The developers of one of the most popular and user friendly Linux distributions Ubuntu, announced a campaign to raise funds for the "computer of the future." Ubuntu Edge smartphone will be able to replace a desktop PC can connect to the monitor, keyboard and mouse. In the smartphone will be 128 gigabytes of internal memory, "the fastest quad-core", and 4 GB of RAM. In fact, this is the base model features a modern ultrabook.
Apple has sent letters to some users, which invites you to try the web version of office suite iWork. iWork - a suite of programs consisting of a word processor, Keynote to create presentations, and Numbers for spreadsheets.
According to research firm IDC predicted in two years will give way to the PC tablets in terms of sales - shipping "pill" will grow by 45% - to 332.4 million units, but the PC shipments fall to record levels - by 7.8%. The cost of tablets this year decreased by 11% - up to 381 dollars.
In the 15th version of its browser for Windows PCs and Mac, Opera is fundamentally different from predshestviennika engine. At the core of the browser now is not WebKit, and the engine Blink open source. Improved starting tab Speed Dial ("Speed Dial") - the links can be combined into a folder and filter.
A small Chinese company Umeox this summer will present the X5 with a thickness of only 5.6 millimeters body. Dimensions are known only new items (118h60h5, 6 mm), and the version of the operating system - Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Hardware remains a secret. However, the sale Umeox X5 can appear as early as July.
During the first quarter of Samsung earned 23.63 billion dollars - to 952 million dollars more than in the previous quarter. But sales of Apple, in contrast, fell to 7.71 billion dollars - to 22.95 billion. Samsung sold a record number of smartphones in China - 12.5 million units.
All the proceeds from the purchase of a smartphone Fairphone will go to the development of technologies for processing materials. Fairphone has a 4.3 inch display with a resolution of 960 by 540 pixels, quad-core processor with a frequency of 1.2 gigahertz and a gigabyte of RAM. The phone has a primary camera of 8 megapixel and front 1.3 megapixels.
Yahoo is going to buy an American video service Hulu for $ 600 - $ 800 million. The difference in price varies on the conditions of the transaction (for example, whether they include the license rights to the content). Besides Yahoo, Hulu to claim such investment funds and KKR, Guggenheim Digital and Silver Lake Partners, Time Warner Cable, Directv and Chernin Group.
In the new Haswell chip power consumption will be reduced so that laptops and tablets will be able to work up to 50% longer than Ivy Bridge, which should in no way affect the performance of the devices. In standby mode, the fourth generation of Core processors will be up to 20 times more energy efficient.
In the "black list" of sites to block Roskomnadzora accidentally hit the domain of social network "VKontakte". IP-address of the site was blocked vk May 24, some users of the Far Eastern region because of nude photos of the girls in the shower.