Google would have to sensurar the word 'torrent' and 'RapidShare'

 

The terms "torrent", "rapidshare" and "megaupload" can not be suggested when a person performs a search on Google. That is, should be eliminated as suggestions. That's what the Supreme Court has ordered the French in the music industry litigation against Google SNEP, whom he accused of helping to implicitly musical copyright infringement not filter those words.
 

What is the reason? The Supreme Court of France argues that Google provides (indirectly) piracy by not filtering the above terms, so the case was sent to the Court of Appeals which shall make the final decision for Google.

Indeed, in 2010 the trade association of the Recording Industry of France, SNEP, filed a lawsuit against Google, this was a way to force the company to filter out certain terms in their searches, noting that when users write the name an artist, Google added suggestions of words like 'torrent' or 'Rapidshare', facilitating piracy.

This case went to court that gave reason to Google before it reached the Supreme Court ruled that Google is not responsible for web sites that infringe copyright, but can handle it difficult for the public to find pirated content. It also could add more terms to the list of censored words if the appeal does not benefit Google. What do you think?

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Google buys Sparrow, e-mail client for IOS and Mac

Sparrow, premiered in October 2011, had become in record time in one of those programs that do not need advertising, but popularized by word of mouth among friends. The e-mail program, which initially only worked on Macs, has just been acquired by Google, although neither party has made ​​public the amount.

So, Sparrow, that service for managing and controlling Gmail accounts in the iPhone or the Mac, now past the ranks of Google, according to recent reports that have on the subject.

'We care about how people communicate, and have always done our best to provide the email experience more intuitive and enjoyable as possible,' says the CEO of Sparrow, Dom Leca, in a post published this morning on the company blog. 'Now we are joining the Gmail team to achieve a larger vision, one that we think we can get better with Google'.

Sparrow applications have managed to become the most popular with users of Apple devices thanks to its clean design and smart functionality. And service users will know what I mean and would certainly not have shown signs of surprise at this news, since the acquisition by Google Sparrow is something we saw coming a long time, since the application was integrated well with Gmail, even surpassing in many respects to the Gmail application itself in IOS.

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Samsung announces Galaxy event for August 15

 

The guys at Samsung have already begun sending out invitations for the submission of a new device Galaxy. This event will take place on Wednesday 15 August at a place we do not know.
From the device to be presented, there are two possibilities: it will be something totally new that Samsung has maintained the utmost secrecy or Note 2 will be the Galaxy, although it is likely that this device is presented at the IFA 2012, as the Note was originally presented at the 2011 edition. Rule out a S4 Galaxy because the S3 was released recently and Note 10.1 tablet was unveiled at the MWC 2012, so it is unlikely to be resubmitted.
Our bet goes for the Galaxy Note 2, what about yours?

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Privacy complaint filed by the attack on PlayStation Network

The Data Protection Agency has filed a complaint against Sony Facua by 'hacking' the online service of the PlayStation. The agency could not prove that you can apply the Law of Protection of Information (Act) Spanish to incidents involving the company and its impact to users.

In late April 2011, Sony announced that the company closed its network of online gaming worldwide for "maintenance problems". However, later acknowledged that the global moratorium was due to infiltration of a group hacker could have compromised the security of the data of millions of passwords, purchase history, billing addresses and even credit card data .

For these reasons, in Spain FACUA-Consumers in Action denounced the Data Protection Agency (AEPD) to Sony, saying the company was responsible for "security hole in its network of online games on the PlayStation Network was a cracker accessed confidential data. "

The Spanish subsidiary of Sony claimed during the inspections of the AEPD that the incident occurred on the premises of San Diego, and Sony Spain tended not responsible or liable, because "there had not tried to access data from service users, and their business scope is limited to the sale of consoles from Sony and video game developed by companies contracted by Sony. "

Moreover, while 334,453 users had provided credit card details to Sony, the company said that these data were specifically protected, and passwords of users, which were stored encrypted using an algorithm.

NOT CLEARED THAT MAY APPLY THE LOPD

Accepting the explanations of the company, from the AEPD, have decided to close the case, in a ruling issued in April July, when not accredited that can be applied to the Spanish Data Protection Act incidents involving company Sony.

According to the law firm specialized data www.salirdeinternet.com data protection "to apply the Data Protection Act, the penalty could have been put SONY, would reach € 300,000."

In this sense, according to these experts, the AEPD "has not had an easy, neither the ICO (British Authority data protection equivalent to the AEPD) or Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have responded to requests for information during the proceedings of research. "

On the other hand, Sony Spain explained to Data Protection took the following measures to minimize the problem: speed data transfer models, which was previously planned, a new processing center with increased security measures, implementation of automated software control and configuration management, improvements in levels of protection and data encryption, improvements in the detection of intrusions, unauthorized acessos and abnormal patterns of activity, addition of new electronic walls, and the creation of the position of Chief of Security Information, reporting directly to the Chief of Security of Sony Corporation, among others.

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Self-Driving Car : gold Car google ?

More than 30,000 people are killed each year in crashes despite huge advances in auto safety. The overwhelming majority of those crashes are caused by human-driver error.
Computer driven cars could reduce traffic deaths by a very significant degree, said David Champion, head of auto testing at Consumer Reports, but only if all cars are computer-driven.

Google’s cars allow drivers to take control to steer and step on the brake, but are designed to eliminate the need to do so. Otherwise, the car uses GPS, traffic sensors and artificial intelligence software to drive.Google's self-driven cars rely on video cameras, radar sensors, lasers, and a database of information collected from manually driven cars to help navigate, according to the company.

"We announced our self-driving car project in 2010 to make driving safer, more enjoyable, and more efficient. Having safely completed over 200,000 miles of computer-led driving, we wanted to share one of our favorite moments. Here's Steve, who joined us for a special drive on a carefully programmed route to experience being behind the wheel in a whole new way. We organized this test as a technical experiment, but we think it's also a promising look at what autonomous technology may one day deliver if rigorous technology and safety standards can be met. "

Update 

Google is developing self-driving cars, and has already tested one that has spent over 140, 000 miles on the road in Nevada, where it is street-legal. They even let a blind man try a self-driving car. The car detects where other cars are in relation to it, as well as the curb and so on, follows speed limit and traffic laws to the letter, and knows how to avoid people. It also uses a built-in GPS to find its way to places.

Cadillac plans to release a scaled back, more simple version of similar technology by 2015 - what they call "Super Cruise", which isn't total self-driving, but does let you relax on highways. It positions your car in the exact center of a lane, slows down or speeds up as necessary, and is said to be meant for ideal driving conditions (I'm guessing that means ideal weather, no rain or snow, etc.). I am looking forward to such tech. If enough people prefer to drive this way, and the technology works reliably, it could result in safer roads with fewer accidents. Another possibility is that, using GPS and maybe the ability to know ahead of time which roads are most clogged, they can find the quickest route from place to place. On the other hand, hacking could be a real concern, and I hope it doesn't become a serious threat. It's looking like we're living more and more like those sci-fi Everything is Online worlds depicted in fiction for a long time.

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Appendix

Autonomous car
An autonomous car, also known as robotic or informally as driverless or self-driving car, is an autonomous vehicle capable of fulfilling the human transportation capabilities of a traditional car. As an autonomous vehicle, it is capable of sensing its environment and navigating on its own.  A human may choose a destination, but is not required to perform any mechanical operation of the vehicle.

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Google driverless car
The Google Driverless Car is a project by Google that involves developing technology for driverless cars. The project is currently being led by Google engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun's team at Stanford created the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense.The team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google, including Chris Urmson, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked on the DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges.

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