As part of this application include two benchmarks: Ice Storm and Ice Storm Extreme. As part of Ice Storm are two graphics tests and a test for physics processing. In the case of Ice Storm Extreme – increases the computational load onto your device (picture in 1080p resolution and higher quality texture as well as post-processing). Over time, Ice Storm Extreme test will be included in the Windows-version of the benchmark, and it will allow to compare the performance of tablet PCs running Windows and Android. Judging by some users (and my personal experience testing) 3DMark for Android now “damp” (float some errors and omissions), but I am sure that in the next few months we will see the release of an update that will systematically otpolirovyvat this test suite. Learn about your PC and software security mackeeper reviews

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As reported, the 2.5-inch drive is released height 9.5 mm, which means using two platters of 500 GB. In fact – this is the first “standard” notebook hard drive, the spindle speed is reached the level of 7200. / Min. The database HGST this drive yet, so that the exact power and performance characteristics of the model are unknown.

Stated only that the cache buffer size is 32 MB, and the interface – SATA 6 Gb / s. Price question – from U.S. $ 100. for the amount of $ 110 (as recommended by the manufacturer), you can take the same drive in an external interface USB 3.0 – model Touro Mobile Pro. The buyer will also receive 3 GB of free space in the cloud service company at TouroCloudBackup.com. Note hull design provides for the installation of a stack of several of these drives when placing them in a horizontal plane. This will save space on the desk or shelf, as well as storage devices give an attractive look.

At CES 2013 the planned demonstration prototype devices based on these APU, so that soon we can learn about them from the practical side of the issue. While the words of AMD can be expected that the increase in performance solutions Kabini be up to 50% compared to the product platform Brazos 2.0. Responsible for this is not only the new kernel Jaguar, and increased clock speeds, the benefit of new items are available using 28-nm process technology, instead of 40 nm, as the old products. Incidentally, processors and Kabini Temash presented by AMD as the first quad-core x86-compatible SoC. This allows it to compare data solutions not only to the platform Intel Atom, but with a more efficient processor Intel Core i3.

A few days before the new year, we were able to get acquainted with the basic features of the new SoC NVIDIA. The official announcement in this regard did not bring any surprises. What’s worse, NVIDIA did not spoil our comparative performance figures and computer graphics subsystem of the new SoC. Hopefully, this is not due to the fact that there is nothing to show off her especially. Also somewhat alarming that none of the manufacturers has hinted the upcoming release of new devices on the company’s decision.

However, for this there is another event – the profile Congress in Barcelona, ​​which will be held in late February. from published data on Tegra 4 provide an opportunity to support external displays with resolutions up to 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels). For this, as well as improved support for 3D-graphics, as well as for GPGPU-features new items, meets six times increased number of GeForce-pipelines, which are now in the SoC already 72 pieces. By the way, glimpsed in one of the frames in the presentation of the radiator Tegra 4 with its size inspires some fears.

Play games, but it did not overheat on the graphics load. Hopefully, the 28-nm process technology has made ​​adjustments in the energy efficiency of the fourth Tegra. According to NVIDIA, Tegra 4 consumes 45% less than its predecessor. Duration of video playback on the new SoC is now up to 14 hours. However, for now it can meet the core-partner. Presumably, the fifth core shifted from architecture to the Cortex-A7 Cortex-A9.

Tegra 4 in the company realized a snapshot technology with high dynamic range (HDR). Brand name of the technology – computational photography. Its essence lies in the fact that at the time of shooting SoC sensor sends two shots taken with different settings. Both frames are simultaneously processed in a special DSP, the compute cores and cores GPU, followed by a rapid gluing images. The whole procedure rather than a couple of seconds under normal conditions required of a second and the output is a frame with the details in the shadows, and in dark places. Paired with Tegra 4 can be supplied new LTE-modem – Icera i500. Compared with modern modems its footprint is 40% of the area of current solutions. As you can see, NVIDIA decided not to integrate the modem into the SoC-productive assembly.

Finally, something about the comparative performance. According to estimates of the company, an advantage over the competition Tegra 4 is that the new SoC faster opening certain sites. From the practical point of view, such a comparison is not unreasonable, but the repeatability of the test strongly doubt. But NVIDIA «wiped her nose,” 28-nm dual-core processor from Samsung Nexus 10, which, however, does not mean that Tegra 4 will appear in «Nexus 11″.

The landing of “Here” is happening at the moment on Apple iOS platform, which means that the service can be used by devices such as Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. In short, “Here” will be made available to users of Android and Windows Phone.

Thanks to a partnership was started with Mozilla, Nokia plans to release a version of “Here” specifically designed for Firefox OS operating system.

Realized taking advantage of new HTML5 specification, one of the most interesting peculiarities of “Here” is that the consultation of maps can also occur in offline mode. This means that you don’t need to keep your Internet connection active to receive suggestions and directions.

The service just launched by Nokia allows you to take advantage of that help, as happens with a traditional browser, allows you to reach the target set by car, on foot or using public transport.

“Here” finds on maps any kind of point of interest (restaurants, bars, hospitals, stations, airports, …) and save places and itineraries.

