Posted: May 9th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: SocialMedia | Tags: open access, spam accounts, twitter
Documents on the portal without comment pastebin is a long list with many user names and passwords from the micro-blogging service Twitter was published. Currently still complete uncertainty about where the data originated.
55,000 records are contained in the document. After preliminary analysis, carried out by Twitter itself, but would only 20,000 entries from more than once. In another part there is not existing accounts and others were already locked because of the proliferation of spam.
Thus, it would be hard for the data to the normal user login. The active accounts should probably belong to a spammer that this spread advertising messages to many Twitter users. This is suggested to follow a number of accounts only many other users, but even have a few followers and content.
However, the user name can be concluded to have been generated automatically. It is almost exclusively concerned with the combination of a first name with any three other characters that are either directly attached or separated by an underscore. All passwords have also to eight digits.
Twitter also claims to have found no evidence that its systems were compromised. As a precaution – if that is still normal user accounts are in the list – you have reset the passwords of all accounts. Potentially affected users have to think now that is a new identifier.
Posted: May 6th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Mobile Phone | Tags: discount prices, Sony VAIO T, Ultra-Books
Sony increases with the introduction of the new VAIO T-Series for the first time in the ultra-book market. The Japanese electronics giant is now so well to the providers of the new, ultra-thin yet very powerful notebook.
Sony is among the new VAIO T11 and T13 Ultra-Books to 11.6 – and 13.3-inch display with 1366×768 pixels, which are combined with Intel Core i3 and i5 processors installed. At the 11.6-inch model is an older “Sandy Bridge” chip is used, while the 13.3-inch model is already working with a CPU based on Intel’s new “Ivy Bridge” architecture.
They are each 4 GB of RAM and hard drives with 320 or 500 GB of storage built in, which were also equipped with some SSD-based storage to power up the device faster. There are also Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless N, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI output, one USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 port, a webcam and an VGA port.
At 1.42 kg light 11.6-inch model Sony T11 is a very low starting price of 699 €. The 13.3-inch version is slightly heavier at 1.6 pounds and costs at least 100 € more. At a price of 899 €, there is a hard disk with 128 GB SSD. All models plug into an attractive magnesium alloy case. The battery life is indicated in each case with up to 9 hours.
Posted: April 25th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Technology | Tags: ARM, business, continuing boom
The British chip designer ARM-rides on a wave of success. The booming demand for smartphonesand tablets can ring the cash register at the company – after all, working in most of these devices chips based on ARM architectures.
The company recorded a turnover in the last quarter of 162.5 million euros. This represents an increase year on year by 14 percent. The licensees pay attention here to the more lucrative high-end architectures, making the profit could be expanded by as much as 74 percent to 45.9 million euros.
The result could be surpassed analysts’ expectations. They had expected only with a revenue increase of 12 percent to $ 159.4 million. Also in profit before taxation and specific items was ARM with an increase of 22 percent to 75.9 million dollars over the projected $ 74.9 million.
In the last quarter were completed, 22 new license agreements for processor designs according to the management. To substantiate his stand in the industry in the longer term, the company had also announced that the security specialist Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient in a joint venture to work on the implementation of better security technologies into their own chip designs.
Ultimately you have to do with the UK company hardly worries about the future. For the low-power chips based on ARM-long interest in the mobile industry have also awakened. Especially in the server segment corresponding to future chips are used. The company expects, given the current state of development so that is the full fiscal year, the turnover of one billion euro mark cracked easily.
Posted: April 24th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Mobile Phone | Tags: compatible?, mobile, Pregnancy
Currently there are many studies that measure how damaging that can be due to intensive use, radiation emitting devices as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or the proper signals from mobile phones.
There are many urban legends about how bad it is the constant use of these devices, as well as certain studies that confirm these hoaxes to some extent, but is it really that serious? Can pregnant women use the phone without it constantly reaching impact on the health of the fetus?
Our fellow Babies and bring us, into a full article , the results of a study recently published by Scientific Reports, which speak directly to this type of “danger”.
The findings, based on the results obtained after a series of tests on laboratory mice pregnant, must be measured correctly with respect to the difference of applying an electromagnetic signal on mouse and human.
Do you guys see it really relevant?
Posted: April 23rd, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Smartphones | Tags: Four applications, Instagram for videos
If Instagram works with photographs, why not do something similar with video? Building on the success and good reputation to have this application, there have been few alternatives that have emerged in recent months to provide similar functionality but with videos, that are after all moving images.
Failing that allow Instagram apply their filters to clips of their users (something that once confirmed they would do in a future update, but we’re still waiting) we reviewed four applications for phones that offer similar features and are often mentioned in when someone refers to “Video Instagram”.
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Without trying it, I think one of the most interesting alternatives. At the moment there are only IOS version, but its interface is clean, well designed and very easy to use. Videos can take at most 10 seconds and offers a multitude of filters to apply. There is also the option to automatically upload the clips on our YouTube account.
Posted: April 22nd, 2012 | Author: admin | Filed under: Internet
The main difference between online tutoring service and regular private tuitions is the convenience. Students can schedule their time very effectively while regular timings are followed in regular tuition services. Also online tutors will offer individual attention at very affordable and transparent rates whereas finding well trained tutors within a particular location is a bit difficult task.
