Review: Nokia X5-01

Nokia X5-01 smartphone is the kind of very traditional, perfect for Those Who Are Already familiar with Nokia. Very long battery life and many features are present in this unit. However the design, can generate the controversy: some will love it for ITS compactness, others will not, precisely for this reason.


Design

The look of the X5  displeases many people to be square, chubby and small. What can be reason why many people fall in love with hin.

The phone is quite small and fits in the palm of Every Hand. Because sliding QWERTY keyboard is hidden When closed and the keys are protected. So You Do not risk to make calls or access the Internet inappropriately.

The keypad buttons are small Equally, Which Can Be a downside for Those with thicker fingers. It May Happen That is, by pressing a key, others Also are entered.
 
Features
The screen of Nokia is not very attractive. She's only 2.6 inches but the resolution is great for ITS size: 320 x 240 pixels.
The operating system is the X5-01 Symbian. Some users complain That a system is Somewhat confusing, but in less than a week of use, you will be fully Already familiar with it.

Some applications like Facebook and YouTube are already installed on the device, Which saves a great time in downloads. You'll Also Be Able to Access Their emails and browse all other sites, just Having a Wi-Fi or 3G.

The device has microUSB port and microSD card slot Supporting up to 32 GB. Its internal memory is a measly 200 MB. The processor is an ARM 600 MHz and a 5 megapixel camera with integrated LED flash, Which makes the strong point in the list.

The music player is good! Both highlight Nothing That market, but it works well. The handset Comes with FM Radio and Radio eInternet d. Shazam The program, Which Also Comes With The X5-01 is the recognition of the song playing at That Time. The audio for making calls, sometime gets too low, es in places too full or on the street.

Performance
The X5 is a smartphone That meets your needs. You Can not Say That he is the best, because the smartphones Nokia Itself has a whole lot better than the X5-01.

Internet access will Vary Greatly from where you are. Sometimes the connection will be with incredible speed and Can you perform all tasks in a short time and others, the connection May be very slow. But That does not only depend on the device.

The battery life, well, it's Nokia, huh? That is, you will talk for hours and hours and the unit is not going to run in October Of course if you really use the Internet connection or a lot of listening to music / watching videos, it will Decrease faster, but still has a very good range.

The phone's camera is 5 megapixels and the zoom is up to four times. The images are very good for a phone! The X5-01 Comes in black, pink, blue, yellow and purple.

Cost-benefit
You'll find the Nokia X5-01 so the amount of R $ 599.00. It is even a little smartphone, but Can you find cheaper ones on the market. In relation to the device features, is well in the price range.

Bought a new PC? Check out the list of the major programs for Windows

Formating a computer has become an increasingly simple process. No complicated commands or settings laborious. In newer versions of Windows, all you need do is set some pre-set options and follow the wizard (wizard). The next step, however, is a little more difficult, and often a headache for most users.


Leave the computer the same way it was before the installation might not be as simple as it sounds and requires a few hours (or days) of work. Remember the programs previously installed, get back your CDs or installation files, install and configure each one of them is really an arduous task.

Also suffer from this evil computer owners KM 0, perhaps even more sharply, since the newly purchased PC, brand new, it would also be only with the basic softrwares, also has the added difficulty of not having one reference experiences past that can guide the first-timer.

Was thinking exactly these people who TechTudo, living up to the motto "Technology uncomplicated", decided to create this guide that will surely advance your life and save you a considerable amount of work. Below we list a selection of major programs to your computer, divided by category.

Browsers
Mozilla Firefox: one of the browsers used today, Firefox uses the source code of the first web browser, Mosaic, and is the result of a project of the Mozilla Foundation in partnership with several employees. Their status of free software did fall in love the Internet and win many fans, who consider it safer and faster than Internet Explorer. See the subject of the new version of Firefox (Firefox 4) and know its main characteristics.

Google Chrome: Google Chrome is the browser giant Google and its main promise is faster than the other browsers. It was released in 2008, and though younger than its main competitors, could hold his own, becoming the third most used browser in the world, second only to Internet Explorer and Firefox. Like Firefox, Chrome is open source-based, which allows the creation of several extensions.

Opera: Although many people believe that the Opera browser is a recent, he has been in business since 1996 and over the years, has undergone several improvements, which were responsible for increasing their participation. According to Opera Software, developer of the browser, Opera is the "fastest browser on earth." At the time of this claim, studies were carried out which confirmed the advantage of Opera 9.5 on Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 3.

RockMelt: launched in pilot phase in November 2010, RockMelt is the newest browser from this list. Its distinguishing characteristic is the "full integration with social networks" and the use of so-called cloud computing (cloud computing). The browser hit the market by bringing an innovative approach and has achieved great space, especially among social networking users and supporters of innovation.

Utility and performance
WinRAR: this list, there are some programs that can not miss on your computer, and WinRAR is one of them. Developed by Alexander Roshal and license Shareware, WinRAR is a compressed and uncompressed files, with complete support for RAR and ZIP formats and partial support for some other formats, such as JAR, ISO, and 7Z. Believe me, at some point, you probably need it.

CCleaner: CCleaner is a great option for those who like to keep your computer in order and ensure better system performance. The program is free and includes tools for cleaning up unnecessary files and fixing Windows registry errors, and options for managing installed software.
ReadyBoost: Registry Booster is a specialized tool to solve problems in the Windows registry that cause slowdowns and reduced system performance. After conducting a "sweep", the software identifies and lists the errors found, allowing immediate repair them. Full version includes, among other options, a tool to defrag the registry.

ImgBurn: used to write image files to CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs and Blu-ray, ImgBurn is a lightweight program and free. With support for formats BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI, the program supports different types of recording and, therefore, is able to meet the different needs of users.

10 BurnLite Nero: Nero free version of the package 10 for handling and recording media. Despite having fewer resources than the full version, Nero BurnLite 10 is a good alternative for most users, who seek a practical and effective solution for basic operation of recording media, such as data disc burning and copying CDs and DVDs

Players (players)
VLC Media Player, although not as well known as its competitors, VLC Media Player is the choice for many users. The main reason for this preference is the convenience that the program provides to add codecs and be able to play most video formats and audio market. In addition, the program has an integrated tool for playing subtitles.

WinAMP: launched in 1997, Winamp is one of the first players compatible with MP3 audio. For this reason, and because the other program tools (mixer, equalizer, etc..) WinAMP became very famous and even today, thanks to its new features and updates, maintains the position of one of the best audio and video players market.

iTunes: Mac originally developed for and used primarily by iPhone and iPod users, iTunes has also gained ground among users of the Windows operating system. Its simple interface, its features of audio and video, and the possibility of organizing the music files that the program offers USERS are just some of the reasons for success.

BS.Player: Webteh created by the BS.Player is presented to users (along with the VLC Media Player) as an alternative to the playback of multimedia formats and the less conventional active display subtitles. When installed, the program will search automatically the codecs installed on your system and add those that are not detected, saving considerable work.
Plugins

Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player is one of the most popular applications from Adobe and that, when installed, allows users to enjoy the best features that developers of content for the Web can offer on one page, graphics, animations, videos and even games and other entertainment.

Adobe Shockwave Player, one of the most important plugins Adobe's Shockwave Flash Player is the standard application of multimedia content on the web. With it, you can play interactive games content, ads and many other possibilities, plus the ability to display 3D content.
FLV Player: FLV Player is an alternative for playing Flash videos on your PC or on websites. The application is ideal for those seeking a way to add flash content to your play list, and also be able to work with the extensions MOV, MP4, F4V.

Microsoft Silverlight: developed by Microsoft, Siverlight is the main competitor of Adobe Flash Player, and have proposed similar to Adobe software. It lets you view photos, videos, graphics and many other interactive elements directly from the browser without the need for additional multimedia programs.

Java: among other features, Java software, Oracle's software is used to play across platforms and browsers and programs for web services. The Java Runtime Environment, as is known, is commonly used in online gaming, and a requirement for running certain applications on the web.

K-Lite Codec Pack: complete package with key codecs (decoders) used for playing audio, video, subtitles and filters. It is a great solution to avoid failures caused by the absence of playback codecs in Windows Media Player and other players that support only the most popular formats of audio and video.

Adobe Reader: another popular Adobe software, Adobe Reader is the official reader of PDF (Portable Document Format), since both the format and software were developed by the company. Adobe Acrobat Reader has several features for viewing, browsing and managing PDF files.

