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Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Ten years later, Zuckerberg continues his "revolution" blue
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Sony launch a smartphone with Windows Phone this year
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
U.S. paid millions to Google, Facebook and other expenses related to espionage
The National Security Agency U.S. (NSA) paid millions of dollars to large Internet companies, including Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft and Facebook, to compensate for the costs related to requests for monitoring information, as reported by the newspaper 'The Guardian'. The newspaper, citing new documents provided by former CIA technician Edward Snowden, said that in this way the first test financial linkage between these internet companies and U.S. spy programs. These additional costs have to do with the new requirements imposed by the FISA Court , established by Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) and responsible for authorizing and supervising the activities of the NSA, which declared unconstitutional the Prism program, surveillance, in 2011. The suspension was decided after news that the NSA intercepted thousands of emails that violated the privacy of persons unrelated to terrorism. This forced the agency to change the way we collect electronic information.
Ensuring a legal framework
Thereafter, the agency began to request that the FISA Court sign it "certifications" annually to ensure a legal framework for such surveillance operations, although these were renewed only temporarily. "The problems of last year resulted in multiple extensions of the maturity dates of the certificates, causing billion costs to providers monitoring program to implement each of the following extensions. Such costs were provided by Special Resource Operations, "said one of the NSA's internal documents, dated in late 2012. Snowden told The Guardian that this body Special Resource Operations is the "crown jewel" . Coordinates all spy programs based on "corporate partnerships" with telecom companies and ISPs that provide access to communications data.
The role of the computer giants
Before disclosing new revelations, the British newspaper asked several of these companies about their role in these programs and whether they had received any financial compensation by the NSA. A spokesman for Yahoo! explained that "Federal law requires the U.S. government to reimburse all costs incurred providers to respond to mandatory legal procedures." "We have requested these reimbursements in accordance with the law," said Yahoo!, but eluded confirm their participation and role in these programs. For its part, Facebook said, also through a spokesman, that "never received compensation in relation to its compliance with a request of government data." Google issued a general declaration that "denied having joined the program Prism or other espionage," says The Guardian. After publishing this article, Microsoft said the British newspaper that "only complies with court orders because it is legally required and not because it compensated for the work".
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Blog l PS4 interface, inside
In the presentation of Gamescom 2013 which gave us the date of release of PS4, also saw its interface and analyze here the step by step in a video you can not miss a frame. More or less, what we were taught was all that passes before you start to play a game of the new PlayStation. In the demo, we saw that the overall speed of the interface is high, smooth animations and startup, is not eternal. However, it feels that the machine came from a state of rest. Otherwise, bravo for Sony, which offer a console again. A game made to begin working soon after turning or have control in our hands. Who is in the chair? Well, as we have seen on Twitter and other references, it is the president of Sony World Wide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida . Observe the display console sharing with another user. There are different profiles with your photo and if PS4 Xbox One looks like in this, surely dispongamos many advantages for anyone who has their profile associated with the machine. The truth is reminiscent of the interface of Windows 8 Xbox 360 also adapted some time and certainly use Xbox One in a new version. The Order 1886 passes before our eyes and then DriveClub. The first one we know we want to see more and second, that we love the interiors of their cars. When you hover over an icon shows basic options. A summary, our recent activity and related objects. If you look a bit, see the menu you know from PlayStation 3, the XMB. The menu CrossBar was right by Sony PlayStation 4 is still on. For those who have become accustomed