In 2019, NASA plans to launch the device to an asteroid

NASA plans to launch the device to an asteroid

Space agency NASA in four years plans to launch the device to work on the asteroid. In 2019 the agency plans to launch the device that can capture an asteroid and alter its flight path for future research. In 2018, NASA plans to launch another asteroid apparatus. According to John Grunsfilda, NASA associate administrator for science programs, the study of asteroids in the solar system gets you closer to understanding the processes of formation of the planets and the Sun. 

"A careful study of these objects forms the basis for our future space missions, as well as help protect the Earth from asteroid attack possible", - he said. According to him, after 2020, NASA plans to send a robotic mission to asteroids. Once the space industry to learn to work within the asteroid missions, the agency will begin close to prepare for a manned flight to Mars. Speaking about the asteroid missions, NASA says two scheduled programs, one will go to a small asteroid in the open space, the second - to a large asteroid to collect rock samples for the purpose of scientific research. 

Grunsfild says that depending on the amount of funding from one of the missions may have to give. Funding for the projects will be allocated by the end of the year. As the most likely to capture the asteroid's orbit changes and researchers consider the asteroid 2011 MD, discovered three years ago with the help of Spitzer. Whereas a large asteroid to obtain samples of materials - this 1999 RQ36, and with this object is planned not only to get samples, but also bring them to Earth. Last mission budget is 800 million dollars. If in 2020 the unit starts to explore 1999 RQ36, then in 2023 the materials should be brought back.

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Box Inc can raise funds from the fund TPG Capital

Box Inc can raise funds from the fund TPG Capital

Company Box, an online service provider for remote data storage, is in talks to raise capital from the private management company TPG Capital. Three months ago, Box filed an application for IPO, but still have not identified the exact timing of going public. The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources reported today that negotiations between Box and TPG still at an early stage and agreement between the parties is not guaranteed. Note that the private investment company give Box expansion slot before the IPO and opportunities for continuing building IT capacity to meet customer needs. 

Application of the IPO company Box filed March 24, but since then has not decided over time due to the placement ambiguous sitatsii the demand for the shares of IT companies. According to some reports the company's IPO could be delayed until the end of this year. latest round of funding the company held in December 2013 and then its market capitalization amounted to $ 2 billion. "As originally stated, our plan is to become public at the time, when the company is determined to be appropriate, "- said in the Box Inc. 

Analysts said that from March to May this year, the U.S. stock market has held several successful IPO, in particular placement companies Zendesk and Arista Networks, but the overall pattern in the market was negative and most investors do not really ready to invest in big IPO. According to currently available information, the company Box just attracted about $ 400 million from a variety of investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, General Atlantic, Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce.com Inc.

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SpaceX second day in a row can not run Falcon 9

SpaceX second day in a row can not run Falcon 9

company SpaceX first on Friday and then on Saturday and could not hold its launch booster Falcon-9 Orbcomm commercial satellites on board. These devices had to offer commercial customers a wide range of inter-machine communication. According to SpaceX, old Friday was postponed for technical reasons - equipment indicated a possible problem with the engine upper stage rocket. On Saturday the launch did not take place due to weather conditions. On Friday, the company canceled an hour before the start of the intended start on Saturday for half an hour. 

SpaceX to launch this would have the 10th launch of the Falcon 9. Within its framework must pass the orbiting group of six small satellites Orbcomm, which should stay at a height 800 km above the Earth. Apparatus private space created by Sierra Nevada and concern Boeing. Now there are 25 Earth-orbiting satellites small Orbcomm. As described in the Sierra Nevada just a constellation of 17 satellites Orbcomm Generation 2 worth $ 200 million. Each of the new telecommunications satellite has the capacity greater than all of the previous generation Orbcomm satellites. 

Orbcomm users devices are sellers and suppliers of goods, tracking cargo containers, as well as port services, control valves and systems delivery. OG2 devices complement the existing group. Seyas at Orbcomm extends from 30 to 60 minutes between sessions communication satellites, ie if one of the devices is outside the range of sight, then receive the following message can be received only after 30-60 minutes. With the new machines this time is reduced by about 10 times. 

OG 2 new satellites are 10 years old. At Sierra Nevada say their satellites - space segment is increasingly popular concept of the "Internet of Things." Earlier the Sierra Nevada and SpaceX was achieved message two starts Falcon 9, for which he paid the first $ 47 million . The second is expected to launch later this year.

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Oracle buys company LiveLook

Oracle buys company LiveLook

 Oracle buys a small software developer LiveLook. With this purchase the corporation hopes to improve the quality of its software. LiveLook products are already used by more than 100 customers Oracle, moreover they are embedded in the Oracle application for customer service. Allows application Oracle customers to contact sellers corporate and technical support to quickly resolve questions. 

The site LiveLook said that only about 500 corporate customers use their solutions. Obviously, buying LiveLook, Oracle Corporation strives to offer its customers new communications capabilities. Furthermore, the purchase - Competitors answer Salesforce.com, SAP and Microsoft, which recently strengthened their destinations business automation. Financial details of the transaction to purchase publicly disclosed.

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Samsung prepares clock based on Android Wear

Samsung prepares clock based on Android Wear

According to many experts in the upcoming week at the conference Google I / O, considerable attention will be paid to the mobile platform Android Wear. Previously, there is evidence that Motorola and LG plan to soon show smart watches based on Android Wear. It is possible that this will be done at the upcoming Google I / O. According to Cnet, the announcement of his hours on the basis of Android Wear plans and Korean Samsung. 

For Samsung it will be the third set of smart watches, however, the first based on Android Wear. In 2013, the company released the first generation Galaxy Gear, and last year there were 2 devices Gear and Gear Fit-based operating system Tizen. According to unofficial reports, Samsung is testing the new version of hours that will work on the basis of its own processors Exynos (older versions work Gear precisely on Exynos), as well as Web-based version Qualcomm Snapdragon. 

