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Monday, August 27, 2012

The Apple victory over Samsung


The Apple victory over Samsung in the courts could change the mobile device industry, especially for Android , the operating system of GoogleThe South Korean company, ordered to pay 800 million euros to the U.S. for copying the design of the iPhone and the iPad , is considered the highest quality platform of Android. Google is operating system devices other companies, and therefore is more protected complaints regarding potential. The analyst Rob Enderle said to AFP, however, that the ruling "will force a rethink of the products of Android as they reorganize to circumvent patents Apple » The ruling affects not only Samsung and Android in favor of Apple.Other players such as Microsoft or the manufacturer of Blackberry ,RIM , will benefit from these obstacles to the South Korean company.Microsoft may well impetus for his upcoming operating systemWindows 8 and the marketing of your phone star, Windows Phone 8RIM , severely devalued in recent years, has become more attractive."His pantentes are considered strong enough to keep the battle," says Enderle. Android accounts for 50% market share of smartphones sold in the U.S., Apple accounted for 30% and RIM has fallen to 12%. In the tablet market, Apple leads the dispute, with 70% market share. To Florian Mueller, a specialist consultant patent rights, the judgment on Friday is a "big step forward" for Apple, but warns that there is still a long way to go legal . The September 20 hearing is held to determine whether to revoke or amend the judgment on Friday, or impose higher penalties to Samsung, which could triple the initial amount of compensation to be paid to Apple. A key component of the battle is Apple's ability to obtain a suspension or ban the sale of Samsung products. The expert in patent law at the University of Missouri, Dennis Crouch, says the judge has broad discretion to legislate on this issue. In any case, he said, Samsung is "definitely ready to stop selling each product in question and replace it with another." Possible targets are the popular Galaxy series phones and tablet Galaxy 10. Besides Samsung, Google could be the big perderor, especially if Apple decides to do battle with other manufacturers that support the Android operating system. "Google must now retire and start making changes in the Android software" remain Crouch.

Saudi Arabia foiled terrorist plot by al Qaeda

The authorities' Saudi claimed to have foiled a terrorist plot hatched by elements of Riyadh and Jeddah linked to al Qaeda. The cells in the two cities, 'reads a statement from the Interior Ministry,' were in contact with organizations abroad ', a term that generally refers to Riad al Qaeda. The terrorists, the note continues, 'working on the recruitment of elements that eseguissero attacks against security, Saudi citizens and foreign, so' as against public infrastructure '.

In western Burma, the tension still high between Muslims and Buddhists


Some live in refugee camps without status others take refuge in monasteries and require protection. But if Muslims and Buddhist Rakhine State, in western Burma, share one thing, it is their refusal to live together. Two months after the outbreak of violence, which left dozens dead, among members of the ethnic Rakhine - Buddhist - and Rohingyas - a Muslim minority stateless - it remains in some villages in ruins and heaps of ashes. For those living in neighboring burned their respective homes. You Nawseema Har Fa says he left his village after seeing it go up in smoke. She now lives near Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State (formerly Arakan), under a state of emergency for almost two months. "We had no problem with Buddhists before. We do not quarrel. We lived together, we were talking about. We went to the market together," she said. "We are here primarily to protect children, or they might be dead there." They are some 70,000 displaced people around Sittwe, 50,000 and 20,000 Rohingyas Buddhists, police said, which could go in the border region of Bangladesh where access is still very limited. Rohingyas, considered by the UN as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, living in camps and have little hope for improvement: the Burmese authorities do not recognize them as a legitimate minority and Bangladesh does not them. "There are no houses or shelters in their villages, they were all burned, that's why they are there," said Soe Myint, who runs the refugee camp Kaung Dokar, one of six Sittwe. The machine is packed violence after the rape of a woman who sparked Rakhine punitive operations in series. Nearly 90 deaths were recorded in June, according to an official report that NGOs feel undervalued. And if the authorities say they have regained control of the situation, several people were killed early August in incidents. "Terrorize the Bengalis" The Rohingyas are confined in camps, dependent on deliveries from the World Food Programme of the United Nations. "We do not have enough to eat, because we do not have the opportunity to go to Sittwe to buy what we need," said Abu Shukur, a displaced person. Faced with attacks advocacy organizations Human Rights and some Arab countries, the government defends its forces. But Human Rights Watch accused of having shot the Rohingyas, to have engaged in rape and sometimes have attended no act of violence. A Sittwe is huge resentment among Buddhists often outraged aid channeled towards those they consider to be illegal immigrants and they call the "Bengali" or "kalars", a pejorative term deeply all Muslims. "Political parties, some monks and individuals accentuate ethnic hatred," denounced President Thein Sein in a report to Parliament on August 17. "The Rakhine constantly thinking terrorize Bengali Muslims living in the country," he lamented, adding that the two communities suffering from the situation. He recently announced the establishment of a new committee to suggest solutions for "peaceful coexistence". But his task is immense. "We knew who burned our houses," said Saw Saw a Rakhine moved."But if Rohingyas come from abroad, then it will be even worse."

