The two most dangerous words

March 28, 2010 0 comments

According to Mark Maxwell, senior product manager at McAfee anti-virus, the two most dangerous words on the net would Bearshare and Screensaver.

A “dangerous word” what is it exactly? According to McAfee, are keywords among the most frequently entered into search engines, whose results provided contain more links to malicious sites, namely those containing viruses and other crap ready to infect your PC .

So for Bearshare, the response rate leading to malicious sites would be 46% whereas it would be 42% for Screensaver. Almost an answer of two in each case.

So…

Mac MSN Messenger 8 Beta: Finally the video!

March 23, 2010 0 comments

Microsoft is making available on its website dedicated to the Mac world a new beta version of Microsoft Messenger for Mac.

Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 has, as main novelty, the addition of audio and video calls, a feature that was expected for some time from Mac users.

You can download Mac Messenger 8 beta, by following this link.

You can then connect with your account Messenger / Windows Live usual. Of course, I remind you that the betas are often subject to failures as this are not final versions.

The .Com Turned 25

March 17, 2010 0 comments


On March 15, 1985 appeared on the Web the first domain name with the. Com: Symbolics.com a commercial site specializing in artificial intelligence. Twenty-five years later, the domain name’s owner has changed , but success of the . Com doesn’t need is any further proof. Of more than 192 million domains worldwide in 2009, there are 80 million. Com. 668 000 new domain names, with this extension, are added each month.
the first domain symbolics.com, was acquired by a company based in Massachusetts, the company sold computers specially designed to run the programming language Lisp. Symbolics thus presents itself as the leading manufacturer of industrial machinery on which turned the Genera operating system. The domain name was then sold to investment firm XF.com.


only five other domain names were registered that year (BBN.com, Think.com, MCC.com, and DEC.com Northrop.com) against 54 the following year. It’s only twelve years later in 1997 that the millionth . Com was registered. According to OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), between 1985 and 2000, 21 million domain names have been registered against 57 million between 2000 and 2010. The BBC reports also that each month 668 000 domain names with the. Com registered or renewed on registrars.
The . com extension was initially intended to be . cor (corporation). In the same way. Org was originally.pub and . Mil , Other extensions of domain names that were launched with the. Com are. Edu . Gov . Net and. Arpa” . . com find its origins in the term company (business) and not commercial, as is commonly said today.

Now the . Com is the guarantee of an international dimension of a business, although its scope exceeds that of commercial sites. the company Verisign, which manages this extension and the. Net affirms that only Twelve million sites are oriented toward the e-commerce.
If the . Com looks like a success story, its growth was still difficult until 2000. Two and a half years after the first record, there were only one hundred domain names registered. The first big companies who have adopted this extension were IBM, Intel, the operator AT & T and Cisco. . Com has passed the symbolic threshold of one million in 1997. In total, between 1985 and 2000, 21 million domain names were registered against 57 million between 2000 and 2010.

Often preferred to national extensions, The . Com is primarily an economic windfall, particularly for VeriSign, which manages only the allocation of domain names. Com. Indeed, if ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the administrative authority responsible for assigning an address registered to the IP addresses of computers, it delegates. Com and. Net to Verisign.

Google's Nexus One Trademark Refused By the U.S. Patent Office

March 17, 2010 0 comments

It is indeed the question that hovers now around the first smartphone from Google since the USPTO, U.S. Patent Office has rejected the application to registrater the mark “Nexus One” for Google.

The cause? The term “Nexus” had already been filed by Integra Telecom.

Google now has 6 months to prepare his defense and try to change that decision.

So What are the solutions that remain if the name “Nexus One” is owned by Integra Telecom?

