sábado, 25 de agosto de 2012
Designers Korean launch ecological coffee that does not need glass or cup
Three South Korean designers - Young-Seok in, Young-woo Choi and Se-ryung Nama - created a package that does not need coffee cup or glass. She is the coffee itself - now see the pictures that show the end of the news.
This packaging coffee powder uses a folding like origami and actually only need hot water to get ready to drink. The paper is rugged and environmentally friendly, since it avoids the use of disposable packaging.
To take coffee is necessary to highlight the seal on top of the package, unfold the origami and add hot water. The seal still serving spoon to stir the coffee, while the bag becomes, as we have said, in this cup.
According to Coffree, there's another advantage in choosing this coffee. Waste paper in the cup is compostable, or may be mixed in a compost earth, enters fermentation decomposes and incorporates the fertilizer.
See how it works.
Died Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon
Died Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the soil of the Moon, announced on Saturday his family.
The astronaut was 82 years old and are not yet known details about the cause of death, but it is known that Armstrong underwent a heart operation earlier this month to relieve a blockage in the coronary arteries.
In his last public appearance in November 2011, Armstrong received, along with his fellow mission Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the gold medal of the U.S. Congress.
Born August 5, 1930, Neil Alden Armstrong gets down in history as the first man to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 mission.
The event was broadcast live around the world, through television.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Samsung ordered to pay 800 million to Apple
A patent court of the United States ruled that Samsung must pay Apple billion dollars (about 798.9 million euros) in damages for intellectual property.
A jury of nine members decided that several devices Samsung violated patents and design software from Apple. Samsung also sought damages for patent violção but not answered in the claims.
The court in San Jose, California, as reported by the 'BBC', 700 issues had to analyze this legal battle between the two technology giants.
Apple originally wanted 2.5 billion dollars (about 2 billion) for damages. Samsung entered the process asking for 519 million dollars (about 41 million). In previous similar cases, Samsung has appealed the court's decision.
sexta-feira, 24 de agosto de 2012
Real Ronaldo scare sparked Barca to victory
"El Clásico" is the game by which everyone expects. However, tonight was not until the second half for Barcelona and Real Madrid gave the show that accustomed to football fans worldwide.
With a first time something "warm", where Barcelona dominated possession and Real Madrid are sent to the pragmatism of the counterattack, Jose Mourinho and Tito Vilanova only the second time they saw their teams to show.
By that stage, the Catalans have always been closer to the goal of Casillas, but with little sharpness when you create danger. Already the meringues were too defensive and dependents of tears Ozil and Ronaldo to move closer to the goal.
In the second half, the first few minutes seemed a mere continuation of what is seen in the previous 45 minutes, but Ronaldo undertook to undo the history of the game. At 55 ', the Portuguese playmaker anticipates Busquets and nods to madridista goal, following a corner from Ozil. It was the fourth consecutive Ronaldo goal in the Nou Camp.
However, the party lasted very little of the Spanish champions. The next minute, Mascherano discovers Pedro Rodriguez's back Fabio Coentrao and winger assists for the equalizer, a cross shot to Casillas no chance.
The meeting was relaunched and now countertops Camp Nou cheered. The Barcelona then grew into the game and after creating several occasions eventually reach the goal through a penalty. The referee Clos Gomez held that Sergio Ramos dropped Iniesta and Messi in the penalty area not forgiven. The Argentine broke his fast today, it had been empty in recent challenges with the 'blancos'.
Both teams threw themselves in the attack and then left the tactical corsets "in the drawer". With more space to play, Iniesta tore the defense merengue and watched Xavi so sublime. He made it 3-1 at 77 'and José Mourinho saw his team get in trouble for the second leg. The Portuguese coach had already launched Higuaín and Di María, then betting on Marcelo.
At 85 ', Barca came to be on the verge of making the fourth goal, but the answer was merengue and supply of Valdés who returned to put Real Madrid in the discussion of the meeting. The keeper inexplicably tried to dribble Di María and ended up losing the ball to the Argentine, thus reducing the disadvantage to 3-2.
In the last minutes, Real sought to maintain its organization and reduce spaces to Barcelona. The 3-2 knew no more changes until the final whistle and thus follow the Catalans the advantage for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, which takes place as early as next Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabéu.
terça-feira, 7 de agosto de 2012
Erotic novel "The Fifty Shades of Grey" about to break world records
Trilogy was written by a housewife for 49 years
Unprecedented literary phenomenon, with nearly 40 million books sold in a few months, "The Fifty Shades of Grey", erotic novel with shades of sadomasochism, written by a housewife for 49 years, is about to overcome all the world records editorial.
"Never before has a book intended for an adult audience had sold so much and so fast," said Random House, publisher of the book in English. For now, only seven volumes of Harry Potter surpass the story of Anastasia and Christian Steele Grey, the lustful couple Trilogy EL James. Like JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter saga, EL James (whose given name is Erika Mitchell), is British.
But until now nobody had heard of this television executive, inventor of a new literary genre, the novel hybrid between sweet and eroticism without taboos.
The protagonist of the story, Christian Grey, an enigmatic billionaire is that, according to the book says, "owes nothing to the David of Michelangelo." The character could have come from an ordinary novel, if he did not hit on young virgin Anastasia shortly after the meet and before asking her to embody a "dominant-submissive" with references to whips and handcuffs sadomasochistic paraphernalia.