Understand how was the separation of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes went through a separation much controversy, since June. Actor Tom Cruise said he was surprised by the request for separation Katie Holmes. And since then, began negotiating for divorce. The couple's daughter Suri Cruise was the real reason for the split from Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes? Or Katie no longer bear to live with Cruise? According to website TMZ, Katie Holmes tried to save the marriage, but it did not. And since 2011 the actress had wanted to separate. So, Katie moved to New York, where laws to get full custody of the child are accepted, which does not happen in Los Angeles, where the couple lived for six years in a mansion. Katie Holmes decided to have full custody of his daughter Suri because it does not support ve involved in Scientology, Cruise's religion. Katie enlisted the help of his father, Martin, who is a lawyer. And she admitted that her decision was no longer around, I really wanted the separation. According to website TMZ americo, Katie Holmes felt very down in marriage, "Holmes felt like I could not breathe without the permission of her husband," when it was decided seek help from his father. Another issue raised by American tabloids is interference from Holmes Cruise's career, he did not allow an actress to do steamy scenes. Tom Cruise, wasted no time, immediately hired the lawyer Bert Fields, who served in the same separation from Tom Cruise with Nicole Kidman in 2001. cases of separation as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes generate much controversy, leading to situations of public personal life of the couple, they are inevitable. As was mentioned the issue of education offered to Holmes and Suri Cruise's religion has become a target news. Following the official divorce from Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, their daughter Suri Cruise, will receive an annual pension of approximately $ 400 000 from his father, who also must pay dental expenses, medical and education, including college.Already Katie Holmes will not get a penny of the fortune of Tom Cruise, valued at $ 250 million because they did a pre- Bridal protecting all assets of the actor. But separation does not shake the career of Tom Cruise, who continues recording movies, now the movie star debut in Rock of Ages, a musical film from Warner Bros.

Vibrant homage to the man who starred in the first moon walk


The world wept Sunday the first human to have walked on the moon, U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, died the day before, and greeted both toughness and boldness and humility of a man turned into an "almost mythical figure," according U.S. press. With his "moonwalk" Armstrong "moved heaven and earth" headlined Sunday's Washington Post regarding this taciturn engineer who never felt comfortable with his fame. Walking on the moon was the astronaut who died just "a job", said by his side the Miami Herald. Armstrong, whose adventure inspired an entire generation to embark on the conquest of space, died Saturday at the age of 82 years in Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio (North America), because of complications after performing of heart surgery this month. Until Sunday morning, the date and place of the funeral had not been determined, according to NASA told. The famous black and white transmission of his "moonwalk" on July 20, 1969, was seen by about 500 million people, who also heard his words at the dawn of the space age, they joined a planet divided by the Cold War. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," Armstrong said then. U.S. President Barack Obama, who in July 1969 that he was about to meet its eighth year of life, said the space adventure starring Armstrong "provided a moment of human progress that will never be forgotten." "Neil is one of the greatest heroes" national, "not only of our time but of all time," said the president, who said he was "deeply saddened" by the death of the astronaut. After referring to Armstrong as "an American hero (U.S.) reluctantly," his family expressed hope that his legacy will inspire future generations to "work hard to turn your dreams into reality, be willing to explore and push the boundaries and selflessly serve a cause "that transcends. The pioneer in the lunar adventure was decorated by 17 countries and received a number of honors in his native America, but never felt comfortable in his role as "famous" and tried to get away from the limelight. In one of the rare interviews he granted, issued by a television channel in 2005, said he did not deserve the attention he received for being the first man on the moon, followed by his companion aboard the Apollo 11 Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. "I had not been chosen to be the first, but to command the flight. Circumstances put me in that particular role," he said. Armstrong, a married father of two and grandfather of 10 grandchildren, even stopped signing 'souvenirs' after learning that their autographs were being sold at exorbitant prices. John Glenn, 81, the first American to orbit the Earth, welcomed the "audacity" of Armstrong and recalled his legendary humility. "He was a modest person, and remained so after that first flight to touch the moon," said Ohio Democratic former senator told CNN Saturday. Aldrin, 82, said in turn that he wished he had come to life with Armstrong and Michael Collins, the third astronaut mission until 2019 to celebrate together the 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 11. "But you can not be." "Every time I look at the moon, it reminds me of that time more than four decades ago when I realized that although we were further away from Earth than it ever had been two human beings were not alone" said. Armstrong "was the best and his absence will be felt tremendously," Collins said by his side, 81. "Anyone who has seen the man walking on the moon can have no other desire that it happen again," now on Mars, where the robot Curiosity, the U.S. space agency Nasa, just landed, said the director of the Town Area of ​​Toulouse (France), Jean-Baptiste Desbois. Armstrong's achievements will always be "a source of inspiration for humanity", estimated the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso. For French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Armstrong will remain in the memory "as a symbol of how the scientific and technological progress can be identified with the progress of humanity." Several European astronauts also paid tribute to his U.S. counterpart. "Until our planet is extinguished will discuss Yuri Gagarin, the first human to reach space, and Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the moon," said Miroslaw Hermaszewski, the only Polish cosmonaut, the news agency of your PAP country. Away from the microphones and cameras, Armstrong lived on a farm for decades withdrawal of Ohio, the state where he was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta. From childhood he was fascinated planes. At 15, he took classes to become a pilot, which he did a year later, before even getting your book driving. As a naval air force pilot, conducted 78 missions during the Korean War (1950-53). Course also aeronautical engineering from Purdue University (Indiana, North). In 1955 he became a test pilot and flew 50 different types of aircraft. Seven years later he was selected by NASA as an astronaut to join.