DirectX software almost mandatory for those who love games, DirectX is designed to work with the video card, maximizing their resources and leaving the game more lively and attractive graphics. In newer versions of Windows (Vista and 7), the application already installed on the operating system.
Security

avast! Free Antivirus: popular free version of Avast antivirus, one of the tools of protection and threat detection, but used in the world. In its sixth version, the developer company promises, and a prettier interface, a lightweight tool even more efficient than previous versions.

Avira AntiVir Personal Free: an alternative for users seeking a free antivirus software, yet lightweight and efficient. With a constantly updated database and a tool of real-time detection, Avira is an antivirus program complete.

NOD32: produced by Eset, NOD32 Eset has focused on the prevention of threats, and not in virus detection and removal system, as most software category. This feature, named Proactive Prevention, is exactly the factor responsible for making the program fell into the tastes of users and received a good evaluation by the critics.

Kaspersky: one of the best tools for removing and detecting viruses and malware today, Kaspersky is an alternative that, although paid, often make when it comes to the protection system. The download link above, the program is available to test during a period of 30 days.
Ad-Aware: tool developed by Lavasoft and specializes in detecting and removing spy-ware. Ad-Aware is also able to detect viruses, trojans, rootkits, keyloggers and many other types of potentially malicious code systems.

Virus Total: Unlike other titles from that list, the Virus Total website is an online service for detecting malicious code in files and documents stored on your computer. The site uses a database of 43 different software to scan files sent (via upload) and detect threats.

Spybot: Spybot - Search and Destroy is another program for the protection of the system and personal files stored on your computer. Through a "sweep" complete, Spybot search for applications with similar characteristics to malware and spyware and removes them, ensuring the security and integrity of the computer.
Communication

Windows Live Messenger, MSN Messenger is perhaps the most traditional instant messaging in recent years. Despite the emergence of several new competitors, the Microsoft software we have, thanks to new features of version 2011, to remain competitive in the market, the main highlight the integration with major social networks today. See also the Complete Guide to the MSN TechTudo prepared.

Skype, recently acquired by software giant Microsoft, Skype is a great alternative for people who want to communicate on the Internet by voice and video. The progam is widely used by people traveling overseas who seek to communicate with family and friends, since it presents a cost-effective international call, for example.

Google Talk: Google Talk (GTalk or to the closest) is Google's instant messaging, the Internet search giant. The program has the traditional features of conversation and sharing of files and can be used by users who have accounts on any of Google services like Gmail or Orkut.

Meebo: Meebo has a differential in relation to other software in this list, because it is an online communicator that combines multiple messengers in one place. Recently, in addition to the options already available (MSN, GTalk, ICQ etc..), The site also has support for Facebook chat. By dispensing facility, Meebo is often used in places where other messengers are blocked.
eBuddy, eBuddy's proposal is similar to Meebo, gather multiple IM in a single online environment. The application also need not be installed and, therefore, is a great option for people who are traveling, at work or school and need to communicate quickly and conveniently online.

Share
DropBox: Based on the concept of cloud computing (cloud computing, in Portuguese), DropBox has as main purpose the storing and sharing files online. The development company has powerful central computers that store files from your customers and make them accessible from anywhere with Internet access.

DreaMule: based on the classic file sharing program eMule, DreaMule was developed by Brazilian and has features, fixes and settings that make your browsing and download process simpler and more effective. As in the orignal software, the program uses the template peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing.
uTorrent: One of the most popular torrent clients in the world, using the uTorrent BitTorrent downloads protocol to communicate with computers and share files quickly and easily. This type of service is widely used to share free software, since there is no centralization of files on a single server, which works to optimize the download process.
Image Editors

PhotoScape: Photoscape is an alternative for users who are not willing to pay hundreds of dollars for Photoshop (or resort to piracy), but want a program with many features for editing and manipulating images. Although you can not be considered equivalent to Adobe software, the PhotoScape is a good solution, especially for being a free software.
GIMP: another free program for editing and manipualção images. The GIMP is the ideal software for those seeking a program for the most basic tasks, performed on a daily basis. Its simple interface and its resources as more efficient to put a good alternative among image editors.

Paint.net: Like the two other programs in this category, Paint.net is presented as a free competitor to Photoshop. With more modest than the Adobe software, the program provides the necessary tools for ordinary users can perform satisfactory in retouching your images.
Picasa: besides being a great image organizer, Picasa has the resources to perform the simplest tasks of image editing, for example, removal of the famous (and feared) red eyes. By also be a free program, Picasa is another option in the list of image editors for average users.

Photoshop: Photoshop image editor is the world's most famous and probably also the most efficient and complete. Its many features enable the realization of tasks from simple to more advanced editing and image manipulation. Download this version of the Adobe program is available for testing for a period of 30 days.

As you can imagine, the list is practically endless and varies according to the taste of each user. Our aim in this matter is not addressed all the software in each category, but to create a list of commonly used Windows programs, providing a guide with basic information about the software in question.

He missed some program? Review and collaborate to make the list even more complete!

Trick video demo of Skype for iPad

It seems that Skype is finally preparing to launch an application for iPad, video conversation with at least what it says is a leaked video on YouTube. According to the user Shason, who uploaded the video to your YouTube channel, Skype had put the video on its official channel, but then deleted. Since the user could be faster than the company itself.



Had a Skype application available for the iPhone since March 2009, although it was not added the feature of video calling a few months ago. When Apple added two cameras on the iPad 2, it seemed inevitable that Skype will launch a unique application for the Apple tablet.

The big difference with FaceTime for Skype is that Skype allows video calls even if you are using 3G. While FaceTime currently only works over Wi-Fi In addition, the Skype application for the iPad will allow users of first generation iPad can make video calls, but obviously you can only see the other person, after all, first generation of the iPad has no cameras. Apple, for now at least, not for FaceTime offers users the first version of the iPad, giving an advantage to Skype.

The application also has a standard dial Skype integrated with a text chat, which can even be used during the video call. And just as Facetime, it lets you use the camera back or the front camera of the tablet.

Harry Potter: the game is coming online in the series?

 What Ms. Rowling will now be doing? A multiplayer online game and the series, according to some reports.

 
UK newspaper The Times claims to have received a memo that, "by mistake", was sent to them with information about the possible game associated with Pottermore. Right now the last Harry Potter film is to debut and fans already feel like orphans in the series, would play a master release something in the style of World of Warcraft.

Also according to the newspaper, Pottermore would be more than a virtual game. It would have connections with the "real" world, thanks to clues scattered in the electronic environment that could lead his players to places that actually exist in the United States and England (where the Potter story goes).

Since last week, a special page on YouTube shows the countdown to "the announcement of J. K. Rowling. " At the time of publication of this text, missing almost 15 hours for such an announcement will be broadcast live - that is, will tomorrow (23) at 8 matinee.

The PaidContent is suspicious of the story. In addition to the UK Times, other newspapers claim to have received the same memo "by mistake". It would be a marketing ploy for something even bigger? Remember, the Harry Potter park in the United States went into operation recently, perhaps to do with it.
 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 for Xbox 360
Anyway, an online Harry Potter game would be welcome. Especially after a variety of titles released by EA when new movies arrive at a theater, usually one worse than the other.

Box.net unveiled integration with Google Docs‎

Google Docs is still possibly the best editing service documents with real-time collaboration ever invented. Google is to be congratulated on that. The service is so good that, from this Wednesday, is integrated in the Box (formerly known as Box.net). Again the interoperability of the faces in the large network, for our joy.


By accessing the control panel box, customers - there's even free plans, but the truth is that even companies serving the service - it will provide a tool with the option to create documents in Google Docs. Text or spreadsheet, the user chooses.

The Box opens a new window with the editing of the document, which can be done by several people simultaneously - see the video below. Each move wherever, make your adjustments and exit the window. Upon returning to the control panel, there is the file with the right to add comments on the platform of the Box, as well as sharing with other employees.

Basically, the team picked up a box web app that already exists and add to your service package. More than a link to create documents in the Google service, both are built in a unique way.

"We believe the combination of collaborative editing Google Docs with the content management Box will transform the way people work," wrote the Box.net CEO Aaron Levie. With the box being used in seven out of ten of the largest U.S. companies, it is likely that he is right.


I wanted to see this kind of integration on more platforms. For example, in iCloud. It would be nice to have the files saved in Apple's cloud, but you can edit them in Google Docs (which even eliminate the need to install iWork or Office for Mac).

