Dell's plan is to surf.

Mobile Internet devices are considered to be the growth segment in the IT market, ranging from the iPhone to Netbook. Somewhere in between, gerüchtelt the "Wall Street Journal," Dell wants to position itself - with a Google Android-surfboard for Chen pocket.

 

The Wall Street Journal is one of the most commonly better-informed newspapers in the world and not necessarily in the category of rumors Catapult: When the "WSJ" unconfirmed news ventilated, commonly derived from the "well-informed circles." What might be something that someone wants to launch - or the mouth could not hold.

This time it is equal to "two people who saw early prototypes" and "WSJ" could tell what Dell because supposedly planning. The device resembles Apple's iPhone, but is slightly larger and does not have phone functionality, but is only for the use of the Internet. As Google's Android operating system serving platform, as the chips were typical smartphone ARM CPUs installed.

In short, Dell plans said to surf boards for the pocket.

The wheel would be the Americans can not just reinvent. "Mobile Internet Device (MID) is a 2007 from Intel already defined, moderately successful device class, in which up to now a product range of Nokia's Internet tablet 'N810 on gigabytes M528 Atom surfboard to Hagenuk rather fußlahmen Pocket Surfer many tummelt, which has hitherto hardly a customer as a necessity for everyday digital discovered. Of the also haves mobile media players with Internet features differentiate the devices primarily through the cellular connection to the network - most small Surfgeräte need a W-Lan. The MID concept was developed by major market players, but so far little and pushed Dell could trust such a thing for larger buyers to make interesting.

A third Plaudertasche from Dell enterprise circles is the 'WSJ' Reporters will still have set that the device later this year on the market could be - if Dell does not plan to let fall. This, we speculate pertly once, it could also depend on how the response to the so-prominent "geleakte" message out: Often, the transition between rumor launched a targeted marketing message, and perfectly smooth. A cheaper option, the potential demand of a technical device to find out there is very little.

Cheap Windows in Japan sold out.

Onslaught on the successor to Vista: Not even two days after Microsoft Vorverkauf very affordable prices announced, is the advance version of Windows 7 are already sold out in Japan.

 

Is Microsoft's low-cost offering for Windows-7-reservation only a short flash in the pan? In Japan, at least it seems so. As
Engadget reports, there were all available copies of since Friday offered Vorverkauf version of Windows 7 are already sold out on Saturday. Apparently, the software company so seriously, only a limited number of the new operating system at a bargain price.

On Thursday last week, the company had announced it would provide the software package Windows 7 Home Premium Pre E heavily discounted offer. In Germany, for example, be interested in the software from 15 July for EUR 49.99 order. The sales launch on 22 October to year end will be according to version 130 Euro to 300 Euro is due, from 2010 it will probably be more expensive.

The almost 50-euro Vorbestellerangebot is a real bargain - with a big hook. According to Microsoft, because it applies to "mid-August 2009 or while stocks last". How much of this inventory will be the Group has not, however, betrayed.

The price attracts

For Japan, where the Windows-7-Vorverkauf already on 26 Began in June, Microsoft's stock was obviously too low. All 17 participating in the dealer had the sale on Saturday Relisting must Engadget writes. What numbers are on the counters are gone, the dealers might, as Microsoft itself, is not betrayed. They had only vague announced that it had to be "significant" quantities.

In the United States and Canada, where the ticket has already begun, it seems from a sell-off or even a shortage yet no sign to be. Quite obviously, but Microsoft has a special price action exactly the desired effect and tempts many PC users to be Windows 7, even before the actual launch to order. That should be the Windows Group speculate.

The early buying readiness ensures that the new system right from the start on a wide installed base is built. Above all, it allows the group soon after the launch success stories with pride, a respectable number of users can be presented. That is missing the company after the introduction of the much beloved today to Windows Vista.

Lenovo makes buttons larger.

"Remove" and "Escape" are now twice as big as before, at least on the keyboards of some notebooks. The PC manufacturer Lenovo dares this design change with a small revolution - and is also planning the next.

 

It may be a minor detail to listen to, but for the PC industry, it is a small revolution, which PC manufacturer Lenovo has now announced. On some keyboards, the new Lenovo notebooks are two buttons designed larger than usual: "Remove" and "Escape". At first glance, the change hardly. But Lenovo's manager David Hill seems to focus on his anger. "Every time you herumbastelt on the keyboard, the people are nervous," says Hill.

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Lenovo Notebook: More room for escape and removal

Well, therefore, it was dealing with the changes are not made easy. Almost a year of research invested Lenovo developer, at the end with a simple insight to be able to wait. "Do you know how many times per week the 'Entfernen' button use? We know it. There are on average 700 times," says Hill. This was "Escape and deleting the two most commonly used keys on a keyboard."

This result owes it about 30 volunteers, which is a so-called keylogger software on their computers to install them. The program drew little hair on which keys to use them as often. One result of the experiment, it is also that the two keys in the height and the width is not stretched because this is the natural movement of the finger better.

Who needs "pause"?

Experiments, the fundamental design of computer keyboards to change, there were already numerous, and all have failed. The first IBM PC, the developers were about the shift key then compared with the normal typewriter layout built a bit smaller and a little moved. The result was an outcry of indignation. Already in the next version was submitted to a standard PC-compatible keyboard attached.

In the nineties caused processes against keyboard manufacturers for another wave of design experiments. The rigid layout of the keyboards was ascribed to that great writer on the carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful nerve injury at the wrist, ill. It was the era in which many companies to new keyboard concepts researched. Some of them were proven better suited for quick typing, as until now the usual QWERTY keyboard with letter order.

Their design was already more than 100 years, little changed since then. And if they do, then were introduced as new features continue uncritically from one generation to the next does. For example, special keys that have come from the time when you worked at terminals, their performance in terms of large computers. Why do we need today about a "pause" - or "roll" button (unless you are programmer, is moving in Basic or Unix worlds)?

Without a crumb case

A key but there is still a continuing source of concern to him ready, betrayed Lenovo Manager Hill news agency AP. The Caps Lock key is a remnant of frustrating the typewriter era, which always results in erroneous entries lead. This switch actually superfluous, it should one day go to the collar, and proposes Hill again but warns that there could be resistance from users indicate that their Caps Lock key from unexplained reasons, have fond.

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An innovation of the new Lenovo keyboards, but hardly anyone is likely to disturb the reduced space between the keys. Finally, the Hill, many people were at work on the computer to eat, which also saves time. To prevent the crumbs on the keyboard while the case is, the designers have the spacing between the keys is minimized. The cars would be fission of small dimensions speak. So nothing can fall through and be nobody transition. That nobody can have something to suspend.

Hot water will cool calculator.

It sounds absurd: Instead of using air to cool future computers with super hot water cooled, the waste heat of the computer be used wisely. Environment and operators which will benefit equally.

 

Hamburg / Zurich - It could be a revolution for computing are: Hot water will cool the computer giant, is treated with heat entire building will be heated. This project provided researchers at the
International Supercomputer Conference 09 (ISC 09) in Hamburg before. With the new technology can be of enormous computer power of a high around 40 percent, said the American computer specialist with IBM.

In a pilot project should now be explored how well such a system can actually work. Researchers at the company to build jointly with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) in a three-year research project, a first prototype under the name Aquasar.

The heat will be deducted for the heating of the buildings of the university used. The aim of the CO2 balance in comparison to traditional mainframe systems by up to 85 percent.

Ten times hotter than a hot plate

One of the biggest problems with the powerful super computers is their rapidly growing demand for electricity. In many installations use only 50 percent of the absorbed energy for their work, the other half is used for cooling the processors used. They create a computer chip on average ten times more heat in the same area than a conventional hot-plate, it was said.

To set the temperature of these chips to below 85 degrees Celsius to keep so far are usually air or cold water as the coolant used. Cooling is possible, however, with 60 degree water, said the researchers. The big advantage of this is that such warm water as a carrier of thermal energy directly can be used with conventional cooling water was at about 20 degrees is not so easily possible.

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"The energy is the biggest challenge of the 21st century," said Dimos Poulikakos, professor and project leader at the ETH Zurich. Speed and performance of computer systems should therefore no longer the only criteria.

