such a place to set hot spots - a mystery.

It turns out that on the highest mountain of the world is Wi-Fi. The Swedish telephone company has decided to equip a number of transmitters wireless coverage. Thus, at an altitude of 5200 meters above sea level, anyone can go to the network.

Yet scientific progress and reached the North Pole, in whose territory is about 7 years old has its own wireless network. Note that the weight of sky-high now implemented projects to extend Wi-Fi zones in the deserts of several continents, as well as on board future spacecraft that will be used exclusively for tourism.

Antivirus led to the failure of the mass of computers

Last updated business version of the antivirus Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 led to frequent crashes on some computers running Windows XP with the appearance of "blue screen of death", as Symantec said on its website.

"July 11 Symantec Security Response began receiving reports from users who are faced with the advent of the" blue screen "after applying the July 11 update 18 version - Symantec spokesman said the Eagle Cox (Orla Cox). - Computers may display a "blue screen of death" after a reboot. This problem occurs only on computers with Windows XP ».

Once the problem was identified, the company began mailing last Thursday of small patches that cancel the updates. Symantec said that the problem was found on Wednesday night by users who have stated that they had to manually remove the software to crash-prone machines, having spent a lot of time.

One disgruntled user of this error called a mockery of common sense: "This incident is more like a joke. If the problem was in conflict with a random driver unknown device - I would have understood it. But there is a conflict with their own drivers, created a company Symantec, which causes the problem - it is a real farce. Who has tested the upgrade before the release? Tested whether it at all? ".

Symantec representative told reporters resource CNET, the company although it does not provide any compensation to the affected companies, working around the clock on the provision of information to correct the problem and technical support to users.

Why do Nexus 7 tablet was left without a memory card?

Before the release of the Tablet PC Google Nexus 7 in the network are discussed in full advantages and disadvantages of device. Perhaps the main argument used by critics of the device - a lack of support for memory cards. The most popular version of this decision is an attempt to impose on users of cloud services Google, such as Google Drive, or Google Music. I think that without this not done, but the reason why the Nexus 7 was left without a memory card is more complicated than it seems at first glance . Dan Morrill (Dan Morrill), Android-engineer at Google, said on this subject: "We are tired of watching, as manufacturers provide a large amount of memory for media at the time, as users do not have enough space to store applications and data. Our approach is to combine all in one, which is much more convenient. " While Google is prezhdnemu supports removable media in the operating system Android, the corporation relies on a large block of storage (in the Galaxy Nexus, for example, and now the Nexus 7), which users can use to save all information - from the media and documents to applications. This strategy has several additional benefits. The first advantage of interest, mostly tech-savvy users. It consists in the fact that the device can use the file system type ext (Extended File System, extended file system) instead of a combination of ext and FAT (File Allocation Table, File Allocation Table). The new method is faster and safer to work with data stored on the device, especially a personal nature. A journaling file system reduces the number of system errors and keep its integrity in case of trouble. Another advantage is that the hosting machine (connect to your computer ustryostva) can not change the file system, since it does not block access to files. Instead, for debugging a pseudo-SD card using a proxy FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace, the file system in user space). This means you can avoid errors due to incorrect debugging the phone and the device will be able to maintain access to all data, even when connected to a computer. Of course, Google - not a charitable organization and one of the reasons for refusal of an SD-card - a popularization of cloud services corporation. But you're still free to use third-party "cloud", for example, Dropbox or Yandeks.Disk, so that did not look too much dirty trick in the intentions of the company's Mountain View. 

Microsoft may refuse to sell full versions of Windows 8

Microsoft, according to new data does not intend to submit a copy of the full retail version of Windows 8, instead offering customers a simplified upgrade from previous versions of the operating system and the option System Builder. Typically, software maker offered to users update the full version of the OS and the OEM-version for OEMs Program System Builder, and now, as Paul told reporters Tarrott (Paul Thurrott) and Mary Jo Foley (Mary Jo Foley), redmondtsy going to give up " Retail »Windows in favor of the Builder.

Today wishing to install on your home computer Windows can buy it at full copies of physical media or license keys by downloading from the Internet distributions, as well as to buy a OEM-version of the system is technically designed for companies that collect your computer and install Windows to sell to end users. "Boxed" equipped with a three-support specialists Microsoft, whereas OEM-copy users of this lack of support. Tarrott and Foley suggest that with the release of Windows 8 full version will be replaced by the consumer version of the OEM System Builder. This change marks a major shift in policy toward licensing Rendmonda simplify it.

Earlier this month, information about the release of the System Builder user has confirmed the most representative of Microsoft, adding that Mac users will be able to install Windows through 8 of this edition.

