The publisher of security solutions, Kaspersky says it is capable of overcoming all attacks.Whatsoever. But especially states that it makes no difference to their origin, and even those from government agencies can spend. Although no name is mentioned, one can easily deduce that it is the NSA is referred ... On his blog , the publisher also returns his research Flame and Gauss , two malware aimed especially to spy on government agencies or private companies working with them.A spokesman for Kaspersky said: "We have a very straightforward policy regarding the detection of malicious software: we identify and shall eliminate any malware attack, whatever its origin or purpose. For us, there is no good or bad malware. " These remarks came as the NSA is still caught in the storm, and the espionage PRISM continues to talk about it, more than 5 months after the revelations of the Washington Post 's Edward Snowden . They will nevertheless will make you smile those who remember that the founder of the famous Russian security solution, Eugene Kaspersky, is himself a graduate of the High School of the KGB's main intelligence service of the former USSR.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Android OS: Jelly Bean gets the absolute majority in the version shares
Every few weeks there is Google's Developer Dashboard current values for the Android population. Who, what, how much, ... wow. terms are existing users of the different Android versions of their device based on their visit the Google Play Store. The latest figures from this survey have now unearthed that 4.1-3 Android Jelly Bean to 52.1 percent of all Android devices (with backing store access) running. However, Android 4.3 makes up only 2.3 percentage points, accounting for 37.3 Android 4.1. The version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is at 19.8 percent, Android 3.0 Honeycomb , however creates only 0.1 meters. The gray Gingerbread Golem comes even now to 26.3 percent, that is still played more than a quarter of all devices -. despite that his release already (felt) dates back a few centuries Android 2.1 Froyo is still at 1.7 percent - underlying Android version immerse certainly no longer in the lineup. Is the strong line-up of jelly bean for now actually thanks to the upgrades of the manufacturer? Sometimes, certainly . But we must on the other hand also not forget how many Android devices are purchased every day. And the new models are now usually 4.1-3 also Android Jelly Bean Factory in itself. Alone all the cheap China phones, the spread massively in Asia, always now have the newer Android iterations.Thus, this rapid emergence can certainly best explained. We may be curious as to when Android 4.4 KitKat makes his first appearance in the dashboard and how high it goes there. Any tips / ideas on from your side?
Mircrosoft could give his name to the Bernabeu Real Madrid
The U.S. computer giant is in talks with Real Madrid to give his name at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Who will give its name to the famous Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid? Microsoft , perhaps. President of Microsoft Spain, Maria Garaña said Wednesday that the U.S. computer giant was "like other companies" in discussions with Real Madrid to give his name at the Santiago Bernabeu.
"The question of the stadium (Real) we submitted it to us, as to other companies. We discuss," said the leader of the micro Spanish television channel Antena 3. "We have excellent relations with Real Madrid. They use our technology and that makes us very proud (...) We have signed there is little agreement with the Real Madrid Foundation for Spain, America and South Asia, "she said.
The Bernabeu, the Real president Florentino Perez plans to remodel could take this occasion the name of a partner. Besides Microsoft, the Spanish press has recently mentioned the name of the airline Emirates and that the automaker Audi .
However, Perez said in mid-October that the name "Santiago Bernabeu", former president of the iconic club merengue, would be maintained in the final name. "Maybe he has a + name + if we find a sponsor" , said the current president during an interview on Intereconomía chain.
Justin Bieber invests in a new social network for teens
Justin Bieber attended the round table 1, $ 1 million made by the company RockLive, publisher of mobile games, to finance Shots of Me, a new photo sharing network dedicated to teens.
The people like to invest in start-up digital. Addiction 'We knew of Ashton Kutcher or Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) for new technology, here we discovered Justin Bieber business angel. The young singer 19 years, darling girls, is the largest investor in the first round of Shots Of Me , a social network for teens to be launched this week on the Apple App Store. The start-up has met $ 1.1 million of funding.
The publisher of the application, RockLive , also develops social games on mobile ("Heads up with Cristiano Ronaldo" ...). It is through this that Justin Bieber has been known, reveals Fortune , the source of information.
Shots of Me is a social photo sharing, and include features specifically dedicated to adolescents to prevent such cyber-harassment.
No doubt Justin Bieber and his 46.5 million followers make a good muse for the new social network, which has much to do with competition from new popular applications among youth ( Snapchat , Whatsapp, Line ...).
Six things to know about Twitter that you do not know
The betrayal of a partner had forgotten to market fake user accounts, through the name of the bird logo ... While Twitter took his first steps on the stock exchange, close up on little-known aspects of the social network.
It is finally the big day: between Twitter on the New York Stock Exchange , at $ 26 per share, after raising its IPO price. The opportunity to return to some interesting and unknown characteristics of the social network, which is compared more to Facebook.
Behind the creation of Twitter, a story of betrayal
Jack Dorsey is considered the main character behind Twitter. It is actually the one who was the "vision", it was actually one of the links in the chain, along with Evan Williams , Biz Stone and a forgotten player in history, Noah Glass . According to the official legend, Dorsey explained the idea to his colleagues to Twitter Odeo, a podcasting platform co-founded by Williams and Glass. But a book by Nick Bilton tells another story: that of a conversation in a car with Noah Glass in 2006, in which he describes a service for publishing articles. And it is that Glass had the idea to add the service conversational dimension.
