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Opera Mini has finally arrived in a finished version for Android.

2010-07-22T04:45:00.000-07:00

Norwegian Opera Mini is among the most popular browsers on mobile phones and for good reason. The browser is highly effective and much better than the browsers typically found in ordinary telephones.

It has for some time been able to get the browser for iPhone and iPod Touch, but now it finally into a finished version for Android phones. It has previously only been able to find it in a beta version.

The browser has been optimized for phones with large screen, and you can make it the default browser in Android phones. Also supports the new version 5.1 mulititouch.

New to Opera Mini, we can only recommend that you take a look at it. You can find Opera Mini on Android Market

Speech Controlled Computer in car

2009-03-27T02:18:00.000-07:00

You can ask the computer for which there is heavy traffic and long traffic jams, or the cheapest gas station. You can not lift a finger to activate your address book or select tracks.

Microsoft's speech-based system Commuter UX is a follow-on research from the Sync system that Ford Motors has built into many Ford models. Sync system was built on the Microsoft Auto platform. The following link to a video demonstrating the system makes it possible, through talking, to select a song title, or call someone from your mobile phone address book from the car.

Commute UX is still in the research, the main requirements for such systems is to reduce driver distraction, and therefore tested the product in the simulator.

HP 2133 Mini-Notebook PC

2009-03-18T04:46:00.000-07:00

The first time you start the HP 2133, its similar to an ordinary Windows computer, but it is thus equipped with the free operating system Linux. It quickly becomes evident when you open the Start menu.

The interface is both easy and logical to navigate and feel most as a little clumsy version of Windows. The computer comes with a reasonable selection of software that allows you to handle mail and address book, surf the web and do everything else you expect to with a computer. HP has also put OpenOffice on your machine for word processing, spreadsheets and so on.

The machine comes with a big six cell battery which can provide a reasonable battery life, but also ends a few centimeters from the rear of the computer and thus raise the keyboard to a just legal oblique angle that is not comfortable to write in. The angle also makes it difficult to tilt the screen far enough back.

On the other hand, the computer equipped with a very good keyboard, as in the right angle is comfortable to type on.

HP has unfortunately chosen not to include a card reader in the machine, making it slightly more difficult to pull files in and out of the computer.

Facebook admits mistake

2009-03-17T15:59:00.000-07:00

In just a few days, over 108,000 Facebook users signed up in protest to the group "People Against the new Terms of Service" because Facebook took ownership of all uploaded material. Now pull Facebook change back. It is a great victory for consumers.

A few weeks ago, Facebook revised their "Terms of use" and it meant that when you put pictures on your profile in Facebook, so you surrendered the rights to Facebook. Even if you deleted your profile, Facebook will retain rights to all of the content on your page. There has been so large protests that Facebook pull the changes back and return to the past "Terms of use."

Facebook has obviously noticed that many have removed their profile on the page where you disable the profile, now you get a message that changes in "Terms of use" was a mistake that has now been corrected.

In the official response from Facebook's Spokesman BARRY Schnitt states:

"It was never our intention to confuse people or make them afraid in the context of sharing files on Facebook. I would say very clearly that Facebook will not, nor ever, have claimed ownership of people's content. Your content belongs to you .

Nokia N96

2009-02-26T02:00:00.000-08:00

The Nokia N96 is the new slide design that most phone manufacturers now have at least a few of the program. When you shoot it up, the phone buttons appear, and when you shoot it down, pop the controls for the media player up.

It seems a bit redundant with the extra buttons for media player, because they are already accessible on the phone front. But smart as it looks like.

N96 is a great phone. It can, with its 125 grams, clearly marked when it is in the shirt pocket. The screen is 2.8 "and is an excellent solution. Navigation buttons work well, with lights in them when using the relevant functions.

Stuffed with technology The phone is stuffed with the latest: Here's built-in GPS, wireless networking, 5-mega pixels camera, built in television, internet and so on. Looking at the previous models from Nokia, it is so-so with the news, so if you already have for example a Nokia N95, there is no reason to risk out and switch to the N96.

When you buy N96, do well to invest in a data subscription. Many of the features required to retrieve information from the Internet, and it costs. GPS component which is free download information from the GPS satellites, using an equally free maps to navigate by. But not all cards information found in the phone memory, so they must be downloaded from the web - and then suddenly it starts to cost money. It is a good idea to make sure to fill your phone with the card while still having access to home network, so you can save the cost of data traffic to the phone.

Good camera The camera is in the better end of its five megapixels and image quality is quite okay compared to other phones. Quality can not get to the side of a true pocket camera, but it is good if you do not have his camera. The built-in flash is just a few powerful LED diodes, and the flashes are not powerful enough to freeze the movements like a real flash does.

The phone is sadly not particularly fast and can be quite slow to open programs. The "seed" also a few times during the testing period, so we had to remove the battery and start it again. It works just as if Nokia has not finished developing the phone entirely - and it is a shame.

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000

2009-02-25T01:48:00.000-08:00

Microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard set relieve wrists and provide a working position, which is healthier than the normal flat keyboards and mice. The keyboard is two tier and shaped so as to reach the entire alphabet without having to move wrists. The arcs sharply up the middle, where there is a zoom button located between the right and left part of the keys. If you come from the surface normal keyboard, you just get used to the Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000, but already after a few hours writing it feels really natural and very pleasant to work at.

The mouse is tall, so you can rest your hand comfortably on it while pushing it around on your desktop. It is very good in the right hand, and apart from the location of the two thumb buttons, so you have to lift your hand to achieve them, it is very easy to operate.

The two left / right buttons are soft and comfortable, scroll wheel adjustment goes tight and then it could also scroll sideways. The only problem with the mouse is that it is because of its height can be difficult to control the cursor exactly. It lends itself, at least not particularly good for gaming.

Both the mouse and keyboard are wireless and connect to the PC via the small USB receiver. Installation is very easy. Just set the CD in your PC and follow the instructions.

Make money on Youtube

2009-02-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

In a blog from YouTube product manager Thai Tran, he says that you will be able to download videos from Youtube. Moreover, it will be possible for the video provider to obtain payment for video clips.

The video can be downloaded below a so-called Creative Commons license. It is up to the author of the video clip to be available for download or not.

This service is currently in beta and only selected, initially given the opportunity to try to sell video clips. The bottom you'll find a link where you can preview the video President Obama, who is free to download as MP4.

The price per video will be around. 5.75 dollars and it is not clear how many of those who go to Youtube.

11,000 Norwegian credit cards blocked

2009-02-19T10:06:00.001-08:00

Hacker attacks in the U.S. is spreading. Now also Norwegian banks have their cards replaced after the biggest hacker scandal ever.

Teller AS, which is Norway's largest provider of payment services, publishes these days letter to 1800 Norwegian Eurocard and Mastercard customers:

"Dear card holder, we suspect that your credit card has been copied by unauthorized persons. There is therefore a risk that your card can be misused. Against this background, we are forced to replace your credit card."

11 000 Norwegian Visa customers can expect a similar message soon.

Blocking of cards comes due, the newspaper refers to as today's biggest hacker scandal in the banking and credit cards. Heartland Payment Systems, one of the largest U.S. companies in payment transactions, has previously issued warnings that their systems were vulnerable to hackers, and thus vulnerable. Now the Norwegians are also affected by the intrusion of Heartland Payment Systems.

