Galaxy S II was the most popular smartphone from Samsung

5 jul 2011, 11:06



         Smartphone Galaxy S II, which started selling in late April, recognized as the most popular device Samsung. During the first 55 days of sales managed to sell about three million smartphones, according to a press release.
         To achieve this target, the previous model - Galaxy S - it took 85 days. Galaxy S smartphone available in stores in June 2010 and in December received the title of best-selling smartphones based on operating system Android.
         Samsung points out that the most popular Galaxy S II uses in Europe. In U.S. stores until the machine did not, but it is expected that this will happen in July and August. It has been estimated that at the peak of popularity in the world of smartphone sold a Galaxy S II every fifteen seconds.
         Galaxy S II uses a dual-core processor speed of 1.2 GHz and equipped with a 4.27-inch screen technology with Super AMOLED. The device runs on Android 2.3. In Russia, sales staff began on May 18. The official price is 31 900 rubles.

A prototype of the iPhone 4 will be sold on eBay

5 jul 2011, 10:39



On the Internet auction site eBay have exposed pre-model iPhone 4, writes tehnoblog This is my next. From the prototype production model by the absence of the characters "+" and "-" buttons to adjust the volume on the sidebar. On the front and back of the stamped number "DF1692".
The device is not connected to mobile networks. In addition, the device can not synchronize with the service iTunes. Buttons and display are functioning smoothly, according to the description on eBay. The internal memory is not specified.
The seller claims that he worked in the service to repair your iPhone and bought the machine for later parsing for parts. Looking at the phone and checked his ID on the basis of IMEI, he came to the conclusion that the device is a prototype.
As of the date that the maximum price that users of eBay offered for the device amounted to 1725 dollars. Was made 18 bets. The auction runs until July 11. TekGoblin said that one of the users bet a million dollars, but later it was removed.
Remember that the iPhone 4 in the United States is from 199 to 299 dollars for the version with the contract operator and from 649 to 749 dollars for a version without a contract.
Exposed on eBay apparatus similar to that of the prototype iPhone, 4 photos that in April 2010 published tehnoblog Gizmodo. It was found that the prototype for two months before the bar staff had forgotten to Apple employee Gray Powell.

Panasonic offered to show the 2012 Olympics in 3D TV

5 jul 2011, 09:06


2012 Olympic Games should be shown in the format of 3D TV. This was stated by the head of the British division of Panasonic Keith Evans, transmits MSN UK.
According to Evans, when the Games will be broadcast not in 3D, will be missed a chance to convert a large-scale demonstration of world events to a new level. He added that Panasonic, which is a sponsor of the Olympics, has the necessary technology for doing a TV broadcast in 3D.
According to the publication The Drum, in 2010, Sky Sports channel carried 3D-translation from the competition in the golf tournament Ryder Cup. However, to date TV in 3D before it's too common.
2012 Olympics will be held in London. The opening ceremony of the Games scheduled for July 27.

"Transformers 3" in North America earned 162 million dollars

5 jul 2011, 08:58


"Transformers 3" in North America earned 162 million dollars
The film "Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon" topped the North American rolling-up weekend July 1-3. As the portal Boxofficemojo.com, on the first weekend after the screens fantastic band brought 97.4 million dollars (gross profit for the first week of hire - more than 162 million).
In second place was the leader last week, the animated film "Cars 2". He brought to distributors 25.112 million (in just two weeks - more than 116 million).
The third line has taken comedy "BAD TEACHER" with Cameron Diaz in the title role. The film has collected over the weekend 14.1 million dollars (just over two weeks hire - 59.5 million).
The fourth and fifth place is new. "LARRY CROWNE" - a film, directed by Tom Hanks, and he's played there a major role - has brought a little more than $ 13 million. Adventure comedy "Monte Carlo" has earned $ 7.6 million.

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides

5 jul 2011, 08:27


"Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides" gathered in worldwide box office of over one billion dollars, the Boxofficemojo. Total to date picture earned nearly 1.008 billion.
Thus, the list of highest-grossing bands in the history of cinema quarter of the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow was the seventh. It is noteworthy that the "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" - the second film franchise - now in the same list in fourth place with a score of 1.066 billion.
In turn, if judge on charges outside of North America, the new "Pirates" with the result in 774 million dollars are second only to "Titanic" and "Avatar." In this film collections in the United States and Canada amounted to 233 million dollars - on this indicator gives the rest of the film franchise pictures.
 "Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides" came into the world rolled in May 2011. In this series, the franchise Captain Jack Sparrow is looking for a source of eternal youth, but he is opposed to the ex-girlfriend Penelope Cruz and Captain Blackbeard which Ian McShane played. The leading roles are played by Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane and others.

