iPhones reach China by agreement of Apple

China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell the iPhone in China of Apple Inc., after months of rumors about the appearance of this device in the most populous market mobile phones.
The phone probably will go on sale in the fourth quarter following an agreement between the companies, executives said Unicom in Hong Kong. They refused to provide financial details or indicate the price of the iPhone, merely indicating that it will be "competitive."
Unicom, one of three major state companies will be the first Chinese company that officially supports the iPhone, even thousands of devices from other markets are used in China. It is the only company in China that supports the required standard network for the iPhone, called WCDMA.
The mobile market in China is less than the U.S., Japan and other nations in terms of financial scale, but has 650 million mobile accounts and is considered an important target for foreign firms.
"It's an open window for Apple that will allow you to enter this huge market," said the executive Edward Yu, CEO of Analysys International, a high-tech research firm based in Beijing. "But we must see the actual product to determine if they fit well into the bulk of China's population and how the market reacts."
Apple, based in Cupertino, California city, said last month that sales of the iPhone increased their profits in the last quarter by 15% to 1,200 million dollars despite the U.S. recession.
Nokia launches new Linux smartphone.
Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, on Thursday introduced its first high-end phone with Linux software operated.
The Finnish company had worked with Linux since 2005 using its software in "Internet tablets", devices like a phone plans to access the network that failed to capture market attention in part because it did not allow for phone calls.
The new N900 model, with a cellular connection, touch screen and a sliding keyboard, will sell for about 500 euros, excluding taxes and special offers.
The operating system is Nokia, Symbian, controls half the volume of smart phone market - more than its rivals Apple, Research in Motion and Google together.
Nokia said it would work well alongside Linux Symbian in their high-end products.
"This does not Symbian endangered in any way," said Anssi Vanjoki Reuters, Nokia's sales manager.
"Open source Symbian is going to be our main platform, and are expandable and upgradeable everything we can in terms of functionality as well as distribution (...) increasingly populating our product line with Symbian," he said.
Linux is the most popular open source operating systems free and competes directly with Microsoft, which charges for its Windows software and opposes freely sharing its code. Linux providers earn money selling improvements and technical services.

Cable operators will test Internet TV in the U.S.

Two suppliers of U.S. pay-TV, Time Warner Cable and Verizon Communications Inc., plan to offer Internet television programs to customers payments, in an attempt to protect their revenue from subscriptions.
Time Warner Cable and Verizon announced Thursday its plans separately, that mimic those of Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the U.S., which said in July it would test a web TV service with some of its customers.
Pay TV companies are concerned that the subscription revenue to cable television can be undermined if the programs are widely available online.
Therefore, the cable industry, led by the chief executive of Time Warner Inc, Jeffrey Bewkes, is testing a concept called TV Everywhere as a way of paying subscribers that cable Internet access to programs through of an authentication process.
Time Warner Cable TV said its test will include the channel SyFy Everywhere, NBC Universal, TNT, HBO and Time Warner's TBS, AMC, IFC and Sundance Channel for Cablevision Systems Corp. and BBC America for the BBC.
CBS Corporation and Discovery Communications Inc. are also involved in the test.
The 80 percent of NBC Universal is owned by General Electric Co and 20 percent of France's Vivendi SA.
The tests involve Time Warner Cable to make available TV programs via the Internet for 5,000 households paid subscribers.
Can access the programs on their own websites to the chains, as well as sites owned by Time Warner Cable.

New smartphones promise dazzle in this new year

Following the disposal of Pre Palm and iPhone 3G, other smartphone manufacturers are preparing to launch high-tech devices to compete in the competitive market for smartphones.
The dedicated web site InfoSync chose the most interesting smartphone to be launched in the coming months.
Opening the list is the Nokia N900. The company made the announcement this week of its release. Its main feature is that it is the first Nokia phone that uses the Linux operating system.
This new model, with touchscreen and a sliding keyboard, will be sold from October for about 500 euros, excluding taxes and special offers.
Another of the smartphones on the list is Samsung Omnia Pro, a phone targeted to the corporate sector. Omnia Unlike 2, which is also on the list, the Pro has a slide-out keyboard.
The Sony Ericsson Satie, with its powerful 12.1-megapixel camera is the camera phone with higher resolution and one of the most anticipated.
Appear on the list include models not yet officially announced Sony Ericsson and HTC Rachael Firestone. The Nokia E72, Samsung i7500,

