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12/01/2007 - La banda larga in tutta Italia entro il 2011 - Il Governo ha recentemente varato alcune iniziative per promuovere la difusione della banda larga nel nostro paese e promette la capillarità del servizio entro il 2001. Obiettivi simili annunciati anche da Telecom Italia mentre altre soluzioni wireless promettono soluzioni più rapide |
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12/01/2007 - World of Warcraft: adesso gli utenti sono 8 milioni - Nuovo traguardo per il MMORG di Blizzard Entertainment. La Cina è la nazione con più giocatori. |
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12/01/2007 - Basta bugie con Skype - Un applicativo analizza lo stato emotivo degli interlocutori e segnala quando vengono dette bugie |
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12/01/2007 - Vanguard Saga of Heroes debutta il 30 gennaio - Fissata la data di rilascio del MMORPG prodotto da Sony Online Entertainment e sviluppato da Sigil Games Online. |
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12/01/2007 - Schede audio PCI Express da Creative - Il colosso dell'audio ha mostrato una soluzione X-Fi Xtreme Audio collegata via bus PCI Express 1x alla scheda madre |
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12/01/2007 - Wario Ware: Smooth Moves arricchisce il catalogo Nintendo Wii - E' disponibile da oggi il folle arcade per Nintendo Wii comprendente 200 mini giochi. |
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12/01/2007 - Un sensore per fotografie senza flash - Da Planet82 Inc. un sensore che promette elevatissime sensibilità |
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12/01/2007 - Niente Skype sui telefonini per ora - Tariffe della banda larga mobile ancora troppo alte per l'uso del VoIP |
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12/01/2007 - Ecco il ModBook, un Mac Tablet - Al Macworld Expo è stato presentato il ModBook, un tablet ricavato modificando un MacBook di Apple: tolta la tastiera e inserito un touch screen |
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12/01/2007 - Le console e i giochi più venduti nel 2006 - The NPD Group fornisce le statistiche inerenti la vendita di console e videogiochi negli Stati Uniti nel 2006. |
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12/01/2007 - Risultati al ribasso per AMD - Il produttore americano anticipa i propri risultati finanziari di fine trimestre 2006: valori inferiori alle previsioni |
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12/01/2007 - Windows Live Messenger sui telefonini Wind i-mode - Gli utenti Wind i-mode possono ora utilizzare il diffuso messenger di Microsoft |
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12/01/2007 - Driver NVIDIA per schede GeForce 8800 - NVIDIA presenta una nuova versione di driver Forceware con nuove migliorie a PureVideo, specifici per le schede con GPU GeForce 8800 GTX e GTS |
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12/01/2007 - Il controller di XBox 360 su PlayStation 3 - Ps3-hacks.com segnala che è disponibile un driver che consente di usare il controller di XBox 360 su PlayStation 3. |
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11/01/2007 - Panda Software: allerta per il 2007, nuove ondate di phishing - I report dell'anno passato lasciano presagire un 2007 in cui le truffe telematiche e il crimine organizzate saranno all'ordine del giorno. Panda Software offre alcuni semplici consigli per evitare di cadere nelle truffe più semplici. |
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11/01/2007 - Flexpipe: il nuovo dissipatore per RAM di OCZ - OCZ anticipa il design delle prossime generazioni di moduli memoria DDR2 di fascia alta, pensati per gli utenti più appassionati |
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11/01/2007 - Compatibilità dubbia tra chipset Bearlake e Pentium 4 - Le future piattaforme chipset di Intel supporteranno, benché non ufficialmente, le cpu Pentium 4 e Pentium D |
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11/01/2007 - E' Mario la serie più venduta nella storia dei videogiochi - Secondo una statistica pubblicata da The Independent sono le serie create in Giappone le più vendute nella storia dei videogiochi. |
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11/01/2007 - L'UE introdurrà una nuova legge sulla violenza nei videogiochi - Una nuova legge sulla violenza nei videogiochi sarà ratificata dall'UE entro i prossimi sei mesi. E' quanto ha annunciato il Commissario alla Giustizia, Libertà e Sicurezza Franco Frattini. |
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11/01/2007 - Asus P535, un PDA tuttofare - Il successore dell'Asus P525 guadagna il modulo GPS |
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11/01/2007 - Supporto DirectX 10 con il prossimo gioco di Techland - La software house polacca annuncia lo sviluppo di Warhound, sparatutto 3D militare che supporta le DirectX 10. |
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11/01/2007 - Cisco contro Apple: a chi appartiene il marchio iPhone? - Il marchio di proprietà di Cisco è stato utliizzato da Apple senza autorizzazione |
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11/01/2007 - Nuovo SketchUp 6 da Google - Google distribuisce un software di modellazione 3D per realizzare contenuti da visualizzare poi attraverso Google Earth |
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11/01/2007 - John Carmack rivela nuovi dettagli sul prossimo progetto id Software - In un'intervista a GameInformer, John Carmack e Todd Hollenshead parlano di diversi aspetti inerenti il prossimo progetto id Software e del futuro dei videogiochi su PC e console. |
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13/01/2007 - 2010, penetrazione del broad band italiano al 70% - Lo promette Ruggiero (Telecom): si parte dalla Valle d'Aosta con un processo di allargamento che riguardera' via via l'intero territorio italiano. Una espansione che seguira' quella dei contenuti venduti e fruiti via Internet |
