Monthly Archives: April 2012

Tablet

Barnes and Noble: Nook a Simple Touch with a backlit display Glowlight


The market for e-reader is in turmoil. The U.S. market is the scene of a bitter struggle between two giants: Amazon and Barnes and Noble. But we do not learn anything.

The host of this wood evoked ago less than a week the hypothesis of a new generation Kindle with a black and white display backlighting. The idea does not please everyone, especially the purists of the E-Ink screen and fans of the little pocket of light under the covers. Because the main defect of the E-Ink technology is unable to read at night without external lighting – or in any conditions of very low luminosity.
Thus Barnes and Noble takes the ball before his beloved competitor. Nate Hoffelder, Editor for The Digital Reader, got more explicit photos of an upcoming model reader Nook, Nook Baptist Simple Touch, sporting a backlit display, named Glowlight. In fact, the light source is behind the screen E-Ink 6 inches. Finally, the source of Mr. Hoffelder announces an output for a Thursday. Hopefully – no very clear – that the revelation of the model is done tomorrow. But an announcement next week seems more likely for our fellow blogger. It is hung next to the information we will notify you as soon as possible.

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LapTops

Sony unveils new Vaio range of E


Sony unveiled its new range of Vaio, Vaio E in a verion 14 “. With a design that contrasts somewhat with the angular shapes of earlier models, the Vaio E can detect the user’s movements through the 1.3 megapixel webcam and perform actions.
It also loads a Core i3 2350 4GB of RAM with a 500GB HDD and a Radeon HD 7670M 1GB, all with a battery life of 7 hours. No price or release date announced, but we know that this laptop will be available in three colors, black, white and pink.

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DeskTops

Two new computers all-in-one at Toshiba


The area of desktop all-in-one, led by Apple and its iMac is doing well, indeed they cause to save space and it is undeniably still more attractive since there is less loose cables. However, the problem of performance, which are often lower on the all-in-one on PCs comprised of a conventional tower. Toshiba propose two new models that attempt to combine the look all in one with the highest performance.
Two new references, but which in fact lie in two similar models except the screen size. So we have the LX815 has a 21.5 inch screen and equipped with a LX835 23-inch screen, both 1080p certified. These screens will be touch with a few extra euros.
In terms of features we will find the third-generation Intel Ivy Bridge can help you with the RAM up to 16GB, a maximum storage capacity of 3 TB and a Blu-Ray player and a tuner TV options. In terms of connectivity, they are equipped with two ports USB3, 4 USB2 ports and a HDMI port. They come standard with a keyboard and wireless mouse.
For now we only have dates for availability and prices U.S., but it can still give us an idea for a launch with us and we will find the LX815 and LX835 in the third quarter of 2012 in the U.S. with the respective prices beginners to 600 and 880 dollars.

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Video Games

Activision Blizzard attacked for patent infringement


Activision Blizzard attacked for patent infringement, Worlds Inc. in August 2000 filed a patent on the interaction between players in a virtual world. Having obtained this patent exclusivity in 2007, World Inc. Activision Blizzard now attack for patent infringement, specifically addressing the games World of Warcraft and Call of Duty.
This patent, very vague, was allegedly raped by, among other things, these two games that use virtual worlds. Blur, the patent is only a vague idea for a project that would be the basis for many multiplayer virtual worlds. Judge for yourself the content of the patent of World inc.
The present invention provides a highly scalable architecture for a system of virtual world interactive three-dimensional graphical, multi-user. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of users interact in space three dimensional graphic, computer generated, where each user executes a client process to view a virtual world from the perspective of the user. The virtual world shows avatars representing the other users who are neighbors of the user who watches the virtual world. For this to be updated to reflect the movements of the avatars of remote users, information is transmitted to a central server process which provides positions updates to client processes for neighbors of the user. The client process also uses an environment database to determine which background objects to draw and to limit the movements of the avatar of the user.
The fact is that virtual worlds multiplayer does not exist until 2000, and many virtual worlds have emerged prior to the filing of this patent. World Inc.. Nc Soft had already attacked in 2008 for his play City of Heroes, a settlement was then found.
One can then wonder whether World Inc. may attack all games offering multiplayer virtual worlds, in this case, there would be money to be made. But one wonders especially the legitimacy of such a patent. Many games already using multiplayer worlds before the filing of the patent have never filed, saying surely the idea is too generic to be attarder.Comme this is usually done in the world of high-tech, a regulation to amicably will surely be found

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Technology Science

Orange signs for 100 Renault Twizy


Orange signs for 100 Renault Twizy, We tested for you in February of the Twizy Renault at a very nice session on the circuit of French society. At once attracted by the concept but also booked on a real use of this electric car for an individual (the price turns around 6000 euros), we considered it more as a utility vehicle business that seems to share a vision Orange.
Indeed, the group has signed an order for 100 electric vehicles for Renault Twizy to supplement its fleet of company vehicles. The Twizy is equipped with a better engine 20Chevaux (80 Km / h), it will serve mainly to travel between different sites of the group and will thus be made ​​available to employees for this purpose.
Orange is the first French company to have chosen the small car manufacturer for its fleet of company vehicles. During our ownership, we could discuss with an employee of community also seduced by the concept.
So I bet that the Twizy meet with a success both on the professional market as individuals, the power is still a market conducive to risk taking and innovation.

