DiCaprio considered the highest-paid actor in Hollywood

4 aug 2011, 14:09



        Leonardo Di Caprio led the list compiled by Forbes highest paid actors in Hollywood. It is stated in the blog on the website edition.
        In the period from May 2010 to May 2011 DiCaprio has managed to earn $ 77 million. Forbes notes that the income of an actor had a positive financial success of two films with his participation such as  "Inception" (which premiered in July 2010). According to the magazine, the total charges of these paintings were $ 1.2 billion.
        However, the site BoxOfficeMojo reports that "Inception" and other films have collected in hire of 294.8 million dollars and 825.5 million, for a total of 1.12 billion dollars. In any case, DiCaprio was in first place in the list. Last year, the actor held the fifth row in the same list.
        Second row in the list compiled by Forbes is Johnny Depp. The actor has managed to earn $ 50 million. Last year, Depp has led a similar list (its revenues in the previous reporting period amounted to $ 75 million).
        Third place at this time is Adam Sandler ($ 40 million), the fourth - Will Smith (36 million). The five highest-paid Hollywood actors Tom Hanks closes, earned for the year $ 35 million

Transformers - 3 became the most profitable film of Paramount

4 aug 2011, 13:59



        The film "Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon" became the first film of a trilogy directed by Michael Bay about the alien robots, the fees which exceeded one billion U.S. dollars. It is reported by The Hollywood Reporter. As a result, the film became the most lucrative Bay project studio Paramount.
        Picture took just over a month in order to achieve this result. The film was released in rent at the end of June 2011. The third "Transformers" are only a tenth film in the history who managed to collect a billion dollars. A few days ago it was reported that the charges of the final Harry Potter movie ("HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2") also reached a billion. And the movie of the teen-wizard has earned that amount in just two weeks rent.          Full list of films billionaire looks like this:
"Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon";
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2";
"Avatar";
"Titanic";
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King";
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest";
"Toy Story: The Great Escape";
"Alice in Wonderland";
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides";
"The Dark Knight";
          The highest-grossing films of these is the "Avatar" movie (about $ 2.8 billion). In second place is still published in 1997's "Titanic" ($ 1.8 billion). Paramount has provided funding of this project, but not dealt with this alone - partner in this case is 20th Century Fox.

Disney will make the Chinese version of Snow White

4 aug 2011, 13:38



        Disney has appointed Michael Gracey directed the film "Order of Seven", tells Heat Vision. Painting will be charged on the fairy tale of Snow White.
        The project was conceived back in 2002. It was supposed that as a director on the film will work, Francis Lawrence ("I AM LEGEND", "Water for Elephants", "Constantine"). The picture then was called "Snow and Seven". However, as a result of Lawrence left the project.
         Over the years, the idea of the film is quite transformed. In particular, in the movie "The Order of the seven" Snow White's presence will be minimized. Attention authors of the film will focus on its seven companions, who in the new film will be experts in martial arts. Moreover, the events will unfold strip in China in the XIX century.
         The latest to date version of the script for "Order of the Seven" wrote Michael Arndt, who previously worked on the tapes, "Toy Story: The Great Escape" and "Little Miss Sunshine."
         At present, removed for at least another two paintings based on fairy tale of Snow White "Snow White and the huntsman" and "Snow White Brothers Grimm". Both films have come to rental in 2012.

App store for Android Market was updated

13 jul 2011, 12:27


         Google has introduced a new version of the application store Android Market, according to a blog Google Mobile. Shop has a new interface. The list of sections ("Games", "Applications" and so on) was introduced into the left side of the screen. Added two new sections - "Cinema" and "Books", but they are only available to users in the U.S.
         In the "Movie", the user can take the movies "to hire" at a price of 1.99 dollars per tape. View by streaming. In the "Books" section, the user can select and buy books from among the at the store.
Purchased books and movies can read and watch on your smartphone or tablet, or desktop PC. To do this you must go to Android Market under your account Google.
         Has been updated and rating system. There are new rankings - for example, Editor's Choice, Top Developers and so on. Ratings help the user find the best quality product in the program.
The new version of Android Market will be automatically installed on the device with a version of Android 2.2 and above. Google says that it will happen "next week".
         In the Android Market store accessible over 200,000 free and paid applications for the platform Android. Russian users can buy software at the store in October 2010. Prior to that he was only available "free" part of the Android Market.

Humboldt University and Google set up a research institute

13 jul 2011, 11:39


       Berlin Humboldt University in conjunction with Google and three other German universities established the research institute said on Monday, July 11, Associated Press. Google has decided to allocate research institute of 6.41 million dollars for the first three years of its activity. After that, the Humboldt University will have to find other sponsors.
       According to the plans of the oldest university of Berlin, a new research institute will study the history of the Internet and its impact on society, science, politics and economics.
Research Institute will be housed in the building, Faculty of Law. Its official opening is planned for late October. At the same time founding partners are planning to hold an international symposium in Berlin dedicated to the opening of the new institute. Special attention will be given to innovation, policy, and Internet media, philosophy of law and constitutional law.
       As reported at the Humboldt University, the founding partners are the University of Arts Berlin (die Universitat der Kunste Berlin), Berlin Science Center for Social Research (das Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung) and the Institute of Hamburg (Hamburger Hans-Bredow-Institut).
Berlin Humboldt University is the oldest of four universities in Berlin. It was founded in 1809. In the 19th century the university was one of Europe's largest research centers. In 2008, the university has 34,000 students.

