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MO / Hamas: Gaza does not need soda, but raw material

cesa — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:05:07 +0000

Gaza, June 10 (AP) – Hamas has refused to block the relief measures proposed by Israel yesterday, saying that will not leave the Gaza Strip to enter new products approved by the Jewish state. Economy Minister of Hamas, to Ziad Zaza, said that Gaza has no need of soda, a product approved by Israel, “but raw materials” that companies can manufacture their own products.
In the first concrete step taken to ease the pressure after the blitz last week to direct naval convoy in Gaza with a cargo of humanitarian aid, Israel yesterday added to the list of authorized products carbonated drinks, juices, jams, spices, foam beard, crisps, biscuits and sweets

Internet on mobile for 10 million Italians

cesa — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:14:56 +0000

Rome, June 9 – the Internet without ever. After the custom ring tones, text messages and phone calls Italians have a new passion: the Internet ie mobile phones on the web. According to the annual report presented by the Internet & Mobile Content School of Management of Politecnico di Milano revenue for network connections on mobile phones increased by 17.4% and 25.8% of pc with key, while the mobile content recorded a minus 21.4% demonstrating that users are more likely to have an Internet connection wherever they go rather than pay to receive logos, ring tones, music and other content from their operator.
Also reported the Polytechnic Italians who have become fascinated by the mobile navigation in the early months of 2010 are already 10 million (about 20% of mobile users), while in early 2009 had only 6 million.
The trend of web access via mobile phone or Internet Stick will be confirmed in 2010 – said Emanuel responsible Sitzia Area Telephony Supermoney – thanks to the spread of smartphones. The latest Nielsen calculations tell us that sail predominantly men aged between 25 and 44 years, so the market potential is growing. ”
Are still many users who do not connect to internet on my phone: “The main reason seems to have the cost deemed excessive by an Italian three – Sitzia continues – but the cheapest on the market there, just need to find the most appropriate own needs. ” A useful tool for the consumer is the system of telephone charges compared to Supermoney through which you can find the offer that best suits your needs from among those offered by various mobile operators.

All about Apple iPhone 4

cesa — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:35:41 +0000

As anticipated a few hours ago, the keynote of Steve Jobs has opened its Worldwide Developer Conference 2010 that, as usual, was held in San Francisco. The intervention was the CEO of Apple, as usual, much awaited by the media and press as they awaited the presentation of 4 new smartphone iPhone, then what they have done.
Apple iPhone 4: Specifications
IPhone 4G HD or not then, but simply iPhone 4. We start by size equal to 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm and weighs 137 grams. The material used is steel for the profile of the device and aluminosilicate glass for the display and back cover. The combination of the two materials gives a greater resistance to scratches and, as regards the steel, as well as act as a support structure for greater rigidity, performs the function of transmitting antenna to the internal components.
The display (called the retina) is new compared to the past, is built with IPS technology (In-Plane Switching), has a diagonal of 3.5 ‘and a resolution of 960×640 pixels, exactly twice the 3GS.
The processor used is the same dell’iPad or the A4, developed by Apple. There are only two pieces of memory available, 16GB and 32GB. Common features are the presence of accelerometers (already present on previous versions), a gyroscope, two microphones useful for reducing background noise and the inevitable GPS module.
Connectivity is comprehensive with support to:

* UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
* GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
* 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n only 2.4 GHz)
* Bluetooth wireless technology 2.1 + EDR

Even the cameras have been improved, there are two, with the front VGA resolution and can only be used for video calling (Face Time) and back, with a resolution of 5 MP, 5X digital zoom and LED flash, capable of recording HD video at 720p. The front camera should be noted that, at least for now, the video call is allowed only between 4 and only iPhone using the Wi-Fi.
4 uses the new iPhone operating system that OS4, henceforth, is called IOS 4, there are many improvements introduced by the new release, among them include:

* 5x digital zoom
* Multitasking
* Organization Folders
* Support wireless keyboard
* Support for the advertising platform IAD.

