Tech Crunches

iPhone 5 shoots Apple shares to $ 700

2012-09-20T04:12:00.001-07:00

Since the beginning of this year, this has become the most valuable company in the world, the company has accumulated a 73.3% appreciation of the impressive stock market. Technology giant Apple stock today for the first time after the Nasdaq in New York, shut down more than $ 700 a good command of the new smartphone iPhone5 operations in recent days.

Shares, barriers to playing during the day Monday, to $ 699.8, the end of its current session today on Wall Street after a goal of 0.3% or $ 2,701.91 per $ 13, which is a new record.

Bites, and signed by the apple the meeting reached a high of $ 702.33 , and established an impressive stock market appreciation of 73.3% since January, which has become the most valuable company in the world market capitalization bordering $ 660,000.

Apple has signed a new stage after the company announced on Monday said that it sold the first day of the two million units of the new iPhone5, double the number who managed the iPhone4 model and a new sales record popular smartphone.

Create two user accounts, one for work and one for leisure is good or bad idea?

2012-07-16T03:33:00.008-07:00

Many users now make use of your Mac for both professional and leisure topics. The same team that drafted a report, create a spreadsheet, edit video or to schedule our last application then use it to watch a movie, accessing social networks or play World of Warcraft.

Against this background it is worth pausing to consider whether to create different user accounts to use depending on what is worthwhile or not. Consider the benefits it can offer and how to optimize their use.

Advantages of having a user account just for work:

Why is it interesting this option? Is the question we do and these are the reasons why I think it may be interesting to use a user account just for work.

It's like having two different computers, the home and office
Install only the applications you use to work out applications that can be a source of distraction
Organize files without fear of mixing work with leisure
Put in the Dock only what you need for your activity
Ability to use a Drop box account for work and one for personal use.

Set spaces and full screen applications:

Notifications only for the account of work, no distractions with messages from friends To create a new user must only access the Preferences Panel -> Users and Groups. Here you can create the new user profile that will serve you as well for items of work or leisure. Look carefully at the type of account you believe, if you have administrator permissions or not. If the reasons have convinced you and you want to test whether this option you may find interesting and productive we are going to give a series of tips and tricks to improve further.

The first is to set the automatic start up of applications that you use for your work. Many applications have the option to open at login. But if we can do using Automaton and the configuration of the start up items. The second is to establish different areas and fix them in certain applications for OS X until version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or the use of OS X Lion spaces below. If only we will assign a single application it is best to use the full screen mode. Finally, disable the automatic start up and enable fast user switching. The first is obvious, prevent it from ever working in the bill when maybe we intend to access the entertainment. The second to switch quickly between them.

Conclusions:

After being toying with the idea of using two user accounts which define different profiles, one for items of work and one for leisure, I opted to carry it out. If not eventually find more disadvantages than advantages but I think not. So far I have established applications such as Notes, Safari and Writer in full screen mode on different desktops. Then in another feed reader and some small utilities for consultations. I set the notifications and I have no application that can be a distraction.

Besides its independent library iPhoto allows me to store images that I use exclusively for work items, thus separating the family, friends and travel. The iTunes is shared even more use Spottily. And finally a couple of cosmetic changes as a neutral wallpaper.

I think it may be a good idea. And yes, there are also negative aspects such as access to files we have in one way or another unless you configure the permissions correctly or having to walk in to see changing our personal email or access Twitter. But it is helping us focus on the task we have to perform. Now I will comment as everything progresses. And you Do you make use of two user accounts depending on what activity? I am interested to know your opinion.

Google introduced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

2012-06-27T23:15:00.004-07:00

Google did not disappoint at the beginning of Google I / O 2012 and, as was the review and comments , the Mountain View was going to take the event to present the new version of Android, Android 4.1 c. to Jelly Bean. It was clear that we would see a new version of Android, after the leak so early, the announcement of the Nexus 7, the famous tablet Google based on specifications that have been broken, was equipped Android 4.1, the truth is that Google has shown in the speech did not disappoint.

Among the first to highlight the details of the new version of Android are improvements in user interaction with your smartphone or tablet as it can issue orders to the terminal without having to have an active data connection, improving the management interface of the camera or the management notifications.

Android 4.1 includes a new Jelly Bean predictive keyboard that allows users to dictate text and also dare to predict what the next word that we will present (something that could embarrass more than one user). Google also supports more languages and includes support for keyboard Farisi, Indian or Thai while dictating, for now, only available in English.

Clearly one of the users more content to manage their mobile devices are photographs, an increase of storage material in the cloud or shared through social networks and, with this idea, and improved to process images caught, which makes it easier to visualize a series of images, delete an image or recover photos deleted by mistake.

If you manage multiple email accounts, customers have installed various social networks and tend to point our appointments on the agenda of the terminal, perhaps our notification center may seem chaotic at times and at the end, it can become quite complex to manage by having to jump between applications and notifications. With the idea of simplifying the actions and avoid having to navigate between applications and notifications, the notification center of Android 4.1 will allow us to perform actions directly from him and from there we can meet calls, answer e-mail (with a default response) or to accept a new friend on Facebook, for example, without having to access the client application.

If improvements to notifications are quite interesting, especially to improve our personal productivity somewhat, one of the most caught my attention is now Google, a feature that is based on our habits (travel, browsing history , research, etc.) to draw a kind of profile of our habitual movements or tasks and help us make better and spend less time. The idea is that if, for example, we have a meeting at a particular place and we tend to get around on foot, our terminal informs the scope for us to arrive on time and will also give us the way optimal information also inform us the time to take the bus, offering their schedules.

Searches are other factors that have improved in Android 4.1 Where to start changing the user interface and adds a voice browser that can remind us a little Siri IOS. The voice search will provide a kind of summary of results pages, places, people with information from various sources such as Wikipedia, and where we can go to the pages of classical results of a simple gesture.