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13/01/2007 - Gia` azzoppata la svolta RAI in rete? - Da Radio Radicale l'avvertimento: nell'ultima bozza del contratto di servizio e' stato rimosso qualsiasi riferimento a Creative Commons mentre trovano posto strumenti di controllo sulla diffusione dei contenuti |
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13/01/2007 - Download/ Ma che musica maestro! - Scratch con il Cd, batterie elettroniche e bassi virtuali, Dj mixer per Mp3 ed un gestore di musica al cubo |
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13/01/2007 - Apple/ iPhone e non solo iPhone - di D. Galimberti - Protagonista assoluto del MacWorld Expo, iPhone potrebbe influenzare da vicino l'evoluzione degli smartphone e non soltanto. Ma val la pena commentare anche il nuovo nome di Apple, segno del cambiamento |
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13/01/2007 - iPhone, the days after - Il melafonino ha scatenato le intelligenze in rete che tutto commentano in un susseguirsi di dettagli, precisazioni e gustose rivelazioni sulle strategie di Jobs. C'e' chi critica, ma gli applausi sono globali |
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13/01/2007 - Bug di Vista: 8.000$. Dead or alive - VeriSign avvia una competizione il cui ricco montepremi sara' spartito fra coloro che troveranno per primi sei gravi vulnerabilita' di Windows Vista o IE7. Un nuovo trend? |
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13/01/2007 - Mac OS X, ancora guai con i file DMG - Un ricercatore di sicurezza ha scoperto una nuova falla di sicurezza nel modo in cui Mac OS X gestire i file d'immagine DMG. In attesa di una patch da Apple, gli esperti raccomandano prudenza |
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13/01/2007 - AMD vuole PC piu` compatti - Il chipmaker sta per partorire un nuovo formato standard per PC con dimensioni a meta' strada fra l'ATX di Intel e il Mini-ITX di VIA. L'obiettivo e' favorire la diffusione di PC compatti con design da set-top box |
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13/01/2007 - Nuovi prodotti ad alimentazione wireless nel 2007 - La statunitense Powercast ha promesso entro la fine dell'anno le prime periferiche che possono essere ricaricate senza fili. Philips e' gia' pronta ad adottare la nuova tecnologia. Crescono le attese |
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13/01/2007 - Brevetti, Intel risponde e accusa Transmeta - Dopo essere stata denunciata dalla piccola rivale lo scorso anno, il colosso dei chip va all'attacco con una controquerela, in cui accusa Transmeta di violazione di brevetto |
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13/01/2007 - Skype: troppo caro il broadband mobile - Lo sostiene uno dei dirigenti di punta dell'azienda che, dal CES di Las Vegas, racconta la propria visione sulla diffusione del popolare soft-VoIP nel mondo della telefonia mobile |
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13/01/2007 - Il Governo finanzia le idee innovative - Ci prova con un bando di concorso che finanziera' fino a 35mila euro le idee piu' interessanti proposte da giovani under35. La scadenza e' a meta' marzo, non c'e' molto tempo. E non mancano gli ostacoli |
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13/01/2007 - In Corea del Sud vietato l'uso libero dei nickname - A breve chi vorra' esprimersi su siti pubblici e su quelli piu' popolari dovra' dichiarare la propria identita' reale, pena indagini tramite provider. Che dovra' collaborare per non incorrere in multe pesantissime |
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13/01/2007 - Una rete anonima per i cyberdissidenti - Wikileaks consentira' di pubblicare documenti che verrebbero censurati se pubblicati su siti in paesi in cui la democrazia latita. Un'opportunita' anche per i blogger cinesi, che presto dovranno rinunciare all'anonimato |
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13/01/2007 - Londra: studenti online anche fuori da scuola - Parte un progetto voluto dal Governo inglese: una task force di enti e imprese del settore didattico e societa' del mondo IT spingera' per portare Internet ai bambini. Ovunque si trovino |
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13/01/2007 - UK, le cam CCTV in tribunale come il DNA - Presentati i primi risultati del progetto pilota per una nuova unita' di polizia, specializzata nel trattamento dei dati provenienti dall'enorme numero di telecamere che monitorano quanto accade in territorio britannico |
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13/01/2007 - Londra, appaiono i manifesti previsti da Orwell - Desta sensazione l'affissione nella metropolitana londinese di una serie di poster che promuovono la sicurezza che sarebbe garantita dal tecnocontrollo sulle persone. Manifesti che a qualcuno mettono i brividi |
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13/01/2007 - Cassandra Crossing/ La liberta` e` schiavitu` - di Marco Calamari - Il tecnocontrollo portera' ad una riduzione della criminalita'? E se questo avviene calpestando i diritti civili sara' ancora un vantaggio? In Italia c'e' chi risponde di si' ad entrambe le domande |
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13/01/2007 - La NanoWeek italiana parte lunedi' 15 - Apre Zichichi |
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12/01/2007 - Microsoft to Keep Windows Home Server Simple - Microsoft is targeting its Windows Home Server at mainstream consumers - the average Joe. The operating system is meant to run on its own computer that backs up data from all home computers on a given network, streams media (taken from Windows XP Media Center Edition) and provides remote access to documents over the internet. The software is obviously aimed at households with at least two other computers which is a market Microsoft estimates at about 40 million to 45 million worldwide. Such a device should retail between $500 and $1,000, depending on hardware, especially hard disk drive, specifications. The operating system is based on Windows Server 2003 and although it borrows from other Microsoft technologies, it has its own unique ones as well.