The 1,500-page trilogy that begins with "The Fifty Shades of Grey" and follows with "The Fifty Shadows" and "The Fifty Most Dark Shadows," leads the reader to discover the fifty shades of gray of the tormented soul of a multimillionaire. A goal that is interrupted every ten pages with the "explosion of the senses" of the protagonists in games erotic high voltage, with great detail.
EL James, who said he was inspired by "Twilight." The author published excerpts of his trilogy on a page of American fans of this series for teens, before editing the first volume as electronic book in May 2011. Very quickly, hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded the volumes on the Internet.
In five months here, "The Fifty Shades of Grey" sells like hotcakes. There were 31 million copies in English, 20 million in the United States, where some bookstores at first refused the book, considering it "inadequate." A total of 43 countries bought the rights, told AFP the author's agent, Valerie Hoskins.
"The Fifty Shades of Grey" have conversations "unlikely," a plot "weak" and "annoying repetitions," condemns the newspaper "The Guardian" as most critics.
However, many readers do not expect a masterpiece and are especially pleased to find this type of literature in bookstores and not on the shelves of dark "fri shops." "I can not drop the book," said the young British Janine. "Despite the terrible style, I can not stop reading!" Said another reader. "It's an old story of love, but with lots of sex," observed a third, among the 4,500 people who submitted their views to the Amazon site in the UK.
"What surprised us was seeing people who never buy books, buy this, said Sandon, Random House. Polemics aside, EL James is already working on the next book, a secret guarded home in west London that author shares with her husband for over twenty years and two teenage children.
Unprecedented literary phenomenon, with nearly 40 million books sold in a few months, "The Fifty Shades of Grey", erotic novel with shades of sadomasochism, written by a housewife for 49 years, is about to overcome all the world records editorial.
"Never before has a book intended for an adult audience had sold so much and so fast," said Random House, publisher of the book in English. For now, only seven volumes of Harry Potter surpass the story of Anastasia and Christian Steele Grey, the lustful couple Trilogy EL James. Like JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter saga, EL James (whose given name is Erika Mitchell), is British.
But until now nobody had heard of this television executive, inventor of a new literary genre, the novel hybrid between sweet and eroticism without taboos.
The protagonist of the story, Christian Grey, an enigmatic billionaire is that, according to the book says, "owes nothing to the David of Michelangelo." The character could have come from an ordinary novel, if he did not hit on young virgin Anastasia shortly after the meet and before asking her to embody a "dominant-submissive" with references to whips and handcuffs sadomasochistic paraphernalia.
The 1,500-page trilogy that begins with "The Fifty Shades of Grey" and follows with "The Fifty Shadows" and "The Fifty Most Dark Shadows," leads the reader to discover the fifty shades of gray of the tormented soul of a multimillionaire. A goal that is interrupted every ten pages with the "explosion of the senses" of the protagonists in games erotic high voltage, with great detail.
EL James, who said he was inspired by "Twilight." The author published excerpts of his trilogy on a page of American fans of this series for teens, before editing the first volume as electronic book in May 2011. Very quickly, hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded the volumes on the Internet.
In five months here, "The Fifty Shades of Grey" sells like hotcakes. There were 31 million copies in English, 20 million in the United States, where some bookstores at first refused the book, considering it "inadequate." A total of 43 countries bought the rights, told AFP the author's agent, Valerie Hoskins.
"The Fifty Shades of Grey" have conversations "unlikely," a plot "weak" and "annoying repetitions," condemns the newspaper "The Guardian" as most critics.
However, many readers do not expect a masterpiece and are especially pleased to find this type of literature in bookstores and not on the shelves of dark "fri shops." "I can not drop the book," said the young British Janine. "Despite the terrible style, I can not stop reading!" Said another reader. "It's an old story of love, but with lots of sex," observed a third, among the 4,500 people who submitted their views to the Amazon site in the UK.
"What surprised us was seeing people who never buy books, buy this, said Sandon, Random House. Polemics aside, EL James is already working on the next book, a secret guarded home in west London that author shares with her husband for over twenty years and two teenage children.
segunda-feira, 6 de agosto de 2012
Hacker entered into account others with the aid of Apple
Sometimes, a secure password does not serve to protect our data. That is precisely what the journalist Mat Honan at Wired discovered in last Friday, when a hacker managed to gain access to your account iCloud with the help of an employee's service from Apple.
After gaining access to your account iCloud, the hacker managed to access the Gmail account and Twitter, as well as access to the Twitter account of Gizmodo, a place where he had worked.
In less than five minutes, the hacker deleted remotely iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and the journalist, leaving him no way to communicate and erasing years of personal information.
After a few hours trying to regain control of their accounts, Honan says he was contacted by someone claiming that he had managed to enter in their accounts because he had tricked an Apple employee. Honan confirmed with Apple that the story was true, and that the hacker had managed to convince an Apple employee who was the journalist. The worst of this story is that the hacker did not even need to answer security questions to begin the reset iCloud account of the journalist.
Honan says he sent, however, an email to Tim Cook and the public relations department of Apple so they can comment on what happened. "I want to give the company a little more time to review their internal processes, but should be as simple as a change in policy," says the journalist, for the security processes iCloud. "Until now, still not getting any response from Apple."