The 3D visualization of urban and extra-urban roads has been improved thanks to the acquisition of the company “Earthmine”: the know-how thus acquired will be leveraged to optimize rendering of three-dimensional buildings and monuments.

Users of “Here” will be able to upload your own maps online updating eventually existing ones or correcting inaccuracies and errors. Through the “Map Creator”, in fact, it may indicate speed limits, road type, condition of the road surface, and so on.

While the website was already launched here.net, Nokia expects to publish the application for Apple iOS within a few weeks on the Apple online store.

All technical details on Skype vulnerability had appeared two months ago on a Russian forum but only now discovering jumped to Chronicles.

What astonished leaves is the ease with which could be launched an attack against any registered user to Skype network: we use the simple past because the development team has intervened to block any further attempts of aggression.

Until a few hours ago, it was enough to create a new account by specifying the email address of a user already registered with Skype, log on to the network using the credentials just activated then request password reset. At this point, the attacker could impersonate the identity of others receiving also automatically logs of previous conversations with contacts currently online.

Fortunately, Microsoft, which now holds ownership of the network, and Skype has disabled the page that allows you to password reset. Skype will not restore it until the investigation of the matter will not be concluded.

The game has been in charge of anger Close and as expected was Electronic Arts has been responsible for the distribution. This game takes the plot of the 2010 edition of Medal of Honor and puts us soldiers of Tier 1 control while we perform various missions in all corners of the globe.

During the game we have different options to choose from and each will have its own consequences, also this time we will see more “humane” combatants side at the end of each mission. The trailer that we’ll see here below is a preview of a pack of maps known as Zero Dark Thirty that has already been released.

Social Media Today below lists some uncomfortable truths about the crises in social media:
1. The crisis in social media are triggered when marks less expect it, even when it seems that they are living a “honey Moon” with the consumer.

2. Crises on social media have the potential to damage reputation long-term marks in a very short period of time.

3. When does not respond to them appropriately at the right time, crises in social media tend to grow out of control, increasing its pernicious impact on brands.

4. The crises in social media are not resolved by themselves. They continue to grow in an uncontrolled manner until the crisis reaches a point of no return or brand do something about.

5. The crisis in social media can have a very negative emotional impact on customers of the brand.

6. Information changes very quickly in crises on social media and the rumors, speculation and misinformation in them are the common currency.

7. The fact that a mark has suffered a crisis in social media before does not mean that you can not face to another in the future.

8. The marks are not immune to crises on social media. The only thing you can do to contain them is to be prepared in advance with a crisis plan.

The video recorded by members of the public has been circulating by Chinese social media from the demonstration. Rashid published a blog entry the presentation that made before an audience of English-speaking last Friday, including a video.

Earlier this year, Microsoft proved for the first time a technology capable of modifying the synthesized voice to coincide with the voice of a person. However, this system only was able to convert in oral written text. The software requires about an hour of training to be able to synthesize speech from a person’s voice. To do this, it uses as base a template model of conversion from text to voice and adjusts to make to generate certain sounds in the same way in which the speaker makes it.

AT & T Spanish has already done demonstrations in advance of a simultaneous translation system and it is known that Google has built its own experimental live translation services. However, the prototypes developed by these companies do not have the capacity to generate a synthesized speech that matches the sound of the voice of a person.

The Microsoft System is a demonstration of the latest technology of speech recognition company, based on a learning software inspired by the mode of functioning of neural networks. In a blog entry about the demo system, Rashid said that the use of this technology has enabled the most significant leap in recent decades regarding the accuracy of recognition. “Instead of one of each four or five words being incorrect, the error rate now is a word of every seven or eight”, he wrote.

Microsoft isn’t the only company that has used neural networks to improve speech recognition. Google recently began using its own technology based on neural network in speech recognition services and their applications. This approach has achieved between 20 and 25 percent improvement in the rates of error for Word, according to Google engineers.

Rashid said by e-mail that the researchers of Microsoft Research Asia, in Beijing (China), and he have not yet used the system to have a conversation with someone outside the company, but the public demonstration has attracted great interest. “I’ve observed a mixture of excitement, wonderment and optimism when we talk about what this technology could bring us in the future,” he indicated.

Rashid ensures that the system is far from being perfect, but points out that it is good enough to allow communication in situations that would otherwise be impossible. The dedicated engineers working on the approach based on neural network of Microsoft and Google are optimistic and believe that the technique will give much more than itself, since it is in its initial stage of implementation.

“Still do not know the limits of accuracy of this technology really is too new ‘, says Rashid. “As we continue ‘training’ to the system with more data it gives the impression that improves more and more.”

Skype for Windows Phone 8 can remain running in the background; the displayed screen during VoIP calls, in addition, is visually identical to the usually exposed in the case of traditional calls. The application integrates with the “live tiles” Windows Phone 8: as soon as you receive messages or updates for Skype, these will be displayed in the form of “tile” on the main screen of the phone.

All owners of Windows smartphones Phone 8 can now download and install the preview release of Skype by referencing the new Microsoft Store Windows: the program is available for free from this page.

Confirming Skype with a note posted on the company’s official blog, those who install the preview release of Skype for Windows Phone 8 will automatically receive an update as soon as it will be made available.