Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Jawbone announces Icon HD headset with improved audio, 'Nerd' adapter for making PC-based VoIP calls

was the best part of a year since we've seen new Jawbone, at which time the team is clearly focused less on cheese brainstorming names for your Bluetooth headset and s adapt more sound quality. The company has announced the HD icon, speaker whose bandwidth is 25 percent larger than the original icon, which lets you pause and play songs and podcasts by pressing a button on the headset. The real story, however, is not the HD icon, but the nerd, a questionable call add-on that plugs into the USB port of your computer, allowing the helmet to the field of VoIP PC and Mac, as well that those who come through your mobile phone. The hook here - outside the function - is that it is an installation plug-n-play does not require any software. It's almost like - wait for it - A nerd

took over and set the wireless VoIP call. Partner in the sale as a package for $ 139, and hit the brick and mortar stores soon. In other news, the Jawbone companion app for Android, which shows the battery life of the helmet "and other vital organs, is now out of the test phase and ready for general consumption. Full PR after. Pause


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Electrical implants could be used to treat depression

The anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex (red) and frontal gyrus (orange) areas of the...



The World Health Organisation has predicted that by 2020 major depression will be the second leading cause of disability in the world after the heart disease. With psychotherapy, the disease is usually treated with antidepressants. There is often a frustrating period of trial and error involved in finding the right drug for the right person, however, while the side effects may include obesity, sexual dysfunction, and fatigue ... to name a few. Los Angeles, the company seeks NeuroSigma a drug-free alternative therapies, which ultimately could incorporate electrodes implanted under the skin of the patient ... Continue reading the electrical implants could be used to treat depression

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Autom lady-bot will help you lose weight, love you regardless

Oh, that girl is so adorable - until she refuses the pizza and cheese fries. Auto, 15-inch droid speak first got a glimpse of last year, is back and available for pre-order. Using the LCD touch screen, a starvation diet asks you to enter the daily consumption of calories and exercise habits - for the robot to respond politely to stay motivated. With tracking capabilities of the face and a soft look death Killingly, Auto is always watching, it might just make you feel guilty enough to jump into the bath. The lady bot costs $ 195 for lodging, $ 668.46 for the device and $ 79.95 per month, but early birds can get 6 months free and ten percent of the monthly order on the website of the company. Launched in 2012, apparently to help the impending Apocalypse robot is not cheap. Auto Discover some action after the break.

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Sega's online Pass hacked, 1.3 million user passwords stolen

We will bid on a home Sega bitter, the last club to enter the newly created online communities hacked. Sega Pass, the web portal of the company, in violation of their defense on Thursday, which has now been identified that have a huge hit 1,290,000 users. User names, real names, birth dates, passwords, email addresses, almost everything has been taken by thieves from malicious data, with the notable exception of the numbers of credit card / debit card. However, I recommend to all those affected to keep a watchful eye on your banking - immediately after changing the password compromise, of course. Meanwhile, Sega is going to keep the service connection while correcting the vulnerability, but will be able to use an unexpected ally in their search for the authors LulzSec, a group of hackers who proudly boasted of infiltration of Sony the network, but a much more benign intentions toward Sega. What a topsy-turvy world we live in!
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iOS 5.1 beta seeded to developers (Update: iPhone 5, new iPad and Apple TV revealed?)



iOS 5 updates are on the people, as the beta version 5.1 has been released on the Apple developer site. You can get the building you are in possession of an iPhone 3G or later, the iPad, or the third and fourth generation iPod Touch. We expect some fixes to the problems of battery life on the iPhone 4S, the company has acknowledged the concerns and promised a solution in the near future. Stay tuned as we learn more about the new updates

update

: . A little research revealed a new product ID of the update, referring to "iPhone 2.4". There is speculation that this could be a reference to a tablet with an integrated modem from Sprint, but even if so, who knows if it would actually be released before the next generation iPhone. / yy>
Update 2

: more leaks! Now
9to5Mac is to report on a new system called "J33", which in his opinion relates to a new model of the Apple TV box. Hit up the link a bit more reasoned talk, we will know if the details of surface. source

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Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing

Thanksgiving Week Was Not a good week for Ubisoft Shanghai creative director Stanislas Will. When asked if a PC version of the game I Am Alive
would ET Reply it would not be because of piracy.
It's hard There are so because of piracy and people are paying so little for PC games that we have exactly the weigh-against the cost of doing so. Perhaps it will only take 12 months for the port Three guys from PC game, it's not a huge cost is always a cost objective. If only 50,000 people buy the game so it's not worth it.

This statement
PC gamers and a "bitch" got PC gamers and press all game annoyed. Soon the news everywhere WAS Ubisoft, the company still pushing DRM and piracy Complaining on the PC at every turn, was again. The bad publicity led to reconsider the comments His Will.

What I meant
the PC version, that has not happened yet [sic]. We are still working on purpose to see the feasibility of it, which is not necessarily simple. I gave some examples to illustrate the issues [sic] goal obviously is not in my hands and my hand is not talking about that.