After gaining access to your account iCloud, the hacker managed to access the Gmail account and Twitter, as well as access to the Twitter account of Gizmodo, a place where he had worked.
In less than five minutes, the hacker deleted remotely iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and the journalist, leaving him no way to communicate and erasing years of personal information.
After a few hours trying to regain control of their accounts, Honan says he was contacted by someone claiming that he had managed to enter in their accounts because he had tricked an Apple employee. Honan confirmed with Apple that the story was true, and that the hacker had managed to convince an Apple employee who was the journalist. The worst of this story is that the hacker did not even need to answer security questions to begin the reset iCloud account of the journalist.
Honan says he sent, however, an email to Tim Cook and the public relations department of Apple so they can comment on what happened. "I want to give the company a little more time to review their internal processes, but should be as simple as a change in policy," says the journalist, for the security processes iCloud. "Until now, still not getting any response from Apple."
Mustang GT500KR, 2009 Carroll Shelby is up for auction
These days anything related to Carroll Shelby has increased interest. Since his death in May, the value of anything related Shelby began to increase. A Shelby GT500KR Mustang 2009 Shelby that was recorded will be auctioned in Biloxi, Mississippi, in October.
This car was registered in the name of Shelby, but this was only his owner for a short period of time. However, the current owner has the original title showing that Shelby was recorded, a receipt for the sale of Shelby with his signature in the glove compartment. Currently, the car has traveled 2.574 kilometers.
The GT500KR 2009 was based on the Ford Mustang but was modified by Shelby American, who worked in 712 units of this model. The car uses a 5.4-liter V8 engine with 540cv and 690nm of torque. Reaches 100km / h in 4.3 seconds and covers the quarter mile in 12.5 seconds.
The car will be auctioned by Vicari 12 and October 13.
This car was registered in the name of Shelby, but this was only his owner for a short period of time. However, the current owner has the original title showing that Shelby was recorded, a receipt for the sale of Shelby with his signature in the glove compartment. Currently, the car has traveled 2.574 kilometers.
The GT500KR 2009 was based on the Ford Mustang but was modified by Shelby American, who worked in 712 units of this model. The car uses a 5.4-liter V8 engine with 540cv and 690nm of torque. Reaches 100km / h in 4.3 seconds and covers the quarter mile in 12.5 seconds.
The car will be auctioned by Vicari 12 and October 13.
sábado, 4 de agosto de 2012
Phelps closes with the conquest of the 22nd medal
American swimmer out of London with six medals in seven events. In three Olympics won 18 gold medals.
Phelps closes with the conquest of the 22nd medal
Michael Phelps says goodbye to the high competition with the 18th Gold Medal won, 22 th in its entirety at the Olympics, the United States of America to win the Olympic title in the 4x100 meters final round of Olympic swimming.
The American, 27, has said that these would be his last Games. Did not start well, missing the podium in the 400 meters styles, but closed his career with the gold. Altogether in London earned six medals (two of them silver) in seven possible and became the most medal ever. Phelps has, today, equal number of medals in Portugal and the curriculum takes 18 gold, two silver and two bronze.
The U.S. team finished the race in the 4x100 meters 3.29,35 minutes, followed by Japan (3.31,26) and Australia (3.31,58).
Phelps closes with the conquest of the 22nd medal
Michael Phelps says goodbye to the high competition with the 18th Gold Medal won, 22 th in its entirety at the Olympics, the United States of America to win the Olympic title in the 4x100 meters final round of Olympic swimming.
The American, 27, has said that these would be his last Games. Did not start well, missing the podium in the 400 meters styles, but closed his career with the gold. Altogether in London earned six medals (two of them silver) in seven possible and became the most medal ever. Phelps has, today, equal number of medals in Portugal and the curriculum takes 18 gold, two silver and two bronze.
The U.S. team finished the race in the 4x100 meters 3.29,35 minutes, followed by Japan (3.31,26) and Australia (3.31,58).
New BlackBerry PlayBook adopts 4G and forget Windows 8
RIM today announced the launch of the new version of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, now with support calls 4G / LTE.
In a statement, Research In Motion says that the new model retains the design of the PlayBook before, but now with a performance "even faster" - feature that extends the speed of Internet access.
The new BlackBerry PlayBook will be available in Canada from August 9, with the launch in Europe, USA, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean due to the "coming months", by local telecom operators, also in accordance with RIM.
"We're really excited to offer our users the first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with support for 4G LTE networks," said Executive Vice President of Mobile Computing Research In Motion, David J. Smith, in the statement issued by the company, adding that the new Playbook "also offers premium performance in a high-speed mobile networks, helping users be more productive than ever and make the most of your time and mobility."
Besides the integration of a plate 4G / LTE, the company highlights the main features for your new tablet including a 7-inch screen diagonal (1024x600 pixels resolution), dual-core processor at 1.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM front camera with 3 megapixels sensor and rear sensor of 5 Megapixels (Full HD video recording in both), HDMI output and stereo speakers.
In terms of storage capacity the new BlackBerry PlayBook 4G/LTE will be available in four options: a version with Wi-Fi and 4G card has 32GB of memory, while the model with only Wi-Fi will be served in 16GB versions, 32GB and 64GB capacity.