Celebrity hacker pleads guilty to identity impersonate

A cyberpirate accused of organizing one of the largest cases of stolen identity information on the history of the United States agreed Friday to plead guilty and spend 25 years in federal prison for his crimes.
Albert Gonzalez of Miami, was charged in federal court in New York and Boston to conspiracy, fraud through electronic communications and aggravated identity theft. Official documents submitted in federal court in Boston indicate that Gonzalez, 28, agreed to plead guilty to 19 counts and join the two cases in federal court in Massachusetts.
Remain outstanding charges against Gonzalez in New Jersey, but they are not part of the agreement reached with prosecutors.
The Miami man is accused of obtaining the magnetic encoding of credit and debit cards of more than 170 million accounts. Agents said that Gonzalez was the leader of a group that attacked large companies such as T. J. Maxx, Barnes and Noble, Sports Authority and OfficeMax, among others.
The Gonzalez's Miami lawyer, Rene Palomino son could not be reached Friday by The Associated Press for comment, he told the AP on Thursday that his client was "extremely sorry for what happened."
The agreement reached on Friday on charges in New York and Massachusetts said that Gonzalez will be imprisoned from 15 to 25 years. If it had been tried and convicted on all charges contained in the agreement and sentenced to the maximum penalty would have received a sentence of several hundred years.
Gonzalez also lose the right to their computers, condominium, car and cash, agents seized $ 1.1 million buried in the backyard of his parents. His bride must return a ring from Tiffany Gonzalez gave him, while his father and friends have to return them gave Rolex watches.
It will also have restrictions on the use of computers and internet for five years after his release und

Intel raises sales forecast, shares jump 4%

Intel Corp. on Friday raised its revenue forecast for the third quarter, above Wall Street expectations, citing that there was robust demand for its chips, in what was another sign that improves the situation for one of leading high technology companies in the world.
Intel shares rose 4%.
The main computer chip maker now expects sales of between 8,800 million and 9,200 million dollars. Its previous forecast, issued on June 14, pointed to an income of 8,100 million and 8,900 million dollars.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting a turnover of 8550 million by Friday.
Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, also predicted that gross profit margins in the quarter should be in the top half than forecast earlier.
As this company gets much of its revenue from the sale of chips, the "brains" of personal computers, Intel suggested that manufacturers of these products are incorporating new chips at a faster rate than it expected its own microprocessor giant .
Although this suggests that computer makers will consider robust demand for its products, does not necessarily mean that sales have already improved.
Intel benefits from the fact that PC makers have spent much of their inventory, instead of buying new chips, during the worst of the financial crisis. Now, they have to refuel ahead of the season when the students return to schools.
It is expected that sales will be good this season.

Apple says iPhone blasts is not due to defects

The U.S. company Apple rejected the ten explosions occurred iPhone screens in France in recent weeks due to a manufacturing defect and attributed to "external pressure" on the apparatus.
"Today there is no incident involving overheating 3GS iPhone's battery and the number of cases to investigate amounts to less than a dozen," the group said in a statement sent to AFP by the director Apple's media in Europe.
"The iPhone with broken screen that we analyzed show at the moment, in all cases that the cracks were caused by external pressure exerted on the iPhone," he said.
In France recently recorded a dozen explosions in the screens of the iPhone, which has prompted the country's authorities have opened an investigation.
According to figures from Apple, have been sold worldwide 26 million units of its famous phone.

