Archive for ‘June, 2006’

Supercapacitors: Promise and reality

Supercapacitors: Promise and reality

The idea of ​​using large capacitors instead of batteries of different types is not new, the benefits of this energy source are well known: much less time required to recharge and are orders of magnitude more time withstand charge-discharge cycles. Until now, an irresistible challenge to the implementation of digestible in size and price of [...]

Google Mobile is available in Europe

Google Mobile is available in Europe

Google Mobile service is now available in Europe. Since last December, it can benefit only the residents of the United States, but now they were joined by residents of Great Britain, France, Germany and Spain. Service allows you to receive on their mobile phone messages about the latest news from the world of science, technology, [...]

New iPods come with delay

New iPods come with delay

The US-based analyst Shaw Wu of American Technology Research fueled the rumor mill to the next generation iPod. Peddled a new widescreen video iPod nanos and new iPods will double capacity. “So far we have assumed that the new devices in the third or fourth quarter of this year on the market”, Apple Insider quotes [...]

Another device for the blind

Another device for the blind

Another interesting device to make life easier for blind and partially sighted people, presented the American inventor Ray Kurzweil, working with the National Federation of the Blind. The device, tentatively called the “talking camera” helps articulate any text. To use it enough to scan any printed document, wait a few seconds, then the text will [...]

LG brings light 1.1 pound subnotebook

LG brings light 1.1 pound subnotebook

LG has unveiled a 1.1 kg lightweight subnotebook with 12.1-inch display. The TX-ADGAG is now available for 1999 €. Than one processor clocked at 1.3 GHz Pentium M is used. Otherwise, the device has 1 GB of RAM, a 60-gigabyte hard drive, WiFi 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. The included dual-layer DVD burner is connected externally [...]

Failure of Intel in the mobile market segment

Failure of Intel in the mobile market segment

As you already know, Intel has sold its business to create a processor for mobile phones Marvell «all» for $ 600 million in an attempt to cover up the failure of the announcement of the server processor Woodcrest. Shame, really, what is, after all, despite vast investments, to break into the market, sulivshy a lot [...]

Microsoft: More musical chairs in the top management

Microsoft: More musical chairs in the top management

Microsoft has announced the replacement of several leadership positions known. The company is currently in the process to restructure in response to new rivals such as Google. Senior Vice President Orland Ayala, previously responsible for sales to small and midsize companies, will in future take care of the exposure to emerging markets. In his new [...]

Contactless credit cards Visa

Contactless credit cards Visa

Visa plans to launch in Europe a new type of contactless credit cards to pay for low-cost services worth up to U.S. $ 20, for example, such as “fast food”, mail, etc. The first cards will appear this fall in London, where all shopping facilities will be equipped with special RFID-readers. technology called Visa Contactless [...]

Red Hat Linux makes the tills ringing

Red Hat Linux makes the tills ringing

Linux distributor Red Hat has launched with lush growth in its business year 2006/07. Sales were recorded at the leading claims to open-source vendors in the corporate sector, an increase of 38 percent to 84 million dollars. But the business with software subscriptions rose by 45 percent to $ 71.5 million. The profit rose compared [...]

Water-cooled Xbox 360 from Koolance

Water-cooled Xbox 360 from Koolance

The Parables of the high heat dissipation components Xbox 360 originated long before its release to the market. Some companies even regularly demonstrated in the ongoing exhibitions for unconventional cooling boxes. Koolance company decided not to stay away from the brainchild of Microsoft and also took part in the suppression of fiery temper Xbox 360. [...]

60-nm OneNAND-Samsung memory 2GB

60-nm OneNAND-Samsung memory 2GB

Samsung Electronics announced the creation 2GB OneNAND-memory chip, made in accordance with 60-nm process. Compared to the previous Samsung OneNAND chips 1GB new chips are more productive because the recording speed is 17 Mb / s (compared to 9.3 Mb / s), but the reading speed remained the same – 108 MB / sec. Benefits [...]

Apple closes security holes in Mac OS

Apple closes security holes in Mac OS

Apple has released an update for its operating system, which includes several security holes and eliminate malfunctions of integrated programs. Mac OS X 10.4.7 can directly access the

DVD / DVB-Player Mustek

DVD / DVB-Player Mustek

Watch TV movies, watch a favorite television program or take movies on DVD – all made possible by the portable players with built-in DVB-T receiver. More recently, DVB-T standard has appeared in many European countries, and the chances are high that in the near future, the format of digital broadcasting will replace analog TV. DVB [...]

Tens of millions “. De domains” registered

Tens of millions “. De domains” registered

The number of German domains has taken one more hurdle: since last Monday over ten million Internet addresses registered with the ending “de.”. This has been the domain Administrator Denic known. That the short memorable Internet addresses are assigned for many years, occupies the domain name record: Under huettenberger-case fabrik.de a manufacturer of transport cases [...]

MessageLabs introduces new version from the Web Services Security

MessageLabs introduces new version from the Web Services Security

Message Labs has unveiled release 2.0 of Web security services. This is companies like yours to be delivered to fend off online attacks and enforce legal requirements and internal security policies. The company has the new services on their own, proprietary platform for the scanning of web traffic is developed. The Web Security Services version [...]