The number of sites based on Wordpress has exceeded 50 million

13 jul 2011, 11:29


         The number of sites created on the basis of an open system Wordpress, July 10, 2011 exceeded 50 million. About half of them available on most hosting Wordpress, and others - on independent servers around the world. About this site reports The Next Web.
        According to statistics published on the website Wordpress.com, over the past day the number of pages on the basis of this system has increased by almost 139 000.
        The total number of sites based on Wordpress has increased dramatically over the past six months: in December 2010 their number was little more than thirty million.
        At the moment, Wordpress is the most popular base for creating standalone blogs. Results based on this system is set up about 14 percent of all sites in the world. Monthly browsing their 287 million users, and the total number of hits exceeds 2.5 billion.

The number of registered applications for Twitter exceeded one million

13 jul 2011, 11:23


The total number of registered applications for Twitter exceeded one million. This was reported in an official blog microblogging service. A year ago the number of applications was about 150 thousand.
Twitter team announced that right now developments in this field are engaged in more than 750 thousand developers around the world and a new application is logged every fifteen seconds. According to the company, from December 2010 to the global ecosystem of service invested more than $ 500 million.
Also July 11 the company announced the opening of a new resource for application developers. Anyone can use it to communicate directly with the team on Twitter or to discuss your ideas with other developers.
Twitter was founded in 2006. By the spring of 2011 in the microblogging service was registered more than 200 million accounts. Approximate value of the company currently makes about $ 8 billion.

Apple is planning to release an updated version of the iPad 2 Plus

13 jul 2011, 11:04


      The device will be called the iPad 2 Plus, says BGR, with reference to the statement of FBR Capital Markets analyst Craig Berger.
      Berger argues that the iPad 2 Plus will differ from the iPad 2 higher quality screen. If iPad 2 pixel density of 132 pixels per inch, the iPad 2 Plus, it will be increased to 250-300 pixels per inch. Recall that in the screen of the iPhone Retina 4, this figure is 326 pixels per inch.
      iPad 2 Plus will be released before the end of 2011, according to Berger. For information about the tablet, according to him, he was given the sources of component suppliers. Who will commission the production of Apple devices, is still unknown. It is reported that the company asked its partners to send her offers.
      Previously, similar information about the new Apple tablet has spread Taiwanese publication DigiTimes. According to him, the tablet will get a screen with a resolution of 250 pixels per inch and will be presented in October with the new iPhone.
      Tablet iPad 2 Apple introduced March 2, 2011. In the first weekend after the start of sales in the U.S. has sold half a million and one million tablets. Analysts are predicting that in July - August 2011 sales may exceed 14 million units.

Microsoft will stop supporting Office XP, and Vista SP1

8 jul 2011, 08:24


         Microsoft has since July 12 stop support office suite, Office XP and Service Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1) operating system Vista, writes Computerworld. July 12 the company will release these products for the latest updates. After that date, new "patch" for Office XP, and Vista SP1 will no longer go. It is emphasized that continue to use these products is possible, but due to lack of security updates can not be guaranteed.
         Users of Vista SP1 is recommended to install Service Pack SP2, support for which will be implemented by April 2012. For corporate users of Vista updates will be released until 2017. Install Vista SP2, you can use the service, "Update Windows", which is part of the operating system. In addition, Vista SP2 for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems can be downloaded from Microsoft.
         Office suite Office XP Microsoft has released in May 2001. Vista operating system for corporate users out in 2006, and for the "home" users - in 2007. The first service pack for Vista appeared a year later. Now the share of Vista on the market is, according to service statistics, StatCounter, about 12 percent. The OS uses the less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP (45 per cent market share) and a follower of Windows 7 (34.5 percent).

Element One Gold exclusive TV display

8 jul 2011, 07:59



          Exclusive designer TV monitor set up a German company «Element One Gold», which is famous for unconventional and sophisticated solutions for offices. By the 10th anniversary of its work the company has decided to launch gold monitors. Exactly how much precious metal and of what quality is used when creating a screen - is unknown. Only reliable information that the exclusive solution for conference rooms and meeting rooms executive level off hiding in a table, and if the use of surfacing countertops.
         With the help of laser engraving the customer can apply for a golden display a company logo or any other inscription, as well as a number of features to complement the device - for example, decorative illumination or a touch screen. Given the unusual nature of the goods, the price of gold monitors the Germans decided not to declare. All fees can be found in a personal conversation with the company.