At the same time reported that the new products are based on Android Wear. Sources at Samsung say that the company could present Gear based on Android Wear before, but stick to release both because of the unwillingness of the platform, and because of the lack of software. Note that the first version of the Smart Gear same hours worked on Android but that version did not apply to Wear, and is a modified version of a full-fledged Android.

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Anonymous for a few hours "dumped" the site of the World Cup in Brazil

The site of the World Cup in Brazil "dumped" for a few hours

Hackers on Friday managed to incapacitate the official website of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Anonymous group successfully attacked for several hours the official site of the championship. According to the organizers of the attack, the attack was carried out in the framework of the campaign Operation Hacking Cup or OpHackingCup. Anonymous thus tried to express their protest against corruption scandals with rigid police detentions and other violations in the preparation for a competition in Brazil. 

Earlier residents conducted public street protests, but the authorities did not comment on them. Now Anonymous said they support the street protesters and intend to conduct DDoS-attacks and defaces sites. tweet-tape Anonymous says that since the beginning of the championship they spent about 100 attacks, including the resources of Brazilian security forces, the Brazilian football federation , the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, the Bank of Brazil, police in Sao Paulo, as well as sites and Hyundai Brazil Africa.com.br. 

Brazilian press also writes that hackers managed to gain access to a number of internal resources Feeralnoy police Brazil. In confirmation of this press hackers passed logins and passwords police internal portals. in the coming weeks Anonymous threatened to attack the Brazilian Championship Sites official sponsors, including Adidas, Budweiser, Coca-Cola and Emirates Airlines.

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Computerworld refuses to print edition

Computerworld refuses to print edition

Legendary IT publication Computerworld tomorrow launches its last printed edition, completely transformed into a digital format. Print version of Computerworld record existed for 47 years the computer press. For many of today's computer related publications Computerworld became a kind of father and example. 47 years ago was not even Computerworld magazine as such, but "the first newspaper devoted entirely to the computer community."

 The current editor in chief of Computerworld Scott Finney said that the rejection of the printed version - is not reducing the amount of content, and its transition to a new form. But he also recognizes the objective: the sales volume print edition have been steadily declining. "It's always sad to lose something, especially when it has existed for so long. But we have to move in the general path of evolutionary development of the press. 

As the train at the time moved from coal and steam for electricity, and we move from paper to the Internet, "- he says. "Our editors continue to create all the content as before, but now it will be available online. This applies to corporate technology, career opportunities and management. Also there will be news and expert analysis, "- said the chief editor. official website Computerworld.com edition was launched in 1996, now it becomes the main place of publication publisher content.

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Samsung first smartphone with a 64-bit processor

Samsung first smartphone with a 64-bit processor

Some time ago, Samsung said it is developing its own 64-bit processor, as well as the release smartphones based on it. Nevertheless, the first smartphone based on this architecture, will receive 410 Snapdragon processor and will be presented in the medium price range. This model was labeled SM-G510F and judging from the published data, will receive a 4.8-inch display with a resolution of 960x540 pixels, Adreno 306 graphics chip, 1GB of RAM, 4.7 MP front camera and 7MP basic with flash, autofocus and face recognition. Operating system, new items will be Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat. Information about the timing of the smartphone on the market and its affordable price is not yet available.

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Universal controller for games in the genre of FPS

Universal controller for games in the genre of FPS 

Most gamers who prefer mobile platform, knows that management action with a first-person (first-person shooter) they realized quite uncomfortable, so they can help the controller PP Gun, a draft of which was launched on Kickstarter. The device looks like a modern automatic rifle with a special mount for smartphones and tablets on top of the trunk, set removable battery (4500 mAh or 9000 mAh), which can be used to charge devices and simulation system efficiency. Motion control game characters is carried out using a special joystick, but for the viewing direction changes accordingly motion controller in space. Bluetooth wireless interface lets you connect PP Gun devices based on iOS and Android, as well as a personal computer, but to play with a computer display will be uncomfortable, so the solution is to the same plate on which the image is transferred to the PC. Upon successful completion of the campaign, PP Gun goes on sale in October for about $ 200.

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A powerful smartphone with a battery capacity of 5000 mAh

A powerful smartphone with a battery capacity of 5000 mAh

Almost all smartphones started recently known manufacturers have a serious drawback: the time of their battery life is rarely more than a couple of days without recharging. Now, however, the market will be a worthy alternative - THL 5000 smartphone with a battery capacity of 5000 mAh. While the rest of its characteristics do not look less worthy against competitors: 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels, protected glass Gorilla Glass 3, an 8-core CPU MediaTek MT6592 with frequency 1.7 GHz, the graphics chip Mali 450, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB non-volatile memory, expandable via microSD, as well as front and 5 MP 13 MP main camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor and f/1.8 lens. Case thickness smartphone will be 8.9 mm. Terms of occurrence of THL 5000 on sale and its price has not been announced.

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Sony HMZ-T3W - compact 3D-cinema for one person

Sony HMZ-T3W - compact 3D-cinema for one person

Despite its futuristic appearance, HMZ-T3W is essentially a relatively simple device. This headset with two small displays for each eye and the built-in audio. It will immerse themselves in the action 2D or 3D-film, as well as some gameplay shooter.

Front of each eye is a high-quality user OLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720. Due to the short distance, they provide a wide viewing angle - 45 degrees. Housing unit has a sleek streamlined design. Fixing is carried on the head by two straps. One passes through the back of the head, and the second through the top of the head and bears almost the entire mass. This is a good solution, since nasal cartilage load even 300 grams, which weighs headset, would already be very uncomfortable.