Jelly Bean Android 4.1 will be available in the middle of next July if the developer SDK is available immediately and precisely this group of developers, Google has staged a few minutes to quickly check the status of gaming Google. The market for Google already has more than 600,000 applications and games that caused more than $ 20 billion of facilities in the terminals available to users, some interesting data that show the health of the Android application market (which seized with the finding that over 50% of applications that are installed are extra, and operating in 132 countries).

Continuing with applications, the Google team announced a very interesting improvements that will benefit users and operators from Gingerbread until the jelly bean, updates will be smarter and instead download the complete application, only changes will be downloaded (which will result in a lower discharge and better use of resources: data plans and drums). On the other hand, to shield developers, Android 4.1 will include an application Jelly Bean encryption to protect code and payment applications to prevent others from accessing it.

Fit-PC3 | Mini Computer ideal For HTPC Compulab

2011-12-11T23:36:00.001-08:00

The tiniest of our readers will agree that the best comes in small packages, and when they need to address that argument, may use the mini computers. Portable, comfortable, powerful and expandable. These characteristics also responds to Compulab Fit-PC3, a mini computer ideal for HTPC (or TPT) that gives you a wide range of hardware configurations possible at an acceptable price that combines Windows 7 with AMD processors.

Usually, he is invited to think of a computer than a laptop, it tends to rest in the comfortable security of remembering the desktop and its huge endowment. Cabinets or enclosures that are eaten desk space and are generally uncomfortable enough to transport without any escape snorted. For multiple needs that require a considerably smaller computer and almost as powerful as a desktop, you can point a view to mini computers like the Compulab now manufactured, the Fit-PC3.

Mixing two virtues applauded worldwide with different intensity, Compulab created a mini-computer which has a 1GHz processor and AMD APU can run Windows 7 comfortably a complete and fully updated. The Fit-PC mini Compulab PC3 does not leave out the graphics power, for what is a weapon of Radeon HD 6290 256-bit, so you can play video in full screen and 1080p quality without the protagonists of videos tremble to suffer the famous and experienced drag that occurs when the system is not powerful enough.

The last thing you have left spinning in the head are not uncommon, because that ability to play HD content is well used by the HDMI output built into the Fit-PC3, which becomes a very interesting target for those who want to install a HTPC system. With the processing power, 4 or more USB 3.0 ports, eSATA and DisplayPort support, the Fit-PC3 is put to the forefront what is portability and performance. As we said, this little one brings Windows 7 reinstalled, but there are always the daring him to modify the Compulab Brain Fit-PC3.

As we read, there are several hardware configurations are available to update and enlarge the mini computer, the cost of the $ 328 (the configuration described) to bequeath to $ 700 more powerful processors with other dual-core type and DDR3 RAM. Those who are asking for their size and noise, we must reply that the Fit-PC3 has some measures 16 x 15 x 2.5 cm and has no fan either, so it is quiet too. If you are looking for something small, functional and expandable than a laptop, a netbook or a tablet, this is your gadget of choice.

DiskAlarm | Monitor The Temperature of Your Hard Disk

2011-12-09T22:22:00.000-08:00

At a time when solid state drives still represent a significant investment, and hard drives that have inflated prices due to its scarcity, it is necessary to intensify surveillance on our current units. Whether it is summer or winter, a temperature problem can occur at any time of year, and this is how we find DiskAlarm, a simple "digital thermometer" to monitor the temperature of our records.

I am following very closely the situation of hard drives in Thailand, and although things have improved slightly (Western Digital managed to revive one of its factories) is all the same for the last link in the chain, which is the user. There have been increases of up to one hundred percent, and have appeared for sale capabilities believed extinct in the market, an alternative is not as efficient but effective for those who require a hard drive "emergency". Now, we know that the temperature does not discriminate, and records (whether hard or solid state) can suffer as much as any other computer component. A "cooler" dedicated to a disk is not so expensive (thankfully), but first you must know if you need one.

For that, only a small profit just as DiskAlarm. DiskAlarm The role is that of a digital thermometer, dedicated exclusively to read the temperature in the disks installed (ignoring other values such as SMART). It has very few options, making it easy to use, but you can record sound alerts DiskAlarm, configure your report to Celsius or Fahrenheit, indicating that the computer starts, and generate a log by default allows up to five thousand entries. The log is stored in plain text and can be explored with Notepad.

The only detail is DiskAlarm is that it can monitor a disk at a time. You need to manually change the registry to monitor each of your units, and the same happens with the log, which "jumps" from one drive to another as you make the change. You should also run in Administrator mode (Vista / 7) to avoid an error, and count on. NET Framework version 2.0 if you're a rider XP. Beyond that, DiskAlarm works as promised, consumes very little memory, and may well be in our system tray to closely monitor the temperature. A more complete would be the classic SpeedFan, but if you want to fight with multiple meters, this is what you want.

Dell Decides To Stop Making Tablets With Android

2011-12-09T02:49:00.000-08:00

All is not gold that glitters. Although growth rates in sales of tablets, and the unbeatable expectations for the coming years, the truth is that not all manufacturers are getting their devices enter the market. Recently I told about the poor sales of RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook had forced the company to include an expenditure of 350 million euros for storage costs. And now Dell has stopped online sales of its tablet Dell Strike because of their poor performance.

Without becoming a permanent abandonment, the truth is that it could mark the end of a brief affair, which led Dell to try to enter the tablet 7 "in a highly disintegrated as is the Android tablets and in which the Most sales are getting cheaper devices. This is precisely one of the problems posed by Google's system, by having an enormous amount of supply (the boom of the tablets resulted in an avalanche of new releases) but not many potential buyers as could be expected.

In addition, the tablet market, Dell came out with version 2.2 Froyo, in a time when this version and was certainly obsolete. Despite subsequently updated to version 3.0 Honeycomb, the company lost the opportunity and take advantage of the initial push that usually involve the release of a new device. Although you can still get the tablet in stores, this device will soon follow the same path as other high-profile failures, such as the HP tablet.

Despite this failure, Dell does not completely stop the segment of the tablets. The idea of the company is working with Microsoft to release tablets based on the operating system Windows 8, although this will have to wait at least six months until the software company launches the new version.