Heartland otherwise considered as having the most advanced security system approved in the U.S. called PCI, and thus had direct access to the transaction system in Visa and Mastercard.

"We have a list of 11 000 Norwegian credit card customers who, due to Heartland case currently monitored 24 hours a day," says public relations at Teller AS, Anders Bigseth.

Smart Firefox plugin gives a taste of Web 3.0

2009-02-11T23:41:00.000-08:00

The wise have long talked about the "semantic web" or "web 3.0" but the vision is lagging, as you know after the fact. And perhaps many of the things which is cool by the vision can be implemented relatively simply, instead of complete re-design of existing websites.

A clever little program that gives you a bit of future browsing is Firefox plugin SimilarWeb which allows the user to see which sites other users feel offers something of the same major as the website you look at in the browser window.

The program can be configured either to display a small selection of thumbnails from the other side of the left-or right column, or display a longer list of URLs without images. You can also completely remove the program from the columns, and only access the list of pages in the browser's taskbar, if you think it turns a little too much, or just use it once in between.

Mobile phones can not withstand cold temperatures

2009-02-10T16:45:00.000-08:00

Modern mobile phones do not work at low temperature. Some models will stop working when the temperature falls down to zero, because the battery is too weak, "said Swedish experts.

They believe that the producers did not provide enough information about the problem and it is relevant and important knowledge, especially to consumers in countries with damp and cold, such as in Scandinavia.

The instructions for phones from Nokia of Finland says that the phones must be handled at temperatures between 15 and 25 plus degrees.

Competitors LG, Siemens and Sony Ericsson say that their phones can withstand temperatures from minus 10 to plus 55 degrees. Apple writes in the manual for its iPhone that it should not be used at temperatures below 0 or above 35 degrees.

The new and popular mobile phones with pressure-sensitive screens instead of buttons, is particularly temperature sensitive.

Nokia's head of customer services in Sweden, Anders Larsson says that its phones are likely to operate in temperatures below 15 degrees. But he admits that if it is very cold, then individual functions set out, for example, you may notice that the screen is slow.

Windows XP will not die

2009-01-21T01:01:00.000-08:00

The sources, who spoke with Intel Mobile Group, which explains that Microsoft has become convinced that you have to keep XP for the many Netbook coming on the market that do not have specifications to run Vista.

After Windows 7 comes into the stores, Microsoft will make a version targeted Netbook writes Fudzilla.com, in order to phase out XP. Whether it is a basic version or a special OEM version is not yet information about.

The agreement between Intel and Microsoft could mean that Windows XP will live at least until 2010 and probably a little longer, to accommodate computers with Intel Atom CPU, not running particularly well with Vista.

Five reasons not to run Windows 7 Beta

2009-01-20T00:41:00.000-08:00

The self-described "hardcore Mac guy", Sam Diaz, on his blog at ZDNet, where five reasons not to install the new Windows 7 Beta, and immediately have raised a small tsunami of angry comments. Right now the article has been minus 233 combined with a total of 339 votes cast, and there are 200 comments on the ... most contradictory blogger.

Mr Diaz 'five reasons were:

1. It would be difficult to obtain a copy

2. Windows 7 Beta 1 will expire August 2009

3. You can lose data

4. Driver problems with old hardware

5. When the beta expires, there is no guarantee when the full version can be purchased, leaving your Windows 7 Beta partition in limbo.

You can then judge yourself to see if Sam Diaz 'reasons are solid enough to dissuade you from trying out Windows 7 Beta.

Internet Explorer still loses to Firefox

2009-01-19T02:47:00.000-08:00

Over the past year, only gone one way for Microsoft's Web browser, and it is downward. From February last year to nearly 75 percent of the browser market, the latest global figures from Net Applications now that the browser at the end of December last year had lost nearly 7 percent, and now used by 68 percent of net surfers.

Most of the seven percent that IE has lost in 2008, Firefox has picked up. Firefox has gone from having just over 17 percent of the browser clients to have more than 21 percent in December. Apple's Safari offers grew by 2.5 percent to be close to 8 percent and Google's Chrome browser, which recently came out of beta stage, came straight to climb over 1 percent of users by the end of last year.

The Norwegian Opera browser seems to be largely unaffected by the others fight, and is stable at around 0.70 percent of network users.

Five good reasons to buy Netbook

2009-01-14T01:58:00.000-08:00

They are small, light and costs by half, and if you ever have doubts whether they have something for you, then arstechnica.com done a small list of other good reasons to purchase:

1. They dont have to function as a primary computer

2 They are not vulnerable to the tasks they are designed for

3 They offer tomorrow's mobility today

4 You can buy docking station

5 Price and size appeal is genuine

In addition, CES 2009 has just been launched brand-new models that may not be the next generation of Netbook, but at least free of childhood diseases, which they first had. In other words, there is now talk about a more mature technology.

And so the idea is simply good, most people do not need to run large, heavy-duty applications. They need word processing, Internet and messenger for a cheap money, and they need to take the opportunities with them. All something Netbook mastered. So what you really waiting for?

Test whether you can become Jedi-Knight

2009-01-13T11:19:00.000-08:00

If you do not quite know whether the force is strong with you, or if you prefer to be throwing yourself in a career as an imperial stormtrooper be employed, so you get this opportunity to test whether you can deliver the medichlorianere be required to go Luke Skywalker in the beds.

You think maybe it is a lie, but with "The Force Trainer" you can really get a ball to float, if you focus deeply enough. Depending on whether you emit specific brain waves, then manipulated the ball with an air pump, while the Star Wars sounds emitted from the bottom of the tower, which the ball is encased in. The product requires that you put on a headset to be reading your brain waves .

In what is described as the first mass-produced brain-to-computer product, we EEG technology, which has been used exclusively in the health community, writes USA Today. This technology is used primarily to ensure that the brain is functioning correctly, but now you can thus also use it to improve its ability to concentrate through the game.

The price will be around 90-100 dollars, which should allow most of us to acquire one of these "Jedi-coaches."

Naked Beyonce gives viruses on LinkedIn

2009-01-12T12:04:00.000-08:00

You may be tempted to become LinkedIn friends with Beyoncé and Victoria Beckham, but there may be a virus if you try.

The network LinkedIn allows you to get in touch with professional contacts that may help you to new jobs, or just to keep track of where your contacts are. But you can be tempted to try an online friendship with a musician superstjerne as Beyoncé or perhaps actor Salma Hayeck. But if they are naked in the profiles you are looking up on LinkedIn, you should think you before you offer yourself as the contact.

The security firm Trend Micro warns that there are a lot of fake LinkedIn profile, which has only the aim to get you enticed into the fold so they can send malware into your computer and, at worst, steal your personal information.

The fake profiles contains links that seemingly lead to naked pictures of celebrities are. But if you click on them, are secretly put programs into your computer that cyber criminals behind the fake profiles can then use to steal information from your computer.

