Shanghai was the city chosen by HP to present its new catalog for 2012. In total, 80 products from the many accessories to the most significant and representative of the brands: Desktops and laptops.

These were undoubtedly the main protagonists of the event. One focus of attention has fallen on the HP XT Spectre , a high-end ultrabook is following close to those seeking a strong team and a very elegant design line. I already talked of his features, now we tell our first impressions.

Spectre XT HP, slimming and focusing on the curves

When the HP Folio hit the market, one of the most critical design was received. Somewhat rectangular and thicker than other ultraportables competition. However, far from two defects are virtues in part because they allow to introduce a battery that provides more battery power and connectivity.

Now, the American company has decided on a diet to its flagship in the range of portable and reduce its weight and thickness to leave at 1.39 kilos and 14.5 mm thick. Thanks to the finest finishes in the bottom of the computer keyboard makes a lot on first impressions.

A design level HP has taken a quantum leap with respect to the category of ultrabooks. Design is more elegant and finishes earn enough, not in vain is the top model. In the photos accompanying the post you can see various details of the laptop. Everything has been careful to detail and feeling, again, is very good.

With respect to materials HP bets on aluminum chassis into several pieces, the pictures you can see perfectly the cut between them. The quality is good and once again we finished anodized panel keyboard. Perhaps the only detail that detracts from the design is the rear, thank vents, yes, but might be a bit more discreet.

On the keyboard, backlit chiclet as in the HP Folio, a detail quite welcome. Of course, we still have a key to control the brightness of the keys. The 13.3-inch screen has an excellent viewing angle and the brightness level, at least indoors, fits very well to what we as users.

However, in this aspect plays again become critical and resolution, although correct, it seems quite low: 1366 x 768 pixels. Understandably, from a production standpoint, that the range of products, in quantity, HP has no desire to make more resolutions to the chain. However, that does not mean that it is shocking considering that is the flagship.

HP has introduced as part of an event in Shanghai, its updated portfolio for the year 2012. With, of course, new ultra-Books based on Intel processors, but also so-called “Sleekbooks”, which can accommodate one of the new “Trinity” APU from AMD.

The HP introduced the category of “Sleekbooks” is apparently located below the ultra-books, as there are in addition to AMD APUs also cheaper Intel CPUs in its portfolio. The purpose of 599.99 U.S. dollars from 20 June to be the “Trinity” model of candidate entry. This notebook is pushed in terms of equipment in the favorable market niche: A 15.6-inch notebook with a resolution of only 1366 × 768 pixels, this comprehensive a 320 GB HDD. Even at rest there is standard fare, with 19.8 mm thickness, the model is to serve the market but still just the thin notebook, the weight should be at 2.2 kilograms.

Envy Sleekbook
About the AMD model HP located at a 14-inch Sleekbook with an Intel processor. This offers the same resolution, but should become more expensive thanks to lighter weight and 500 GB hard drive synthesis of 100 U.S. dollars. How is the cheapest of the ultra-Book is different, which costs another $ 50 more (that is 749.99 U.S. dollars) in the same format remains to be seen. On paper, the models are at least broadly the same features, therefore, the ultra-Book is only able to rely on a 32 GB SSD mSATA small next to the HDD, on which the operating system should be placed. Over the 14-inch Ultra Free at last is still pending, the 15.6-inch model with an Intel processor that also focuses only on the resolution of 1,366 × 768 pixels. With regard to equipment changes to the smaller model anything, the price will be 799.99 U.S. dollars.

Nokia continues the strategy of feeding as a necessary step for developers to create ecosystem, a new initiative devices have shipped 17,000 new developers to start working with them. Does not specify what model of Lumias are being delivered.

The figure is 68% of those planning to bring to developers during the year, as announced in the past Nokia World 2011 . The information comes from an interview by Marco Agrenti FierceDeveloper, boss in everything that has to do with development and Marketplace, Nokia.

We also said that from January to June are taking place around the globe about 600 events for developers, of which over 100 are held in the U.S. and Canada, markets where Nokia has never managed to be strong.

Measures to improve the platform

Microsoft and Nokia have taken seriously the creation of a strong ecosystem, which we have no doubt they are getting the number of applications in a short time, and being taken interesting measures to improve visibility and quality of developments.

Although we are in a global market, Nokia needs to develop localized and therefore are creating so many events that make brands, developers and users needs the same context are known.

In the interview also is important drop support payments from the operators, and this Nokia already had tilled with the ability to make purchases in 50 different markets, with over 145 operators. As the year progresses we will have new markets with Windows Phone 7 and related services.