Facebook gives a touch-mail to Ramadan

Congratulatory messages and tips on how to eat healthy when breaking the fast and invitations to donate money to the poor have invaded Facebook, a mass phenomenon in Egypt that gives the current Muslim holy month of Ramadan an electronic touch.
If you want to know the Egyptian television programs during Ramadan-a month in which dozens of soap opera-premieres you ask your friends in Facebook, and moments after receiving the response.
So do many Egyptians internet every day if they want to know the exact time of "iftar, the meal which breaks the fast of Ramadan, which must be maintained from dawn to sunset.
"My friends and I always use Facebook during Ramadan to exchange greetings and ask for the television programs this month. It is a way to communicate faster than calling," he told Efe Noha Mohamed, a Muslim girl.
Both Mohammed and many of his friends use Facebook even to read the Qur'an during the prayer of "tarawih, typical of Ramadan after the" iftar ".
For Mohamed, "nothing happens if you use Facebook in a reasonable manner, without losing time to be devoted to religion in this holy month."
As for Indy Awad, a Muslim girl who is unemployed, Facebook occupies a large area of your life.
"I'm addicted to Facebook and use it to ask Ramadan and inform my friends from concerts and television programs," Awad told Efe, after hanging on this social network a part of a comedy show during Ramadan.
This year it has become fashionable in Egypt to use Facebook to invite users to donate money to the poor and prepare meals for the less fortunate.
"I've got many invitations from Facebook charity groups and NGOs to help the poor during Ramadan," said Mohammed, whose image appears with the typical profile of Ramadan lantern.
Virtual groups as "Ramadan for us" and "Ramadan charity campaign" encouraging Internet users to offer a bag of food to a poor or build a table in the street to feed the less fortunate.
And it is customary to offer food to the poorest people in tents that are mounted on the streets and especially for Ramadan in Egypt are called the rahman mawaíd or tables of mercy.
In addition, the group of Ramadan charity campaign "coordinated its activities among its members to come together and cook together for needy families.
There is no shortage of new clothes this season and give it away to those who do not take the holiday "Eid el Fitr," which will be held at the end of the fasting month. All through Facebook.
Even some experts at the University of Al Azhar, the most prestigious Muslim institution in the Arab world, encourage people to use Facebook during Ramadan, which should be a time of recollection, although whenever a useful manner.
"Not at all to urge people to boycott Facebook during Ramadan," he told Efe Abdel Moti Bayumi, cleric of the Center for Islamic Studies at Al Azhar.
"Allah has placed in each of consciousness to distinguish between useful and other harmful use (of Facebook). It is the user who can say if you use it in a way that contradicts or morals of Islam and the spirit of Ramadan" added Bauymi.
Twitter, another social network unstoppable growth, has also served the faithful Muslims and Christians to exchange congratulatory messages such as "Ramadan Karim (generous)" and "Ramadan mubarak (blessed)".
Questions about how to lose weight during this time, rich in sweets, or what the tent or marquee nicest Ramadan abound on Twitter.
Some Twitter users have moved beyond the social use of the network and have dedicated themselves to encouraging others to deepen in Islam, providing a list of websites that can help them.
Whether Facebook or Twitter, Ramadan is also lived in the virtual world.

Shuttle approaches for docking space station

Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery approached the international space base which they hope to mate on Sunday.
Meanwhile, in a comprehensive review that was done to the shuttle were not detected signs of damage during liftoff.
Routine screening began on Saturday afternoon and lasted into the early hours of Sunday.
NASA officials said they were not detected objects emerging from the fuel tank and would have beaten the shuttle during launch of the spacecraft on Friday night.
However, the most vulnerable areas of the ship's wings and nose still must be inspected with lasers and cameras mounted on a rod attached to the robotic arm. The images were obtained were sent for analysis to the Control Center.
Some of the images were retained due to a problem in the feeding of digital television images, but early indications showed that the results of the first images appeared to be positive.
"Nothing stood out from what I saw," said flight director Tony Ceccacci.
In addition, the bottom of the shuttle will be photographed in detail by the inhabitants of the international space base on Sunday night, just before the two ships were assemble.
A hole in a wing caused the destruction of Columbia six years ago. Since then, NASA has maintained surveillance and revised their ships for damage suffered serious at takeoff.
The shuttle mission in two astronauts traveling Hispanic. carrying several tons of equipment and supplies to the international base, which now houses six astronauts and with the arrival of the seven who ride the shuttle, added 13, a record.