Google finds too much porn

2009-01-12T01:57:00.000-08:00

Leaders in the Goverment are strongly dissatisfied with that via Google or other search engines can find almost infinite quantities of pornography, and therefore they will have prompt search engines to filter the kind of dirt from dailytech.com reported. Pornography is banned in China, and very recently, a woman was even arrested after having posted a whereby authorities unacceptable video of themselves online.

The justification for the desire for more Internet filters officially that the Chinese authorities want a "cleansing of the Internet's cultural environment and the protection of children's healthy development." If not search engines mate court waiting heavy fines or even exile.

Some observers of China expects that this battle against Internet porn is only the beginning of a larger campaign of censorship of the Internet.

Bono challenges Apple and iPhone

2009-01-12T01:41:00.000-08:00

Bono's firm Elevation Partners, is now increasing their share of the Palm from 27 to 39 percent, and it can be seen by the theinquirer.co.uk who suffered from an attack on Apple, Steve Jobs and especially iPhone. Bono has had a large star of Apple's legendary boss, but after that he has allied with many former Apple people in Elevation Partners, and invested heavily in Palm, so he was now persona non grata with the Cupertino-firm.

It does not help Bono and Jobs' friendship that celebre, philanthropic rock star was seen with both Bill Gates and Michael Dell in the past year.

Elevation Partners has previously bought and then sold Pandemic Studios, the owner of the highly successful game company BioWare, the Electronic Arts with high margins and is estimated to have a good $ 1.9 billion at the coffin bottom, so support for Palm should certainly be taken seriously.

Malware attacks your hard drive in 2009

2009-01-11T02:43:00.000-08:00

Viruses, worms and Trojans is not something that disappears during the coming year. On the contrary, believes security firm Panda Labs.

From January to August in 2008 took Panda as many threats on the network as the company's previous 17 years put together. And the trend will increase when the New-year hangover is gone, 2009 will actually be the hardest year for the security of your computer ever.

It is especially banking Trojans and fake antivirus software you have to be vigilant against in 2009. Banking Trojans designed to steal passwords and account numbers from your bank. The fake antivirus programs try to convince you that your computer has been attacked by hackers and will sell you extended protection, which you obviously do not get something out of, besides empty pockets.

Cyber criminals will be much more than now focus on attacking your computer through social networking services like Facebook or Myspace, where you can lose confidence.

Another area where you have to be vigilant when you are looking for jobs online. Because when unemployment rises as a result of the global economic downturn, there are several jøbsøgere and therefore good opportunities for malware to send away for a job postings.

Microsoft Arc Mouse

2009-01-11T02:15:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Arc Mouse is practical design whilst surprisingly good to work with. Arc mouse can be folded together, and although it is small, it lies surprisingly well in hand.

The mouse reminds a little about the combination folding clam shell mobile phones and can be folded into a short length of about 8 centimeters. When folded out, the length slightly more than 11 cm. But even if 11 cm just seems rather short, it was surprisingly good in the hand of this tester. Much of the good experience because the mouse bows at the center and is about as high as an ordinary mouse.

Apart from a single thumb button on the mouse left, the symmetrical and is equally well in both hands. Scroll wheel is the type who rolls in stutters and we wish it rolled something looser. The mouse worked fine on most substrates, we tried it. A nice detail is the USB receiver to be inserted into a USB port on the laptop. The stack of only 1.6 cm from the USB port, which is good because you can let it sit in when the laptop placed into the bag.

CES: Try the free beta of Windows 7

2009-01-10T12:42:00.000-08:00

If you can not wait a year or half of the Vista successor Windows 7 is due on store shelves, you can now try a free beta version of the upcoming operating system. Beta comes as Microsoft at CES Fair in Las Vegas presenting a newer version of the operating system than we have previously seen.

The big news is a better integration of Windows Live, which provides access to a range of online tools, better security, more stability and a much-needed adjustment of the annoying user account control, which have irritated users worldwide. There will be so many tools built into the Windows installation. Instead, you may download such as Windows Photo Gallery, which in turn has been added to the Live name. In other words, it becomes less fun to use Windows if you do not have an Internet connection.

Google Picasa program now for mac

2009-01-08T12:29:00.000-08:00

Mac users can now obtain the Windows and Linux users who are already well under way to refine and edit photos with Google's free Picasa program. With Picasa, you can even put its edited photos of grandmother or birthday party at the network in a free photo album, so friends can see too.

Now, Google has therefore decided to also allow Mac users to play with, although not all features which have been place in the mac version. Geotagging and photo-print is not yet, but the core functions are there and in the future Macs will probably get caught up, the promise of Google.

If you are a Mac user look for Picasa here

PC users can try Picasa of here

iTunes removes copy protection

2009-01-08T10:38:00.000-08:00

The music you download from the Apple iTunes is now no longer locked to your computer, iPhone or iPod. Once you have downloaded music, you can freely copy it between different devices.

In cooperation with the four leading record companies Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI, Apple now remove DRM copy protection for eight out of ten million songs. From April, all the songs in iTunes have no copy protection.

You can easily move a purchased song from your computer for example, a Sony Ericsson W902 and Nokia N79.

If you have a large library of songs from iTunes in the old locked format, these can also be DRM free. Towards the payment offer Apple upgrading old downloads. The price is about 30 percent. below the normal list price.

Windows 7 faster than both XP and Vista

2009-01-07T08:19:00.000-08:00

In a test on 23 small daily activities the new operating system is clearly fastest.

It is Adrian Kingsley-Hughes over at his blog at ZDNet, which has made a test of how fast the various Windows versions perform tasks such as installation of the operating system boot time, file-transfer, file-packing or office installation. He has tested two different machines, none of them are decidedly high-end, but one is nevertheless equipped with a quad-core Phenom processor.

The conclusion is clear: Windows 7 wins in all tasks except 2 out of 23 In second place, there is more tension: it turns out that Vista is the second fastest quad-core machine with 2GB of RAM, while XP will silver less 1GB dual-core machine.

Kingsley-Hughes is very enthusiastic about the new operating system, but he has, however, as we also have written a few reservations.

Mp3 player saves lives

2009-01-07T06:12:00.000-08:00

Two tourists who were lost in the snarl Swiss mountains, was found by using the light from an MP3 player.

The two French tourists, a skier and a snowboarder, was lost in the mountains by ski resorts Savognin in southeast Switzerland, writes Reuters.

They were luckily to warn the emergency services via mobile phone, but then the battery died.

Shortly after midnight nonetheless the helicopter crew managed to find and rescue the two men thanks to the weak light from their MP3 player.

So now it is proven that music can save your life.

11 convicted of one billion scams on Microsoft's expense

2009-01-06T02:44:00.000-08:00

A Chinese court has sent 11 people behind bars for the one billion-piracy.

The convicts, who have distributed software illegally, have been between a half and six and a half years in prison. This is the toughest so far ruling of its kind in China, writes Internetnews.com.

The 11 convicts were arrested in July 2007, after which the FBI and China's Public Security Bureau (PSB) started to investigate the matter further.

The illegal software that pirates behind, were found in 36 countries on five continents. Among others were found false - but high-quality versions - of 19 of Microsoft's most popular products at least 11 different languages.

Copy-protection reveals counterfeit versions Pirate software, which among others included Windows XP and Office 2007, was sold to relavtivt high prices around the world, primarily in the U.S. and in Europe.