At the International Supercomputer Conference, which takes place from 23 to 26 June the first time in Hamburg, was energy efficiency of high performance computers is one of the central themes. "It is with increasing computing power becoming increasingly difficult, the energy intake in the high-performance computing to rein in," said IBM's Dave Turek manager in Hamburg. A challenge for the next time it will also be software programmed so that they benefit the better use of computer understands.

To archive your digital photos properly.

Digital age quickly: lame hardware, software is not compatible, file formats are changing. The trade magazine "c't" betrays simple tricks that can increase the likelihood that one's own digital photos in ten years still can view it.

 

The archiving of digital photos is always a backup, but its role goes far beyond. This is not about the short-term hedge against system failures, but rather to make the readability of the files for decades ensured. And exactly at this long-term perspective is currently missing.

On the one hand, there is no storage, which in 50 years to still be readable. On the other hand, lacking standards for the structuring of images by means of metadata. New file formats come, old disappear. This cocktail of format and hardware incompatibilities makes archiving so difficult. Only with the right strategies to survive the files for decades. These are shown in the following article series.

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While a once-burned DVD disc is no longer accidentally overwrite it can see the disks at different: Once angestöpselt to consider negligence to terabyte-sized disk archive to completely delete it. Therefore, really important data on DVDs tend to safer housing. But soon, the traffic of the photos the sensible use of this medium in question. That takes you prefer the external hard drive as storage media.

This should only be possible to connect to the computer, if there is something to be archived, and otherwise are sheltered in the cupboard. And before the connection is worth a brief idea of the software environment: Is there perhaps any automatisms that are unquestioned in a newly connected hard drive to create it? Perhaps the newly installed media player that likes to make useful and spontaneously synchronize the music collection should like, if it detects a large storage medium? This is meant nice, but for a controlled archiving counterproductive.

RAID - actually a technique to the data using redundant storage on multiple disks to increase - is in long-term archiving rather discouraged. Because the problem is often when synchronization with the new machine: The change to a different RAID controller can make all the data useless, same goes for changing the operating system.

Control is better

Users who have both their data archive as well as secure, already have two copies - a good thing, because redundancy is an important factor in the data.
Our comfortable Windows script helps to fully automatic snapshots of changed data on an external disk drive. As an alternative to this on rsync-based script, many commercial programs. Traps per year only a few dozen gigabytes with a manageable number of folders, it also extends the copy by hand.

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Table - durability of archival media

For the archive you want to make sure that not even when burning or when you copy something distorted or omitted. Burning programs offer an option to the media to check, which should be used. When copying to a hard drive can be compared to the additional software. Examples are the Free File Comparison Program, or checksums Windiff program such as the open-source software Jacksum.

As digital media is not forever, they must be regularly reviewed. For DVD media, there are specific test software to ensure the quality of the burned raw data to verify it without error correction can be read. Thus, increasing error rates and identify the data to new media copy, before they may become unreadable. Disks can use the SMART function, the user time before an imminent failure to warn. This feature is only conditionally reliable. Moreover, the SMART function via USB external hard drive is not available.

It is also important for a change of hardware or software to archive their thinking. Before we scrapped his old PC, you should consider whether the new still to all data access. Did he match drives and interfaces? Does the external plate is actually at the port of the new computer? Can new software is still the old file is read or at least the old software still on the new operating system? If not, is Umkopieren Convert or announced before the old to the scrap wanders.

One possibility, in spite of old data formats to preserve, is the associated software, together with the data. The risk that new operating systems, the old software does not accept, you can use the old operating system virtualization encounter. The free VMware or VirtualBox (on Issue-DVD) leading operating systems in virtual machines, where the old application back to life can be. This procedure works only if the virtualization in the future still exist. Such an emulation of software has the advantage that you have to format the files, and longevity of applications need not worry about. It requires, however, that once the operating system used must be meticulously collected.

Windows 7 will soon be ordered.

Microsoft wants old mistakes are not repeated: From mid-July, the Group for Windows 7 Pre contrary, seems to want as quickly as possible as many copies of the new software under the People's will. The lure: meaningful discounts.

 

Munich - It was only in October, the new Windows in the market, you can order it in a few weeks. In an advance action could have customers in Germany from 15.7. the "Home Premium" version for 50 euros secure, the company reported on Thursday in Munich. Who before the official launch on 22 October a PC using the previous version of Windows Vista to buy, get from (tomorrow) Friday (26.6.) To a free update. This is only a handling fee, probably less than ten euros lie. By the end of the year, the full versions at reduced prices also available. How much the system from 2010 will cost, not shared with Microsoft.

For sale starting in October for the "Home Premium" - version for home users around 120 euros payable to "Professional" - version costs 285 euros, "Ultimate" about 300 euros. From the beginning of 2010 prices were higher, the company said, without details to mention. Also on the 50-euro campaign called it not details - of the sale was "as long as supplies last."

Despite the discounts, the price of a Windows Update is still higher than rivals at Apple, where the costs of upgrading the now roughly two-year-old operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on the future Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 29 euros - irrespective of the date of purchase .

Microsoft delivers the new software in the European Union initially without its browser - Internet Explorer - to view the current procedure is not competitive with the European Commission aneinanderzugeraten. Even if you can acquire an update must be for technical reasons, the system re-install.

With Microsoft Windows generated in fiscal year 2008 approximately one third of its total turnover of 60 billion U.S. dollars. The operating system of the software giant is estimated at 90 percent of all personal computers worldwide. Experts see discounts in Windows 7 for a response from Microsoft on the experience with Windows Vista. The introduction of this system about three years ago ran rather slow. In particular, many companies and large organizations waived the transition to Windows Vista and still used older versions such as Windows XP.

iPhone monopoly before Off.

The Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile should soon no longer the only mobile communications provider, which the iPhone can distribute in Germany. The competition makes itself ready. The prices for Apple's multimedia mobile phones are expected to fall.

 

Bonn - the future, in addition to T-Mobile and other telecommunications companies, the new iPhone from Apple 3GS permitted to distribute the manager magazin reported in its new edition, starting on Friday (June 26) is commercially available.

iPhone: The multimedia mobile phone, Apple has established itself as a seller turns

Reason, according to information from industry insiders that the end of 2009 an exclusive contractual relationship between Deutsche Telekom and Apple phased out.

Then could the Apple cell phone even with the competition from T-Mobile to have his. One consequence for the customers: The prices are expected to fall.

O2 is currently upgrading its partnership with Apple in the UK from new and wants to take this opportunity also to penetrate the German market. "O2 has reason to be confident, this time in Germany to the train to come when the iPhone will be released in November," states that from the environment of the subsidiary Telefónica O2.

When the Telekom itself trusted no statements about the next year to the rich. "The partnership with Apple in the long run. That will change nothing until the end of 2009," said a Deutsche Telekom spokesman.

Since the launch of the iPhone in Germany in November 2007, Telekom sells mobile division T-Mobile, the mobile multimedia in Germany exclusively. The customers are in two-year contract with T-Mobile tied. Similar agreements with Apple had AT & T operator in the U.S., O2 in the UK and Orange in France taken. Now run these exclusive partnerships seem all over the world.

Constitutional complaint against hackers Clause rejected.

The "hacker Clause" is defined in two years of employment with any hacker tools as a criminal. But part of basic training, when it comes to IT security. The Federal Constitutional Court rejected a claim now, on the other hand from - made it clear under what conditions there are exceptions.

 

Karlsruhe - The past two years punishability force to deal with hacking software is compatible with the Constitution. The Federal Constitutional Court rejected the appeals of a computer entrepreneur, a scientist and a computer user as inadmissible. They had brought against two paragraphs relating to the production and dissemination of tools for spying and interception of data may be punished. The plaintiffs were supported by the wording of the standards under threat because they are - albeit without a criminal intent - with hacker programs around.

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Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court: The rejection of the application against the hackers Clauses but creates clarity and safety for IT professionals

The Karlsruhe judges on the other hand, saw the fundamental rights are not affected. She said the rules but only for programs that use illegal intent have been developed. The suitability of a program to use for a hacker attack do not yet use his offense, says the decision published on Friday. (Az: 2 BvR 2233/07, 1151/08 and 1524/08 - Decision of 18 May 2009)

The popular hacker paragraphs above paragraphs 202a and 202b Penal Code by which a Council of Europe Convention on the fight against cybercrime has been implemented was to devise certain preparatory acts for criminal hackers may be punished and are therefore relatively broad.