Microsoft will release an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 for $ 39.99. In addition, journalists SlashGear say that to upgrade to Windows 8 at this price will be distributed free of charge and with Windows 8 Release Preview, but this information has not yet found an official confirmation. Previously, the site DigiTimes citing sources at PC makers said that every copy of Windows RT with Microsoft Office will cost them $ 50-65, Windows 8 - at $ 60-80, and for a copy of Windows 8 Pro with Microsoft Office will have to pay $ 80-100 .

The new mobile game from the creators of Angry Birds

The creators of Angrybirds showed a trailer of their new mobile game. The company Rovio, the well-known franchise AngryBirds, will release a new game for mobile devices «AmazingAlex». The task of the strategy is to find a way to run the ball, causing a chain reaction in a complex system of different devices, and then manage to repel him with a baseball bat. The game has 100 levels. It uses similar to AngryBirds physics game elements. Appendix «AmazingAlex» will be available for download from July 12th in stores application GooglePlayi AppStore. 

7.85-inch iPad will cost $ 199

After Steve Jobs' remarks that the 7-inch tablet has no right to existence as such, most users of Apple products is fair to assume that the company had not implemented the project of production of reduced tablet.

According to John Gruber, one of the most respected and quoted bloggers Mac-community, a programmer and editor tehnoblog Daring Fireball, the production of 7.85-inch iPad makes sense. The size of the screen, the tablet will be reduced 66% of the physical area of ​​the screen "elder brother", the figure is 45% higher than the actual screen size of tablets, or as a Kindle Fire Samsung Galaxy Tab.

With regard to the final cost of the tablet, Gruber believes that the most optimal price for the so-called iPad mini would be $ 199. This is facilitated by a new food chain and the intended display resolution of 1024x768, the price of which, by the way, the screen below the Nexus 7 with a resolution of 1280x720.

No official confirmation from Apple's upcoming release of the tablet has been reported. Although, as stated Gruber and some other sources, the company is already testing a new tablet, there is still no guarantee that the iPad Mini will hit the stores.

Chrome will be able to see and hear without plugins

Browser Chrome, released by Google, has learned to control the microphones, webcams and game controllers without additional plug-ins. Expanded functionality of the program provides support for two new API (application programming interfaces), according to a company blog.

With their help, developers can create online applications (for example, to handle music, photos, audio, or video chat) that interact with the periphery right inside your browser. Installing third-party plug-ins such as Flash or Java, would be required.

The first API - getUserMedia - supports the WebRTC for communication in real time. In combination with other technologies, it also allows to apply various effects such as rotate video or to add filters to the image. Thanks to the second API - Gamepad JavaScript - users will be able to play in browser games with joysticks and gamepads.

A set of new features currently available in beta version of Chrome 21. You can install it on Google. The test assembly of the browser is only suitable for a family of operating systems Windows - XP, Vista or 7.

In addition to the new API, the beta release Chrome appeared "cloudy" print Cloud Print, with which users can manage tasks and print documents directly from your browser window. For this you need a regular printer that is connected to a laptop or PC with Internet access and registered on Google, or "virtual" support function to ePrint.

CEO RIM uses Samsung Galaxy S 3

In the Canadian RIM's big problems and not the fact that the manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones will be able to get out. Nevertheless, CEO Thorsten Heins  believe that at the beginning of 2013 the new sensor model 10 on the BlackBerry will show the viability of RIM.

In the latest interview, he admitted that to understand the market, and achievements of the competitors he has to work with different devices. His main medium of communication has always been a BlackBerry, and the second smartphone at different times, were the iPhone and Android-making. Currently, Haynes uses Samsung Galaxy S 3.

We fully understand the chapter RIM. The new Galaxy S 3 is one of the most interesting guglofonov, and on the characteristics of the population can safely be regarded as the best.

The network has a reference to the smartphone Nokia Dogphone

Available resource list was WPDang smartphones running operating system Windows Phone 8. Some of the models have already been mentioned in the news, while others meet for the first time. This, for example, Nokia Dogphone, Nokia P4301, Juggernaught Alpha and the Samsung SGH-I687, which appear among the virtual device for testing.

All presented in a list of devices using different build Windows Phone 8, and combined, seem to fit the screen - 480 × 800 pixels. Unfortunately, this is all that can be learned from the published data.

Recall, the day before, Nokia opened the chance of information has not yet announced mobile devices.

Apple will sell the iPad tablet in China

As the saying goes - "in less than half of the year" and the long-awaited tablet iPad last generation as early as Friday, July 20, will be sold in China. This happened due to the fact that Apple has yet got permission to use the trademark iPad in China, paying no small amount of kickbacks.


