"Lenovo" launches a new device combines a wireless keyboard and remote control

Has released "Lenovo" China, one of the leading companies in the manufacturing of computers and accessories, computer software and is headquartered in Beijing, a new control multimedia under the name "Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard", and bears the symbol "N5902", and this model is an update to the earlier example is "N5901".The company introduced updates to this significant new model which combines a wireless keyboard and remote control the size of palm of the hand, to direct the computer for just 9 meters.The device features using it simple and easy, does not need a person to install the software prior to running, but all he has to do is connect the "USB nano dongle" attached to him inside the device, and through the frequencies up to 2.4 GHz person can control his computer remotely 30 feet.In addition, the keyboard backlit allows users to use the device in the dark or under low light, and through the key "operation and close the" not open the keyboard in order to protect the life of batteries as used inside of the type "AA" and that the average life of one of them 3 months, According to the company.
The device is compatible with Windows operating systems, such as "Windows 2000" and "XP" and "Vista" and "Windows 7".
Perhaps the most important feature in this new model is equipped mouse visual "OFN" unique of its kind, allows the user to move his finger up and down easily by the sensor built inside, as well as it is able to move the cursor on the screen if the person's contact with computers for theaters in the home " HTPC ".
The company plans to launch its new product from the beginning of the twelfth month of the current price of U.S. $ 80, while can be ordered in advance through the outlets on the Internet at U.S. $ 52.

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Un virus infecte les drones militaires américains

UAVs of the U.S. military have apparently been infected by a computer virus.

As a reminder, a UAV is an aircraft without a human pilot on board or not that carries a payload, and is intended for surveillance missions, intelligence or combat including the U.S. military with unmanned Predator and Reaper-like

 

 A priori this virus, it detected 15 days at an air base in Nevada in the United States does not seem to communicate with the outside of the U.S. base, and would not interfere with ongoing missions. However, US Army can not remove it, the latter due to each phase. For now, the danger of the virus has not been determined although investigations are still underway to determine how this virus could be introduced. A track would cause contamination with external hard drives used by pilots to transfer information from one place to another.

This information is not taken lightly by the U.S. Air Force, including the budget for drones is very important. UAVs have already achieved, for example more than 230 missions in Pakistan that led to the deaths of 2,000 people. 150 Reaper and Predator drones have also intervened in Afghanistan and Iraq, or there were 92 interventions in Libya between mid-April and August. And last month a U.S. drone killed a much sought after terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki. In short, there is a real U.S. combat drills and this intrusion will likely consequences.

The current investigation has shown the weaknesses of the first UAVs, including the lack of encryption of information exchanged, although we should not know a lot more because according to a spokesman for the Air Force

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With self-publishing on the Kindle, Amazon increases the likelihood

Since October 7, Amazon launched its Kindle in France, the ebook reader, the proposed € 99. But the American did not laugh: this is the latest model in its range which will be marketed in France. No touch screen, of course, hardly any buttons, and a WiFi connection, ample.

This offer is accompanied by the launch of the Kindle platform Direct Publishing, motivated by several factors.

Amazon has always announced that it would launch its Kindle at the time that he finds the mature market. Namely: it would have a large enough catalog to market. Today, more than 35,000 French ebooks that are offered, including 4000 (only?) In the public domain. With this self-publishing platform, Amazon is a simple fact: colossally enrich its catalog.

And with good reason.

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 Since October 7, Amazon launched its Kindle in France, the ebook reader, the proposed € 99. But the American did not laugh: this is the latest model in its range which will be marketed in France. No touch screen, of course, hardly any buttons, and a WiFi connection, ample.

 This offer is accompanied by the launch of the Kindle platform Direct Publishing, motivated by several factors.

 Amazon has always announced that it would launch its Kindle at the time that he finds the mature market. Namely: it would have a large enough catalog to market. Today, more than 35,000 French ebooks that are offered, including 4000 (only?) In the public domain. With this self-publishing platform, Amazon is a simple fact: colossally enrich its catalog.

 And with good reason.

