Apple new iPhone 4

Rumors of a new generation of smartphone Apple iPhone is already a week that do not give rest to all fans of "apple" company. It all started with the fact that in late April in the network were pictures of the prototype of the new iPhone , which, as it turned out, lost in the bar worker Apple .

As it turned out, Apple lost their grip and could not keep up with the preservation of its prototype - at WWDC we saw the same gadget, photos of which go to the web in April. So the appearance of the device was not a surprise as, strictly speaking, its operating system that Apple announced earlier. But other innovations in the device more than enough.

So design. Externally, the new iPhone has changed dramatically. Have been lost, licked the edge, body became flat, and on its perimeter appeared metallic strip. It is, incidentally, plays the role of multiple antennas for wireless module unit (Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, GSM, 3G). Especially in the Apple iPhone are proud of the thickness of the fourth generation - only 9,3 mm (for comparison, the thickness of the iPhone 3GS - 12,3 mm). Steve Jobs called the new iPhone is the thinnest smartphone in the world.

Particular attention is paid head of Apple screen news, whose diagonal is equal to 3.5 inches. A key feature of the display - very high resolution. This figure is a smartphone 960h640 pixels. At one inch of the display fits 326 pixels. And this is the level of the image at a very high quality printing, what can not boast of such mobile devices. The matrix here is the S-IPS with a 800:1 contrast ratio.

Camera in the new iPhone a 5-megapixel with LED flash and video recording in 720p resolution. In addition, the smartphone appeared frontal camera for video calls and the corresponding application called FaceTime. It is true, so far only works via Wi-Fi.

With the processor for the new iPhone, Apple wisely has a smartphone and found the chip Apple A4, gained an excellent reputation in the iPad. In the end device has received quite as smart when using a single application, and upon activation of multitasking (it's one of the features of the new operating system iPhone OS4, renamed iOS 4). As for battery life of the new iPhone, here are all very worthy: 7 hours talk, 6 hours surfing through 3G, 10:00 surfing cherezWi-Fi, 10 hours of video player and 40 hours of regular music player.

Well, now the most interesting: the price and the date of the beginning of sales iPhone 4. In the U.S., this smartphone will be 24 June and will cost $ 199 for a model with 16 gigabytes of memory and $ 299 for a model with 32 gigabytes of memory. Then, as iPhone sales start in April in the UK, France, Germany and Japan.  Until the end of September iPhone 4 will appear in 88 countries,

Yahoo! Pulse integrates Facebook

In a statement Yahoo! announced the redesign of its Yahoo! Profiles renamed Yahoo! Pulse which now allows to manage his account Facebook .

Yahoo! Pulse aims to make the portal the center of social activities of the user.

Customers who use both Yahoo and Facebook can now connect their accounts, they can now, from one or other of the two sites to share info.

Both companies rely on interactions between their services. The newsfeed is the social network and visible throughout the portal Yahoo and content created on it can be easily shared and commented on Facebook, without departing from this portal.

Yahoo offers more to its members, to establish links with their Facebook friends.

The company says it has paid special attention to privacy settings of Yahoo Pulse.

Subsequently Yahoo! Should integrate this service to other social networks like Twitter

AOL could be acquired by Microsoft

For several years, the rumor of the sale of AOL portal back periodically. Currently, Microsoft would be advanced into contact with the company. According to the site Businessinsider.com, Tim Armstrong, formerly of Google and current CEO of AOL, is in advanced talks with Microsoft to buy the site.

AOL is currently in negotiations now for its future search engine, which could lead the discussion further, as that of the redemption of the portal.

Tim Armstrong, for his part, says he does not negotiate that the "search engine" portal with several players including Google and Bing. It is certain that the side "search".

The acquisition of AOL would also allow Microsoft to increase market share Bing significantly, particularly in the United States. But the financial situation of AOL, lackluster in 2010, could think Micosoft.

