Archive for ‘October 31st, 2007’

ICANN wants to shut Whois

ICANN wants to shut Whois

Internet oversight organization, ICANN will provide the continuity of the Whois database for planning. Whois databases are – in the sense of privacy – a problem. Even users with no commercial purpose would be forced to disclose their private information, which is contrary to Canadian and European data protection rules. Copyright advocates, however, are against [...]

Nintendo Sony pulls them

Nintendo Sony pulls them

According to market researcher iSuppli ​​Nintendo has increased sales in the third quarter reached 31.4 percent, thereby surpassing its competitor Sony. The manufacturer put at $ 1.2 billion, with games for Nintendo consoles. That’s twice as much as last year. Sony was able to announce no increase in sales: sales, the company achieved with the [...]

Micron offers a 2-gigabit DDR3 chips

Micron offers a 2-gigabit DDR3 chips

Company Micron Technology Inc. announced the immediate availability of test samples the industry’s first 2-gigabit chip dynamic memory-class DDR3. There are currently available for testing modules DDR3-800 (CL6) DDR3-1066 (CL7) of 256 MB. Using 2-gigabit chips, Micron intends in the near future to offer consumers 8 – and 16-GB memory modules for servers and 4-GB [...]

North Korea also forbid the use of mobile phones

North Korea also forbid the use of mobile phones

Mobile phones seem to have become a subject of daily necessity. Especially these communication tools are popular in the East (in countries such as China, South Korea and Japan). There are, however, one state, where cell phones are very hostile – North Korea. According to Strategy Page site staff in the region to determine the [...]

Catrene – a new pan-European project in nanotechnology

Catrene – a new pan-European project in nanotechnology

Manual pan-European research programs in microelectronics, Medea +, the final work in the current year, recently opened to the public of his successor. New main project will be the future European program Catrene (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics), designed to bring into the world of microelectronics latest achievements of nanotechnology. [...]

Developers of GPS applications would like to work with Google

Developers of GPS applications would like to work with Google

developer of location-based applications for mobile devices would prefer Google as a partner. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by U.S. market research group Evans Data Corporation (EDC). In second place is Microsoft, after Nokia. This result is the search for experts at the right time, because the rumors about the Google Phone condense [...]

Garmin also reports of interest in Tele Atlas

Garmin also reports of interest in Tele Atlas

Garmin, Tele Atlas intends to submit a takeover bid of 24.50 euros per share. The navigation device manufacturers, the U.S. announced today. Garmin’s bid is € 3.25 over that of his rival TomTom, wanted to pay the middle of July, € 21.25 in cash for each Tele Atlas Paper. The acquisition rates the Dutch-Belgian manufacturer [...]

Radeon HD3000 to be cheaper than rival

Radeon HD3000 to be cheaper than rival

NVIDIA has recently released new graphics cards based on processors GeForce 8800GT, and thus provided a temporary handicap their products over competing graphics cards from AMD – Radeon HD3000 GPU based RV670XT. However, the opponent will be, at least one weighty advantage – lower cost, according to network resource Fudzilla. to the need for low [...]

Library IBM: the modernization of the web-based applications

Library IBM: the modernization of the web-based applications

We continue to consider various issues related to web programming, along with IBM, tirelessly publishes materials on this subject in their technical library. Today’s news on article “Modernization of the Web-based applications using new technologies,” in which the author, Shantanu Bhattacharya (Shantanu Bhattacharya), principal consultant of Siemens Information Systems, shares his thoughts on the subject, [...]

Fully waterproof iPod Shuffle

Fully waterproof iPod Shuffle

Long arm of the company reached out to Swimman player Apple iPod Shuffle (second generation). Experts have made this little device is completely waterproof, thanks to its own unique technology. Note that the player itself is not enclosed in a clumsy plastic case. All the developers have made the necessary modifications inside the iPod Shuffle. [...]

TV ART VISION LF75 and LB75: design finds from LG

TV ART VISION LF75 and LB75: design finds from LG

Representatives of LG recently announced the release to the market a new series of LCD TVs LF75 (42 “and 37″) with Full HD resolution and LB75 (26 “and 32″) c-resolution HD. series models ART VISION LF75 and LB75 minimalist, classically restrictive. TV speakers are completely hidden from view, and the bottom panel has a wavy [...]

Open Document Foundation turns to other format

Open Document Foundation turns to other format

The Open Document Foundation, which has been about five years ago committed to the promotion of the same office file format (ODF) wants to continue to support a different format. The non-profit organization founded their decision on the grounds that ODF is not open enough. Therefore did not want to turn to the Compound Document [...]

LCDs with LED-backlit display will conquer the market in 2008

LCDs with LED-backlit display will conquer the market in 2008

LCDs with LED lighting system has great advantages over common solutions today with CCFL-lamps, and interest is the possibility of using innovations in laptops, as reduced power consumption will increase the battery life of your computer. Today, however, displays with LED-backlit yet have not received wide distribution, but the turning point is likely to become [...]

Production deficit threatens laptop accessories

Production deficit threatens laptop accessories

Manufacturers of mobile computers may be faced with serious shortages of spare parts in the second quarter of 2008, if providers do not take special measures to meet the growing demand, according to sources from among Taiwan’s notebook manufacturers. Especially acute is the shortage of power supplies, graphics chips, hard drives and larger LCD panels. [...]