The first countries where the iPhone will be introduced four are: USA, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, the phase of pre-orders will begin June 15 and the first deliveries will take place June 24.
The second block of countries, including Italy, will see the marketing of the new smartphone from end of July. The prices at the time, were not disclosed, if not for the U.S. market, the partners for the two-year subscription is still AT & T and the prices are equal to 199 and $ 299 depending on the version.

IRAN: “We’ll send two ships to Gaza” Israel: “Serious provocation”

cesa — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:22:45 +0000

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent has this week decided to send two ships with humanitarian aid in Gaza and called on the availability of volunteers willing to embark and accompanying material. The state IRNA news agency reported. The decision, said the director of the organization, Abdolrauf Adibzadeh, was taken after a meeting with officials of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. “A ship will take donations from people and other rescue workers. The ships will be sent to Gaza by the end of this week.”
Red Crescent sources have indicated that volunteers willing to take part in the expedition can register on the website charitable entity. Meanwhile in recent days, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards have indicated their willingness to accompany new naval missions to Gaza in the event that it be ordered by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Also the issuer of Tehran announced the launch of new initiatives of solidarity pro-Gaza. In particular, in the coming days should start from the port of Beirut, a ship loaded with aid of 75 activists on board.
Israel for now minimizes the threat. Asked anxiety in Jerusalem, Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said that the Netanyahu government does not believe that Iran is really ready to send ships to the Gaza Strip but also considers serious, like a “provocation” The announcement was made today by the Red Crescent in Tehran.
Provocation that worries Europeans. According to the Italian Foreign Minister Frattini, who today met with British colleague William Hague, this is proof that Tehran “wants to take control” of Gaza. Frattini for Iran’s decision “was mainly against Hamas.” “For the first time the international community had a clear signal that Iran wants to take control of the Gaza Strip,” said the Minister.
Frattini Hague still have defined the situation of the Israeli blockade in Gaza “intolerable and unacceptable.” The head of Italian diplomacy should “find a solution as soon as possible, with the cooperation of the Quartet, to ensure the help of aid and security at the same time,” namely “that weapons and terrorists from entering Gaza.” Frattini reiterated the need for “honest clear and transparent investigation, with an international presence to accompany the sovereign State of Israel, to clarify what happened. A clear investigation, said Hague,” the presence of the international Quartet.
As for measures against Iran, Frattini said that Italy is ready to work on a package of EU sanctions that alongside what will be decided by the UN Security Council.”
Meanwhile remain strained relations between Israel and Turkey. The government has banned its soldiers to travel to Turkey, following tensions caused by the bloody raid on the ship Mavi Marmara. In an official note of the Operations Directorate of the army, states that “in response to provocation at sea is forbidden to travel to Turkey to all soldiers and officers in military service or reservists. The ban applies both for the soldiers who are serving and for those on leave. ” “It ’s very likely to occur violent threats against Israelis in Turkey,” said Colonel Amit Yusbar Directorate of Operations. Last week had already been sent a recommendation to all Israelis to avoid travel in Turkey and those living there to stay indoors and keep away from protests and public places.
Meanwhile, off the coast of Gaza, the Israelis killed four Palestinians, according to officials of the army, were part of a commando frogmen armed and ready to carry out an attack.