Information about the operating system used on the tablet confirms the intentions of RIM defended for nearly a week by chief executive, Thorsten Heins, who denied talks with Microsoft to use Windows 8 tablets in the new BlackBerry. The new Playbook comes with version 2 of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS.
For RIM has not officially revealed the price of the Playbook for Europe, not the versions that are available in Portugal.
In a statement, Research In Motion says that the new model retains the design of the PlayBook before, but now with a performance "even faster" - feature that extends the speed of Internet access.
The new BlackBerry PlayBook will be available in Canada from August 9, with the launch in Europe, USA, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean due to the "coming months", by local telecom operators, also in accordance with RIM.
"We're really excited to offer our users the first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with support for 4G LTE networks," said Executive Vice President of Mobile Computing Research In Motion, David J. Smith, in the statement issued by the company, adding that the new Playbook "also offers premium performance in a high-speed mobile networks, helping users be more productive than ever and make the most of your time and mobility."
Besides the integration of a plate 4G / LTE, the company highlights the main features for your new tablet including a 7-inch screen diagonal (1024x600 pixels resolution), dual-core processor at 1.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM front camera with 3 megapixels sensor and rear sensor of 5 Megapixels (Full HD video recording in both), HDMI output and stereo speakers.
In terms of storage capacity the new BlackBerry PlayBook 4G/LTE will be available in four options: a version with Wi-Fi and 4G card has 32GB of memory, while the model with only Wi-Fi will be served in 16GB versions, 32GB and 64GB capacity.
Information about the operating system used on the tablet confirms the intentions of RIM defended for nearly a week by chief executive, Thorsten Heins, who denied talks with Microsoft to use Windows 8 tablets in the new BlackBerry. The new Playbook comes with version 2 of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS.
For RIM has not officially revealed the price of the Playbook for Europe, not the versions that are available in Portugal.
sexta-feira, 3 de agosto de 2012
Google puts new rules to prevent malicious applications on Android
Google has introduced new rules for developers who want to develop applications for Android, with the aim of avoiding the emergence of malicious applications in the online store Play Google.
The new rules were presented in an email sent by the directors of Google programmers to Play applications for Android, Android Central advances the site.
According to this site specializes in issues related to Google's mobile operating system, e-mail concerns an update of the policies of developing applications for Google Play.
In this message, quoted by the Android Central Store for the responsible applications of Google highlighted some of the changes, such as prohibiting the use of 'names or icons similar to existing applications to avoid confusion in users' or the provision of "more details about the types dangerous goods that are not allowed in Google Play ', namely' applications to disclose personal data without authorization 'of users.
Another novelty concerns the way in which Google will present information on aspects such as payment policies or practices that violate spam policies of the application store, which the company says will become more clear.
The main aim of these new rules is to try to halt the emergence of malicious applications on the Android platform, whose growing popularity has made Google's mobile operating system an attractive target for cybercriminals.
The new rules were presented in an email sent by the directors of Google programmers to Play applications for Android, Android Central advances the site.
According to this site specializes in issues related to Google's mobile operating system, e-mail concerns an update of the policies of developing applications for Google Play.
In this message, quoted by the Android Central Store for the responsible applications of Google highlighted some of the changes, such as prohibiting the use of 'names or icons similar to existing applications to avoid confusion in users' or the provision of "more details about the types dangerous goods that are not allowed in Google Play ', namely' applications to disclose personal data without authorization 'of users.
Another novelty concerns the way in which Google will present information on aspects such as payment policies or practices that violate spam policies of the application store, which the company says will become more clear.
The main aim of these new rules is to try to halt the emergence of malicious applications on the Android platform, whose growing popularity has made Google's mobile operating system an attractive target for cybercriminals.
New Samsung Galaxy Note reach August 29
Samsung confirmed it will officially launch the second version of the smartphone Galaxy Note on the 29th of August, during the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event to be held during the fair for consumer electronics IFA in Berlin.
The confirmation was made today by Reuters a company spokesman, who declined, for now, to provide more details about the launch and the availability date of the new Notice in stores.
According to the same source, the Galaxy II Note (not yet official name) will include a multi-touch screen with 5.5-inch diagonal, Dual-Core 1.7 GHz, camera with 12 megapixel sensor and the latest operating system version Android.
The announcement comes days after reports that reflect the launch of the iPhone in the next 5 days Sept. 12.
The ideal key to win 176 million in the Euromillions
On the day the contest EuroMillions draws the third largest prize ever, Economic reveals the ideal key to make your bet.
Since the lottery was born in 2004, the numbers that came out more often among those drawn weekly, were four (out 62 times), 12 (left 62 times), 19 (61), 14 (60), 36 , 38 (58 times out).
In stars, 3 and 8 times out 117 and 114, respectively, with the most hit.
The statistics also reveal that one should avoid the 27, 32, 33 and 39, the only numbers that came out less than 45 times since 2004. The star preventing, following the same reasoning, are 2, 4 and 6.
The Euromillions tonight have a lot of 176 million euros. The megafortuna is the result of a cumulative 11 draws without totalistic.
The record stands at 185 million euros and goes back to July 12 last year. The second (183,573,077 euros) date of February 3, 2006.