ET to try to prevent Although the history of piracy in particular the issue of withdrawal, HE still leaves the reader with the same message, the PC gaming is a loss. Is the training material in the Ubisoft or something else? They are trained to believe that the PC is plagued by piracy and should be treated with extreme caution and contempt? Not that long ago that other developers Ubisoft have complained about the same.


I would be happy to leave this discussion if it were not for the comments of several other developers Sami Sami this week on the same subject. Believe when the problems of piracy and lack of paying customers on the PC, developers Other changes to the conclusion very different proposition. First, we fork Parker returned CFO about the PC version of Serious Sam 3:


Piracy is a problem and it is undeniable that the objective of the success of games like Skyrim and our own PC Serious Sam 3 clearly illustrate that it is willing to pay a market for PC games is the developers and publishers to market that something is worth, first to pay. Those who put the blame on the consumer need to rethink the quality of products and their frequency derivatives in which a shovel each year.



The other side of the equation is the distribution model. In games, we have amazing services like digital download for PC Steam, Direct2Drive Get Games and do the same for the games that DID iTunes for music. Offer consumers a wide variety of digital content at a reasonable price and the majority will pay for the pleasure of their taste after the games.
a Recognizer Here Who is the developer of PC games market ripe for the picking. The players are ready to buy quality products. If the game fails to turn a profit, it is not the fault of the player or the pirates, it's the fault of the developer and publisher. If they take advantage of services to PC gamers use to distribute their games, they will see that the return on investment was.
Then we Valve CEO Gabe Newell , speaking on the subject again.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Coming To Plates In Europe: Patented Vegetables, Produced By Conventional Breeding

European Patent Organisation (EPO) is a rare entity. Despite its name, has nothing to do with the European Union. Instead, it was established on the basis of the European Patent Convention of 1973, the granting of patents under the Convention.



as an independent agency whose sole purpose is to supervise the granting of patents, which have a natural tendency to extend its reach. One of the most disputed that what happens is that software patents are not granted in Europe "as such" (you can imagine how fun that lawyers have with these two words).


In the final stages of expansion, the EPO appears to have a lustful eye on the world of vegetables. Here is the bottom of the "Broccoli" case of the EPO itself:
British plant biosciences company has obtained a European patent (EP1069819) for a method for producing plants with which you can be the level of potential anti-cancer substance in broccoli plants increased.
Limagrain French society and the Swiss group Syngenta has filed notice of opposition to the patent in 2003 and maintains its challenge in subsequent calls. They allege, among other things, that the patent protects a method of raising plants essentially biological excluded from patentability under the European Patent Convention (EPC) that binds to the EPO. The Technical Board of Appeal heard two appeals stayed the proceedings and referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (TSA) to clarify the term "essentially biological processes for the production of plants (or animals)" and exception corresponding to patentability.
The problem here is that the original patent was issued for the plants produced by the currents, "organic" methods, and those excluded from patentability. Where things get strange is when the plant biosciences removed part of his claim:

the licensee proposed to limit the original patent by excluding agricultural methods.
One would think that would be the end of the patent, but no luck. This is what the EPO wrote the following sentence at the top (and note to our old friend "as is"):

Therefore, only plants of broccoli, as such, are protected.


It's really crazy. The "owner" has removed any right to a patent on the method of agriculture - because, as the two companies has objections, such biological processes are not patentable. Yet still seems pretending plant biosciences

result

biological methods are not patentable, which is essentially what each farmer received since the dawn of agriculture through of passages.



Unfortunately, it seems likely that the revised application will be accepted, as the appeal against the patent has been revoked:
The two companies have Patent Appeal your request for a conditional public hearing if the Council decides not to follow the proposal of the patent owner. So now the board will issue its decision in writing.
unravel the logic there, this means that both companies opposed the patent called for a public hearing
only if

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Did We Just See the BlackBerry PlayBook Fire Sale?

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as Black Friday approaching, many retailers like Best Buy dropped the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook vilified. After selling an undisclosed number of the device, Best Buy took the cancellation of orders. According to sources, all orders online courses have been canceled, and the device no longer appears on the website of Best Buy. Did we just see the playbook of fire-sale?



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Linux Mint 12 debuts 'Lisa' as belle of the ball

Ubuntu variant known to offer a taste of fresh mint for Linux has officially reached version 12. The code name "Lisa", the distribution presents a new desktop is based on GNOME 3.2, however, provides the user customization courtesy of Shell extensions Mint Gnome (MGSE). Fans of open source is the default search engine is now DuckDuckGo, which sells a crowd-sourcing and a privacy policy without monitoring. Those interested in aesthetics will certainly enjoy two new tracks, mind and spirit-ZZ-dark, and distribution also offers improvements in Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice. Linux Mint is currently mounted on the pole position on DistroWatch, Ubuntu after being supplanted as the alternative of choice for many enthusiasts Tux. Perhaps it is time to test the freshness for yourself.
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HTC told: stop selling phones in Germany

IPCom

take the next step, requiring stop selling UMTS smartphones HTC, the Taiwanese company as having difficulties struggles broader market

HTC

IPCom German patent firm ordered to stop the sale and distribution of all its smartphones in Germany, saying that the Taiwanese company face fines if it fails.