First Nokia Phone with Windows 7 "leaks"

In a closed meeting for employees of Nokia, the company's CEO Stephen Elop announced yesterday what would be the first smartphone with Windows 7 Phone the manufacturer. After asking to "turn off their cellphones and not capture images of something super sensitive," Elop exhibited for the first time called for Sea Ray employees. But as some ignored the warning, of course it leaked pictures on the net "accidentally."


The design is almost the same as N9, which will be sold with MeeGo 1.2 later this year. Although not many details were revealed about the hardware yet, we know that there are some differences from the N9, at least with respect to the camera. The LED flash is on the back is in a different location and there is a specific button for capturing photos.

Despite this being leaked as legitimate as a three dollar bill, the Sea Ray seems to have potential. But the question that has not stopped pounding in my head is: what reason Nokia have imitated the design of a mobile phone with MeeGo instead of creating their own design? And the resemblance does not have the potential to confuse potential customers?

Sony knew its PSN security was at risk?

If you ever make a site with a graphical representation of certain expressions, along with "irony of fate" will be the brand of Sony. This expression is the one that best describes what happened to the company in terms of safety and may well be used as a reference. At least that's what it reveals a new lawsuit filed against Sony in the U.S., which says that after being attacked Sony fired the employees responsible for safety.

The suit was filed by Americans Cortorreal Felix, Jr. and Jimmy Jacques Daoud Cortorreal, citing an eyewitness as a source of information about the layoffs within the company. This witness claims that the industry called Sony's Network Operations Center, which is responsible for preventing and responding to attacks and data leaks, had its staff reduced dramatically two weeks before the PSN be invaded and be taken off the air.

She also said the process that the company has strengthened the very safety of their corporate data by installing firewalls and all sorts of security arrangements on the servers. But the company did not bother to spend the same amount of time or money trying to protect customer data from the PSN.

If this is not the mother of all ironies, I do not know what can be.

Nintendo 3DS enter into pre-sale In Brazil

Fans of the Big N, it's time to get the scorpion out of  pocket. The Japanese company announced (at last) the arrival of the Nintendo 3DS. From July 9, the portable console will be sold here in various retail chains. While the date is not enough, Nintendo partners begin pre-sales of 3DS.

The release date and price of Nintendo 3DS are not exactly a surprise. During E3 2011, UOL Games managed to speak to the manager for Nintendo of America, which confirmed the amount to be charged by the notebook. Whoever does the pre-purchase of the machine until July 9 will also receive a custom holster, but the representation of the Big N in Brazil warned that this "benefit" is subject to "stock availability."

According to Nintendo, the 3DS is a product "fully localized". As we have noted in the photo gallery of the laptop that we published on Facebook, the manuals are in Portuguese, as well as menus, navigation items and system messages, and the games themselves - even had a typo, as some have noted readers.

The Nintendo 3DS meets all requirements of the FCC and Inmetro. When the review of the laptop has been tested by us, we had noticed that the seal of Anatel has already appeared on the back of the product. Also as required by Brazilian law, the official distributor of Nintendo and the Gaming Brazil will offer warranty for 12 months.

Taking advantage of the pre-sale of the successor of the DS, Nintendo also confirmed that the following games will hit the market on July 9: Steel Diver, Pilotwings Resort, nintendogs + cats and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. The latter is a remastering of the iconic title for Nintendo 64.

Here in the United States in the 3DS models have color Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue. It costs $ 250, equivalent to $ 400. Here in Brazil, Nintendo keeps the product offering in two color schemes, but for a slightly higher price: U.S. $ 1,119. What did you think of the price?

The following stores are partners in Nintendo's pre-sale 3DS: Brother Games, Carrefour, Casas Bahia, Essential Games Extra, Fnac, Game Tech Bookstore Curitiba, Megalogame, Boys & Girls, Ponto Frio, Ri Happy, Ricardo Eletro, Saraiva, UZ Games, Video Game Store and Walmart.

Tomboy can be left out of Ubuntu 11.10

The eternal struggle to keep Canonical's Ubuntu within a single CD ISO has just made a casualty: the Tomboy, the GNOME excellent program to take notes and post them on the desktop, the distro is out until further notice .

The announcement came from the Ubuntu development mailing list, and is based on a simple reason: Tomboy still uses the libraries for the GNOME 2, with no equivalent in GNOME 3. So to keep the Tomboy would also be necessary to maintain several different packages, such as libgnome, libgnomeui, libbonobo, libbonoboui and libgnomecanvas. Libraries outdated and not very useful.

Goodbye Tomboy. You will always live in our hearts
And, as Canonical insists on keeping the default installation of Ubuntu on the average size of 700MB (as already noted here), was more interesting and Tomboy remove these extra packages to make room for other programs. There is the classic first application suffers low, and hardly the last.

Obviously, the user can download and install Tomboy manually if you want, after Ubuntu is already installed. Likewise, if developers Tomboy loose an update compatible with the GNOME libraries 3, the application most likely back to the default installation of Ubuntu. But at the moment, the manual installation seems to be the most likely solution.

Tomboy is a program that creates "sticky notes" on the desktop, and you can use to take notes, write reminders, and more. In addition to the Linux version, Tomboy is also available for Windows and Apple's OS X, and can be downloaded from the project.

Twitter is considering putting advertising in the middle of Users timeline

Making money is needed. After several forays to bring the interest of advertisers, it seems that Twitter will give their final showdown. The company is preparing to display tweets paid in the middle of the timeline of users, including messages posted by people they follow. Maybe this is a great chance of turning a machine Twitter produce dollars.

If you meet with a sales representative from Twitter to announce its exciting product, it will give you privileged spaces in the integrated search Twitter, which already costs a bit. Depending on the amount available for action, may well be that the purchase of a trending topic will be viable. Recently they have been testing the bill sponsored by: the at sign is displayed in the company's block "Who To Follow."

The tweets are expected to be paid all that different. Once a customer buys this feature, the message (still 140 characters) can appear between the normal tweets - from daily nonsense that appears in your timeline. Without asking you if you want to see the tweet paid a lot less without you having to follow that specific account.

From the standpoint of advertising, this is exactly what the advertisers want most: to infiltrate their messages between the normal flow of updates that a person comes in microblogging. Other advertising services are all outside the timeline, as you can see. With the tweets paid officially established, the picture changes.

During the Cannes Film Festival, which honors the best advertising, legend has it that Twitter has been meeting with companies to discuss the new perspective. It seems that the launch would be interested in Groupon coupons to specific tweets paid, inclusive.

And when your timeline will be flooded with propaganda? In two months, if the schedule is correct verified by Epicenter.

Xperia X10 will receive update for Android 2.3

If you own a Xperia X10, you can celebrate: Sony Ericsson has confirmed to U.S. sites that will receive the device Android 2.3 Gingerbread, after a long struggle to get the humble Android 2.1.

Outside, it is expected that the update to arrive in early August. Already here, where things are always more complicated, Sony Ericsson of Brazil confirmed to me that the update will arrive, but do not know when. Yeah.

Timescape and Mediascape, the modules of the SE to present updates of contacts on social networks and audiovisual content (respectively) are still going strong, as well as at the time of the launch of Xperia X10.

Game of the week: Haunt the House

 Haunt the House is a fun game where you're a ghost and your goal is to drive some people who decided to do a party at his former home.


Yes, that simple. The controls are pretty simple: Move with the arrow keys (you can use WASD to be professional about it) and press the space bar to have some object. After owning the object, press a pad to do some trick and scare the residents of the house.

In the beginning you may have some small objects and do simple tricks, such as moving dolls and taps open, but the more scared people get, the greater the power you get. Can you have a BEAR. MUAHAHAHAHAHA. Good, I'd jump out the window when he saw the first vessel moving ... so be careful not to scare the other person, you may win a fellow ghost. You never know what a person is capable of terrified. How long can you drive out 30 people in your house?

I've done in 32 minutes and killed two children (I swear it was unintentionally) and gave me rank A. It took me because I was writing this text, ok? (AHAM, Claudia)

Google is under investigation by the U.S. government

No good news for our friends in Mountain View. Google announced on Friday it received a notification from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission or Federal Trade Commission) in the United States. In the letter, the agency says it will conduct a massive investigation into Google's business practices in recent years.

Research is seen as anti-trust, because it tries to get information about anti-trust Google. For those who do not know, that the trust means that a company used its size, economic power - and technology, I suppose, for the specific case of Google - for their own benefit.

