Smartphone Samsung Galaxy S III turned to the player

On the eve of IFA 2012, which will begin in Berlin, Germany in less than a week, the South Korean company Samsung has announced a brand new player based on Android. As before, the basis she took her coolest smartphone at the moment and deprived him of the phone functions. That became Galaxy Player 5.8, looks almost indistinguishable from the Galaxy S III.

It is true that if you put the next S III and Player 5.8, the first thing that caught my eye, it's dimensions: the smartphone that gets a 4.8-inch screen, just pales against the 5.8-inch player. But at the last screen is easier: the LCD panel with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels screen instead of AMOLED.

The player also received a battery capacity of 2.500 mA / h, the front camera (VGA), built-in stereo speakers, modem, WiFi, Bluetooth, a system of GPS, 16 or 32 GB of memory. The memory can be further expanded by the use of memory cards microSD. All these mobile platform runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Heat-set casing Samsung TouchWiz.

Galaxy Player 5.8 will unwind and as an educational device, as it offers access to the service Learning Hub (thousands of books from different publishers), endowed with the vocabulary, listening programs for virtual lectures. However, the educational component is likely calculated only on the South Korean market.

That's all we now know about the new device Samsung. More information will appear at the IFA 2012. Prepare your pockets a little more.

LG introduced the flagship smartphone with technology from iPhone 5

In its new smartphone, LG took the technology in-cell, to reduce the thickness of the device. It is assumed that the same technology will be used in the sixth-generation iPhone.
LG has introduced a new flagship smartphone - LG Optimus G. The device is equipped with a 4.7-inch IPS + display with a resolution of 1280x768 pixels, 4-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 1.5 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, a 13 megapixel camera and the battery capacity of 2100 mAh, according to The Verge referring to the Korean website.

According to SlashGear, the smartphone LG Optimus G uses display, technology in-cell - the same, on which is supposed to be executed in the display next Apple iPhone, the sixth generation.

Unlike the technology on-cell, in the in-cell touch sensors built right into the color filter matrix, and are not located in a separate substrate from above. This design reduces the thickness of the display and, respectively, the thickness and weight of the smartphone. According to the official specification, LG Optimus G thickness of 8.45 mm.

On each side of the display has a border with a width of 3 mm, and argues LG, off merges with the body. Matrix has almost the same resolution as the matrix in the iPhone - 320 ppi versus 326 ppi.

Battery LG Optimus G, manufactured by the company LG Chem, has a longer life. Usually Mobile Phone Battery for 500 cycles. The battery in the new smartphone - 800 cycles, explained in the LG.
LG Optimus G supports mobile fourth generation LTE and has a front camera with a resolution of 1.3 megapixels for video calls.

The smartphone will be available in Korea in September. In October and November will be new in Japan, and then - in the global market. Value is not specified.

New on sale with the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Test router antivirus company took over control server botnet Gauss

Funny story came out with attempts to unravel the mysteries of "fundamental" malware Flame and Gauss - malicious programs that steal user data for payment systems and banking services: the two companies in charge of network security, literally "knocked heads together."

Some time ago, "Kaspersky Lab" has announced the availability of the similarities in the code Flame and Gauss, suggesting that both malware are essentially birds of a feather.

The company FireEye, known for her collaboration with Microsoft operations to destroy the botnet Grum (sorry, did not complete and final) published the results of his research, which indicated that the owners of Gauss is now used as a command center that server with the same IP-address on which the CnC (command server) Flame.

- Previously, "Kaspersky Lab" has found a curious similarity in the code between Gauss and Flame, but recent events prove conclusively that for Gauss, and for the Flame are the same people, - said in a statement FireEye.

"We, of course, very sorry, but in fact it is our sinkhole-server" - that was the general sense of the counter statement "Kaspersky Lab".

- After finding Guass we began to work with several organizations in order to study its control servers using the method Sinkhole, - said a leading expert "laboratories" Alexander Gostev edition Ars Technica.

With this method, "Laboratory" twice "hijacked" the owners of the family botnets Kelihos. In a simplified form, it is a question of the introduction of counterfeit botnet control infrastructure servers that 'bots' is treated as the basic. Thus, the control of the botnet, it is possible to intercept completely.