"The goal is trying to take the seams out [of backup and recovery]. There are too many choices and too many knobs and we ask too many questions. And we expect the people to know the answers to every question. We are designing the product for families and the second-tier purchaser, the enthused follower who really looks at the enthusiast for guidance. The dream is that for Father's Day, a wife would buy one for her husband because she understands the benefits of backup and remote access," said Todd Headrick, a senior product manager with Microsoft.
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12/01/2007 - ADS Tech's Instant Video To-Go - First USB MP4 encoder - ADS Tech's Instant Video To-Go converts video to MP4 for iPod and PSP five times faster than normal PC software. This USB key lets you reclaim the 5 hours it would have previously taken to convert your DVD's to handheld formats by doing it in just 20 minutes!
ADS Tech has today announced the UK launch of the Instant Video To-Go™, the industry's first hardware-based MP4 (H.264) conversion solution for PCs, that doesn't encroach on your computer's memory, and gives the process a much needed boost. The hardware accelerator incorporated in Instant Video To-Go enables users to convert DVD and any video to a smooth format for playback on Apple iPods®, Sony® PSPs and other portable video players including mobile phones, at up to five times faster than it would take to do the same conversion on a PC. Just think of what you can do with the extra time you'll have!
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12/01/2007 - AMD suffers sales disappointment - Blaming falling PC processor prices, AMD has warned that its sales and profits over the Christmas period fell short of its expectations. In a statement late on Thursday, the chipmaker said that it would report positive operating income for the fourth quarter but that profit would be "substantially lower" than in the prior quarter.
Fourth-quarter revenue, excluding its recently acquired ATI Technologies graphics business, increased about 3 percent from the $1.33bn reported in the third quarter, AMD said. That's less than the "seasonally strong" fourth quarter that the company had predicted. Analysts had been expecting the company to report revenue of $1.85bn and per-share earnings of 22 cents, according to Thomson Financial. AMD said that that its margins and profits were hit by "significantly lower microprocessor average selling prices" which dampened "a significant increase in unit sales".
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12/01/2007 - Network Neutrality Critics Say If Net Ain't Broke, Don't Fix - Opponents of network neutrality are criticizing a bill introduced this week by Senators Olympia Snowe, (R-Maine) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.). The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007 would prevent broadband service providers from prioritizing some Internet content, applications, or services over other content, applications, or services. Hands Off the Internet co-chairs Mike McCurry and Christopher Wolf issued a joint statement saying the bill would benefit large content companies like Google, eBay, and Amazon, while forcing consumers to bear the burden of the cost of upgrading U.S. communications networks. Verizon and other network providers are also critical of the bill.
"It's disappointing that Senators Snowe and Dorgan would introduce essentially the same bill to regulate the Internet that went down to such decisive defeat in Congress last June," they said. "With America lagging many of our economic competitors in broadband deployment, Congress' focus should instead be on spurring affordable high-speed deployment. And, as numerous opponents of neutrality regulations, including the Communications Workers of America, have correctly noted, promoting deployment, not cumbersome new regulation, is the key to economic growth and job creation." Hands Off the Internet -- whose members include Alcatel, AT&T, the National Association of Manufacturers, hardware manufacturers, Citizens Against Government Waste, the American Conservative Union and the National Black Chamber of Commerce -- pointed out that a 269-152 vote defeated a network neutrality bill in Congress last year. A similar attempt for statewide neutrality legislation failed in Michigan.