In a text on the subject, Google has always maintained that the user in focus when developing new products and services. "We recognize that our success led to great scrutiny," says the company to admit that the statement received from the FTC. It is true: with the billions of dollars that Google have annual incomes and the large concentration of market that the company grasps the business of search engines, it is not surprising that an investigative body go back for more details about the company.


Microsoft went through similar research and Bill Gates had to provide information
In the message, the Internet giant kind of ironic statement from the FTC: "It is not clear what are the concerns of the FTC." However, Google does not pretend to know the research will be broad and will likely bring several questions about company business.

Google promises to cooperate fully with the requests of the FTC. If so it is expected that the company has a great cost to the production of documents, opinions, evidence and explanations like to bring to the U.S. Trade Commission.

This is only the beginning of what seems to be a very long process and litigation. It is worth noting that Microsoft has also faced similar investigation in early 1990 when several company's practices were investigated. Even Bill Gates paid (impressive and useless) clarification from the U.S. government.

Asus launches laptop with 19 mm thick

Earlier this week Taiwan's Asus showed its newest competitor to the market for ultra-thin notebooks.

Given the name of U36, the model comes with 13 inch screen and built in magnesium body - material that made ​​history in the market for portable computers forming the classic ThinkPad family, former IBM and Lenovo today - with only 19 mm thick, 0.02 mm or less that the 13-inch MacBook Air in its portion Parruda.

Despite its slim silhouette, the U36 has setup Parruda highlight as compared to your competitor's apple (which still turns with the Core 2 Duo) with an Intel Core i5 running under "normal voltage" under its hood, which also includes a battery capable of delivering up to 11.5 hours of Autômomo for the user. Moreover, the model has a 500GB hard drive and video card NVidia, USB 3.0 connections and other perfurmarias.

The U36 European should hit stores until early July for the equivalent of 790 euros, the current quote 1:2,26 give about $ 8,000.

HP announces the Pivot, digital magazine made ​​for the Touchpad

 HP announced on Thursday the launch of Pivot, a kind of monthly digital tablet touchpad for your future. Developed specifically for the operating system WebOS 3.0, Pivot will examine various data user of the device - including your browsing history - to offer "original editorial content."


This custom content developed will be "photographed and produced by journalists affiliated with major publications (...) and will include speakers from renowned writers about their perspectives on digital culture and other multimedia materials," says the company. "The content available on the touchpad of a person will not be equal to that of his friend," exemplifies the company.

The program will also be able to analyze the applications installed on the gadget to give suggestions for new programs, "according to their interests and lifestyle." "Pivot will lead to discovery of new applications to a new level for both users and for developers," says Richard Kerris, vice president of the division responsible for the WebOS. "We want our partners to see how a WebOS platform of great opportunity," he added.


HP Touchpad: thankless task of competing with Apple iPad 2
Scheduled to land in U.S. stores in July and one in Europe and Asia to 15th, the HP touchpad has the thankless task of fighting the iPad ubiquitous in the global market. And since it is virtually impossible to speak of the market for tablets without mentioning the gadget from Apple, here goes: comScore data show that the unit is responsible for 89% of web accesses made ​​from tablets.

Symbian Anna should be released next month

While we look forward to the launch of the first device from Nokia Phone with Windows 7, which should happen only between the end of this year or in early 2012, the company is still giving a final breath for the operating system that has developed and invested for many years, Symbian.


The latest version of the operating system, Symbian Anna, will be launched as early as July and should arrive in up to ten handsets by the end of next year.

Current devices C6-01, C7 and N8 can be upgraded to the Symbian Anna, as well as apparatus X7 and E6, which should come first in Canada with the phone company Rogers and then the rest of the world. In addition, ten other devices will receive the Anna Symbian, not Windows 7 Phone or MeeGo. They will be released gradually over the next 12 months.


When Nokia announced a partnership with Microsoft to develop smartphones with operating system Windows 7 Phone, there was a rumor that Symbians would vanish from the earth and give rise to WP7. But, it seems Nokia is willing to take another breath of life into the operating system that helped build and in which so many millions of dollars invested for so long.

The future of Nokia and its most powerful smartphone still in the hands of the devices with Windows 7 Phone and MeeGo, operating systems that are far more developed than the late Symbian.

Price Cuts for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are coming, says Ubisoft

Probably the company that took more chances in this generation, with franchises for several audiences, from Assassin's Creed to Just Dance, Ubisoft is in a comfortable position to predict the movements of the console makers. According to her, we can expect price cuts coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year.


Words are the head of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, who indicated a decline in sales of consoles in the UK, and that price cuts are inevitable to combat this. "The UK is falling fast. Is falling, if not we consider the digital performance. This year they will continue to lower the price, "he said referring to Microsoft and Sony.

According to the head of the company, the recent price cut on the Nintendo Wii sales actually rose again and is making high-definition consoles have to chase your money, regardless of the announcement of Wii U.

Yves also commented on the arrival of the new generation is coming soon to Nintendo, but it should not take for competitors: "I always love a new generation of consoles because it's really the best way for us to be more creative. It gives you many new ways to create "

"And players are more open to innovation when a new console is coming, they do not consider all brands the same way, so they try something completely new and they experience. When the machines are already there for a long time you can always improve and enhance the quality, but you do not make revolutions in the way things are done, "he concluded.

Review: Shift 2 Unleashed

After gathering good reviews in its previous version, the second shift comes to innovate not only in its title (no association with the franchise Need For Speed), but the gameplay and online options. Check out:


The beginning of a new saga
Everyone knows that the Need For Speed ​​franchise has gone through ups and downs. While their versions Underground were phenomena of sale, driven by fashion "tuning", the version ProStreet was a real fiasco in trying to carry the franchise for the traditional circuits. So, few were those who placed confidence in the success of NFS Shift.

Blew everyone away, EA has managed to develop a game efficiently enough to make 3 games like Forza and Gran Turismo 5 (which at that time had not yet been introduced) inconvenienced. Since the success of Shift 2, a title more weight would enter the race to the rank of best game of the genre.

When all the games were released, Shift fell into oblivion, but when there were rumors of the new version, attention turned again to EA. The producer promised too much in their video release. However, much of which was announced could not be effectively represented in the game, making two Shit is just a good racing game, far from disturbing Forza and Gran Turismo 4 5.

Do not stay alone
The big advertising second shift was about the game online interaction with your virtual community called Autolog. Through it, you can track the progress of your friends and other performance comparisons. We also have the facility to invite them to disputes over the network.

In single player mode, the game focuses on the Career Mode, where you have to win competitions in the game to evolve, to acquire credits for upgrades on their vehicles or even buy other machines. But casual gamers need not be burdened because Shift also features two events so loose in the Single Racer.

These, in turn, are already known to the players of the franchise and other games of this genre. They are divided into: simple race against time, eliminating around the famous Drift (race in which the score is acquired according to skid maneuvers), among others. The game also features local split-screen multiplayer.
Perhaps the only problem is finding all this and be guided, as the menus Shift 2 very confused and still have a slow out of the ordinary. For online browsing, even with a good connection it may take time to check everything that rolls in Autolog.

You must be a pilot!
Gameplay Shift 2 divides. There are those who defend the excellent sense of speed imposed on long lines, demanding full attention of the pilot, as a simple shift in direction can result in a serious accident. While it is realistic, it is very annoying how easily the fastest vehicles lose control at high speeds.

Perhaps the best option is in automatic mode by driving a few options such as traction control and braking. However, they also can not be fully efficient, causing the pilot still be cautious all the time.
But what really bothers Shift 2 are the escapades of the car during cornering. At all times they insist on sliding sideways giving the impression that the track is quite slippery. After we come across other games in the genre that have a more accurate gameplay, it's hard to get used to the "sambadinhas" cars in this game from EA.

Spanking in the cockpit

What most impressed in the previous version of Shift 2 was the system of internal vision within the cockpit. No game today, so perfectly able to reproduce the feeling of driving a race car in the vision of a pilot. Besides the possibility to look around and view mirrors to check the alignment of adversaries, the vision was compromised during the time of high speed, which was incredible.

View from inside the driver's helmet in Shift 2 Unleashed (Reuters)
What's more, the collision system helped keep the atmosphere of "one day pilot." After a strong impact, their vision was blurred as a result of sudden deceleration and a shakeout in the brain. What's more, the damage to the car mechanically and visually compromised performance during the remainder of the race.
All these elements are maintained and enhanced in Shift 2. The game also has a new - look into the driver's helmet. This is farthest from the inner panel, but allows a wider angle of view of the track, further enhancing the climate of the race.

