Amazon already sells more digital books printed
For the first time in its history, the retail giant on the Internet, Amazon.com has sold more electronic books for its Kindle device 'e-books' than traditional printed books, as indicated on Tuesday the company on its website.
The sales record was recorded last Friday, at Christmas, when those who had received a present of a Kindle e-book-reader-is loguearon the Amazon site to load with reading rate.
Amazon Kindle said that was the biggest seller in the history of the company, but gave no figures for sales of the device or the e-books market.
The company added that its busiest day was two weeks ago, on 14 December when customers bought 9.5 million products worldwide, equivalent to 110 items per second.
China arrested 5,400 people for Internet pornography in 2009
The Chinese authorities detained during the year just ended in 5400 amid a suspected operation to combat Internet pornography, and have vowed to strengthen supervision over the network.
Surveillance of Beijing on cyberspace and its attempts to block certain Internet sites are already among the most stringent in the world. On Friday morning, in a statement, the Ministry of Public Security reported that the "cleansing of the internet" and combating crimes closely connected with it the government's stability.
"Lewd and pornographic content seriously pollutes the online environment, social and moral degenerates poisons the physical and psychological health of the masses of youth," the statement said. "This must be firmly controlled.
The ministry said that nearly 9,000 pornographic Web sites have been deleted from the internet and that 5394 suspects were captured in 2009, but did not say how many of them were indicted.
He added that future efforts will focus on Chinese operators of sites registered abroad, as well as companies providing Internet services or engaged in registering addresses or rent virtual space that pages with pornographic content. The ministry also offered rewards to people who provide information useful for the surveillance measures.
The communist government says that the main targets of censorship on the Web are pornography, gambling and other sites deemed harmful to society. However, critics point out that such arguments tend to mask the steps to detect and block content from political dissent.
Many foreign sites have been blocked by Chinese authorities, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and other pages, mostly of a news story.
Last year, China backed down, after it said it would require that new computers have a controversial program to filter Internet content. There was criticism of Chinese and computer manufacturers.
This filter had been announced as a system to combat pornography.
Surveillance of Beijing on cyberspace and its attempts to block certain Internet sites are already among the most stringent in the world. On Friday morning, in a statement, the Ministry of Public Security reported that the "cleansing of the internet" and combating crimes closely connected with it the government's stability.
"Lewd and pornographic content seriously pollutes the online environment, social and moral degenerates poisons the physical and psychological health of the masses of youth," the statement said. "This must be firmly controlled.
The ministry said that nearly 9,000 pornographic Web sites have been deleted from the internet and that 5394 suspects were captured in 2009, but did not say how many of them were indicted.
He added that future efforts will focus on Chinese operators of sites registered abroad, as well as companies providing Internet services or engaged in registering addresses or rent virtual space that pages with pornographic content. The ministry also offered rewards to people who provide information useful for the surveillance measures.
The communist government says that the main targets of censorship on the Web are pornography, gambling and other sites deemed harmful to society. However, critics point out that such arguments tend to mask the steps to detect and block content from political dissent.
Many foreign sites have been blocked by Chinese authorities, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and other pages, mostly of a news story.
Last year, China backed down, after it said it would require that new computers have a controversial program to filter Internet content. There was criticism of Chinese and computer manufacturers.
This filter had been announced as a system to combat pornography.
The technology is less advanced than many expected
Despite the iPods, the genetic sequence, internet and Twitter, nearly a third of Americans said they thought there would be more technological advances in 2010.
Not everyone hoped to live like the Jetsons, the television cartoon 1960s, but the Zogby International poll of 3,000 adults in the United States showed that many are less enthusiastic about how far we've come at the dawn of a new decade.
"The age group is more disappointed with the current level of technological advancement is the 35 to 54 year olds (36 percent)," said Zogby, who conducted the survey commissioned by the ScoopDaily website.
About 21 percent of people believe they are more technologically advanced than we thought it would be in 2010, while 37 percent believe that we live up to their expectations.
About a third of people over age 70 said they thought that current technology is more advanced than they thought they would.
"The youngest respondents, 18-30 years, are much less than older generations say that technological advances have far exceeded their expectations," said Zogby.
Not surprisingly, men are more likely than women to say that they thought would have more technological advances in 2010 in the style of The Jetsons with flying cars and robot servants.
Not everyone hoped to live like the Jetsons, the television cartoon 1960s, but the Zogby International poll of 3,000 adults in the United States showed that many are less enthusiastic about how far we've come at the dawn of a new decade.
"The age group is more disappointed with the current level of technological advancement is the 35 to 54 year olds (36 percent)," said Zogby, who conducted the survey commissioned by the ScoopDaily website.
About 21 percent of people believe they are more technologically advanced than we thought it would be in 2010, while 37 percent believe that we live up to their expectations.
About a third of people over age 70 said they thought that current technology is more advanced than they thought they would.
"The youngest respondents, 18-30 years, are much less than older generations say that technological advances have far exceeded their expectations," said Zogby.
Not surprisingly, men are more likely than women to say that they thought would have more technological advances in 2010 in the style of The Jetsons with flying cars and robot servants.
Koreans make early projections with 4D technology
In cinemas of South Korea was held this weekend the first screenings in 4D format. With technology developed by Daewoo public was this experience that goes beyond 3D, incorporating sensors that allow what is projected to live with physical sensations.
The interactive projection system is a computer that adjusts the brain impulses of the spectators, which are collected by sensors fitted to the famous pin for 3D glasses.
In this way, you can get faster times of slower and more monotonous those occurring more a feeling of greater speed to pass by, among other things.
Also, environmental simulators are being developed which reflect the room's environmental conditions on-screen scenarios. Thus, in an office may receive the air conditioning while in a park is able to breathe more fresh air and light similar to sunlight.
The interactive projection system is a computer that adjusts the brain impulses of the spectators, which are collected by sensors fitted to the famous pin for 3D glasses.
In this way, you can get faster times of slower and more monotonous those occurring more a feeling of greater speed to pass by, among other things.
Also, environmental simulators are being developed which reflect the room's environmental conditions on-screen scenarios. Thus, in an office may receive the air conditioning while in a park is able to breathe more fresh air and light similar to sunlight.
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