Kim Dotcom

Kim Schmitz, born in Germany in 1974, is an entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the founder of the website Megaupload. In the Internet world is better known by its nickname, Kim Dotcom. Years before becoming a businessman was charged and convicted of various crimes, including hacking, credit card fraud, embezzlement, among others.

In 1994, Kim Dotcom founded a computer security company called DataProtect. Six years later, in 2000, it was acquired by the firm TÜV Rheinland, but ended up breaking the following year.

A couple of years before selling his company in 1998, Kim was sentenced for two years because of offenses and handling stolen goods also hacking.

In 2001, when he was in total freedom, decided to invest money and made use of a special credit of Monkey AG. The same should be paid by Kimvestor, which led to both companies to ruin. The following year, Kim was deported to Germany from Thailand had made an abuse of information, why was convicted again and had to pay an expensive fine.

Three years later, in March 2005, Kim Dotcom founded the site that would lead to fame: Megaupload. As we know, Megaupload was a file hosting site that was to become the most visited site in the world downloads and even managed to get a small percentage of the world's Internet traffic at its best. The service had a way free and premium mode, but was closed in early 2012 and Kim Dotcom along with some of his employees were arrested, but was released a few weeks. To date, the cause is still in trial.

Despite this, it appears that Kim does not plan to stop and has released the new version of its web site, now known simply as Mega, which is destined to become the new empire of downloads.

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MEGA, the new rule of downloads

As we know, Kim Dotcom has made Mega launching these days. Mega, stylized as MEGA, is the new file hosting service Megaupload successor. The new website was launched on January 19 worldwide, fulfilling exactly one year from the close of the previous Dotcom site. The domain of the new site is mega.co.nz, but initially it was going to be me.ga, but the Gabonese government, responsible for administering the. G, refused the registration of the domain, which Kim used a New Zealand alternative domain, which also lies outside the jurisdiction of the United States. The site is destined to become the great competitor of Dropbox, SkyDrive Drive of Google and Microsoft.

According to initial reports, more than 100,000 registered users in the first hour that the site was active, and it is estimated that the site has achieved the fastest initial growth of the Internet history.

To avoid being accused of hosting illegal files again, the team has chosen Dotcom encryption of files that users upload. You upload your file, it is encrypted and receive a code to decrypt it, but only the owner of the code is therefore responsible for the web may not know the type of content hosted. If somehow a file is found to be illegal and the relevant complaint is made, it is discharged.

What are the differences between Megaupload and MEGA? They are indeed a few, not to mention the issue of encryption:

-Users no longer have a waiting time to download a file, even those not registered.
-Free users have up to 50GB of storage space for files.
-Pay accounts have between 1TB and 8TB of monthly transfer for files up and down. Currently there are no options to remove the limits on the accounts.

Tell us: Have you tried MEGA? And if so, what do you think?

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Ice Opera, the new mobile browser

Still emerging powerful and secure mobile browsers will continue to do while there mobile phones. Chrome is certainly an excellent choice, but we can always look at the competition and decide to try it. In this case can test the new mobile web browser Opera, known simply as Ice.

As said by Opera, Ice will not use the Presto platform, but instead has chosen to use WebKit, which by the way is used in Apple's Safari browser and also Google's Chrome.

As said by the CEO of Opera, Lars Boilesen, the new browser has two main objectives: privatizing the most of the data from our device and we and also further enrich the user experience through applications. Ice Opera also ignore the buttons and instead begin to be based on gestures.

Ice is more oriented for smartphones and tablets that will be released for Android and iOS in February.

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Nokia could be working on a new high-end smartphone

At the Nokia Lumia 920 is doing more than fine in the U.S. market and is among the biggest sellers moving behind another as the Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III. Recently a tweet by Tom Warren from Microsoft suggests that Nokia would launch a high-end smartphone for Verizon exclusive. Many assume that this tweet refers to the Lumia 920, which is not currently available via Verizon, but there may be something beyond all this.

While it is possible that the above model reaches another market sector, it is also possible and a little more likely that Warren was referring to a new model of high-end smartphone and Nokia modern technology is developing and of course still has not entered the market, but I would and would apparently exclusive to Verizon.

Nothing is confirmed yet, so this is mostly just guesses, but they are highly likely to end up being true. We hope to have some official details soon, which would not bad in these cases.

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Top 10 Ways to Modernize Your Retro Television into a New Gadget

Now that everyone is using digital TV’s, you may ask what is the use of your old retro TV that only offers analog signals and has become outdated? A lot of people may be surprised to know that with a bit of wriggling you can get a lot out of these obsolete television sets. They are worth a lot more than you think.

1-Information Terminal

Don’t throw away your old CRT TV’s as they can be very useful if you know what to do with them. You could easily turn your retro television set into an information display system to show details about the weather or use it as a picture frame in your living room

2-Phone Charger

You might have noticed that there are numerous unused ports on the back of your television set. Ever wonder if you could put them to use? If you have a bit of technical knowledge you will know that USB ports at the back can be used as cell phone chargers.

3-Smart TV

Smart TV’s are the new in thing; problem is they can be rather expensive and not everyone can afford them, but now with the availability of certain devices you can turn any TV set into a modern smart TV.

A new gadget called the pocket TV will convert your TV into an android tablet. Just plug it in and the possibilities are endless, you can play games, surf the web, and even video chat with friends online.