Cases like this show how the market has oversized tablets with numbers being achieved, without taking into account that much of the pie goes to the Apple iPad (it is estimated that more than six in ten tablets sold are iPads). The problem comes when it is not known to market a powerful alternative that can deliver competitive advantage to the product of Apple, either by characteristics such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab or price as the brand new Amazon Kindle Fire.

The iPad | iPhone 5 and 3 come with an enhanced Siri

2011-12-08T21:06:00.000-08:00

There are many rumors tell us that Apple is working hard on creating a new iPhone 5, but also a brand new iPad 3 that could make its triumphal appearance in mid 2012. For now and as is usual in these cases Apple has not commented about it, putting off important questions such as the technical or approximate dates for their releases. That's probably why they have not stopped rumors concerning new assault that will shape the new iPhone 5, changes in the design and performance of your screen. In fact, one of the most exciting passes through the front panel extension, which could exceed four inches, matching the great Android-powered smartphones that are already succeeding in the market.

One interesting recent rumor has reached us has to do directly with a new feature in the iPhone system. We refer to Siri, a virtual assistant who works for voice commands and is available only to users of the iPhone 4S. In fact, as we pointed you to yesterday, is still dangerous to install this application on a previously unlocked iPhone 4. This is reality. A reality not particularly like the users of iPhone 4 or iPhone 3G that do not have the opportunity to install Siri at its terminals. Things could change for future buyers of the iPhone 5 and iPad 3. And is that according to some media, Apple is working hard in significant improvements to the system Siri. All indications are that engineers are trying to get a more robust and sophisticated to get a virtual assistant and stable fatter than today.

It would get to the wizard that everyone was waiting. In fact, by incorporating this issue in the iPhone 4S, there have been many users who have faced different problems. To begin, I must say that we have a beta version of sin still unstable. If the forecasts are met half 9to5Mac, Apple is working on a new user interface for Siri, in what could be a real whitewash. As if this were not enough, also consider the possibility of integrating the wizard will be all Macs.

For now, we can say that Apple is seeking workers to fill new jobs in the company that could be devoted exclusively to improving the system Siri. However, we must take into account that we have a new release of the rumors related to the launch of the iPhone 5 and we can not base a provisional form of the new device on a job offer from an ad hoc basis. In any case, it is not surprising that Apple will work to provide a much more equipped phone, and how not to resolve any failure and have been in Syria, a voice-care system that is still in early stage.

Applications Preinstalled Violate To Android

2011-12-01T02:37:00.000-08:00

The popularity of Google's mobile operating system continues to increase, but at the same time, different vectors are emerging that raise serious concerns for users. Trevor's incident and Carrier IQ Eckhart exploded two weeks ago was only the tip of the iceberg. Now a group of researchers from the University of North Carolina have discovered a significant number of vulnerabilities in the settings "default" Android phones available from brands such as HTC, Motorola and Samsung, but that could well affect every Android device with factory-installed applications.

About two weeks ago, researchers discovered that Eckhart Trevor Carrier IQ company dedicated to creating software in order to collect statistical information that allows both manufacturers and providers of data to improve its services, was a little beyond "statistics" to record virtually everything the user does on his mobile phone from dialing until you press the same buttons on the phone, courtesy of a rootkit that in addition to failing to report its existence to the user, can not be interrupted or eliminated by conventional means. Carrier IQ Eckhart tried to get close to with a letter "cease and desist", but a brief statement of the Electronic Frontier Foundation that Carrier IQ did bite his tongue and issue an official apology. Effects of Carrier IQ software can be explored in a video posted on YouTube Eckhart on 28 November ... and it is chilling.

As if that were not enough, recently a group of researchers from the University of North Carolina found that the settings "base" of several popular Android-based phones have vulnerabilities that theoretically would allow untrusted applications to access elevated privileges. The tests were performed on three HTC phones (EVO 4G, Wildfire S and Legend), two Motorola phones (Droid and Droid X) and both the Nexus One as the Nexus S. In the case of devices Google, acknowledged that security breaches were "minor," and both Google and Motorola have admitted vulnerabilities, but not so with HTC and Samsung. Faults are divided into two categories: explicit, in which an application can take advantage of unreliable service or public interface of another application without asking permission, and implied that allow an application to inherit permissions from another using the same digital certificate.

The study focused on thirteen permits privilege "sensitive", that misuse may disclose user information such as contact list or current, and found that eleven of the thirteen permits were filtered by preinstalled applications. The EVO 4G HTC proved to be a loophole, with eight vulnerabilities. In other words, all that is needed is an application tailored to take advantage of these holes in applications preinstalled to wreak havoc on the information (and privacy) of the user. It is not pleasant reading for any user of Android, and imagine that there are some patches on the road, but if anyone needed a reason to "root" your phone and remove all the garbage that came preinstalled from the factory, it is definitely this.

BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Will Handle Mobile Security Of Any Device On Business

2011-12-01T01:17:00.000-08:00

Research in Motion launched BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in 2012, allowing companies to manage the safety of their workers terminals regardless of brand or manufacturer. The management system for companies RIM devices will receive a significant addition in the first quarter of 2012, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion. So far, the service offered by Research in Motion is limited to devices in the company. In these ways, companies that acquired their terminal system should limit their BlackBerry models, limiting their usefulness.

After checking the success of other devices in the workplace, especially the Apple iPhone and several models Android, RIM has decided to open its system to try not to lose customers who had contracted the device management system. The company has announced that in 2012 will BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, allowing management of devices, including the management of endpoint security, and administration of the same, regardless of the system to which they belong.

With BlackBerry Mobile Fusion the company opened its system to other terminals and expanding its possibilities. This is a bet RIM software and a change in policy that the company had maintained so far.

With the management system RIM devices, companies can control all aspects of the work stations of employees. The system unifies security measures so that the terminals are protected, providing different levels of access and control their use. In addition you can also create groups of terminals by categories and can add or remove devices easily.