The latest generation of tablets iPad with a "retina" screen will be sold in Chinese stores official Apple Store, or through local resellers. To buy a long-awaited tablet, the Chinese people need to start to issue an order online, because the demand is expected to iPad incredible.

China is a very important market for Apple, because its products, especially the iPhone 4S, it is sold as a "hot cakes". Due to start selling as early as this Friday, the Cupertino-based company can earn from selling well plates and finish the quarter, another record.

Announcing the official price on the iPad in China, just to get rid of the speculators who sell apple tablet at insane prices because the cost of the tablet in China will match that of the United States.

Steve Wozniak delighted by Microsoft

Of course, you know who Steve Wozniak. This "big" man in all senses of the word is one of the most ardent admirers of art in general. Once he was at the forefront of the world's largest corporations - Apple; then he left, he was invited to the presentation of Google Nexus as a guest of honor, carries a phone on iOS and Android, and now seems to have left the "neutral" territory, and dedicated himself to Microsoft.

As written, WPcentral, answering questions at a press conference Entel Summit, co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak shared his thoughts with the people about Microsoft, Surface, and the new Metro UI. Earlier Woz spoke very positively on Lumia 900, and that Microsoft is focused more on comfort and visual appeal, and now scattered in compliments at all, establishing that he wants the tablet Surface.

That's what I said Wozniak:

[Lumia line of smartphones and Windows Phone 7] hit "... good looks that perfectly represents the fact that Steve Jobs wanted: art and technology, the connection of art and technology."

As for the Surface, Wozniak said he "would like to get hold of one, to use one," that is to independently verify how good it is, rather than relying on the read reviews of the product has not yet released.

And about Microsoft. Wozniak made the interesting observation that agrees, perhaps the most: Microsoft has changed and has entered a new era.

"And I am glad that Microsoft is beginning to show that it is a different company, not like before. I no longer remember, that sort of thing has happened to Microsoft, so very happy. "

If you want to hear the comments, here they are. Not all have a positive attitude to the "diverse" love Steve Wozniak to the technique, because he once worked with Steve Jobs, and he, in turn, promised to arrange a thermonuclear war "with Android. Another aspect - is that the WHO has always been "technologically neutral" and all the devices that he used were the best for him, without any particular preference. Respect for the engineers, characteristic Wozniak, also deserves respect from us.

But what was the cause of sudden passionate love for Microsoft? The sudden rise, which we did not observe? Joint work of this company with Nokia? What do you think?

The biggest social network has introduced a new type of targeting

The company will launch a new Facebook type of advertising in your application for mobile devices. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, you can target my ads will be on applications that the user has installed on your mobile phone via an application Facebook.

The new advertising service will take into account not only Facebook-application mobile version of social networks, but all the sites and services, which you can enter a user with Facebook, including Amazon.com, LinkedIn and search engine service Yelp.

Facebook will be able to target my ads not only on those applications and services, which comes to the user, but also by what actions he performs there. On whether it would be used this opportunity, the company has not decided, because of the actions of private users are likely to need their permission.

Advertisements targeting a new type of Facebook appear in mobile devices in August 2012. Advertising will appear in them in the news users.

Existing services are placing mobile ads are only able to account for what ads a user clicks, and can not keep track of what applications he uses.

Apple's advertising service allows you to target my ads on their mobile devices, based on what the user downloaded the application. Google does not use this technique, though it is technically possible. Neither Apple, nor Google have the ability to track the user, who came in an application.

The new advertising service enables Facebook to extend the possibility of monetization. In particular, the company can introduce the advertisers do not pay per click, and downloaded for each application. Naturally, this service will cost more.

Revenue of Facebook for 2011 totaled $ 3.7 billion. Last year the company received $ 1 billion net profit, up 65 percent more than in 2010. Most of profit brings Facebook advertising.

Operators need to reduce the payments from RIM

These payments are included in the amount that operators pay RIM for ensuring that their subscribers have the opportunity to connect to the server network BlackBerry - the main asset RIM. Operators is becoming increasingly difficult to promote Canadian smartphone company, and they have to reduce the cost of calling plans.

In the RIM comment on this situation evasively. A company representative said only: "RIM plans to continue to receive income from the services offered."

A few days ago, CEO Torsten Haynes explained why he thinks that RIM is not "in a deadly tailspin." Earlier release of the new BlackBerry smartphones 10 has been postponed again, and now they are expected only in 2013. Since 2008, RIM's stock price fell by 95%. Despite all that Haynes said: "At the moment the company is nothing bad happens." Many analysts do not agree with him.