Since February this year the first prize in the Euromillions is now limited to a maximum of 190 million euros. Once you reach the ceiling, after a second draw first prize is still not flowing revert to the class immediately below and so on.
Since the lottery was born in 2004, the numbers that came out more often among those drawn weekly, were four (out 62 times), 12 (left 62 times), 19 (61), 14 (60), 36 , 38 (58 times out).
In stars, 3 and 8 times out 117 and 114, respectively, with the most hit.
The statistics also reveal that one should avoid the 27, 32, 33 and 39, the only numbers that came out less than 45 times since 2004. The star preventing, following the same reasoning, are 2, 4 and 6.
The Euromillions tonight have a lot of 176 million euros. The megafortuna is the result of a cumulative 11 draws without totalistic.
The record stands at 185 million euros and goes back to July 12 last year. The second (183,573,077 euros) date of February 3, 2006.
Since February this year the first prize in the Euromillions is now limited to a maximum of 190 million euros. Once you reach the ceiling, after a second draw first prize is still not flowing revert to the class immediately below and so on.
Rich selling luxury mansions to escape tax extraordinary Hollande
According to the Agency Sotheby's International, sales of houses and luxury villas in France increased sharply since Hollande was elected to the Elysee.
"In April there was a stop of sales, while not yet know the results of the presidential election. Since June, the market has become highly active," having already been sold "over one hundred properties with a value exceeding 1.7 million euros each, "said the magazine 'Atlantico' Krafit Alexander, chairman of Sotheby's.
The real estate industry analysts note that people with higher incomes seek to escape the big tax hikes socialist government. Most are looking for a 'refuge' in the UK, whose prime minister, David Cameron, said extending the "red carpet" to all the millionaires who leave France.
As a result, demand for homes in London by French citizens increased by 32% since the election of Hollande, being particularly sought after properties that cost more than six million.
Obama approves new humanitarian aid to Syria $ 12 million
The U.S. President, Barack Obama, today approved a new humanitarian aid to Syria 12 million dollars (9.8 million) to mitigate what he called "the horrible atrocities" of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
The new aid amounts to 76 million dollars (about 62.5 million) the total amount given by the United States in humanitarian aid to Syria since the conflict began 16 months ago, according to a White House statement.
The new funding will be delivered to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Red Cross, UNICEF and other organizations that are assisting the civilian population in Syria.
The statement stresses that, after more than a year of conflict, the situation is "dire need and rapidly deteriorating."
Washington praises the other hand "generosity" of countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq in welcoming and assisting refugees "fleeing the horrible atrocities perpetrated by the regime of Bashar al-Assad," and urges all international community to send humanitarian aid.
The new aid amounts to 76 million dollars (about 62.5 million) the total amount given by the United States in humanitarian aid to Syria since the conflict began 16 months ago, according to a White House statement.
The new funding will be delivered to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Red Cross, UNICEF and other organizations that are assisting the civilian population in Syria.
The statement stresses that, after more than a year of conflict, the situation is "dire need and rapidly deteriorating."
Washington praises the other hand "generosity" of countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq in welcoming and assisting refugees "fleeing the horrible atrocities perpetrated by the regime of Bashar al-Assad," and urges all international community to send humanitarian aid.
Kofi Annan resigned from the post of Special Envoy of the UN and Arab League
Kofi Annan resigned from the post of Special Envoy of the UN and Arab League to mediate the conflict in Syria, today announced the organization's secretary general, Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.
Annan said the UN and Arab League "of its intention not to renew the mandate which expires on August 31, 2012," said Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.
Former UN Secretary-General had been appointed to 23 February to mediate Syrian, but the peace plan that had six points and providing for the cessation of fighting between government forces and opposition fighters was never implemented.
Ban expressed "very deep gratitude (the Annan) for their efforts brave and determined" and lamented his departure.
The secretary-general said he had started consultations with his counterpart of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, to "promptly appoint" a successor to Annan that it can continue efforts to The United Nations remains "committed to diplomatic efforts to end violence" in Syria, Ban stressed, lamenting that "the divisions that persist in the Security Council have been transformed into an obstacle to diplomacy, making the job more difficult by the mediator," a reference implicit in the fact that Moscow and Beijing have prevented the adoption of several resolutions.
"Tragically, the spiral of violence continues in Syria," he said.
"The government and opposition forces continue to show its determination to escalate the violence," said Ban Ki-moon.
Annan said the UN and Arab League "of its intention not to renew the mandate which expires on August 31, 2012," said Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.
Former UN Secretary-General had been appointed to 23 February to mediate Syrian, but the peace plan that had six points and providing for the cessation of fighting between government forces and opposition fighters was never implemented.
Ban expressed "very deep gratitude (the Annan) for their efforts brave and determined" and lamented his departure.
The secretary-general said he had started consultations with his counterpart of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, to "promptly appoint" a successor to Annan that it can continue efforts to The United Nations remains "committed to diplomatic efforts to end violence" in Syria, Ban stressed, lamenting that "the divisions that persist in the Security Council have been transformed into an obstacle to diplomacy, making the job more difficult by the mediator," a reference implicit in the fact that Moscow and Beijing have prevented the adoption of several resolutions.
"Tragically, the spiral of violence continues in Syria," he said.