 Back in September 2009. A study shows for the BBC is to publish a book one in three French, a real treatment option.The urge to write, but also to publish

 Alain Absire, then president of the LDMS, analyzed, "It is symptomatic of what to write: the writing workshops are full. On the contrary, they are more complete and earlier. It was believed that such an exercise of interest only to persons of a certain age. In fact, all rush in with relish, and some come back every year. "(See our actualitté)

 Better last year, the company revealed Books On Demand another poll: "One in three would imagine one day write and publish his writings," but 74% believe that this approach has little chance of success with classic house. And 18-25 years are even more pessimistic about this.

 The whole point of self-publishing platform for Amazon's solution therefore lie in the marketing of works in digital form, with royalties paid over 70% on the selling price of the book.

 Change habits, of course

 Since August 2011, Amazon has even set up its U.S. store a section dedicated to independent authors, who have passed through its platform KDP. And no doubt will come out soon Kindle Singles section, which allows the sale of texts from 5000 to 30,000 words. (See our actualitté)Although in theory, Amazon plays a winning card with the product of self-publishing, freely available, with the only drain 30% of the selling price, it will take the independent French authors agree to play the game but it is not really on this side that the risk is.

 Publishing is still an act that is accompanied by a realization with a paper book, which can be found in bookstores, to order by default, and so on. The platform of self-publishing has a dual mission: find a way to digital books on one side, by expanding the catalog, but on the other hand, democratizing the use of works in the country.

 Everything is possible, but the reaction of customers, users and authors will be at best possible changes that the sector will take in the coming years

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Sony poised to move from Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Sony could become short. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japanese think very seriously about buy out his partner in their joint venture in 2001. This would be to bring under one roof the phone business, along with tablets and other consoles. And so streamline product development to share some technologies (the Xperia from Sony Ericsson with its PlayStation label).
Negotiations are ongoing and well advanced newspaper said - but it is not the first between the two companies, they are already overturned in the past - and the financing is not known. This would include considering the issue of patent portfolio available to Ericsson. But a buyback of up to 1 to 1.25 billion euros is advanced.

In an interview with the WSJ this week, Bert Nordberg, head of Sony Ericsson spoke of the difficulties encountered by his company: competition from Apple, difficulty entering the important U.S. market, repositioning full Android smartphones to higher value-added etc. (read Sony Ericsson smartphones and just smartphones).

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Google Earth breaks records with 1 billion downloads

Google has announced that its mapping software has just passed the one billion mark. The search engine has also created a website for this occasion. Available on PC, Mac and built-in Android and iOS, Google Earth lets you view the planet earth by displaying satellite images, aerial and other photographs. Google Earth is particularly useful for users who need to find a place on a map or who wish to have a three-dimensional view of buildings of a city. When you see the number of features that Google Earth provides, we understand why this program is so popular.

 

Note that the technology developed from the company Keyhole, which is integrated with Google Earth. The company acquired by Google in 2004 proposed an application fee.

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The death of "Steve Jobs" founder "Apple" at the age of 56 years

To survive its late founder, Apple and Steve Jobs planned a training program in which company executives will be taught to think like him, in 'a forum to impart that DNA to future generations.' Key to this effort is Joel Podolny, former Yale Business School dean.

 

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NEWS Apple Announces iPhone 4S

Apple announces new model of iPhone, iPhone 4S, available from October 14 (depending on territory) model in white or black 16GB, 32GB or 64GB Seen from afar, looks like the iPhone 4S two drops of water to the previous model phone from Apple. Only by looking into the difference should be felt. The iPhone 4S indeed embeds the chip A5 double heart, allowing graphics performance up to 7 times faster than the normal iPhone 4. Of course, it also means increased performance for games, the subject that concerns us directly. Moreover, it is no coincidence that the announcement of the iPhone 4S was immediately followed by that of Infinity Blade II by Epic, even if the game will run well on older models of iPhone (3G minimum) .

