Canon program for November 3rd 'a historic announcement

The giants of photography vying to steal the scene to the sound of announcements, rumors and event programming. We already know that Sept. 21 is the date chosen by Nikon to make major announcements, today we learn instead of Canon of Serbia has a historical announcement (" historical global announcement ") for November 3 . It is currently difficult to estimate what can be dealt with: there are many rumors in recent months have been chased about the renewal of the range of the heir of 1D and Canon 5D Mark II, but not in the know are betting in this sense.



Canon could play his cards in the field of video; some analysts suggest a new camera-based sensor capable of recording 4K Super35mm , in consideration of the location chosen for the event: Holly wood. Also in the field of video gave some items of the past months in preparation as a video camera with EF bayonet for the use of optical cameras. At the moment we do not know anything specific then, but certainly will in the coming weeks some details to leak out.

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Rumor: Nintendo still fails to operate properly U Wii (Wii U)

Nintendo would be encountering several problems to work properly U Wii, the next home console of the Japanese manufacturer revealed for the first time at E3. That's what I refer to rumors, reported by the French website 01net, always very punctual when it comes to anticipating something that relates to the hardware world.

It seems that the Wii chipset U does not have the computing power needed to simultaneously manage the central system and the secondary controller. As is known, in fact, the new Nintendo console will have two streams of different game and see, then, the controller images other than those displayed by the central system.

Properly render the images on the controller, therefore, would still be a problem for Nintendo. In addition, there would be a further limitation of communication, given that according to rumors of delays have occurred, given the inputs to the controller and what happens in the central system. Developers who are using the development kit would work taking U Wii with a cable connected to the controller to the console.

All this would cause even a delay in the launch of U Wii. If you initially had, in fact, expected by July 2012, now Nintendo would be looking to move to next September. When it comes to marketing data, however, Nintendo has not announced anything officially.

It is not the first time come complaints about the operation of these early prototypes of the new home console from Nintendo: "Wii will be as powerful as PS3 or U maybe even more, but we are not able to say how much because of the many changes to the hardware specifications there were during the development of our game, " said the developers of Dark siders II a few weeks ago, complaining of the many hardware changes decided by Nintendo at this stage of development.


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5 iPhone, launch date, and new rumors?

5 iPhone has not yet come on the market and, as usual for Apple products, has already done a lot of talk about him. Day after day, there are the rumors about the possible launch date, accompanied by more or less reliable rendering possible and alleged cover components.

The latest reports indicate as October 15 could be the real launch date of Apple's new terminal. According to reports, in fact, the information would be leaked by the CEO of France Telecom Stephanie Richard . It is difficult, however, whether this launch date refers to the French market or the debut of the new smart phones on the market: Apple is in fact used to break up the launch date according to the country. In North America the first official launches and follow all other countries.

But not all. As we have said, the rumors about the launch date of the alternate design that can characterize the solution. So come out for a few hours on the site of Case-mate (one of the many manufacturers of covers for the iPhone), images that portray the new series of covers for the future Apple phone.


As you can see the images depict a device thinner than the iPhone 4 and less rounded contours. The rendering also suggest a frame of aluminum, an element that is already in the foundation and other past indiscretions.

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Ex-manager of Samsung revealed confidential information iPad

Four months in advance of the official presentation to the public, a former Samsung executive revealed confidential information concerning the iPad manager of a consulting and market analysis and a hedge fund manager is what emerges in the context of a process for insider trading pending before the District Court of the Southern District of New York to see defendants certain former managers of IT companies, a topic which we have already had occasion to speak in this news.

Joo-Suk Hwang, who has worked for 14 years at the famous Korean company after being fired last June, he testified at the trial after Judge Jed Rack off granted him immunity. Hwang said that during the month of December 2009 he attended a working lunch in Mountain View in the company of James Fleishman and a hedge fund manager named "Greg", during which he revealed to them some information about the volumes of deliveries the Samsung LCD for the Apple tablet. Recall that Samsung, along with Seiko Epson and LG has been a supplier of displays for the iPad.