"The government and opposition forces continue to show its determination to escalate the violence," said Ban Ki-moon.
Wall Street falls with flop Draghi to reassure markets
ECB President Mario Draghi failed to reassure investors. After the falls in Europe, Wall Street also closed in red.
At the end of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.71%, while the technological Nasdaq lost 0.36% and the S & P 500 slid 0.74%.
The penalizing the negotiations was the failure of the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, who failed to reassure investors. The official said that until the institution is preparing plans to buy debt of eurozone countries, but only after the intervention of the euro bailout funds.
"It's the 'status quo'. I do not understand why people believe that the authorities may have magic solutions. Not believe there is a magic solution. There are limits to what the ECB can do," said Hayes Miller, manager funds in Baring Asset Management, told Bloomberg.
At a press conference after the meeting where the ECB decided to keep interest rates at historic low of 0.75%, Draghi said that the plans for the purchase of bonds by the ECB shall be implemented in the coming weeks.
Also the condition the U.S. stock markets were the latest data from the labor market in the world's largest economy. Investors were now to know that the number of Americans who requested unemployment benefits for the first time in the U.S. rose last week, although the increase was lower than expected by economists.
Tomorrow is the scheduled release of U.S. unemployment rate. Experts anticipate that it remained at 8.2% in July.
At the end of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.71%, while the technological Nasdaq lost 0.36% and the S & P 500 slid 0.74%.
The penalizing the negotiations was the failure of the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, who failed to reassure investors. The official said that until the institution is preparing plans to buy debt of eurozone countries, but only after the intervention of the euro bailout funds.
"It's the 'status quo'. I do not understand why people believe that the authorities may have magic solutions. Not believe there is a magic solution. There are limits to what the ECB can do," said Hayes Miller, manager funds in Baring Asset Management, told Bloomberg.
At a press conference after the meeting where the ECB decided to keep interest rates at historic low of 0.75%, Draghi said that the plans for the purchase of bonds by the ECB shall be implemented in the coming weeks.
Also the condition the U.S. stock markets were the latest data from the labor market in the world's largest economy. Investors were now to know that the number of Americans who requested unemployment benefits for the first time in the U.S. rose last week, although the increase was lower than expected by economists.
Tomorrow is the scheduled release of U.S. unemployment rate. Experts anticipate that it remained at 8.2% in July.
Facebook under $ 20 for the first time
Facebook Shares are plunging 5% to $ 19.87, the lowest price since it debuted in May.
Titles Facebook lost 4.84% up to $ 19.87, after having already been to retreat to $ 19.82, the lowest since it debuted on the stock exchange, in the month of May. This is the sixth consecutive session of losses for the company of Mark Zuckerberg.
Since that time, when they began to negotiate the price of $ 38 per title, Facebook has lost nearly half its market value (48%).
At the base of the fall in today's session are several factors. On the one hand, there remain doubts about the prospects for sales growth, on the other hand, the recent departures of several Facebook executives also worry investors, and, moreover, is despite the fact that finished in the next 16 days this month a lockout period for the shares.
"Sentiment is so negative about it," said Victor Anthony, an analyst at the Topeka Capital Markets, told Bloomberg. "I think the action may continue to decline until we have some significant catalyst which, unfortunately, may not appear until the third quarter results," he added.
This Wednesday, two directors of Facebook announced their plans to leave the company. On August 16 ends the first period of restriction on sale of securities of technology. At that time, about 271 million shares will be available for sale and over 243 million will be placed on the market from mid-October and mid November. However, the day that most investors fear most is the November 14, when more than 1.2 billion shares will be placed on the market.
Revenues Facebook grew 32% in the second quarter, a development that was well below the growth of 100% over the same period last year.
Titles Facebook lost 4.84% up to $ 19.87, after having already been to retreat to $ 19.82, the lowest since it debuted on the stock exchange, in the month of May. This is the sixth consecutive session of losses for the company of Mark Zuckerberg.
Since that time, when they began to negotiate the price of $ 38 per title, Facebook has lost nearly half its market value (48%).
At the base of the fall in today's session are several factors. On the one hand, there remain doubts about the prospects for sales growth, on the other hand, the recent departures of several Facebook executives also worry investors, and, moreover, is despite the fact that finished in the next 16 days this month a lockout period for the shares.
"Sentiment is so negative about it," said Victor Anthony, an analyst at the Topeka Capital Markets, told Bloomberg. "I think the action may continue to decline until we have some significant catalyst which, unfortunately, may not appear until the third quarter results," he added.
This Wednesday, two directors of Facebook announced their plans to leave the company. On August 16 ends the first period of restriction on sale of securities of technology. At that time, about 271 million shares will be available for sale and over 243 million will be placed on the market from mid-October and mid November. However, the day that most investors fear most is the November 14, when more than 1.2 billion shares will be placed on the market.
Revenues Facebook grew 32% in the second quarter, a development that was well below the growth of 100% over the same period last year.
Google Street View provides access to special center of NASA
Google announced today that its service associated with the street view Google Maps, Street View, now offers images from inside the Kennedy Space Center, giving privileged access to Internet facilities of NASA in Florida.