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Technology Science

Aspirin, a new hope against cancer


Aspirin, a new hope against cancer, Should we all take aspirin to prevent cancer? The question arises again after the release, Wednesday, March 21, the site of the British medical weekly The Lancet, three new studies, conducted by the team of Professor Peter Rothwell. They show that a daily aspirin reduces mortality and the risk of metastases.
Founder of the Research Unit on the prevention of stroke at the University of Oxford, Peter Rothwell calls for caution, however: it is too early to conclude that everyone would clearly benefit of such prophylaxis. Who joined the notice, unanimous, and other specialists.
British researchers have collected data from tests originally designed to assess the benefits on the cardiovascular system, a continuous shooting aspirin. This method, if it has the advantage of allowing easy access to data of tens of thousands of individuals, does not have the same guarantees that a study specifically designed to assess the benefits of a drug vis- -vis the cancer.
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In a previous study, published in December 2010, Mr. Rothwell and colleagues had shown a reduction of about 20% lower risk of cancer deaths among 25,000 participants treated daily for four years with a low dose (75 mg) aspirin. It reached 30% to 40% after five years of this treatment.
The three new studies confirm the reduction of deaths and the risk of malignancies. They also show a decreased risk of metastatic cancer. The benefits are particularly evident in adenocarcinomas, the most common tumors.
The first study includes the results of 51 trials where participants were divided, randomly, in a group with a group without aspirin or aspirin. Cancer risk decreased by 15% on aspirin. The reduction reached 37% with once daily for five years or more. The benefit is already evident after three years of treatment: the effect is reduced by about one quarter. “It’s huge,” admits Anne-Odile Hueber, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (University of Nice), colorectal cancer specialist.
PREVENTION OF METASTASIS
The second study showed a 31% reduction in risk of adenocarcinoma metastases already at diagnosis and 55% of subsequent development of metastases. In the case of colorectal cancer, the risk of subsequent metastasis is even reduced by 74%.
The daily aspirin is also associated with a decrease in cancer deaths among people who developed adenocarcinoma, particularly in the absence of metastases at diagnosis (50% reduction). “These results provide the first evidence in humans that aspirin prevents distant metastases of cancers,” rejoice authors of three studies.
The third study is the reduced risk of colorectal cancer around 40%.
In a commentary accompanying the Lancet three studies, two Harvard doctors welcome these results “compelling”, but stressed the problem of the inherent risk of bleeding effects of aspirin, which thins the blood.
A disadvantage which tempers the benefits of this medication. The team of Peter Rothwell has been found that the risk of bleeding increases in the early trials, although it decreases with time and disappear after three years of treatment.
“No one will venture to recommend solely on the basis of these studies the daily aspirin in cancer prevention,” say in chorus Anne-Odile Hueber, Fabio Calvo, director of research at the National Cancer Institute (INCA ), and Dominique Maranichi, former president of INCA.
“To know who and what age to give aspirin or by preventing the occurrence of cancer, either to prevent a recurrence or metastases, it is essential to mount a specific clinical trial of great magnitude. It is for public agencies such as the INCA and its counterparts in other countries to develop, “said Calvo.
“Elucidate the molecular mechanisms”
Researchers must work in two directions, according to Ms. Hueber: “The first is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms explaining the effect of aspirin on tumor cells and the initial stages of cancer development. The second is to developing hybrid aspirin, which would retain the benefits in cancer prevention, without side effects. ”
Another point remains unclear. “We do not know why it does not work with an aspirin every other day,” says Calvo. Peter Rothwell would not be surprised that “the effects of treatment taken on alternate days, absent in the short term, will reveal if followed over the long term.” His team is awaiting publication next year, results of a large trial of aspirin in cardiovascular prevention, the Women’s Health Study, in determining that question.