"One thing that I remember very well was that I spoke of deliveries from Apple, and it was iPad. It 'took place in December 2009, before Apple debuted with the tablet, they did not know the name and I talked about the estimates of deliveries to the tablets. “Hwang continued: "They knew nothing, and Greg was very excited about it. I said to keep the information for them and remember what James said that after he nodded. Then I looked around and the first thing I thought was that he had spoken too loudly, and I'm scared. “The concerns are also heightened by Hwang when he learned that Samsung has just lost a supply contract with Apple.

James Fleishman, a former sales manager for the consulting firm Primary Global Research, risks 25 years in prison should he be found guilty of conspiracy charges hanging over his head. Fleishman was arrested last month of December during an investigation that has shed light on the existence of a network of contacts orchestrated specifically for the exchange of information between investors and employees of some companies.

Both Samsung and Apple have not released any comment on the statements of Hwang, who are another shove to the already deteriorated relations between Apple and the Korean giant.


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First fiscal quarter below expectations for RIM

The time is not easy for many companies involved in the ICT sector, and certainly it is for Canada's RIM. The financial results made public yesterday evening are positive, but lower than those that were the initial estimates of the company.

The turnover for the period, the first quarter of fiscal 2012, totaled $ 4.2 billion, with net income of $ 329 million or 80 cents per shares. The analyst estimates earnings per share were equal to 87 cents, after the company had revised downwards its estimates for the quarter and announced several steps aimed at reducing costs.

In the reference quarter the company shipped 10.6 million phones Black Berry, against an initial estimate of 11.9 million units. Also difficult situation with regard to liquidity, which has been virtually halved from the previous $ 2.9 billion RIM finds itself with $ 1.4 billion, including the cost of this $ 780 million related to the purchase Nortel some patents in a consortium with other companies.

Blow by sales of tablet solutions family playbook: in spite of initial sales estimates for the reference quarter between 600,000 and 700,000 units RIM has concluded sales of some 200,000 pieces. The comparison, merciless, is with the solutions that Apple iPad in the period sold for about 9.25 million units.

The estimates for the next fiscal quarter, which will be closed on 26 November, expect sales of between 5.3 and 5.6 billion dollars, with earnings per share of between $ 1.4 and 1.2. We will see in the coming months that RIM will be able to measure these respective expectations.

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New Canon Power Shot S100, and SX40 with CMOS sensors

The renewal of the range compact Canon had waited for these days and has not missed the appointment, but left disappointed those who wanted a model of Canon Power Shot G12 successor. The house red and white it has updated the range super zoom and the S series, but did not announce the expected G13. On the one hand we have the new Canon Power Shot SX40 HS and other Canon Power Shot S100.

The two cameras mark the long-awaited debut of the new DIGIC V, which surely will make its appearance on the products in the future SLR. Interesting data from Canon declared: “The more processing power, combined with improved noise reduction algorithms, resulting in highly detailed images with a noise reduction up to 75% higher than those obtained with models with processor DIGIC 4 ". The results will be noted on the field, but the premise is certainly interesting.

Canon Power Shot SX40 remains faithful optics stabilized 35x 24-840mm equivalent, but sees a major upgrade on the front of the sensor: 14-megapixel CCD from the previous model switches to a back-illuminated CMOS sensor 12.1 mega pixels (still in size 1 / 2.3 ") and also integrates the HS System, which combines the performance of sensor technologies in terms of speed to reduce image noise.

The new coupled sensor / processor also allows bursts at 2.4 fps up to full memory card, or, with the new High-Speed Burst mode HQ, high-speed sequence up to 8 shots at full resolution at 10, 3 fps. New Super Slow Motion also feature VGA resolution at 120 fps or QVGA resolution at 240 fps. Also on the front video signals support for 1080p Full HD movies. Power Shot SX40 HS will be available from October 2011 to the suggested retail price of 489 euros VAT included.



