iPad 2: foto rubate emergono dal web
iPad 2 aveva svelato praticamente nulla di sé, soprattutto le foto: a pochi giorni dalla presentazione ufficiale fissata il 2 marzo prossimo, ecco che spuntano alcuni scatti “rubati” sul nuovo tablet di Apple. Il condizionale è d’obbligo perché non vi è affatto certezza che rappresentino davvero iPad 2, potrebbe essere un mockup oppure un prototipo mai andato in produzione. O più semplicemente una bufala. Tuttavia si può verosimilmente pensare che quel che vediamo nella corposa fotogallery qui sopra possa essere quanto di più vicino al reale nuovo iPad.
Nelle varie foto pubblicate da Ferra.ru su iPad 2, possiamo andare a estrapolare alcuni elementi di sicuro interesse. Questo grazie anche ad alcuni scatti di confronto con il primo iPad. Lo spessore è minore (come da previsioni), con un bordo affilato e con maggiore appeal.
Il nome sembra proprio essere iPad 2, come da stampa sul retro e come suggerito dall’invito giunto a tutte le redazioni con l’evidenza del numero 2 legato anche al giorno di presentazione. Ma in nessun modello era stampato il numero, solo il nome. Sulla cornice del nuovo iPad 2 spunta la videocamera per FaceTime e anche sul retro ecco una fotocamera. Tuttavia non si intravede nessun marchio di tecnologia, come FaceTime appunto.
A destra, ecco a sorpresa lo slot SD card per espandere la memoria. L’interfaccia sembra quella 3.2 di iOS, uhm… Non c’è da rallegrarsi troppo perché il rischio bufala è vicino al 100 per cento. Ma è un buon antipasto per il prossimo mercoledi.
Article source: http://www.tecnocino.it/articolo/ipad-2-foto-rubate-emergono-dal-web/27273/
Under Armour’s E39 performance shirt is electric (video)
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You Rock strums its way into Rock Band 3 Pro mode
You Rock Digital Announces You Rock Guitar™ Compatibility with Rock Band™3 Pro Mode
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--You Rock Digital™ announces You Rock Guitar compatibility with Rock Band 3 Pro mode, in addition to already controlling legacy five-button music video games like Guitar Hero® and Rock Band®.
"Compatibility with this latest release of the Rock Band platform delivers an enhanced 'guitar-like' experience for newbies and experienced players alike, using You Rock Guitar's familiar, simulated strings instead of buttons."
"You Rock Guitar is the bridge from video games to real music, teaching people how to play real guitar," said You Rock Digital President Cliff Elion. "Compatibility with this latest release of the Rock Band platform delivers an enhanced 'guitar-like' experience for newbies and experienced players alike, using You Rock Guitar's familiar, simulated strings instead of buttons."
In addition, You Rock Guitar has 25 guitar sounds and 50 synth sounds so players can jam along with the game. "Hearing yourself playing along with your favorite song makes all the difference in the experience," said Elion. "To those who say lack of innovation has damaged the future of music games, we say, 'Play a You Rock Guitar.'"
You Rock Guitar users should install firmware upgrade 1.2, available from the You Rock Guitar website: http://yourockguitar.com/support/firmware-updates Mad Catz® Rock Band 3 MIDI-Pro Adapter™ and standard five-pin MIDI cable are required. The adapter is available separately from Mad Catz for Nintendo Wii™, Sony PlayStation®3 and Microsoft Xbox360™.
You Rock Guitar features include:
99 built-in presets combining sounds, tunings, etc.
25 digitally-sampled guitars, and it Never Needs Tuning™ so you are always ready to play. Choose 6 and 12-string acoustics, electrics for jazz, grunge, shredding leads and more.
50 synthesizer sounds: pianos, organs, strings, brass, etc.
75 built-in song and drum loops for instant play-along.
65 custom tunings and 9 custom user programmable tunings.
Record your own creations with the on-board MIDI recorder.
Built-in whammy bar for pitch bend-both up and down.
Removable neck for a truly mobile digital guitar.
High speed USB to MIDI and legacy MIDI five-pin connectors.
Exclusive GameFlex™ port expands connectivity to additional platforms wirelessly (Bluetooth® for the Nintendo Wii and Wi-Fi™ for the PlayStation3).
Download new guitar sounds, song loops and firmware online over the Internet.
Standard guitar cable and stereo headphone outputs. Stereo audio input for MP3 players.
Uses USB power or 4 AA batteries (not included).
Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/you-rock-strums-its-way-into-rock-band-3-pro-mode/
Vodafone’s UK network taken down by a break-in (updated: some services restored)
Some of our UK readers have woken up to the less than awesome discovery this morning that their phones have lost all connectivity to the outside world. 3G, 2G, SMS, and BlackBerry services on the Vodafone UK network are all down for what seems like a significant proportion of its user base -- an issue the carrier has since identified as being caused by a break-in at its Basingstoke exchange center. No further details have been provided, though work is naturally underway to repair the damage done and we're assured customers' private data has remained so. We can't imagine quite such a service disruption being caused by a random act of vandalism or burglary, perhaps a disgruntled employee felt the need to vent his or her frustrations in grand style? Or has O2 gone gangster on the competition?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: Vodafone got in touch to say that 2G and 3G voice connectivity has been restored as of lunchtime in the UK and text and data services should be up within "the next couple of hours." The company estimates the issue has affected "a couple of hundred thousand users", though it expects that number to drop to zero before the day is through.
Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/vodafones-uk-network-taken-down-by-a-break-in-at-its-basingstok/
Fujitsu’s Stylistic Q550 Windows 7 tablet: orders kick off tomorrow starting at €699
Fujitsu Launches Secure Business Class Slate PC STYLISTIC Q550 combines highest levels of enterprise security with benefits of multiple touch computing
Tokyo/Munich, February 24, 2011– Fujitsu today announces the STYLISTIC Q550, a business class slate PC designed for the high-security requirements of mobile enterprise computing. Unveiled at a media briefing in Tokyo today, the STYLISTIC Q550 will be launched at CeBIT 2011, which takes place in Hanover, Germany, from March 1-5, 2011.
Building on Fujitsu's long heritage of creating tablet PCs for professional and business users, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 Slate PC is a keyboard-less tablet PC that builds in security from the ground up, so that it meets the most stringent IT security requirements of governments and businesses. The Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 is developed to meet enterprise mobile computing demands and integrate seamlessly into existing IT infrastructures.
As enterprises struggle to keep consumer smartphones and tablets off their corporate networks to avoid security breaches, Fujitsu is taking an alternative approach with the introduction of a companion device designed for maximum interoperability with business environments. Seamless integration is provided thanks to the use of the Microsoft Windows® 7 operating system. Additional licensing and rollout costs are capped since the slate PC uses the same software already deployed in enterprise infrastructures.
The Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 eases the mobile privacy concerns of even the most cautious CIOs. Features such as Advanced Theft Protection (ATP), a system platform that is resistant to deep-level hacking and the optional embedded Trusted Platform Module (TPM) help ensure that even if the STYLISTIC Q550 is lost or stolen, the data it carries remains protected.
Usability features also help set the Fujitsu slate PC apart from other mobile devices. The STYLISTIC Q550 is distinguished by elements such as full work day battery runtime and a brilliant anti-glare 10.1-inch screen that allows for use both indoors and outdoors. Seamless connectivity comes through the inclusion of WLAN, Bluetooth and optional mobile broadband 3G/UMTS, enabling collaboration such as the sharing of documents while on the move.
Along with excellent ergonomics, Fujitsu makes mobile data entry easier by combining a multiple touch interface with precise and pressure-sensitive pen input. The STYLISTIC Q550 automatically recognizes when users are working with a pen, allowing them to rest their hand on the screen when writing. Built-in handwriting recognition software converts input to text. When the pen is not in use, the slate PC automatically readjusts to a touch interface.
Rajat Kakar, Vice President Workplace Systems at Fujitsu Technology Solutions says: "Many slate PCs on the market today are fun toys, but they don't come anywhere close to addressing the business and security needs that are holding enterprises back from embracing the latest mobile computing technology. This is our sweet spot – and we are targeting the professional and government computing markets with a new slate PC that draws on more than twenty years experience in building mobile computers for enterprise use."
The Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 is available globally. Hardware and software configurations and specifications vary by region. Pricing in the Euro zone starts at EUR 699 including sales tax. Full pricing and model specifications will be announced when order books open on March 1, 2011.
Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/fujitsus-stylistic-q550-windows-7-tablet-orders-start-tomorrow/
Beleaguered Huawei encourages US government to investigate it, quotes two presidents in the process
When you're the second-largest supplier of communications infrastructure in the world and your president is an ex-member of the Chinese military, suspicions of espionage -- warranted or not -- are pretty much a foregone conclusion. Indeed, Huawei has suffered a couple of high-profile business setbacks in the past year over vague concerns that the company could be some sort of Trojan horse for Chinese intelligence, and they're fed up: after being pressured into shelving a planned acquisition of server virtualization firm 3Leaf Systems' intellectual property by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, they've published a lengthy open letter that implores the government to fully vet the company to put to rest any concerns or fears it has.
