Head of Oracle once again became the highest-paid U.S. CEO

Head of Oracle once again became the highest-paid U.S. CEO

         According to Bloomberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison retains the title of highest-paid CEO in corporate America. Despite the volatility in the economy and an earlier statement in his address criticism about the already high financial compensation, Allison has received compensation in the amount of U.S. $ 96.2 million, including U.S. $ 90.7 million in shares of the company and $ 3.9 million in the form of bonuses and allowances.

         New York Times notes that if bonuses CEO of the largest corporations in the last year have grown by an average of 3%, then Ellison's payout increased by 16%. Today, the rating CEO salaries largest companies in the world and publishes the British Times, and on ways to estimate Times it also leads Larry Ellison.

          According to industry tracker Equilar, last year the average CEO compensation of (meaning a hundred largest companies in the country) was 15, $ 1 million. Significant amounts of payments received as Robert Kotick (Activision Blizzard) - 64,9 million dollars, Leslie Moonves (CBS) - 60,3 million, the head of Discovery Communications David Zaslav - 49.9 million dollars, and James Crowe of Level 3 Communications - 40,7 million.

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In Spain, we start selling the world's first smartphone based on FirefoxOS

In Spain, we start selling the world's first smartphone based on FirefoxOS

       Spanish Telefonica becomes the world's first commercial manufacturer of smartphones based on operating system Firefox. The device ZTE Open will be sold to customers at the company preloplachennyh tariff plans for 69 euros. Firefox OS is based on the HTML 5.

       It is positioned as a solution for budget smartphones such as Android-state employees or devices such as Nokia Asha. On its own smartphone ZTE Open was announced ZTE Corp of China in February of this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

       Working inside the machine 1-GHz processor Qualcomm, 3,2-megapixel camera, and there is support for WiFi and a-GPS. Data memory here a little, a total of 512 MB ​​of RAM is even less - 256 MB. Exactly the same characteristics as a device Alcatel One Touch Fire, which should go on sale next week. Among Telefonica said that support for Firefox OS had other proivoditeley.

       Until the end of this year, their products based on the Linux operating system will show LG Electronics, Huawei and Sony. In addition to Spanish company Telefonica will sell Open in Venezuela and Colombia. in Spain for 69 euros smartphone buyers will receive 30 euros on the account, and 4-gigabyte memory card.

        Firefox OS itself is open and bespatnoy. According to some reports, the device is based on the Firefox OS plans to show and Deutsche Telekom.

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Technology Wi-Vi will see through walls

Technology Wi-Vi will see through walls

       A group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new technology called Wi-Vi, which allows you to track the movement of objects through walls. New uses for inexpensive radio transmitters that can be installed virtually anywhere.

      At MIT, says that the new sensors Wi-Vi in the future can be embedded in smart phones, other handheld devices, equipment for police and fire services. Katabami Dean, MIT professor and one of the developers of technology, said that the new technology can be used to create home security systems that would allow the owners of houses to see who is hiding behind the walls of the home.

       "Do not worry about what the neighbors will spy on you, considering you are wearing pants or not. System displays images at a very low resolution," - says catabolism. By its action it resembles aircraft radars that monitor the aircraft itself, but not provide information about what is happening in his cabin.

        Katabami says that, technically, the accuracy of the system could be improved and then Wi-Vi will be able to recognize faces, but in this case the system Wi-Vi in the sale would be limited. "Like all technology, our depends on how you use it "- says catabolism. New works by sending WiFi-waves through the obstacle detection and how they will be reflected. Similarly, working radar or sonar.

         However, there are no powerful antennas and bulky equipment with restricted frequencies. The system relies on two different types of radio signals that bounce and give an idea about the movements on the other side of the wall. Moreover, all the components of the system - a standard for devices that are in most modern smartphones.
 
        From the point of view of energy consumption Wi-Vi corresponds exactly to the WiFi. "The vision through the walls can be useful not only in the consumer, but also in the military sphere as well as mobile transmitters to carry with you," - says catabolism.

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Live virtualizer rollApp attracted investors' money

Live virtualizer rollApp attracted investors' money

        Located in Silicon Valley company rollApp Inc provides online application virtualization technology, which will work with any existing software on any new devices without the need for any modifications to these programs. For example, work on the iPad with programs originally written for Windows, or play games on the iOS-devices running Android.

      Team rollApp includes a number of legendary figures of the IT industry, such as Bjarne Stroustrup (author of the programming language C + +) and Bob Iannuchi (former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Nokia). now available free beta version of the technology rollApp, which exists as a online service and allows users to c Windows and Linux applications on the iPad-a, and on devices managed by ChromeOS, Windows, MacOS and Linux.