It is suitable for finest taste the new Canon Power Shot S100, S95 heir. In this case, the sensor size remains the largest size (1 / 1, 7 “), but the transition to CMOS technology shows an increase of resolution from the previous model to 10 12.1 mega pixel current. Even in this case Canon HS System has integrated the technology. While maintaining the brightness of the focal length of at least f/2.0, Canon has upgraded the optical stabilized, leading to 5x zoom extension and widening the horizons of S100 to embrace the equivalent minimum focal 24mm.

Among the innovations introduced by the new DIGIC V is even: the white balance, multi-zone , very useful for example when it depicts a person using the flash in a context such as tungsten hot lights. Power Shot S100 confirms that the rank of a compact support for the RAW format. Other features include standard GPS receiver for geo tagging of photos and videos to support Full HD 1080p at 24fps.

Power Shot S100 is also capable of capturing full resolution bursts up to 9.6 shots / sec. (Up to 8 shots) in High-Speed Burst HQ in Super Slow Motion and video at 240 fps. From the point of view of the interface remains loyal to Canon's ring positioned on the lens barrel, especially the owners of the S series are greatly appreciated. Pointing and shooting takes place through the revision of the rear display 3.0 "with a resolution of 461,000 points, protected by tempered glass. Power Shot S100 will be available from November 2011 to the suggested retail price of 467 euros VAT included.


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Metro 8 browser for Windows, no support for plug-ins or Flash

One of the battles that soon will feature the world of multimedia content spread across the Internet sees one side Flash and other HTML5. In this sense, the recent moves by Microsoft to be in a clear direction: in a post on the official blog , released two days ago, the Redmond company announced that the integrated browser interface meter will be free plug-in and support HTML5 . When you say no plug-ins, of course, also means Flash .
Before, in order to better understand the news, it is good to specify that Windows 8 there are two versions of the browser: an optimized interface and an underground classic for the Desktop. The two browsers behave like two different components.
To access the Metro 10 Internet Explorer 8 on Windows, will need to open the browser from the new interface, optimized for touch screen use. Support plug-ins, and then Flash will still be kept on the desktop version of your browser.



The presence of a double-browser in Windows 8 allows Microsoft to make such important choices: after the first run, like any normal system, you must install the Flash plug-in to properly play videos. Installation plug-in does not apply however for both browsers: the interface Metro, in fact, does not provide in any way the presence of plug-ins. To play media will be so necessary to rely on services developed in HTML5.
The reason for this is to be found, directly, in the words of Dean Hachamovitch responsible for the development of Internet Explorer, which is shown below:
"For the Web to move forward and for consumers to get the Most out of touch-first browsing, the Metro style browser in Windows as HTML5-8 is only as possible and free plug-ins. The Experience That Provide plug-ins today is not a good match with Metro style browsing and the modern HTML5 web. Running Subway style IE plug-in free Improves battery life as well as security, reliability, and privacy for consumers. Plug-ins Were important early on in the Web's history. But as the Web has long way since then with HTML5. Providing compatibility with legacy plug-in technologies would detract from, Rather than Improve, the consumer experience of browsing in the Metro style IU. "
Do not use plug-ins and third-party was a forced choice to be able to ensure a user experience that the end user does not disappoint: in many cases these components are not able to maintain an adequate level. But not only. Leave the browser interface Metro free add-on software also allows you to have a more secure browser, and performance. The choice of Microsoft was also dictated by the increasing presence of Internet sites optimized for HTML5.
Flash plug-in from Adobe, has historically experienced problems on systems that guarantee little computing power: Apple has never supported this component in its IOS operating system, Adobe, and was having to find ways to adapt.

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Cloud computing: an opportunity for network operators

The enthusiasm around cloud computing could be interesting business opportunities for wireless service providers with access to a market where the consumer and enterprise spending is expected to increase fivefold over the next five years and exceed $ 100 billion during 2015.

