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Microsoft expects the deal with phone maker Nokia has closed, each year, some 100 million devices with Windows Phone to sell. Currently, Microsoft with its mobile OS is still a small player on the market. Microsoft made his ambitions known during his Worldwide Partner Conference this week in Los Angeles took place. In addition to…

According to Nikon, the Coolpix L23-compact cameras under conditions so hot that the housing is deformed. This effect could occur if the camera is turned off. The manufacturer calls the cameras can therefore be found. Nikon claims that the hitteproblemen only in “very rare cases” may occur. The battery or adapter would, under certain circumstances,…

With a scheduled completion in september, the contours of Gnome 3.2 visible. The developers want the desktop more better work with touchscreens, and chat, and messaging to better integrate. On the weblog AsfarasIknow is an intermediate made of the development of Gnome 3.2. The developers strive to be on the 28th of september a new…

The Dutch research institute TNO, in collaboration with the Belgian research center Imec and the firm Polymer Vision, a processor is created which consists of organic transistors on a plastic substrate have been made. The plastic processors, or actually organic transistors on a plastic substrate are applied, are 8bits-alu’s. They consist of a plastic sheet…

Camera manufacturer Leica is concerned with the development of a new camera system with interchangeable lenses. The new camera will use a sensor with at least aps-c size. Leica did the unveiling at the mouth of chairman Andreas Kaufmann and ceo Alfred distribution came from during an event in Paris. The company says it will…

Videokaartfabrikant HIS has a new edition of the HD6970 released which is equipped with a HydraLogix chip. The chip allows the card to work together with a copy of it, that a Nvidia-gpu. The HydraLogix chip works instead of CrossFire or sli technology allows graphics cards from different gpu’s have to work together. In addition…

Cisco has its Unified Computing System family of products an update. New switches and i/o extenders have the available network capacity increase, and new management software supports VMware vCenter. During its own conference in Las Vegas, Cisco has, that the last time came in the news with layoffs and deleted products, new hardware released on…

The big Chinese manufacturer ZTE is phones and tablets under its own name to release; up until now was the name of providers on the hardware. ZTE is going to this competitor HTC after that four years ago the same was going to do. The first device that ZTE under its own brand will be…

Microsoft working on new game around animated television series South Park. The game is made by Microsoft Game Studios and appears only for Xbox Live Arcade. It is the latest in a deal for two exclusive Xbox 360 games. The unveiling of a new South Park game comes from Prithvi Virasinghe, creative director at developer…

The Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is going to be a phone release that out-of-the-box with a custom Miui rom running. Miui is one of the most popular custom roms for Android. Users are likely to have standard root access on the device. Much is still unknown about the Xiaomi M1, but there is a product page…

Scientists from MIT have managed to at room temperature, a precise pattern of nanodraden on the basis of a liquid substance. The researchers showed in a single step, a led array. At the nanoscale, it is of great importance to the geometry of the structures in detail to be able to check, said Brian Chow,…

Researchers from Samsung have improved its service life of resistive random access memory, is a relatively new type of non-volatile memory. The number of read and schrijfcycli would be expanded to a trillion, and the reram would also be more economical. The operation of resistive ram, or r(e)ram, is somewhat similar to that of phase…

Apple is going to business customers soon, the Volume Purchase program offering for applications in the App Store are offered. This eliminates the need for business users no longer need for each client a separate license to buy. The Volume Purchase programme was until now only for educational institutions to use, but Apple has included…

Google has live traffic information for the Netherlands and Belgium lwa added to its Google Maps service. In total, live traffic now in thirteen European countries, where mobile phones are supported. The first live traffic information, which came in 2008 in Google Maps available, but initially only in the United States. Meanwhile, Google has announced…

Hackers have the system of Vodafone in the United Kingdom-cracked, making them each call over the 3g network is conducted can listen to. The leak is in the lack of security of the private lwa-cell towers of the provider. The private cell towers, femtocellen called, have unlimited access to the Vodafone network, reports The Hackers…