"Microsoft greatly appreciate the PSB's and FBI's efforts to take strong action against this global software counterfeiting ring," said David Finn, who is in charge of Microsoft's anti-piracy council.

According to Internetnews.com delivered 'Microsoft customers' evidence which has helped to settle the matter through the company's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool is used to identify counterfeit versions.

Although the entire 25 people were originally in the authorities' scrutiny in the piracy ring, was only 11, therefore doomed in this game.

Later another nine people, however, a trip to court.

EU hacks your computer

2009-01-06T00:58:00.000-08:00

Ministers in Brussels has given the police forces in EU countries the power to hack people's computers without a search warrant.

EU hopes certainly understand that this will be an important policing tool in combating international crime, but in England where they now are in the process of implementing legislation based on the steps, the proposal made in breach headwind from civil rights groups and other concerned souls .

Most shocking of civil rights groups and some opposition politicians is that you do not need a search warrant to perform hack no. This breaks sharply with the classic British law around the state access to private property, and it obviously does not help that the authorities guarantee that only happens in stark where crime penalty is more than 3 years, reported The Times.

It helps probably not on the credibility of the British proposal that the authorities conducting classical "news peak" by renaming hacking for remote searching. "

Windows 7 Beta eats your music

2009-01-06T00:45:00.000-08:00

Several users have seen their MP3 files has been shortened by the beta release.

This is the small amount of data which lies at the beginning of the file, called the header, which contains metadata such as song name, artist, etc.

This should obviously not exceed 16 kilobytes, according Windows 7 Beta. Corruption of data is so if you edit the metadata in these files in Windows Media Player or Explorer.

The consequence is that you lose the first few seconds of the song, and the damage is irreversible, unfortunately.

Microsoft, however, are aware of the problem that has not appeared in previous versions of Windows 7, so I think they send out an urgent update?

TDK Trans-IT 4 GB

2009-01-05T12:21:00.000-08:00

First impression of the USB key TDK Trans-It is not good. Slider that you use to get the USB connector is to sit loose and give a rattling sound of plastic against plastic. It seems not very impressive.

Encryption Program on Trans-It works great and is easy to use. Key reading speed is average, but the write speed drag unfortunately the overall rating down.

TDK Trans-It looks like a piece of left-handed work. It appears as if it was not completely finished before it left the factory. Reading speed of USB key is fine, but please still faster at a lower price.

Age limits on all web pages on the way

2009-01-05T11:50:00.000-08:00

Just as films have an indication of how old one should be to view it, the websites also be marked so that you must have a certain age to visit it. Pages with violence or sex must be blocked, but it is not an attack on freedom of expression assures idman.

It is the English culture minister who works with the new law that will put age restrictions on the Internet. Pages containing violence, sexual or offensive material is first in the queue for an age brand. But it is not just in England, is being put up to restrictions on the British government says that it will take the idea up with Barack Obama when he occupies the White House. The goal is uniform guidelines to all English-language websites.

This could mean that ISPs can be forced to offer the ability to sort the specific content of its customers like to be considered a temporary filter that make specific sites with potentially offensive content, can be seen in the evening. The idea comes from TV, where some stations only need to send material that may be offensive after 9 pm.

This is not an attack on freedom of expression. Far from it. There is simply in the public interest when something is done harm to others. We need better to define the boundaries and be clear of speechless about it, "said Andy Burnham, who is culture minister in England to the newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

TakeMS MEM-Drive Smart

2009-01-05T01:56:00.000-08:00

Takem MEM-Drive Smart is a tiny USB key. The size almost doubled when you push the USB connector out using the slider at the bottom of the key.

On the USB key is a comprehensive program to synchronize among other folders and files, email and favorites in Internet Explorer. The program can also encrypt the data synchronized.

Finally, you can sign up for the program through a service that can help you get your USB key back if you lose it.

Takem MEM-Drive is a feminine small size: It dosn´t take up much space in a handbag and it is very pink. The price is good, but you can get significantly more speed for money in some of the other keys.

Quad-core MacBook next week?

2009-01-04T05:56:00.000-08:00

When Apple back in October released their new MacBooks, only 13 "and 15" models were upgraded, not their big 17-inch model, and it was perhaps for a very good reason, according to the reputation of the stock exchange. Because with Intel's recent launch of the more affordable Q9000 processor, which has been halved its Level 2 cache and dumped rate down to 2GHz, then paved the way for a serious performance shop in relation to the smaller MacBook.

Earlier mobile quad-core processors from Intel has claimed a small farm, and Apple should set a rule have avoided a re-launch of 17 "model as this would have shot so much over the magic $ 3,000 threshold. Something you wanted to avoid because of the financial crisis, according to apcmag.com.

2000-year-old computer restored by English researcher

2009-01-02T08:49:00.000-08:00

In year 1900 divers found a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera between Kythera and Crete. Archaeologist Spyridon Stais discovered later in 1902 that one of the stone pieces were embedded rack. Now the so-called Antikythera Mechanism calculated to be the world's oldest computer. It probably dates from the year 150 BC.

Antikythera Mechanism is an artifact from antiquity to the size of a shoebox, which for a long time did not know what was. It contains more than 30 gears and rotating discs, and is now divided into three main pieces and some smaller fragments. It filled with Greek inscriptions.

Now British researchers recreated a functional copy of the ancient computer. In a video on youtube (see link below), he explains how the computer works.

Compared with modern computers, there are many advantages of the Greek machine. It uses no power and is thus very environmentally friendly, it never goes down and it will not be affected by virus.

But then the functions are also a little limited. The machine shows the Egyptian and Greek calendar, the positions of the moon and then five known etter level. It can be used to predict solar and lunar eclipse and Olympia down, held every four years in ancient Greece.

The original mechanism is exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens in Bronze session along with a replication. Another replication is in the American Computer Museum in Bozeman, Montana

Video with researcher Michael Wright
Video on the Antikythera Mechanism

LG ready with the world's thinnest LCD TV

2008-12-31T00:52:00.000-08:00

CES-show in Las Vegas for a week or so will be a bloody battle for manufacturers of flat televisions. Especially the title as the thinnest LCD TV is popular. Samsung and Sony and has already presented in with thin TVs, but now that LG again with LH95, which is under two and a half centimeters thick.

Exactly is part LCD TV 24.8 millimeters thick, and the scant space LG has been room to build their true 240Hz motion drive technology and an amazingly high contrast on 2.000.000:1. And LG saves did not roses for themselves and declaring themselves virtually assured of winning the prize for best design of screens at CES Fair.

Exciting it is to monitor that the Sony or Samsung has even thinner models in the trucks that are already on their way to Las Vegas.

Pinnacle PCTV nanostick DVB-T ultimate

2008-12-30T14:29:00.000-08:00

Pinnacle PCTV Nano Stick consists of a tiny USB key with a digital TV tuner, a small antenna and some software. It sounds simple, and it is also in most cases. When the program TVCenter Pro installed, u put USB key with its antenna in the computer and allows the program to search for channels. If there are channels within range, you can see the programs and record them.
Everything is controlled from the computer or with the included remote control. In addition to record and view TV TV software also broadcast television programs via the home network so that all computers in the house can receive them. Pinnacle delivers usually successful computer accessories, and nano-Stick is no exception. If you are within range of a digital TV transmitter, it works perfectly. And if you own a powerful computer that is also very good. If you are not within reach, or if the TV signal is weak cabinet TV picture. And if your computer does not have forces enough (a minimum 2 GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM and a 1GB hard disk space), then the result will be virtually unusable.