And 'the market analysis firm IHS to outline the framework , whereby the consumer and enterprise spending directed to the public cloud should grow to 110 billion in 2015, compared with $ 23 billion in 2010 and 35 billion dollars of for the current year.

Jagdish Rebello, principal analyst for consumer electronics and communications of the IHS, said: "Cloud computing, while still presenting a problem of compliance and security, really change the cards on the table and represents a paradigm shift from whatever perspective you look at it. Imagine for a moment not to worry about in advance of those things as shopping for software, storage capacity, licensing applications, and instead worry about paying only what you use and update in a dynamic way that we use according to our needs. "

The prospects of cloud computing enterprise seem particularly interesting area for wireless service providers and mobile network operators. This fact of reality that has well-recognized brands and are already operating in the enterprise space by providing support for telephone and network connectivity. These realities could add to their current SERVING also offer web-based applications and services, virtual storage, thus extending the portfolio of products and services going to compete with traditional providers of IT services.

Network operators also have numerous in-depth information about consumer preferences and are therefore in a position to make customized packages of services adding value to the service as a whole. And always the same operators have already used the customer (and have the necessary platforms) to a billing consumption, which is well suited to business models based on cloud computing.

Cloud computing continues to exert a certain fascination for the enterprise, because it represents an interesting way to control costs. In the event that you were a business contract, it must have something to do with the maintenance costs for infrastructure and, conversely, when a business undergoes an expansion you just have to buy additional services that you needs. Clearly, cloud computing is not free of risks, primarily on issues related to data security, privacy and information retrieval, secondly, the legal gaps related to its management: it is for this reason that a company should always evaluate carefully the appropriate balance between the pros and cons in the choice of cloud services.


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Radeon HD 6870 version of Dirt 3 Edition

Sapphire has announced a new mainstream video card market, GPU-based AMD Radeon HD 6870: This is the Model Dirt HD 6870 Edition 3, characterized as the name suggests easily understood by the integration of the bundled game Dirt 3.


The card has better specifications than the reference board: the GPU clocked at 920 MHz against 900 MHz by default, notwithstanding the number of stream processors equal to 1,120. Not changing the conformation of video memory, in quantities of 1 GB GDDR5 memory modules based on actual clock frequency of 4,200 MHz

The particularity of this video card is in the cooling system: a design was adopted with a pair of fans 90 mm in diameter that ensures, as anticipated by Sapphire, a superior heat dissipation compared to the reference design but with a noise level of operation less complex.

The availability of a product like this, especially thinking about the market position in the midrange segment, suggests that it is also the expectation of the video card manufacturers for the debut of the next generation of AMD GPUs, Radeon destined to join the family 7000. The rumors about this are numerous and sometimes contradictory: it is conceivable that in the autumn of the first proposals to finally debut on the market.

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Increasingly linked to Google Maps + Google

From a few hours Google has introduced a new, very useful in some cases, regarding services Google Maps and Google +. By accessing Google Maps you will see on the top right of the interface is a button "share" through which you can share content through Google + functions, but we can and to describe everything in more detail.

To exploit the new possibilities provided by Google, you must sign in to Google Maps once you have logged in with your Google Account. After that you search through Google Maps and a desired time, identified the geographic area of interest you press the button “share ". At this point you will see a panel on the left side of the interface in which you can enter some comments, links or any other to the right message to share.


To choose the recipients to send the message you can select Circles + Google or enter the names of specific contacts Google's own social network. The person concerned will be notified via Google + and clicking on that item can see a map of our choice with any notes inserted. Google indicates that it is already active on its English language services.

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Battlefield 3: Multiplayer mode, new footage coming and beta (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)

DICE has updated the blog for Battlefield 3 with the eleventh post that clarifies the characteristics of the various multiplayer shooter waited for October 28th. Compared to previous installments of the series, Battlefield 3 has a wider list of rules, designed to ensure more variety. There are, in fact, 5 modes, playable in all 9 maps in the game, which allows for 45 different multiplayer experiences to choose from.


