Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Pixar releases software used on the effects of ‘Star Wars’ and’ The Lord … – Ratchet Free

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Characters of the film series “Toy Story” were built with the help of RenderMan

Created by Pixar, the rendering software RenderMan has been officially released for non-commercial use free of charge. The tool was used in all of American studio animations and now can be used on any individual projects on personal projects, research and education.

According to the Info site, and has given life the characters like the movie “Toy Story,” RenderMan has also been licensed to other studios and was used in the visual effects productions as the trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” and recent episodes of the saga “Star Wars”.

The program is also known to be the first in history to win a spatial coach Oscar, because of its contribution to the advancement of animation techniques. To download the software, just visit the site www.renderman.pixar.com.

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Monday, March 30, 2015

Software vulnerabilities reach milestone – Computerworld

The number of software vulnerabilities reached the highest point in 2014, the overwhelming majority of which are “patches” available on the day the issue was released, revealed annual study of security firm Secunia

The figures, taken from the tool Personal Software Inspector (PSI), reveal something disturbing:. if the correction (“patch”) is not available on the same day, it is unlikely that will be available for some time, forcing organizations to obtain alternatives and complicated fixes.

Among the suppliers that use open source libraries, many take weeks or even months to correct a small but growing number of failures serious findings that this class of software, a lazy approach that seems increasingly out of the security reality in the software area.

The Secunia reported a total of 15,435 software vulnerabilities last year, a number that has increased sharply since 2012, when it stood at around 10,000.

In 2014, the vulnerabilities were found in 3,870 applications from 500 suppliers, noting the complexity of corrections workload to be imposed on organizations.

Chrome, Google, and Solaris, Oracle, were the products with more vulnerabilities detected.

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Friday, March 27, 2015

Software failures reach historical level – Computerworld Portugal

Open source is growing concern. Most applications are corrected in a day but a dangerous minority takes much longer

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number of software vulnerabilities reached the highest point in 2014, the overwhelming majority of which are “patches” available on the day the issue was released, said the security firm Secunia on your study Annual.

The figures, taken from the company’s Personal Software Inspector tool (PSI), reveal something disturbing: the correction (“patch”) estibver not available on the same day, is unlikely to be available for some time – or possibly ever -., forcing organizations to obtain alternatives and complicated fixes

As for vendors using open source libraries, many take weeks or months to correct the small but growing number of failures serious being discovered in this class of software, a lazy approach that looks increasingly unrealistic insecurity in the software.

The Secunia reported a total of 15,435 software vulnerabilities last year, a number which increased sharply since 2012, when it stood at around 10,000.

In 2014, the vulnerabilities were found in 3,870 applications from 500 suppliers, noting the complexity of corrections workload being imposed organizations.

Chrome, Google, and Solaris, Oracle, were the products with more vulnerabilities detected.

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Software used by Stephen Hawking launched free – Pplware

Stephen Hawking is one of the most extraordinary minds that the world knows. Theoretical physicist, is one of the most famous scientists of today. However, Hawking is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrier (ALS), a rare, degenerative disease that paralyzes muscles of the body without however, reaching the brain functions. Unable to speak, communicating through software and hardware where the eyes are the bridge between him and the system.

This software and hardware will now be available to the public so that the more than 3 million people suffering this disease around the world, to communicate more easily.

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This project started with the intention of bringing Stephen a great help to communicate, ability when disease destroyed.

So the US company Intel has been working together with the British company SwiftKey, a computerized wheelchair system that helps Stephen in the tasks of your day-to-day, especially through its voice software which currently allows Stephen to communicate with other people.

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Now, the US company plans to provide free software this for everyone, but the company warns that this technology will to be adapted to each user’s needs.

By making this technology becomes freely available, it has the potential to improve significantly the lives of people with disabilities all over the world. Without it, I would not be able to talk to you today.

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This past terça- fair held in London, a conference organized by Intel where the US company announced it would launch, for free, the same software that is currently used by Hawking. Without giving any official release date, the software should be available on-line at any time and will aim to help millions of people who, like Hawking, suffer from this disease.