4-Microwave

This is a surprising use of an old television set, it has not been tested on a large scale but small term experiments have proven that it can be done. It is a very cheap alternative to buying an expensive microwave, it will take some effort on your part to build, but it is not impossible.Your TV will be as creative as you want it to be.

5-Computer Monitor

Your old TV can be used as a computer monitor, it may not look so modern, but it will work and save you a lot of money. With a bit of hard work, you can convert your old TV into an external display for daily use.

6-Security Camera feed

A retro TV can act as a security camera feed, no need to buy additional monitors. With a bit of help you can put your old TV set to work, this is a very effective way of using old equipment which may otherwise be considered as junk.

7-Ipod Video

Use a transmitter cable and turn your shabby old TV into a video output device for your IPod, all you need is some simple equipment and good technical skills, and you could have yourself a large screen monitor to watch videos and listen to your favorite songs via your IPod.

8-Skype/Video Chat

All you need is a webcam and a laptop, attach it your old HDMI equipped TV set and watch the magic happen. You will be able to have a video call on a very large screen and it will be a lot easier to interact with your loved ones across the world.

Good for use in large groups of people, this makes your retro TV a very effective tool.

9-Music System

If you want a loud music system but do not have the money to buy one then don’t worry because you can always use your old TV’s speakers as output for music. Just attach a MP3 player in the TV’s USB port located at the back and you can instantly turn your TV into a music system that will deliver good quality sound at a fraction of the cost. 

10-Digital Photo Frame

Lastly, you could use your television set as a digital photo frame, just upload some pictures or videos using a SD card and set it on slideshow, it will look very impressive in your house and will entertain the guests.

Conclusion

Before you throw away your ten year old television set, do consider these options because these old TV’s still have a lot to give if you are willing to get it out of them and LatinoSatelite has information on Dish Network satellite TV packages for Spanish speakers.

 

About the Author

Rosette is an experienced technical analyst and has written numerous articles and blogs to inform consumers about technological developments and issues. You will find that LatinoSatelite has information on Dish Network satellite TV packages for Spanish speakers.

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Lenovo Impressions H520s

A few days H520s Lenovo officially reached the Spanish market by launching an innovative and multifunctional fully exploited the resources of the operating system Windows 8. Here is a review of the most innovative features of the new Lenovo computer.

Compact, multifunctional and optimal. So Lenovo H520s, a desktop computer that is enriched with advanced hardware configuration. First we have the Core i3-2130 (3.40 GHz), which fits perfectly with up to Core i7 chips.

For the use of RAM, the new Lenovo has 8GB H520s expansion, with 2TB hard drive and a graphics card AMD Radeon HD 7570 2GB or Nvidia GeForce GT 630.

Due to their technical, H520s Lenovo is a computer that has focused on entertainment and media management. To do this, the Windows 8 interface enables better interaction and navigation experience.

But that's not all, because Lenovo has not neglected H520s other essential accessories such as using your optical drive compatible with BluRay discs. To this is added the integration of eight USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, card reader and digital TV tuned.

All this agglomerate Lenovo features and functions are summarized H520s weighing less than 8 kg. In short, this is a compact and modern, which is already available in the Spanish market at a cost of 499 euros.

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Yamaha announces its powerful wake-B142 MCR

Used to seeing all kinds of accessories with different specific functions, Yamaha has invested heavily in alternative product line, betting on a team using powerful and colorful clock. Here the reasons to stop our eyes on the new Yamaha MCR-B142 .

Yamaha MCR-B142 Not only this is a traditional alarm clock, this is an efficient speaker that makes full use of existing resources such as connecting via Bluetooth and music playback gradually. To this is added the custom option package to activate the alarm clock.

From a technical aspect, Yamaha MCR-B142 is a functional product that supports interactive IntelliAlarm bracket, a technology that allows multimedia content management practically. For playback of sounds, MCR-B142 features the Yamaha Music Enhancer system, capable of emitting a frequency range from 50 to 20,000 Hz

Yamaha MCR-B142 is compatible with 3.5-mm headphones, in addition to the Bluetooth wireless system (including the connection of other devices like iPod or iPhone). Nor miss the auxiliary input to connect to other computers more powerful, USB and FM radio.

The structure of Yamaha MCR-B142 is on two speakers with a power of 30 W. The portability of this accessory provides better control and adaptation in different scenarios. The sounds that are activated by the alarm can be set as the default list of audios, otherwise, users can add a new collection of sounds. Yamaha MCR-B142 is available for 399 euros.

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Cleaning your home with the new Roomba

After founding the company Robot Addons, Barry Stout Lycnh and decided to create a new product can make a difference in the market, using technology to raise robots work better skills home with better practicality and efficiency. Thus was born the new product line freshener Vacuum Roomba .

Rarely have the opportunity to watch an accessory with the features of Roomba, which was designed to make life less complicated by giving us the benefit of the robotic exercise.

But before extolling the virtues of Roomba, the first thing to do is to define what is the role of vacuum fresheners that emit a pleasant odor during suction, leaving a scent that radiates throughout the room.

Although many Roomba could be defined as a simple appliance, some experts have not hesitated to assert their technical quality which has a robotic structure to implement a multiple operation that focuses on the emission of odors in different flavors.

Roomba vacuums

Roomba is integrated into the slots where the air is often beyond the vacuum, allowing odors to disperse in the most remote areas of a room. Each product has a packet of pills with aromas suggestive as the sun, sand, blocks and clean cotton.

The new gadget is available in the market at a cost of $ 25, while the additional parts are for sale at $ 20

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