to navigate the PS3 menus, this is good news. We see changes, but with the base that works apparently intact and adapting what other seems to be a hit. Speaking of variations, the Settings menu or configuration passes the far right, next to the icon off. We list the games, the menu button, one with the music symbol and a video together, just before the internet for the issue of browser and more, we suppose. Further to the right we see a TV icon that indicates the section view programs such as IGN channel where available, apps, maybe ... and a down arrow indicates that there are more. If we go to find the top trophy icon, which is held in PS4 and will undergo some changes. Will have to see how he keeps the trajectory and how PS3 and Vita passes from the new Sony console. A little to the left is the profile icon. In this case, it is Shushei Yoshida and put underneath ShuGamescom2013 . It means you can put your real name or hide it, so that you are from Facebook and other social networks, unless you want to maintain your anonymity. Looks like we crossed chat between games or interface with channels to manage and then comes the messages section. Along with this are the friends and notifications. This is interesting because it tells us what happened while we were not playing or when we were on to other things. Here seems to be the challenges when clap our records in racing games or invite us to do something with multiplayer titles. When you reach the section Live from PlayStation , it gets very interesting. It is one of the highlights in previous presentations. The whole issue of recording the games, share them and see what our friends at all times, as they want to, of course. It seems that some videos are live, others deferred and can interact with other somehow. Also appearing ratings. All game sessions can be viewed in full screen or display extra information. If we have the PS4 video camera also recorded our face while we play, youtuber style. Recall that the last 15 minutes are recorded and we can always go back to see those special moments that we want to repeat. In videos, apart from a score, are feedback we say trolling level of each of them and, for example, what is the second WTF! shift. Is the character icon tells us how many people are watching it now? It seems that Sony is having great time while we are attentive to your conference. Another interesting thing is that we can change the camera, at least in the interactive videos. During playback you can make screenshots to share them, name them and, incidentally, we see the PS4 keyboard. Words appear to speed up writing and it seems that the interface is well suited to resolutions of 1080. The evolution from the early days of PS3 has been slow, but it finally seems that we will forget the less happy moments of the interface we've had in the current generation.
Each time is less for the PS4 launch in Europe until October 29 , so we will soon have more information about what we will find when you turn. Do you have entered more eager to have it at home?
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Sony revealed release date for PlayStation 4 with free copy of FIFA 14
During Games com 2013 from Germany Sony confimó that the PS4 will be released on November 15 at a price equivalent to $ 399 dollars in the United States. Meanwhile, the new console will arrive in Europe on November 29. On the same day also will be available in Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama. Catalog available games will be 33 degrees. The PlayStation Vita was down Price: now cost the equivalent of U.S. $ 199, just like the PlayStation 3 12 GB. This Tuesday also was the turn of Microsoft, which announced the list of games that will be available at the time of arrival on the market of its new console Xbox One, that will cost $ 499. At the same event, the company announced that users realize the pre-booking of the Xbox One in Europe will have a free copy of FIFA 14. In turn, the company EA Sports confirmed the inclusion of Argentina league in the famous video which goes on sale from September 27.
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Chrome l the web's most powerful
In May 2012 Chrome (32.43%) surpassed Microsoft's browser (32.12%) for the first time. A year later, the navigator of megabuscador extend their lead and reached 42.68% in June 2013. Meanwhile, traffic Internet Explorer decreased to 25.44% and Firefox fell to 20 percent, as shown by the figures from StatCounter. The rest of the cake is sharedOpera and Safari from Apple. The report of the company dedicated to web analytics reports that despite Microsoft's investment in Bing, who is making strides worldwide, Google still dominates the field ofsearch engines with one 90.09% globally. Meanwhile, Bing has about 3.75% andYahoo! owns 8.83 percent .