As mentioned above, this software has been developed in the last three years, a lot of work and a lot of research that has borne fruit because, with this technique, Intel was able to reduce the number of moves needed to spell each word.

If have curiosity to know more about the life of Stephen Hawking, can view the latest film made about your life, The Theory of Everything.

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Justice paid 6.5 million euros by Microsoft software – Computerworld Portugal

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The Financial Management Institute of Justice and Equipment (IGFEJ) was allowed to renew and to obtain new licenses of Microsoft software worth more than EUR 6.5 million.

According to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers 13/2015, the institute that integrates “the management of financial resources, infrastructure and technological resources of the Ministry of Justice” or “enter into a contract for renovation of the existing Microsoft software in areas considered critical to the performance of the supporting information systems to the different activities of the Ministry of Justice, as well as proceed with the acquisition of additional new licenses “.

” financial charges “are” satisfied by the appropriations entered in the 2015 budget IGFEJ, still says the same resolution, while the Minister of Justice “the decision to contract, including the choice of the procedure and the award of contract. “

The resolution was adopted by the Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas on March 19, the date from which” take effect “but only on Tuesday published in the Official Gazette

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Man faked own death was caught by software … – Exame Informática

The man, whose real name is Jose Salvador Lantigua, is another example of that as facial recognition technology is helping to catch criminals and will now face fraud charges to an insurance company and provide false information in request to issue a new passport.

According to the Ars Technica , Jose Salvador Lantigua simulated death itself and the Venezuelan authorities have even declare him dead in April 2013. The family then tried to get the money from the life insurance, but the insurance company refused always pay.

Lantigua forward then with an application for a US passport under the name Ernest Allen Wills in November 2014. The North Carolina authorities did the usual research in these cases and the facial recognition software showed that the face of “Wills” was the same this photo on Lantigua passport.

The authorities then arrested the criminal who in relation to the aspect as before, was now using a toupee and had beard.

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‘Software’ Portuguese tested in Hollywood – Journal SUN

Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria Nuno Fonseca developed a new “software” audio that is being tested in six Hollywood studios, a technology that considers to be a “plus” for large film productions.

“Essentially, what I did was grab on concepts that today are already extremely used in computer graphics and visual effects for film, which are called particle systems,” said Nuno Fonseca, explaining that these systems allow “create a huge number of small elements” to generate “rain, dust, smoke or fire.”

The teacher, 39, Leiria, said that the work he has gone through “use the same concepts “but applying them in the sound field, achieving thereby” creating thousands to millions of sounds or sounds simultaneously “.

” To make this transition from one technology that was used in image – and that is enough to also used in cinema – and to apply it in the sound field, becomes a completely new tool, “he said, considering that opens opportunities for those who” works the sound level of cinema ” which currently “remains a manual job.”

“If I want to, for example, a scene of a battle, I have to go get a handful of sounds and walk to place them one by one. With this tool, I can create a scene of a battle and say I want to create 50,000 sounds spread over a square kilometer and, automatically, the system handles it all, creating a completely different effect than manually be trying to create the same sound “exemplified.

The teacher in the department of Computer Engineering of Technology and Management of Leiria Polytechnic School and coordinator of the degree in Digital Games and Multimedia stressed that” the point of view of cinema, this is something of particular concern to major motion pictures. “

” That is, the greater the film production more interested this ‘software’, “said Nuno Fonseca, noting that in films like” Star Wars ” or “Lord of the Rings,” which “involves scenarios and epic scenes with many things happening at the same time, this ‘software’ is much more interesting” than, for example, in a more intimate film.

In a news release, the Polytechnic of Leiria said that the new technology “is being tested in six Hollywood studios, including 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros.”

“is being tested because I am interested in receiving feedback ‘of Hollywood professionals about the’ software ‘which features they would like to see added,” said Nuno Fonseca, adding that in a second phase, “very likely” will create a commercial version of the technology.

