We were able to provide plenty of information about Ivy Bridge architecture from Intel, code name that identifies future generations of Intel CPUs built with 22-nanometer production technology, and expected to debut during the first months of 2012. Among the details revealed at IDF last week point out something specific related to the integrated GPU.
The GPU is the component in which Intel has invested more in the development of Ivy Bridge, from performance point of view it is conceivable that we will see net gains in the passage from Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, combining this with support for DirectX 11, which will be implemented first.
The integrated GPU in Ivy Bridge is compatible with video resolutions up to 4.096x4.096 pixels , of course, using a single connection, this feature was implemented thanks to the ' engine or MFX Multi Format Codec integrated. A resolution of this type is the highest currently available not only for integrated solutions, but also taking as reference the discrete graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD.
On the other hand, at least at the present time is not display on the market capable of handling this kind of resolution, let alone video content available for this resolution if no materials specifically developed. The integrated GPU allows, according to advance by Intel, supports the streaming of 4K video streams simultaneously different. A distribution of video material is linked to the availability of 4K Red One camera, which was adopted specifically for this type of screen resolution
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iPhone 5: Waiting for the presentation on October 4
The new iPhone will be presented Tuesday, Oct. 4 . And 'This is the date, according to information collected by the authoritative site All Things Digital, where Apple will unveil to the public 5 iPhone. It is very likely hypothesis that seems to be reflected in the findings of an internal documentation of Best Buy, according to which the new terminal of the apple would be presented during the first week of October.
Two additional considerations reinforce the veracity of All Things Digital dell'indiscrezione: the specified date is a Tuesday, traditionally favored by Apple to make their ads, and secondly the presentation of the new phone earlier this month of October to allow Apple can have the product on the market for the entire December quarter (provided that it is available immediately or at short distance from the launch), during which they are recorded as sales of the Christmas period.
The spotlight, however, will focus only on Apple's new phone: the launch event will be in fact the first "public appearance" of the new chief executive officer Tim Cook, who took the reins of the company after the resignation that Steve Jobs announced the public at the end of August. Cook, his eyes fixed on him the public, will be able to convey an image of continuity, thus confirming that the direction of the company will not be different than those operated by Jobs during these years.
Probably, as Jobs has done the same in all the latest events, Cook will leave room for other key executives of the company, such as the Head of IOS Scott Forestall and senior vice president of Software and Internet Services Eddy Cue; but will still play a central role in the context of the presentation.
It 'confirmable, it' deniability, meanwhile, a possible appearance of Steve Jobs : the decision to participate or not the event will be linked to his health, and will be taken close to the date fixed by Apple. But it is possible that the space for the traditional "One more thing ..." can be reserved for former CEO.
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Two additional considerations reinforce the veracity of All Things Digital dell'indiscrezione: the specified date is a Tuesday, traditionally favored by Apple to make their ads, and secondly the presentation of the new phone earlier this month of October to allow Apple can have the product on the market for the entire December quarter (provided that it is available immediately or at short distance from the launch), during which they are recorded as sales of the Christmas period.
The spotlight, however, will focus only on Apple's new phone: the launch event will be in fact the first "public appearance" of the new chief executive officer Tim Cook, who took the reins of the company after the resignation that Steve Jobs announced the public at the end of August. Cook, his eyes fixed on him the public, will be able to convey an image of continuity, thus confirming that the direction of the company will not be different than those operated by Jobs during these years.
Probably, as Jobs has done the same in all the latest events, Cook will leave room for other key executives of the company, such as the Head of IOS Scott Forestall and senior vice president of Software and Internet Services Eddy Cue; but will still play a central role in the context of the presentation.
It 'confirmable, it' deniability, meanwhile, a possible appearance of Steve Jobs : the decision to participate or not the event will be linked to his health, and will be taken close to the date fixed by Apple. But it is possible that the space for the traditional "One more thing ..." can be reserved for former CEO.
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A flaw in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion lets you change the user password
The latest operating system Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is suffering from a serious security bug that allows anyone to be able to change the current user's password without being prompted for authentication. To explain the details of the problem is Defense in Depth, a blog about computer security.
The author, Patrick Dustan, explains how to trace the user password is possible to use a technique already described in the past to force Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier, and which provides, in summary, to extract the password hashes from a specific file Shadow of the user, located in a specific location. The shadow files are files whose access is allowed only to the user with higher privileges, in other words the root user. By Tiger on, each user has their own shadow file, whose data are accessible only by root, or at least it should be.
It seems, however, that in the redesign of the authentication schemes of Lion have gone unnoticed a rather important detail. Although non-root users do not even have the ability to directly access the shadow file, Lion currently allows them to see information on password hashes, extracting them via Directory Services. The most problematic aspect is the fact that this flaw allows to directly changing the password of the user logged in without being prompted for authentication.