Nintendo DSi XL

March 15, 2010 0 comments


DSI XL is here, a large format version of the best selling portable game console ever made. Larger than the previous model (16 × 94 cm against 14 × 75 cm) and slightly thicker (2.1 cm against 1.9 cm), also heavier (314 g against 214 g), it differs primarily by Two larger screens with a diagonal of 10 cm (4.2 inches) against 8.2 cm (3.25 inches). a more comfortable display area.
The surprise is that the definition of the two screens has not change: it still offers 256 × 192 points, which could increase the effect of pixilation of the images. But in practice, you will see that the rendering of games do not suffer from the expansion. Better still, these screens have a wide display angle, which gives you the possibility to play with your friend and your family.

The Nintendo DSi XL. This DS like no other was produced by Nintendo after noticing noticed that the majority of the gamers do play often surrounded by their relatives. Nintendo wanted then , to bring for the addicted players of the DS consoles, a better gaming comfort . The size of the screens of the Nintendo DSi XL is almost twice the size the first DSi . The screens have a better viewing angle and greater readability so more people can see the player performing , support him and participate in the game
in addition, two new software are installed on the console: Dictionary 6 in 1 provides the translation of a word you just shoot, and Brain Training from Dr Kawashima, a set consisting of full exercises that will work out your brain. In addition, on your Nintendo DSi XL, which also has a camera, you can keep in touch with your friends on Facebook, browsing the Web with Opera and create notes or works with animated Flipnote Studio. L the battery life is also increased by 3 up to 4 hours.


Art Academy is a program available on the DSiWare platform. Nintendo says that “It will make you an artist”. Art Academy will teach you how to draw and paint like a real genius. The Nintendo DSi and DSi XL will be your canvas and pen, your pencil. you will be guided by Professor Leo who will offer to copy drawings of great artists such as Cezanne or Dürer. Art Academy The game is available in two versions, the First Semester and Second Semester for the most discerning.
100 classic books is a software that lets you read over 100 classic books on your Nintendo DS, from Dumas, Hugo, Zola, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Leroux and many others. Collection Folio has selected 100 classic books in this software. It’s an educational, entertaining and quite fun to use.

Microsoft next target !

March 15, 2010 0 comments

Shaken by Blackberry, Google and more particular by Apple on the segment of smartphones, Microsoft has decided to regain the lost ground by unveiling not only “Windows Phone”, a new collection of smartphones, but also by opening Windows Mobile Marketplace , its new Download platform to compete with Apple’s AppStore.

Although if rumors have mentioned a Microsoft phone ,Windows Phones are those provided by its traditional partners: Acer (NewTouch and beTouchE200), Samsung (Omnia Pro B7610, Pro B7330 Omnia, Omnia Lite, Omnia II), HTC (Touch II Touch Diamond II and Touch HD II), GM750 LG, Toshiba or TG01 Sony Ericsson (Xperia X2). ” which means that Microsoft is proposing a total of 30 smart phones in over than 20 countries before the end of 2009 , and offers a wide variety of phone forms (touchscreen or not, keyboards, ..) to its users.

In terms of software, Windows Phones are obviously based on the operating system Windows Mobile 6.5, which has been enhanced with the well known Microsoft business applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint in Officemobile, Outlook Mobile compatible with Exchange Server and Hotmail) and also general public software as Windows Live (social network) or MyPhone (sync on the web).

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft also affirmed that people now want to communicate quickly with their families but also have immediate access to information. Windows phones offer to their users a remarkable experience whether at work or at home

in addition to the applications, the Windows Phones stand out from their predecessors by simplifying application downloads from the new Windows Mobile Marketplace. “Microsoft is currently working with 731 developers worldwide who will offer more than 200 applications on Windows startup Mobile Marketplace.” But compared to the 75 000 applications of apple store, Microsoft has a lot of work to do .

After the uncertain success of Google Phones, Microsoft certainly intends to impose its smart phones and download platform as the first alternative to Apple’s iPhone. An ambition also shared by Nokia, RIM / Blackberry and Palm the former leader in mobile technology that was dethroned by Microsoft in the early 2000s. The question is whether history will repeat itself again.