Nokia wants to help developers in many ways

Agrenti is consulted about paying developers to create applications in Windows Phone, as Microsoft, to which he replies that there are many forms of support: support in the development, events, free devices, etc..

Does not answer directly, but we understand that any of its methods is right to care and to bring developers to the platform. If I start at the point of view of one, she would have test equipment and support to begin developing localized and do not forget that much of the success of the app stores lies with small developers without resources or large investments behind.

We can say that Nokia is the leading partner of Microsoft with Windows Phone, not only because they express so (with the problems that can create the face of tanks), but for the support they are doing to the ecosystem, and the more than two million Lumias they have on the market.

Apparently accidentally hit the benchmark page GLBenchmark has released the performance figures for the Galaxy S3. These were only briefly seen, but someone managed to make a picture of it. So much in advance: If the values ​​agree, then there is a new (clear) Android-number 1

As the page ‘ Phone Arena ‘writes that the benchmarks have left a “inattentive tester”. Before the mistake was discovered and the values ​​given there have been removed, a user was able to make a screenshot of it and submit it to the mobile-blog.

GLBenchmark (or the equivalent to app) is the way to be a reliable way to verify the performance of a device, because it is thus possible to perform off-screen tests for the same resolution. This is especially helpful when devices with different screen sizes are compared.

The now emerged (graphic) benchmarks

First one thing only: The device, whose values ​​are now surfaced with GLBenchmark is called the GT-I9300. While it is fairly certain that this is the model number of the Galaxy’s S3, but because there is no official comment from Samsung on this, one can not expect 100 percent.

In addition, not known exactly what was done with (test) instrument, the measurements are. According to ‘Phone Arena’ would appear in the currently circulating prototypes (with probably close to final hardware, but dummy design) a new Exynos-4412 chipset at 1.4 GHz, for the graphic calculation is an ARM Mali-400 GPU ( 400-440 MHz instead of 266 MHz as the Galaxy S2) responsible.

Cheating is wrong, and if we still do not give credit and appropriate work, even worse. This I have learned firsthand in Vogue Spain these days. Above you can see a tweet complaint by a well-known Spanish photographer, @ SionFullana , which shows how to account not only the popular magazine published his picture without permission, but without giving any credit.

Such was the impact of these tweets international media soon began to echo the news (you can see an example in The Next Web ) and Twitter not stop talking about something else. From Vogue soon erased the images in question and, with so many reviews, decided to apologize with a terse “It was a mistake and apologize for the damage.”

This excuse, so fashionable lately, did not seem sufficient for many Internet users, who continued to question the error of Vogue and the fact that the images disappear without mention of it. In the end, they chose to upload a picture of yourself as an apology , but without much more explanation and making it quite confusing to the fans who had not been aware of the controversy.

Controversy still remains far from being close to an end. Many users find it offensive that the only official apology has been an ambiguous image that does not recognize the mistake, without putting it in context or explain anything else to all his followers and to the author concerned. At the moment, since the company has confirmed that Zion will call personally by phone to explain what happened.

While it is clear that one can commit any mistake, the fact that the company took so long to respond (to his credit to say that all this happened right in the weekend) and has not recognized yet by now, his mistake, is still giving a lot to talk to the Internet. What is clear is that Vogue Spain it will certainly think twice about posting materials that are not yours.

How many times this year you hear about a breaking news via Twitter or Facebook? Certainly more than one and more than two. If we compare the number of times that this happens now about the same a few years, growth is brutal. Social media are increasingly replacing traditional media as it relates to information media choice for many Internet users. But as we talked in the past , this also means that many users put their trust in excess of this type of what they read in any social network.

This is covered precisely our graphics of the week, which we can draw some interesting data. Over 50% of users have learned confirms breaking news through social networks, and these are the third favorite way for people to access the most important headlines of the day (27.8%, behind only the television, with 59.5%, and newspapers, with 28.8%). Is the Downside? That 49.1% of urgent news spread through social media out to be false. We leave the full graphics below

An announcement of the chip design company ARM now, according to a new, restyled version of the Cortex A15 MPCore processor type is available to licensees. This is an optimized “hard macro” implementation, which can go into production relatively quickly.

The new design springs from the ARMv7 architecture, goes by the name of Cortex A15 MP4 and thus has four cores. It further provides a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz and will ultimately provide for the conversion into a finished chip has a processing power of more than 20,000 DMIPS. However, the energy efficiency continues to be on a par with a Cortex A9. It is not entirely uninvolved in the production of 28 nanometers, which was the first time given for a “hard macro” design.