This problem, in certain situations, could easily be a way to escalate privileges, especially if the victim of the attack is a user with administrator rights. The limitation of the standard utility dscl is currently a temporary measure that can contain the problem, waiting for that Apple is about to release a corrective patch.
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The author, Patrick Dustan, explains how to trace the user password is possible to use a technique already described in the past to force Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier, and which provides, in summary, to extract the password hashes from a specific file Shadow of the user, located in a specific location. The shadow files are files whose access is allowed only to the user with higher privileges, in other words the root user. By Tiger on, each user has their own shadow file, whose data are accessible only by root, or at least it should be.
It seems, however, that in the redesign of the authentication schemes of Lion have gone unnoticed a rather important detail. Although non-root users do not even have the ability to directly access the shadow file, Lion currently allows them to see information on password hashes, extracting them via Directory Services. The most problematic aspect is the fact that this flaw allows to directly changing the password of the user logged in without being prompted for authentication.
This problem, in certain situations, could easily be a way to escalate privileges, especially if the victim of the attack is a user with administrator rights. The limitation of the standard utility dscl is currently a temporary measure that can contain the problem, waiting for that Apple is about to release a corrective patch.
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iPhone 5: Some images reveal the new processor?
Weeks now that talks about the new iPhone 5, and now rumors and rumors about it are countless. It has gone dall'ipotizzare a possible launch date of the device forms the image and designs of the same from the possible cover, all passing through several photos of likely components, and to make matters worse, the possible loss of a prototype of the phone.
As widespread in these times, would appear online some photos that show what could be the processor used by Apple in the smart phone version of the apple bitten. The SoC captured in these photos made and stayed in a number of other components seem to be, as has often been mentioned, the same dual-core engine for the A5 at the time of the latest generation of giant tablet of Cupertino, iPad 2.
The theory that may be just a prototype of the iPhone 4 with updated processor and used to test the stability of the new system. The part of the cover that is visible in the photo on the left seems to be very similar to that used in the model the iPhone is currently available.
And if, as some had speculated, it was indeed the new iPhone, and really only concern the restyling of the internal components? Advanced here is the third hypothesis. Hypothesis that, as such, will be only one possible interpretation for a few weeks. It appears that, after all, only the official presentation which should take place during the month of October will unveil final shape and components of the new iPhone.
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As widespread in these times, would appear online some photos that show what could be the processor used by Apple in the smart phone version of the apple bitten. The SoC captured in these photos made and stayed in a number of other components seem to be, as has often been mentioned, the same dual-core engine for the A5 at the time of the latest generation of giant tablet of Cupertino, iPad 2.
The theory that may be just a prototype of the iPhone 4 with updated processor and used to test the stability of the new system. The part of the cover that is visible in the photo on the left seems to be very similar to that used in the model the iPhone is currently available.
And if, as some had speculated, it was indeed the new iPhone, and really only concern the restyling of the internal components? Advanced here is the third hypothesis. Hypothesis that, as such, will be only one possible interpretation for a few weeks. It appears that, after all, only the official presentation which should take place during the month of October will unveil final shape and components of the new iPhone.
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Lenovo the third largest producer of PCs
Lenovo prepares to overtake against Dell in the ranking of the leading brands of PCs worldwide, according to data released by iSuppli to this address. The Chinese company has recorded a sequential growth in the second quarter of 2011, compared to the first 3 months of the year, by as much as 25.6% compared with an increase of the basic overall market rate of 6%.
The overall result sees Lenovo with 10.2 million PCs sold during the wheel to follow Dell with 11.1 million; the American company has recorded a growth of 6.1% in the period, resulting in fact perfectly in line with the market average. In the first place continues to be HP, albeit with a total number of PCs sold, 15.3 million, which has remained unchanged over the first 3 months of 2011.
In fourth place is the only company in decline: this is Acer, which occupied the second position of the rest of this ranking 12 months ago, rose to 8.8 million PCs in the quarter against 9.2 million the previous 3 months. The sequential decline of 4% compares with that of the 20% reported taking as reference the same period last year. Lenovo, for purposes of comparison, in the same period has increased by 23%.
In fifth place we find Asus, capable of sustainable growth by 5.3% on a quarterly basis and 8, 4%, taking as reference the same period last year. To close the remaining producers, able to account for more than 41% of the total with a total number of PCs sold approximately 35.4 million. Among these we point out the good performance of Apple, with a growth of 13.6% on an annual basis, followed by Samsung with 31.3% as much as ever, taking as reference the previous 12 months.
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The overall result sees Lenovo with 10.2 million PCs sold during the wheel to follow Dell with 11.1 million; the American company has recorded a growth of 6.1% in the period, resulting in fact perfectly in line with the market average. In the first place continues to be HP, albeit with a total number of PCs sold, 15.3 million, which has remained unchanged over the first 3 months of 2011.