The included antenna is equipped with a convenient magnet, so you can put it, and you can also connect a standard antenna.

Mass layoffs at Microsoft

2008-12-30T02:52:00.000-08:00

When Christmas is over, a portion Microsoft employees have it extended indefinitely. For the 15th January will be the most influential software company in the world to say goodbye to about 17 percent of the 90,000 employees Microsoft have in the world. So about 15,000 employees will have to find a new place to earn a living.

There is yet no information on which areas of Microsoft, which will bear the heaviest burden, but rumors suggest that the web department MSN bears a good proportion and then EMEA region, representing Europe, Middle East and Africa, also count on it significant savings knife. writes Fudzilla.com.

Redundancies comes just a week before Microsoft will provide a quarterly, so it's probably not nice black numbers, they expect to show up on 22 January.

Alternative Christmas present from Apple: MacBook death

2008-12-29T12:41:00.000-08:00

It should be the situation that you just avoided if you were selling computers with both proprietary hardware and software, but nevertheless Apple has managed to destroy their own products with a software update of Mac OS X.

This is the update to the latest version of the OS, 10.5.6, which does not take into account that some MacBook owners have not upgraded their firmware recently. Really should update the firmware check that everything is as it should be, but it has not happened in this case. Which should cause even very red ears of those responsible.

The machine with the non-updated firmware, will after update 10.5.6 behave normally. So until you reboot the second time. Then it would not boot up the OS. Instead, stop loading and you are left with a black, but certainly still beautiful screen.

Fortunately, the machine can be repaired, either through Apple-care or at home, if you otherwise have an external display, mouse, keyboard and a little technical knowledge of operating systems.

Windows 7 Beta out now

2008-12-29T08:58:00.000-08:00

Although Windows 7 Beta first should have been distributed to developers and other test rabbits in January, so it is now found on various bittorrent sites.

One of those who has windows 7 already is Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, who blogs over at ZDNet, and he is impressed. It is not so much difference between beta and the previous builds, but stability is now so high that he does not hesitate to recommend it for daily use.

New features include a workable trouble shooter, aerodynamic features, and taskbar'en. Trouble shooter in Windows 7 has eight categories, which among other things can configure a new device, optimizing power consumption or run programs designed for older Windows versions. The new aerodynamic features allow for example the user to see what he has on the desktop, without having to minimize everything, and mouse movements to the use of window handling. So if you hiver example, a window into the right corner, so you maximize it.

The taskbar is however a pain for Kingsley-Hughes, who praises it as visually pleasing, but which he believes is trying too much. For instance, it is difficult to see the difference in the programs are running, and then the shortcuts you have been there, he said.

Windows 7 Beta installes in only only 25 minutes, Unfortunately, there is not yet official driver support from hardware vendors, but Microsoft's drivers also works just fine, according to ZDNet.

Wireless router without antennas

2008-12-28T02:35:00.000-08:00

Sitecom has put a lot of work in designing a router, which is as small as possible while you have to sacrifice signal quality. In the new X-series of routers is the annoying black antennae have disappeared altogether, so that instead of that flit around the back is built into the router's cabinet.

The wireless box is so small that it could hold in your hand and without the antennas are easier to locate, even without you should keep an eye on the antennas now sticking straight up in the air. Sitecom has made three models of X-Series. The top has up to three high-performance embedded antennas, so there is a router for every need.

The latter two are equipped with the latest networking technology, ie. 802.11n draft 2.0, so you can count on a network performance can be a transfer of HD video and audio, VoIP, multiplayer games, and the transfer of large amounts of data at speeds up to 300 Mbps.

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go!

2008-12-27T01:19:00.000-08:00

Even with a set of headphones into the laptop sound rarely live up to the experience as games or movies, in fact, can deliver in terms of surround sound with far - and it is precisely this need, the external sound card Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! can meet. It is put into a USB port, the bundled software is installed directly from the 1 gigabyte of built-in memory, and it will sound much better through the card's headphone jack.

Sound card is built around the so-called Creative X-Fi technology with the features Crystalizer and CMSS-3D, and then supports it while EAX Advanced HD, among other things, used in many computer games.

Crystalizer is a technique that improves the sound quality of MP3 music, which is roughly know that the card guesses for the parts of sound that have been lost since the music was originally converted to MP3. With the Crystalizer is the music more round and plump and have a greater sense of detail. CMSS-3D is one of the technologies we need to hear to believe, because it simulates surround sound with a set of stereo headphones. And it works surprisingly well.

X-Fi Go! is a very sensible sound card at a reasonable cost to you, especially using headphones in front of a portable or stationary PC and want to make sure that the sound is in order. If you need to connect the surround speakers, you must however be addressed in the somewhat larger X-Fi 5.1 surround-sound card.

Sandberg FM Link

2008-12-25T14:43:00.000-08:00

Sandberg FM Link can send music from MP3 player and directly over the radio, and when the old version of the FM Link could only send four presets, this new version is in a position to send over 200 optional FM channels.

FM Link has been a little smarter since last time and have gotten a little display, where you can see which channel it sends to. It is still working at it to connect a music player via a small mini-jack (standard headphone jack), lit and placed near a radio, and you can otherwise tune in to the selected channel from the radio and hear the music. It is easy to operate, and then it can remember up to 10 presets.

It goes to 10 meters, but we were not much more than three or four steps away before coming crunch of the music. The fit is clearly better to use in the car radio.

SanDisk Cruzer Micro

2008-12-25T10:55:00.000-08:00

SanDisk Cruzer Micro is equipped with U3 technology that makes it easy to run programs directly from the USB key.

On the SanDisk Cruzer Micro is, for example, phone program Skype. The only thing you need to use it, is entering your username and password in, then you are ready to call.

It is also very easy to install new programs on the U3 key, and everything is controlled from a simple user interface.

Sandisk has in general some good qualities in a single USB key: It has a collection of really good programs, it has an acceptable speed, it makes sense built, and it is cheap.

Memorex Cool TravelDrive

2008-12-25T03:59:00.000-08:00

The small USB key Cool Travel Drive from Memorex is not very exciting. There is no software, and it has no interesting extras.

The Electronics are wrapped in a thin plastic shell, and a small, fragile cap protects the USB connector. Both the literacy rate is below what you could expect today.

Conclusion :
Memorex is owned by Imation, which apparently has chosen to spare on its own USB keys. Memorex Cool Travel Drive can be purchased at a low price, but when you can get such as USB key SanDisk Cruzer Micro even cheaper, so the choice is not that hard.

HD video on Youtube

2008-12-24T03:45:00.000-08:00

Web giant Google apparently believes that the time is ripe for HD video online, and we are some who are very happy. It requires a fast Internet connection (3-5000 kbit / s to live streaming) to view 720p videos, but it is now also every man's cool, at least in this country.

Earlier could be via a small change in the URL good to see HD content, but it required both a high-definition video, but also a few niceties. For a URL could we just add "& fmt = 22" to the end and vupti had HD video.