The Falcon 9 private launch rockets opens new era

cesa — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:21:26 +0000

WASHINGTON – The Falcon 9 rocket experiment was launched into space Thursday from a military base at Cape Canaveral (Florida) by opening a new era in the commercial exploitation of space flights by private companies. The launch of the Falcon 9, its first test succeeded after a first attempt was blocked just two seconds from the start because one of the rocket’s sensors had detected a problem. But a second countdown has been rather successful and the Falcon 9, created by private company SpaceX, has raised from the launch pad at 14.35 local carrying into orbit a specimen of a Dragon space capsule that should be used in future to transport goods and astronauts in space.
The SpaceX was founded eight years ago by Elon Musk, who became rich by creating the online payment system PayPal, with the intention of filling a gap in the space services by private companies. Musk has invested 100 million dollars of his personal fortune in the enterprise getting funds for another 300 million dollars from NASA to develop missiles capable of delivering cargo into space. Moreover, SpaceX, which has headquarters offices in huge hangar in California, won a contract from NASA for another 1.6 billion dollars to carry supplies to the ISS in the period between 2011 (when the shuttle spacecraft will be officially Board) and 2015.
To provide services super competitive, every Falcon 9 costs about 50 million dollars, the SpaceX factory in California where rockets are manufactured products in its numerous components that already exist on the market at prices much higher. “We discovered that they could save so much money,” said Musk. The privatization of space services has been encouraged by the administration that Obama canceled the Constellation space program, at the time approved by the Bush administration, judging it too costly. A decision has also caused controversy and sparked protests by astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon for the waiver create a human colony on the Moon, as proposed by Bush instead. Musk is convinced that its rockets ‘cheap’ someday be able to make a substantial contribution to the conquest of Mars.

Dennis Gabor was celebrated by Google with a holographic logo

cesa — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:18:32 +0000

Google has celebrated yesterday June 5 the 110th birthday of the Nobel prize for physics Dennis Gabor, inventor of holography with a new logo, mostly. All day Saturday, Google has had a new logo (doodle) holographic style to celebrate the 110th birthday of Dennis Gabor made Google the words in a green rectangular background transparent black just like the first images of holography photographed by physical. Dennis Gabor born June 5 to 110 years ago, in Budapest in 1900 and became a British researcher and scientist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography.
Dennis Gabor started ‘his career as an engineer doing research for the German industry but in 1933 the Nazis decided to leave Germany and continue his work in Britain where he also took citizenship. In 1949 he was lecturer at Imperial College of Science Technology in London where inseganava physical electronics in 1958. In 1968 he was awarded a position as researcher for CBS Laboratories Stamford, Connecticut USA.
Dennis Gabor died in London on 8 February 1979.
Holography was 1947 when he succeeded in perfecting Gabor holography, producing holograms using simple light green spectrogram of a mercury vapor lamp. Holography is an optical technology for storage of optical information in the form of registration of a fine network of interference fringes by use of coherent light (both spatially and temporally) laser. So what you see today in clubs around the world is an invention of Gabor.

Judge and court clerk killed in Brussels

cesa — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:53:09 +0000

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A man, who then escaped, was killed by blows of a firearm a magistrate and a clerk in a courtroom in Brussels. I said a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor.
The murderess escaped on foot with the weapon, and is still at large, said spokesman Jean-Marc Meilleur, adding that but if you ignore it hurt.
The police search of the man, the reasons for the action are still unknown. Prosecutors, meanwhile, has opened an investigation.
The assailant had attended a hearing this morning with two or three lawyers, the Registrar and the court.
Prosecutors opened an investigation, said Meilleur, who declined to provide details on victims, however, stating that some of their families have not yet been informed.
Justice Minister Stefaan De Clerck said it was the first time that a judge is killed in a Belgian court.

Middle East, calls on Israel to open Gaza Italy

cesa — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:50:48 +0000

FLORENCE (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has asked today that the Israeli government to put an end to the embargo against the Gaza Strip, the enclave controlled by the Islamists of Hamas, saying it would contribute to peace negotiations with the Palestinians .
“I believe that Israel can and should be allowed freely, subject to security measures, all items required to access the interior of the Gaza Strip,” Frattini told reporters in Fiesole.
“This should help the continued optimal (peace talks) told us this morning as Sen. (George) Mitchell sent by (U.S. President Barack) Obama, and the president (Palestinian) Abu Mazen. Frattini also spoke of the investigation on the Israeli raid against a flotilla of boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza to break the embargo that has lasted for years, after killing at least nine pro-Palestinian activists.
The minister called for Israel in the investigation involving the Middle East Quartet, comprising the U.S., Russia, UN and the EU.
“We demand that Israel involving the Quartet, the international body that is generally reliable. And ‘investigation of Israel, which is a sovereign state, but the association would respond to the Quartet to the whole international community.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today proposed that the internal investigation on the case involving foreign observers.