Team Death match
Players: 24 (12 vs. 12).
Focus: Infantry Combat team
Purpose: Delete a set number of enemy fighters
As you win: The team that reaches the number of killings for the first set is the winner


Team Death match is a real classic when it comes to multiplayer, and has made its appearance in a game in the Battlefield series to the original Battlefield 1942. In Team Death match two teams of 12 players move in tight maps with a defined focus on the infantry - there are no vehicles in Team Death match. For those who want fast action and immediate, this is the perfect mode. For new players of Battlefield, is a good place to start.

Squad Death match
Players: 16 (4 teams of 4)
Focus: Infantry Combat Team
Purpose: Delete a set number of enemy fighters
As you win: The team that reaches the number of killings for the first set is the winner

The Squad Death match is a wider variety of dynamic death match, which also includes anti-infantry vehicles (IFV). The IFV can be decisive to break a deadlock, if it is supported by a solid game of Engineers. The setting to 4 teams means that there is a constant battle throughout the game to get and keep the advantage. Stay united, always keep the team prepared, supplied, repaired, and are the keys to victory.


Rush
Players: 24/32 (Console / PC)
Focus: Total War objectives
Purpose: Attacking / Defending stations M-COM
How to win: By destroying all the stations M-COM/Esaurendo opponents respawn (Strikers / Defenders)

Introduced for the first time in Battlefield Bad Company, Rush has entered the heart of the Battlefield series with 3. An objective-based mode, the attackers have to arm and detonate the COM-M pairs of stations in each area of the map to unlock the next area and the following pair of M-COM stations. While the defenders have unlimited respawns, the attackers will get new ones just whenever you destroy a pair of M-COM. If all the stations on the map are destroyed, the attackers are the winners. If the defenders respawn reduce to zero (killing), the defenders get the victory.

As a mode of total war, Rush is characterized by a variety of settings for specific vehicles and the peculiarities of the landscape map. Players can find all types of vehicles in maps Rush, including transport vehicles, armored ones, of course, helicopters and jets.

He says he reviewed the balance of play Rush based on feedback received from the community on Battlefield Bad Company 2. These are the main novelties introduced by Rush about Battlefield 3: you can not use explosives or shoot the M-COM to destroy them, but only disarm and arm them, and if the team in attack weapon, the M-COM but the spawn ends, the match will continue until the M-COM explodes or disarm the defenders, if the defenders begin to disarm a COM-M an instant before it explodes, the explosion is blocked until disarmament has taken place and the defender is killed during the process disarmament, the M-COM will explode instantly.


Rush Squad
Players: 8 (4 vs. 4).
Focus: Infantry Combat Team
Purpose: Attacking / Defending stations M-COM
How to win: By destroying all the stations M-COM/Esaurendo opponents respawn (Strikers / Defenders)

Squad Rush is an extremely tight battle between two teams that takes the basic rules by Rush normal, but in a narrower context. In Squad Rush, there are only two bases with one station for each M-COM, which means that each outlet or COM-M Squad Rush defense is vital for victory or defeat in the game. There are no vehicles in rush Squad, so it all depends on infantry combat.

To succeed it is essential to personalize the soldiers to be complementary in the field, in order to continue to rebuild the fallen comrades, provide ammunition and perform other basic actions. Squad Rush is often preferred by players who know deep in their styles of play and want to show their skills in combat scenarios more personal.


Conquest
Players: 16-24/16-64 (Console / PC)
Focus: Total War objectives
Purpose: To capture and hold flags
How to win: running out of opponents respawn

Conquest is the classic game mode for Battlefield. Introduced in Battlefield 1942, Conquest has defined the entire series of Battlefield games and influenced many others in circulation. In Conquest, both teams are fighting for control of a number of flags, trying to be the dominant force in the vicinity of each base. Capture and maintain control of as many flags allow you to spend the opposing team respawn. The first team ends up losing them.