It is a system that optimizes the use of the devices in the business and significantly improving their security. In a context in which the number of devices, the possibility of using BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will allow companies greater freedom. Now you can add devices to the system success as the iPhone, iPad, and the full range of terminals and tablets Android.

The vice president of product management at RIM, Alan Panezic has said in a statement to Reuters that this release is "what business customers were looking for." It has also ensured that the system allows you to take "full advantage of the security capabilities," one of the concerns of most businesses. With this measure, RIM hopes to keep all your customers using management software, as it now does not have to limit their hiring to the type.

Online Video And Audio Lab File Editor

2011-11-27T23:59:00.000-08:00

The video editing is something that everyday level raises many questions among users due to the complexity of the tools available. But many of the "easy" become uncomfortable to wear for facilities and demand for resources. FileLab is a publisher of video and audio online that works from the browser without the installation of a plugin for it. Still in beta, the service is clear and does not leave out important functions in search of a false simplicity.

This week we were editing a video and were amazed by the ability they have achieved some very simple to meet medium-sized expectations. Not talking about adding filters or do 3D overlay on high quality videos, but we talk about having an editor who has good options, settings, transitions and a decent timeline that I can do video editing in a few steps and without bulky read tutorials. Browsing some recommendations and markers that had prepared for the occasion, find FileLab. This simple but advanced online video editor provides everything basic users may need time to rise above the editing options offered by a popular editor such as YouTube.

In the first instance, the application opens in a rather pleasant in the presentation of the tools and project management after installing a plugin for the browser as we understand it works only on Windows at the moment. Among the options that meets the eye we can find a shortcut to upload videos in various formats and edit them by cutting the frame to join them, or add transitions. The number of possible transitions reminds us a bit to Windows Movie Maker, but we expect that this online service to overcome beta status here at once. Continuing effects, overlays, text and other effects are all customizable parameters, and this is where pre-screen display FileLab does an excellent job showing how real-time video is being edited.

As shown in the pictures, the time line display has alternatives that provide much comfort, and when you have everything complete, export your project to video is really easy. This is not to say it fast, because in general has a delay of no more sympathetic. But considering rapid deployment, rapid editing, this may compensate and balance the service in beta status. In addition to the video editor in FileLab we also find a free audio editor, and online, which has great options for editing audio files into different formats without take ahead of any additional installation to delay the matter further.

The Mobile Malware And Geolocation Will Be The Major Threats In 2012

2011-11-27T23:27:00.000-08:00

According to the company M86 Security, malware and security for mobile geolocation applications are the main problems in security in 2012. This year has already seen an increase in mobile threats in 2012 are expected to continue the trend. M86 Security has presented its annual security report, which makes some predictions for next year. As expected, mobile devices will be the focus of the attacks. The proliferation of smartphones and tablets has already provoked the interest of cybercriminals, this 2011 and have substantially increased the volume of attacks on mobile systems.

According to data from M86, in 2011 there have been more than 7,500 mobile malware threats, well above the 2,500 recorded in 2010. However, the malware for these platforms has only just begun, and according to Info Security, "we are still in its infancy." As already noted by other security companies, Android is the system that receives more threats. Being open source, hackers find it easier to develop malware to the system.

The second group will enhance threats in 2012 as M86 is about geolocation services. In this case, the report of the security company ensures that the use of these services on social networks like Facebook will be a problem in 2012, when he popularized. At the moment this technology is taking off and users have not yet adapted to use a habit when using its location on the Web.

In this respect, M86 ensures that security in geolocation services will be affected by the attacks attempt to try and steal data knowing the location of the devices, noting that special attention should be paid to the use of geolocation services by minors.

M86 also notes that in 2012 may be recorded current new virus attacks that have mutated to evade security measures designed. As an example, Zeus puts the virus and its mobile version, but only one of several viruses that are expected to be updated to attack computers of users. Similarly, expect more attacks higher levels of complexity that attempt theft of digital certificates and all types of practices to overcome the defenses.

Another aspect that is assumed for 2012 is to continue the great attacks against companies. For M86, this 2011 popularized the trend of attempting to access the databases of large companies continue to produce, and may increase their number.

Finally, in his report, M86 also ensures that 2012 may be the year where you start seeing attacks on cloud services. More and more businesses and consumers are adopting storage and cloud services, which will be a target for hackers next year. Against this background, the security company believes that consumers and businesses, as well as antivirus vendors, should take extra care and enhance their security measures to meet a year will continue the trend of increasing sophistication of computer threats.

Trend Micro Provides A Free Guide To Secure Online Shopping

2011-11-27T22:53:00.000-08:00

The security company Trend Micro has introduced a free guide, 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy', which explains and offers advice on how to shop safely online. The Christmas season is approaching and everything suggests that online trading will increase. The proliferation of virtual store business and the expansion of new devices this holiday season make more purchases online are expected. Therefore, and to the dangers of online shopping security, Trend Micro has published a guide, 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy', with tips for safe online shopping.

The team of threat analysts Trend Micro believes that the risks associated with Internet shopping may be even greater because, in fact, the boom being experienced by purchases made via mobile: 43% of smartphone users that they use their mobile devices to make purchases. This percentage is expected to increase in coming years, or even in the next two months.

Given the forecasts of analysts, Trend Micro has introduced an online shopping guide for the holidays 2011 and proposes a series of tips to help consumers stay away from dangers such as identity theft and personal information.

According to Trend Micro, the first thing users have to remember is that cyber criminals are continually launching attacks on one or all aspects of buyer information: credit cards, identification numbers of personal accounts online banking, or other personal information.

Among the variety of cyber attacks that develop, the company emphasizes in several as an information guide for prevention. For example, Trend Micro warns of Blackhat SEO attacks, which are that the search results for topics such as gadgets and other factors may be contaminated to direct users to malicious sites.