Now clear: The end justifies the means

In a detailed decision, a Chamber of the Second Senate, however, clear that, the Bundestag so explicitly wanted to capture only software required for a criminal purpose have been obtained. So-called "dual use" products that are in the service of computer security are used, but it is also suitable for hackers, according to court are not covered because they are a lawful purpose. At the least, but lacked any of those programs should be allowed to use activities, the need for a criminal intent.

Prosecution was, therefore, clearly, the judge, himself a Ausspähprogramm only if it is for the purpose of committing crimes will be developed or used. These conditions were in employment or for academic use in the professional IT security not available. That the programs capable of offenses, is not sufficient. According to the law it was also allowed for testing purposes malicious programs to purchase. A risk of criminality arises only when these programs are sold or unreliable persons would be made available.

Port scanner and network monitoring tools and other programs include the basic equipment of many network admins, as well as the arsenal of criminal cracker. Even anti-virus kits, keyloggers, tools for man-in-the-middle attacks or Password Cracker are the subject of advanced IT training, especially in the field of IT security. Experts had feared a question, the hacker clause could result in the fight against computer crime behind.

Life extension for instant photography.

The pictures are small, rather poor quality, ecologically a sin, completely overtaken by the time - and a cult, as they say: Polaroid may be the production of its instant cameras and films have, but they live on. A persistent fan wants a "Pola" Factory revive.

 

Prints, wag, wait 90 seconds - and comes out is always unique. Polaroids, once for party-loved photography and art, were in the age of digital cameras quickly depreciated. The films are not produced anymore, their techniques do not in time. But right now, the analog authenticity more and more people. "Pola"-lovers have thousands of recent films Immediately hoarded at home. The community of digital rebels is growing - and an Austrian, the "movies with a built-in chemical lab" now even restore it.

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Polaroid Cameras: The instant process has always been expensive, quality rather bad - and fascinating. Until today, fans swear to

Florian Kaps is a man for the impossible. "The impossible project" he calls his vision - probably because even after a year still does not have a lot to the success believe. When the Polaroid factory in Enschede, Holland in June 2008 concluded, for Kaps was clear: Somehow, it must go with the instant pictures. "Polaroids are, finally, for one of the very last analogue media products," says the 39-year-old enthusiastically. Ado, he bought the old Polaroid machines rented the factory in Holland. In the coming year is to start production - with a million movies.

Until then, cape and his immediate staff the film virtually reinvent. The chemicals, which used the "magic secret" of the photo of PET, are no longer manufactured. "We are now looking for others who have the same effect," he explains. The walk only with the know-how of people who have long worked with instant images have. Kaps has twelve of the once 180-Polaroid employees. One may not believe that these men a modern start-up form: "The average age 55th"

While the chemist in Enschede, just in a latex problem tinkering, the first German instant print shop in Berlin has opened. Again, the Vienna Kaps his fingers in the game. "Especially in the creative scene in Berlin, there are many Pola fans," he says. The tiny shop in the trendy district of Prenzlauer Berg is a meeting place for lovers and artists, said Marlene Kelnreiter, which manages the store. Exhibitions and camera rental operations, the "magic of Polaroids" across.

Increased demands on the "clippers"

"Polaroids are really absolutely magical," confirms Sabine Schnakenberg from the Hamburg Museum of Photography. Nowhere else would you "is extremely close to the process of photo development dran," she says. In simple terms - in the hands kneading, warming with the lighter - results from a photograph a work of art. Instant photos have Schnakenberg "an entirely different aesthetic effect as digital photography."

Even artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein appreciated the "Pola" - for old-fashioned honesty and charm of the imperfect. "Instant photography pictures are for advanced," said Schnakenberg. Each image will be accurately planned, almost celebrated. "So it gets a very different value."

"The color, shaking reflex when developing," said Cape, "brings a very intimate, personal relationship to the image. This is rare in the digital world." Also new invention Polaroids "Pogo" come to this feeling is not approached. The mini-size mobile printer spits in pictures from the Digi-Cam as a kind of instant picture. "But these are no Polaroids," says Cape. The people longed for the analog, authentic, for things to touch. "Just like the noise of an old gramophone record" - and have a successful comeback celebrated.

Beamer that from brain.

Hardly begins, the speaker so that the projected PowerPoint slide aloud, we fall into a Vollstasis: Thinking freezes, the body goes into a kind of hibernation mode, provides only awake from. This is not a subjective feeling: studies show that paralyzes Powerpoint understanding.

 

It means that the brain is not in a position to do something to feel no cold, no heat, not even when it is expressed in the brain mass hineinschneidet. Since it is for many of us a crucial event, the first Powerpoint presentation experience - because she is with a feeling hirnigen connected.

This light is magical: with a projector and a presentation software can be half the company to move Wachkoma

We remember (to the extent still is): Hardly the light is dimmed, the projector barely raises the image of the first slide on the wall, the speaker rarely has raised us to decrease the effort, the film itself must be read, as laid down beneath a kind wuschel, grumpy but warm Flokatiteppich to our brains. He isolates the brain from the rest of the body, the attention Simulating the truth in a kind of hibernation-stasis, a temporary Wachkoma forfeit. The brainstem is just so exactly his duties, for breathing, heartbeat and metabolism should be ensured. Otherwise: tabula rasa.

The Latin translates little man with "empty table," but called it "in a figurative sense" - that teaches us the Wikipedia - "the soul (as the alleged location of the realization of the people) in their original state."

How incredibly apt. Tabula rasa. Empty soul, without any knowledge. Adam before the apple. Monkey before monoliths. Deep Thought before the 42nd The total inner emptiness.

Powerpoint feelings

Some of us are experiencing feelings, the dreams of the event recall: Always thicker the carpet, getting smaller, dull, isolated feel of our mass of gray, until we ourselves only from very far away quietly last desperate cries of our extinguishing my intelligence to hear: "Hello? What is this? What am I doing here? Is this Nirvana?"

And then: nothing.

The projector hums. Someone coughs. Somewhere a fly buzzing. The speaker makes more noise, his lips are moving about.

On the wall dynamically scroll the Powerpoint slides, zoom and washed, go into each other fluently. A pretty blue arrow hisses from the right into the picture, from top down is a caption, slows beside the arrowhead before both of the bottom of the picture pressing bars of a graph be ousted. The light goes on, something pulls the wuschel Flokatiteppich from our head, we press the back and knocking on recognizing the tabletop: Well done, send Prese, very insightful. Recognition nod turn.

Welcome to the world of Intermediate Powerpoint, since the mid-eighties, the world's most widely used tool in order to illustrate complex issues, without them to clarify. In particular, the boom of the Bullshit-Bingo, once the academic ivory tower and reserved for marketing, today part of the business culture, has ensured that this year of prospective skilled workers to lodge Fachverkäuferin bakery goods in the customer really any regular bepowerpointen can be.

One must, however, ask why.

After the award presentation software effects do not seem to exist.

Windows Internet Explorer 7 without.

Microsoft's claims of the EU Commission by: Win7 will be in Europe without the Internet Explorer delivered. But the Commission feels misunderstood. No browser to pack, it is also not a solution, it is said from Brussels. The EU will not surrender, but rather "a choice".

 

On the question of whether Microsoft abused its market power, by its Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system has linked, is the powerful software company once almost broken: That the Internet Spätstarter Microsoft in this way an entire market winding and occupied, and went as the "browser -War "to the detriment of the former market leader Netscape in the economic history. The resulting anti-trust cases in the U.S. and Europe cost Microsoft billions. Temporarily, the company was threatened, so in two parts to be dismantled.

On 22 October 2009 is now Windows 7, the successor to the hapless Windows Vista operating system, in the sale. In Europe, Microsoft, quite refined and burned child offenders, thereby avoiding possible actions: Unlike in the U.S., where Microsoft again largely can act freely, the EU Commission to Microsoft strictly on their fingers - here are the antitrust case against the company not finished yet. The accusations against Microsoft: The operating range of coupled and Explorer infringed EU competition rules.