Conquest is a strategic and tactical game which will require making important decisions: the forces are rarely so large to capture and defend each base on the map, so the in-game communication and responsiveness are needed to win. "Of all the methods invented by DICE, Conquest will always have a special place in our hearts," read the blog.

For those who do not want to play with vehicles DICE offers the possibility to filter the matches in your browser and get the list of games "infantry only" . With the setting Hardcore Mode also be played without any help of the game. You can play in hardcore mode in any type of regular play. Doing so will make match much more studied and tactics, as the penalty for carelessness will be much higher. Many players prefer the Hardcore Mode, because they have flanking and ambushes make a lot more, or for a greater sense of immersion and authenticity that is obtained by removing the user interface.
What about the multiplayer mode is only the eleventh Battle log posts. Below is a brief summary of previous content:

Vehicles
Weapons
Dog Tags
Battle log
Philosophy

Are not the only news regarding Battlefield 3 emerged in the last 24 hours. At the Tokyo Game Show , in fact, DICE has brought a playable version of the new single player campaign , showing a night mission. The images in this presentation, captured with the camera, you can see by following this address.

Finally, there is no new information on the open beta testing which should begin by the end of September. According to reports from the French site Planet Battlefield beta version for Windows is ready, but we must wait for Microsoft and Sony to give the green light to the console counterparts to launch simultaneously on each of the beta format. DICE is working with console manufacturers to accelerate the preparations for the launch of beta testing and, when completed, will begin beta testing on all formats.

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TSMC will ensure the production of Apple A6 and A7

The Taiwanese newspaper Digi Times reports rumors according to which Apple and TSMC have reached an agreement for the production of next-generation processors for mobile devices to Apple.

According to the newspaper, will use the TSMC process technologies in 28 and 20-nanometer chips that are likely to take the name of the A6 and A7. These two processors have not been officially announced by Apple, since they are currently still in deep development. According to sources close to the processor component suppliers should equip A6 models of iPhone and Apple iPad will be announced by next year.

According to information available, the agreement between the two companies seems to be quite beneficial to TSMC, which should see no particular impact on its gross margins came in the second quarter to 46%.

During the month of July, TSMC has given way to a stage production of A6 evaluation to allow Apple to check whether the foundry had acceptable rates of return. In the first quarter of 2012 will focus on production design of the chip, which will be publicly disclosed no earlier than the second quarter of next year.

TSMC, however, would not Apple and incorporated into all the back-end production, such as packaging and testing of chips. In fact, sources indicate that Apple intends to commission this work to another company specialized, since the foundry does not have sufficient capacity for this type of service. Among the leading candidates will be Silicon ware Precision Industries and Amkor Technology.


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Windows Phone Mango: new date September 23

Build 2011 was expected to be announced and the official release of Mango, a major upgrade for Windows Phone. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm was dramatically cooled by Joe Belfiore, VP of Windows phone, via a message on Twitter very explicit: "9 / 15 Is not mango day."


The conference has in fact spoken of Mango but with a message clearly intended for developers: as in this post Matt BENCK, General Manager Windows Phone Edition, focuses on the marketplace and the need to make available ready to exploit the new applications opportunities offered by the update.

Returning to the tweets of Joe Belfiore there might be a possible new date, in fact, the message reads: "we said" autumn .. And is still not fall. "It could be September 23 release date for the real Mango? Meanwhile, producers and developers have a few more days to develop strategies and launch applications.


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Hybrid Memory Cube concept DRAM 128GB per second

The closing keynote, given by CTO Justin Rattner, has provided an opportunity to see some of the projects in which Intel is committed to the future of computing. Among several changes, including some related to programming, we remind the concept Hybrid Memory Cube, which raises the energy efficiency of more than 7 times compared to current technologies.



The bandwidth achieved by the prototype, fully functional and shown on the stage, reaching the impressive value of 128GB per second of bandwidth, 12 times greater than that afforded by the DDR3-1333 4GB ECC taken as reference. It can be seen also as the VDD Voltage Drain, is contained at 1.2 V, at 1.5 and 3.3 modules just mentioned V of PC133 SDRAM. Also note the very low value of energy per bit, just 8pj content.