New X-Men: First Class movie was the leader in the number of errors

1 jul 2011, 09:49


          In distribution cinema goes out the film "X-Men: First Class".
Matthew Vaughn's movie "X-Men: First Class" has become a leader in 2011 on the number of errors (blunders) found. Creators of Portal - Movie Mistakes made a list of 24 blunders found in the film. In particular, in one scene in mutant Emma Frost (Jones, actress Dzhenyueri) changing hairstyle. In addition, attentive viewers have noticed the "First Class" anachronisms and plot inconsistencies with other films of the series "X-Men".  Movie "X-Men: First Class" was released in June 2011. According to information from the site BoxOfficeMojo, the film has already managed to collect at the box office $ 320 million (with a budget of $ 160 million). Immediately after the release of the picture led the U.S. release, collecting over $ 56 million weekend. Among the other leaders of this year, the number of errors on the website Movie Mistakes referred to "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (13 blunders) and "Pol: The Secret Materil" (12 blunders).

"Slumdog Millionaire" Dev Patel will play in the new TV series

1 jul 2011, 09:37


       Aaron Sorkin offered Dev Patel role in his new project - the TV series "More As This Story Develops",  reported June 28 Collider with reference to Variety. In the new drama from writer "Social Network" will also be removed Marisa Tomei, Sam Waterston, Olivia Munn, Alison Pill and Jeff Daniels.
       Production of the series deals with channel HBO. Greg Mottola is a major head, and produce the show will be Aaron Sorkin, Alan Paul and Scott Rudin.
      The game's story, "More As This Story Develops" - TV news photography. Daniels will play its leading, Pill and Tomei - producers, Olivia Munn and financial analyst will perform the role of the channel. In this movie Dev Patel will be the role of "ordinary young man", who also worked in television.
     Patel, who became famous after the movie by Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire" is not the first time participated in the filming of the TV series. His previous work in this area was the role of Anwar Curran in the British show "Skins".

LeapFrog released a children's tablet PC - LeapPad

1 jul 2011, 09:14


Manufacturer LeapFrog educational toys named a price and performance tablet LeapPad Explorer. The device is designed for children aged four years and nine years, according to the manufacturer's website.
Children's plate is equipped with five-inch touch screen with 480 by 272 pixels and uses a processor with a frequency of 400 megahertz. In the LeapPad has camera for photos and video, an accelerometer and a microphone.
On the tablet can run educational games and programs. In memory of the device pre-loaded four applications, and about a hundred applications are available at LeapFrog. Among them are programs for teaching reading and writing (complete with LeapPad supplied stylus), an interactive coloring books, music programs and programs for learning the basics of a healthy lifestyle.
Wi-Fi module in the LeapPad Explorer is not, so to install applications, you must connect to a computer. Also, the tablet will produce cartridges with the programs.
On sale in U.S. children's plates, announced in February 2011, will be available August 15 at a price of $ 99.99. Will LeapPad Explorer sold in other countries, not yet reported. Price applications for the tablet will be from 5 to 25 dollars.
Previously, the company has released a children's laptop LeapFrog LeapPad with similar functionality.

Sony will release a laptop (Light Peak) VAIO Z with a Thunderbolt in July

1 jul 2011, 09:08


      Sony has introduced new VAIO Z notebook interface that supports Thunderbolt (device interface specifications is called the Light Peak). In the sale of the unit will go in July, according to a press release on its website. VAIO Z will be the second laptop on the market with Light Peak / Thunderbolt. The first was a MacBook Pro, introduced in February 2011. In addition, Apple has built support for the new Thunderbolt monoblocks iMac. Unlike the devices Apple, the VAIO Z interface is not integrated with the interface DispayPort. Interface Thunderbolt, which has developed with the participation of Intel Apple, can transmit data at speeds up to 100 gigabits per second. Peripheral devices of this type on the market yet, but producers promise they will appear in the summer. VAIO Z belongs to a class of ultra-thin laptops - has a thickness of 16.65 millimeters, and weighs less than 1.2 kilograms of a computer. The device is equipped with a screen diagonal of 13.1 inches and a resolution of 1600 by 900 pixels and uses an Intel Core i7.         For a laptop you can buy a docking station Power Media Dock with built-in drive to read Blu-ray disc and an additional graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6650M. The docking station connects to a VAIO Z Light Peak.  Sales of notebook will start in Europe in July. The price of the device was not disclosed.

Microsoft official supplier of 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

27 jun 2011, 08:39


Microsoft has become the official supplier of software for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The agreement was signed yesterday. It involves the provision of the Organizing Committee of Games of all complex of Microsoft software and full service support. Financial details of the project were not disclosed.4bcdf273dd5ab14ff47e7a4dc73c2fa6