Friday, August 16, 2013
Windows 8.1 has release date
The company and as is rumored will be available on October 18 as a free update from the Windows Store. Windows 8.1 will be offered as a free download for those who are already using Windows 8, the operating system introduced last year." Windows 8.1 brings many improvements in areas such as personalization, Internet Explorer 11, search by Bing, integrated applications, and includes some new, better experience Windows Store and connectivity to the cloud with SkyDrive, " said Brandon LeBlanc, director Marketing and Comunicaiones.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Xbox One delayed its launch in eight European countries
Microsoft has announced the delay of the launch of its new console, Xbox One, in eight European countries next year. Spain maintains the date scheduled for November 13 this year. The company has informed that the console will come in 2014, "as soon as possible" but without setting a date, to Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. At first, these eight European countries were included in the 21 territories where the console would be launched this year and now are reduced to 13, among which are, besides Spain, United States, Germany, United Kingdom and Mexico. The Redmond company does not specify exactly why this delay but blames "several factors", among which is "to work to locate the desk of Xbox One, add additional voices and languages [console has voice recognition] and build alliances to bring applications and local content for each country." Microsoft says it understands the "disappointment" that the news can be among those who had already booked the console and has announced that will reward you with a free game when it finally is released next year.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
'Microsoft will disappear in five or ten years and Facebook in three "
The president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), Karsten Gerloff, has reported that "Google and Facebook are products, not customers" and has warned that those same companies, "without warning, are nurturing the secret services ". It has also held that "Microsoft will disappear in five or ten years" and Facebook, into three. In his speech, delivered at the Euskal Encounter held until Sunday in the BEC in Barakaldo (Bizkaia), Gerloff has criticized the multinational companies and has said that "some corporations steal our information. We do not just give them data but also our confidence as we thought it will protect our privacy ". However, it is alleged that these same companies, "without warning, are nurturing the secret services". "To them we are products, not customers . Your data is the product that sells Google ", he warned. The expert added that these multinationals "have caught our computers, our networks, and have erected above control structures", and explained that this division of labor "Facebook defines who we are. Amazon provides what we want and Google determines what we think". FSFE president has described the current situation of "treason" and gave as an example "delivery by Yahoo of confidential customer information to the Chinese government" . "Now they do it all," he lamented. He also lashed out at political leaders, who censors his "total lack of conscience" in matters relating to basic human rights . "Once we have understood how the internet works, they have become a tool of oppression. Now know that we listen, we are not free," he complained. Still, do not see so clearly the future of these companies. "If Google wants to survive long term, will have to reinvent itself. Microsoft have not already done so. So I think it will go away in five or ten years", said. On the other hand, considered that when Facebook "go downhill, it will be very fast." "A Facebook him three years.'s a mathematical law. Happened to MySpace and I know it will happen again", he predicted. The aim of the foundation is to "make people aware that you can decide what will be the technology of tomorrow and what kind of world we will live" . Therefore, the German expert said that "we must always be alert and observe the new systems." "You have to ask: Who is in charge?". She also stated that "you can do simple things" to avoid this control, such as building systems "that have no central point of control, in which each of us talk to each other. That is no longer a utopia" has señañado. Therefore, Gerloff encourages everyone "to put a server in each house . routers, for example, can function as small servers ". In this way, he said, "it would be possible to take other steps, such as leaving Facebook, or change the email to a small company." "Free software gives us the tools to do it," he assured.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Microsoft is testing a smart watch translucent aluminum
Microsoft which has just been renovated from head to toe, you want to focus more on the hardware. And one of the gadgets which are working (like average tech sector) are electronic watches. The latest news from Redmond suggest that Microsoft is testing a new model of smartwatch with a translucent aluminum construction and connection to the cloud. After several tests with models prototyped by the development team Xbox , now are the guys of the group Surface those who are trying to convince the bosses to choose their proposed smart watch to take it forward. What little is known is by no means certain, but it does not take Sherlock Holmes to take for feasible many of the following ideas. The SmartWatch have a magnetic connector as the Surface and a screen of 1.5 inches, which will use a series of interchangeable straps blue, red, yellow, gray, black and white. The clock would count with 6 GB SkyDrive combined with those who would be accessed through the LTE connectivity and would be based on a modified version of Windows 8. So far little novelty, but people AmongTech leaked that the watch body would be made of aluminum oxynitride, a kind of translucent aluminum quite expensive and three times harder than glass. If we add now split a Surface and Xbox have joined in one group led by Julie Larson-Green , we can but wait some time to start seeing the first pictures blurry smartwatch for Microsoft.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Microsoft reveals details of his One and a renewed Xbox Xbox 360
After showing at the opening of your event images from the game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Konami for Xbox One, Microsoft decided to focus first on the console predecessor and announced a renewed Xbox 360, which according to the company said, will be available from Monday at least in the U.S.. The refurbished Xbox 360 is "smaller, thinner and quieter , "according to Microsoft. The company has not revealed the technical details or the price of the new model. The firm also promised a new program for members Golden Xbox Live , which will include two free downloads per month. He also announced that Assanssin's Creed 2 andHalo 3 will be the first games to be part of that program, while then catapult "many more".She also presented World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition , a game specially created for the new Xbox 360.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
This confirms the need to connect every 24 hours to play on Xbox One
Microsoft has officially new details on the operation of Xbox One and some of its features. Among them, the company has confirmed the requirement to connect to the internet every 24 hours, as long as we play from our main console, because if we play from another need to connect each time. Once overcome this period of play offline, we can not keep playing until you reestablish the connection, but we can watch TV and play movies on DVD and Blu-Ray. At the same time, Microsoft has announced a new system for families, which allow up to 10 users can share their libraries in a single console game. Furthermore, as now all games are linked to our account, the entire catalog can be purchased digitally, allowing us to access our library of games from any Xbox One For example we go to a friend's house who has Xbox One, and have all our library of games available.