Gráicos median
Graphics Shift 2 received a good overhaul. You may notice a more detailed scenarios, both on the outside (in depicting landscapes and other external elements) and on the inside. A good example is remarkable about the details that make up the asphalt, they in turn show signs of wear and braking of the vehicle even during races.

The cars are reproduced faithfully to the original models. Even at the time of the collisions, where the consequences are reproduced in an acceptable manner, something that many games like that can not play with such quality.

You may also notice a thorough work over the audible portion of the game. The audio of the impacts through a surprisingly sharp sense of the bodywork is splitting, with the right to pilot a whimper, after a bad accident.
However, when making a comparison with the giants of the genre (Gran Turismo and Forza), Shift 2 still falls short due to lack of detail and reflection in the bodywork of vehicles. Nothing that a new version can not fix.

Conclusion
Shift 2 showed that deserves to be disconnected from the Need For Speed ​​franchise and be considered a real game in a franchise that promises. Developments in relation to their previous title is quite remarkable, especially in appearance. However, to reach the hands of the genre need a good overhaul in the gameplay, even if it still continues to please most of the players.

Dropbox forget to ask the user's password

Speaking on Dropbox (or nearly so), a dangerous incident was reported by the company responsible for the service of backup files. On Monday, a system failure caused the Dropbox users' documents stay available on the Web, for anyone to download.


The Dropbox explains that during the afternoon of Monday, a new code was implemented at around 17:45. The bug caused the new code has caused a system crash Authentication Dropbox. For four hours yesterday afternoon, users' files were accessible to anyone. Simply enter the login, as Dropbox forgot to ask for the password.

The problem was almost like
According to the company, the problem affected only 1% of its users. It may seem a small percentage, but a very conservative projection (by me) says that the bug potentially affected 250,000 users. This considering the numbers of Dropbox for the end of 2010, but it is quite likely to have been more.

All accounts accessed during the crash had closed its sessions, the company says, as a way to ensure the safety of users. They also promised to send logs to the recent activities, so that users can verify that your files were tampered with while the authentication system was defective. If this is your case, the orientation that gives Dropbox is to contact the support@dropbox.com.

It should be remembered that the same Dropbox was charged in May this year of not being transparent about the protection it offers to the files stored on their servers.

Apple Releases Final Cut Pro X

 A "revolution" in video editing. This is how Apple is defining its latest product, Final Cut Pro X. Maçanescos exaggerations aside, the new version of the editing has everything to please the professionals who work daily with this type of program. And the best: this version supports 64-bit.


Final Cut Pro X: with Magnetic Timeline
The brainchild of Steve Jobs in Final Cut Pro X is the Magnetic Timeline (timeline magnetic, in free translation). As I understand it, this is the first time that a video editor allows you to attach items such as title, soundtrack or CG (character generator) to a particular piece of video. Thus, by moving the line, everything else goes along.

Import video clips became more practical. Mainly because, in doing so, Final Cut X makes the analysis of video content. In the program interface (which now resembles much iMovie, Movie Maker equivalent of the Apple world) after this step is complete, the application list scenes in which there is only one person, two persons or a group of people. The recognition does not stop there, since Final Cut also determine the plans in the images.

In response to a call of mine, Michael Silva, professional editor and addicted to internets, made some comments on Final Cut Pro Look.

The Final Cut was denser, showing more power in developing a good job in less time. Apple has added to its professional line workflow already employed in iMovie. It also broke a paradigm that was so long in the market that was the inspiration of the Adobe Premiere Pro, now in its fifth version (counting a length of CS 5.5 CS 5).

Several Apple technologies are being employed for the first time in a professional product to the public. Fixes audio and separation of scenes, steps that would be long after the capture / ingestion of the material occur at the same time that the material is being added to the project. A fine edition of sounds and colors, which once stood over the Soundtrack and Color, now integrates with the main program, saving more time.

Remember, despite what Apple says, that all is not magic: Enjoy a rendering in the background, not to mention the many technologies, requires new hardware. There are reports of people who could not download the software because of this limitation. Apple has given Intel GPU HD 3000 or higher. NVIDIA GeForce GT120 has been shown also to owners of Mac Pro

Another point to consider before upgrading is the compatibility between plugins. If you paid by third-party plugins and depends on them to do their job, it is wise to wait a little longer.

In addition to Final Cut Pro X, Apple announced the fifth Motion to create animated graphics, and 4 Compressor to encode the videos. Each application costs $ 49.99 in the Mac App Store. Since Final Cut will be sold again only on the Mac App Store for $ 299.99.

Researchers talks to dolphins through a translator

 Researchers at the Wild Dolphin Project in Jupiter, Florida created a device that uses an advanced pattern recognition to decipher the language of dolphins and one day be able to answer them.


The device, jointly developed the artificial intelligence scientist Thad Starner, has two hydrophones and uses a computer the size of a cell to store the information.

Although still in early stages of creation and not expected to be completed some, the idea shows promise. Named "Project CHAT," the group aims to co-create a 'language' of the common signs and sounds used by dolphins to communicate. This vocabulary will start with eight simple words to represent ideas common to the animal world.

Once the dolphins have learned to play the words in the language, the researchers plan to try to understand other expressions of true communication of these mammals, observing their conversations and more of the same species.

The challenge of understanding the dolphins
The translator device can use technologically advanced, but it is nevertheless to be a challenging idea. Several differences in communication patterns of dolphins make extremely difficult any kind of interpretation: one of the problems is the versatility of their voices, once they reach 10 tons times those of humans, and can keep the sound for long periods of time.

But the biggest challenge is getting them to identify which is the source of sounds to achieve study the behavioral patterns, since dolphins are able to project your voice to any side without moving the head. To work around this, have also been added LED sensors that are placed in the diver's mask, pointing to the animal that generated the signal.

Previous attempts
Creating a device that enables communication between humans and dolphins is not as new as you can imagine: before the chat, the group had been designing other devices since 1998 as a translator that imitated the sounds made by dolphins. We tried to even use a simplified keyboard, where the animal must press buttons to make requests to their coaches, but was considered "dolphin-unfriendly."

The UN declares access to the Internet as a universal right

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


When the UN Human Rights formalized in 1948, the Internet was far from being invented and used on a large scale as today. In recent times, the communication on the Internet was far beyond the simple chat between friends. The network was used for political causes.

Not to mention the large number of bloggers arrested, including China, which also restricted the search for content in Google, which led to a crisis that helped bring down Eric Schmidt.

Seeing this scenario, the authoritarian governments cut the Internet, seeking to avoid the mass communication and distribution of anti-government ideas. Other countries that do not live in dictatorships, with plans also are restricting Internet. France and Brazil, for example, use as an argument to protect individuals, property or the fight against terrorism.

The United Nations, concerned about the increasing restrictions on access to the Internet, said network access as a universal right, or disconnect a person from the Internet as punishment is a violation of human rights. Thus access to the internet has status as the right to life and right to freedom.

The UN also states that does not mean that the internet should be a "no man's land." But they must apply the traditional laws that combat prejudice, child abuse and crimes such as theft.

Mitsubishi DLP 840, a 92-inch 3D TV that does not cost so much

When it comes to picture (or television), the rule is "bigger is better." If you have a large room in your house, you better have a large TV to enjoy the richness of image detail offered. Now, if you live in a really big house with a generously sized room, maybe not the case you buy a TV with "only" 92 inches?


That's what Mitsubishi offers for you (since more in Japan), with its latest release, the 3D TV DLP Home Cinema 840, which has no less than 92 inches of screen. The TV features 1080p resolution, which is perfect for viewing content on Blu-ray and DVD, and you can get incredible results with the latest generation video games such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But the highlight of the Mitsubishi 840 DLP Home Cinema is at its price, which is much cheaper than you think.

The 92-inch model was first seen at the last CES in January, and can be found in versions with more modest sizes, 72 and 83 inches, for those who do not have a room that big. But that does not stop Mitsubishi design a future for the new models. According to Frank DeMartini, vice president of sales of company products, the consumer is now increasingly likely to create an environment of "home movies" at home, with large screens and powerful sound.