Between the two displays have a seizure, which normally fits most nose. It is worth noting that for normal viewing critical clear orientation headset on your head. The distance between the two lenses can be controlled with a pair of sliders, but the adjustment diopters for people with low vision, unfortunately, no. Points under the headset in principle placed, but the convenience is, of course, does not add. The control buttons are located nearby. They are comfortable enough to use the touch. The menu does not Russian, but it is simple and intuitive. In addition, after setting them virtually unused. Next to the buttons you can find the usual 3.5mm audio jack.

The scope of delivery includes a small breakout box. It has a simple rectangular design and carries interfaces HDMI, MHL, and power connector. Communication with the head unit can also be carried out without wires, by WirelessHD. There is still gold-plated 1/4 inch (6.3mm) headphone jack. Includes attached ear Sony MDR-EX0300.

The device uses a 32-bit digital-to-analog converter, and supports Virtual Phones (VPT) to simulate a 5.1 or 7.1-channel surround sound. There are several preset profiles, the most successful - "Cinema" and "Game". Of course, the sound is not up to the full audio, but nonetheless pretty good even through earphones.

Image

Due to the fact that the ambient light is minimized OLED-displays reach their full potential. Images from nothing distracting and can be properly enjoy watching. Display brightness is chosen optimally, but due to an incredibly deep black image feels very realistic. Color rendition exaggerates a little color saturation to adjust the allocated only one slider, but it is enough. The structure itself is ideal for displaying 3D-content in full resolution, without the drawbacks of a TV or projector.

The package includes: head module and battery screen from external light switch module (3xHDMI) Headphone Cables HDMI (1,5 m and 3 m) cable microUSB AC adapter for the head unit AC Adapter for switch module Carrying Case

Pros

- great picture 

- great sound 

- the relative compactness and autonomy Cons - high price - the load on the muscles of the neck - no diopter adjustment Verdict HMZ-T3W fully justifies the claimed functionality, creating a real high for a cinema audience. The headset is especially good for playing 3D-content. But she has a relatively narrow niche, not the most ideal ergonomics, and 50 000, which it stands, the majority prefer a home theater for watching movies with good company.

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Turbo X5 Z - a great and inexpensive smartphone

Turbo X5 Z - a great and inexpensive smartphone

Every person before buying a smartphone has a specific list of criteria that must be met gadget and usually, the list includes a list of incompatible settings. Everyone wants the perfect device that is both compact and at the same time with a large screen, with a huge battery, worked with the 2nd SIM card that supports all modern wireless communication protocols and, of course, would be worth very little. Our guest today - Turbo X5 Z smartphone has all these properties and may compete for the title of "golden mean."

Grade, traditionally Turbo, very rich - 2 batteries, charger 220V, cable MicroUSB, headphones, two protective films on the screen (one of them already glued) and Case-book with a window on the functional similarity of S-View. Case glued to your phone and, honestly, I do not really like it, because he hides rather beautiful appearance smartphone than adds convenience. Window "S-view" allows you to answer / reset calls without opening the cover and in the same closed form, due to the earpiece slot, you can talk on the phone.

Appearance

TURBO X5 Z is somewhat reminiscent of a 6-inch smartphone Turbo X6 Z, however, is much more compact it, and lateral metal faces painted black. The entire back surface is made ​​of soft-touch plastic, which is very pleasant to the touch and leaves no traces of touch.

Unlike the "big brother» X5 Z has no hardware camera button, and functional hardware buttons and connectors are moved to the other side of the device. So port for charging / sync and headphone jack "moved" to the top of the smartphone, the power button is now on the left, and the volume rocker, respectively, on the right. All of these changes will not interfere with the work of the unit and from the first seconds of communication with him - there is addictive.

At the lower end X5 Z from different angles there is a perforation, which can be misleading, implying the presence of stereo speakers, but the speaker in only one smartphone and it is located on the back side of the gadget. 

MicroUSB port has OTG support and allows you to connect compatible USB-drives. My USB-flash drive Kingston DataTraveler microDuo it without any problems identified and connected as additional memory (and when connected asks permission to install applications in the memory).

When connected to a PC offers several options for the smartphone - only for recharging in removable disk mode, as the camera (PTP), media device (MTP) and even as a CD-ROM (a virtual drive with a useful software).

Under the back cover of the smartphone, which built the NFC antenna is a slot for memory cards MicroSD (officially supports cards up to 32GB, but the excellent start the card 64 GB) and two slots for SIM cards. As is the case with Turbo X6 Z - one slot full-size, and the second card MicroSIM, which can be very handy while traveling.

One of the "attractions" gadget is its thickness, it is only 6.5 mm. This is certainly not a record figure, but considering also beveled side - felt incredibly thin smartphone.

 Display

TURBO X5 Z screen has a diagonal equal to 5 inches, made ​​by technology IPS-OGS and has a HD resolution (1280 x 720 pixels). He has excellent viewing angles and good color, but WOW-effect such as TURBO X6 Z he did not call me. He's a good, but not much more. Perhaps blame differences in resolution and, consequently, in the density of pixels, but after X6 Z is difficult to surprise me display. 

Brightness a smartphone 2 times more than you need, and maybe even more. Every home use enough 5% of the maximum brightness, and at 100% you will dazzle even outdoors. By the way, the sun glare screen, but read very well. Performance and Graphics Heart TURBO X5 Z is a 4-core processor with a frequency of 1300 MTK6582 MHz, works in conjunction with a 2-yadernogy graphics Mali 400 and 1 GB of RAM. Performance test in AnTuTu Benchmark showed exactly 17000 "parrots" that almost comparable with the performance of the smartphone Galaxy S3. This power smartphone enough to comfortably pull all modern 3D games.

On personal experience convinced smooth operation 8 Asphalt, Modern Combat 4, Balance 3D, Shadowgun: DeadZone, Death Rally and Frontline Commando. If in the case of Turbo X6 Z about games was better not to speak, X5 Z we can safely recommend to fans of heavy 3D games.