The gist of the letter is that Huawei is owned by its employees, not the Chinese government, its loans are commercial, its products are continually audited by third-party companies for security, and the tax breaks it gets from the government are consistent with what private corporations in other countries receive. Huawei also manages to quote both Obama and Lincoln in the letter -- just to make sure it has both Democrats and Republicans covered, we suppose -- and concludes by saying it believes that "any thorough government investigation will prove that Huawei is a normal commercial institution and nothing more." Sounds like a challenge to us.
Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/beleaguered-huawei-encourages-us-government-to-investigate-it-q/
We’re live from CeBIT 2011 in Hannover, Germany!
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HP’s Quad Edition dv6t and dv7t laptops now available, Radeon HD graphics and Core i7 CPUs in tow
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ASUS Eee Pad MeMO and MeMic hands-on (video)
Though we played with ASUS' Android-powered Eee Pad MeMO back at CES, the company spilled a couple new secrets here at CeBIT today: first, it'll be running Honeycomb by the time it launches in June -- current prototypes are running Gingerbread -- and second, certain MeMO bundles will include the MeMic, a separate Bluetooth handset that lets you take calls without holding a giant tablet to your face (it's pronounced "me-mike," by the way). Interestingly, the MeMic features a translucent LCD that we're told will make it to the production units; unfortunately, the units on display were running very early alpha software that had "given out" by the time we arrived at the booth, so we couldn't get a sense of viewability. In addition to making calls, the MeMic will let you stream music, control media, and perform a few other basic tasks that make sense for a tablet remote.
On the Honeycomb side, ASUS tells us the delay is simple -- as it stands, a commercial-grade Honeycomb port doesn't exist for Qualcomm hardware, which is what the Eee Pad MeMO is running (the Xoom -- the only released Honeycomb tablet so far -- is running Tegra 2). The company's confident that it'll be ready by the time the MeMO's slated for release in June, however. Follow the break for video!
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Sprint’s Total Equipment Protection app searches out lost Androids and BlackBerrys
Smartphone Lost? Locate It, Lock It, Clear It and Restore It with New Protection App from Sprint
Free application is available to customers who subscribe to Sprint's Total Equipment Protection plan
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The cost to replace a lost mobile device is usually the least of a wireless customer's worries, especially if he or she is protected by Sprint's Total Equipment Protection, which provides coverage against loss, theft and damage. The bigger nightmare is the thought that a customer's personal contacts, photos and other private information could fall into the wrong hands. To help alleviate those fears, Sprint (NYSE: S) customers needing to track down a lost device and protect their personal information can do so now with the launch of a new application called Total Equipment Protection App.*
Sprint customers with Total Equipment Protection will be able to access the new application, beginning today, at www.sprint.com/protection, where they will benefit from the following features:
* Locate lost device by sounding an alarm on the smartphone even if in silent mode, doing a real time locate via GPS technology, or viewing the smartphone's location history on a map via a Web Interface
* Remotely lock their smartphone
* Erase contacts in the address book on a lost smartphone
* Backup, manage and restore contacts
"Anyone who has lost a phone knows that their personal information is possibly just as vulnerable as if their computer was hacked," said John Carney, senior vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint. "Now, Sprint customers have peace of mind knowing that their personal and private information is safe. TEP and this accompanying application is a safeguard for customers who want protection from not only loss, but misuse and unauthorized access."
The Protection App is included at no additional charge as a benefit of Total Equipment Protection plan, which is $7 per month, per line of service. It is available to customers with phones using BlackBerry and Android mobile platforms. TEP customers download and install the user-friendly application at www.sprint.com/protection. Privacy protection is included with the Protection App. Each time the smartphone's location is requested by the Web interface, an SMS text message is sent to the smartphone notifying it has been located.
In addition to purchasing TEP coverage, customers have several other steps to help customers protect their information:
* Pass codes – Sprint customers should always use pass codes to lock their phones and make it harder for the phone to be accessible if lost.
* Protect voice mail – Use the "pass code feature" to retrieve voicemails rather than opting to skip it in order to maintain the highest level of security. Without it, anyone with access to the device can connect to the voicemail.
* Contact Sprint – Call Sprint's Customer Care department immediately to deactivate the phone if it is believed to be lost, stolen or accessed without authorization.
Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/sprints-total-equipment-protection-app-searches-out-lost-androi/