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12/01/2007 - On Display, the Video Frontier - SPLAYED across hundreds of flat-panel L.C.D. TVs in the booths of Samsung, Sharp, Sony and other manufacturers at the Consumer Electronics Show here are gorgeous images of roses, New Zealand mountains and still lifes of red peppers. It's not that electronics executives are simply nature lovers. Liquid-crystal-display sets simply have a tougher time than plasma TVs in showing moving images without blurring the picture. The virtually motionless outdoor scenes look better than a smeared Ferrari racing across the screen.
Yet several companies said this week that problems long bedeviling L.C.D. TVs - motion blur, weak contrast, and limited color reproduction - had been solved. In other words, their L.C.D. sets finally produce a picture as good as plasma's.
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News source: NY Times
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12/01/2007 - Yahoo Wades Into Hyperactive Mobile Search Space - Consumers -- at least those that own either Motorola's new MotoRazr maxx V6 and MotoRazr V3xx devices -- are starting to download Yahoo's beta version of its Go For Mobile 2.0, which launched this week at the International CES (Consumer Electronics Show).
Key among the new features in this version is Yahoo's oneSearch search engine, which is designed to recognize the intent of a search term and present relevant content -- grouped by subject -- on the results page. Other highlights include local listings, direct connections to news, sports, entertainment, weather and finance content, photo sharing and better e-mail synchronization.
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12/01/2007 - Both sides in high-def DVD battle hunker down for long fight - In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. The first shots between Blu-ray, backed by a Sony-led consortium, and HD DVD, whose group is led by Toshiba Corp., were fired last year when the formats made their splashy debuts at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Analysts and executives thought that by this year's show, there would be a clear winner, especially after Sony in November released its Playstation 3 video game console, which comes standard with a Blu-ray disc drive. Instead, both sides have hunkered down for what could be a long fight and some are even conceding that both formats may be here to stay. ``In an optimal world you would have one format,'' Kevin Tsujihara, president of the Warner Bros. home entertainment group said this week. ``But there are many industries where multiple formats have existed and flourished.''
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12/01/2007 - 'Month of Apple Bugs' turns up 10 vulnerabilities -- so far - A month-long campaign by two independent security researchers to disclose security flaws in Apple Inc.'s products has so far resulted in 10 vulnerabilities being publicly disclosed -- and several more on the verge of being announced. Exploit information has also been published, along with proof-of-code detailing how to take advantage of the flaws, several of which were described as being remotely exploitable by the researchers.
The disclosures are part of a Month of Apple Bugs (MoAB) effort launched on Jan. 1 by independent security researcher Kevin Finisterre and another researcher identified only by the initials LMH. The goal of the effort, identical in nature to the Month of Kernel Bugs and Month of Browser Bug campaigns in 2006, is to raise public awareness of security issues in Apple's products, according to Finisterre. "[Apple's] creating commercials claiming to be secure, and the user base feels like they are wearing a suit of armor," Finisterre said via e-mail. In reality, "there's NO lack of bugs on OS X from both an application and platform standpoint."
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12/01/2007 - Burglar-Proof Windows? - The Microsoft marketing hoopla set off by the Jan. 30 launch of Windows Vista will focus on the software's spiffy new look and enhancements such as greatly improved search abilities. But the really important changes, mostly hidden, aim to improve Windows' leaky security. What you see of this may be annoying, but trust me, it's good for you.
One big reason Windows has been so vulnerable over the past 15 years is that Microsoft (MSFT) chose to make things easy when faced with a trade-off between security and convenience. But in recent years, as Windows users have grown increasingly outraged by nonstop hacker attacks, Microsoft's attitude has evolved. The company originally intended to base Vista on Windows XP but scrapped that idea a couple of years ago. Instead, it resolved to work off the much more secure foundation of Windows Server 2003. The Server version has generally won good marks for security. All operating systems have security holes, and Vista will be no exception: One potential vulnerability has already been identified by security experts. The difference is that the holes in Vista should be much harder for the bad guys to exploit, compared with earlier versions of Windows.
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12/01/2007 - Beeb feeling bloggy - THE BBC plans to develop its online presence by providing social networking sites based on its most popular brands such as Top Gear. The world-renowned broadcaster is looking to tap into the popularity of sites such as MySpace, in which users contribute comments and video footage to share with other users.
The spokeswoman for BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the corporation, said there was no time plan in place but that it expected to continue to develop its online service over the next year.
The sites will carry more interactive sections and be targeted at consumers who are already interested in such brands as popular motoring show Top Gear and BBC Good Food. "The teen part of this (trend) might have reached capacity, but there might be other communities that we could explore given the brand and our existing online presence," the spokeswoman said.
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