Archive for ‘August, 2010’

Android copy protection cracked

Android copy protection cracked

copy protected to ensure the integrity of downloaded Android applications, has been hacked. Google looks at the problem now. The licensing system was introduced in late July. It should prevent Android apps without payment or other authorization to be downloaded. The blog writes Android Police but now, the protection can be circumvented with very little [...]

AMD reveals details of the architecture Bulldozer

AMD reveals details of the architecture Bulldozer

Finally, AMD is ready to present a truly new architecture is almost completely recycled. Modern chips are based on the architecture of K10/K10.5, which is an evolution of a successful market K8. AMD calls the new architecture code-named «Bulldozer», and it uses the core design of x86, radically different from anything we’ve seen before in [...]

Bobcat: AMD’s response to the spread of Intel Atom and ARM

Bobcat: AMD’s response to the spread of Intel Atom and ARM

Computer community has long been watching for AMD, and pleased that the company after a few dates transfers and the difficulties with the release introduces its architecture Bobcat, which originally was supposed to appear as early as 2009, but the real products, we see only in early 2011. To start it is worth noting that [...]

90% iPad owners were familiar with Apple products

90% iPad owners were familiar with Apple products

For many owners iPad tablet was not the first device released by Apple. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, 90% of buyers to purchase used iPad iPhone, iPod or Mac. 18% of those who now uses a telephone, a computer player or Apple, are planning to buy iPad during the year. Analysts estimate that on [...]

Portable hard drive Cipher Drive SC double data protection

Portable hard drive Cipher Drive SC double data protection

Addonics company introduced the perfect solution for those who are concerned about data protection on your removable drive. The device Cipher Drive SC (CDSC-02) is a hard case for laptop 2.5 inch hard drive with double protection against unauthorized access. The device has a built-in smart card reader and a numeric keypad to dial the [...]

Video of the Day: tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab

Video of the Day: tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab

ifanr.com Chinese website posted new spy shots of multimedia tablet samsung galaxy Tab. The device will have a 7-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024×600, created by technology AMOLED, as well as processor ARM Cortex A8 c 1.2 GHz, graphic accelerator PowerVR SGX 540, 16 GB of memory, two cameras and support Wi-Fi, 3G [...]

Canon developed the world’s first 120-megapixel sensor APS-H CMOS

Canon developed the world’s first 120-megapixel sensor APS-H CMOS

Canon announced that it has successfully developed a CMOS-sensor size of APS-H, has an incredible resolution of 120 megapixels (9184 × 13 280), that is the highest density of light-sensitive elements of the matrix of this size. If we compare this sensor with a commercial solution of Canon APS-H at the highest resolution available today [...]

Microsoft launches new features for Office Web Apps

Microsoft launches new features for Office Web Apps

Microsoft has expanded its Office Web Apps – the online versions of its Office programs. The update affects Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as program manager Nick Simons writes in a blog entry. Word Web App can now be printed from the editor. Prior to the printing of documents, only the viewer was possible. diagrams can [...]

Low profile sound card ASUS Xonar DG under the PCI bus

Low profile sound card ASUS Xonar DG under the PCI bus

The range of sound cards of ASUSTeK Computer recently added to the model under the name ASUS Xonar DG, made on a low-profile PCB to the bus PCI. New oriented thrifty gamers and moviegoers, based on the sound processor C-Media CMI8786, capable of providing high-quality 5.1-channel surround sound and has on-board headphone amplifier that supports [...]

iTunes U reaches 300 million downloads mark

iTunes U reaches 300 million downloads mark

iTunes U has exceeded the limit of 300 million downloads. The specialized teaching materials range from Apple’s online media store it needed something more than three years. According to the company, iTunes U makes it one of the most popular online services for educational content worldwide. “ITunes U makes it easy to discover content from [...]

Iomega has released an external hard drive with USB 3.0 support

Iomega has released an external hard drive with USB 3.0 support

company Iomega announced the public about their own plans to replace its own line of external hard drives. All devices will support USB 3.0 instead of USB 2.0, and the price of the model will not increase. Originally undergo renovation Seri eGo, it will happen by the end of October this year. With regard to [...]

Fallout in the life plasma rifle A3-21

Fallout in the life plasma rifle A3-21

Almost a year ago portal Whioam talking about replica guns laser from the popular computer game Fallout 3. But with all due respect to that which became a cult classic weapons in the game there are “guns” and the powerful. One of them – it’s a plasma rifle A3-21, which embodied the social networks Flickr [...]

Avast receives $ 100 million capital injection

Avast receives $ 100 million capital injection

Summit Partners has invested $ 100 million (78.9 million euros) in Avast software. In return, the investment company a minority stake in the Prague-based provider of antivirus programs and a seat on its board of directors. The item will be taken over by Scott Collins, Managing Director with Summit Partners. Avast CEO Vince Steckler sees [...]

Internet Explorer 9: apparently appeared first screenshot of the surface

Internet Explorer 9: apparently appeared first screenshot of the surface

At a Russian press Microsoft Web site turned up a screen, which apparently shows the previously undisclosed Internet-Explorer-9 surface. Microsoft wants the beta of the browser on 15 September imagine. So far, only preliminary versions without an interface into circulation. The website is now offline again. The screenshot shows a significantly streamlined appearance in comparison [...]

Apple eliminated 13 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X

Apple eliminated 13 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X

Apple has released Security Update 2010-005 for download. It includes 13 security vulnerabilities in the client and server versions of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The patch fixes a bug in Apple Type Services, which can be exploited by malicious writings. In addition, an attacker can provoke a [...]