In the "stability test" smartphone showed very good results, and the CPU temperature did not exceed 34-degrees (ambient temperature was 25 degrees).

Battery

Battery in modern smartphones - is the Achilles' heel. Diagonal display increases, productivity increases and the amount of internal memory and it's not even speaking about the growing number of various sensors and modules, and batteries do not have any progress in the development and where they were 10 years ago, and remain there. And for the sake of fashion manufacturers try to make more subtle body devices, while establishing a small battery capacity, which only exacerbates the situation. Smartphone Turbo X5 Z did not some special exception, though, and comes complete with a 2nd battery, but from for ultra-low-body thickness (6.5mm) both are small capacity - 1830 mAh. True, there was a surprise for me. The first thing I started - testing autonomy phone gently: 1 installed SIM card, provided no more than 10 minutes of phone calls a day, 5-10 images, checking e-mail and permanently connected WiFi (without sleeping and Eco mode). Screen in this case total running about 20-25 minutes a day (at 10% brightness.) from 100% to 11% charge smartphone lasted 4 days 22 hours and 48 minutes! 11% - can be considered a complete depletion of the battery, because the last 10 percent - it is rather an opportunity to have time to run to the charger than sufficient time to use the device. These percentages are fraught eyes.

The result seemed a somewhat implausible and I spent another after such a test. 

At this time, from 100% to 3% of smartphone lasted 4 days 5 hours 22 minutes. For lovers of autonomy - in my opinion more than excellent performance, especially given the very small battery.

Test No. 3: added module GPS (use it 2-3 times a day to determine the coordinates, checks congestion and roadside assistance), connects a lot of different software. Number of phone calls up to 20 minutes a day, and the time is already included screen 1 hour per day. Total from 100% to 23% (no further time to take a screenshot and finally landed on the GPS battery) - 2 days and 51 minutes.

Honestly - for me these results came as a surprise. At first thought I would have to wear a second battery, but with my style I use a smartphone these 1830 mAh enough for 2 days. During this time, you can certainly get to the charger. Camera

The smartphone has two cameras - a front with a resolution of 5 MP and 13 MP rear. In good light, including cloudy weather, the pictures are very decent, and the rest - is the standard camera, not better or worse than others.

GPS

About GPS, probably would have to write down what it is, but I decided to "torture." Unfortunately, the Chinese navigation MTK or works "so-so", or not working at all. In the case of Turbo X5 Z first run in the open countryside took about 15 minutes, it was improper for a long time. After reset and update AGPS, installation service maps Google, application installation and configuration FasterGPS unit under my region - cold start now takes less than 1 minute, and hot / warm start for 5-10 seconds, which I think is a normal job. 

How it looks in comparison with a smartphone Galaxy S4 - look at the video. Both smartphones stood on the window sill of the second floor. Certainly S4 unconditionally wins in this comparison, but also to determine the coordinates for 5 seconds at Turbo X5 Z consider very good result.

SOFT.

X5 Turbo Z out of the box is powered by Android 4.2.2. Firmware virtually pristine clean, not cluttered with stuff, not a customized, it lacks all unnecessary. Provider is present only GOOGLE search, maps and Play.Market. All this is extremely convenient because you can always install what you need and do not suffer with the installation of root-access, in order to remove the "trash." If necessary, free up space - you can delete several preset programs, including AIType Keyboard, compass, Navitel (demo version) and LitRes. And this is done quickly and easily, without the route-rights.

Conclusion:

Share conclusion on the pros and cons did not, because objective minuses smartphone is not revealed. With a relatively small battery Turbo X5 Z can give odds of autonomy in a large number of smartphones that have more capacious battery. GPS, thankfully, works pretty well, but its sensitivity is poor and the place where other smartphones see 12 satellites, our hero is able to consider only 7. Otherwise was very balanced smartphone with stylish looks, high-quality 5-inch display and very productive iron, able to cope with heavy applications and 3D-games. With all this on his Yandex.market price starts with a mark of 7700 rubles, making Turbo X5 Z very bargain.

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Android-launcher from Nokia

Android-launcher from Nokia

Despite the fact that Microsoft bought units of mobile phones Nokia, Finns are increasingly turning their attention to Android. After the release of rather unfortunate smartphone Nokia X, the decision was made for the correction of errors and announced the development of Nokia X2, and now Android users were able to download Z Launcher - a wrapper that allows quick access to the necessary application or a contact from the phone book, drawing the first letter its name on the display. Just a rather unusual feature of the program is the information on the screen, which varies depending on time of day and location of the user. Currently supports a limited list of smartphones, but you can already download and install the Z Launcher on your device, thereby verifying its functionality.

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Drift HD Ghost - FullHD-handy camera for harsh environments

Drift HD Ghost - FullHD-handy camera for harsh environments

The family of DVRs designed for extreme sports and other applications, joined by another model with support for 1080p format. Unlike many analogues, Drift HD Ghost does not require additional protective case - the enclosure itself is sealed and can withstand immersion to a depth of 3 meters.

The camera has a compact streamlined body. On one end is a convex wide (170 degree) lens over it have LED, and the opposite side is mounted a set of interfaces (microUSB, card slot microSD / microSDHC, miniHDMI, 3,5-mm microphone jack), which is protected by a cover. It is secured by a threaded pin. Control is the four buttons on the side of. On the broad side of the case is a 2-inch LCD display that displays the system menu, and can be used to browse the collection of materials and as a viewfinder. It is noteworthy that the top is closed glass Gorilla Glass. Still camera can be controlled via an iPhone or iPad via the integrated WiFi (need to install a special application). Also in the kit is a simple two-button remote control, which gives access to the main functions. Its range - 10 meters. Remote has elements for attachment to a belt or strap. All management options are simple and convenient.