This little "hack" revealed that Youtube tested HD video and surround sound, but now there is official support.

Transparent touchscreen on its way

2008-12-23T02:47:00.000-08:00

A new, small prototype called Nano-Touch has seen the light of day, and it may be a small revolution. Earlier when we did touch screens, so they usually ended up being larger than normal screens, they would replace. Which of course is not as useful when you now want to have the electronic gadgets in his jacket pocket.

The problem was that my fingers ended up shadowing the entire screen, making it difficult to hit the small icons accurately, especially if one of nature's hand was fitted with lumberjack hands.

But the problem should be solved now. Nano Touch has moved the pressure-sensitive portion of the screen away from the display and on to the back.

HD computer monitor with built in digital TV

2008-12-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

LG launches new series of Full HD screens with built in DVB-T tuner and a wealth of connectivity options

The new Full HD screens According to the LG work perfectly for both movies in the highest quality and advanced video games. The brightness is 300 cd/m2, response time is 5 ms, given the angle is at 170/170, and the contrast is at 20 000:1.

M2394D and M2794D is the name of the two models, which have Giblets in common, but screen size separates them. One is 23 inches and the other 27 inches.

The new displays are equipped with two SCART inputs, two HDMI inputs, a component input, analog VGA and digital input (DVI). The idea is that in principle can have both a television, computer games, DVDs, music, video and sp further connected simultaneously. The monitors also have built-in digital TV receiver, CI slot (Common Interface) and analog tuner.

Hackers helped companies in the exploitation of the rain forest

2008-12-22T04:03:00.000-08:00

Environmental organization Greenpeace reported that at least 107 companies with the help of hackers have broken into the Brazilian authorities' IT systems. The companies could to give themselves permission to cut down more trees in the rainforest than they where allowed to.

The hackers managed to break into the system, which issues permits to transport companies, so they were able to run more timber from the areas where trees are felled.

The hackers changed the number of permits that could be issued, so the companies could conduct more timber, although their quota had been exhausted.

The Brazilian Environment Ministry introduced the Internet-based computer system for the registration of timber transportation two years ago.

According to Greenpeace, the Brazilian authorities state that the hackers have helped firms to carry out 1.7 million cubic meters of illegally logged timber from the Brazilian rainforest.

At least 202 persons will be prosecuted in the case and the prosecution has demanded compensation of more than 4.7 billion dollars from the companies involved

The authorities fear that the current case is just the tip of the iceberg, because the investigation has focused on a single state, because there are two more states, using the same computer system.

Soon you can get free office applications online

2008-12-18T16:28:00.000-08:00

By the end of next year Microsoft will launch Microsoft Office Web Applications, Internet service, which means that the Office programs Excel, Word, Powerpoint and OneNote will be available online for free.

When you are traveling without a computer, you can sit on the hotel computer and then access your documents and edit them. You will also be able to share documents, so that your colleagues, family or friends can go in and read or edit online. More people will be able to work with the same document simultaneously, for all could see, when there are changes.

Thomas Floberg, who is Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Office said, "All the basic editing functions are included in Web applications. The only thing that should be on the computer you are using is a browser: Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer."

Like Office Live Workspace, the Office Web Applications will be completely ad-funded, so they to you as a consumer, is free.

Most popular free downloads for Windows

2008-12-16T10:48:00.000-08:00

You can now vote on the most popular, free downloads of Windows 2008 on the nerd blog Life Hacker. Not surprisingly, we find candidates as Firefox 3, AVG and Service Pack 1 for Vista. But there are also more unknown free programs such as Hotspot Shield, which enables customers to view content which is reserved for the U.S. market, such as the newest episodes of the popular television series.

Voting List is described in more detail at Life Hacker.com

Final version of Chrome is ready

2008-12-15T10:20:00.000-08:00

There have been 14 so-called beta versions, number 15 is the final version. It is an unusually swift completion of Chrome, which has only spent 100 days from the first beta version of the result you can download today. In comparison, Gmail is still in beta, more than four years after the launch.

A complete version does not mean that Google will stop development of its browser, which has been a somewhat mixed reception. Like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera, will likely be many versions after that - both test versions and finished products.

According to Google, much has changed from its predecessor. A number of errors are corrected, so that the browser now has a half times faster, and both video and audio works more stable. Opportunities for options and safety features are also significantly improved.

Some new features have also been fit. Bookmark function is improved, so people who have many bookmarks now have a better view, and import and export bookmarks from other browsers have been considerably easier.

There is still some way to go before Chrome can be said to be on a par with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. According to Cnet News Google still working on things that are seen as a matter of course in a modern browser: Auto-completion of the text in the name and address fields and built-in RSS reader are just two examples.

Unfortunately only a Windows version is ready. Mac and Linux versions are scheduled to arrive later.

New Firefox out in beta 2

2008-12-12T03:23:00.000-08:00

Acid3 is a test for web browsers, which check how well a particular web browser complies with standards, especially in relation to javascript and Document Object Model. Acid3 gives a percentage relative to how well a browser is doing, and beta2 of Firefox 3.1 were stunning 92 percent.

It is not quite as nice as the new Alpha version of the Norwegian browser Opera 10, scoring 100/100, but still good.

The new Trace Monkey, the new JavaScipt engine running as a standard for Web content, and it is new compared to the first beta of Firefox 3.1. It is also news that the second beta version offers Web Worker Thread, which is a feature that allows web applications to run in the background, something that can help developers to work faster.

McDonald's is being used to spread viruses

2008-12-11T11:11:00.000-08:00

Although it looks like a legitimate request, then do not click yes thank you to open an online Satisfaction Survey, which looks like it is sent by the restaurant chain McDonald's.

The 75 U.S. dollars you are promised as payment for your inconvenience, can quickly become a big hole in your bank account instead.

For it is a fraud, mail, which is designed to steal your money. When the investigation is finished you will be prompted to enter an account number where your reward may be transferred to. But if you send the details of place, the money goes into the hands of a bunch of cyber-criminals who bilge your savings.

This was stated by security company Trend Micro, which has spotted the McMail.

New free ZoneAlarm

2008-12-11T06:45:00.000-08:00

The new ZoneAlarm 8.0 looks seriously different with its light blue-tinted dialog boxes, but the protection program provider, has changed very little since the first version. And it is still free for all.

ZoneAlarm protects your computer from external attacks by putting all connections to the Internet in "stealth mode". Relations are not only closed the attackers - they are also invisible. The personal firewall protection is the program checks to ensure that only authorized programs can access your network or Internet. ZoneAlarm pops up the first time an application attempts to access the Internet or a network, and ask you as a user decide whether to allow or deny access program.

A new ZoneAlarm installation generates tons of these pop-up queries, but the blades of after a while. The benefits of the new version is that ZoneAlarm cut the pop-up windows by using a handy feature called Smart Defense Advisor, which automatically configures access for more than two million known programs. ZoneAlarms new version still calls on the user's choice of each program, which first tries to connect to the Internet. In fact, it pops up to ask whether his own Spy Blocker toolbar should be allowed access.

If pop-ups irritate you, and you're 110 percent sure that your system is free of malware, you might consider activating "Learning Mode". This will certainly cut down on pop-ups. But if a malicious program is present, then it will also get free games.