Thereafter, it is Glass who sold the project to his partners and managed operations, Biz Stone engaged in design, programming Dorsey and Williams ensuring the business dimension. Glass is, once again, that is the name of the site flipping through a dictionary.
At launch, threatening to leave the project, Dorsey manages to oust Glass. "It's him or me," he said roughly to Williams, who was persuaded because Glass through this difficult personal time phase that makes it vulnerable, her marriage flapping their wings. It is fired, which will lead straight to depression. Dorsey became the first CEO of Twitter in 2007, until 2008, before being himself dismissed by Williams. It still retains the presidency of the board and a 4.9% stake.
Noah Glass, he did not even attend the founding meeting that preceded the IPO roadshow before. Everyone has forgotten.
Jack Dorsey almost quit Twitter to become a stylist
The co-founder of Twitter rogue almost Odeo leave before the official birth of the social network to become a stylist. He is passionate about fashion, yoga, sewing, botany, massage, and dreams of becoming mayor of New York . The bulk of his fortune, estimated by Forbes at $ 1.3 billion, does not come from Twitter, but the company he created thereafter Square , a mobile payment solution that Dorsey could also introduce public in 2014.
Many non-active users
The site boasts 232 million active users per month, slightly more than 40% are online every day and 76% from mobile. Twitter estimates that less than 5% of the accounts of its network, about 11.6 million are fake, but rather outside estimates suggest 20 million fake accounts . The fake accounts are a real market, valued at $ 360 million in a study . Indeed, there are companies that specialize in creating fake accounts and selling fake or false retweets followers. On average, 1,000 followers to buy and $ 18.
Moreover, it is still necessary to know what actually an active user. In France, a study Aura Mundi example shows that only 5% of users are active, and among them 41% have less than 10 followers and 63% read tweets less than once per day.
The bird logo is called Larry
Twitter logo was chosen as a little bird, war tweet in English means the "chirp" birds. Its logo was named Larry, in honor of basketball great Larry Bird ( bird , bird in English).
Twitter may be more effective than Facebook for advertisers
According to Forrester , 60% of companies are present on Twitter in North America, but only 55% of marketers are satisfied with its added value, and less than half are satisfied with the site as a marketing partner. But it is more than Facebook and research institute believes that the company has a real playing card to advertisers: "Twitter is heading in the right direction ... And if he can help professionals build real connections with their customers more than just broadcast commercials, then Twitter could become the reference site for the type of social marketing professionals crave - the kind of social marketing that Facebook as we left behind. "
On Twitter you can subscribe to alerts
It is possible to subscribe to alerts on Twitter , a feature which does not miss an urgent and important information (crisis, natural disasters ...). Only a limited number of accounts (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, WHO, various NGOs ...) are allowed to send alerts of this type, the user receives SMS and as a push notification on his smartphone. Alerts also appear differently from other messages in the flow of news: they are marked by a small orange bell.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The rovers of the future according to ESA
If space exploration is often synonymous with the rovers, the European Space Agency gives us a glimpse of what could be the robot explorers of tomorrow. Through these concepts, ESA imagine multifunction rovers who, in addition to their main mission, the astronauts also attend to their task.
The ESA has therefore devised a scenario involving these machines in action on the moon. To optimize the exploration, rover proceed by laser scanning the ground to collect data and detect a difficult terrain. To overcome these difficulties, it is equipped with versatile wheel that can be deployed and become better legs to climb the slopes, like an insect. Further, these tabs also serve as arm to collect samples of rock. Apart from the rovers, the space agency plans to other modules as a service robot and a robotic carriage that will transport materials and equipment to the lunar base.
ESA has already developed several prototypes for most of these concepts, especially with its rover equipped with multifunction wheel.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Facebook is ready to buy Blackberry?
While the bid Blackberry expires November 4, Facebook has met its leaders, says the Wall Street Journal . Is cause rumors about a candidate's social network.
A meeting that stirs Blackberry , a few days of the end of his bid on November 4. According to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal , Facebook executives have met those brand smartphones last week. It did not take long for speculation about a takeover of the former company's flagship smartphone for the social network to be launched. And development of smartphones by Facebook.
In September, Blackberry signed an agreement with Fairfax, its largest shareholder. The offer provides for the purchase of the brand and its withdrawal from the stock market by next Monday.
Redemption denied by Marc Zuckerberg
In recent years, Facebook sees its share of revenue from mobile devices grow. The company Mark Zuckerberg could then be interested in a takeover of Blackberry, which would allow him to not be dependent on its telephone partners. But before that, Facebook should succeed to revive the weakened brand.
Speculative buying that Marc Zuckerberg quickly denied. The CEO of Facebook said that producing its own smartphone would be a "bad strategy." He thus renounces retrieve patents brand smartphones, estimated by analysts between 1 and 3 million. Alternatively, Mark Zuckerberg talked about the option of deepening partnerships with Facebook Home.