The scams are another tool for cybercriminals. Presented as online promotions, these scams try to trick users to become victims of malicious plans so that they can lead to theft of information, financial data, and even to own money. In a recent anti-spam scan found an offer for the next Black Friday (the day that traditionally opens the Christmas shopping season) through a domain suspect.

Finally, Trend Micro is the possibility of having a session hijacking. Customers who shop while connected to unsecured networks are becoming at risk for this type of attack, which involves crawling through networks of certain types of information such as banking credentials.

In his guide, Trend Micro warns of these dangers and offers tips for preventing them. Users can access the guide 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy' through the Trend Micro website for future reference and make your online shopping safer.

Google improves Gmail security and long term Google Docs

2011-11-26T01:36:00.000-08:00

Google has announced a new security system called Forward secrecyse, designed to protect user data against attacks on its services retroactively. With this system, which already works with Google Docs and Gmail, the company improves the encrypted HTTPS connections to prevent hackers in the future to access current information.

Google's mission is to protect Secrecyse with Forward data from users on their services now and in the future. Currently, the HTTPS connection system can access the information securely through which access is encrypted. However, Google was concerned that hackers could get to decipher the encryption in a few years with new technologies and an attack retroactively to current information.

To avoid this, the company announced Secrecyse Forward. This is a security system based on the use of different private keys to encrypt each users' connection to their services. In this way, each connection has a password, which is cleared periodically. With this mechanism, Google reinforces the security of HTTPS connections are secure in the future and to ensure that information is not vulnerable to future attacks.

Google has explained with an example the new security system. The company has said that right now, hackers could gain an encrypted email, secure, she now could not access their security mechanisms. However, in the future, possibly have a new tool to undermine their security and so you can get information to compromise the security of further mailings. Forward Secrecyse With this no longer happen because each multiple encryption is going to change over time.

For the moment, further strengthening of security and is available in several Google services including Gmail, Google Docs, which by their nature may be more prone to the interest of hackers. However, the company has confirmed that this technology is expected to extend between their services and become popular as has happened with the system HTTPS.

Forward To Secrecyse work, Google has used an extension of OpenSSL, which is published for extending its use. The company also warned that the new system at the moment can only be used with FireFox and Chrome, and some versions of Internet Explorer.

Unthink|Social Network Facebook Is Growing Fast

2011-11-23T23:20:00.000-08:00

Facebook has a new enemy, one small for one of the most used social networks in the world, yet one that is growing fast. Unthinkable, the social network that becomes known as the anti-Facebook was created as a platform for all those who want to socialize over the network but are bored with the privacy policies of the advertising blitz and force changes to reconfigure accounts to protect personal data.

The website was launched in October 2011 and the first week and had 100 000 users. Even the social network was down in the beginning because the number of people who entered was greater than expected. In the first two days were the number of visitors who expected to take three months.

Seeks to be an alternative unthinkable without advertising and also allows users to decide who can get to them and promises to protect information of users of the aunciantes. In fact, the invitation to create an account says "Register. It's free and keep your freedom. "

Users of this network, called "unthinkers" have control of every detail of their own. There is a public square to connect with users of the site in general, one for friends, one to keep in touch with the brands of their choice and one for the job.

This way they can keep everything separate and distinguish what they want everyone to know and what only friends can see, as to choose the profile picture you want to see people at work and they want to see friends. To finance the web site, each user must choose a brand that is sponsoring you see on your connections. If they do not want this publicity can pay $ 2 a year to maintain the profile.

Kinetic Nokia Device | Mobile Device Flexible

2011-11-22T23:12:00.000-08:00

By "fault" of concepts and a few more tries, flexible displays are not really shocking that they should, but another issue is that they respond to the type of fold that you do. This means that the pressure exerted on the device to serve certain functions and, as in the case of this device, such as command control of your activity on it. This is what the concept of personal entertainment device Nokia presented Nokia World 2011 conference, whose technology has been dubbed Kinetic Nokia Device.

I remember one of the first reports of this year was on concepts of phones for the very outbreak would cause their design, were more a fantasy than a designer outdated manufacturing any of the mobile industry. As always, the future gives you a few blows to the skepticism and the new Nokia model we see something, say the designers, will be the format in which we will have lots of gadgets for many years: flexibility. Of course curved screens are not talking about ergonomics or strangers, but a flexible mobile device that can adapt to different ways with just a little pressure on either side.

Nokia Kinetic Device (which is how to present the technology as a name for the product itself) is not a concept phone, much less a smartphone, but a concept of entertainment device from which you can take pictures, view , zooming, enable different types of movement speeds. Also, listen to music and suppose, though not revealed, that watching videos as well. All this shows through the flexible system which reacts as the applied force. This, we believe, is merely a way of introducing the technology and not a product itself, which can also be washed without ceasing to operate and has an impressive shock resistance according to those who presented at Nokia World 2011 conference.

The answer to the question of when Nokia Kinetic Device could be a manufacturing reality was a bit ambiguous, being optimistic, because in general it was stated that "hopefully soon" what security does not give much about this device to see in action. Now the discussion will come from the real utility of this device in itself, to which I prayer for their futility in broad strokes. But in my view, what matters here, as in almost all respects, is the technology behind this system today and physiotherapy may be physical rather just a toy to control a personal entertainment system, but they can get revenue APIs to this format, we could see new games and even the translation of this control pressure to the handheld or mobile games. Also, use it to interact with more complex digital devices such as smart TVs and computers. Or maybe not, that's the risk to talk about concepts. What do you think?

Enables The YouTube Redesign

2011-11-22T21:20:00.000-08:00

If you've been visiting YouTube in recent days, chances are you've noticed some major changes to its interface. We found almost a restructuring of the site, with particular emphasis on subscriptions and connections to social networks, basically, Facebook and Google +. It is a gradual release, so you should wait several days to access this interface, but if you feel you can not wait, here we offer you a little trick.