It was also enhanced by a revised feature set, the suitability for use in servers. It was about using ECC for the L1 and L2 RAMs, six power domains for greater energy efficiency and support for hardware virtualization.

ARM SoC itself sees in this a manifestation of an ideal mixture of the flexibility of a traditional RTL-based SoC development strategy, and rapid market availability of a design, what also added journeyman or equivalent cost. The intended usage profile should include both notebooks and servers.

The fully comprehensive configuration and implementation information on this product will be announced shortly.

It has long been unaware of Bethesda’s first announced last summer is stealth action-adventure “Dishonored,” but now there are signs of life in the form of the first trailer, which also shows the protagonist with his eerie mask.

After the first screenshots and a demonstration at the recent GamesCom now follows the first cinematic trailer, which can come up with detailed and striking graphics and a bit about the story of the man with the mask in the inhospitable world game.

Video “First Trailer for” Dishonored: The Mask of Wrath “”
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In “Dishonored: The mask of anger,” the full German title slips, the player takes the role of an assassin, who had been a bodyguard of the Empress, however, was falsely accused of murdering her. In a deadly disease and oppression with its strange technology driven world, he goes on a vengeance. It stands next to him several weapons and a dark supernatural power is available. The player must also choose between direct attacks or covert attacks slow and interfere with the mission in hand.

According to a report by the U.S. business daily ‘ Wall Street Journal ‘was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in half the original purchase price required of Instagram: The makers of the popular photo app reportedly demanded first of two billion dollars.

With the takeover talks, the Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg himself has done, want to be negotiator, the Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, have all of two billion dollars, Zuckerberg succeeded, this amount still neat to push down.

The negotiations, which should have lasted less than three days have taken place, according to the Wall Street Journal “(WSJ) in Zuckerberg’s house in Palo Alto. The WSJ cites here several sources familiar with the matter.

The takeover was successful Instagram solo by Mark Zuckerberg

The extraordinary thing about the unusually rapid negotiations was not only the final agreed upon billions, but her way of the business daily: Sun waived the two consultants in talks to lawyers, bankers or other. Only when the deal was signed and sealed, informed Zuckerberg Facebook’s board. “You were informed that they were not consulted,” stressed a WSJ informant.

See also: Facebook buys Instagram for one billion U.S. dollars

This was contrary to the Facebook boss that he owns 28 percent of the social network, he controls as many as 57 percent of the voting rights on Facebook. Only because it Mark Zuckerberg was possible to pull off such a solo. However, it was also the benefit that his negotiating partner Kevin Systrom (at that time), approximately 45 percent of shares controlled Instagram has.

Ultimately, it was Facebook internally but to a vote, but they had so insider reports, mainly symbolic significance, writes the WSJ. The deal is a little over a week has become known, Mark Zuckerberg stressed that it would in future be no compulsion in Instagram Facebook because it was aware that the social network and Instagram are different services.

After several years of dictatorship and war, the connection of Iraq to the international telecommunications backbone was hardly developed. That is now changing: the country has received connection to a network of undersea cables in the future and could even become an important node point.

According to a report in the ‘ New York Times ‘Iraq has now successfully connected to the backbone, which already supplies a number of Gulf states with fast Internet connections. The pipeline was laid by the company Gulf Bridge International. Al-Faw port as a point was selected in the vicinity of Basra.

The backbone to which Iraq was linked connects India to the east of Sicily in the west. Of the local nodes of connection to the wider networks of Europe and Asia. The new connection will improve Internet coverage in Iraq is now fast. Currently only 3 percent of households online and the most common type of use of the network are done via internet cafes and educational establishments. Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Minister of Telecommunications named as a target, a cover of 50 percent within two years to achieve.

However, this is more necessary than just the connection to the backbone. As Allawi explained, was needed in addition to the infrastructure and of access to inexpensive equipment and a culture of Internet use. This will provide a government program.

Because Iraq has in Internet still more extensive plans than just the supply of its own population. In the future we would work towards developing into a major hub of traffic between Asia and Europe. That is to flush revenue into the state coffers and also help the local economy a boost.

For this, but probably still a further expansion of the connection to the backbone may be necessary – which is not exactly an easy task, as the laying of the cable was now inaugurated. For the coastal region of Iraq is dominated by oil production, among other things. As elsewhere, the cables can be relatively easily sunk in the sea, here a hundred oil and gas pipelines were in the way. In addition to that you look for in the work over again and it had to encounter not duds from the Gulf wars.