Posted on 20-01-2012
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Technology giant apple logo reveals a new application called iBook Author. This application enables anyone to create a rich variety of visual books.

The book that was created through the application iBook can display an image gallery, videos, interactive images, and 3D images, directly above the text. The new application is free and works on computers running Mac OS X.

Application users can import images directly from other applications, such as Microsoft Word. It also can add complementary elements using web programming languages​​, like HTML. Such software will automatically break up the text and convert it into a book format.

Steve Jobs described the textbooks as “$ 8 billion a year industry ripe for digital destruction.”

Before his death, Jobs also said to have talked with publishers large print books, such as Pearson. There is also another newspaper which said in a statement that the latest Apple software textbook may be made ​​based on the blueprint created by Jobs.

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Posted on 06-12-2011
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Currently the owner of the iPhone 4 and iPod touch seems to be able to apply the features of a personal assistant Siri previously exclusive to the iPhone 4S. This may happen because some developers managed to make modifications to jailbreak.

This practice is illegal, because hackers create user forced to use the jailbreak for the iPhone and recommends downloading a software, which is not recognized by Apple and Apple is not connected to the server.

However, information on Siri that can be used in other devices are needed by some Mac fans and IOS. Besides information on this subject is one that is highly anticipated by fans.

As reported on the blog a few people who do the jailbreak, named H1Siri software can be downloaded in Cydia and enables Siri function is present in other Apple devices, although its use is a bit different and difficult.

users iPhone4  and iPod touch who want the application needs to do jailbreak the device and add new storage to Cydia (an alternative to Apple’s App Store jailbreak) and look for H1Siri applications and can download it there.

After downloading and installing, H1Siri will not be directly used until the user can access the general settings panel to enable Siri. One or two times a reboot is likely to occur to test the work of hackers, until H1Siri can be used well.

But Apple seems to try to limit a hacker to do the jailbreak on IOS 5 to create a better security system so difficult to be penetrated by hackers. Everything is back to the user, want to get Siri iegal way or awaiting confirmation that Apple will probably bring Siri on other Apple devices officially.

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Posted on 25-11-2011
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This staggering of Siri again found. Having previously could be used to measure the temperature inside the house, now an assistant personal voice of the iPhone 4S could serve as a remote to start the car.

Siri on the iPhone 4S is now not only can serve as a personal assistant by relying on the excess noise in terms of information retrieval to beat Google, but now can be used to turn on, open the door and opened the trunk.

Earlier this week, the public was surprised to find Siri applications can be added to the control termostrat. Through videos uploaded 9to5mac, show cars Acura TL was able to adopt Siri seems to turn on the engine.

While this is a relatively rapid progression of Siri, Siri but the developers say that this is a common and quite reasonable. Especially when considering the previous voice command has been simplified to the point where almost the same as the conversation.

Possible future car not only be controlled by the driver, but can be taken over with smart phones that have adopted high-tech.

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Posted on 27-10-2011
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Party Research In Motion (RIM) said that the latest OS Playbook, Playbook namely 2.0, Android applications will be able to walk in it.

In the latest Playbook OS, will the users were promised to be able to run Android applications on the tablet Playbook. Even so the RIM has not announced later there will be how and what kind of Android applications is presented.

Unfortunately, Christopher Smith as Senior Director of Platform Development BlackBerry still seems reluctant to divulge when the release of the application.

One thing that is confirmed by RIM is that future Android applications Player Playbook will work in OS 2.0. Matters other details would be known so so Android Player is launched.

Party Research In Motion (RIM) explains that there are two reasons why the sales of tablet Playbook considered ‘failed’.

Reason number one why the Playbook is not good sales is the lack of native email client and the lack of available applications.

RIM has stated that these problems will be solved with the presence Playbook OS 2.0 that will be present in the next few months.

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Posted on 23-09-2011
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says that the party Windows OS Phone newest series, Mango, will present one to two weeks.

Windows Phone 7.5, operational systems with the code name ‘Mango’ has entered the final stages of the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) since July 26.

Now after two months passed, in an official blog post on Windows Phone, Microsoft warned users to them so that the final version of Windows Phone 7.5 will be available within one to two weeks.

In addition, Microsoft also appealed to their users in order to avoid to install a leaked copy of Windows software Phone Mango, to avoid the things that are not desirable.

In a blog post, Eric Hautala from Microsoft warned users against leaked / pirated Windows Phone Mango which was leaked by some irresponsible parties on the internet.

In the post Hautala also remind users that they will also need to download the latest version of Windows Phone 7 (for Mac) and the Zune software version 4.8 for PCs, to enhance Mango update later.