       During his stay in the beta service rollApp, though still fairly crude, has attracted interest from users in the past 8 months, its traffic has grown more than 50 times, and in May 2013 exceeded 0.5 million hits per month. Today rollApp Inc. announced the involvement of "Round A" funding in the amount of $ 1 million from a syndicate of investors.

       Fund LETA Capital acted as lead investor. Fund TMT Investments, which carried out the seed investment in rollApp in 2011, also participated in this round. rollApp plans to use the investment to expand the list of supported platforms / devices, the output from the phase of the free beta, monetization and start the transition to full commercial operation of its service.

       "rollApp eliminates the need to rewrite existing software products with the appearance on the market of new devices and operating systems - says Vlad Pavlov, founder and CEO of rollApp Inc. - With our service, there is no need to alter pre-existing applications to new platforms. And there is no need to create new applications to work with existing files on the new devices.

       Already today, rollApp published a large number of popular applications that allow users to open and edit files of almost all common types: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, e-books, charts, archives, engineering models, maps, etc. Almost instantly, any device without having to download or install anything. "

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RVC Seed Fund and Venture Fund of the Softline Venture Partners invested in BubbleGab

RVC Seed Fund and Venture Fund of the Softline Venture Partners invested in BubbleGab

      BubbleGab, SaaS-platform for building the next generation of socialized sites, announced that it raised another round of investment. The project was supported RVC Seed Fund (DRF RVC) and venture capital fund Softline Venture Partners.

      The funds received allowed to announce the official launch of BubbleGab and open stage of active development of a platform to enter the mass market. entire amount of investment will focus on completion of the main functional components of the project, the implementation of its functional integration to popular online portals, the API for converting popular content BubbleGab networks. BubbleGab allows you to create personal user pages, the content of which is going out of their profiles in social networks and blogs.

      Subsequently, the user pages will be combined in circles for mutual communication and producing significant media space. All aspects of the project will be available to all users of Internet resources on which the module is installed BubbleGab. This opens up the possibility of scaling the project, as it allows you to deal not involving the end-user, and work with the administrators of specific web resources that are already interested in the socialization of their websites.

     BubbleGab already managed to get expert support on reputable Internet industry events: conferences RIF + KIB 2013 JavaOne Russia and 2013. "Believing in the idea and investing the money, we have developed with our partners an attractive project that we managed to get the next round of investment of $ 1 million.
 
     This will allow us to accelerate the development and testing, and release the product to market in Q1 2014, ie BubbleGab entering the home straight. The socialization of the web - it is an essential need for the individual, we are creating a new milestone in the formation of a revolutionary tool for the realization of this need, "- says one of the founders of BubbleGab, managing partner Lineberger Advisers and an expert in the field of investment management Murazanov Roman.

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Innovative activity is moving, despite the crisis

           According to the "Global Innovation Index - 2013» (GII), published by Cornell University, the business school INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United States returned to the top five countries in terms of innovation, the United Kingdom has risen to third place, while Switzerland maintained its leading position. Despite the economic crisis, innovation continues to evolve.

           In most countries, spending on research and development activities exceeded those of 2008, and successful local centers are flourishing. The group dynamic of low-and middle-income countries, including China, Costa Rica, India and Senegal, ahead of its partners in the group, but not among the leaders of the GII-2013.

           This year's report sheds more light on the dynamics of innovation local level, which remains undervalued on a global scale. It talks about the appearance of the original innovation ecosystems and the necessity for departing from the generally accepted trend is to try to reproduce the previously implemented successful initiatives. 

           GII-In 2013 an assessment of the situation in the 142 world economies based on 84 indicators, including the quality of basic education in the universities, the availability of Microfinance, deals with venture capital, with consideration not only the innovative potential and measurable results. GII, published annually since 2007, has become the benchmark for policy makers

           The top ten countries - leaders in 2013 1. Switzerland (first place in 2012) 2. Sweden (2) 3. United Kingdom 4. Netherlands (6) 5. United States of America (10) 6. Finland (4) 7. Hong Kong (China) (8) 8. Singapore (3) 9. Denmark (7) 10.

           Ireland (9) Performance of Switzerland and Sweden indicate that both countries occupy a leading position in all components (basic criteria) GII, consistently getting into the top 25 countries with the best performance. United Kingdom shows a well-balanced performance in innovation (ranking fourth in both the cost and the results of innovative activities), despite the relatively low growth of labor productivity.

           The United States, which continues to benefit from its strong educational base (this is especially true of the top universities), have substantially increased the cost of software development and the level of employment in knowledge-intensive industries. The last time the United States entered the top five GlI in 2009, when they won first place.