Microsoft is responding obediently: To comply with European competition, will Windows 7 without pre-browser program Internet Explorer sold, told the US-based Microsoft on Thursday. Internet Explorer users should be in Europe instead separately in an easy-to-install version available. This was not an ideal, but given the ongoing process in Europe is the best way, told the group.

Commission criticizes Microsoft's obedience

But the EU schmeckt Wettbewerbshütern well not quite, the Commission feels misunderstood. Although there is a suspicion that there has been a combination of Windows with the browser software to distort competition, the Commission said late on Thursday evening in a press release. The solution was not, no browser, but a selection of browsers offer.

One positive was the fact that Microsoft Computer manufacturers appear to make such a choice would, it is said in the statement continued. This would also indirectly benefit consumers, since most PC directly with Windows sold. There will still be necessary to establish whether this concession to the software manufacturer, was sufficient, said the Commission. A final decision will soon fall.

The Brussels competition authority in 2004 was already against the linkage of Windows with the music and video software Media Player proceed. After the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in this case was right, opened the competition authorities in January 2008 a further procedure because of the tying of Windows with Internet Explorer and various office applications.

Microsoft Windows in its various versions, with just over 90 percent market share remains the dominant operating system on the market for home computers and office PC.

For browsers other hand sees it differently. Although Internet Explorer is currently installed in principle was decided in recent years as more and more PC users to competing products such as Firefox, Opera or Chrome last. In Germany, Firefox in the private use Internet Explorer as the most popular browser is now replaced, in Europe, he is on the way there. The times of the successful browser monopoly is over - despite the coupling to the operating system.

When the Rolling Stones in the Micro failed.

The Federal Council wants the development of fast wireless Internet push. Mobile firms and people living in rural areas it's looking. The manufacturers of wireless microphones, which use the frequencies until now fear the decision: Technology margins and an unprecedented sales slump threatens.

 

Hamburg - Frequency Allocation Plan Regulation. Did you this concept behind it brought little energy left to deal with its contents to employ. The driving force behind the dynamite belonging Wortungetüm: On Friday, the Federal Council will advise on the arrangements. If he opts for the regulation issue, it is for manufacturers of wireless microphones for their existence.

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Technical difficulties: even Mick Jagger could affect the frequency conversion

If the regulation in force, the frequencies at least from 2016 for broadband reserved. The fact that the DSL service in Germany, to say the poor, is now also arrived in large cities. Five million German are still cut off from the high-speed Internet. Especially in rural areas, there are correspondingly many "white spots" on the map, it says prayer wheel from the federal government.

My antidote: Preferring fast as many households with a broadband connection. "Just as others - such as China - the railway and road networks expand, so we build our broadband network," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) at the end of last year. By the end of 2010, according to their will cover DSL connections that until 2014, three quarters of all German households with transfer rates of at least 50 megabits per second coverage. A noble goal, for achieving wireless Internet plays a major role.

"That was all clear from the beginning"

However, radio frequencies are scarce in Germany. What in the jargon "compatibility problems between the microphones and broadband" is called, is a clear: both want the same frequencies. The network will be fast using Wimax standard or the competing Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in the field from 790 to 862 megahertz radio. This, however, is already occupied. The Federal Network Agency in Germany for the award is responsible, has made the field by the end of 2015 for the use of wireless microphones available.

It must be the users of wireless microphones are already limiting, because they are secondary users of the frequency range. Mainly, the frequencies used by broadcasters. "That was all clear from the outset, even the microphone manufacturers. The restriction to 2015 was also never been to the debate," says Rudolf Boll, spokesman for the Federal Network Agency, which for the award of the spectrum is responsible.

The microphone manufacturers and users on the other hand, warn that in case of varying frequencies may be a trouble-free operation is no longer guaranteed, such as at public events. Come to wireless and broadband frequencies in the way, bangs, hums and beeps from the speakers. And radio microphones are everywhere: whether at big events like the World Cup, the Rolling Stones concert or a theater in town.

"Significant effort"

In Germany, total of 700,000 radio microphones in the circulation, at a frequency change would need to be replaced. "In Hanover, there are 700 radio mics," says Sennheiser boss Volker Bartels. The audio technology manufacturer with headquarters near the capital of Lower Saxony looks worried in the future, because a significant portion of its sales of 386 million euros last year based on the business of wireless microphones. "Approximately 30 percent", as Bartels says. Half of them had on the frequency conversion threatened.

"It did not break away all the revenue, because we are the licensed products against systems can exchange. Nevertheless, the shift a significant burden for customers and for us." He asks that users such as manufacturers long enough to change the frequency can prepare. "The fact that we are the band sooner or later have to change is clear. But we need long-term precise targets, which range then we can use." Finally, do the research and development department planned bases for their work.

Federal Network Agency and the government do with specific statements on back, with what frequency the emigrants should happen. In one utilization, the authority in several bands before, but then finds that these malfunctions or otherwise occupied.

Would offer some of the lower frequency range from 174 to 230 megahertz - this is loud but because of its utilization as an alternative Störträchtigkeit area is not suitable. Then there is the range from 470 to 790 megahertz, although for large radio productions such as the Eurovision Song Contest or election events is provided. Therefore, this "only in exceptional cases? A single allocation to other users take place," the agency network.

MOBILE BROADBAND FORMATS

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - is often referred to as standard for third generation (3G) that it takes much higher data rates than its predecessor, enables GSM. German UMTS networks typically create a bandwidth of 384 kbit / s for data transmission from the terminal Mobilfunkmast. Regular DSL connections offer today übrlicherweise 1024 Kbit / s. (more on blogs KNOW)

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access - is based on UMTS to achieve but significantly higher transmission rates in the transmission of Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. The practically achievable data rate is currently at 1.4 Mb / s. Through technological improvements, it gradually to 5.1 Mbit / s rise. (more on blogs KNOW)

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service - this standard decomposed data at stations in individual packets, transmits them gestückelt and puts them back together at the receiver. By bundling multiple transmission channels is theoretically a transmission rate of up to 171.2 kbits / s possible. In practical operation, it is usually 55.6 Kbps - modems were so slow in the days before DSL. (more on blogs KNOW)

Edge

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution - technology to increase the rate of data transmission in GSM mobile networks. Through more efficient modulation techniques are in the sum up to 384 kbit / s can be achieved - that is UMTS speed. Edge has been accessed in 75 countries. (more on blogs KNOW)

WiMax

The WiMax technology includes several standards, data on different radio frequencies. Some WiMax standards need sight between the transmitter and receiver, other signals can also penetrate walls. Tests WiMax will have data transfer rates of more than 100 Mbit / s has been achieved. Hermann Lipfert, an expert in wireless networks at the Munich Institute for Broadcasting Technology (IRT) estimates that in a regular-WiMax wireless cell Tranferraten from 50 Mbit / s are realistic - under ideal conditions and with application of all presently available technical tricks. This range would need to be as in UMTS all users share in the respective cell line. (more on blogs KNOW)

DVB-T

The DVB-T standard provides for the distribution of digital television signals by radio. The DVB standard is also designed to evaluate Internet content to transfer - in the frequency range of a single analogue television channel (about 7 MHz) fit, but just 13 megabits per second into it. If a single broadcast station that is 20 users hanging around the same time, a file download attempt, it is already tightly - the data rate for each user would be less than one Mbit / s, ie lower than the cheapest DSL connections that are currently on offer are. "The greatest danger to this technique is different from the present to be overhauled," said Sven Hansen from the computer magazine "c't". Applying the content via DVB, which also goes in only one direction - just like in television. The return channel must then be produced by other means, such as through a conventional telephone line. Mouse clicks in the browser went with this method over the telephone line to the provider, the req!
uested pages would be of the DVB broadcast station back to the receiver gefunkt. This is cumbersome - and slow. (more on blogs KNOW)

LTE

Long Term Evolution is the name that a number of mobile phone companies a broader standard of the fourth generation mobile phone has been given. LTE is basically an evolution of UMTS - but requires completely new hardware, including new stations. LTE competes with the WiMax standard to the market leader in the mobile Internet of the future - between the two standards may be a new format war. LTE has been estimated by experts to WiMax, however, about two years behind in terms of technological development. (More at blogs KNOW)

Long term, the manufacturer, therefore the higher frequency from 1455 megahertz to dodge. The problem: High frequencies for radio microphones are unsuitable also threatening disorders. Is it after the Federal Network Agency, however, this is the problem of the manufacturer. It simply calls on companies to "quickly marketable products in the alternative, higher frequency bands to develop."