Dimensions: 104x50x33 mm 
Weight: 120 g Shoot camera can shoot 1080p video at 30 frames per second. The second mode reduces the field of view to 130 degrees, but increases the frequency of up to 60 frames per second. There is still time-lapse mode with 120 k / s, but only in VGA-quality. Furthermore the model can capture 11-megapixel photos. Quality shooting is not particularly impressive in comparison with conventional "civil" cameras, but in its extreme elements Drift HD Ghost outlive them all.

Endurance

capacity built-in battery is 1700 mA * h The maximum operating time on a single charge - 2.5 hours.

Pluses

- sealed housing 

- easy control 

- control 

- WiFi 

- Gorilla Glass Cons - mediocre sharpness - no support for Android

Verdict

On the set of parameters Drift HD Ghost is a decent device in its niche. Design and management of well thought, the price - $ 300.

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Overview flagship smartphone LG G3: perfection in the details

Overview flagship smartphone LG G3: perfection in the details

Flagman - it is always a staple for the manufacturer. In it are the embodiment of the most advanced ideas, the most advanced technology. More interesting to study such devices, especially if they produced such renowned companies as LG.

The first thing that strikes you when you first look at the LG G3 - is the screen, and he is known, is a kind of "face" of any smartphone. Due to the fact that G3 is the world's first smartphone with a screen resolution of 1440 x 2560 (Quad HD), the picture is incredibly clear and realistic. Many companies and this advantage would have been considered sufficient to release a new generation product, but LG has not stopped. First the smartphone is equipped with a revolutionary laser autofocus camera, by which focuses smartphone faster than any other competitor in the market. At the same time we all know how important it is to quickly catch the subject in focus. How many frames were spoiled sluggishness electronics smartphones?

 LG G3

Finally, a portrait of revolutionary complements innovative design using the effect of metallized coating and record battery life, which was achieved using capacious battery 3000 mA * h All this can be characterized by "goodness of simple solutions."

 Dimensions are 146.3 x 74.6 mm, with a thickness of 8.9 mm. Weight LG G3 - 150 grams, it seems even a modest indication given diagonal. Just think, five and a half inches! Until recently, smartphones with similar display size were considered as non-viable solution that performs pioneering mission from bold experiments requiring pen to enter information and certainly not for one-handed operation. However, engineering solutions that have reduced the thickness of the side frames and the device, the software settings that minimize false positives, let us make sure that 5.46 inches - just right for a proper smartphone. New LG G3 inherited also the main feature of the design of its predecessor, namely the external controls are located on the back of the device, with the button "on / off" is between the volume keys. This makes some sense - to miss if necessary adjust the volume, is almost impossible. Yes, and to get used to the placement of the power button quickly enough. In general, the appearance of only wins.

Front panel is not overloaded by any authorities - only glass, subtle black border around the edges, the upper part with the lattice dynamics, the window of the front camera, optical sensors and inset at the bottom, corresponding to the color of the back. All this in the smooth contours of the light by the metal edge.

The back is made of a metal-textured, slightly rough plastic. The rear of the slightly arched and very comfortable in the hand. At the same time, even when just're finger in the direction of a button - tactilely pleasing. Middle top of the module located older camera (with dual flash on the right and the left window of the laser rangefinder, covered with plastic, which we can often see in the IR remote control home appliances). Bottom left - fine trim slit main speaker. It produces a very loud sound, which is not surprising, given its size. We are not talking about magic tonal abilities, but its volume can not be underestimated.

The back is removable, it is underneath the slot for micro SIM card and slot for memory expansion card format micro SD (maximum supported at the moment the amount of 128 GB). A pleasant surprise for those who are inclined to use a device that is called "driving horses to death," would the presence of a removable battery, which, alas, is rarely found in modern flagships. Now, in order to give new impetus to the smartphone, you just remove the cover, which is very easy and fast, and change the battery. In this case, the cover sits back like a glove. In general, would like to mention high-quality assembly device worthy of the status of flagship smartphone, as well as a pleasant tactile feel when working with external controls - smooth and clear the main course metallic buttons and volume keys.

At the top end housed an IR port that allows you to turn your smartphone into the remote control virtually any technique. Fortunately, the built-in application has a huge database of all kinds of devices, and if necessary, you can search and third-party software to Google Play.

At the bottom end - micro USB connector for charging and PC connection, microphone hole and a standard 3.5 mm stereo headset. The remaining ends were completely "naked", which may seem a bit surprising at first, but then you start to appreciate this decision.

Currently available in two trims - the metal is black and silky white. We emphasize that the color differentiation applies only to the bottom panel and the back of the device.

The display has a maximum resolution of 1440 smartphones x 2560. And it's five and a half inches! Recall that these figures are just beginning to appear on the best laptops. In this case, the diagonal of such mobile computing - from thirteen inches. In short, the sharpness seems to be simply prohibitive. Adds fuel to the fire and pre-movie format 4K convey the thrill of watching which words is very difficult. Many spectators, being under the influence, said that it was difficult to believe in the reality of the situation.

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ZTE Open C - Firefox OS smartphone for less than $ 100

ZTE Open C - Firefox OS smartphone for less than $ 100

ZTE company released a simple entry-level smartphone operating system Firefox OS. The device has a compact size by 4-inch display and weighs just 125 grams.

The case is entirely made of matte black plastic. The screen is framed by a fairly wide frame. Beneath it is the only touch button "home". The overall design feels very stocky, shell thickness of 10.8 mm. All faces are rounded, it is comfortable to hold in your hand. Volume is controlled by keys on the right side of the case. The power button is on, rad has a headphone jack. Micro USB port located on the bottom. To access the memory card, the SIM card and battery need to remove the back cover.

Technical equipment

smartphone uses a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 512 MB ​​RAM and 4 GB of internal memory, which can add up to 32 GB card microSD. Screen resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, which creates density 233ppi.

