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Facebook wants to be on mobile phones around the world it is no secret, and today is closer to achieving this. The company has announced a new application, 0.facebook.com, from which you can access the social network without paying anything for the data connection.

The application will have the same features as its predecessor m.facebook.com, allowing it to update the statue, read the updates of the contacts, send and receive messages, comment, etc., the only difference that it is possible to view photos directly.

The photographs, which will, as explained in Facebook, “just a click away”, will be outside the application, and are therefore also outside the “free area” by agreement with the operators. The same is true, as is Of course, with the display of links on external sites.

0.facebook.com is available in 45 countries, including Spain is not, with 50 different operators. The implementation of the application in Spain does not seem to be either between Facebook plans: no longer featured in the list of thirteen other countries where the mobile application will be available in the near future.

The recently available new version of Nero 10 offers a host of new features.Nero is no longer a pure burning program more, also shows the name that is the first time Nero Multimedia Suite 10.

However, if you want the future to use only the burning capabilities of Nero, when Nero can buy 10, the recording software separately. Nero Burning ROM is the first time now that is also individually at a lower price than the complete multimedia suite Nero 10 sold. The suite is next to the still burning software from the two parts and Nero Vision and Nero BackItUp Xtra & Burn. The already known from previous versions of multimedia tools are naturally also back on board.

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Privacy in social networks is not only an issue in Germany. The U.S. magazine Consumer Reports calls for evaluation of a study on user behavior on more responsibility. The majority of members in social networks is still careless with their data.

In the United States there has been a less stringent view on topics such as data protection and privacy. Nevertheless, consumer protection in the U.S. do worry about how to deal with sensitive data.

Privacy in social networks like Facebook and MySpace is not only a task for operators. Users should not make personal information public so lightly, warns the American magazine Consumer Reports.

A study by the magazine showed that the majority of the users in social networks rather careless when it comes to publishing private data. Nearly 40 percent of users reveal their date of birth, 20 percent post photos of their children online, with 13 percent also specify their names. Your full address to give 8 percent of surveyed users. Read more…

The Turbo Boost from Intel rival AMD is now taking Turbo Core. If some cores in multicore processors are not required, they are heruntergetaktet and is the cycle at the busy cores increases. The new AMD Phenom CPUs II X6 will be the first AMD processors that take advantage of turbo-Core.

The CPUs of computers are equipped with more and more CPU cores, but rarely are all the cores busy. Often, not all cores are required by the software or simply not used. In this case, it makes sense to let the actual working cores run faster, and unnecessary slow. This is called dynamic overclocking.

Often it would be better, of course, the programmers of the software would take advantage of the multi-core CPUs, but the software development lags advances in chip production after quite a while.

Intel has been the market leader for more than a year his Turbo Boost, AMD, however, had this been counter not match. Turbo Core is not as sophisticated as Turbo Boost, but it is AMD, the hurdle for the use of turbo-core low. There are no new motherboard, no new drivers, no extra software, such as AMD Overdrive required.

According to AMD will support all Socket AM3 motherboards Turbo Core, when a BIOS update was made. Not surprisingly, therefore, that used Turbo Core AMD not already in its recently announced Magny-Cours CPUs for servers. When first using the new hexa-core processors, the Phenom series II X6 (code name: Thuban) Turbo Core. The Phenom CPUs, AMD will launch X6 II during the current quarter.

Asus drives the spread of the new USB 3.0 standard is continuing, and emphasizes the technical superiority over competing products. Sun USB 3.0 is not always the same USB 3.0.

The new USB 3.0 standard is for new transmission speeds and provide seamless data exchange larger amounts. Asus pursues the theme from the beginning and already offers a wide range of hardware with USB 3.0 support. Sun Asus was the first manufacturer to USB 3.0 integrated on a motherboard. The PCIe x4 chipset Asus boasts it is so superior to the competition in terms of speed to be. Sun USB 3.0 is not always the same speed.

Other manufacturers to buy the speed advantage over the USB 3.0 data transfer with a general loss of performance of the system, because other parts have to suffer from the transmission load. Here is the PCIe x4 chip by up to 75 percent more quickly than the products of the competition. Asus has integrated the technology now in many different laptops and other devices. A retrofit solution has Asus PCIe x4 card in a standalone program.