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Tablet

Toshiba Announces 10 tablets Excite, Excite and Excite 7.7 13


Toshiba has announced the upcoming release of its 10 tablets Excite, Excite and Excite 13 4 ICS 7.7 Android.
The 10 Excite offers a touch screen 10.1 “with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, a range of 12h, an NVIDIA Tegra 3, 1GB of RAM, a capacity of 16GB, 32GB or 64GB, an SD slot, a microphone output HDMI, WiFi / Bluetooth, a micro USB port and a thickness of 8.89 mm for 598g. Available in May from $ 450.
The Excite 7.7 is similar to Excite 10 except that it has an AMOLED 7.7 “, with a thickness of 7.6 mm and weighs 380g and loses the HDMI output and the micro SD slot in favor of a microSD slot. Available in 16GB and 32GB in June from $ 500.

Finally, Excite 13, repeatedly leaked, features a LED screen 13.3 “16:9 HD resolution 1600 x 900 pixels, a 3 Tegra processor, 1GB of RAM, SRS Labs audio sound, a 5-megapixel camera at back, a webcam 2MPx, a micro USB port, an HDMI output microphone, an SD slot, a battery life of 13h, the WiFi / Bluetooth, an optional TV tuner and 1cm thick and weighs 997g. Available in 16GB, 32GB or 64GB from $ 650 in June.

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Gaming

The Wii would U $ 180 under hood, and its price will probably not below $ 300 Rumor


As we are now approaching E3, rumors related to the U Wii are likely to increase further. Moreover we have a very fresh for you this morning: Electronic components and parts that will equip the next Nintendo Wii will cost U of no less than $ 180, including about $ 50 just for its control buttons and touch screen . According to some sources online, after adding the cost of labor, the costs associated with marketing and others, we can expect to see land a machine that will cost at least $ 300 retail price.

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Cell Phone News

Nokia launches Lumia 900 in New York


Given the expectation around the Galaxy S III or the iPhone 5 or New iPhone, Nokia do not go by the back of the spoon to launch the new Nokia 900 Lumia. Indeed, while initial tests have fallen across the Atlantic and we learn that the last of Lumia did finally brings little to the building Windows Phone 7 is in Times Square as Nokia, along with the artist Nicki Minaj, launched in due form the latest Windows Phone 7 of the Finnish brand.

That means over 5000h of work to create such a show we’ll let you see in the sequel, of course. And for those waiting to firm up the Lumia 900, it should arrive by the end of the second quarter here. And as it launches in France

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Sports Gadgets

Nike FuelBand, open to developers API


We had already talked about the Nike FuelBand at the end of last year, this bracelet very particular, able to monitor and record the movements of the user and to transfer real-time data to an iPhone, via a dedicated application rubber. Nike has apparently decided that it was better to open the beta version of its NikeFuel API for developers, because it could simply accelerate the manner in which applications will be developed if fans of the aircraft involved in this project. And this is the first time that Nike is doing something of the sort. Keep in mind that the API is only available for developers who participated in the hackathon at SXSWi 2012 in Austin, Texas however.

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Digital Cameras

Olympus SZ-31MR


Camera Olympus SZ-31MR after the launch of the revolutionary SZ-30MR, Olympus presents the SZ-31MR which goes even further: it includes technology from iHS! This compact seduced by an always more elegant design and an ultra-slim silhouette. But behind this style, hides a formidable efficiency with an impressive optical zoom 24 x to capture and store photos and videos in amazing picture quality. These new compact Super Zoom range are the first devices to videos in Full HD and take photos of 16 megapixels simultaneous thanks to the function Multi-Recording (MR). Olympus SZ-31MR is available from the end april to the sale price of €349.
Olympus SZ-31MR
the Olympus SZ-31MR pushes the limits with a faster AF Tracking, a brighter touch screen and fast access to the Live Guide interface. It also features the latest technology of the mark, the iHS (Intelligence, high sensitivity and speed). A function which considerably strengthens the quality of images in the most difficult conditions, for example when the user is in low light conditions. Olympus SZ-31MR can also record movies, taking pictures in a record pace and read a slide show with background music and transition effects. His great objective angle 24 x is a jewel of optical engineering. He beats all records in this category of travellers compact. It offers the possibility to go closer to the subject and capture the detail.
Olympus SZ-31MR – technology
the Olympus SZ-31MR iHS is a special compact. Is a versatile, ideal unit for all situations both to capture photos as videos in a quality with optical zoom 24 x (25-600 mm **) and iHS… technology. The iHS technology relies on back-lit 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor and processor TruePicV (initially developed for the digital reflex) which significantly improves the quality of shooting in low light and the speed of recognition of subjects in the development. Catch views burst and rapid development, the iHS provides net photos without noise and improves also the resolution and colors on the subjects in movements or during night scenes. The Multi-motion Movie IS function and the double image stabilization remove photographer involuntary movements as soon as it is moving. Guaranteed results: the blur disappears! As the dual image stabilisation, it is perfect for the macro mode or to achieve big plans for hard to reach areas. With a light compact it is crucial to have excellent stabilization of the objective as soon as it uses the ability to zoom. Without this, cannot have an impeccable record.