Specifically, the iPhone integrates iOS 5 4S, a new camera to 8 megapixels and also embeds a processor double heart resulting in computational speed is also higher than the current iPhone 4. In terms of numbers, Apple announced that it has worked particularly on the autonomy of the device and advance figures for talk time on 2G and 3G video playback or listening to music. Unfortunately, nothing on self-involved, which vary greatly in any way following the running applications. Anyway, the games on smartphones still seem to have a promising future, full of surprises.


Side prices, potential buyers will have to weigh down many funds to participate in the festivities. Indeed, at the conference, the 4S iPhone was announced at a price of $ 199 for the 16GB model, $ 299 for 32GB and 64GB for $ 399, all with a two-year contract. Yes, totally naked, the iPhone will cost you this time around 629 euros for the base model!


Find below the main features of the iPhone 4S.


Display features:

- Screen 3.5 inch
- Resolution of 960x640 at 326 ppi
- Contrast ratio of 800:1
- Contrast 500 cd/m2



Video and photo features:

- 8 megapixel camera
- Record HD video in 1080p, 30 frames per second
- Face detection on still images


Battery (33% in less autonomy compared to the iPhone 4):

- Talk discussion: 8 hours on 3G, 14 hours on 2G
- Standby: 200 hours (against 300 for (iPhone 4)
- Battery life when using the internet: up to 6 hours on 3G, 9 hours on Wi-Fi
- Video playback: up to 10 hours
- Music playback: up to 40 hours of battery life



Box contents:

- IPhone 4S
- Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
- Dock Connector to USB Cable
- USB Power Adapter
- Documentation

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Project Natal Xbox 360 Announcement

Kinect, originally known by the code name Project Natal1 is a device intended for the video game console Xbox 360 for controlling video games without using a joystick.

The portmanteau word "Kinect" comes from the English word "kinetic" (which translates as "kinetic") and "connect" (which can lead to "connect") 2.1. The European release was held November 10 20 103.

On January 5, 2011, two months after its release, Microsoft announced that it sold 8 million Kinect4, including one million in just 10 days5. On March 11, 2011, Kinect enters Guinness Book of Records as the "high-tech accessories as sold in a short period of time" with 10 million units sold, an average of 133,333 official Kinect sold every day around the world.

Presentation of concept
This is a camera using interaction techniques developed by PrimeSense, long named by the code name of the project, "Project Natal", it was made official just prior to E3 as the Kinect. It is based on an input device connected to the Xbox 360 console that allows you to interact by voice command (not available at launch in France), recognition of movement and image.
We can play games specially developed for the project, so no controller or device other than his own body. The motion detection device was not already in the Sony EyeToy. This technology will be for the general public with an experience close to the Wii6 party games. The technique was announced at the show at E3 2009. It is sold with Kinect Adventures, for a price of about 150 euros7. In addition, two packs with Kinect, Kinect Adventures XBox360 and S are available: a package including Xbox 360 4GB Kinect for 299 euros, and another pack Xbox 360 250 GB to 349 euros8.
October 21, 2010, Microsoft unveiled the first official advertising of its new device, showing how the firm is the general public9. The computer giant has confirmed to spend more than $ 500 million in marketing to ensure maximum reach of the population. Adding the 500 million launch of Windows Phone 7 (WP7), the company will pay well over 1 billion only for communication, and this in two months. The sales target is 5 million units by the end of the year.10. Features 11
Sensor:

    Lenses detecting the color and depth
    Voice recognition microphone
    Powered sensor to track the movements
Field of view:

    Horizontal field of view: 57 degrees
    Vertical Field of View: 43 degrees
    Line of movement of the sensor: ± 27 degrees
    Sensor Range: 1.2m - 3.5m
Data stream:

    320 × 240 16-bit color at 30 frames / sec
    640 × 480 32-bit color at 30 frames / sec
    16-bit audio to 16 kHz
Recognition system physical

    Up to 6 people and 2 active players
    20 joints in the skeleton
    Application of the movements of players on their Xbox Live avatars
Audio:

    Xbox Live voice chat and voice chat in games (requires Xbox Live Gold account)
    Echo cancellation
    Multilingual speech recognition (for the French until the Spring Update 2011) 

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