Tuesday, November 3, 2009

MW600 Hi-Fi wireless headset with FM-radio

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 company announced the launch of Hi-Fi wireless headset with FM-radio MW600. Thanks to Bluetooth technology and built-in FM-radio, WM600 can send music to a headset with a high accuracy over-ear headphones with a stereo amplifier.




OLED-display, easy operation and a radio with RDS, you can customize to any radio station, without taking the phone.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 no longer supports the Atom

According to a posting on the blog Stellarola, the next update of Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.2), would no longer support the Intel Atom, mainly reserved for netbooks.

Insofar as the mini-notebook entry level are more or less standard hardware configurations (or Z500 Atom N270/N280 + Intel 945GSE Express), this has enabled the hackintosh community to develop tools of relatively standard installation and running from one machine to another. In the midst of a legal saga against Psystar, Apple intends to stop further illegal copies of its operating system. This means that the hackintosh community will remain on Mac OS X 10.6.1 until the publication of an unofficial patch.

On several occasions, Apple has posted its hostile position against the netbook market. Tim Cook, director of technical operations, explained: "These products use less powerful components, a software technology that is not good with a display binding.. This initiative further fueling rumors of a potential tablet based on an ARM processor. Known under the name 'iPad or Slate in the blogosphere, it would be expected for the month of January.

Windows 7 transforms notebook into wireless access point

Connectify can transform any computer with a Wi-Fi and Windows 7 in Wi-Fi access point, it becomes possible to connect multiple devices to a computer at the same time without a true point 
access, while an ad hoc network (peer to peer) makes a connection between two devices. 

With this software, a laptop connected to the Internet through a modem or a 3G hotspot fee (at the hotel or an airport) can for example share its connection with another computer, mobile phone or a game console, although some uses may be allowed.

The tool leverages Service Virtual Wi-Fi from Microsoft, whose development has not been completed but which has nevertheless been partially integrated into Windows 7. This allows, as its name suggests to create virtual adapters to connect to multiple wireless networks with a single Wi-Fi card

Connectify is available free as a public beta before being released in final version, at a date and price not disclosed.

VoIP: Skype would soon become open source

On his personal blog, the French developer Faurax Olivier explains that the software VoIP Skype is becoming open source. While searching for a manager of Red Hat packages (RPMs) for Skype, Mr. Faurax received from the development team this answer: "We are aware that there is no version for Mandriva yet. We are pleased to inform you that Skype will join the open source community. "

These remarks were confirmed again by adding that the publication of the code should be done very soon. No date has yet been explicitly mentioned. This initiative will allow developers of various Linux community to develop specific versions optimized for each of the distributions of Linux.

One can however consider the components that will be published with the community. Indeed, the two founders of the software, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are currently in litigation against the investment firm Index Ventures. Having bought Skype in September 2005, Ebay wants to effect complete resale software for $ 2.75 billion. Mr. Friis and Mr. Zennstrom explain their side they have the rights to the technology Joltid inside the application and to make phone calls.

DVD / Blu-ray: up 13.2% on sales in 2009

According to a study conducted by analyst firm GfK and published by the National Center for Film and moving image (CNC), the French market for DVD and Blu-ray on the first nine months of the year have recorded an increase of 13.2%. Thus, since January, the French would have spent 864.07 million euros in purchases of DVDs and high definition media.

The DVD standard is 92.5% of sales (799, 64 million euros) against 7.5% for Blu-ray (64.42 million euros). If sales increase, sales, for its part, declined by 1.3%. The average price of a new DVD would have declined 4.1% to 18.44 euros against 8.31 euros for a DVD catalog. The DVD market for less than 8 euro gain in popularity, they represent nearly 40% of the total market (against 17.6% last year). A Blu-ray is sold on average at 24.2 euros, he would have sold 2.98 million since the beginning of the year would represent an increase of over 156% in a year and a growth of 127 3% of turnover.

While sales of American movies account for two thirds of sales (331.27 million euros), the French film is gaining ground and with 22.5% market share against 18.1% in 2008. This phenomenon can be explained simply by "a larger number of French films that have been hailed by video.

G-Technology Doubles Capacity Across 3.5-inch Product Line

G-Technology by Hitachi, a provider of premium storage solutions for the Mac, creative pro and high-end audio/video (AV) markets, today announced that it is incorporating Hitachi?s 2TB, 7,200 RPM, 32MB cache buffer hard drives
across its entire 3.5-inch product line.

Now with capacities ranging from 2TB to 32TB, G-Tech?s new upgraded single-drive and RAID systems include the G-DRIVE, G-SAFE, G-RAID, G-SPEED eS, G-SPEED eS Pro, G-SPEED eS PRO XL, and G-SPEED FC XL. With the addition of these new drives, G-Tech is now the only external storage provider in the world with a complete line of 2TB, 7,200 RPM drive-based, external storage solutions specifically designed for the Mac and AV markets.

Hitachi?s G-Technology-branded solutions offer eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, mini SAS and Fibre Channel
interfaces. For those who want to upgrade to new G-Tech 2TB-based solutions, this could mean the difference between storing approximately 84 hours of 1080i HDV on a 1TB drive to storing 168 hours on a 2TB drive in the same physical footprint.

G-Tech?s new 2TB-based external storage solutions are now available.

Chinese iPhone with a QWERTY-keyboard

Chinese mobile phone manufacturers have released Dapeng T2000, externally very similar to the popular iPhone. Host devices, other than the functional, differs from the original presence of a physical QWERTY-keyboard. Among the characteristics of the model can be noted 3.2-inch touchscreen display with a resolution 480h320 points, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 0,3 megapixel camera and FM-radio.


Cost Dapeng T2000 in China is $ 142.

LG SB210 - a mobile phone for golf

LG Electronics presented at the South Korean market, a stylish mobile phone SB210. The model is aimed at golfers. LG SB210 has a special preinstalled software module, GPS, accelerometer, gyro sensor and calorie calculator, which helps players to the game.




Specifications LG-SB210:
  • Display: 3-inch touchscreen, with a resolution of 240х400 pixels
  • Camera: 3 megapixel
  • Memory: 242 MB of built-in slot for microSD memory cards
  • USB 2.0
  • Navigation: GPS
  • TV Tuner S-DMB
  • Accelerometer
  • Battery: 1000 mAh
  • Dimensions: 111h55h12, 3 mm
  • Weight: 106 g
Room LG-SB210 is about $ 540 in Korea.

Google News appears to information "local"

Now users of the search engine Google News have the opportunity to add to the home page of this aggregator of news feeds a component of local information. To enjoy, simply be saved using a Google account, then select "Add a local section" via menu "Edit this page". We can then select a city name or zip code, to be offered an automatic selection of articles and news on the selected area.

Already launched in the United States, Great Britain or Canada, this feature uses special algorithms, which Google says more work. "We train our algorithm to detect when a news article refers to a specific location and when it does not. The city of Paris, who is also the name of a celebrity, has been particularly problematic in this regard, "Mikey says Levine, an engineer at Google.

A first step towards local advertising on the pages of Google News? The development of this service related to the news comes as the search begins from the beginning of October to test in California, a device for localized advertising, Local Ads Listing, for small and medium enterprises.

In turn, the press titles "local" should be confronted with the dilemma posed by Google News: one side, a significant source of traffic, but on the other, a form of parasitism, with a service that builds a hearing, and future revenue on content that their editors were sometimes difficult to monetise.