Operating System

Firefox OS 1.3 like the old Android. To unlock the screen should make a slide from left to right. The home screen has a universal search bar. Located at the bottom of the panel for quick access to applications. They can be selected using a simple drag shortcuts. Among the pre-installed applications include e-mail client, Facebook, Twitter, FM-radio, and navigator. Camera app has no settings, it should appear in the next version of the operating system. Also here is not to find Spotify, Netflix, Dropbox, Flipboard or Ebay. App store, of course, can not compete with a range of Google Play.

Unfortunately, the weak hardware can not provide smooth operation when navigating the menu. Constantly present delay. Does also works with lags. Another unpleasant thing is that when held close to the ear phone while receiving a call the screen turns off not always. Autonomy Open C is powered by a lithium-ion battery capacity of 1400 mA * h 90-minute video playback reduce the charge level to 61%. Camera Camera Open C is the only one. She does not have autofocus, flash, and removes it disgusting. MegaPixel - 3.15 MP.

Pros

- cheap
- microSD slot Cons - terrible camera - joists - a small selection of applications

Verdict

Open C can please its price ($ 95) and a pleasant minimalist interface, but everything else is solid disadvantages. Better add some money and buy, for example, Motorola Moto E.

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Universal wireless vibrating headphones

Universal wireless vibrating headphones 

Listening to music with headphones on the street may be a danger to their owner as low volume negatively affects the quality of the sound and the high can damage hearing or will not allow the car to hear the signal. Solution in such a situation can become headphones Headbones, which by themselves do not emit sound, and fastened in the temporal bone, and through it directly transmit sound waves to the inner ear, leaving the ear canal open. You can connect to your phone via Bluetooth and use, including, as the headset, thanks to built-in microphone. Well, if you need to shut out external noise, then Headbones staffed liners similar headphones. Built-in battery lasts for 10 hours of continuous playback or 12 days of standby time, and it is through charging port microUSB. Headbones purchase will be in October this year for about $ 150.

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Apple in the box: Why and How to put Windows 7 on Apple MacBook Air 13 "2014

Apple in the box: Why and How to put Windows 7 on Apple MacBook Air 13 "2014

Not long ago, Apple has released a new version of the MacBook Air laptop 13. Contrary to the usual difference in the year, the novelty came just six months later, however, small changes in it: a little more powerful processor and all. So, in order not to write the second time the same thing, we decided to experiment and ... establish this MacBook Windows 7 operating system. Why did we do and what the results of the experiment - read our review.

As can be seen from the table, the standard configuration of the new MacBook Air 13 default is processor Intel Core i5-4260U clocked at 1.4 GHz instead of Intel Core i5-4250U with a 1.3 GHz model in half a year ago. This gives a very small performance gain, it can only be seen in benchmarks, however, the novelty offered to customers for the same money, and the previous model - cheaper.

Adequate MacBook Air competitors to pick up, as always, difficult. More or less comparable in price models usually have lower performance (despite the higher clock speed itself Intel Core i5-4200U less productive than i5-4250U/4260U).

On the other hand, you can find similar in size and performance of Windows-notebooks, but they will cost is much more expensive - it will be a different price category, and some features will be noticeably better (screen resolution, for example), which is not always justified in such laptops.

Well, all the more impossible to find Windows-laptop that would run on battery as much as MacBook Air. This is due, inter alia, energy efficiency of the operating system OS X (below, in this article, we clearly demonstrate this is a known fact).

Appearance

Traditionally, apparently no change in the MacBook Air 13 no. Great design does not have to change, and there was no such purpose: it is only a minor update model. However, MBA from the 13 of 2012 looked exactly the same. In short, MacBook - this is not the case when you can buy appliances for some status or, as they say, "boast" - say, look what I'm modern, bought the latest model. Nobody will notice as you do not tell.

Put Windows on a Mac

Well, just about 13 MBA from the 2013th year, we detail already wrote , we turn to our experiments with Windows.

OS X operating system on a typical Windows-based computer to establish a very difficult, and it is not certain that it will work. In most cases, so-called "Hackintosh" (from the word "hacker" and "Mac") - a special assembly of OS X, which, after special ceremonies "with tambourines and dancing," the ability to run on a standard PC. However, if the user is lucky with the motherboard, after flashing BIOS loader and substitution can be installed even quite a regular distribution of OS X, which will even receive regular updates from Apple. Some, however, this method is also called Hackintosh.

But to put Windows on any Mac a piece of cake. No more difficult than to put Windows on any "normal" computer, perhaps, a little longer. The simplest method to install Windows on Mac - using built-in OS X Utilities "Assistant Boot Camp», which will help break up the drive and configure the boot loader to prepare bootable USB flash drive with driver and image distribution (or without it, if at hand is DVD).

Note that even if you install multiple operating systems on your computer prefer virtualization in OS X this is not a problem: the most popular virtual machine for Mac Parallels Desktop (in which you can work with Windows-based applications and windows as well as with OS X - which on most Windows, by the way, did not happen), you can work with the established in Boot Camp Windows and does not require additional manipulation: ie you can use Windows in virtualization mode and uploaded it separately. But in this article we will only work with Boot Camp.

So stocking external USB-DVD-drive, license way 64-bit Windows 7 "Home Premium" and the 8-gigabyte memory stick. Now it's small - run Boot Camp.

First, the utility will ask you what we're going to do at all. Top tick "Create a Windows 7 installation disc or later" you can just remove - we do not need, because Disc already have (DVD). Click "Next".

Because USB flash drive we have already inserted, Boot Camp offers used to store other drivers and utilities that can come in handy when working in Windows. The next stage - split disk.