According to the same press release, another feature of this technology “is its ability to take advantage of the latest sound for film systems such as Dolby Atmos or Auro-3D, some of which have not yet reached the Portuguese cinema “, stating that,” in addition to its application in the film area, the ‘software’ is currently being tested by other organizations, including the Playstation Santa Monica Studios, the BBC, Turner Broadcasting, the RadioFrance and Stanford University. “

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24 March 2015 – Computerworld Portugal

The academic Stefano Zacchiroli advocates the use of a model of federated platforms, in which the servers are managed by users.

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The public cloud platforms are moving away more and more computer users real they do, threatening their control over this process, warned the academic Stefano Zacchiroli during the event LibrePlanet 2015 represents, in their opinion, a danger to the freedom of the use of software.

The former leader of the Debian project argues that all major systems “as a service” cause problems on the freedom of the user. “All the different models of cloud services pose the same threat … there is the same pattern of evolution, putting the computer away from the machines of users on remote machines,” he explains.

This is problematic, warns Zacchiroli because everything – from basic applications like email and productivity to consumption of content such as television and the games – comes from “walled gardens”, like Google, Netflix or Steam. In general, people are doing their work in other people’s computers.

“The computer before located in the user belonging machines is happening away from them,” says Zacchiroli. Therefore, this lack of control can put users at the mercy of the holders of these “gardens”.



The FOSS is “make an increasingly futile war for freedom of software “, Zacchiroli says.

Ironically, however, the danger associated with the cloud comes at a time when the movement of free software and open source enjoy unprecedented popularity among many of the suppliers these platforms. Free software is really everywhere: in Internet servers, browsers and mobile devices. But according Zacchiroli, free software and open source, or “free and open source software” (FOSS), is “making an increasingly useless for free software war.”

But more federation …

The picture is not entirely bleak, cautioned. With some changes, the model of cloud can be beneficial for the freedom of software use

Use federated clouds and with users to make available their own equipment and to manage their own software. – Either because own or in partnership with peers – can be a solution. Get yourself would the cloud computing resources, but without giving ultimate control over the part of the computer.

“We need people countercurrent to work in federated solutions rather than centralized solutions” Zacchiroli advocates. For him, projects like FreedomBox – free designed to provide a safe and easy way for people to manage their own email servers software, communications and social networking – should be the norm rather than niche projects, restricted to enthusiasts free software.

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IPLeiria researcher develops sound software – Computerworld Portugal

The solution is being tested in six Hollywood studios and applies a technique used in image for visual effects and computer graphics.

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The teaching of Higher School of Technology and Management (ESTG) Nuno Fonseca has developed a new technology for sound, being tested by several enterprises in this sector, says a statement from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), that owns the entity.

The technology applies to particle systems technique used to image, especially visual effects and computer graphics. E is for major motion pictures, given the ability to handle thousands or even millions of sounds at once explains the institution.

“Today, if you need to conduct a war scene with 10,000 soldiers the ‘sound designer’ will probably create manually a few dozen audio tracks to try to recreate the sound environment. With this new technology, the computer can create and manage thousands of sounds simultaneously, achieving a much more realistic result and with a lot less work, “argues Nuno Fonseca

Six Hollywood studios -. 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros – are testing the software. Besides those, the Playstation Santa Monica Studios, BBC, Turner Broadcasting, the RadioFrance and Stanford University are also doing tests.

Nuno Fonseca out as software feature their ability to take advantage of latest systems of sound for film, such as Dolby Atmos or the Auro-3D.

The teacher has collaborated with Eastwest, Los Angeles, to create software that lets you put your computer to sing as a symphonic choir, used by many composers of soundtracks of movies, TV and games, says the institute

Member of Technical Committee on Sound for Digital Cinema & amp.; Television, the Audio Engineering Society, the teacher is also part of the Society of Motion Picture & amp; Television Engineers. He teaches in the Computer Science department of ESTG / IPLeiria and coordinates the new degree in Digital Media and Games. It is also a visiting professor at the School of Music in Lisbon.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Portuguese audio software is being tested in Hollywood – TVI24

Professor of Leiria Polytechnic Institute Nuno Fonseca developed a new software audio that is being tested in six Hollywood studios, a technology that considers a ‘added value’ for the major film productions.