Altogether there are 6,000 panoramic images collected in the center of the U.S. space agency that are accessible from this Thursday, offering views of iconic locations as the basis for launching the Space Shuttle or the engine room.
That appears to rank as the largest collection of special images from Street View is published to date by way of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center, explains the giant of the research published in an official blog post.
Among the images are to explore, for example, the building where spacecraft are assembled or the room from which fires the launch of the shuttles, details to Google, adding that it is also possible to have detailed views of shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour .
The new law also had a video presentation that shows a little of what you might expect from a tour of Space Center via Street View.
Altogether there are 6,000 panoramic images collected in the center of the U.S. space agency that are accessible from this Thursday, offering views of iconic locations as the basis for launching the Space Shuttle or the engine room.
That appears to rank as the largest collection of special images from Street View is published to date by way of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center, explains the giant of the research published in an official blog post.
Among the images are to explore, for example, the building where spacecraft are assembled or the room from which fires the launch of the shuttles, details to Google, adding that it is also possible to have detailed views of shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour .
The new law also had a video presentation that shows a little of what you might expect from a tour of Space Center via Street View.
City of Porto sorted by "The Sun" as a "success Instagram"
The Port was highlighted today by the newspaper "The Sun" as a successful application "Instagram" after a challenge made by the UK company "O2" in a test of the new image sharing services from abroad.
The city of Porto was chosen to test the services of a leading mobile and broadband in the UK, "O2" in the photo sharing application "Instagram" from abroad.
Jiri Siftar, with more than 70,000 followers "online", was invited to test the services of "Travel O2 tariff", praising the Port places such as the Majestic Café, downtown, describing it as a place to visit "the not lose. "
The decision was due to the fact that the port stand out relative to other European cities "visually similar" to each other, being praised for remaining "stubbornly immune to modernization."
Several locations were photographed by Port Jiri Siftar as Ribeira, Victoria and Miragaia, highlighted by the "bright colors" of their homes, but also an electric, the beach bars and Louis I. Bridge
Also the food was reported by the company called "O2" and referred to the city as "more relaxed than its neighboring Lisbon."
The "O2 Travel" is available to all customers of the "O2" and offers 25MB per day, "enough to put 'online' about twenty photographs" while tourists are enjoying your holiday.
The city of Porto was chosen to test the services of a leading mobile and broadband in the UK, "O2" in the photo sharing application "Instagram" from abroad.
Jiri Siftar, with more than 70,000 followers "online", was invited to test the services of "Travel O2 tariff", praising the Port places such as the Majestic Café, downtown, describing it as a place to visit "the not lose. "
The decision was due to the fact that the port stand out relative to other European cities "visually similar" to each other, being praised for remaining "stubbornly immune to modernization."
Several locations were photographed by Port Jiri Siftar as Ribeira, Victoria and Miragaia, highlighted by the "bright colors" of their homes, but also an electric, the beach bars and Louis I. Bridge
Also the food was reported by the company called "O2" and referred to the city as "more relaxed than its neighboring Lisbon."
The "O2 Travel" is available to all customers of the "O2" and offers 25MB per day, "enough to put 'online' about twenty photographs" while tourists are enjoying your holiday.
quinta-feira, 2 de agosto de 2012
Nike develops vision glasses with strobe
They
are called the SPARQ Steam Strobe Eyewear New Vision Goggles strobe
that Nike is already marketing in order to allow training and improving
the responsiveness of view of users - with the athletes to emerge as the
main target .
Developed in conjunction with Duke University, North Carolina, the new glasses are part of a project from U.S. company called Sensory SPARQ Performance (SSP), which uses a set of technologies to enhance the photographic memory of people, helping them to anticipate the direction of objects and their trajectory.
To achieve this, the researchers an integrated vision system based on the intermittent application of light sources with different intensities in a controlled manner. The idea is to create very short periods of lack of vision on the user, for the brain to try to anticipate the images you will see later, thus improving the reaction time and photographic memory of those using the SPARQ Steam Strobe Eyewear.
"The sensory training is the foundation of how we can create better athletes," states the official announcement of Steam Strobe Eyewear project director, Paul Winsper, explaining that "with the technology we can join the SSP sensory and physical training. This philosophy of performance has proved with some of the athletes, teams and top clubs in the world. "
Using this system provides not only the athletes wear the special glasses, such as SPARQ Sensory Station, which is nothing more than a basic interactive work with multitouch screen, customizable.
This workstation includes a dozen sports techniques and visual sensory preloaded, allowing athletes to follow the goals set by these techniques. Not only can customize the data for specific exercises, users can then compare them with results from other athletes within the same sport, so they can set new goals to achieve training.
"After several years of relentless testing, we found an innovative way to help increase the athletes 'performance' in the same statement says Alan Reichow, Research Director of the Nike SPARQ Performance Sensory and Vision.
Also according to Nike, two studies from Duke University and Southern Utah University suggest that the use of the SSP with the glasses allowed improvements during practice at the ability of athletes capture subtle hints of movement, the movement time and in relation to visual information processing.
Eyeglasses Nike SPARQ Steam Strobes are already being marketed in the U.S. for about $ 300, while the training stations are marketed directly by the company.
Developed in conjunction with Duke University, North Carolina, the new glasses are part of a project from U.S. company called Sensory SPARQ Performance (SSP), which uses a set of technologies to enhance the photographic memory of people, helping them to anticipate the direction of objects and their trajectory.