With ZoneAlarm, you get a separate program to configure access to the Internet, which acts as a server to receive incoming connections. It is easy to operate, for example. have made a mistake with the program permissions, so you just make the program list.

A new virus spreading on Facebook

2008-12-11T03:26:00.000-08:00

Koobface - is a worm that spreads over Facebook, and the syringes spam messages out to members. The messages reads: "You look so funny on our new video". You are offered a link to a video site that claims to have a movie of you. If you follow the link, you will be redirected to one of the many hostile sites where you finally invited to download and open a file named flash_player.exe. This file is a new variant Koobface.

"Facebook is already aware of the problem, and they are engaged in a purge of the unwanted mail links from their system. But with dozens of Koobface variants that reproduce, the situation will probably worsen before it improves," says Craig Schmugar of McAfee AVERT Labs. "It is important to note that the unwanted mail links that lead Koobface, can come from infected friends."

Facebook has not revealed how many of its more than 120 million members, who have been infected with the virus. They have established no fewer than 69 groups that are related to Koobface worm, but it is not mentioned on the official Facebook page.

The best advice is to be careful of Facebook messages, which can actually be from Koobface worm.

New top model from Nokia

2008-12-10T02:36:00.000-08:00

Nokia N97 is a good bid for a mobile computer, the specifications are impressive. With a touchscreen and up to 48 GB of storage, Nokia hopes to be able to compete with Appels iPhone.

"The computer has evolved from desktop to laptop, and now we have it in our pocket.", Says Jonas Geust, who is president of Nokia.

The Nokia N97 has a built-in 32GB memory, which can be extended to the entire 48 GB - larger than many Netbooks. The phone has QWERTY keyboard, which can be shot out, and a large, wide touch screen with a resolution of 640x360 pixels.

Nokia hopes that you will fill up your phone with music, films, photos and games, because they say they have worked to ensure that the N97's battery can handle the task, and promise that the phone can run up to 37 hours of music and 4.5 hours of video.

The phone contains a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens and dual LED flash, GPS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, stereo Bluetooth and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The phone will be available in stores during the first half of 2009, and will cost around. 800 dollars.

Free antivirus from Microsoft

2008-12-10T02:21:00.000-08:00

Microsoft had set out all the stops in conjunction with the launch of OneCare security package. Now they have abandoned the project and give it instead to all Windows users.

Microsoft has abandoned its attempt to gain a foothold in the market for security software for home users. Microsoft has since 2006 sold the subscription-based package OneCare, which includes antivirus, PC optimization and back-up, but now the software company announced that sales of OneCare will be stopped on 30 June next year. The company has previously sold Windows Live OneCare for 50 U.S. dollars a year to license to three computers.

Instead, Microsoft will offer a free security under the code name Morro which protects against viruses, trojans, spyware and rootkits. Microsoft's decision is good news for the Danish Windows users, which until now has not had access to OneCare. The new free security Morro will be available to users in all countries, and is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2009. The free program supports both Windows XP, Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows 7

New DAB radio from Pure

2008-12-10T02:09:00.000-08:00

The new evokes flow radio, for the discerning radio listening, is now in stores. With evokes get you now also have access to PURE Lounge "on the Web where you can save your own hits.

With evokes Flow you get access to a huge range of radio broadcasts on the Internet, not only traditional DAB and FM radio signals, but now also your own digital music collection.

The radio uses the same wireless technology as laptops to connect to wireless Internet. You can access thousands of radio stations from around the world. Indeed, touch-sensitive interface is easy and intuitive to use. On The PURE Lounge "you can save your favorite music, listen again and again, or enjoy a wide range of podcasts.

On The PURE Lounge, "you can listen online and save your favorite stations, programs, podcasts or special PURE sounds. Or you can enter any combination of name, language, country, genre or quality, and you will be sure to find something worth listening to. You can also find out what's new and get PURE's recommendations for things you might want to listen to.

Travel back in time with Google Earth

2008-12-10T01:58:00.000-08:00

This week, Google introduced the result of several years of collaboration with experts, historians, artists and other Google Earth users around the world. They have together created a 3D animation of ancient Rome. Google Earth provides a virtual manufacturing of Rome, as it looked at 320 years before our calendar. It is possible, among other things, to see the inside of eleven ancient monuments, including Colosseum. In small text boxes, there is additional information about the story - written and presented by historians.

Ancient Rome in 3D is one of the most comprehensive collections of three-dimensional buildings that are found on Google Earth. You can visit the Roman Forum, stand in the center of the Colosseum, resulting in the fingerprint of gladiators in Ludus Magnus, stand on the Rostra, flying over the Basilica Julia, and under the Arch of Constantine and examine the details of the facade of the Basilica of Maxentius.

The project has been developed by Google in conjunction with Past Perfect Productions and the University of California, Los Angeles and IATH at the University of Virginia

Bernard Frischer, who is director of the Institute of Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia said:

"The project is a continuation of five centuries of research by experts, architects and artists since the Renaissance has tried to restore the ruins of the ancient city with words, maps and pictures. The partnership with Google Earth is a major step forward in efforts to create a virtual presentation, which our children and grandchildren will be able to use when they have to study the history of Rome. "

CSI Stick can retrieve data from your mobile

2008-12-09T16:22:00.000-08:00

PARABEN CSI's stick was really designed primarily for surveillance and intelligence operations, but it's also available for everyone. It is no bigger than a disposable lighter, and in minutes you will have access to text messages, e-mail, call lists and even recently deleted data. CSI Stick fits directly to Motorola and Samsung mobile phones, and before long is the next generation scheduled to come, and it will fit the particular Nokia.

PARABEN's CSI Stick costs around. 200 $, and can be a very useful tool, but like so much else it can be abused. So maybe you should be careful not to leave your mobile unattended.

Virus infections via USB drives Increasing

2008-12-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

Everyone knows that it is important to protect personal and confidential information, and the most feel good about firewalls and virus scanners, which protects them on the Internet, because viruses are often transmitted via attachments in e-mail or through links to the Internet. But because USB drives are increasingly used, you should also be aware that the virus could spread from there.

Anti-virus company Trend Micro Inc. have seen that Virus infections via USB flash memory drives has more than doubled in September. For example, infection with Otorun Worm, spread via the USB drives, rose 140 percent from the previous month. More than half of the types of virus that was spread in September, was able to sneak into a computer via USB drive.

The kind of virus types is a major threat, because most people do not realize that they must be careful, they say from Trend Micro. They call for computer users to regularly check your PC for virus infections, and not just limit itself to scan internal hard drives, but also scan USB flash drives. They also recommend that you do not blindly put your USB key in computers, you do not know.

Black screens in China

2008-12-09T15:45:00.000-08:00

PC users in China who have illegal versions of Microsoft Windows, is being met with black computer screens. It is a result of a new initiative, which Microsoft puts muscle behind its threats against piracy in China.

Microsoft launched a so-called black-out program to combat piracy in China, and now Microsoft is trying to clear up misunderstandings over the measure, which has aroused Chinese anger.

When Chinese users download updates and not performing the additional validation test, the screen becomes black. This means that you must restart the computer after which the black screen repeats itself once per hour.