“Essentially, what I did was grab on concepts that today are already extremely used in computer graphics and visual effects for film, which are called particle systems,” said Nuno Fonseca, explaining that these systems allow to “create a huge number of small elements” to generate “rain, dust, smoke or fire.”

The teacher, 39, Leiria, said that the work he has gone through “use the same concepts’, but applying them in the sound area, achieving thus” create thousands of sounds or even millions of sounds at once. ”

“In making this transition from a technology that was used in image – and that is enough to also used in cinema – and to apply it in the sound field, becomes a completely new tool ‘ said, considering that opens opportunities for those who “works the sound level film ‘currently’ still a manual work”.

“If I want to, for example, a scene of a battle, I have to go get a handful of sounds and walk to place them one by one. With this tool, I can create a scene of a battle and say I want to create 50,000 sounds spread over a square kilometer and, automatically, the system handles it all, creating a completely different effect than manually be trying to create the same sound “exemplified.

The teacher in the department of Computer Engineering of Technology and Management of Leiria Polytechnic School and coordinator of the degree in Digital Games and Multimedia stressed that ‘the point of view of cinema, this is something that interests especially to major motion pictures. ”

“That is, the greater the film production more interested this ‘software’,” said Nuno Fonseca, noting that in films such as “Star Wars” or “Lord of the Rings,” which “involves scenarios and epic scenes with many things happening at the same time, this ‘software’ is much more interesting “than, for example, in a more intimate film.

In a news release, the Polytechnic of Leiria said that the new technology “is being tested in six Hollywood studios, including 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros. ‘ .

‘is being tested because I am interested in receiving feedback’ of Hollywood professionals about the ‘software’ which features they would like to see added, “said Nuno Fonseca, adding that a second phase, ‘very likely’ will create a commercial version of the technology.

According to the same press release, another feature of this technology “is its ability to take advantage of the latest sound systems for film, such as Dolby Atmos or the Auro-3D, some of which still not reached the Portuguese cinema “, stating that,” in addition to its application in the film area, the ‘software’ is currently being tested by other organizations, including the Playstation Santa Monica Studios, BBC, Turner Broadcasting, the RadioFrance and Stanford University. ”

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Solution for BlackBerry would act only in the market … – Tudocelular.com

BlackBerry was once the largest handset maker in world levels. Why not keep up with constant changes in the mobile phone market, the company founded in Canada suffered heavy losses in the market and gave way to young companies able to exploit the new technology in the smartphone industry. Although released a set of products in 2014 and earlier this year, the measures should not be necessary to avoid financial trouble at the end of each quarter.

According to an analysis conducted by the Financial Times, the former RIM has less than 0.5% share of the mobile devices around the world, selling only 8000 units Passport and Classic during this shopping period. Last year, the BlackBerry was down 33% of annual revenue, worrying result for executives who lead the Canadian. On the other hand, there is a segment in which the American brand that works is expanding Encouragingly, including in relation to profits.

BlackBerry CEO, John Chen says that the software and services area can reach up to $ 500 million billing by 2016, reflecting an increase of 100% compared to this time. Double the amount recorded by the company this year. In fact, the operating system developed by the company’s team of programmers based in Canada is well regarded in the commercial sector, since it promotes the claim due to customer data, ensuring that confidential information remain so confidential.

An example is one of the last of the Canadian launched, in partnership with strong names of current technology. Through a Samsung tablet and IBM applications, BlackBerry launched secuTABLET with specific responsibility for online security. Thus, it would be wise for the former giant executives of the mobile phone market opt ​​for conversion of existing infrastructure in a specialized platforms, offering reliable and effective business solutions. If even the president of the United States uses a BlackBerry, why not implement it in your establishment? It’s a good marketing move.