There are winds of change for YouTube, and if we consider that the vast majority of Google services are getting "adjustments" to clean interfaces and provide an experience more in line with what we find in their social network, it is no surprise. In general, changes in YouTube interface have been more subtle in recent times, mainly focusing on adding new features, but now the story is different. The basic operation of YouTube has not been altered, although the new "social focus" is a little different to what we were accustomed. As expected, Google + is in the center of the equation, and to the YouTube logo changed color, adopting (which to me seems) a slightly darker red.

The first thing to notice is the addition of a control panel to the left of the screen, with all subscriptions we have made. Clicking on them gives us the latest which was published in that channel, though this is often not entirely accurate (channel activity seen in the last week, which has not been reported). The player himself has received settings, but their use is not yet fully defined. If viewing video outside of a channel you will see the new design, but within a player returns to the conventional channel. There is a nod both to Google + Facebook, in order to facilitate the process of sharing videos, while a click on "Add Videos" channel will feature a series of recommendations based on your history of reproduction. Of course, to take full advantage of the new interface to browse YouTube you need to login.

As they usually does Google, the launch of the new YouTube interface is gradual, and will be tested for a while. However, forcing the new interface is pretty easy. You only need to go to YouTube, open the developer console in your browser (Ctrl + Shift + K in Firefox, Ctrl + Shift + J in Chrome), and paste the following string: document.cookie = "VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE = ST1Ti53r4fU" (including point and end point). Press Enter, do a full recharge of YouTube (Ctrl + F5), and that is all. Eventually, this code will not need to see the new interface, but not bad to have early access to get used.

The Electric Car Size Of A Molecule

2011-11-20T22:43:00.000-08:00

While this is a car that can never carry a passenger, the work of a group of Dutch scientists is a real milestone in the annals of nanotechnology. The small car is made by a handful of atoms, with four-wheel mode extensions, advancing a few billionths of a meter each time it receives an electrical pulse train. It may not have immediate practical application, but it is a testament of what nanotechnology can do today.

The automotive industry is very slowly-migrating to hybrid or electric cars. Each week we see some progress that brings us one step closer to the day on which all the cars belonging to that category, although there is still a long way to go. A group of Dutch scientists belonging to the University of Twente, wanted to use the possibilities offered by nanotechnology to create a small (very small!) Car from a handful of atoms, capable of traveling through a makeshift metal by road to brief pulses of electricity.

The work, although it constitutes a scientific curiosity, there is now a practical or commercial application. It just shows what are the potential benefits of nanotechnology today. The car in question is a molecule designed as four "extensions" that serve as "tires" and that can only work at extremely low temperatures, near absolute zero. The energy required to move the car is provided by a scanning tunneling microscope, a device through a fine metal tip generates a bias current of electrons moving back and forth through the tunnel effect. Upon receiving this stream, areas of the molecule acting as wheels deform and drive forward. To proceed you need to receive an electrical pulse train, and during the experiments showed that you can scroll up to six billionths of a meter each time it receives electrical impulses 10. Tibor Kudernac, head of research, knowing that his work is little more than a curiosity, has said that

Just look around to see that in all biological systems there are a number of molecular machines or motors formed from proteins that perform very specific functions. For example, the contraction of our muscles exists because protein-based motors. This electric vehicle is only the simple demonstration that we can achieve something similar and, therefore, is an example able to motivate other scientists to make a practical application.

It's hard to imagine what could be the application of this principle is successfully converted to a millionaire inventor, but we are confident that in not too long we will see in the stores operated devices thanks to the work of the team.

Fifty % of Android Apps Are Downloaded In The U.S.

2011-11-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

Half of the discharges from the Android app store is from the United States (about 3,500 million downloads in September). It is curious that a widespread mobile OS like Google is so focused on the American landscape. However, a study will begin to see signs of saturation in the North American territory, on the contrary to what happens in other markets where the number of apps downloaded are constantly growing.

Our country is in ninth place in the ranking of countries with the highest number of downloads (downloaded in September, about 180 million applications from the Android Market). This figure, though far from the numbers that are registered in the U.S., is a sign of good market with Android applications in Spain, and puts us ahead of countries like Sweden, Holland or Italy.

Furthermore, according to research firm Research2 Guidance, Spain is the fifth country in the world that are performed most number of downloads of apps per user, with more than four discharges per head only in September. Placed ahead of countries of Switzerland, Germany, Holland (all near Spain) and Sweden, with more than five applications per user for Android downloaded.

Anyway, for now no one will cough the United States in their domain account when downloading. The second country with the most downloads run is South Korea, but its 600 million apps are less than a fifth of what is achieved in the U.S.. Closely follows the UK, with over 500 million apps, but from there the fourth position of Germany falls below 400 million downloads.

The study also highlights the growth rate of the applications available in Android Market. Each week we go to market nearly 10,000 new applications, and November 4 (last week studied) and counted the Market 365 000 applications. Currently, free applications are becoming increasingly strong regarding payment. Currently two thirds of all the apps are free, and the trend is to increase its share.

Lytro Specifications | Price And Release Date

2011-11-18T03:08:00.000-08:00

A few months ago, I heard the procedure for a new camera that could give a new twist to the picture and also home to professional, as a kind of technique unprecedented in terms of capture, this camera would have the ability to make original conventional photography, but then captured to choose between different points of focus. Lytro approach is the camera on demand, and has now been announced with specifications, price and release date estimate.

Has reached a point where cameras are already everywhere and have taken the capacity of your lenses and shutters to high performance levels, setting the bar very high and generating the novelty effect of exceeding by a pixel or a zoom over that horizon does not appear to show that progress is not revolutionary techniques to return the focus point to how we take pictures. If there is an invention that broke the amateur-professional scheme that divides the spectrum of photography, the camera was Lytro that thinking about the uses of photography today, showed the ability to focus after shooting, which today for today takes us back to Photoshop or other image editors. The presentation made here, but there were doubts about its price and release, and the good news are nearby.