In fourth place is the only company in decline: this is Acer, which occupied the second position of the rest of this ranking 12 months ago, rose to 8.8 million PCs in the quarter against 9.2 million the previous 3 months. The sequential decline of 4% compares with that of the 20% reported taking as reference the same period last year. Lenovo, for purposes of comparison, in the same period has increased by 23%.
In fifth place we find Asus, capable of sustainable growth by 5.3% on a quarterly basis and 8, 4%, taking as reference the same period last year. To close the remaining producers, able to account for more than 41% of the total with a total number of PCs sold approximately 35.4 million. Among these we point out the good performance of Apple, with a growth of 13.6% on an annual basis, followed by Samsung with 31.3% as much as ever, taking as reference the previous 12 months.
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Revelations for the PlayStation 3 will include the first Assassin's Creed (PS3)
Ubi soft has announced a special partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment to offer to the holders of the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed Revelations also the first installment of Assassin's Creed.
Assassin's Creed Revelations, the legendary murderess Elio retraces the steps of the protagonist Altair IBM-the first Chapter La'Ahad. The new installment of the stealth action game from Ubisoft Montreal will be available from 15 November 2011, as well as on the PS3, is also coming to PC and Xbox 360.
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Assassin's Creed Revelations, the legendary murderess Elio retraces the steps of the protagonist Altair IBM-the first Chapter La'Ahad. The new installment of the stealth action game from Ubisoft Montreal will be available from 15 November 2011, as well as on the PS3, is also coming to PC and Xbox 360.
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The in-game advertising becomes the new target of hackers (PC)
Scenes, a network of hackers operating from the days of video games on floppy disk and it consistently delivers movies, music and video games in fact, has taken as the new target in-game advertising. If there were first and DRM cracked NoCD, Scene now has thought of no-ads.
Everything broke loose after the release of ' latest patch for Deus Ex Human Revolution , which introduced the advertising in loading screens, as you can see from the picture, and billboards that are reproduced in the virtual world inside the game. What was not appreciated by Scene: "If people pay for those games because they must also receive the publicity?” Is his point of view.
Originally, Scene was only concerned to distribute games via the Internet and free programs. Then, with the advent of CDs and DVDs after the first, began distributing the so-called because they believed that leaving NoCD inserted in the optical media player it was unnecessary for the gaming experience.
Over the years, while the guards were becoming harder to defend, Scene has implemented a real war against the makers of video games, in some ways anticipating the Anonymous group, who recently made a series of cyber attacks against the network infrastructure of major manufacturers of video games and more. Scenes had been promoting the fight against the use of protective devices produced by various invasive Star Force, Secu ROM and, more recently, of the protections that require permanent Internet connection.
The reasoning behind the scenes is that video games should be free, as are the information, graphics, and videos and, of course, the experience of entertainment in general. With the in-game advertising, the problem is slightly different: this fact does not limit the functionality present in the game, and in many cases it adds new ones: think, for example, a Need for Speed without the cars fired.
But, in the case of Deus Ex Human Revolution, things are different depending hackers. This is not advertising in any way necessary to the game play, so much so that in the first version of the game, the pre-patch, was absent. Scenes intended to assert its position of disclosing non-ADS software that completely removes the advertising from the new action RPG Eidos Montreal .
Within scenes will be difficult at this point whether an advertisement is actually helpful in terms of game play or not. The philosophy of the group of hackers, however, is that the tools to remove these items must be made available to the community, then it is up to the individual player to decide whether to use them or not.
Double Fusion, the company responsible for advertising in Deus Ex Human Revolution, thus responds to the accusations: "Three quarters of gamers surveyed said they feel comfortable when they find a product advertised in a game and 70% said that presence of in-game ads puts in a good light, the company producing the game, which is thus considered cutting edge. Four out of five people surveyed say that the games are enjoyable with ads. "
Many readers will disagree Ubuntu with the answers given by respondents from Double Fusion. The decreasing importance of the community of modders and the continued spread of other gaming platforms such as iPhone, Android and Face book, however, highlight the strong role that you are taking the in-game advertising, which often also supports the free distribution of software. On the other hand, this is producing less and less control for the players on the platform they use.
According to industry expert in market analysis DFC Intelligence the global market of advertising in video games is expected to grow from $ 3.1 billion recorded in 2010 to $ 7.2 billion by 2016.
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Everything broke loose after the release of ' latest patch for Deus Ex Human Revolution , which introduced the advertising in loading screens, as you can see from the picture, and billboards that are reproduced in the virtual world inside the game. What was not appreciated by Scene: "If people pay for those games because they must also receive the publicity?” Is his point of view.