(updated March 23, 2015, at 20:40)

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Software updates Tesla help differentiate it – EXAME.com


 San Francisco – The cars traditionally lose value over time as their resources become outdated.


 


 The Tesla Motors Inc., the manufacturer of cars in Silicon Valley actually adds new capabilities to their vehicles.


 


 How? Sending software updates to customers of its all-electric Model S sedan, similar to Apple Inc. updates to its operating systems.


 


 On Thursday, the CEO Elon Musk said Tesla would improve its system of travel planning and aid to prevent drivers run out of power. Within a few months, the company will launch version 7.0 of the software of your car, including an overhaul in the user interface and computed direction in specific circumstances, he said.


 


 “This was another reminder of improved software content available in light vehicles and the need to be able to renew the software through automatic updates,” said Brian A. Johnson, analyst at Barclays Plc, on Friday, in a technical note. Other automakers “have some work to do” before they can make similar improvements in parked cars while their owners sleep.


 


 Tesla, which is based in Palo Alto, California, is already an unusual car manufacturer with its high standard of cars and his stated desire to lead a revolution to release the personal transport of carbon.


 


 But his ability to add features to the cars is unique and should slow the depreciation of such vehicles.


 


 Andrea James, an analyst at Dougherty Co., said that when Tesla released hardware upgrades – for example when he announced the release of two Model S engines, for about a year – some people who had bought a Model S with two wheel drive were angry. A new software, moreover, is automatically sent to everyone.


 


 “When it comes to a hardware refresh, people get upset by losing,” said James on Friday in an interview. “When software, existing customers participate in the excitement. This creates a positive factor. “


 


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 On Thursday, some investors may have been disappointed by the fact that the updates have not gone further and the company’s shares fell 2.5 percent to US $ 195.65.


 


 The value was still 3.7 percent higher than before Musk tweet on Sunday that a software update would “end the anxiety of reach”, ie the fear that an electric car runs out of power and let the stopped drivers.

 


 Use the car’s computer to help drivers always have enough energy is really a very basic concept, said Karl Brauer, an analyst at Kelley Blue Book.


 


 “Embed charging points in the navigation system of a vehicle and travel planning is a great resource, but it is neither new nor innovative,” he said in a statement sent by email. “The Nissan Leaf offered this feature when it was released in 2010 and almost all the electric cars offer today.”


 


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 Regularly increase the capabilities of their cars is part of Tesla’s culture to be more a technology company than industrial, Musk said on Thursday.


 


 “To a large extent, the Tesla is a software company in Silicon Valley,” he said. “People consider it normal that your phone and your laptop will continue to improve and that is the approach we have taken with the Model S. It is a fundamental paradigm shift in terms of how the cars were made in the past when it was very static and the software actually had by far less importance. “

 


 The traditional car manufacturers sometimes updated software from CDs or flash drives, often to improve maps or fix operating system problems.


 


 The updates should help sales in China, where Tesla has struggled to improve the perception that it is difficult to charge the battery.


 


 “Anxiety range is a significant factor in China,” said Musk. We added more superchargers in China than anywhere else in the world. I am very optimistic about China’s long-term. The country is on the rise. “


       

Topics: Cars , Autoindústria , Vehicles , Technology , Makes , Tesla , Electric cars

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Switches without software ready for expansion – Computerworld Portugal

By 2019, more than a quarter of all switch ports will be sold in open hardware

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Swich_Wedge The switches without operating system, or” bare metal “, capable of programming such as Linux, are no longer just for large Internet companies. In the coming years, tend to be part of the average network infrastructure of many companies.

Service providers based on cloud computing, such as Facebook and Google have developed their networks within the centers data with generic hardware and software produced in-house for years. Currently, several vendors such as HP and Dell, begin to sell switches as the servers “bare-metal”.

You can even pre-load an operating system and provide ongoing support, but the software is open . And customers will have much more freedom with this new type of hardware than with traditional switches from manufacturers such as Cisco Systems.