Coming cheap but powerful smartphones

This year there will be cheap Android-communicator on the quad-core processor Nvidia Tegra platform 3.



Google Nexus 7, the first tablet PC Internet giant, combines previously seemed impossible: a powerful hardware "stuffing" and the attractive price of $ 200. This was made possible thanks to the initiative Nvidia Kai, designed to reduce the price of devices without any casualties and compromises on the part of the performance and usability.

Nvidia Kai tries to expand its own reach, connecting to the program is not only the new tablet, and smartphones. Last see the light at the end of the year. Among the partners called Chinese vendors, but this does not mean that the phones will not go beyond the Middle Kingdom: same as Huawei and ZTE in full trade in the international arena.

It seems, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, ST-Ericsson and even MediaTek will have to find an answer Nvidia Kai.

Imagine ... iSung Galaxy 5!

You already know well enough about the complex relationship Apple and Samsung, but let's imagine for a moment that could happen, they combine to create a new smartphone? One designer has decided to combine the information about Samsung's latest flagship model with the rumors of the impending smartphone iPhone. What of it? iSung Galaxy 5!

In addition to the terrible name of the new smartphone would get from the devices of the two companies, the most notable characteristics of the parents, for example, a huge screen, memory card slot, and a number of software features SGS 3. On the surface most closely resembles a hybrid of the rumored next generation iPhone.

In fact, quite funny to look at what might happen from the union of the two companies, as Apple and Samsung are the strongest players in the smartphone market, and so together, then they just managed to create the perfect phone.

Sony allow you to run on PS Vita games for PS One

Sony has PlayStation Vita will provide owners the ability to run on portable game console games for PlayStation One. To do this, you must install the latest firmware version 1.80. Among the projects expected - Final Fantasy VII, Cool Boarders 2, Wild Arms, Arc the Lad, Tomb Raider, Jet Moto and Twisted Metal 2, and others (about 700 names).

In addition, on July 25 in Japan on PlayStation 3 owners will have access to the archives of games developed for PlayStation 2, says SlashGear. The cost of each Title State will be from $ 10 to $ 19. Will the service is available to residents of other regions, are not reported.

In Microsoft came up with an ergonomic on-screen keyboard for phones

In one of the one-time, when Microsoft have made unsuccessful attempts to do what we today call the tablets, was invented at the same time and on-screen keyboard, which has the shape is not a rectangle, and circle. Computers UMPC class of demand have not been found, but the round keyboard, it seems, they will survive, reborn on devices running Windows Phone.

The first rumor is that at Microsoft Research are working on-screen keyboard for mobile phones, appeared in 2011, when one of the readers of WMPoweruser found in one of the video, filmed research arm of Microsoft, the board, which forgot to erase felt-tip recording. One of these records was talking about some new keyboard, which will be typing with one hand.

Now, the keyboard design is nearing completion - at least judging by the next leak.

In the frame of the presentation, Microsoft Research, which found some way out of the way the company shows the keyboard, made in the visual style of Windows Phone and composed, like the primitive telephone keypad, the buttons with the three letters on each. However, they are located in the same manner as on a computer keyboard, that is «qwerty». Also, the keyboard on the frame has an unusual form - it is rounded in such a way that it was comfortable to type with one finger.

It is assumed that write in the new keyboard will be the same as on the Swype - an alternative keyboard with predictive input for OS Android. It works like this: user enters a finger on the button with the right one to the next letter, and the program tries to guess the word.

It is not known to what version of Windows Phone will be available to the new keyboard (and whether or not at all - the project can be pure research), but there is a chance that it will be one of the innovations in Windows Phone 8.

Turn any TV in the Smart TV with the help of this gadget

Would you like to turn any TV in the Smart TV? A new gadget called Pocket TV turns your TV into a huge Android-tablet.
This device - a small laptop computer, which is included in your port HDMI. Pocket TV runs on Android 4.0 and allows you to do on your TV all the same as what you can do with your phone - play games, "walk" in the web space and even conduct a video chat with friends.

A small gadget also has a USB port to enable the mouse or keyboard, as well as a slot for SD - so you can add more storage space for disk imaging.
Pocket TV was created by Infinitec, located in Dubai, and was placed on the site Kickstarter, to raise funds for its development. The need for such devayse no one denies. In fact, he has reached three times more funding than originally required.

It is expected that the retail price will be $ 160 gadget. Production should begin in July and the first deliveries are scheduled for October.

Bluetooth and WiFi - an undesirable neighborhood

I think that none of you will deny that such friendly technologies such as Bluetooth and WiFi make it much easier (and shorten) our lives, making the interaction between devices at a distance of soft and silky. However, today I discovered a horrible fact - Bluetooth and WiFi dongle is better not to keep the neighboring USB connectors.