But back to the price factor ... The 3D TV Mitsubishi DLP Home Cinema 840 costs the equivalent of U.S. $ 5,999 in Japan you may find it a lot, but if you compare with competitors that have LCD screens of 85 inches that cost $ 22,000, or plasma screens 103 inches that cost $ 30,000, the option is offered by Mitsubishi and economic, and follows the recent philosophy of the company. Frank DeMartini words: "It is good to sell in quantity, but it's much better to make money." All that remains is how much it will cost here, if it is actually released in Brazil.

Facebook To Defeat Yahoo In Online Advertising

The advertising revenue from Facebook in the United States will reach $ 2.2 billion in 2011, taking over Yahoo and snapping up the largest share of online ad market looks.


This recipe will give Facebook a market share of 17.7% in visual advertising on the Internet in the U.S., according to a report released Monday by research firm eMarketer. Last year, this figure was 12.2%.

The figures show the growing trend of Facebook, the largest social network in the world. The company saw its market value rise to about $ 80 billion of recent transactions of its shares in the private market and some investors anticipate that Facebook can make an initial public offering (IPO, its acronym in English) as early as next year.

Although Facebook has grabbed the lead, eMarketer analyst David Hallerman said the overall market for online advertising, including so-called banner ads, sponsorships and promotional videos for websites, is growing robustly as to benefit several companies.

"This is not a game with a score of zero," Hallerman said, asserting that the market for visual advertisements on the Internet is registering a rapid growth as both large international and small local businesses are using the Web to reach consumers.

Internet companies like Yahoo, Google and Microsoft are competing for these advertisers, as new competitors, as the company's collective buying Groupon offer alternatives for online dissemination.

Review: Top Spin 4

If you are elated by the start of Wimbledon matches, we present two solutions: to follow the complete coverage of the Wimbledon tournament GloboEsporte.com by 2011 or risk a few games of Top Spin 4 on your console. Check out the full review:


Towards the lead on gender
For many years, Virtua Tennis was considered the greatest sport in the simulator-edge consoles and even in arcades. However, since Top Spin 3 was released, the hegemony of the game from SEGA was placed rebuttal. And if questions remain, the new version of the game from 2K came to check and take the lead in the category: best tennis simulator.

Several factors contribute to this statement, but perhaps the most influence are the licenses purchased for the series. No generic tournaments, here the grand slam, as Roland Garros and U.S. Open are well represented with the traditional courts and all weather surrounding the tournament.

And if you are those who would like to see the sovereignty of Federer and Nadal at a time when Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras dominated tennis, this is your chance. Top Spin has four classic players from various eras, as the legendary Boris Beckers. The odd thing is that the attributes of these players are faithfully reproduced in his characters, showing great care to match the company's idols in a way that would not be anything uneven.

Limitation of game modes
Top 4 Spim has several game modes, they are: Exhibiton - Departure friendly; King of the Court - A kind of championship all-against-all, who wins who reaches a certain number of wins, Top Spin Academy - Training Mode full of tutorials and objectives to be achieved; Carrer - Career mode.

The career mode is undoubtedly the main attraction of the game. After you create your (his) player, it's time for a career in the world of tennis towards the top of world rankings. The options for customizing your athlete are an attractive part, thanks to the many configuration possibilities ranging from their physical size and appearance, to the numerous accessory options, such as clothing, rackets and other equipment. These are also unlocked throughout the game and own the major brands of sports products.

The trajectory starts at this tournament so simple and progresses to the grand slam. Like other games in this genre, you can choose to participate in a tournament or dedicate himself to training in order to evolve their attributes. You can also use your player for online matches against other players custom.
Too bad the game play just does not allow the grand slam piece. As the only option to contest the way King of The Court, however he does not have group and knockout phases, the same way in which these competitions happen in the real world. However, many lags undertake fun online mode.

Mechanical efficiency
A major problem cited in the review of Virtua Tennis 4, was designated as the gameplay of SEGA's game, which was very artificial. In Top Spin 4 it does not, however, the gameplay is designed in a way that we never find in games like that.

Starting with the realistic movement of players on court, where the effort is well played and how players are no-frills shooting like goalkeepers. The striking proves very efficient, with four different types of batting, which become essential in the strategy against his opponent.

The game runs at 60 frames per second at all times, this means that the movement is so realistic as to confuse the unwary who think it is a live tennis match.

Audio and visual to envy
Another element very well work in Top Spin is related to noise and visual part of the game. Not only the audio of calculated hits and cries of some players, the game still has a great audio of the crowd that vibrates according to the move, ie, after an intense Raly, the completion point takes the audience into a frenzy.
What about the graphics, it's amazing how the big players were represented. You may notice from the skin pigmentations, such as details of the haircut, in a way to give the envy of its competitors, such as Virtua Tennis 4.

The blocks, which were largely drawn upon actual locations are also very well reproduced and reproduce exactly the given floor, in other words, a notable difference between clay, grass and normal floor.

Missed Kinect

Integration with motion sensor, Sony's PS Move, was very well crafted. The movements of the hits are performed almost in real time on the island. But for the players of the console from Microsoft, the Xbox 360, left to settle for the traditional joystick, because the game does not support posusi Kinect.

Conclusion
Top Spin 4 finally reaches the top of the category of a more than worthy. It is visible to the whim of 2K with all the essentials for the game fall into the arms of fans of the genre. Cutting-edge graphics and refined gameplay make the game a step ahead of their rivas, but we still need to perfect the online mode which, as yet lacking.
 

Hackers have released data from the Brazilian military

Neither the military is free of hacking. According to the G1, the group took Fatal Error Crew breaking into a system of the Brazilian Army.


  Information of nearly a thousand employees of the agency were published freely on the network with rights to more than 300 logins and passwords. The army says it is investigating what actually happened.

IE team sends a congratulatory cupcake to Mozilla

 As is customary, the team responsible for developing Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser sent your gift Classic celebration by releasing a version of the Mozilla Firefox. Yesterday afternoon occurred when the official launch of the browser, the Firefox development team at its headquarters received more than one cake.


The first of the "peace of cake" was sent at the launch of Firefox 2 in October 2006 and was repeated in the launch of Firefox 3 in June 2008 and Firefox 4 on the last month of March. With the rapid development of new policy program of the fox - which resulted in the launch fo FF5 this week and predicts that the landing versions 6 and 7 this year - it is expected that the staff of Mozilla fatten a few pounds in the near future.

The cake seems to be the logo instead of IE more well designed and serious accusation, seems to be less than the previous. As far as we know, he was not poisoned.

Sony Ericsson announces Xperia Ray With Android 2.3

Today Sony Ericsson announced new models in its line of Xperia phones during the fair electronics ComunicAsia 2011. One is the Xperia Ray, who's going to be sold with the latest version of Android, 2.3 (Gingerbread). Ray seems to be a model that was very focused on design, because despite being very similar to the models of the new Xperia X10, it will be sold in a golden version.


Like most new Xperia, Ray eliminates the search button and home button makes the central and physical, rather than touch. Its technical specifications include a 3.3 inch screen with 854 x 480 pixel resolution, 1 GHz processor, 8.1 megapixel camera with flash and the ability to shoot in HD and front camera for video calls.

Moreover, its screen is scratch-resistant mineral glass and it has the familiar wave of connectivity an Android Xperia line: aGPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and DLNA In terms of storage capacity, it comes with 300MB internal , a MicroSD memory card with support for 4 GB and 32 GB cards.

The company has not announced what the suggested price, but said he will go on sale in the third quarter of the year, starting in the Japanese market. The Xperia Ray will be sold in white, black, gold and pink.

Xperia Active: Android Aquatic Sony Ericsson

As the manufacturers think Android in creating devices for the general public, there are not many that focus on the most disastrous public who want a device with the various features of Android but also is resistant to water, scratches and dust. So the Motorola Defy was so successful that he did. Sony Ericsson has realized this and decided to create the Active Xperia Android 2.3, released today.


The design Xperia Active bar is complemented by a sort of notch on the bottom that serves to tie the string included in the cabinet. Inside the box, in fact, there is also support for a clamp with the phone, which the company says was designed "to anyone who leads an active life."

Active also has a 1 GHz processor, 3 inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, 5 megapixel rear camera capable of video at 720p, VGA front camera, noise reduction technology and the same connectivity options know: aGPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and DLNA. Its internal memory is 320 MB, but it comes with a 2 GB microSD card and supports up to 32 GB.

Also there is a certain price or an exact date for the release of Xperia Active in the market, but it will come in orange and white in the third quarter with the Xperia Ray.