Safari 5: faster, the browser will be enhanced by extensions

Outside the WWDC Apple released a new version of its Safari Internet browser. This latest version is 30% faster than the previous 3% faster than Chrome 5.0 and two times faster than Firefox 3.6. Remember that Apple is using the SunSpider test for measuring performance rendering engine WebKit.

One new feature is the player. Indeed, the application is able to recognize the type of websites visited. If you're on a magazine-type Clubic, a small button titled player will appear to the right of the address bar. Just click on it to extract the contents of the article and automatically hide the contextual ads and related links. The font, spacing and layout are then optimized for better screen reading.

According to Philips Schiller, senior vice president of Marketing for Apple, the browser is installed on 200 million devices around the world with a total of 500 million installations of the open source WebKit engine. In addition to the JavaScript engine optimization Nitro Safari improves cache management to return more quickly sites previously visited. Apple has also implemented new features of HTML5, including geo-location API, but also drag and drop native EventSource, WebSocket, Ruby and AJAX History.

Another interesting point: Safari should soon grow rich extensions. In fact, Apple has introduced a program inviting developers to concoct new features. They can "create buttons for the toolbar or their own bar. Change the display of web content. Add controls to Web pages. These extensions will be strictly based on web technologies HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. In this sense, Apple's efforts are similar to those of Mozilla and Google Chrome with Jetpack. To ensure maximum security, each of these extensions will receive a certificate and will have a dedicated process.

HTC buys the publisher Abaxia

In an official statement, the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC announced the acquisition of French company Abaxia. The latter specializes in developing software for mobile operators and market it to other manufacturers.

HTC therefore wishes to strengthen its software strategy to really trace the development on the performance of its smarpthones. It remains to projects that will result from this alliance. Peter Chou, HTC's CEO stated: "Adding Abaxia strengthens and expands our development capabilities and allows us to innovate faster."

Abaxia notably developed Mobile Portal, a mobile Internet portal as a white label on which operators can label their brands. Note also Mobile Finder, a universal search engine to return data from the phone (contacts, SMS, bookmarks, notes ...) or make a request on the Internet. Abaxia also has a programming interface allowing operators to return the content directly on the home screen phones.

Remember that Motorola has also recently invested in software development by acquiring the publisher Azingo. The latter develops an operating system for mobile devices with a tactile keyboard. The OS is Linux based and has a development kit to allow developers to create their own applications.

The HTC Hero last updated on Android 2.1

Taiwan and the division's parent company HTC has finally released the long awaited upgrade to Android 2.1, codenamed "Lightning" Hero of the HTC. This version of the operating system from Google is available since January 2010 and the manufacturer had announced in early November 2009 that it would update what was then its flagship smartphone.

Compared to Android 1.5 "cupcake," delivered at the terminal, and within it, including the new version provides a general optimization of performance (and hence of autonomy), a revamped interface, a new browser that supports HTML5, the management of Microsoft Exchange synchronization protocol or a better management of the camera. Some features jobs like animated wallpapers have been displaced due to the relative low power processor clocked at 528 MHz HTC Hero.

Flat, the update 2.1 HTC Android Hero is at present available only in Asia, where it is made available by the manufacturer , and the United States by Sprint which markets a specific version North American cellular network. Contacted by us, the French division of HTC said he had no information about the publication of such a hypothetical update in France or even Europe.

Never mind, a hacker community Modaco quickly released a variant of the update to HTC Asia adapted European Hero. A tool can even "cook" their own ROM to remove or add an application from his browser. Still, the handling is not without risk and is not covered by the warranty.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: The SP1 beta in July

Microsoft announced at the TechEd conference in New Orleans that the beta Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in July.

Regarding SP1 Windows 7, including an early version leaked on the Internet had two months ago , it will nevertheless expect any revolution: the pack will contain a compilation of fixes already proposed from the dropper Release of the OS on Windows Update, and some additional updates. According to Microsoft, the goal of SP1 for 7 is primarily to ensure a stable operating system once installed by new users.