The second hand will depend on each company
On the thorny issue of the second hand, the company has said that they have designed the console so that the editors are those who can allow or disallow sharing shopping games, so Microsoft will not establish any kind of fee to distributors, enable consumers shopping or titles, decision lies with the editors. Another interesting detail is that we give the games disk to our friends without any rate, even if it means there are two requirements: only allow us to gift a game to someone who has been on our list of friends for at least 30 days and same title may give away only once. About the game rentals, a very common practice, Microsoft has confirmed that no game rentals will be available at launch of the console, but that they are still exploring this possibility.
Kinect can pause and off
Finally, do not need to have Kinect always on and can "pause" so that only responds to voice command "Xbox Off", something that even we can disable so that Kinect is off completely. Yes, there will be some games and other applications that require we have it on.
If there were any doubt, when Xbox One is on and you are having a conversation in the living room, the conversation is not going to be recording or internet.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Microsoft and the FBI attack a worldwide network of 'cybercrime'
Microsoft and the FBI supported by authorities in over 80 countries, launched a major attack on one of the largest networks of cybercrime, which is believed to have stolen more than 500 million dollars (381 million euros) from bank accounts in the past 18 months. Microsoft says its Digital Crimes Unit turned off at least 1,000 of an estimated 1,400 malicious computer networks known as 'botnets Citadel'. Citadel infected five million personal computers in the world and, according to Microsoft, was used to steal from dozens of financial institutions. These organizations include American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, eBay PayPal, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Royal Bank of Canada and Wells Fargo. Although the criminals are still at large and the authorities do not know the identities of the leaders, international coordination to disable dealt a significant blow to their cyber capabilities. "The bad guys will feel the blow to the stomach," said Richard Domingues Boscovich , deputy general counsel Digital Crimes Unit at Microsoft. The botnets are armies of infected PCs, or 'bots', running software that requires registration and obey servers operated by the hackers. The botnets are used to commit financial crimes, send 'spam', deliver viruses to attack computer networks. Citadel is one of the largest botnets currently operating. Microsoft says its creator software versions joined the 'pirates' of the Windows operating system and used to control computers in the United States, Western Europe, Hong Kong, India and Australia. Reuters The FBI says it is working closely with Europol and other foreign authorities to try to capture the criminals, of which his identity is unknown.Has obtained search warrants as part of what it calls a criminal investigation quite advanced. "We are stepping up the ante on our level of commitment to go after the creators and distributors of the 'botnet'," he says in an interview FBI Assistant Executive Director Richard McFeely. "This is a concerted effort with our foreign partners to assist us to identify, locate and, if we can, to bring the creators and distributors of the botnet to criminal prosecution," he adds. Microsoft has filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina, against the 'pirates' computer and obtained an order to terminate the botnets.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Xbox One or how to reinvent the wheel
There was much expectation and it showed when the machine, and known as Xbox One, appeared in the middle of the screen of all the PCs in the world who were following the presentation streaming successor to the Xbox 360. New design, interface, control , capabilities and even a kinect improved. Just to re-compete with PS4 to later this year. But one thing. To begin with, in my humble opinion, Xbox One has won a battle, and is nothing to show that since the public. That image, like it or not, come the hypothetical you may have PS4 and probably will not see until E3 2013. From there, a presentation with many famous, massive information and an image search of the conquest of the room as mediacenter, something not new, since it is the same as was sought with Xbox 360. It is this image that, for the comments made by many on Twitter and other social networks, not liked the classic console fans. Voice commands and integration of Internet take control, which together with the wide range of applications and multimedia content have occupied much space in the conference, which has been able to downplay the titles at stake. We have also seen how Kinect not only does not disappear as some said, but takes more prominence. Microsoft has revealed a Kinect next-generationXbox One, which features a new design and a camera with 1080p quality, plus recognition by voice. The aim is to bring the usability that have reached touchscreens of smartphones and tablets to this new version of Kinect, which also offer a conversational relationship with the user, not as direct and stiff as its predecessor. Technically, it was rumored that Xbox One will offer a special kernel and will include Instant Switching , quepermitirá users to change section content such as music or television to games instantly. The new console announced byDon Mattrick , president of Microsoft , will incorporate a capacity of 500 GB and own 8 cores, 8GB RAM, BluRay player, Wi-Fi ...