Google experiencing search without the button "I'm Feeling Lucky"

Google is always experimenting with new features that modify some aspect of your search. After all before making it available worldwide for its millions of users, it is good to test with a small group of people to know if it will work or not. So it was with Instant Search, which is restricted to logged in users. Now it seems that Google will try a search with no luck.


The Google homepage has always had a button "I'm Feeling Lucky" that automatically redirects the user to first search engine results page link for what he sought. Now the company is testing a modified it, removing the button "I'm Feeling Lucky" button and changing the search for an image of a blue button with a magnifying glass, nothing more.

According to the Dutch site WebSonic images, which first saw the changes in the Dutch version of the seeker, the results page was also changed and began to show the URL under the name of the page without descriptions.

The change seems to be inspired by Bing and it makes sense if you think by clicking the "I'm Feeling Lucky", the user will not even see the results page where Google displays ads. But the company itself has said in the past that many users who click this button, then this experiment may never see the light of day in the end.

Google is the first site to receive a billion hits in just one month

Data from tracking firm comScore released on Wednesday said Google has become the first company to register the brand web 1 billion unique visitors in a single month.


The mark was achieved in the last month of May. The figures show that the giant web traffic grew 8.4% over the same period last year. Since Microsoft Sites - Bing included - were left with the silver medal with 905 million visitors (and 15% growth), while Facebook closes the podium in third place with 714 million hits (up 30%).

ComScore says make your measurements from data collected from two million Internet users around the world. In 2006, when it began offering its services, Google records only 496 visitors a month.

Despite their huge numbers, comScore says that Google was not the most accessed site in the United States. Who knew, with 180 million hits, the site got 8 million hits behind Yahoo, which the rest of the world has ever had healthier days.

Lenovo launches notebook with AMD's APU technology

 Earlier this month, Lenovo announced here in Brazil the arrival of G-series notebook, the G475. He is one of the first laptops to arrive in the country that rely on technology to APU from AMD.


For those who still do not know, the APU is a new type of processor developed by AMD, on the same chip that combines a graphics processor and a conventional processor. Everyone knows that a GPU has a performance far superior to a CPU, because it has more processing cores and higher clock. Putting the two together, we have a central processing unit super powerful, cost and power consumption reduced.

The G475's operating system is Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit and it comes equipped with at least 4GB of RAM can be expanded up to 8GB.

Among other specifications, the device has an LED display of 14 inches and resolutions up to 1366 x 768 pixels, battery life of up to 5 hours, memory card reader with support for 5 formats and CD player and DVD and Bluetooth. In addition, it also has an integrated webcam that can be used to log into Windows, using the facial recognition feature of Windows 7.

Amazon would be working on competing with iPad

SoAmazon plans to launch its own tablet in 2011.


The evidence we have for the time being raised by Venture Beat, realize that Amazon is preparing the launch of its tablet for August or September this year - in two or three months, when perhaps the next generation iPhone will be announced.

Component manufacturers in Taiwan say the big brother of the Kindle can come to the United States just in time for the holiday season, perfect time to put a new product in the marketplace. Amazon would be willing to sell between 700,000 and 800,000 units of the tablet, an overly ambitious.

And as tablets usually have a much larger display, Amazon also plans to launch a streaming movie service, along the lines of iTunes. Selling quality movie at an affordable price, it would be a very welcome product.

What do you expect from a tablet produced by the Amazon? At least, I wanted to see a display with amazing quality books to read without eye strain. This is a major scolding I have with the iPad.

Windows 7 will cost $72 for Internet cafes

 Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of a new program that confirms the company's efforts for the democratization of information. In partnership with CDI LAN, the software giant will take his original software for Internet cafes across the country, and quite a price in mind.


Through the Digital Club Program Microsoft, Microsoft will offer the latest versions of Windows and Office for owners of Internet cafes in a very different value. As in Brazil there are 107 000 such establishments, which are used by 32 million people (according to research by CGI BR last year), the range can be huge.

A single license of Windows 7 Professional will cost $ 72 for Internet cafes, according to estimates by IDC LAN. The value can be parceled up to 10 times from $ 7.20. Since Office 2010 has an estimated retail price of $ 38 per license, also entitled to payment in installments of 10 times from $ 3.80.


Windows 7: only $ 72 for Internet cafes
It is worth noting that the products will be complete. For Windows 7 Professional, the owner of the lan-house shall be entitled to all updates that have already been launched and are still - even for a security issue. Already have Office 2010 Professional Word, Excel and PowerPoint, among others, with all features working properly, and updates.

Besides the applications, the Internet cafes will receive specific benefits, such as exclusive content and technical and commercial support. Microsoft, in partnership with CDI LAN, wants to promote events with persons responsible for establishment.

Itaú Bank also entered the wheel and will offer easy credit for those who want to buy the software, with reduced rates (according to the bank, it is clear) and special conditions of service through Microcredit.

Supermonitor costs U.S. $ 1,000 per inch

Known for producing hardcore monitors for professional applications that demand the highest image definition and color possible - such as departments or medical photographers, for example - the Japanese Eizo presented on Monday DuraVision FDH3601 the legitimate representative of the state of the art of turning digital signals into visible images.


His credentials to enter the Olympus monitors are its 36.4-inch LCD panel with 4k2k and resolution (4096 pixels by 2160 pixels). The device has a response time of 8ms, 1000:1 contrast ratio and two DVI-D, plus two other DisplayPorts integrated.

The conversation gets interesting when Mark says that the display model was developed to provide high durability, designed to work "24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without presenting any kind of failures or distortions of color and images".

Interested parties may now have to motor caminhõezihos their money, the model should hit stores in September for the Japanese tune of 280 million yen, which gives U.S. $ 54,000 without the proper taxes and fees. In dollars, the price is $ 34,000, almost $ 1000 per inch image.

Rumor: Mac Pro and Mac mini can be upgraded in August

If you intend to buy a Mac Pro or a Mac Mini, hold your buck account, as rumored, Apple is planning to launch a more robust version of these two models.


According to SlashGear, the new Apple computers have an update for Sany Bridge 2001 Core processors from Intel and high-speed connectivity Thunderbolt. Apple will be holding these hardware upgrades to the Mac OS X Lion is ready. So the Mac Pro and Mac Mini have come with the new Apple operating system.

The Mac Pro is widely used by professional art photographers, musicians and designers for their ability to run applications that require high graphic processing. A new version would breath for Apple to regain market share of desktops.

Since the Mac Mini, it was expected a hardware upgrade with the new Intel processors and connection Thunderbolt Sandy Bridge. Upgrade RAM and HD are highly expected.

However, other hardware upgrades in these models are not very clear. Also even when these new models would be launched in August or September this year according to the sources. It is believed that Apple is also working on his MacBook Air ultraportable notebook with this new chip from Intel.

Apple has not commented publicly on these statements. The operating system Mac OS X is expected to launch in July this year and will cost $ 29.99 (about $ 48).

Kapok, a case for iPhone with dedicated buttons for camera

iPhone camera 4 is one of the most popular mobile devices. Services like Flickr and Instagram prove it. It is therefore natural that creative minds develop interesting solutions to improve the practicality of using the camera, enhancing your user experience.


One such solution is the case Kapok, manufactured by Canopy. The case protects your iPhone 4, and adds several features to the camera that you use your smartphone more efficiently. The case itself is made of plastic with a soft-touch finish, and how many of the cases that push the smartphone, it increases the size of it. leaving the phone and thicker and wider.

But that same case has a metal support for a tripod, so you can record your photos in a more professional way possible. In addition, the case has a shutter button of two stages, working in conjunction with an application (available on iTunes), which transforms the iPhone camera 4 in a real camera point-and-shoot.

The application also offers a number of additional tools for greater control of camera functions of the smartphone. For those who want to take pictures in a more practical, allowing people who are not very intimate mode of operation of the iPhone camera 4 to register their special moments with the same user experience of traditional film camera.

Lastly, the Kapok case has a mini USB port for syncing and battery charging cable and mini USB to USB. The case is available in five different colors, and its price is $ 69.99.

Gadget to measure blood pressure runs in sync with iOS

One of the best things you can do for yourself is to invest in your health. Staying healthy to perform their daily activities is an investment for the future. You can start with small steps, walks, an exercise routine, diet and some gadgets that can make the monitoring of some bodily functions.