Usually programs dealing marking disk rather complicated for beginners, but here all elementary - will not have anything to do with his hands. Is that, pull the slider, choosing how much space on the built-in storage (in our test was 13 MBA 256 GB SSD-drive) will be set aside for OS X, as well as under Windows. We were too lazy to choose, so we just clicked on the "Divide into equal parts." To be honest, so to speak.

In principle, that's all. After clicking "Install», Boot Camp will start preparing a USB-stick. At this time, you can go to drink tea after connecting USB-DVD-drive and inserting the distribution of Windows. Boot Camp will run about half an hour, it all depends on - how many have to download from the Internet. Remember to tick the first step: "Download the latest software from the Windows Support Apple»? That's what it is. It was possible to turn off, but we prefer the fresh creams.

After Boot Camp is finished, the computer will restart and begin installing Windows the usual scenario. Select your country, keyboard, kick back, enter the product code again kick back - and so on. Does that have to manually format the newly created partition (it will be called BOOTCAMP) to NTFS. But Windows will warn you about this.

When Windows is established and finally loaded, it is found that most software support for Windows from Apple, it includes - see later.

Overall, Windows 7 via Boot Camp was set a little more than an hour with minimal user interaction. Handle even a child, we guarantee it.

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Amazon Fire Phone: Rate Software

Amazon Fire Phone: Rate Software

 Amazon today announced its first smartphone Fire Phone, which in its essence is one in a series of similar devices, but it is only from a hardware perspective. In the software area, the Company has advanced much further. Apparently realizing load the smartphone market, the head of Amazon Jeff Bezos emphasized the unusual set of features would help kotoroye Fire Phone stand out from the mass of similar devices. program in the field at the Fire Phone, probably not revolutionary innovations, but the company analyzed competitors' offers, summed up their and wrapped in its own package, seasoned seasoning of your own Internet services. For example, a new feature FireFly, the presentation of which was paid quite a lot of time, is a mix of scanning functions, identification and content analysis. 

For example, using the FireFly smartphone users can "listen to" sounding music in the room and that will determine the track title like service Shazam. In the case of Firefly, Amazon is a little further, and offers excerpts definition movies and TV shows. Last implemented through cooperation with IMBD.com (which belongs to Amazon). Also using Firefly can define text and numbers that fall into the lens of the smartphone. Many third-party applications for Android and iOS allow you to do the same. However, Amazon and here goes further, offering a function of barcode scanning and price tags. At the same time, smart checks to see if a similar product listing Amazon at a lower price.

 Overall, Firefly function passes through a significant part of the functionality of your smartphone. Under her producer even allocated a separate button on the unit. For Westerners, in particular the United States, the device can be quite useful, as it in fact has access to many consumer services - this movie, and price comparisons, and system rental and other digital books. So that users can get a taste of content, Amazon has decided to open access to the Prime Fire Phone buyers for 12 months. 

Moreover, the company offers a significant part of the functional program filling for third-party developers through the API, you have access to potentially new developments could get and independent programs. few words about another product features: Dynamic Perspective, which equips the device interface 3D-effects. However, Amazon does not have to objects "jumped out of the screen of the smartphone," but instead the interface itself was created based on a dynamic perspective and create a pseudo-three-dimensional in some objects. Moreover, Dynamic Perspective smartphone works with cameras and image adapts depending on how the user looks at the device.

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Sharp displays showed freeform

Sharp displays showed freeform

 Japanese Sharp today unveiled a prototype of the display, which can be made ​​in any form completely, and not just in the traditional rectangular appearance. The new display called Free-Form, a rectangular shape is not required, as the display control circuit is dissipated over the entire surface, not only around the front panel. "Traditional displays have angles, so as to require a minimum width of the front surface to the manufacture under these could create a control circuit. Such schemes are distributed around the screen and another can not work. In the case of Free-From the control circuit is implemented differently, it is tied to an individual pixel on the screen. 

This allows the control circuit to take any form ", - told the Sharp. According to engineers Sharp, the new displays are based on proprietary technology IGZO, allowing to achieve high-quality images as well as a number of other proprietary patented technology, which Sharp says not yet. company notes that model using Free-Form Display can create displays for cars, information and entertainment systems, mobile devices, wearable electronics and so on. 

Moreover, the new displays in cars Free-Form will allow to create a monolithic dashboard, which will be displayed as the current speed, total kilometers and movies, websites, etc. While the company says nothing about the launch date of the product on the market, but states that mass production, it plans to begin "as soon as possible." Earlier, the "wrong" displays also showed South Korean LG and Samsung. The last two showed video screens with concave and curved smartphones.

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Ancestry.com has been under attack by hackers

Ancestry.com has been under attack by hackers

The popular western genealogical resource Ancestry.com says he set about restoring its website after hacker attack, which led to temporary block this week. In Ancestry.com said that the attack started with DDoS-traffic, but did not touch on the user data. The company said that because of the attack were available resources and Acestry.com Findgrave.com. 

The attack began on Monday and continued until today, inclusive. In Ancestry.com page on Facebook says that the company temporarily shut off some of the resource-intensive applications to stabilize the system. Their work will be fully restored after normalization of traffic. 

"No client data is not affected, the staff working on the restoration of a functional network and prevent similar incidents in the future", - said Scott Sorensen. Ancestry.com was originally established in 1983 as a publishing company, and later it changed its specification for the network and started working on genealogy and network projects. At present, the database Ancestry.com has 14 billion records, 2 million is added daily. Works on the resource base of more than 60 million catalogs genealogy.

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Facebook announced softswitch

Facebook announced softswitch

The world's largest social network today presented an open software model of a network switch that can manage servers in a data center scale. The new concept could potentially threaten the business giants such as Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, as the cost of the software router support is significantly lower than for the maintenance of the hardware park. As described in Facebook, their router can control the flow of traffic, where it was originally optimized for with large Internet projects that require system web load balancing, sophisticated routing and other features.