- Given the link between Flame and Gauss, we used the sinkhole-tools for monitoring infrastructures, both botnets. It should be noted that the structure of the control servers Gauss radically different from that of Flame. Gauss control centers have been disabled by its operators in July and has since held the "sleep" state. We, however, wanted to see what it is happening in both botnets. During the preparation process, we informed the creation of our sinkhole-routers and IP-address of the trusted members of the community involved in the security that they are aware of all the steps taken. Post FireEye, telling about bots Gauss, bind to the same server as the Flame, describes, in fact, our sinkhole-router.

A little search on Google and Whois would allow it to check everything - said Gostev.

FireEye fairly quickly issued an apology over the incident a misunderstanding.

New animation tools will change the two-dimensional graphics

With the advent of three-dimensional computer graphics tools for creating two-dimensional animation for games and videos developed not particularly active: it seemed that everything has already been invented. However, new technical and artistic means are possible and can have a major impact on what looks like a two-dimensional computer graphics. For example not far to seek - Flash effect in this regard is very significant.

The Japanese company has recently demonstrated Cybernoids platform Live2D, so you can easily animate flat vector drawings, and even give them volume.



So far Live2D adapted primarily to revive flat silhouettes of characters, but the next version will support a 360-degree, effectively equalize it with the three-dimensional graphics.

Due to Live2D would like to mention, and other interesting development from the same opera - Spriter. Authors Spriter originally created the engine for two-dimensional computer game, but then decided that they have developed a means of animation can be claimed.



Spriter can be character models and objects from the individual pieces and animate as if it shapes cut from paper (with the difference that the computer chips can not only move and rotate, and stretch, change opacity, etc.). This means that the game is made for this engine, which is much less constrained in the possibilities of animation and change the look of the characters. This technique has already been used in some of the older games, but the first time it is brought up to a level of simplicity.

Spriter integrates well with a variety of frameworks for game development - Cocos2D and Love2D for iOS, GameMaker, Microsoft XNA, and so on. Money for the project were collected through Kickstarter spring of 2012, and Spriter beta now available for download.

Angry Birds begin to capture Mars

Rovio Company invites you on a trip to Mars, along with the evil birds. Curiosity rover mission has not gone unnoticed mobile developers, and they presented a special update for Angry Birds Space - the last of the game franchise, which remains one of the best-selling Google Play Market, Apple App Store and other stores.

Teaser video, Rovio published on YouTube, shows how amazing Curiosity might encounter with the aliens, leading a bloody war that would lead to the victory of one of the warring races. Action takes place in front of the rover's main camera, watching a passing feathered weapons that cause destruction and their corpses Frozen green pigs - nothing but evil aliens that threaten bird populations.

Tablet computers help develop television

Opinion to the effect that television tremendous losses with the advent of the Internet, proved false. Television industry representatives believe tablets new breath that revives entertaining TV.

On this occasion, the agency Strategy Analytics did a lot of research, and confirmed this fact. In his paper SA showed that the preferences of the audience at the blue screen TVs and tablet users to a large extent different. When viewed on a tablet they are less distracted, and they have virtually no zapping disease (channel change).

Contrary to the common concerns that have arisen in the first appearance of the tablet, television regarding the death, he became a good incentive for TV manufacturers and cable TV channels. The level of interaction with the audience is much higher when people "consume" video content from their personal tablets. If the TV will behave correctly, they will be able to receive additional dividends from such attention a viewer who does not turn off even advertising, doing their business.

- Carolyn Park, Digital Home Strategy Analytics

Vice President of Digital Consumer Practice David Mercer confirmed the opinion of the analyst, saying that such selective consumption of television products as playing into the hands of TV men, and makes them nervous. At the forefront of content quality, user-selectable tablets, and very often their choice is not the same as the ratings display screen counterparts.

The study was conducted among 12 different ethnic groups located in the U.S. and the UK, in each group was 31 participants.

Comparison of iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III

Animated Visual user posted on YouTube videosravnenie not yet released iPhone 5 and its main rival - Samsung Galaxy S III. In the first video you will see the "apple" smartphone sixth generation with a new 4-inch display (design based on photos from the iLab, Japanese repair shop iPhone), the second concept is presented with the same screen size, but much thinner.