Monday, March 7, 2011

Court ruling: Sony PS3 against hackers: A triumph for the group

According to a Sony replaced the legal permission, the connection data from various online accounts by Hotz view. These include the Web page, the YouTube account, and the Twitter account of the US-American. This Sony may identify users who have viewed the instructions to crack the console. The reason Sony wants to prove that Hotz details PS3 Hack and distributed to customers in part come from California.

Havok on Android: the physics of the Xperia Play

The Havok physics engine will be focused on Android 2.3 to be compatible with the platform Xperial Play. The editor will also change the development tools to adapt to the operating system. Sony Ericsson has shown some examples of what is possible with the competitor of NVIDIA PhysX. If the engine should be available for all platforms Android 2.3, the announcement was made in partnership with phone maker that has been put forward that its smartphone was long dubbed the PlayStation Phone.

Nokia abandons a bit more Qt

Nokia is to sell the commercial license of Qt to a company called Digia has swallowed part of the Finnish workforce. Qt is available under two licenses. The first one is free (LGPL) and is the second fee. Aimed at professionals, it is synonymous with service and technology for this environment. Its promotion and management previously provided by Nokia.

However, by the end of March, the vesting of the latter license by Digia means that Nokia dropped a little more of this framework. The community worried about the future of Qt after the announcement of Nokia Phone Windows 7 and the fact that the next operating system Finnish abandon. Nokia says it will continue to participate in its development.

An iPhone for network administrators

For network administrators who want to work in mobility, there is now a solution for some cases: the cable Redpark. It actually allows you to connect a device iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) to a Cisco device via a dock connector. The cable - sold $ 69 - offers connectivity "dock" on one side and an RJ45 on the other.

It does not connect to ports "console" of Cisco equipment to do maintenance on the aircraft of the mark, it is not an Ethernet connector. In addition to cable, an application iOS is necessary, "Get console. The latter, sold € 8, lets you connect devices to the mark-mode terminal and perform maintenance on the devices.

G. Skill Introduces New SSD SATA 3 and memories Gaming Series

G. Skill has exhibited at the CeBIT 2011 held in Hannover its new SATA II SSD 6Gbps Phoenix, her new memoir Gaming Sniper unique design, and a series of ultrafast memory products, including DDR3 2300MHz CL7 kits. G. Skill Phoenix II: Quality SandForce, 6Gbps SATA performance. G. Skill has announced that its new SSD Phoenix II will use the latest drivers SandForce SF-2000, and the latest Micron 25nm NAND flash chips.

NVM Express standardize SSD PCIe?

With the arrival of new models whose performance SSDs come dangerously close to the theoretical limit of SATA 6 Gbps, it becomes urgent for the IT industry to develop a new standard. A working group, called Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) Work Group and comprising 70 companies such as Cadence, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, IDT, Intel, Marvell, Micron, Microsoft, NVELO, Oracle, Cot, PLX, Samsung, SanDisk, SandForce, STEC or Violin Memory has been established some time ago to study the possibility of using the PCI-Express interface standard for SSDs.

Western Digital buys Hitachi GST

Western Digital has announced the acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Hitachi's subsidiary specializing in the manufacture of hard disks. The American manufacturer will put nearly $ 4.3 billion on the table to finalize the transaction, including 3.5 billion in cash and $ 750 million in shares (or 25 million shares at 30.01 dollars).

Ultimately, Hitachi should hold almost 10% of the capital of Western Digital, while two representatives from Hitachi will sit on the board of WDC. The transaction, already approved by the boards of both companies must still be approved by regulatory authorities. The purchase, expected to be finalized during the third quarter of 2011, will enable Western Digital to confirm its position as world leader in the HDD market.