Olympus SZ-31MR video & photo
Full HD video and photo of the same scene simultaneously? Tight and plan plan large at the same time? No need to ask these questions! The function novel and creative, Multi-Recording (MR), the user can do both! A simple pressure on the touch LCD screen of 3 inches (920,000 pixels) and the photo is taken during the recording of the video. All combinations are possible: video wide-angle and close-up, video Full HD1080p and photo of 16 megapixels, original photo, and version with filter, video Full HD1080p and HD720 video…There is more to choose, a multitude of combinations are possible! The Live Guide interface is directly accessible on the touch screen. It allows to adjust in real time the fineness of the parameters even without technical knowledge. It is sufficient just to on-line determination of the desired effect by dragging his finger on the screen: rear blur, intensity of colour, brightness
Olympus SZ-31MR price & availability extended of an elegant style, an ultra-slim design and high technology, Olympus SZ-31MR is the referent of its category and will be available late april of sale price of €349.

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Dslr Cameras

Lumix GF5, the new ultra-compact interchangeable lens Panasonic

Lumix GF5, the new ultra-compact interchangeable lens Panasonic-review
Panasonic unveils the Lumix GF5, designated successor GF3. The manufacturer claims a general improvement in performance via a new sensor and a newly developed image processing, all in one volume still low.
Fewer than one year after its release the Lumix GF3 sees his successor arrived. Panasonic unveils its latest indeed compact interchangeable-lens format micro 4/3 Lumix GF5. In an area still very small: 107.7 x 66.6 x 36.8 mm, making it one of the camera more compact hybrid market, the GF5 proposes a new CMOS sensor 12.1 megapixel and Venus True picture Quality Engine, its new processor image processing. A flash is always integrated in the housing.
In terms of picture quality, Panasonic puts GF5 between GF3 and GH2. The combination was new sensor and processor image processing must improve the management of noise. The sensitivity range extends from 160 to ISO 6400, expandable to ISO 12 800. The manufacturer also puts forward an ultra-fast autofocus system, measured at 0.09 seconds.
Like its predecessor, the GF5 has a touch screen of 3 inches (7.6 cm) of a definition of 920 000 points. The interface evolves. All functions are now accessible via the control buttons and the touchscreen. We also find the opportunity to choose the area of development by tapping, as well as triggering. An explanatory guide is also displayed to describe the mode of shooting, and assist in the selection.
The GF5 also opens the possibility to choose the wallpaper of the interface among those offered by Panasonic, or from photos stored on the memory card.

Video is also still to go with the Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) at 50 frames per second interlaced, you have to go in 1280 x 720 pixels progressive mode to benefit. in format, it’s still AVCHD.
The design is generally similar to that of GF3, well-rounded. CNET was able to quickly get close: take hand improves significantly by the addition of rubber on the front of the case, then the finger or just relax.
Announced the end of May, the Lumix GF5 is positioned to € 699 with motorized lens 14-42 mm X. Count € 549 with the standard 14-42.
Parallel to the cabinet, Pansonic has a set of optical adapters. The goal: increase the possibility of field shooting without having to invest in more expensive targets. This set consists of a wide angle, a telephoto lens, a macro and a fisheye. They are respectively provided to 129 €, 129 €, 99 € and 149 €. A pack containing the optical adapters macro, wide angle and fisheye will be offered at € 329.

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Smart TVs, TVs

Smart new range LG TV at CES 2012


LG enriches its TV Cinema 3D Smart TV 2012 new features such as Intel’s Wireless Display or the Smart Share More. The manufacturer announced the presence of 1200 applications on its platform.
Connected TVs are the fad of many manufacturers since last year. LG follows the vein with its TV Smart TV. In addition to already existing technologies, like 3D polarized that works with glasses without battery, the Korean automaker says its new TV “smart” system link without son Intel WiDi (Intel’s Wireless Display) that promises a faster connection between the TV and PC.
Another feature home, “Smart Share More” that “opens the doors of PCs, tablets and smartphones.” It is also possible to export the image displayed on the TV to another terminal connected via Wi-Fi There are still few details on the operation of the device, but one can imagine that will go through an application available suitable on different application stores.

Concerning the applications precisely LG claims over 1200 of its Smart TV platform. The mode of interaction with its applications has been simplified with the advent of Magic Remote, a sort of remote borrowing much of the Nintendo WiiMote.

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