There are more IT departementos willing to accept this proposition now that can do it benefiting a brand with which they are familiar, according to Cliff Grossner, Infonetics Research. By 2019, just over a quarter of all switch ports for data centers will be sold in “bare-metal” devices, says Grossner.

This growth will come from smaller cloud computing providers and companies of all sizes, Grossner said. Most of the big players in the Internet have already adopted the new approach, so there should not be a huge growth in this area.



The main reason for companies to start to buy switches “bare-metal” in the coming years is the possibility of being able to set them to do hows Linux servers, says Cliff Gossner (Infonetics Research).

These pioneers are so great that respond for almost all deployments switches “bare-metal” in respect of 11% percent of all data center switch ports. The new class of switches marks a major change in networking.

Although a significant proportion of servers already is hardware-based, x86 technology, and running Linux, most network switches and uses chips proprietary operating systems. While IT developers can modify the Linux source code on servers, network engineers configure conventional switches using specific tools such as command-line interfaces (Comand Line Interface – CLI).

main reason for companies to start buying “bare-metal” switches in the coming years is the possibility of being able to program them as they do with Linux servers, Grossner said. “When you have a closed box with a CLI, do not have complete flexibility,” he said.

And, most importantly, want to make the switches of the automated structure of data center orchestration for tasks how to put funciomenamento running servers, storage unit and switching together. Equipment providers can even provide the API for your device work with the other data center, but guests have to wait for the vendor to supply these API, he said.

Economics are important

Other companies should stick with the tried and consolidated network software, but can put it in less expensive switches, Grossner said. The rival Cisco, Juniper Networks announced last year that would make your Junos software, available in a switch with open-source hardware.

The savings can be significant. Last year, the average selling price of 40 Gigabit Ethernet port 10-Gigabit and was 308 dollars, while the price of hardware “bare-metal” was $ 112, according to Infonetics.

The open hardware will help bring the cost of these doors to even lower levels over the next four years, provides Grossner. It also allows to reduce operating costs as the management.

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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Software update will allow Tesla conduct alone – publico

                 
                 


 
                         

In the era of connectivity, the cars begin to have similarities with computers and mobile phones. One day, drivers enter the car and it is updated and new features.


                     


                         The Tesla, an American manufacturer of electric cars has also been enthusiastic about autonomous driving technology, announced that vehicles will receive in the coming days a update software that will more easily find energy filling stations . In a few months, another update will allow cars lead alone on highways or at low speed on private property.

The next update will map the charging stations and warns drivers when the car is a situation that may run the risk of running out of energy before reaching the nearest gas station. In addition, the company says it has also improved the estimate of autonomy, which now take into account factors like the wind and the type of flooring.

“It will be impossible to run out of charge, unless you do it intentionally, “said company president Elon Musk, the presentation of the news.

The range of electric vehicles and the relative scarcity of charging stations, compared with pumps fuel, have been one of the problems that companies that manufacture electric cars are making efforts to resolve. According to Tesla, the US and Canada are almost entirely covered by a supply network, such as Western Europe and North America. The company expects that over the next 12 months to cover the European territory is total.

The update software following, which does not have an exact date, will be for a new generation of software – is version 7.0 – and will allow the car to keep up automatically in a roadway when a similar highway or road, and make yourself short journeys in private areas. “You can call the car and send it back to the garage,” exemplified Musk.

In a presentation to journalists, Elon Musk stated that the concept of updating the software car is similar to the electronic equipment. “A big part of that is the Tesla is to be a company software of Silicon Valley. People think normal for phones and laptops continue to improve and this is the approach that we have adopted for the Model S. It is a fundamental paradigm shift in terms of how the cars have been made, “said the executive, quoted by agency Bloomberg.

The Model S is for now the only model of the company. It has a large screen between the two front seats, which serves to control various vehicle functions. The Tesla is preparing two new models, one of which should reach the hands of buyers this year.


 
                     
                 

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Friday, March 20, 2015

NASA launches software for asteroid identification – Script Brazil

The software was created by NASA to help lay people and amateur astronomers to identify asteroids was named Asteroid Date Hunter.