Especially powerful is the P6X58D Premium motherboard, which has reached the first of its kind with official certification of the new Super Speed standard by the USB Implementation Forum (USB-IF). Asus USB 3.0 currently offers around 15 different motherboard series, the Eee PC 1018/1015/1016, the Eee Box nettop 1510U/1210U and in the N Series notebooks. announced also the new feature-N82JV VX020V and N61JA-JX008V, a 14-inch and one 16-inch notebook for users with multimedia requirements, which have among other NVIDIA graphic cards, HD resolution, HDMI output and a 500 gigabyte hard drives can.

Strange contraption which has been drawn from the sleeve Sony to make us wake in the morning. The bedside of today’s consumer tends to fill up with technology, even with the mobile phone charging, andradio alarm clocks are moving with even a built-inprojector. It’s the most novel aspect of this solution from Sony.

The Sony C717PJ has a compact design that is to be thankful for than a contraption on the table. This is an alarm clock with built-in projector that all he does is put the time in the place of the room that we are most comfortable. If we know the time simply by opening his eyes and slept on his back, because we only have to turn the lens on the Sony C717PJ toward that wall and that’s it.

Looking beyond the built-in projector, this clock has dual alarm with possibility of light with radio or music player connected to your input jack.

The soothing touch is provided by the various sounds of nature, up to five, which are included to help us wake up in a more natural or even fall asleep to the sound of the waves. It also includes a thermometer to know at any moment the room temperature.

This projector alarm clock, which goes on sale next month, has a battery so we would not be surprised if continued feeding asleep fails for any reason.

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Palm wants to improve the ailing smartphone paragraph with more games. These are the future game developers a plug-in development kit and a webOS version of the Unreal Engine 3 are available. First videos see very far from promising.

The plug-in development kit is to make it very easy to transfer already existing games at Palms webOS too. Thus, the plug-in development kit supports C / C + + applications, including those that use OpenGL ES 1.1 to 2.0. This should bring in software developers an additional bonus for webOS. In particular, better 3D graphics should be an incentive for game developers to focus more on future Palms webOS platform.
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The video encoding expert Jan Ozer is a comparison to the conclusion that Adobe Flash version 10.1 on Windows PCs faster than HMTL5 is. The reason: In Windows, Flash can benefit from hardware acceleration, which greatly relieves the CPU.

Adobe Flash is very widely used, when it comes to cross-platform playback of video and other graphic content goes, but Adobe, the manufacturer had to recently put up a lot of criticism. One of the biggest enemies of Flash is one Apple CEO Steve Jobs. When Flash, the CPU load of a Mac too, but not because the computer maker is innocent.

Under Windows, the new version of Adobe’s Flash 10.1 version will be even faster than the upcoming HTML5 standard. This is the result of video encoding expert Jan Ozer is a test for the respected tech blogReadWriteWeb. The surprising result of the comparison tests is explained by the possibility of Adobe’s Flash 10.1 to use the hardware acceleration. Read more…

Microsoft wants to take advantage of the CeBIT to present its strategy for 2010. The most important announcements: Cloud Computing, Office 2010 and a collaboration with Xing.

According to a study by market research firm Gartner, cloud computing is ranked second on the priority list of CIOs for 2010. Make no doubt that the technology has the hype behind it and the first phase, firms already have specific experience with the online services. Microsoft wants this very front seat and has now introduced at the Cebit its offerings around cloud computing platform, Windows Azure.

Consultants and agents for Windows Azure

Senior Software Developer for Windows Azure Ray Ozzie had already announced the end of October 2008 at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. For several months, the technology is available. Some prominent Microsoft distributors may also show already, including Accenture, Atos Origin, BT, HP, T-Systems and Vodafone. More than 500 partner companies with 3,000 consultants are Microsoft says that the move, to inspire the customers for cloud computing à la Microsoft. Supposedly, the online services that include, inter alia, Exchange Online and SharePoint Online, already used by more than 500 enterprise customers.

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After speculated this week that would delay, the Apple iPad will definitely buy from April 3. That is the date of arrival of the tablet market, but admitted reservations online store from March 12 in U.S. for the model both WiFi and 3G + single Wi-Fi.

In European countries the launch will occur at the end of the month of April and all models will also, so hopefully soon there is any big announcement of operators who are already in negotiations to get the Apple iPad associated with a data plan, surely no traffic and no speed limit.

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Surely not tell you anything new but what the hell is happening with Apple hardware? That great company that Apple is and always has been “medals” for being an innovator in introducing new technologies and features into their equipment is starting to find more outdated than ever. Computers that take years to update, teams that fall below their benefits, professional computer clearly at a disadvantage with other similar equipment and Why Apple Is not remember which also makes computers?