 In Facebook said that faced with the need to create your own software router, after the company has grown to the extent of those that work with conventional switches has become inconvenient. Switches open design - this is the last step of the biggest social networking to create a network infrastructure solutions. Since 2011, Facebook together with its partners is working to develop more efficient and cost-effective solutions. Gay exchange initiatives under the previously created project Open Compute Project. 

This project aims at the exchange of technology and ideas on software and hardware components and data center networks vysokoskorotnyh. Here partners involved in the creation of servers, storage and networking products customized design. Earlier Facebook stated that due to developments created in the bowels of the Open Compute Project, she managed to save $ 1.2 billion on infrastructure. 

Last year, Facebook has invested 1.36 billion dollars in the creation of their own servers. During 2013 the volume of investments has doubled. In the Facebook servers to buy customizable projects from companies such as Quanta Computer, instead of buying equipment from brands such as HP, IBM or Dell.

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Belarusian "Beltelecom" will block port 25

Belarusian "Beltelecom" will block port 25

Leading operator in Belarus "Beltelecom" announced that proceeds to the measures to restrict junk mail coming from the country. Belarusian spam is spread primarily from infected computers, often without the knowledge of their owners. "Beltelecom" urges customers to check your computer for malware and when necessary disinfect or delete infected objects. 

For subscribers, convicted of intentional or unintentional spamming, will be closed to send messages via SMTP-protocol port 25 mail client. If you have problems sending of Outlook Express, The Bat, Thunderbird and other email programs users should upgrade to a protected version of SMTP by changing the port number in the client by 587 or 465. According to the Belarusian operator of its activities will not affect accounts Gmail.com, Mail.ru and other third-party e-mail services.

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The first test in the Russian flagship "SLR" Nikon D4s 250 000

The first test in the Russian flagship "SLR" Nikon D4s 250 000

It is very difficult to do a review of these cameras as D4s. In essence it is only a professional tool, very highly specialized, sharpened by the solution of very specific problems. Circle of people who really need this camera, and press photographers limited moneybags. And so, and others, this article is not very interesting. First and so everyone knows about it, the second is like it is, if only the best. And it's about her, and so is known in advance. The new flagship of Nikon - the real peak of evolution reportage camera.

We, mere onlookers, destined to just enjoy the fact how much good it is, and a little sobered by the side effects of her incredible steepness, that have too enthusiastic arose to give a couple of extra bodies for it.

Outside

By tradition, we begin with the appearance of the camera (main characteristics can be found in our catalog ).

Nikon D4s - very large and heavy camera. This was expected. Compared with the youngest full-frame camera in the line Nikon, D610, the difference in weight is 600 grams. The difference in volume - 1.75. In this case it's a bit easier than its predecessor Nikon D4. Dimensions are identical. The same can be said about the ergonomics and button layout. Everything is exactly as well.

Left row of keys is traditional SLR Nikon:

On the right side is a button to lock the focus, the steering wheel selector to navigate the menu and switch the focus points (for this purpose, you can use the joystick located above). All of these controls are duplicated for portrait and landscape orientation of the camera. Also on this side is lock the focus point. Right are slots for memory cards CF and XQD. System tricky to get to them, you must first pull the lid, press the button.

Located below the LCD display with information about the format of photos, set the white balance, and ISO. To his right button on the "live view", switch to video, and under it - quick access to the installation ISO, the format of captured images and their size, white balance and microphone.

The viewfinder eyepiece has a rubberized edging and a special curtain. Need it for proper exposure metering when shooting at night.You can adjust the diopter. And, unlike most other cameras Nikon, wheel well recorded and does not turn in any contact with clothing.

At the top there is another LCD display, this time with information about the control mode ekspoparoy, shutter speed, aperture, battery charge, counter shots remaining, active memory card, focus mode, focus area, as well as the method of metering and exposure meter. Behind him is a button to switch between modes A, S, P and M, and the exposure compensation button to start recording. Even further behind her shutter button and combined with it the lever to activate the camera and lighting. Underneath there is another steering wheel. Located to the left shoe flash (built-in flash is not here).

On the left is the mode switch shutter (single, slow serial, serial rapid, quiet (in theory, in practice - very much), with a delay and manual. All they switch after pressing a button, accidentally spinning. Above this disc are keys for quick access to bracketing, flash and exposure metering.

Front, on the left side of the lens, it is latch lever to enable / disable "screwdriver", and a button to switch the focus mode. On the right side - the diaphragm and repeater function key. Above them - sinhrorazem flash interface for remote control.
On the left side are sockets for USB, Ethernet and HDMI, as well as jacks for headphones and microphone. Underneath this lies the key to all unscrewing which you can reach the battery compartment.

All buttons are backlit.

In this round out with the boring part of the review. We have listed a reason in some detail all camera controls. As you can see, to almost any setting can be reached immediately. The speed and the speed again. All ground under it to take a picture with lightning speed.
Inside

Nikon D4 has been so good that nothing revolutionary novelty not to be expected. It's just a routine update, as well as a fresh reason to leave their familiar D3 and D3s towards progress. Nevertheless, D4S focuses more rapidly than noise, and has a higher rate of resource release.
Processor

Virtually all avenues dedicated new camera, referred to the new processor EXPEED 4. And this is understandable, since a number of improvements tied on it. What did he give us?

First, a 30% increased capacity chamber. Nikon D4 can give 170 pictures in JPEG format with a resolution of 16 megapixels and about 75 14-bit RAW-files. D4S is capable of up to 200 JPEG frames and 104 RAW. This is if you use XQD memory cards for CF modest figure. Sometimes buffer overflow still come across. However, taking D4S and save on memory cards more illogical.

In addition to speed new signal processing algorithms have raised the bar even higher working ISO. We talk about it more when we get to the matrix.

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