On the side of the OS server, users will also find all the patches offered since the launch of the software but also has two significant additions: Microsoft RemoteFX, a module that will maximize the virtualization capabilities of the remote desktop control, as well graphic level security level. Second addition, the dynamic memory (dynamic memory) that will allow Windows Server Hyper-V allocate memory to each virtual machine, as needed. "These changes will be important for users planning a development of desktop virtualization," explains the firm's blog , stating that this affects approximately 10% of users.

No specific date has yet been provided by Microsoft for the deployment of these two service pack, but we bet it will not last.

Download OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 Final

 We no longer OpenOffice.org, the free office suite free, published originally by Sun Microsystems and now acquired by Oracle Corporation. In recent years, OOo has established itself as the most credible alternative to Microsoft Office. His strength is more than correct a compatibility with file formats of Microsoft Office that has won him great success both on Linux, on which OOo is the essential office suite, on Windows, everyone who can not afford to buy the more expensive of Redmond. Besides this major advantage, is primarily an OpenOffice free office suite with its own open file formats and features quite sufficient for most users even if Microsoft Office remains the reference.

New OpenOffice 3.2.1: This update corrects maintenance essentially two important vulnerabilities present in all previous versions of the popular office suite the free world. Following the recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems, is also an opportunity for Oracle Corporation to sign his new book. Thus, the emblems of Sun were replaced by those of Oracle. Again from a purely aesthetic point of view, the Californian publisher took the opportunity to revisit the logo of OpenOffice. Org and applications in the suite with these slogans for simplicity and sobriety. OpenOffice 3.2.1 is available for download from the servers Clubic, for Windows only, and in its French translation.

The new version of Open Office 3 Final French is now available for download on your repository Clubic. One of the improvements that will surprise you when you first use is its loading speed. In fact, you see almost instantaneous start with the memory usage of around 22 MB unchanged under the hood OpenOffice.org 3.0 incorporates important new features as expected ie support OpenXML documents created by Office 2007 and 2008 and the version OpenDocument Format 1.2 standard.

Version 2 has brought its share of improvements. The most obvious is the addition of Base, a database manager that endows finally OpenOffice.org is an alternative to Access, with which is also consistent basis. The interface also sees review and adopt a slightly less austere style that fits the visual style of Windows. Many new features include support for new AutoShapes compatible with MS Office, an improved PDF export, or new transitions. Finally, supporting the new free format OpenDocument OASIS is the workhorse of this new version.

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Samsung First LED Large Format Display

Samsung Electronics has launched the first eco-friendly and large format information display (LFD) incorporating LED backlighting technology.

Samsung is introducing the EX series which is the world's thinnest LFD suitable for showing large advertisements, and is available in 40-inch, 46-inch and 55-inch models, and also has the option of a built-in PC.

The new LED LFDs are much better than conventional LCD displays in terms of electricity consumption, design, image quality and efficiency, and they are expected to significantly change the landscape of the advertising display market.

The EX series, which consume significantly less energy than the existing models, are green products with Energy Star 5.0 certification. By incorporating LED technology, these models use up to 40 percent less electricity than LCD displays and produce less carbon dioxide and fewer hazardous substances. In addition, the option of a built-in PC eliminates the need to purchase an additional PC, resulting in higher efficiency and less maintenance cost.

The EX series also boast extreme thinness and lightness. They are 35-to-40 percent lighter than other large information displays of the same size at about 15 kg (based on 46-inch), differentiating themselves from the conventional heavy and thick advertising displays.

In addition, the EX series features a 120 Hz panel refresh rate. The 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution and the high contrast ratio provide high picture quality. Magicinfo i, Samsung?s proprietary content management solution
also allows users to control several displays easily by connecting them to a network.

The RJ45 port enables users to control the displays through a LAN cable. The smart scheduling function, allows users to turn on and off the display, adjust the volume and set input sources by simply using the OSD.