Since the company has formally announced Lytro the camera will hit stores in 2012, breaking a bit with the fantasy of it ready for Christmas. A level specifications, in the beginning of the marketing to the world, the camera will come with a package of 8GB internal memory, which seems a lot but not so much because you can only store 350 pictures. On the other hand we have a larger model with 16GB of memory can store 750 photos. Both models have a 1.46 inch LCD display touchscreen, which corresponds almost the entire width and height of a camera that is quite unique in its ergonomics, measuring 11.2 inches long x 4.1 cm wide with a weight of 214g achieved by anodized aluminum frame. Strange way, as the effect it produces.

The format in which images will be taking them after LFP (Ligh Field Picture), which also gives genesis to a new concept to speak of mass photography, the Megaray, which is the number of beams of light captured by the camera an 8X optical zoom, so that information (color, position, intensity, etc.). every possible focus point becomes a reality at the time of shooting. The camera will also come with Lytro own editing software (Mac OS, for now) and the ability to upload pictures to a hosting site deLytro from the machine after changing the approach to taste. Plenopticas as Lytro cameras need a fair price to become massive, and in the case of these specimens, the 8GB you can get for $ 400 and 16GB for $ 500. What do you think?

Wikitapas, A Tapas Bar Finder For Mobile

2011-11-18T02:37:00.000-08:00

The number of applications that use geolocation GPS to find nearby places is increasing. If there is a variety to locate bars, restaurants and hotels, is now the turn of the lids. By applying Wikitapas is possible to find places where hot dish served this characteristic, and even search for specific lid near where the user is located.

Specifically, this application works as a search engine using a wireless Internet connection (3G or WiFi) and GPS technology in the terminal. The only requirement needed is to create a profile within the application with a couple of steps, entering a username and a password. Thereafter, it is possible to begin the search for food or tapas places.

Wikitapas is a simple and easy to handle because it has four tabs, one dedicated to the user profile. For its part, the tapas menu allows you to search Explore using different criteria: nearest popular or latest. On the Search tab gives you the opportunity to find bars by entering a street name in the search bar. In either case, clicking on the top or on the bar, provides information as ingredients or address. And if not enough, Wikitapas to share favorite covers through its Sharing tab.

It is also possible to generate a route on a Google map so that the user can get to the bar without getting lost, both on foot or by car. You just need to click on the button I get this Wikibar. The application is available for mobile Wikitapas iPhone and Nokia totally free. It can be downloaded from iTunes or from the Nokia Store.

Gmail for iPhone, Makes The Application Withdrawn After Three Hours

2011-11-18T02:06:00.000-08:00

After rumors and the expected arrival of an official application Gmail for iPhone, came the disappointment. At 3 hours of being published, Google was forced to remove the email application from iTunes due to a serious error or bug, in the notifications. A rather peculiar decision given the trajectory and the professionalism of the company's Mountain View. However, Gmail is again operational and ready for download from today.

After resolving the error message produced by the failure notifications, the application seems to work perfectly. Thus, we find features such as gestures that make Gmail a quick and comfortable. With them you can recharge your inbox by swiping your finger down to get that mail is waiting. Or swipe to the right to display the menu of tags that can be ordered previously from the setup menu, incoming messages according to their importance or provenance.

According to the official blog of Google, Gmail for Apple devices is developed to be fast and agile. So have push alerts or notifications that alert the user when it is received in the mail. It also has a search bar to find specific emails in the inbox quickly, without looking one by one. It is also flexible when it comes to attach images in emails, as it has an icon in the Compose screen that can do it with just a few screen taps. And if you have an iPhone, Gmail is still more convenient, since it has a special view that will scrub, simultaneously, a mail and inbox.

Despite all this, in iTunes comments are still harvested some criticism from users who suffer from a somewhat slow implementation and still too based on the web browser version, but grateful to have push notifications. Google, meanwhile, said they are still starting with this application, but they collect the comments and criticisms from users to improve and add new features.

For now, it seems that a reliable and functional, Gmail becomes available for download through iTunes. Of course, those users who got the old version before retirement, they should remove it or close your session before downloading this version 1.0.2. The application is developed for iPhone Gmail, iPhone and iPod Touch, and is completely free.

NeverWet| The Liquid That Repels Water

2011-11-17T03:14:00.000-08:00

Ross Technology Corp, a company that specializes in the manufacture of steel products, NeverWet called, is a spray that when applied to a surface makes it completely water repellent. Its hydrophobic effect is impressive, because it increases the contact angle between water and the surface, preventing the liquid molecules to stick together. Ross Technology has applied 13 patents on this product, which could become as famous as Teflon.

We all know that moisture is the enemy of steel structures. When deposited on the same water, the oxygen it contains oxidized iron, and eventually weakens the structure becoming a bunch of useless junk. Manufacturers of steel based artifacts constantly seek ways to keep moisture away from your products, for example using anti-rust paint or different types of oils. However, there are better solutions, as just introduced Ross Technology Corp. This company specializes in the manufacture of steel products has developed a product called NeverWet, which applied as a spray on a surface, regardless of whether or not steel, makes it something completely waterproof.

The search is impressive. Then we come up to see dozens of applications for NeverWet, including some jokes that will surely be memorable. But Ross Technology makers have taken it very seriously, therefore, have sought at least 13 patents for this product. Not only have in mind to use it as part of the treatment they provide to their non-slip floors or racks, but rather seek to become as popular as Teflon. The operating principle of this spray is quite complex, but as has been learned, what the NeverWet is to increase the contact angle between liquid molecules and the surface to be protected. Apparently, when a liquid is deposited on a hydrophilic solid droplets spread completely, with a contact angle close to zero degrees. When the material is less hydrophilic this angle increases to about 30 or 40 degrees. When the angle is greater than 90 degrees, the surface is hydrophobic. And in the case of NeverWet, the angles increased to over 150 degrees, keeping the surface wet. Surely we will see this product in stores before too long.