Jamaica, the capital on fire to defend the drug boss

disney — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:39:41 +0000

KINGSTON – Chaos in Kingston, capital of Jamaica. The authorities declared a state of emergency in two districts after the outbreak of violent clashes between police and people of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, a drug lord that agents want to arrest and extradite to the USA. Women and children were evacuated from areas where the insurgency is underway.
Two injured – The clashes started with an attack on three police stations. One was burned after the police, short of ammunition, were forced to abandon it. An agent and a civilian were wounded with shots of a firearm. The members of the gang of drug dealers have erected barricades and massed weapons in the streets to protest the extradition of Coke (Cola-Cola), accused of being the leader of the most important band dedicated to drug trafficking, the “Shower Posse”, which ramifications of the U.S. – where impersonating marijuana and crack – and is responsible for hundreds of murders during the wars of cocaine in the 80s. Prime Minister Bruce Golding has chaired a meeting of government and then decreed a state of emergency one month in nearby Kingston and Saint Andrew. The gang of drug trafficking – said – will receive a firm response from the authorities. “The crime will not be allowed to triumph. The threats against the security of our people will be repressed in a strong and decided, “Golding has promised in a message to the nation.

BARRICATA ROADS – The government has asked Coke to surrender to face the extradition request in U.S. for cocaine trafficking and allegations concerning the use of weapons. The roads in poor areas of Tivoli Gardens in West Kingston, where you think the boss is hiding, were barricades in defiance of the police. The U.S. State Department has advised against travel in the metropolitan area of Kingston, the risk of violence.

IMF Loan – Tension is rising in the country after last week’s prime minister has announced plans to extradite Coke. Relations between the U.S. and Jamaica have cooled in 2009 when Kingston has ignored the extradition request of the boss, a supporter of the Labour party in government and very influential in small metropolitan electorate Golding represents. The country has now decided to accept the extradition request, provided access to a loan of 1.27 billion dollars by the IMF, approved in February.

You get married? Ask the priest-Robot

michelle — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:39:06 +0000

Can you imagine Don progress abound in Japan? “This marriage must one do! We want the robot. ” And the Japanese do, after Geminoid F, model robot, robot-comes the priest: The Fairy-produced by Kokoro.
Little human appearance, so that looks like a plastic alien, I-Fairy has big blue eyes, a wreath on his head, and celebrated his first wedding in a restaurant in Tokyo. The union Cybernet has been requested by a Japanese couple. Both employed in home automation Kokoro, Tomohiro Shibata Satoko Inoue and said “yes I do” in front of the robot. Needless to say, the organ pipe was not! Don Abbondio-robot has performed his sermon in a solemn voice, metal and a bit ‘to some, and ended saying honored to have officiated the wedding, with a wish long life to the spouses.
The enthusiastic comments of married have never tasted more than propaganda, the newlyweds Inoue said: “My impression is that robots are increasingly becoming an integral part of society and this lovely little man is part of my company. So I decided that I would love to see him officiate the ceremony. ”

Among the 800 different types of robots that Japan produces no means what the true contribution that I-Fairy will give the nation if not humorously to meet the crisis of priestly vocations and to do some ‘of advertising Kokoro. Meanwhile, the Japanese robotics industry turnover fluctuates around 10 billion dollars. What else? Certainly preferred the charming model robot Geminoid-F, at least it is useful in hospitals, housekeeping, and is also good company. Curiosity. The news ran through the web site of BBC Online, which has titled his article: “A couple said I dos in front of a robot, trading nicely the” Yes I do “Anglophone” I do “in” I dos “(Microsoft operating system version). The British newspaper said in addition that the couple have opted for the choice of I-Fairy, precisely because they are popular with robotics industry.