That sounds great, but it cost time. "If we Mikros for a different frequency range to produce, it takes two to three years, until the new technology is fully established," said chief Sennheiser Bartels. Finally, we must know the conditions under which the micro is used. "If you build ships, you must first know where the ships go to," says Bartels. Whether canal, river or sea is ultimately a huge difference - it was similar in microphones for different frequencies.

Nevertheless, the Federal Council on Friday most likely for the Internet radio decision. Lower Saxony Prime Minister Christian Wulff (CDU) has already announced last week that the leaders of the countries on the release of spectrum for broadband applications have understanding. Earlier, the Confederation and the countries argued over who should pay for the changeover. Now's probably still depend on the federal government: He was "basically ready", the costs.

In this case, the similar licenses
as in the infamous UMTS auction in 2000 in the mobile telecommunications company auctioning. "This is the first option, which the law provides," says Boll from the Federal Network Agency. The then record sum of 50 billion euros will be in times of economic crisis and abate not reach the Internet euphoria. But even with a fraction of the current could not bid for spectrum users: "Since we had no chance," says Bartels Sennheiser. "These sums, we can as a medium-sized enterprises not afford."

Instead, probably Vodafone, T-Mobile and Co. jostle around the license. Finally, they ensure that the broadband rollout is under way. The number of users will probably begin to stay clear, because the companies have pledged to give priority to unserved rural areas yet to tap.

The fact that users of wireless microphones are not left behind, says Network Agency spokesman Boll: "It will continue to be well served. There is no doubt." How exactly should go, but he can not say.

"The digital divide in the country will deepen".

The Federal Council has its blockade on and the green light for broadband expansion in Germany, the government jubilates. But it is not all gold that glitters, or DSL, which they say - some people are more equal than others: there are high for the city, paving consolation for the country.

 

Dusseldorf - Many German citizens in the countryside may breathe a sigh of relief - the wait for a fast Internet connection will soon end. This means any event, the federal government. And the Federal Council made on Friday cleared the way for its plans. With the use of free spectrum from the conversion to digital broadcasting, the so-called digital dividend, could now last until the angle of the Republic of the white spots in the broadband disappear. Fast surfing, downloading files, music and videos with maximum speed might soon be possible for everyone.

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Always on: What is life for city dwellers, is for many rural dwellers science fiction. Even the planned expansion brings them no more than what was called quickly Städter 1999

But experts warn: As a panacea for overcoming the digital divide in broadband, the digital dividend is not suitable. For years, the development of fast Internet connections in the area required. Especially in sparsely populated regions, including East Germany, are currently many homes and businesses from high-speed Internet truncated.

So far, telecom companies shrank for economic reasons, are reluctant to submit to such connections. Around five million people in up to more than 5000 communities, or about eight percent of all households, according to information from experts currently do not have broadband access. The digital dividend will help.

With the consent of the Bundesrat is the minimum requirement for the coverage of broadband connections in rural areas. The federal government wants to fast until the end of 2010, surfing the Internet in Germany allow - among other things, will therefore be freed up radio spectrum for broadband Internet use.

Radio remains a stopgap

Bernd Rudolph initiative against the digital divide holds full of promises but little. "The digital dividend is not a panacea and not even the big throw," he says, and feared: "Quite the contrary, the digital divide in the country will deepen." In fact, the desired bandwidth of 1 megabit per second compared to the rates in urban areas, where now up to 100 megabits be reached, just a drop in the ocean.

Also Harald Summa, Managing Director of the Association of German Internet Economy in Cologne, Germany warns against exaggerated hopes. "The radio spectrum is an opportunity to work in sparsely populated areas cost-effective connections. It was an opportunity to establish this technology, once in the past all the other had failed miserably. But as the wisdom of the last final, Summa believes the digital dividend is not. To varying degrees of care, with a view would also have regions with long-term fiber supply.

Mobile business sense

Meanwhile, wait for the mobile operator to a starting character. Vodafone, T-Mobile & Co have been the release of radio frequencies required. Vodafone CEO Friedrich Joussen said repeatedly in the digital dividend to try to gain access: If the company to acquire spectrum, "ES 2010 is no more white spots," he promises. The competition keeps still overcast, but the business is not alone Vodafone purposes.

Can start the business anyway but probably only in 2010. Because the frequencies should be auctioned, is expected early next year. Preparing to take several months to complete, it says at the Federal Network Agency. Under the hammer are placed beside the radio frequencies from the digital dividend equal to other mobile frequencies.

Although the auction one of the greatest auctions of the Federal Network Agency will be revenues in the magnitude of the UMTS auction in 2000, nobody expected. At that time, the spectacular auction, aufgepeitscht by the euphoria and an unprecedented gold rush in the industry, around 50 billion euros into state coffers flushed.

The cooking plate from the factory floor.

Microwaves and fast food ade: In the future robots will take over the cooking. At a fair in Tokyo are plate-mates to see the baked omelets or serve sushi. Particularly welcoming this may not be attention-grabbing electrical cooks anyway.

 

If you think sushi bars where the Japanese fish-with-rice treats on small boats sailing along at the bar would be totally hip, you are sadly no longer up to date, the sushi bar of the future, the very close future, has its specialties is served by a robot.

Thus, it is at least the engineers of the Company before Tekkosho Baba. At the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo, an exhibition of food industry, they show their "Robot Head", a robotic cook of the guests are served cold food cold.

Have they had to change to the basis used by industry as an M-430iA robot not to make him küchentauglich. Finally, the electrical workers by the robot manufacturer Fanuc specifically for use in food and pharmaceutical industries. His joints without grease, his case is from top to bottom, hermetically sealed, with regular cleaning so hygienically clean.

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To unsubscribe from this assembly line work requires cooking plate to make the developers have him as a "Type H" designated hand extended. The should be so sensitive that the huge plate filigree workers so easily sushi artworks on the wooden boards of the guests may be stacked. At the booth of the manufacturer it is admittedly only with wax replicas handle.

Elsewhere, the so-called "Okonomiyaki Robot" is not only the task of Auslieferns, but the food his guests even itself. For water, coal, flour, egg and other ingredients roasted swing he Okonomiyaki, a Japanese specialty omelettartige. Previously, this task cook the food in front of the guests at the table prepared.

When and at what price the kitchen robot should be introduced, is still open. One thing is certain, however, that the "Robot Head", with its grippers usually up to 120 pieces per minute from a conveyor belt can take a kitchen helper is actually under-total. As a lure for hungry guests, but he will surely fulfill the purpose.

Wikipedia process.

Better knowledge for the future: A computer science professor Frankfurter working on a software that allows even amateur models and simulations can create. Long is a model of collectively created the world.

 

In principle, the question of whether a community is growing or shrinking, easy to answer: If more people added as moving or die, increasing the population, otherwise not. But if a mayor wants to know how an annual rate of 1.5 per cent drop in birth rate at a 5 percent increase to exodus in 30 years affected, and how much immigration must increase to offset shrinking population, it will be complicated. In such cases, usually the time of the specialists, first of all a model of population development in software must be poured, then the further development to be able to simulate.

Oksimo website: With the free software should anybody can develop simulations - without any programming knowledge

This is expensive, for the model assumptions are difficult for laymen to understand and reuse these models in the rarest cases.

Gerd-Döbern Henisch, computer science professor at the University of Frankfurt, now wants all three birds with one stone. He has, together with some colleagues a free software called "
Oksimo "(Open Knowledge Simulation Modeling) developed by laypersons without any programming knowledge on their own models and simulations can create.

The idea came to Oksimo Döbern-Henisch when he was a software for modeling of neural processes in the brain examined. He found hundreds of simulation tools, but "so complicated" to operate was that he started, even a tool. As part of a thesis of one of his students programmed the associated editor with a graphical user interface. Now users can click a mouse to create colored boxes, which are available for certain parameters.