Donna and Carla Symbian| New Versions Of The Nokia System

2011-11-17T02:33:00.000-08:00

The arrival of the new Windows Phone Nokia has not completely eclipsed Symbian, the operating system Nokia header, which is updated at a faster than light, especially if we consider that their days are numbered. The Finnish company has announced that in 2016 no longer offer support for Symbian. The final installment was officially announced Symbian Belle, who appeared last August. Upgrading to this version still has not reached the terminals with Symbian Anna, but will be available in early 2012. Through the half Dutch All About Phones has leaked an image that corresponds to the developer conference that took place in Mexico. In this event have announced the next two versions of this popular mobile platform. Their names are Carla and Symbian Donna.

Symbian Carla bring new enhancements such as the Nokia browser (which reach version 8.0), widgets (floating windows) more innovative support for the Dolby Surround sound system and NFC chips. The NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless technology that is already being implemented in several countries. Bringing the phone to a receiver will be accessible to public transportation, guided tours in museums or even make payments as if it were a credit card. For its part, Symbian Donna main attraction is the compatibility with terminals, including dual-core processors. He speculates that the first terminal to include this version is the rumored successor to the Nokia N8, which may include an optical zoom camera can record videos in Full HD

Touch Adobe Photoshop And Other Tools For Android

2011-11-16T22:08:00.000-08:00

Adobe has released a set of tools for mobile devices under the name of Adobe Touch. All of them are focused on the online edition via tablets Android operating system. There are six programs based applications such as Photoshop, allowing Collage Proto or retouch images, create web pages, and other types of digital design and art, but now anytime and anywhere.

The most striking is Adobe Photoshop Touch. With it you can create new compositions, retouching, or even use different layers, as the program works for computers. However, one must be aware that this is a tablet, and has limited functionality. For example, it is possible to upload images with a resolution above 1600 x 1600 pixels, or more than 16 layers to form an image. But it is possible to export the work in this format PSDX application to continue working with them in Photoshop CS5. The Adobe Photoshop Touch is priced at 8 euros and is now available in the Android Market.

Another application that stands out is Adobe Proto. With it, you can make web design easy and intuitive way from a tablet. Also called attention to its system of gestures as tools. So, if you draw a picture on the screen, a web page element receptacle can be any type of file: If you enter text scribbles, if you draw a triangle (play symbol) is used that space to video, etc.. It also allows creating buttons and links for a website project well developed, and can be previewed from within the application. Proto Adobe also be found in the Android Market for a price of 8 euros.

Adobe Ideas is another of these applications that focuses on artistic creation. This is a set of tools to create from scratch drawings, sketches or drawings quickly and conveniently, but with the possibility to be quite detailed. Thus, it is possible to zoom, use different brush sizes, and even use multiple layers and colors to create true works, as if it were a sketch pad. A point in favor of this application is the ability to undo or redo up to 50 steps performed so that the drawing is perfect. Like the other Adobe applications Touch set, you can download from the Android Market at a cost of 8 euros.

The three remaining applications could be considered as platforms or annexes to those already mentioned. And, despite being functional and complete in themselves, offer possibilities for designs, images and compositions created with Proto, Photoshop and Ideas. Thus, we find Adobe Kuler works as a creator of color themes that inspire coloring or create new designs. You can also remove the colors of a design created for another. For its part, Adobe Collage is able to create dynamic compositions based on drawings and images stored on the device, downloaded from the Internet or created with other Adobe tools.

Finally, i must talk about Adobe Debut. A utility for creating presentations and take them anywhere with the tablet. Just as Collage, allows interaction with other Adobe tools or the Internet to use the images and text needed to create a complete presentation as slides. Just as other applications Collage, Debut Kuler and cost 8 euros each, and can be found in the Android Market.

I cannot forget to discuss their social possibilities, and that all Adobe Touch lets you upload all your creations cloud known as Adobe Creative Cloud, which provides up to 20 GB of virtual space. This makes it possible to share, store and download from various devices. IPhone users must wait until the first quarter of 2012 to enjoy these digital work tools. Although, for now, you can experiment Adobe Ideas, which is now available through iTunes for a price of 5 euros.

Apple | Siri Cannot Function Outside Of An iPhone 4S

2011-11-16T04:18:00.000-08:00

Few days ago, before the growing interest among Apple users to start using the tool Siri, some developers worked to introduce this service to other terminals of the same family, in spite of that Apple has notified its insistence that there could only Siri running through an iPhone 4S. As you know, Siri is the name of the wizard voice just to make known their beloved Apple iPhone 4S, a device that brings very little new. In fact, one of the most important is Siri. This is one of the main reasons for the uniqueness of this application. The guys at MacRumors have wanted to be explicit in this regard now, announcing that developers who paved the way for Siri worked on an iPhone 4, iPhone or a 3G iPhone have found an inconsistency in the communication protocol, directly related to Apple's servers.

Indeed, professionals tried to break open protocol Siri servers communicating with this tool even through a computer. The truth is that developers have now indicated that they would share this knowledge with the world, but the chances that a user can use Siri from an iPad or even from an Android device are quite remote, if not impossible. MacRumors professionals themselves have explained that Apple's communication technology is quite clear, since it is based on the transmission of data through a unique identifier for iPhone 4S. That little number, unique for each new phone from Apple allows the user to connect to the servers effectively Siri. We would be talking about a protocol developed to transfer information through a unique identifier, personal and not transferable, so to speak.

The developers have done in this case is to use the ID of your iPhone 4S and incorporate it in other devices and connect to Siri. The solution to this equation is very simple. Apple has the ability to detect when an identifier is being used way too intense and from other locations. Apple is very easy to include the identifier in a blacklist and block it immediately, the cure being worse than the disease.

In this sense, the developers were responsible for clarifying the fact that they shared this little trick which is just a demonstration of their knowledge, since the actual use that users can do this trick is frankly unlikely, if we want to preserve our access to the assistant Siri without Apple having to spend on ready to punish us for. This is the way to work at Apple. You can not surprise anyone.

The possibility of using other devices iPhone 4S will be useful for a minority of developers who want to experiment and testing the tool itself, but not for the great mass of customers to connect to Apple Siri from any device, using the ID other iPhone 4S. It is an impossibility, so it will be forgotten.