"If HTC does not comply, and is still selling UMTS compatible devices, IPCom start talking" Zwangsgeldverfahren under German law, which will result in fines, until it receives "IPCom , said in a statement.

HTC sells about 2 million smartphones a year in Germany, according to research firm IDC. This compares with a worldwide total expected by the company of some 45 million this year.

IPCom said last week that the execution of a warrant based on a decision of a court of Mannheim in February 2009 after HTC, the fourth largest smartphone vendor worldwide, has withdrawn his appeal, which should be decided this week.

HTC

said the legal battle would have no impact on its business in Germany, because the injunction covered only HTC - are no longer sold in this country - and also changed the application of standards UMTS.

But IPCom responded: "Demand for HTC, which is usual in Germany is totally misleading," said Bernhard Frohwitter, IPCom CEO, in a statement. "The fact is: patent in question is valid, and the decision in February 2009 Mannheim covers all devices HTC 3G because the patent covers a 3G standard required, valid for all devices and networks. "

legal challenges, coupled with warnings HTC is not going to increase revenue this quarter compared to a year ago - and see him fall to fourth quarter - have led some investors to lose faith in the society. Its shares fell more than 30% in less than two weeks.

Their models of fire of desire, sensitivity and the forest lost ground to Apple's iPhone and Samsung Galaxy line-up, prompting calls for a change in a rapidly changing market and changing.

In its first response to the attacks of securities markets, HTC Chief Financial Officer Winston Yung, told Reuters on Monday that the company is not another Nokia. Finnish mobile company has rapidly decreased from the domination of the market as rivals struggle agile product lines indifferent.

"I do not think it's that serious," Yung said, noting that even the most conservative orientation shipments to increase to 45 units this year from 25 million last year .

"We focus on the product next year, better and more competitive. In addition to the new LTE phones for the U.S. market, we have the phones for the global market. Let some key products around the world. We trust them. "

But investors are worried that HTC, one of the few companies in Taiwan with a global brand, is changing radically insufficient.

"Industrial design has not changed for nearly two years. Unless it begins a very different phone, it is difficult to sell the product at a higher price, "said Roxy Wong, an analyst at Mirae Asset Management Hong Kong.

"HTC does not have an advantage against Apple and Samsung. He hardware specifications out against Apple, Samsung, but no. It takes time for companies to improve brand image, so the room for HTC to improve sales is not much less than the price decline begins. "

and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, from HTC are the worst performers among its peers in smartphones this year, down from 62% to a record high in late April that sales growth slowed and investors have been frightened by two profit warnings. RIM share fell 70% this year.


CEO Peter Chou told Reuters in an interview in July that political philosophy was "everything that customers want, we ensure that we have a product for them."

who paid before making a market favorite HTC and sending its shares to a record high in April, helping the founder Cher Wang top of the Forbes list of richest in Taiwan this year.
In its first 10 years since its founding in 1997, HTC grew from a manufacturer for brands such as Siemens and Vodafone brand in itself.



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Microsoft: front facing cameras, Skype integration coming with Mango update (video)



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Monday, November 28, 2011

Nerdy Day Trips guides traveling technophiles, could use your input

DayZipping It's like, suitable for nerds. nerdy

Excursions

took the wraps
right by itself, the launch of a "Slightly development" that aims to give their jetsetting technologists to guide for site future trips. in other words, users Canon sail around the world and find that trips scandalously published INVOLVE things geek - you know, like a quick getaway to see the monumental statue of Tokyo Gundam gold
the robot Museum in Nagoya . as it is, almost all the recommendations are in the UK, the goal is not to say that he will always be that way. the company is already planning to improving research, developing a mobile application to integrate aspects of social networks and places to stay close to showcase such travel, and you can help expand the database by throwing in what you have already made voyages. As for us we will haunt our efforts to ESPN 3D, Westone and serves Italian Ferrari Few cave there. Excursions travel guides source nerdy techies, could use your entry originally appeared on Engadget Tues September 13th, 2011 8:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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No iPhone 5 folks, but say hello to Apple's new iPhone 4S

Apple's new CEO Tim Cook has taken the wraps off the company's new iPhone - the 4S



In his first product launch since becoming CEO, Tim Cook, Apple announced a new version of the headquarters of the iPhone Apple in Cupertino, California. The innovative technology Retina iPhone 4S keeps the glass and the back of his predecessor, but has undergone a kind of internal reform. Apple's new smartphone gets a new dual-core processor, an 8 megapixel camera capable of recording high definition video as well, and a new personal assistant application that uses speech recognition. The 4S also promises to double the previous download speed will be available in more than 100 operators around the world ... Continue reading No. 5 iPhone people, but to greet new iPhone 4S


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