One such gadget is coming to the U.S. now, but already available in Europe for some time. The Blood Pressure Monitor was developed by WiThings, and is a player iOS blood pressure devices. As a conventional pressure monitor, the user places the meter around the arm, making the measurement of its systole and diastole, but with all the data being displayed on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or through an application that saves data by measurement.

The blood pressure data can be accessed in the user profile on the website of WiThings, like a history of measurements of the patient. On the site, date and time data verification and graphs of collected data can be incorporated and shared by email, Twitter or Facebook, or synchronized with specific services such as Google Health or Microsoft HealtVault.

The feature can be an excellent alternative for better patient / doctor, since the patient can send data from its push to your doctor via email, or synchronize them easily by Google. The Blood Pressure Monitor costs $ 129 U.S..

Nokia N9 is officially confirmed

As expected by the rumors and leaks of images, Nokia unveiled in Singapore on Tuesday (21) the new N9, according to the company's smartphone operating system MeeGo. In addition to the platform, the device has a large screen as attractive, payment technology by the phone itself and improvements in sound quality through the headset.

 
The Dolby Headphone and Dolby Digital Plus are being used for the first time in the world in the Nokia N9. The first could "convert normal stereo sound into surround" in any headphones, as complements to the second high-definition audio with 5.1 channel movies. We are looking forward to seeing in how this technology really works.

In his gut, Nokia N9 OMAP3630 processor has a 1 GHz chip (GPU) PowerVR SGX530. It also has quad-band GSM connection and penta-band WCDMA, Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS. The 8-megapixel camera can record video in HD (720p) in the ratio 16:9. Since the NFC (abbreviation for "communication field approximation") is the technology that allows sharing of files between machines just letting them next, and provide payments without the use of contact, such as a credit card.

The 3.9-inch AMOLED display and a resolution of 854 x 480 pixel touchscreen is basically everything that you will use. The N9 has no physical buttons except the inevitable volume control and a dedicated camera. All MeeGo interface is available through multitouch, including support for zoom-shaped clamp to open gestures and events, applications, or return to the home screen.

The operating system comes with Ovi Shop for applications and was presented with OpenGL ES 2.0 support, which ensured the presence of popular games like Angry Birds Magic, Galaxy on Fire 2 and Real Golf 2011. There are also reports unified support for Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds. Among the apps are deployed by Nokia Foursquare, Skype and Vimeo, but the company hopes that with the release of the software development kit (SDK, its acronym in English), a larger base is installed.

Nokia N9 yet is expected to launch in Brazil, but it will be released abroad with storage capacity of 16 GB and 64 GB.

Twitter app maker Seesmic ends support of BlackBerry

Seesmic is far from the Twitter client in the most widely used mobile platforms. Still, betting their chips and still developing solutions for the most popular of them. What does not include the BlackBerry from now, according to a statement posted on the site Seesmic.

Seesmic for BlackBerry: no new updates
Perhaps this is the first of many developers to drop once the system of RIM. Over time, the Canadian harvest has been losing steam in the mobile application, while still very strong in the smartphone for corporate purposes.

In the current dynamics of the mobile platforms, the devs are an important part of the ecosystem in which Android Phone iOS 7 and Windows based - something that Microsoft has learned too late, indeed. RIM has never managed to place a great app store, and the trend is that fewer devs are interested in creating solutions for a platform whose range is smaller compared to the other.

When deciding to end the development of new versions of the BlackBerry to Seesmic, the company still beckons to bet on Windows 7 Phone, which is as far from being a market leader in smartphones. In a statement, says that Seesmic will continue to create apps for the Microsoft system, and Android and iOS.

BitTorrent and uTorrent are processed for patent infringement

Lawsuits involving file sharing services are far from new, but a small California company called Tranz-Send Broadcasting Network accomplished the feat to innovate in this matter. The company is triggering "business" as uTorrent and BitTorrent in court because of alleged copyright infringement, and so far so good.

But instead of trying to assert their rights over possible illegal downloads of movies and music, the company claims to own the technology torrent and says the misuse of their intellectual property for services "it caused untold damage."

"When you do, operate and maintain its services, BitTorrent and continues to infringe infringe our patents," the company said.

The Tranz-Send claims that in April 1999 filed a patent on "Adaptive Protocols for Distribution File Distribution Media", which was only granted in November 2007 and described a model that involved sharing a database file, a client downloads and a central server.

Although this model is not exactly the services used by Torrent, fit them to fight these charges before a court. By the time of Tranz-Send lawyers have not determined any possible value for your compensation.

British teenager is arrested over LulzSec hacking attacks

Little more than a day after starting the campaign AntiSec nothing daring, whose main target servers financial institutions and governments, the group of hackers may have lost LulzSec responsible for leading the whole mess. At least that's what says Scotland Yard, which announced Tuesday morning that they had arrested a teenager suspected of running the group.


The suspect's name was not disclosed, but Scotland Yard (who acted in partnership with the U.S. intelligence agency FBI) said he found the teenager after an investigation in DDoS attack against the group made ​​the site of the CIA, among other attacks . The boy is 19 and was arrested in the town of Wickford, Essex in the district, by agents of the cybercrime division of the British police and is being questioned in London.

By the time of publication of this post, the group account on Twitter, used for official announcements and press releases release pretentious, admitted there was the arrest of their leader or saying anything about it.

Is this the beginning of the end of a group that could stir the calm waters of the internets? Or was it a sort of hydra, in which a head is cut off, two others take their place?

Browse Facebook discreetly by a spreadsheet application simulator

 Over the time the techniques used by employees to circumvent the blocks internet access in the company are discovered and blocked. Whether by proxy or redirect traffic sites, it is increasingly difficult to access restricted sites. But the climax of this rebellious attitude won first and last name last week with the release of so-called Excel Book.

The application helps you to pretend you are working on an Excel spreadsheet to simulate the interface on top of Facebook. Just login and start surfing. The program was created in Adobe AIR and is part of the campaign Be Stupid At Work, Diesel, an Italian clothing brand. It has Mac and Windows version available for download on this page.

The interface is not the most beautiful or faithful to reality, probably to avoid a possible process of Microsoft for copyright infringement. But I can cover up well if the boss is looking away from your computer. The spreadsheet also allows you to chat and publishing posts, but lets you view photos or delete posts.

Like the case of addictive little game of the week, the TB is not responsible if you lose your job using the application posted here. Visit the site and download the program at your own risk.

Nokia N9 features, the smartphone with MeeGo 1.2

 Nokia surprises. On Tuesday, the Finnish company Nokia introduced to the market N9, your next investment in terms of smartphone. One word defines the set: beautiful - as you can see in the image below. It runs MeeGo, the Linux mobile platform derived from that Nokia continues to support, although unit plans to launch Windows 7 Phone later this year.

Nokia N9: display 3.9 "with curved glass
Among the predicates of the N9, Nokia highlights its lack of buttons. You can even search, but will not find any key to access the home screen of the product (like the iPhone) or search engines or backward (Google Android and WP7). Nokia says that this is the first device with the touch screen completely.

Speaking of the screen, the Nokia N9 has a glass display of 3.9 inch AMOLED. Yes, no plastic in this important part of a device that is handled almost entirely with the fingers. The N9 is only the side buttons, to shoot photos and control the audio volume.

According to the company, the smartphone has recently presented an activity management system that focuses on three initial screens. One of them with what friends have done in social networks, with the other applications available for use, and a third with open apps. Even with the right to multitask.

As you can see, there is no physical keyboard on the Nokia N9.


MeeGo 1.2 Hatterman with new look
To give life to this device, the Nokia uses Hatterman MeeGo 1.2 - Deck merger of Moblin, Intel, and Maemo, Nokia's own. The system has a renewed appearance, due to Nokia's recent decision to rethink the identity of their platforms, complete with new icons (much nicer, say by the way) and a font family for the renewed system.

In terms of hardware, N9 following market trends: OMAP 3630 processor clocked at 1 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. The device has an 8 megapixel camera (the lens is Carl-Zeiss) with autofocus and video recording at high quality, although the recording resolution is not specified by the manufacturer (720p are probably the same).

To close the package, we have GPS, and Bluetooth 2.1 transmitter / receiver NFC. Unlike Google, which has approved the NFC to make payments electronically, Nokia promises to use technology to connect the N9 to external speakers, and share photos, videos and contacts with other people.

Still no word on pricing or availability of the Nokia N9 in the world (much less in Brazil). Anyway, this seems to be the Finnish smartphone promises for this year. I was desirous of owning one of these. And you?