My house has a MiFi - Huawei E560. The finest thing in the Internet delivers an old village house, in which there was not and will not be a wired telephone, wired Internet, and anything else wired, except for electricity. Previously, the Internet home of the veteran was provided with the Russian mobile connectedness of the country - USB-Modem Option iCon 225, which is at the dawn of the emergence of mobile Internet was bought for three thousand mad at Beeline and from which even the Beeline now denies saying, they say, was not we have such a modem. It is self-branded modem with nakleechkoy and, kind of like, zalochenny. Now, having tasted all the delights of WiFi-router NetGear JWNR2000v2, which I already have a couple of months working in a city apartment to deliver the Internet to a PC I bought in the village of the same to him and the MiFi WiFi-dongle Trendnet TEW-649UB. Cheap and cheerful.

Dongle lived in a free USB-connector and began his work, from which the last couple of weeks I suffered constant interruptions of communication, strange "heavy" calls in Web-based router, and a slow Internet connection. While this connection to the MiFi from the tablet and smartphone was excellent. But why? Because WiFi-dongle for the PC, I settled in the neighboring Bluetooth-dongle USB-connector.

Wikipedia tells us that "Bluetooth radio is in the ISM-band (English Industry, Science and Medicine), which is used in a variety of home appliances and wireless networks (free of licensing 2,4-2,4835 GHz range)." She also tells us that the WiFi standard b, g and n are also working in the same range of frequencies. What does this mean? CEP will explain all this noise and I have to agree. That they are.

That finding two dongles in close proximity explains that the transmit / receive via WiFi-dongle so tightly worked, giving me all sorts of inconveniences, and file transfer via Bluettoth completely blocked access to the Internet. Now WiFi-dongle is connected via a USB-extension cord and no problems with the quality of the signal does not. Laptops and other small tselnosbornoy technology, these modules, I believe, are shielded from each other, which is reasonable.

The new figure Android melted by the heat of summer

The company Google has a tradition set near his headquarters before the announcement of the new version of the Android mobile platform figure, symbolizing her. On the lawn is already stretched and sandwich ICS, and frozen yogurt Froyo, and gingerbread Gingerbread, and many others. Last week, Google joins a collection of figure Jelly Bean, and later officially announced that version to the joy of Android-platform developers and fans.

Unfortunately, the figure could not escape the summer heat, and it is trite beginning to melt. This was mentioned in a social network Google +, attach a photo. In the picture, "melting" the statue surrounded by a makeshift fence to her well away from curious outsiders. It is also reported that Google has missed a single bean, which is filled with a figure.

Google has already picked up a new repair the statue, and promises to bring it into proper form as soon as possible. So Jelly Bean will soon be back on campus decoration Google.

Issue of smartphones on the BlackBerry 10 transferred to next year

Bad news for fans of the Canadian production of RIM (if any still remain). Smartphones on the latest BlackBerry OS 10 will not at the end of this year, as expected, but only in the following. If you're lucky - in the first quarter. RIM has officially informed about this the other day in the announcement of financial results of the quarter.

What happens to the RIM, except as a complete collapse is not called. Since mid-2008 exchange rate of its stock lost 95% of the cost. That is, in fact, the company has depreciated almost completely. In the last quarter, RIM has lost a net loss of over half a billion dollars ($ 518 million). After the news of the shares immediately fell another 14%. In the near future planned layoffs for 5,000 people.

The only glimmer of hope that remains for RIM - is the latest smartphones in the BlackBerry system 10, based on the architecture of QNX. In RIM announced that they appear only in the first quarter of 2013. First, they were expected later this year, which was also too late, according to many experts. Watch out for iPhone 5, and many new products on the Jelly Bean, and RIM will be even harder to win back the backlog.

But there is a small spoon of honey: in the last quarter of the number of BlackBerry users increased slightly. It grew in all regions except North America, and now stands at 78 million, but whether it is to somehow help the perishing Titanic telephone industry - that is the question.

The tablets were popular smartphone

In recent years, many analysts have repeatedly said about the superiority of the tablet smartphones especially in the service sector. For information about the company confirm analysts Monetate, specializing in marketing.

Based on statistics from more than 100 million committed purchases, analysts say that commercial websites selling various goods and services, visit with the tablets of about 6.52 percent of users. The comparable figure among the smartphone market is 5.35 percent.

Traffic growth plates increased by 348%, while traffic growth of smartphones totaled only 177%.

It should be noted that this growth in popularity of tablets has been made possible thanks solely iPad.