Bill Gates rejected the idea of ​​a tablet in 1998

 

Microsoft had the idea of creating an e-reader in 1998, but the project was rejected by Bill Gates.
The information came to light in a report by Vanity Fair with some ex-employees of Microsoft, and was confirmed by the executive, which at the time was the president of the company, during the interview with a North American channel program PBS , occurred on Monday.
According to Gates, the idea of a touch tablet had already occurred "long before" the rise of the iPad, made ​​by Apple. But, the project offered at the time was just "a little good" in the opinion of the co-founder of Microsoft.
According to a MS programmer, Gates would not have approved the device interface for not "seem" enough to Windows.
"The tablets we had made ​​before were so thin, and not as attractive as they would later," Gates said during the interview, which also revealed as Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder knew of manufacturing the same . "He did some things better than me," he stated.
The Surface, the tablet announced by Microsoft on June 18, will be a chance for the company to be inserted permanently in this market. According to the executive, with this device the company will have "something that can change the rules again."

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Google Patents gloves similar to those used Take Cruise in Minority Report

 

In a few years they will sell gloves with sensors in the fingertips, like what Tom Cruise used in Minority Report.

Increasingly we approach our homes to the technology we see in movies, but I think we have much to transport us as do Star Trek. At least now we will be able to use the technology that uses gloves Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
Well, not the exact same but very similar as these gloves possess a processor powerful enough to recognize objects, compare images, and send orders. But we must not get so excited because these gloves are not as advanced technology so it will need another device to interact with them. These gloves with cameras and motion sensors were patented last year but only approved the request last week.
The sensors are going to be able to find in the fingertips and allow us to record the hand movements and translate into orders for the device. "Like human nature," they say in the patent. At least for the first version of the gloves, we'll need another device to interact with them but hopefully for the version 2 can be used alone. In addition, the sensors capture the lateral movement, the zoom and move back to the different screens .
Google obviously we are presenting devices interesting as not to forget what Project Glass lenses, augmented reality glasses were presented in early July at the developer conference Google I / O. With these glasses you can record and send images to other devices, and to see them through their own lenses. It's still a bit early to talk about prices but if you know that your marketing will begin in 2014.

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Solar Power: personalize your Android with cool wallpapers

 

Solar Power is an app to customize our mobile phone using Android live wallpapers from our sun. The aim of the application is to give your mobile device a new design with an interactive and stellar.
You can customize some colors, asteroids and do a couple of tricks when you interact with the home screen, all at the cost of probably a slightly larger battery consumption, but if you like the application undoubtedly worthwhile.
Solar Power is available in Google Play for $ 1.

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HTC Desire X can be seen at IFA 2012

 

And just as everyone thought would present no new HTC phone at IFA 2012, the Taiwanese manufacturer has surprised us all with the launch of the new HTC Desire X.
Formerly known as Proto, the new Desire X is a smartphone that features a Snapdragon S4 processor and is aimed at those looking for a new mobile phone midrange. Along with the aforementioned CPU, the HTC Desire X also gives us a 4-inch screen, 5 megapixel camera, integration with Beats Audio and 4GB of internal memory, but also offers 25GB of cloud storage via Dropbox.
All of the above makes a good X Desire smartphone at hand and runs with Android 4.0 ICS. It is expected to launch in Asia and Europe in September.

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A striking mouse that works like scanner

Is it a mouse? Are you a scanner? It is a mouse-scanner. The computers , mobile phones and TVs are not all that can be seen at IFA 2012, and has also been able to see this little one created by LG and LG known as LSM-300.
If we go to the LSM-300 on or similar document we get a picture of it in our PC. In the case of the photo, using a map, but no doubt will be given to use photos and documents for maps. The peripheral is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and to transmit images to our team does with a 2.4GHz wireless connection.
Upon completion of the scan, you can upload the image to your favorite social networks, or even use it with Evernote with Google Translate if you have scanned something you do not understand.
It is estimated that the price of the device will be about 80 €.

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Samsung unveils a laptop with two screens of high resolution

 

With Windows 8 on the way and being an operating system that will make great use of the touch screen interface of our computer , manufacturers are looking for every possible way of integrating this type of display their ultrabooks, and Samsung has been very well idea to incorporate a second fully touch screen on the back of a 13-inch ultrabook, but also has provided the two screens with a resolution of no less than 2560 × 1440 pixels and a density of 220 pixels per inch. If this resolution will sound familiar, it's probably because it is close to the brilliant Retina display resolution of the 15-inch MacBook Pro from Apple , although this is 2880 × 1800 pixels.

Something that may seem too familiar is the idea of the two screens, which initially arose with the revelation of the Asus Taichi time ago, a laptop is expected to be put up for sale in October.

Interestingly, the manufacturers decide to create more innovative models with other technology and not simply make clones of the MacBook Pro / Air.

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Bad Piggies, the new game from Rovio

 

Since Angry Birds came out, most of us have been using the birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses. This time, the developer Rovio has decided to make a small change of roles, and it looks like we'll be taking control of pigs to kill the birds. That would be the new Bad Piggies.
Rovio has released a short video as an advance, but no official data regarding the mechanics of the game, so anything is possible, although most believe that Bad Piggies will be similar to Angry Birds, but we'll see things from the point of view swine.

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Samsung ATIV S, the first smartphone Windows Phone 8

 

Samsung has undoubtedly become the main star of the IFA 2012, which is taking place in Berlin and runs through Sept. 5. Besides presenting the brand new Galaxy Note II , the company has also filed other device that has caught the attention of many, and it is the Samsung ATIV S, also known as the first smartphone running Windows Phone 8.
While not a supersmartphone as Galaxy SIII or Note II, the S ATIV remains a high-end mobile and incorporating a HD Super AMOLED screen of 4.8 inches, has a dual-core processor at 1.5GHz and also has 1GB of RAM, all running through its 2300mAh battery.
In addition to the above, the Samsung S ATIV also incorporates a 1.9-megapixel front camera and a rear 8 megapixel. Features like WiFi connectivity, NFC and Bluetooth 3 and will be available with 16GB or 32GB of memory, as the customer prefers.
The price is not yet released and the release probably take place in late October or November.

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