Originally, Scene was only concerned to distribute games via the Internet and free programs. Then, with the advent of CDs and DVDs after the first, began distributing the so-called because they believed that leaving NoCD inserted in the optical media player it was unnecessary for the gaming experience.
Over the years, while the guards were becoming harder to defend, Scene has implemented a real war against the makers of video games, in some ways anticipating the Anonymous group, who recently made a series of cyber attacks against the network infrastructure of major manufacturers of video games and more. Scenes had been promoting the fight against the use of protective devices produced by various invasive Star Force, Secu ROM and, more recently, of the protections that require permanent Internet connection.
The reasoning behind the scenes is that video games should be free, as are the information, graphics, and videos and, of course, the experience of entertainment in general. With the in-game advertising, the problem is slightly different: this fact does not limit the functionality present in the game, and in many cases it adds new ones: think, for example, a Need for Speed without the cars fired.
But, in the case of Deus Ex Human Revolution, things are different depending hackers. This is not advertising in any way necessary to the game play, so much so that in the first version of the game, the pre-patch, was absent. Scenes intended to assert its position of disclosing non-ADS software that completely removes the advertising from the new action RPG Eidos Montreal .
Within scenes will be difficult at this point whether an advertisement is actually helpful in terms of game play or not. The philosophy of the group of hackers, however, is that the tools to remove these items must be made available to the community, then it is up to the individual player to decide whether to use them or not.
Double Fusion, the company responsible for advertising in Deus Ex Human Revolution, thus responds to the accusations: "Three quarters of gamers surveyed said they feel comfortable when they find a product advertised in a game and 70% said that presence of in-game ads puts in a good light, the company producing the game, which is thus considered cutting edge. Four out of five people surveyed say that the games are enjoyable with ads. "
Many readers will disagree Ubuntu with the answers given by respondents from Double Fusion. The decreasing importance of the community of modders and the continued spread of other gaming platforms such as iPhone, Android and Face book, however, highlight the strong role that you are taking the in-game advertising, which often also supports the free distribution of software. On the other hand, this is producing less and less control for the players on the platform they use.
According to industry expert in market analysis DFC Intelligence the global market of advertising in video games is expected to grow from $ 3.1 billion recorded in 2010 to $ 7.2 billion by 2016.
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Ultra book: manufacturers try to reduce prices
That of solutions Ultra book continues to remain one of the topics of greatest interest in these days, thanks to the information that emerged in conjunction with the Intel Developer Forum last week and we approach the official launch of the first proposals on the market.
E 'for Asian producers known as notebook systems as a potential market of Ultra book is very interesting, however, which are approaching with caution. Underlying fears that prices of these solutions, high due to the peculiar characteristics, such as to prevent it spreading.
From this direct request to Intel, reported by Digitimes to this address, the processor can have at price levels that are low compared to what is now expected. Are just the CPU and operating system, moreover, the components that represent manufacturers of notebook components from the higher cost, on which such prices able to take action with greater benefit.
Intel has estimated its goal to reach, with the proposals Ultra book, a market share of 40% of all notebooks by the end of 2012. We have already written as it is a rather ambitious goal, considering the high cost of these devices as a budget balanced by first-class technical and design choices, primarily the thickness, which can not capture the attention of the most passionate.
It 'clear that the Taiwanese manufacturers believe a lot in this new family of products, but its success will be essential to be able to keep under control the average selling price of $ 1,000 and values less than trying to propose models that fall perhaps some compromise elaborative in terms of power, and in so doing to maintain the lowest price. Will be starting in the early days of October we will see the first models on the market Ultra book offered by major manufacturers.
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E 'for Asian producers known as notebook systems as a potential market of Ultra book is very interesting, however, which are approaching with caution. Underlying fears that prices of these solutions, high due to the peculiar characteristics, such as to prevent it spreading.
From this direct request to Intel, reported by Digitimes to this address, the processor can have at price levels that are low compared to what is now expected. Are just the CPU and operating system, moreover, the components that represent manufacturers of notebook components from the higher cost, on which such prices able to take action with greater benefit.
Intel has estimated its goal to reach, with the proposals Ultra book, a market share of 40% of all notebooks by the end of 2012. We have already written as it is a rather ambitious goal, considering the high cost of these devices as a budget balanced by first-class technical and design choices, primarily the thickness, which can not capture the attention of the most passionate.
It 'clear that the Taiwanese manufacturers believe a lot in this new family of products, but its success will be essential to be able to keep under control the average selling price of $ 1,000 and values less than trying to propose models that fall perhaps some compromise elaborative in terms of power, and in so doing to maintain the lowest price. Will be starting in the early days of October we will see the first models on the market Ultra book offered by major manufacturers.
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