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Posted on 18-09-2011
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On the sidelines of the conference Windows 8, Microsoft introduced a tablet made ​​by Samsung which is installed pre-beta version of Windows 8.

As it is known that the software giant announced its operating system update on Build conference in Anaheim, Calif., which was heralded as a serious challenger to the Apple iPad. Microsoft suggests that Windows 8 will be compromised with PCs and tablets as well.

From the chipset for the user experience, Windows 8 brings a variety of new capabilities without compromise.

In an effort to encourage the early development for the platform, which is rumored to be arriving next year, Microsoft is giving each of the 5,000 participants tablet embedded pre-beta Windows 8. The tablet itself has been developed in conjunction with Samsung. Using the Intel i5 and packaged with Internet Explorer 10 and a number of applications developed by Microsoft.

Tabet Samsung Windows 8 is featuring 1.6GHz processor, 11.6-inch screen, front and rear camera, and an HDMI port, USB port, microSD slot and SIM card slot.

Unfortunately Windows 8 tablets immediately invites criticism for the inclusion of the cooling fan. Fan noise is very visible, like the heat out of the hole above.

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Posted on 15-09-2011
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Shortly after introducing Windows 8, Microsoft directly upload the raw version of Windows 8 to tested by the users.

Users can download and install Windows 8 Developer Preview in configurations of 32 bits and 64 bits. Activation is not required, but the OS is still very far from the final version. Because when they are wearing it, users will be faced with a lot of bugs.

It is strongly recommended that users first see a guide Windows 8, to see what will be found in the latest OS.

Microsoft announced a Windows 8 in the event Build conference in Anaheim, California. The giant technology company explained that the latest generation of the OS is filling the gap between the tablet, laptop and desktop, and built for the touch screen or keyboard.

Some new features of Windows 8 has included the Metro front view, a faster boot time (less than eight seconds), Windows Store for such applications, support for ARM and Intel hardware, and much more.

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Posted on 03-08-2011
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A video that poke fun at Google’s email service, Gmail, has been posted online, and apparently produced by the internet search company’s closest competitors, namely Microsoft.

Video that introduces a character named ‘Gmail Man’ is, leaked by one of the visitors who attended the event sales of Microsoft Global Exchange conference. The video itself is now circulating on YouTube.

In the video Gmail Man says he filters out the users to target ads to their search.

The video also mentions the new cloud services from Microsoft, the Microsoft Office 365, and shows an office of a company named Contoso Ltd.. ZDNet says that the name of the company’s fiction is often used in demo Microsoft products.

With the new Office 365 which was launched last June, Microsoft is now stepping into the Google cloud, as well as compete with Google Apps service owned by Google to offer online software to users and the business sector.

Microsoft has yet to respond to the issue of their involvement in the video.

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Posted on 06-07-2011
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WordPress 3.2 or known by the name ‘Gershwin’ was recently launched to the public, and within 24 hours, the latest update of WordPress has been downloaded as many as 330 thousand times.

Why do so many people downloaded WP 3.2? According to WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, WordPress 3.2 is the purpose of ‘lighter and faster’, which indicates that Gershwin’s fast enough now the system works.

In addition WordPress aims to become faster, the team of WordPress also renewed his theme that is suitable for microblogging, HTML 5, and others.

This launch is a major release of WordPress to 15, and now blogging services are now handling more than 15 thousand plug-ins. WordPress 3.2 also no longer supports older browsers such as Internet Explorer 6.

Besides the contributors to WordPress will now also be given an award in the ‘Credit Screen’ is aimed at those who have participated in the development of open source WordPress 3.2.

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Posted on 29-06-2011
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McAfee Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of McAfee in Japan said that Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo will provide McAfee VirusScan Mobile, as an exclusive offer for users of Android smart phone on their network.

McAfee already protecting more than 180 million mobile devices worldwide and from 2004 McAfee has been working with NTT DoCoMo to provide Japan’s first mobile software.

The partnership aims to improve mobile business in Japan and continue to give consumers a real-time defense against virus threats that will emerge.

Software McAfee VirusScan Mobile will provide alerts to mobile devices to the danger of viruses and other malicious applications by providing scanning and cleaning of files to email, the installer package, Internet downloads, text and MMS messages.

Automatic update feature in McAfee VirusScan Mobile is also sure the device is always protected from the latest threats. This software requires only minimal resources and memory of mobile computing, allowing users to access the device functions DoCoMo them without interference and to ensure important communications features they have always worked.

Software from McAfee VirusScan Mobile for Android devices will be available on July 1. DoCoMo Android device users can download these security services from their Webstore Android Market.

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