LG announces the release of organic screen TV

The South Korean company LG Electronics said Sunday it will launch next month a 15-inch TV that uses organic display technology, business model, largest ever.

AM-OLED screens (an acronym for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode), which use materials that shine on their own, have better picture quality, consume less power and are thinner than the popular liquid crystal display (LCD) that need the backlight units.

But the high price has prevented him from becoming a mass-production technology in the market dominated by cheaper LCD panels. OLED screens are making inroads in high-end mobile phones, but the costs of implementing this technology for PCs and TVs are still prohibitive.

The Organic Screen TV

Sony released the first OLED TV in late 2007 but has not yet released new models.

LG's second largest TV brand in the world, said in a statement that it will present its AM-OLED TV 15 inches at the IFA 2009 consumer electronics in Berlin in September.

The TV will begin shipping in November in Korea and abroad next year.

Research firm DisplaySearch expects the OLED TV market reaches 2.33 million units in 2013 compared with an estimate of 320,000 units in 2011, according to figures provided by LG.

"We are planning to present a series of products (OLED) of 40 inches in a not too distant future," quoted an LG executive.

Microsoft and Sony, eternal rivals in console market

Microsoft Corp cut the price of its Xbox 360 video game console by $ 100, or 25 percent, intensifying price war in the market for game consoles, ahead of the shopping season this year.
The Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite was lowered to $ 299.99, just days after rival Sony Corp. slashed the price of its console, the PlayStation 3. So far, Nintendo Co Ltd said it has no plans to reduce the price of the Wii, despite rising pressure to do so.
Here is a breakdown of the current generation of game consoles. Hard drives are typically used to save games in progress and also store downloaded content like video, music and photos.

Microsoft and Sony and the console market

Microsoft Xbox 360
* Launched in the U.S., November 2005
* About 30 million units sold
* Each model of hardware comes with the ability to view high-definition video via HDMI output, access to the Xbox Live online capability to play DVD discs.
* The current models (as of September 2009)
- Xbox 360 Arcade, as $ 199 (hard drive sold separately)
- Xbox 360 Pro, with 60 gigabyte hard drive, $ 249 (discontinued)
- Xbox 360 Elite with 120-gigabyte hard drive, $ 299

Nintendo Wii

* Launched in the U.S., November 2006
* Around 52 million units sold
* Model only $ 249
* Less than 1 gigabyte of internal memory
* Do not play DVDs
* Wii controllers have the technology that detects the user's movements

Sony PlayStation 3

* Launched in U.S. and Japan, November 2006
* About 24 million units sold
* Each model comes with the ability to view high-definition video via HDMI output, an online membership of PlayStation, the ability to play DVDs and Blu-ray.
Current models * (as of September 2009):
- 120 gigabyte hard drive, $ 299 (new)
- 80 gigabyte hard drive, $ 299 (previously $ 399)
- 160 gigabyte hard drive, $ 399 (previously $ 499)

New iPhone app wants to win over moviegoers

Flixster Movie Site this week launched a new version of its application for the iPhone "Movies", showing how technology and the Internet are leading Hollywood directly to the public and avoiding the traditional ways of disseminating information, such as newspapers.
The transition has raged in the media industry, which has seen ad pages fall as movie studios change their marketing efforts to the web, but for social networking sites like Flixster, change is increasing the number of users.
"Movies" allows Apple iPhone users read about movies and stars, buy tickets and write their own opinions, to share with others, who in turn will influence word of mouth advertising for movies.
"For the first time we have a tool that goes directly to the consumer," said Jason E. Squire, professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.
"Nothing is more challenging for an advertiser," he said.
Flixster, the social network that is behind the free application "Movies", said he has seen a 83 percent increase in the number of users in the last six months, and recently passed the 6 million number.
The application is linked to Flixster website, which says to reach 20 percent of iPhone owners in the U.S. with "Movies".
"People say that word of mouth is the most crucial for a movie, and much of it is now done online through sites like ours," said Joe Greenstein, founder and CEO of Flixster

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