Official Windows 7 Beta Build Leaks to BitTorrent

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is rumored to be the launch pad for Microsoft’s one and only public beta test of Windows 7, but it seems a few people couldn’t wait until next week. Build 7000, the version planned for use in the beta test, leaked onto BitTorrent sites over the Christmas holiday.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had been the opening keynote speaker at CES for more than a decade, but with his retirement, CEO Steve Ballmer now has the honors of kicking off the giant show, which begins next week. While Microsoft would not confirm the rumors that Ballmer would announce a Windows 7 beta during his speech, it did acknowledge the leak.

Samsung INNOV8

( Eng ) Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Samsung INNOV8 i8510 phone, which features an impressive 8 megapixel camera. The INNOV8 phone is based on Symbian OS v9.3 and offers access to a suite of applications from the S60 applications library. This slider style cameraphone sports a 2.8” LCD display, and comes with 8 or 16GB internal memory, an FM radio, Bluetooth, and GPS navigation. It is also capable of recording QVGA video at up to 120 frames per second, and VGA resolution video at 30 frames per second.

Samsung INNOV8 is a 3G HSDPA phone offering fast connectivity at 7.2Mbps, and you can also connect via Wi-Fi. Look for this cameraphone to first be available in Europe starting in August 2008. Pricing was not yet announced.

(Ro)   Samsung  a lansat pe piaţa din România telefonul INNOV8 care dispune de o cameră foto de 8 MP.

Camera foto intergată în acest telefon foloseşte cele mai noi funcţii precum cea pentru detectarea zâmbetului, a feţei dar şi cea de blink shot.
În plus, cei care achiziţionează un Samsung INNOV8 pot personaliza şi edita fotografiile, fişierele video şi audio, prin intermediul aplicaţiilor Movie Maker şi Story Board.
Display-ul LCD generos (2.8” 16M) este proiectat pentru a oferi utilizatorilor vizualizarea fotografiilor, fişierelor video dar şi a jocurilor. Stocarea datelor pe acest nou telefon este asigurată de memoria Flash de 8G şi posibilitatea de extinderea a acesteia prin intermediul unui card de până la 16G. De asemenea, bateria de 1200mAh asigură o experienţă multimedia de lungă durată.

T-Mobile G1

T-Mobile G1
 
Perhaps one of the most exciting developments in the cell phone industry this year was the final release of the T-Mobile G1 (also known as the HTC Dream), and with it, the first commercial version of the Android operating system.
Even though we thought the G1 itself left much to be desired, we were impressed overall at the potential of the Android OS, and encouraged that Google’s Open Handset Alliance might finally move the open-source platform forward. But, of course, Google faces great challenges ahead just in terms of market share–Symbian and Windows Mobile have a huge stake in the smart phone market, not to mention the Apple iPhone and RIM’s line of BlackBerrys.
 

Microsoft moves for explorer

 Indianapolis – Microsoft says there is a problem with Explorer that could leave users open to theft of important personal information.    They’ve come up with a solution.
For Microsoft users “this is the Microsoft security bulletin summary, the “out of band” patch they released today.”   With on-line Christmas shoppers clicking away, Microsoft announced a chink in it’s protective armor and issued a security patch for Internet explorer users to install right away. Microsoft likes to schedule it’s security updates, monthly downloads to customers computers. But this time they acted fast. It was an emergency.

A group of Japanese asked on Friday that Google Inc stop providing detailed street-level images of Japanese cities on the Internet, saying they violated privacy rights.

Google’s Street View offers ground-level, 360-degree views of streets in 12 Japanese cities and is also offered for some 50 cities in the United States and certain areas in Europe.  The service allows Web users to drive down a street, in a virtual sense, using their mouse to adjust views of roadside scenery.

“We strongly suspect that what Google has been doing deeply violates a basic right that humans have,” Yasuhiko Tajima, a professor of constitutional law at Sophia University in Tokyo, told Reuters by telephone.   “It is necessary to warn society that an IT giant is openly violating privacy rights, which are important rights that the citizens have, through this service.”

The Campaign Against Surveillance Society, a Japanese civilian group that Tajima heads, wants Google to stop providing its Street View service of Japanese cities and delete all saved images.

nVidia has launched its GeForce 9400M

nVidia has launched its GeForce 9400M “Ion” graphics chipset for Netbooks and small desktop designs, putting the same graphics chip used in the current generation of Apple MacBooks into the fast-growing netbook market.
Netbooks are known for being low-cost, low power and not exactly cutting edge. Most use the Intel Atom processor, a derivative of the x86 processor architecture that is not as speedy as a Core 2 chip.
Up to now, all netbooks from vendors like Acer, Asus, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell have come with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) integrated graphics chips, which are not ideal for graphics tasks like Blu-ray or high definition video playback or playing games.
Compared to the integrated graphics chipsets that come with Atom-power netbooks, the GeForce 9400 GPU offers up to ten times the graphics performance, plays full-spec 1080p high definition video, supports the full Windows Vista user interface and the upcoming Windows 7, and runs popular 3D PC games.
Yet it requires one less chip in the laptop and has minimal effect on battery life. The addition of the 9400 should add about $50 to the price of a netbook, said Ken Brown, a spokesman for nVidia.

About Cuil “COIL ” ;)

( Eng )    Cuil (pronounced COOL) is a search engine that combines the largest Web index with content-based relevance methods, organized results, and complete user privacy. The company’s next generation approach to search is the result of proprietary breakthroughs in search architecture and ranking algorithms. Cuil’s employees have extensive experience in search, having worked at Google, IBM, eBay, AltaVista, Stanford University, the Internet Archive and other technology companies and research centers. Cuil is located in Menlo Park, California and has received series A funding from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners, and series B funding from Madrone Capital Partners. Cuil derives its name from an old Irish word for knowledge, reflecting the background of co-founder and CEO, Tom Costello, who hails from Drogheda, Ireland.

( Ro ) –  “cu il “- Cuil noul motor de cautare