Look to the heavens is something that has always fascinated mankind, and over the years, technology has progressed and the observation was becoming increasingly determined to people could contemplate the beauty of the cosmos.

These days, with so many facilities to find products that allow people to view the skies of a more efficient way, more and more amateur astronomers around the around the world.

And because of this great interest from people around the world that NASA decided to launch a software that helps lay people and amateur astronomers to identify asteroids.

Asteroid Date Hunter (ADH)

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The software that was created by NASA to help lay people and amateur astronomers to identify asteroids was named Asteroid Hunter Date (ADH), and as its name suggests, aims to help the asteroid hunting worldwide.

In a simple operation, the ADH compares several photos that were taken from the same part of the sky, and then identify asteroids based on points that change position during the analysis of these different images.

With this, it is possible that ordinary people can identify asteroids that had never been previously cataloged with the important help of tool created by NASA.

With this, the Space Agency of the United States begins to expand his army of people who are eyeing the skies, and managed to get them to become part of something big, and same time, getting more information is acquired easily, based on the common people efforts.

Where to download?

Asteroid Date Hunter

For those who love to look at the heavens and was excited with the idea of ​​being able to participate in NASA’s search for new asteroids with the help of a tool developed by the agency, and you want to download it now, the good news is that DHA is now available for free download.

Compatible to work both on desktops, as in laptops, the ADH can do analysis also based on photographs taken by amateur astronomers, which makes it really very efficient.

The idea of ​​creating a software that helps ordinary people to identify asteroids came by NASA for some time, and gained life thanks to a partnership made between the US agency and a company specializing in technology focused on astronomy called Planetary Resources.

The purpose of NASA is to make the asteroids discovered with the help of ADH can be cataloged by the Minor Planet Center, which is a body linked to the famous Harvard University.

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Microsoft opens engine code software compilation of … – Info Online

Microsoft announced on Thursday (19), opening up the code of your call software build MSBuild engine. The data were published by the company on GitHub.

MSBuild helps to automate the programming, tests and creating the package the application. It is present in the integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft, Visual Studio.

The code released on GitHub is similar to that used by the company in the latest version of its IDE, despite some differences that will be reduced with time. Soon, MSBuild versions for Mac and Linux will be available from Microsoft.

With the msbuild.exe, you can “orchestrate and build products in environments where Visual Studio is not installed.”

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Microsoft creates software that converts Android devices in Windows – Digital Look

Microsoft introduced an interesting new information to the confirmation of the deadline for release of Windows 10. The company develops new software that effectively erases the user’s mobile phone Android and install your own operating system.

There are very specific details of the plan, but the site TechCrunch claims to have received information from people familiar with the matter that the software, in fact, completely replaces the Android by Windows. It is not simply a different skin, or the exchange of Google services by Microsoft.

Custom ROMs are common for those who follow harder the Android ecosystem. Microsoft wants to take this opportunity to offer this alternative to the user. Instead of deleting the mobile operating system to install CyanogenMod, for example, why not give a chance to the Windows 10?

Also it is not dual-boot, which would be a possibility, giving the user the opportunity to choose whether to run Windows or Android. The idea is to actually replace the Google software.

The company begins with the Chinese market, where there is a very large opening for ROMs, as by government restrictions, Google Play itself may not work. There, Microsoft contacted the Xiaomi Chinese, testing the possibility with the most users “hardcore”.

Microsoft plans to announce the broad availability of novelty soon, but the first step is to Xiaomi, taking advantage the community engaged around the Chinese, which also releases weekly software updates, making it the ideal audience for a test like that.

Via TechCrunch

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Windows 10: update will be free even for pirated software – EXAME.com


 São Paulo – In late January, the Microsoft announced that the update to the Windows 10 would be free for computers and smartphones. Now it appears that she will come to pirate software.