Microsoft emphasizes that there has not been collected personal information via anti-piracy program, and hopes to allay Chinese fears over infringement of privacy.

"The black screen gives us a lesson that works better than warnings," said Ni Guangnan, a senior researcher at the Institute for computer technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences of the Chinese media.

Inexpensive mini-laptop becomes stationary

2008-09-10T01:05:00.000-07:00

Computer manufacturer Asus has confirmed rumours that a stationary version of the Eee PC is on its way under the name Ebox. It recalls in appearance on the gaming consol Nintendo Wii, as it fills not much on a desktop.

Ebox will allegedly be equipped with a 160 GB hard drive, 2 GB of memory and the same special version of the Linux operating system which is in the portable model.

The price is still unknown, but Ebox expected to be cheaper than Eee PC, as the stationary PC, among other things, without the keyboard and screen. On the other hand, you can then use your own equipment and get an appropriate and readable resolution on the screen. Eee PC will be available on Windows, the same will probably happen with Ebox.

Guitar Hero now with drums

2008-09-10T00:57:00.000-07:00

After the great success on consoles, we PC gamers finally have access to the Guitar Hero game, as the third edition of the popular series also came to the PC. Just to see the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners, who switched off the guitar with bass, drums and karaoke microphone to play the competing and even more popular Rock Band.

Fortunately, it appears that Activision come to our rescue. The fourth Guitar Hero games will have the name Guitar Hero World Tour and has in addition to guitar also vocals and drums. So now we can also come to play virtual rockstjerner bathed in PC monitor's glow. The game is published for Xbox and PlayStation in the autumn and hopefully to the PC later. In addition to the new instruments, it will also be the first game in the series, which creative amateur musicians can record their own songs, as others can play. One feature that is made for a PC version with a mouse and keyboard.

4 x Full HD from Samsung

2008-09-10T00:26:00.000-07:00

In a television trade fair in Los Angeles, Samsung displayed a screen of 82 inches. It is impressive in itself, but the sensation was the TV's resolution of 3840x2160 pixels. It is four times as many as we find in the best television on the market today - the so-called Full HD sets.

Full HD - also known as 1080p - enough resolution to display perfect pictures on the screens between 40 and 80 inches, but according to Samsung, there will be a need for better solution as the monitors to ordinary consumers for the sizes around 80 inches. The so neither produced films or TV in 2 x Full HD, is a diffrent talk.

At the same trade fair there was presented several television sets over 100 inches.

Watch tv on your messenger

2008-09-10T00:17:00.000-07:00

In addition to the numerous other functions in chat program Live Messenger, it is now also possible to see popular TV shows directly in the programme. The feature called Messenger TV, and opens a window into the chat dialogue, so you can see the TV broadcasts along with your Messenger friends and discuss the broadcast.

With Messenger TV you can click your way to broadcasts from, among other things, the music MTV and nature programs from National Geographic - and thus maintain the momentum of social life as you see them.

You find Messenger TV by opening the chat window to one of your friends, click on the activity button in the toolbar at the top and select Messenger TV.

If the function is missing, you should probably download and install a newer version of Live Messenger.

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Two out of three use Google

2008-09-04T16:27:00.000-07:00

The people at Google must look long in hindsight to find competitors. In the United States uses two uf three network users search robot from Google.

On the Web is Google, and then there are all the others. A new study by the American analyseinstitut Hitwise shows that 64 percent of all network users in the United States is seeking their information via the Google search robot. This increases the Google its lead to his closest rivals MSN and Yahoo.

More precisely, search giant stands today for 64.1 percent of all U.S. searches, which is an improvement of small 6 percent from the same month last year when Google accounted for 58.3 percent. According to analysis institute, which has based its measurement of 10 million U.S. Internet users, has rivals from Yahoo and MSN lost as many points as Google has gone up. According to Hitwise is Yahoo's market share of 21.3 percent, while MSN must merely 9.2 percent.

passwords broken in 12 seconds.

2008-09-04T16:19:00.000-07:00

It takes only one hacker about 12 seconds to reveal a simple password. Security expert warns that make it too easy for hackers - and to use the same password in multiple locations.

Many Internet users choose to use passwords that are too easy to break. Security expert Carsten Jørgensen from Devoteam Consulting says that it takes an hacker about 12 seconds to reveal a password consisting solely of small print.

People will typically use their pets, leisure interest as username or password, but it is a bad idea, the hacker knows that you do, says Carsten Jørgensen to the newspaper Date.

He recommends using a combination of capitalization and special characters and numbers - and that the password is not used in several places. -- If you use both large and small letters, numbers and special characters, it is difficult for an hacker to understand. But it is not smart to write "123" at the end of his password, for it is that so many who do, says security expert.

2008-09-04T16:07:00.000-07:00

The number of spammails is still growing steadily, and hackers are today is cold businessmen rather playful boys. It shows the six-monthly report from security company Symantec.

Symantec, which is the world's largest provider of security software, has published its biannual report on the Internet situation. The report, which apply to the second half of 2006, showing among other things, that the number of spammails has risen once again, so that 59 percent of all the world's e-mail is now spam. This is an increase of five percent compared to the last half-yearly report. Two-thirds of all the annoying advertising mails are in English and when you receive a spam, is the odds of that are from the United States also very high.

Otherwise, it is not surprising conclusion from Symantec that hacking is now primarily a matter of cold calculation rather than more or less innocent boys pranks, as in the early www years. Also joining the Internet-security company on an increase in data theft and data leaks, and that in the second half of 2006 was sent more targeted code of the malicious kind than before. And so it is fortunate that Symantec together with the safety launches its latest security product, Norton 360

Commodore makes comeback

2008-09-04T15:56:00.000-07:00

Many who were born before 1990, probably have a relationship with the name Commodore, which at this year's CeBit fair will have a sort of comeback with the launch of the multimedia platform, CommodoreWorld.

Commodore 64 was the first game computer that really pealed through to the masses, and the model is to date the best-selling PC ever. But it is now more than 20 years ago that Commodore thrilled us all with the game classics as "Bruce Lee" and "SummerGames," and since then there has been fairly quiet about the California company.

But this year's CeBit fair is a sort of comeback for Commodore, which uses the show to launch its new multimedia platform CommodoreWorld. CommodoreWorld is an Internet portal, which includes music, movies, TV, radio and videos. Gateway launches - coincidentally along with a host of new wireless devices from the Commodore and these products have the common name "Gravel".

It will be interesting to see if Commodores launch anno 2007, just near the popularity that the company experienced in 1982 when it introduced the world for a game computer called C64.

Samsung wants to conquer the printer market

2008-09-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

Samsung will invest largly on printers, and has a year-CeBit trade fair, among other things, presented the world's smallest and lightest multifunction printer.

Samsung, which currently is probably best known for its thin mobile phones, will in the coming months make a tremendous push on the printer market. Half of the products that Samsung presents at CeBit this year, are printers or multifunction printers, as it is called today.

Among these are found CLX-2160, which will be the world's smallest and lightest multifunction printer, which is based on colour laser. The machine contains printer, copier and scanner and printer four color prints and 16 black and white prints per minute with a resolution of up to 2400x600 dpi.