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Drag and drop boxes are linked, so that the output value of one to the input value of the other box is. In this way, all assumptions and interactions within a model also for outsiders to penetrate and not in the source code of a software hiding. The relationships between the parameters are expressed by mathematical functions. If a model is complete, you can input values and the simulation is started. A special feature this: A simulation does not dull from beginning to end, but can still during the period - including a number of users - can be influenced. In this way, train, how complex systems respond to intervention. Oksimo previously used mainly in teaching. Students have, inter alia, the world model of the Club of Rome reconstructed or the viability of energy investments modeled.

At this range of topics shows a further feature of Oksimo: The software is not limited to a particular subject, but can be transferred to various disciplines - from sociology about the biology to the economy. Even beyond the academic environment, the software is already used, and at a small community near Offenbach. "For it was a simple demographic model very enlightening," says Döbern-Henisch: The Oksimo simulation, fed with real data on the spot, was markedly different predictions about the population development of the place, than the averages of the Federal Statistical Office to expected.

If a model only once, it can be transferred from other users, or changed into larger contexts are integrated. Will such a district to calculate population trends, it can be simulations of the various communities into a single model together. As a platform for the exchange of existing models of the server of the "Competence Network for E-Learning Hesse" on the five models currently available for download. This should be the nucleus for a vision that Döbern-Henisch "Wikipedia process" called people to refine and link together models from different areas of life in a big world simulation to the ever growing complexity of society to grasp.

But would it not also to each model's inherent fuzziness immeasurably to grow? Gerd-Döbern Henisch knows these objections. "One must always models through feedback with the reality robust," says computer science professor. "Certain it is blurred but always give." For him, dealing with models is precisely why even great educational value: "Anyone who works with models, also gets a sense of their limits." Thinking in models that it is - except perhaps for engineers - in the academic world is normal. "This is a cultural deficit," said Döbern-Henisch.

So far only Oksimo was a "tender shoot", as Döbern-Henisch admits: "We already get a lot of really good questions, but it is still not set." Döbern-Henisch now hopes that his approach is sufficient response to its own momentum to develop.

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Web pages can be programmed.

The number of people working in the web presence is steadily growing in many circles and professions replaces your own Web presence, the long card. Even those who want more than profile pages on Facebook or WKW or a standard blog from the kit supplier, needs no special knowledge more.

 

A dedicated website is now almost considered good form - and not just in the professional field. Many home users keep their homepage on family, friends and family with small blogs to date, or make their own videos and photos online. Meanwhile, it is no longer a problem, to create a homepage. Whether for websites or kits weblog systems - most of solutions barely big advance knowledge.

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Home user or publisher? The Web is the separation between media production and consumption are lifted - where anyone can publish

Who wants to create a home page you should first consider how much time and money they invest, and how the individual site should fail, advises Herbert Brown of the computer magazine "c't". Who hardly claim to his homepage, but just fast and cheap to come to your destination, then Provider kits with the best: We booked a standard fare, and gets its domain name, web space and the necessary access data. Beginners with two to three euros a month here. Many providers are cheaper, if you own banner on the homepage allows. However, one should predict necessarily clarify what type of banner it is and whether one has a say.

The disadvantage of Provider kits is: Your own design can be very weak. Whoever it may be an individual and on the computer firm, it can with the Web Editor
Try KompoZer. The program requires only a few HTML skills. Through a graphical user interface can work with little text, pictures and other content on their own homepage together. KompoZer is quite good, according to Brown, but not necessarily for bloody beginners.

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An interesting alternative weblog systems, such as
Wordpress. They set no specific prior knowledge, but only slightly ahead technical mind. Even novices are true after one to two hours at the finish. In addition, there are hundreds of Wordpress instructions on the net. Who takes the standard layout, you can after a few mouse clicks his new site filled with content.

Weblog systems have in the classic private web Content Manager now largely replaced, as Brown says. However, they are more likely to blogs, ie chronological entries designed. But with a little tinkering will make a "real" home page. Who's side only wants to use to blog, you may also like Bloghostern
Blogger.de and
Twoday find.

Initial CMS creates professional pages

True chic is a homepage with desktop content management systems that are installed on the computer. An assistant helps with the completion of the side of the layout of the contents until the publication in the network. One advantage is that here you can also work offline. In addition, there are no security problems - and the pages can be very individually. However, it must be for programs such licenses - prices are available in two to three area. Examples of such systems are chargeable
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CAUTION EVENT: TIPS FOR WEBSITES-OPERATORS

Libel, etc.

The Internet is not a legal vacuum, which also applies to operators of Web sites. If you are not careful, could quickly anger einhandeln warns Herbert Braun of the computer magazine "c't". Published statements, which insults or defamation in question may be included in such an expensive warnings. So if you are on his side so the air ablässt should be aware of its possible consequences.

Forums liability

Even if you are a forum on its side installs, you must watch very closely. Rights violations, and the other in these forums are celebrating, you can even return to a fall. The owner is obliged in any case, such contributions immediately delete them. Best directed to the page so that comments after a release by the owner to appear. Another possibility is to only accept contributions from registered users. It is important in any case a filter against comment spam.

Brand name

Caution is vital for brand name attached, as well as images of branded goods or copyright-protected goods such as books or movies. Something always makes for nasty surprises: even fans of a brand often find themselves confronted with warnings if they are eg Advertising images on their pages. This is especially true when a page is classified as commercial. That goes, incidentally, has a banner out.

Legal Obligation

For commercial sites is generally a legal obligation - you must be the name and address fully specify. Who runs the other hand, can be comply, there is live parasitic lawyers, the business into a considerable time. You browse the web and looking for violations of the legal obligation. Anonymous is no site operator: name and contact information can be obtained by Whois queries to find out if a domain is registered.

Photos and videos can be a website give the final touch - and are usually quickly incorporated. Who videos on his page, you can on YouTube or similar services.

There you can simply upload and embed your own site. Difficult it is for animation: you can not usually tinker themselves, but they must buy. These extras should be - if ever - very finely dosed, because the only draw from, Brown warns.

Well, look at times, even on the web is prohibited theft

Whether video, photo or text, the copyright, any operator of a site notice. In general: Not everything is free on the net, is also free for use. Who some strange images, without authorization to do so, you may have very deep into the pockets. Even professional photo agencies regularly scan the network for copyright sinners to come to the tricks - and the person already has a thick bill in the mail and even risked an action.

As a Free Image recommends that the web design expert stock.xchng (sxc.hu). For other sites like Flickr should absolutely look at the license. Free sources are generally not very dangerous. Possibly one the image not the one who offered it, and then you very quickly even in the pillory, warns Brown. Even those with a picture license processed and manipulated, it should not be on the safe side to feel - while it remains somehow recognizable, it can not simply be used. It is better, even with the camera off and even to write.

When he comes, he comes or not?.

On Monday, Apple stands to annual developer conference - then the group wants to show from Cupertino, where he will technically in the next few months. An ideal date for the convalescent Apple boss Steve Jobs, is to show the fans. His return was subsequently planned.

 

If it is not the wind whistle through the ribs, believes the industry analyst Keith Bachman, a former surprise appearance by Steve Jobs at the WWDC developer conference in 2009 market price of Apple's positive influence. Oh, honestly?

The finding is a big rush, because everyone still so small Huster of charismatic leaders Apple has also moved the company's stock. So far, because this is perhaps the greatest lesson of jobs now almost six months out: Apple may also be still going when its founder and chief apparently bad.

So expect the industry analysts, the current reporting period and the poor generally great interest to all Apple themes, with rushes to talk to, so although wackelnde or so, but not shaky Courses: A surprise appearance by Steve Jobs would Courses slight upward lift, while they continued stay of the leaders only slightly down models could. Because ultimately, that would have proven Interim management - even if the chief substitute Tim Cook, the charisma of a Steve Jobs is lacking.

One has to wonder however, what a surprise appearance at the upper apple would still surprise. On the Wettplattform Hubdub, where absolutely painless Zocker really put on any topic, it is worth the Zocken no longer: When 91 percent are currently the opportunities that jobs his old job again, with only 9 percent of the bets that he year survived. Although this is highly cynical, but it's good when you consider that the news agency Bloomberg Apple boss last year already had accidentally death.

Jobs used for a gag with a stage presence: The news about his death were "greatly exaggerated".

