Ubuntu Party, it's 27 to 29 May

Want to learn Ubuntu? From May 27 to 29 is held in the City of Science and Industry (Paris - Porte de la Villette) Ubuntu Party, an event dedicated to the discovery and learning of open source in general and this particular Linux distribution. Admission is free, of course, whether initiated or novice ...

On the menu: Installing Ubuntu on your machine, Ubuntu workshops addressing a concrete and practical courses to learn the ABC and improve your skills, conferences for info on Ubuntu in particular or in general, and free demos, more convincing than words. All information needed is available on the event website and on our forum.

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3G and 4G: how we will pay more for the same service

Continue our momentum with the information we have obtained at Amdocs, a specialist in billing services for mobile operators. Today, talking about an interesting technology on the merits, but that poses problems in terms of privacy and how it will be implemented. We have already explained, by the admission of the unlimited operators died.

The idea, developed in a dedicated news, is to limit the offerings at speed or at the amount of data transferred. A problem quickly arose: if the connection up to 384 kilobits per second (for example), how to watch a video so comfortable? We had an answer to this question at Amdocs: operators will implement the DPI (Deep Packet Inspection), albeit not say so directly.

Record: 26 Tb / s over 50 km

Researchers KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany) recently announced having reached a speed of 26 terabits per second over a distance of 50 km using single laser beam, beating the record the world in this field. This DVD is 700 transferred in a second, or 400 million simultaneous phone calls.

Ironically, the difficulty lies in the encoding and decoding of information rather than transmitting the same data. No electronic device is indeed able to present to absorb this amount of data, and the researchers have developed a purely optical to "split" the data stream into smaller packets that will be processed and decoded them electrically.

Intel invests in cloud

Through his investment company "Intel Capital, the chipmaker has invested nearly $ 25 million in startups specializing in the Cloud, mobility and Smart TV ... Intel Capital is an investment company wholly owned the manufacturer of processors but operate independently. Nevertheless, the company invests only in areas that have strategic interest for Intel.

If the value of Intel's mobile revolution is well known, we particularly note that the 24.5 million invested in four start-ups yesterday are mainly in companies operating in the "Cloud" and social networks. The four companies and supported by Intel have very different profiles: If we find a common point of all these investments is likely to "Smart TV" that he must turn.

Logitech iPad tablet accessories and Android

The manufacturer Logitech already has new accessories for tabletasiPad and Android, these accessories can be expanded even further the capabilities of your Tablet PC. Logitech Keyboard Case Created in collaboration with ZAGG, features an aluminum housing and high density pad. The protective cover around the iPad 2 to cover the screen and both sides.

The Case Logitech Keyboard uses Bluetooth connectivity to connect the keyboard to quickly and easily. It also incorporates a more intuitive design and its keys have been improved to type more comfortably. It, too, with a slot just behind the keyboard that can sustain the iPad 2 in portrait or landscape mode.

Google wants to introduce mobile phone payment system

The mobile payment system is to start on smart phones with the operating system "Android" run. The idea is that customers need to keep at the box office only her cell phone from a terminal, reports, among them "." In the pilot phase, Google will test the service in five U.S. cities.

Google relies on wireless technology, NFC (Near Field Communication) to communicate with the devices to each other at close range. It is in such access cards and now being used more frequently in credit cards. Several years ago, was planning including Nokia, NFC chips on a broad front to bring in cell phones, but the push failed.

Laptop News: Dell XPS 15z: Ultra Compact Notebook

According to the manufacturer is the XPS 15z world to present one of the thinnest 15.6-inch notebooks. The housing is made of aluminum and magnesium, backlit keyboard - just like the display, the Dell with resolutions up to 1920x1080 pixels (HD) provides. As processors are used depending on the model "Core i5" - and "Core i7" chips.

Also on board: up to 750 gigabytes of disk space, DVD burner, eSATA port for external hard drives, up to eight gigabytes of memory, two USB 3.0 jacks, WLAN n, Bluetooth, Webcam, memory card reader. Two graphics chips are embedded, for demanding tasks (such as 3D animation or games) is the "Geforce GT 525-meter" charge with one or two gigabytes of memory.