Hybrid Memory Cube uses configuration memory chips overlapped layers that form a cube. To connect the chips together we find a new memory interface that raises high-efficiency standards of energy consumption per bit. The concept shown DRAM was developed by Intel in collaboration with Micron, and it seems that the new approach to design brings several benefits.



The practical test carried out on the stage showed a value equal to 121GB of bandwidth per second, compared with 128 reported. We can not speak of "fail", since we are talking about very high levels of bandwidth, obtained from the other with very low voltages and a technology already in operation. These advances should not take long to make its entry into commercial products, although they have been given guidance on.

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YouTube: now even the post-production and visual effects

The most popular video sharing service, owned by Google, is now enhanced by several important features that extend the usability. YouTube from now it will be able to control the parameters of a video editing: rotate the picture; image stabilization is accompanied by the ability to control the brightness and color saturation. The following video shows the latest innovations from YouTube:



It is, of course, very basic functions that allow little control over the video: the ability to straighten and stabilize the video could and should, theoretically, contribute to improving the quality of the videos on the popular sharing service.

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It's easy to say Atom: Intel's roadmap for a look at the tablets and smart phones

No denying it: when you hear about the Intel Atom net books running thought, with all pros and cons of case ii. Although Intel has sold over 100 million brand Atom processors, fans know they are faced with a modest performance platform, created for PC very cheap and no performance pretensions. Currently the situation is not so different from the one described, but things soon change a lot.

First of all it must be said that Atom is an entire family of products, with characteristics and features that fit and adapt to devices that are designed. Perhaps that Intel was a bit 'confusing, going to gather under one umbrella a number of very different products, but still perceived as "those of the net book."


The future of Atom we had already spoken in a dedicated article, but we continue the discussion in the light of new information. In the first half of 2012 will be three platforms with Atom processor, although the processor will now call it simplistic as SoC, System-on-chip with integrated graphics and other I / O capabilities and 32nm manufacturing process. The codename of the processor is only Salt well, while the three platforms will be Cedar Trail, Clover Trail, and, above all, Medfield.

Cedar Trail will reap the legacy of the platforms for net books now present in it, and those with Atom processors N4xx N5xx, so to speak, starting from the end of this year. In 2013, these platforms are also equipped with built in silicon and 22nm tri-gate transistors, to switch to 14nm in 2014. Cedar Trail and Clover Trail, the latter with a few variants to better adapt to the touch screen, will be adopted on a defined hybrid solutions. We are in front of those devices that, although touch screen, also have a keyboard such as Asus Eee Pad Slider and the like. A cross between tablets and net books / notebooks that are still rarities in the current landscape.

The situation is different for Medfield, the platform on which Intel focuses more. This is the solution that takes the place of Moorestown, little appreciated by the manufacturers and never really took off. Medfield part with a lot better chance: in addition to being designed to smart phone and tablets, with a market much more defined, you can count on Google to create a new Android based. Intel also said operating frequencies up to 1.9 GHz, in addition to ensuring that consumer spending will be very low, so as to align it self with the proposals already established competition in the market.

Medfield part under good conditions, not least that of Google. Of course, is that the market remains difficult because the industry players are iPhone and iPad and the whole universe-ARM Android, including NVIDIA Tegra. You just have to wait for their first products in 2012, to see if the market will find solutions for smart phones and Tablet Intel a viable alternative to what is already on the market.


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The forthcoming book of photographs by Terry Richardson on Lady Gaga

When quoting Terry Richardson thought inevitably goes to the nude and transgression, and then if we add that the protagonist is Lady Gaga, I do not know what we should expect.

I'm talking about the book of photographs of Richardson's "Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson," due out in November and portraying the pop star in black and white.
Still all top secret, except that the author of the text is just the Germanotta and that the cover is the "back" with a leather jacket with rhinestones Gaga.


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