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In Peru, the tomb was found in 1000-year-old

In Peru, the tomb was found in 1000-year-old

         A joint team of archaeologists from Peru and Poland opened in what is now Peru, the ancient royal burial from 60 mummies inside, 1,200 gold, silver and ceramic objects. Age finds more than 1,000 years old, that is, it refers to the period when these lands have not yet settled the Incas.

        Among the mummies, scientists have discovered graves of three princesses that are related to South American culture, known as the Wari.

         "This is a unique find. First royal tomb of the Wari culture, which we today know almost nothing," - said the Polish archaeologist Milos Hersh of the University of Warsaw. discovery was made ​​in the region of El Castillo, which is 300 km north of the capital of Peru, Lima. In 2010, not far from here have been found and some other artifacts related to the Wari culture.

          Found tomb is located in the ground at a depth of 2 meters, it is hidden from the surface of 33 tons of gravel. In the tomb were buried only women, but the tomb is about 17 meters in length. It is noteworthy that almost all of them were buried standing up - a sign of high status in ancient society. Also found in the tomb of gold, silver, jewelry, ceramics, baskets and other items.

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Electric dispersed to 329 km / h

Electric dispersed to 329 km / h

       Lord Paul Drayson, founder of Drayson Racing Technologies and former science minister of Great Britain , set a speed record for electric vehicles in the weight category up to one ton. Ex-officer was able to develop a speed on a modified version of the sport prototype Darayson B12 69/EV at 328.6 kilometers per hour. record was set on the runway of the former base of the Air Force in Elvington.

      The current result was 46.9 km / h better than the past achievements, established in 1974 car company General Electric. However, in accordance with the initial idea of the former Minister of past achievement was to be exceeded by 40 km / h .

       "I hope that this record will be able to show people the true potential of electric vehicles. Frankly, it's a very unusual race car, but setting this record in the UK points to two facts. First, the technologies used today in this car will be used in conventional machines.

       Second, the record shows that the United Kingdom - a leader in the use of these technologies, "- said Lord Drayson immediately after the establishment of global reach. Previously available information that professionals Drayson Racing Technologies specifically for the record run reworked version of the standard B12 69/EV. To reduce the weight of the batteries is 30 kWh substituted analogues of 20 kilowatt-hours of electric motors with a total power was reduced to 652 horsepower from the previous 870.

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Two malicious code, help each other against the anti-virus

         In the Microsoft Malware Protection Center was told about the discovery of two malicious programs running in tandem and helping each other to survive in the event of removal. It works in such a way that the download several different versions of each other, allowing them to avoid detection by antivirus engines. One of malware called Vobfus and it was first discovered in September 2009.

         This is a kind of malicious downloader that can load the other part of the code to work. Vobfus works in a way that after it reaches the computer that downloads the code from the command server program called Beebone, which works as another downloader and shakes other code.

        "Periodic sessions between Beebone Vobfus and lead to the fact that each one helps another and two programs could download malicious modules, which are not detected by anti-virus programs, "- says Hyun Choi, a virus analyst at Microsoft Malware Protection Center.

         Other malicious programs often have the character and the ability to update their code, but still did not meet the experts of different malicious programs that can communicate with each other.

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AT & T has developed a system of self-destruction email

      How can you deal with data leaks via e-mail? You can encrypt the message, you can use many other techniques, and you can physically destroy emails (like a tape in the "Mission Impossible"). A new patent application filed by the operator AT & T, has done just that.

       Company has filed an application to patent a new technology that describes the self-destructing email. Letters to the technology did not arrive in the recipient's mailbox and waiting for his check, and come in a box at the time of user location and cleared independently of the will of the reader after a specified period of time. In this case, the letters themselves are destroyed, you can copy, save, or forward, but at the request of the sender, all of these letters can be removed at a specified time.

      A new technology called Method, System, and Apparatus for Providing Self-Destructing Electronic Mail Messages. It describes a system of so-called email-control servers that will work with these types of messages. Send an email with the control server to normal can then only if he so desires sender. Of course, in an ordinary server will be the most common and lose the possibility of self-destruction. 

       At AT & T said that while their system has some gaps in the implementation, but the very concept of the company finds useful and interesting. In the application, the company said that the new system allows the sender to retain control over the data being transferred, even after they had gone to a different server, it also greatly complicates the data for potential thieves. The most important advantage is its ability to remotely destroy the message. The sender can set the time of destruction of rigid writing, after which the message will be removed anyway, irrespective of whether it has been read or not.

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