The phrase brought the matter to the point anyway, because Jobs was actually at that time more dead than alive. The man is very ill, no doubt. A cancer, he has already survived, and now it currently had a hormonal disorder, which prevented that he was able to process proteins: nine months, Jobs was allegedly starved eating, put a familiar of the U.S. press. Now do it better, come the end of June he returned.

The aftermath has begun

In the chorus of Munkler and augurs has also been the "Wall Street Journal" for classification. The most prestigious of all financial leaves already guessed Jobs return on Monday - one also from the perspective of Wall Street observers naturally exchange relevant issue.

On Thursday, the newspaper still rumored, jobs return to work would benefit from Apple's PR strategists in the form of an accompanying product launches prepared. Since the publication of the new iPhone on Monday but is expected to grow now doubt that Apple has something big enough in the sleeve may have to ensure that jobs in his accustomed role as a bringer of salvation techie-wag it. Ergo: The boss might be a break from taking time off and at the developer conference, a brief appearance lie down.

The tech rumors AllThingsD page comes to the obvious idea that Jobs himself as the "One more thing" - an Apple-Running Joke, which is always the highlight of a presentation is opened - could be presented. Also it would have little programmatic and jobs would be desirable: No longer the one to be of the weal and woe of the whole company depends, but the "and anything else." Apple is now far too strong and grown up, so something really still need it.

Oh, Dellinchen!.

The U.S. computer vendor Dell jumped with some delay on the Netbook-trend, without the knowledge advantage from the mistakes of the competitive advantage: The first Netbook Dell could not convince. Now comes the Inspiron Mini 10 - and thus a better product?

 

"Oh, the sweet!" The thing that I think is in the hands, causing unusual reflexes: a fraction of a second after the first sighting is my 17-year-old daughter on the move and snatches me these dainty dream in cherry red. What has the press department of Dell is thought me a test in the color of a garish lipstick to give?

From now on, I sometimes not so lady-like attention certainly, once I Flachsmann pull out of the bag. My Dellinchen awakens desires female usually only create the shoes. Cherry red, this small girl-compatible computers, but he is always chic: soft rounded shapes, high gloss, the hull as the display, matte black, the keyboard, then under the silvery a rectangular multi-touch pad is embedded. No doubt, he has style, the new small Dell.

Personally, I even a little too much. Thus, although the display even in sunlight gently convince it to me but to the alarm, because it is activated as well as off the make-or Rasierblogs good. High Bright Displays in like fashion, practically, they are not.

Even hygienists with hands-washing compulsion is so glossy PC look as they served their mini-laptop only after it fries with your hands have eaten. Without exaggeration: Computer Equipment in fashion colors with a glossy screen could be removed at CSI for use of fingerprints.

But enough gemeckert.

Because you really need the new Dell commendable. The U.S. manufacturer has apparently learned from the mistakes that he and his first Netbook models made. The crooked came in 9-inch format, therefore, as long it was clear that the 10-inch size to the standard of the Netbook had become - and everything else becomes difficult to sell. True gepatzt Dell had but for the keyboards: The were so small and so crowded that the devices against competition like the 1000 series of Asus EeePCs against LGS X110, MSI Wind and against Medion Akoya, but especially against the Samsung Nc10 ( remains the undisputed favorites of all tips) chancenlos faded.

Everything is better

For there is in the Netbook market has only very few features about the models can reward. First to mention are the keyboard, then the duration of the batteries, the quality of the displays and of course the price. The rest is largely standardized: Most Netbook have a 1.6-GHz processor, a gigabyte of RAM, a 160 GB hard drive and a weight of 1.1 to 1.4 Kg

And the Dell Inspiron Mini 10? Did most of it, but here and there a little different. Loben we look a bit:

The keyboard is very good size, nearly rimless inserted into the housing. The total width of the keyboard is 92 percent of a standard keyboard and allows a fairly normal typing.
Multitouchpad That leaves us with two-finger gestures contents screen zoom in and out. That is in all relevant programs with keyboard shortcuts is much better (for example Firefox: Ctrl + / Ctrl -), but it is chic and has a wow factor, the prestige value of the computer increases.
The display is razor sharp and bright enough, even in gentle sunlight still be somewhat readable.
The processing is equivalent, the battery tip: In the extreme test (Divx-movie non-stop), the bulging six-cell battery pack after about 4 hours 42 minutes break. The small box still weighs only 1.3 kilograms.
Almost silently, it is still just the hard drive humming softly to himself,.
The installed Intel Atom Z530 processor and is dominated hyperthreading a better performance. The chart raises from 720p - that is what we in television "HD Ready" sets, the lower of the HDTV specification, and the maximum of what is happening in Germany at present to HDTV to see.

And then, the Mini 10 still this little thing that has been barely a Netbook to offer a HDMI interface.

To do this, you should know that the Dell Mini 10 will soon offer versions in aufgebohrten wants, with a better graphics card to be equipped. An integrated DVB-T tuner, there are already (50 Euro extra charge), and all this smacks very much that the Mini 10 is not in the least experienced user apply media.

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A mobile media center, but Dell will not offer insurance a company spokesman: "We are positioning our Netbook not as stationary media server. However, we know that the target clientele is a very media-oriented user behavior. The frequent use of MP3, Photo, Internet Video portals (like YouTube), but also the look of films or video chats are typical application areas. "

What is missing in this list? Correct: HD movies, Divx movies and streams. It seems that the HDMI interface and 720p but made just for this. But the works also? Not really.

Quick turns out that the HDMI interface here excessive expectations. In the test succeeds, the transfer of the image on a high-resolution screen without any problems. Web-surfing before the 92-inch display is quite an experience - but movie streams can not enjoy.

For streams with an acceptable resolution is simply not the processor, whose performance is even more the graphics chip borrows something. The result is acceptable, but not good on the small display you can use the slight Rucklern live on the Great, it is absolutely not tolerable.

But this weird little use as a media server lipstick one way or the fast: In the test we are not alongside the video, the soundtrack to transfer (according to what product will actually work). This would restrict the use of silent films.

HDMI or not, the Mini 10 is the no longer and what a Netbook by definition should be: a lightweight notebook. As such, it is very useful, to be chic, high quality and with prices starting from 379 euros for the Mini 10 discussed here gepreist appropriate. The somewhat thin equipped mini model sister 10v there from 279 Euro, and once again 30 euros cheaper when on a hard drive and is waived with 8 GB hard drive shall respond. As with Dell are the usual prices, however, because the transit you pay for the Americans always extra. A completely incomprehensible pricing, more expensive than Dell because hardly anyone delivers his goods: Juicy 29 euros ensure that the company also is no special offer can succeed.

The software for the Mini 10 is sufficient and typical for the market segment: Windows XP is installed, and Microsoft Works as the Office software, to Norton Security and a variety of service programs such as video chat. Who wants more, uses the open source area. The installed W-LAN is fixed, a network jack provides wired network access, three fast USB plug and Bluetooth offer expansion options.

Conclusion

With the Dell Mini 10 defines a first competitive Netbook before, but a little more promising than it holds. Aufgebohrt for more memory and better graphics, it would be a hit - and is actually still follow. One of the successor models later this year aims to put Ubuntu Linux, which allows other technical configurations. Up to 250 GB hard drives will then be installed from the factory and 2 GB of memory. Other possibilities are expanding HD options and mobile broadband (UMTS and HSDPA) - as usual with Dell against each charge.

At least then the Mini 10 as the core of a modular concept, a very interesting product, where the competition is to put stuff will have to keep. Until then, the Mini 10 earned a "Good" with swabs, but even that is quite respectable: Much more deserves scarcely a Netbook.

Farbspielereien with Gimp.

For red is green, the sky glows orange, violet smoke rises. With photo software Gimp can manipulate images and employ all sorts of experiments. In the third part of our workshops, we explain what the Farbmanipulationen software.

 

Even the most expensive camera does not automatically produce perfect pictures: An incorrect aperture, adverse weather conditions or poor lighting conditions can negatively affect the image quality. But with the free photo editing software Gimp can not only resolve these shortcomings - as in
Part one of the workshops shown - or experiment with black and white effects queue (
Part two), but also creative Farbspielereien queue. And it comes in part three.