Lately it seems that Apple hardware is little they can provide are design improvements and some other special features like illuminated keyboards, track pads more comfortable … is that all? I hate to tell, but if today is that entire Apple is offering on most computers.

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The revenue from Facebook to rise again this year to 1.1 billion U.S. dollars, according to experts. Facebook keeps itself in terms of its income, although overcast, but estimates assume a continued strong increase in revenue from the world’s largest social network. Facebook does not make public his income. It can therefore only be speculated about how much money this social network occupies in its different areas.Nicholas Carlson of Silicon Alley Insider has published citing reliable sources are a few numbers. Exact figures are not, he has gathered information from several sources, and thus done their own calculations. The total revenue from Facebook in 2009 is estimated at 550 million U.S. dollars Nicholas Carlson. The largest item, with 200 million U.S. dollars is the sale of Facebook Ads, so the revenue from its own advertising system by Facebook.

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For the CeBIT, MSI has an all-in-one PC announced that it is specifically designed for 3D content and will be delivered including 3D glasses.

At CeBIT in Hanover, the manufacturer MSI a new All-in-one wants to imagine a 24-inch computer touch screen with LED technology and built-in speakers who will bring all before, what is needed for the benefit of 3D content. Nevertheless, he is expected to cost less than $ 2,000. MSI will offer different versions of the computer to make it more interesting for buyers with smaller purses.

The LED display provides a frame rate of 120Hz and Full HD in 1080p resolution. A shutter glasses for viewing 3D movies and 3D games, with one as standard. With technical details adheres MSI back yet, but it should be used in the latest Core i7 CPUs from Intel, which is after all already known. The worldwide sale is scheduled to begin in June 2010. Read more…

To date is shrouded in speculation about possible housing images of an iPhone 4G. Now, there are initial indications of future software features of the new iPhone 4G’s.

How 9to5mac.com has found includes the new iPhone SDK, version 3.2 at some point about a video chat FUNCTIONALITY. Specifically, this is a 2 buttons and references in the code. The images show proof icons for adoption and termination of a video chat on iPhone 4G, and corresponding calls in the source code. Previously had already surfaced Housing Pictures, left the room for speculation about the presence of a front camera. Screenshots are now shown to increase the hope that will have the iPhone 4G from Apple via a video telephony function. The changes to the SDK does not seem in any event by Apple’s new iPad be determined.

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Following the article the other day that had Some you’re Mac, there were many comments on plan VNC client applications, i.e. applications to remotely access and interact with our desktop.

In this post I bring 4 applications, which are among the most popular in this particular type of programs, programs that can control your machine remotely, comfortably seated in the lounge or kilometres of long distance using our iPhone or iPod touch with our Wi-Fi.

To this end we have some very good options in the App Store, one of them is Jaadu VNC, a really great option that many have taken to access their Macs remotely, to view websites in Flash (remember that with our machine we can control launch Safari, the desktop application), check our downloads in our favourite P2P client or ultimately controls our machine either from a couple of steps or from across the world and do whatever we want. The pity is that Jaadu is so expensive, $ 25 of the wing. The good news is that Jaadu supports Windows, Linux, and Mac … or throw it and now the new version even supports copy-paste action remotely.

The alternative is to Jaadu VNCMocha, another client similar to above, in this case ostensibly cheaper (about $ 6) but with clear differences in the interface that make it more rugged and difficult to control. One good thing that has this client is that Mocha is also cross platform compatible with Mac and Windows. If, however, what you want is to access a Windows environment, try iRemoteDesktop, which for nearly $ 5 offers you the possibility of very fast and direct.

Finally you inform a customer that has appeared again called Remote Tap and is leaving people gasp, its price is less than $ 5 and has an interface very careful. What people love are undoubtedly its price and its interface, however the trouble is that only you can access computers with Mac OS X, forget about accessing Windows / Linux with this application. However, according to the opinions we read about it, it works just fine, so is another alternative to consider if we are looking for an application of this nature and do not want to use it in Windows / Linux.

Such applications are proliferating, and as I said at the time, are a perfect partner for a device like the iPad, that having a larger screen, you will become an indispensable complement to access your computer remotely, so if you want to be sharpening their knives buying and testing the applications that you suggest, all this that you will have before the arrival of the new Apple device.

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