Posted: April 21st, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Smartphones | Tags: first Intel smartphone, India, Lava XOLO X900
In the last Mobile World Congress and we glimpse some of the smartphones that different manufacturers were ready with Intel processors. One such company was the Lava India and its model, the X900 is already XOLO Lava Road market in that country, where it will arrive on April 23.
The Lava XOLO X900 thus becomes the first Intel smartphone hit the market. The X900 equipped, namely, an Intel Atom Chip Z2460 new family of Medfield designed specifically for mobile phones.
The Z2460 is a 32-nanometer processor mononucleosis, an aspect that partly offset by Hyper-threading of the company to simulate two virtual cores. What it includes is a level 2 cache of 512KB and Intel GMA graphics processor at 400Mhz with video output for Full HD 1080p full-screen via HDMI.
Another interesting detail of Medfield is incorporating a dual video encoding engine that helps you manage up to 16 megapixel cameras with some unusual features like the ability to make burst shooting up to 10 images per second. The Lava chamber XOLO X900 is an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash and video recording FullHD.
The terminal includes a touch screen of 4.03 inch LCD with 1024 x 600 pixels. Intel has not officially specified the internal memory. Unofficial sources claim it is 1GB of RAM with 16GB storage and MicroSD card port.
As for the operating system, works with Android in its Gingerbread. From Lava ensure that the terminal will be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich shortly.
The X900 measures 123 XOLO Lava × 63 × 9.9 mm, weighs 117 grams and equipped with a battery of 1.460mAh that according to the manufacturer, makes 5 hours of sailing, 45 of music playback and 8 in conversation. The XOLO X900 goes on sale at a price of 22,000 rupees (323 euros). Currently there are no news about when it will reach other markets.
Posted: April 20th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Technology | Tags: Instagram, Phil Schiller
Apple managers do not usually say about technology today, let alone in public. But Phil Schiller has had some words with a user about Instagram, believing that its heyday is over. Moreover, Apple’s vice president of marketing has left the platform after using it regularly.
The truth is that it is a difficult argument to justify: Instagram has had a tremendous boom users after its recent launch of the Android platform , and has also been acquired by Facebook after the social network opened a case with billions of dollars inside by way of tender. And to top it, it was considered one of the applications of 2011. Still, Schiller believes that it is precisely these facts that have marked the high point of service, and he leaves after a while using it with the iPhone.
Clayton Braasch, an internet Schiller asked his opinion, wrote an email to the manager hoping to get something more concrete than a “reached its peak when he entered Android” as a private message on Twitter. It turns out that Schiller has responded:
Hi Clayton,
Instagram is a great application with a great community. That has not changed. But one of the things I liked about Instagram was that it was a small community of “early adopters” [early adopters in the service] to share their photographs. Now that you have not grown much since there are so many quality pictures as before. This is not necessarily good or bad, just not with what I had fun before.
9to5Mac has verified the identity of both Schiller mail as the reader, you can take the views of Schiller in several ways. It is curious, personal opinion of a longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller as a service is not something that we can report every day.
Posted: April 19th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Technology | Tags: guess, Magic Box, pileup
Touch another edition of our Guess the pileup. Introduced earlier this year, the magic box that contains the gadget you’re looking for is already in the Spanish windows. And if you can see it, because it is a small gadget, the problem will guess what it does.
Yes, our gadget hidden behind the picture above, which represents the box that is protected, it seems at first sight that has the functionality you get from it at the end. Are you more busy still at the beginning of this Guess the pileup? Do not worry, it’s normal.
Try it, go ahead and stay tuned because in a few days you will have the analysis of our mysterious pileup on your screen.
Posted: April 18th, 2012 | Author: openleft | Filed under: Hardware | Tags: Intel, Series 330, solid state drives
There is no question that the installation of a Solid State Drives (SSD) brings a significant performance boost with it, with fast data access, especially the operating system will benefit enormously. So far, SSDs are still expensive. Intel wants to change that and has presented his budget series 330th
The new 330er SSDs will be available in three different versions and in sizes 60, 120 and 180 gigabytes. As a recommended retail price (MSRP) of the cheapest variant are specified (in the U.S. market) 89 dollars, the 120 GB model is $ 149, with 180 gigabytes of that cost $ 234.
Series 330: Intel’s low-cost 2.5-inch SSDs
Installed in 330 Series 25-nanometer NAND memory (“multi-level cell,” MLC). When power is Intel 6Gb / s at, with sequential read are the 500 MB / s, while writing up to 450 MB / s In fact, take on the ‘ Intel-side ‘given 450MB / s only on versions with 120 or 180 GB to take a look at the exact’ PDF specifications reveals’ that the smallest model (60 GB) here, 400 MB / s purchased.
More meaningful, however, the values of the Input / Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) are: These indicate how many input and output commands to be performed per second. This shows that there are large differences between the respective models.
Sun Intel 60GB SSD is used in random access (4KB Random Read / Write) to 12,000 IOPS (reading) or 20 500 IOPS (write), the next higher 120-GB model is here to 22,500 or 33 000 IOPS. Even better, it looks at the top version of the series with 180 gigabytes, or 52 000 42 000 Intel listed here IOPS.