March 2009

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Microsoft has sold 28 million Xbox worldwide since its launch.

The U.S. group Microsoft announced Tuesday that it sold 28 million copies of its video game console Xbox 360 since its launch in late 2005 after a Christmas splendor that enabled him to increase his lead over the PlayStation 3 (PS3) Sony.
 “Despite a difficult economic context, the Xbox has experienced in 2008″ the best [...]

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The iPhone, what’s next…?

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 We’ll have to wait at least until February 4 next whether Orange, the first French telecom operator, will succeed to the face of competition which decided on 17 December last, by a resounding decision to break the Apple has exclusivity granted since November 2007 on the distribution of the iPhone, its famous multimedia phone.  This [...]

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Microsoft replaces the disappointing Windows Vista Seven.

 Two years after the launch Windows Vista, the latest operating system from Microsoft, the software giant is already preparing the release of its successor called Windows Seven.  As early as Friday, the computer fans will be able to try a pilot version in English of Windows Seven.
 Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has confirmed the [...]

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O, P. Standard Operating Procedure

The American documentary Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris product in 2008 makes us travel to the prison of Abu Gray where he presents us with a new day.  The documentary explains the abuses that have been made prisoners by officers and they tell us their reasons.
 Errol Morris has managed to make a good [...]

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Orange, SFR and Bouygues will suffer from the 4th 3G license

This is the finding that financial analysts are in general, and especially Exane BNP Paribas, which gives its estimate for the three French operators of mobile telephony.
 The figures are wrong because in six years, planning the entry of a fourth player, taking the low range (10%), loss of customers will be SFR at 2.3 [...]

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Transforming a photo into 3D models and animated

 Motion Portrait is a technology that converts an image in three-dimensional and animated.  Modeled after the subject of the picture, it is possible to change her hair, the color of his eyes, to add accessories such as glasses and even do speak in synch with a recorded voice.  The rendering is done in real time [...]

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USB 3.0 is ten times more efficient than USB 2.0, Intel promises

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has formally submitted the technical specifications of the version of USB 3.0, also known as Super Speed USB, the new generation of the main standard for connecting peripherals.
 According to Intel, at the head of his committee establishment, data transfer with USB 3.0 can be up to ten times more efficient [...]

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Attention to passwords that facilitate piracy!

A hacker recently stole a popular U.S. website the results of a study of 28,000 passwords.
 The file was published on the Internet, which has made the following analysis.
 -16% Of Internet users choose the facility.  (We knew!) They choose their first name or that of their children!
 -14% Choose a simple sequence of digits “1234″, “12345678″ or [...]

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