Microsoft Surface recognizes that its partners can displease

 

The Microsoft admitted that the release of Surface may have been an error and can harm your relationships with other manufacturers devices with Windows.

The tablet of the company was not well received by some of its major historical partner. HP, for example, announced that it will launch devices with Windows RT. Many of these manufacturers fear the competition of their own Microsoft in the space of tablets.

According to the New York Times , the Microsoft sent its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, and one of 100 pages of the document recognizes that the family she Surface can weaken the support of other companies to Windows.

"Our Surface device will compete with products made by our partner manufacturers, which can affect their commitment to our platform," the company wrote.

RT With Windows, the Microsoft hopes to gain market share tablet. The system will be a version of Windows 8 adapted for devices with ARM processors. One of the first devices with the platform must be your own Surface.

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New photos of the prototypes of the iPhone and the iPad

 

The archives of the legal battle between Apple and Samsung for patent of the mobile prototypes show details of the predecessors of the iPhone or iPad, built by the company in Silicon Valley for internal use and never reached the final consumer and not the press.

Photos of the equipment reached the site The Verge, which showed the weird designs in a post on Friday.

The Apple built several versions of your tablet before settling on a specific design. One of the models contained a kind of back support, which would make the unit stand as a frame. Some of the photos show the name iPod, which shows the doubts about how the company would name the product.

See the models below and if you want to learn more, visit the website of The Verge to view the details.

 

 

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After Google Talk, Twitter is the time to stay off the air

 

On the morning of Thursday (26/07) the Google Talk went off the air, and a few hours later, it was time for another service down for no apparent reason: Twitter.

Until now, users can not access the microblogging site or by official or by applications such as TweetDeck and HootSuite. However, the mobile version of site is functioning normally.

In the Twitter status blog , microblog confirms the failure. "Users may be experiencing problems accessing Twitter. Our engineers are working to resolve the problem."

It is the second time in just over a month since the microblog is off the air. On June 21 another problem also meant that users were unable to access the service. On occasion, the service returned, but the company's team did not disclose the reason for the decline.

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For creators of Steam, Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe for all '

 

The Windows 8 will be a catastrophe for those who like to play on PC and will harm the computer market. Who was it said Gabe Newell, Valve's CEO, producer of games like Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and creator of Steam.

Microsoft's new platform will have its own app store - the Windows 8 Store. And Newell believes it affect similar services already available today.

"The Windows 8 will be a disaster for all of the computers in space. I think we lose some manufacturers, who will end up leaving the market, "said Newell, according to Mashable. "If true, then we need good alternatives to it."

One of the alternatives considered by Valve is the version of Steam for Linux, which is already being developed. Newell believes that what is lacking for the open source system gain more space among consumers is a good supply of games - what would be possible to adapt the service.

The store apps Windows 8 will, somehow, a competitor to Steam. The distribution service games company Newell currently has more than 40 million active users and 2500 titles from different developers.

If the store can offer Microsoft games with the same efficiency of Steam - and integration with Microsoft's own Xbox to become a reality - the service of the Valve can go out very much affected.

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Sweden wins church that preaches piracy

 

Home to the first Pirate Party, Sweden once again shows his love for file sharing, now with a religion that preaches that piracy is holy. This is the Kopimism, which comes from the Swedish word for "copy me" and that claims to have over 8000 followers reported on its website. The organization starred in a long article in the New York Times , Thursday.

Religion is even registered to perform weddings and receive government subsidies, which may explain the unusual fact of its existence. Although not what you say Isak Gerson, the philosophy student who helped found the church in 2010 and accounts for the post of chief missionary organization. "For me it has to do with believing in deepest values ​​instead of worldly values," he says to the American newspaper.

The sect originated after the success of pirates movements in Europe, born in Sweden itself for over a decade. In the 2009 parliamentary elections, the Pirate Party of the country has 7.1% of the vote, and have already achieved two chairs on top of the European Parliament.

In Germany, the pirates managed to 8% of the votes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the state's most populous country. In Berlin, reached 8.9% in the elections for Parliament.

But none of the political organizations had a mystical garb - although apparently only to draw attention - the kopinistas. "We have people like priests," says Gerson, 20. "We call them ops, or operators, and they help us with small meetings. We do not have much ritual. We are a tolerant community," he jokes.

Instead of infatizar the battle for relaxation of copyright, the church says that the sharing of all forms of knowledge and even passed on in digital form, it is necessary for the evolution of society and a better understanding among peoples.

So, do you agree?

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Greek athlete is expelled from the Olympics after a tweet

 

The athlete Papachristou Voula, Greek triple jump champion, will have to leave the Olympic venues in London and return home after making an offensive tweet last Monday. The declaration of the athlete on Twitter was considered racist by members of the Greek government, which prevented it from representing the country in competitions.

The tweet was: "With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes (which transmit a disease) can eat food from their own land."

One of the three parties that form the basis of the Greek government - the Democratic Left - ordered the athlete in a statement:

"Humor and racist jokes offensive to human lives are not tolerated by socidade Greek and can not thrive in Greek athletics. The least the Olympic committee can do now is to revoke the right of Voula Papachristou to compete in the Olympics," he says. "Watching on TV, she can make all the jokes that she wants, but is not sure she will represent Greece in London."

Papachristou apologized after the fact. "I am very ashamed of what I did, though he did not want to offend anyone or infringing human rights," he said.

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Two-thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is free, admits industry

 

The Torrent Freak obtained copies of images from a presentation by an executive of the RIAA, the main lobbying organization of the American music industry, for people connected to major labels in the country.

Confidential data reveal that 65% of music consumed in the United States is obtained for free, but the vast majority of content comes to people in order offline via external hard drives, CDs burned on a home or pendrives acquaintances.

According to research from the industry, two thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is obtained for free, while just under 30% of all such content is purchased on p2p sites or storage of files, like the late Megaupload. 

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Instagram has more than 80 million users

 The Instagram continues its amazing growth and has surpassed 80 million users - more than 30 million new members signed up since May.

Created in 2010, has Instagram currently has over 4 billion photos uploaded by its users, according to The Next Web .

In December 2011, the Instagram had 14 million users and its growth began to impress from April, the month in which the version for Android app was launched.

It was also in April that Facebook bought the app for $1 billion, which also contributed to its rapid growth in recent months.

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