 


 In an interview with Reuters, Terry Myerson, head of Windows, said the company “is updating all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, for Windows 10″. Although the report from Reuters be focused on the Chinese market, it was unclear whether the free upgrade to software pirates will also be restricted to the country.


 


 Apparently, the move is an attempt to engage users who currently run pirated software on China .


 


 According to Gizmodo, illegal versions of Windows are a huge problem in the country, with recent estimates suggesting that 75% of PCs running counterfeit copies from there the operating system.


 


 Upgrading to Windows 10 will be free for smartphones with Windows Phone 8.1 system and computers that have versions 7, 8 and 8.1 of the system.


 


 Gizmodo contacted Microsoft to see if the update goes just pirates systems in China, but received no answer yet.


       

Topics: Asia , China , Microsoft , Business , Information Technology , American companies , Technology companies , Windows , Windows 10

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Microsoft develops software to run Windows 10 in … – Info Online

On Tuesday (17), Microsoft confirmed that Windows 10 will be released in the second half of this year, in 190 countries and 111 languages. Next to this, the company also told about the partnership that has developed with the Xiaomi to turn Android devices with devices with Windows 10.

According to the TechCrunch , neither company provided specific details about the software being tested, but the site understand, from other sources, it effectively replaces Android. That is, turns a Xiaomi phone on a Windows device 10 with Microsoft services

In India, something close to it already is about to happen:. Karbonn Mobiles to launch smartphones that will support both Android and Windows Phone, in June. According to the Windows Centra l, the company’s goal is to attract users mainly in the Indian market, but they also have presence in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East.

According to the TC, which Karbonn use is a ROM based on Windows, which works much like the software Cyanogen – a firmware distribution project based on open source Android system -and other custom ROMs developed by Tencent and Baidu in China. The ROM is designed to go beyond Microsoft Apps / Android and offer a similar experience to the native Windows on Android phones.

The company told The Next Web that disclosure complete the new software will be announced soon, but it’s starting with the Xiaomi. Read the text in full, the following:

“As part of Windows Insider Program, Microsoft will partner with Xiaomi to offer free downloads of Windows 10 to a select group of users Xiaomi MI4. Usuáriosdo Xiaomi MI4 can use their phones with the new Windows 10 and provide feedback to the Xiaomi and Microsoft about your experience.

This partnership will allow Microsoft Xiaomi and get direct feedback from the user and continue to improve experience in China. Microsoft is excited to see Xiaomi embracing Windows 10 and offering this great value to its customers. We are excited to see the feedback we receive this public.

The Xiaomi is a manufacturer of leading phones in China, through significant global expansion. We are excited to partner with them in China and held together gather feedback from Chinese users about their experiences with Windows 10, jointly collaborating on products and development services to the platform.

The availability will be announced in the coming months. “

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

“Software One M9 is not the end” – HTC executive says after … – Tudocelular.com

The new flagship of HTC is not going very well in their first days of public debut. One M9 was released in early March in Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015, taking advantage of one of the largest technology fairs in the world to give the guys the first time. However, in the same week at the event, preliminary tests indicated the device overheating in certain cases, these identified by a benchmarking tool downloaded and run on the operating system itself based on the Taiwanese Android.

To further feed the fire (ready joke) of the subject, new experiments indicated at 55. One of the temperature M9 structure, since the number of degrees favorable for normal operation is 44 or less. Now, to defend your business, Jeff Gordon, senior manager of global HTC’s online communications, said the incident on his official Twitter profile. In the words of the brand hotshot based in Taiwan, it is not possible to judge the flagship, as the Sense version is not the final , so the benchmarks can be discarded.

Again, all together now: HTC One M9 Software is the end yet, no matter how you run benchmarks in pre-release – said the executive. Speculated that this chipset in the flagship Taiwanese, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, was to blame for the high heat, but, according to One M9, overheating is precisely caused by poor optimization software ported mobile, as it lacks adjustments firmware to everything works correctly. Of course, it still can not confirm that all units of the smartphone will come out of the stores with the problem, but HTC will have to run to upgrade them before the start of trading.

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