A lime and sand
addition, after so many rumors emerged in the months prior to the filing of Xbox One, finally discards the permanent connection on the new console from Microsoft. In the 'Xbox Reveal' have been able to settle the matter, since the machine does not need to be always connected to play your games. A lime and sand, because for Xbox Reveal, Microsoft has confirmed one of the fears of the users of Xbox 360: the next-generation console will not be compatible with its predecessor titles. Finally, Microsoft has announced that the new machine will hit stores worldwide later this year. The exact date has not been revealed, but presumably that reveal at E3 2013 that will take place in Los Angeles (USA).
Here you have some of the announcements made by Microsoft on Xbox Reveal:
FIFA 14
NBA LIVE 14
QUANTUM BREAK
UFC
MOTORSPORT 5
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Xbox One, the new console from Microsoft
Microsoft first showed off its new console Xbox One , a device as an evolution redesigned Xbox 360 that reaches the end of its cycle and makes sales leader in the U.S. after eight years on the market. Don Matrick, one of the managers of the entertainment area Microsoft , said "all the entertainment of the users will be in one place." The Xbox One will allow users to control all actions via voice commands, something the television industry begins to use more frequently, following the steps of the mobile. During the presentation, management showed Internet Explorer , Skype and even a command console makes return to TV mode. The Xbox One allows two applications simultaneously on the screen of the TV, so you can, for example, watch TV while doing other activities. Microsoft first showed off its new console Xbox One , a device as an evolution redesigned Xbox 360 that reaches the end of its cycle and makes sales leader in the U.S. after eight years on the market. Don Matrick, one of the managers of the entertainment area Microsoft, said "all the entertainment of the users will be in one place." The Xbox One will allow users to control all actions via voice commands, something the television industry begins to use more frequently, following the steps of the mobile. During the presentation, management showed Internet Explorer , Skype and even a command console makes return to TV mode. The Xbox One allows two applications simultaneously on the screen of the TV, so you can, for example, watch TV while doing other activities. At the hardware level, the Xbox One uses Blu-ray format, led by rival Sony . It has an 8-core processor, 8GB of RAM, 500GB, Wi-Fi, HDMI and USB 3.0. According to Microsoft , the Xbox One carries within three operating systems: the kernelWindows , Xbox for games and one for peripherals. One of the aspects that drew attention was devoted to power Xbox Live : 300,000 servers. Kinect was also improved: it has Full HD camera and is now able to detect more movement and even heart rate and offer more assistance during the games. The control of the new Xbox One is slightly different from the previous. Fans of the brand will not take kindly to the new Xbox games prevents running the previous version, the 360 . The figure was not disclosed during the presentation, but for Microsoft to The Verge's PlayStation 4 will not use titles for the console made today. The new Xbox One will be released this year, but Microsoft did not provide further details on the exact date. Remains open and the fight with Sony , that in the coming weeks will release finally the PlayStation 4. The Japanese company had mounted a show months ago to talk about PS4, but the meeting disappointed fans only: just showed the new command DualShock.
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