To achieve this, the researchers an integrated vision system based on the intermittent application of light sources with different intensities in a controlled manner. The idea is to create very short periods of lack of vision on the user, for the brain to try to anticipate the images you will see later, thus improving the reaction time and photographic memory of those using the SPARQ Steam Strobe Eyewear.
"The sensory training is the foundation of how we can create better athletes," states the official announcement of Steam Strobe Eyewear project director, Paul Winsper, explaining that "with the technology we can join the SSP sensory and physical training. This philosophy of performance has proved with some of the athletes, teams and top clubs in the world. "
Using this system provides not only the athletes wear the special glasses, such as SPARQ Sensory Station, which is nothing more than a basic interactive work with multitouch screen, customizable.
This workstation includes a dozen sports techniques and visual sensory preloaded, allowing athletes to follow the goals set by these techniques. Not only can customize the data for specific exercises, users can then compare them with results from other athletes within the same sport, so they can set new goals to achieve training.
"After several years of relentless testing, we found an innovative way to help increase the athletes 'performance' in the same statement says Alan Reichow, Research Director of the Nike SPARQ Performance Sensory and Vision.
Also according to Nike, two studies from Duke University and Southern Utah University suggest that the use of the SSP with the glasses allowed improvements during practice at the ability of athletes capture subtle hints of movement, the movement time and in relation to visual information processing.
Eyeglasses Nike SPARQ Steam Strobes are already being marketed in the U.S. for about $ 300, while the training stations are marketed directly by the company.
Kofi Annan leaves office of UN mediator and the Arab League to Syria
Kofi Annan resigned from the post of Special Envoy of the UN and Arab League to mediate the conflict in Syria, today announced the organization's secretary general, Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.
Anonymous declares war on the company that registered the group logo
The French company Early Flicker (or E-Flicker), which is dedicated to trade online t-shirts, will be under fire by anonymous. The hacktivists declared war on the business of the company after it has registered the logo and slogan of the group, the National Institute of Industrial Property in France. These are thus belong to him, under the law of the country.
The notice is left by hackers in a video posted online (which we have reproduced below), which state that "the arrogance and ignorance" of what was done by the Early Flicker "will not go unpunished." Promise not to give rest to the business of online brand and demand the withdrawal of registration - that makes the logo and slogan belonging to E-Flicker under French law - and a public apology.
"The Anonymous will devastate any business that have Internet and 99% will not stop until the registration has been revoked and is made a public apology," hear the message uploaded to YouTube.
In a message posted on Twitter yesterday, the group added that its logo was already registered under the Creative Commons (CC) - which allows the use by third parties without authorization by the holders of property rights.
"For those of copyright trolls, all anonymous logos are registered under the creative commons license. So, good luck trying to get a trademark," reads the tweet signed by AnonymousIRC.
Jay Leno buying dream car: a 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint
Jay Leno owns one of the best private collections of the world's vehicles. You can spend several hours surfing the site that is dedicated to the collection and view videos of new and old cars from around the world. Leno has one eye very demanding in terms of quality, but seems to love all cars, large and small.
Contrary to what one might think, there are still missing cars in the collection, in fact there is now one less. Leno said that when he was young in the 60s, worked at a Ford dealership and one of the most admired car was a Ford Falcon Sprint 1963. These cars were essentially pre-Mustangs with the same platform and engine options, but a year before the launch of the Mustang and without this design.
The April 10 appeared on the site of the classics Trailer Bring a copy of the modified car. The site identifies and shows interesting and classic cars for sale, mostly in the U.S., but also occasionally in Europe. A day after the site said the car had been sold. On 14 April the site identified the buyer as Jay Leno and published pictures of the car to be packed and transported. On the 16th, Leno published photos to embrace the car. On June 30 July Leno showed the car at the site dedicated to personal collection.
According to the original ad, the seller was already the third owner of the car. He added a five-speed transmission and changed the battery to the rear of the car to reduce weight by 91kg. In addition, the car has rear suspension unit based on the updated personalized in Mustang front disk brakes of a 1970 Ford Torino, a fuel tank of 76 liters, and Holley forged pistons.
Contrary to what one might think, there are still missing cars in the collection, in fact there is now one less. Leno said that when he was young in the 60s, worked at a Ford dealership and one of the most admired car was a Ford Falcon Sprint 1963. These cars were essentially pre-Mustangs with the same platform and engine options, but a year before the launch of the Mustang and without this design.
The April 10 appeared on the site of the classics Trailer Bring a copy of the modified car. The site identifies and shows interesting and classic cars for sale, mostly in the U.S., but also occasionally in Europe. A day after the site said the car had been sold. On 14 April the site identified the buyer as Jay Leno and published pictures of the car to be packed and transported. On the 16th, Leno published photos to embrace the car. On June 30 July Leno showed the car at the site dedicated to personal collection.
According to the original ad, the seller was already the third owner of the car. He added a five-speed transmission and changed the battery to the rear of the car to reduce weight by 91kg. In addition, the car has rear suspension unit based on the updated personalized in Mustang front disk brakes of a 1970 Ford Torino, a fuel tank of 76 liters, and Holley forged pistons.
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