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Funny or artistic effects can be achieved by one individual against another color just shared. Gimp offers a lot of practical commands - some work with shifts along the color, while others use the HSV color model (Hue, Saturation, Value) as the base.

It's best suited for such manipulations monochromatic images with large areas. For the screenshots to this article, we have a picture of the Harz narrow-chosen as an example, which contains a lot of red. For now all methods described, you should first duplicate the background level, to always compare the original to have.

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Many red faces: At the start of the Harz narrow gauge railway to manipulation possibilities of Gimp shown

If the eye really sees.

Revolution in the photo market previously deducted from the hands of the darkroom as an ultimate collectible. Now enters a new printing technology with unprecedented quality, the art market umzukrempeln - with implications for photographers and clients.

 

Jim Rakete faces a picture and is amazed when he saw the first photograph. Quite close to the bends weißhaarige photographer on the portrait of the actor Juergen Vogel, as he wanted to kiss it. Then he whispers: "This Durchzeichnung these shadows, and here you can see every hair, every individual."

Over one hundred portraits of German actors, politicians and musicians has taken with his rocket-old Linhof plate camera, a "fuss" as he calls it. Many hundreds of times already, he sees the pictures - but now he sees hairs, which he has never seen before.

So far, his rocket prints in his darkroom in Berlin produced. The red slip of a lamp he waited patiently until the white paper in the developer, the facial features of the portrayed appeared only in gray, it becomes darker. He exposed to light lots and wagged where it was too dark, finger ready as a painter.

A machine, as long a railway wagon

Rocket explores the slowness. The exposure time of his portraits was mostly in an eighth second. "1 / 8", which is also the title of an exhibition and a sumptuous album. It should be something like the farewell tour of the old silver photography, ousted from Photoshop, HDR, and Flickr. But yesterday was farewell, for now has a new type of rocket Darkroom: He stands at the control of a huge press, long as a railway wagon, loud like a diesel, housed in a factory building of the printing Benatzky in an industrial area north of Hanover. It is one of the most advanced machines of its kind, made by world leaders Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Cost: about three million euros.

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"Suddenly I see my own photos in entirely new light," says rocket. "It's almost like a psychoanalysis."

His therapist says photo Dieter Kirchner, a massive Mittsechziger with the profile of Karl Marx. He stands next to a rocket and critically about his aims for far, measures the gray and mutters into his beard rauchvergilbten: "The more we get out crispy." Photography Skia he calls the new method a little way. Freely translated: Light-dark letters.

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Many famous photographers have long been familiar to his art of printing, including Helmut Newton, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Konrad R. Müller, Manfred Hamm. Kirchner has now developed a new technique to everything he has done so far, literally in the shadow effect. He looks for the most gently highlights the finest Grauzeichnungen - and after the blackest black.

KIRCHNER IN PRINTS-EXHIBITIONS

Kicken Gallery, Berlin

City Museum, Munich

Print Media Academy, Heidelberg (from July)

Art Basel

Galerie Schwarz, Greifswald

During this month, the first new Kirchner prints in exhibitions *. In mid-June, he and Prints by Dieter Appelt at the Art Basel representing the world's most important art fair.

To Kirchners rallied black art is an exclusive club of the educated bourgeoisie light. "The results are sensational, this is a revolution in photography," says Appelt, visual artist and professor from Berlin. "The Photography Skia could radically transformed with the collectors' market," predicts the media historian Hubertus von Amelunxen, "The consequences are not yet foreseeable."

Light vermatscht Details

Kirchner wants a new gold standard for importing photos. Pure quality, he could print from the Throne Vintage encounter: expensive hand prints, limited edition often many thousands of euros. Whether it succeeds remains to be seen, because collectors often just love the little flaws, because he is the aura of the original increase. "With my method, but also makes the prints the photographer himself, just not in the darkroom, but on the press," says Kirchner. A peculiar notion: Vintage prints - Untouched by human hands.

Kirchner's basic idea is deceptively simple, and basically not even new: He created the artwork directly from the negative and thus bypasses the vulnerability of traditional photography, the paper sheet. The tiny silver grains of the photo that do not appear nearly as dark as ink. Also reflected in the photographic darkroom. The light vermatscht details.

Gimp brings color to black and white photos.

Eliminate color, distort images, black and white photographs einfärben: Even the free software Gimp mastered these functions. As with the free program images can easily aufhübschen explains the second part of our Gimp workshops.

 

Color can be a lovely be. But in most cases they are probably in error happened. As with the
Gimp image editing program that is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X are unwanted color casts are removed, says the second part of the photo software workshop after it
in the first part to perform basic functions like setting meaningful colors, optimal contrast and sharpness were matching.

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Cause of a color is usually a light is not properly adjusted white balance - because light is not the same light. Although many of our human eye automatically compensates for differences, so we still consider the colors of a substance like even in daylight. The unit of measurement for color temperature is Kelvin (K). The midday sun has a value of perceived neutral 5500K, the time around sunrise or sunset has a value of 2500 K, here is the light red and white color reflects das In autumn, the yellow light a high proportion, therefore, are meadows and forests very gently. The neutral should be white so the camera teach, there is the white balance.

The work can be done automatically or manually. When the automatic white balance the camera is looking for the brightest area and is to be white. Attentive readers recognize now that this is obviously not always pure white can be - it just creates a tint. When you use manual white balance, a black professionals and white-gray card, to which they orient the camera.

Is a picture only made, it is in the free photo editing software Gimp still a fairly simple color corrections. Likewise, recording all the sounds are withdrawn - and the other gray-scale will be colored.

So pretty on your pictures.

Anyone who wants more than rotate and crop photos, comes with Linux not to gimp around. That as a free Photoshop-killer vowed program is a little unusual to use, but a true all-rounder in terms of image. A few tips to facilitate entry.

 

Only rarely succeed at once perfect pictures with digital camera: Some are too dark and flat, others slightly blurred and the red eyes make Aunt Hilde also not pretty. For exact Feinkorrekturen is the right tool, however, after the Ubuntu installation on the hard drive ready: The
Gimp free image, which is also available for Windows and Mac OS X gives, brings all the tools to take photos albumreif program.

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The only obstacle: Who yet another image-editing software, you must train only once. Automatic correction functions, there are few, and for really good results you have to get the most value manually.

Guidance to the desktop

Also, the user interface of the program differs from other applications: Gimp opens when you first start the program three separate windows, which moved freely on the desktop is. The first window, the tool kit, provides all the tools such as brush, eraser and attitudes about the foreground and background color.

In the middle of the desktop opens the picture window, right next to it called the Dock. In its place are several tabs. By default, there are seven tabs: In the upper section you can find the tabs layers, channels, paths, and the minutes of the undo function, the bottom three tabs contain dialogues brush shapes, patterns and gradients. Each of the tabs can drag & drop onto the desktop in a separate window outsource. Gimp offers a full toolbox, which allows a variety of image manipulation.

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Three windows on the desktop: On startup Gimp opens the toolbox (left), the image window (middle) and the dock (right)

Even the most expensive camera does not automatically produce perfect pictures: An incorrect aperture, adverse weather conditions or poor lighting conditions can negatively affect the image quality. With a little polish in Gimp can also be used such images to spice it up.

So fresh you through redistribution of tonal values, increase the contrast and a bit of re-sharpening on matte shots and get rich, colorful images - and in just three very simple steps.

With intelligent technology in the mobile age remain.

The medicine industry has hardly developed technical aids for the elderly. This it does, the Research Ministry invested 145 million euros in projects to ensure the independence of age to obtain. One of these is the Smart Senior Project at the Berlin Charité.

 

The old lady moved with slow steps through the hospital corridor. On their Gehwagen having, makes them the little screen between the handles do not come from the eyes. Because there is flashing a red arrow and shows her the way.

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"Even those who are otherwise difficult zurechtfindet can with as a navigator in the dining-room nursing home problems," says Professor Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen. It directs the Geriatric Research Group of the Berlin Charité, where on Monday the project to the Senior Smart Start has been - as the first nation-wide by 17, the research community, industry and care in a boat to get to old people more mobility, independence and health preserve.

Technique as Lebenshilfe

The Federal Ministry of Research supported the project with a total of 145 million euros over the next three years. Solo Smart Senior is 25 million euros, plus 18 million euros from the economy. An initiative which, according to researchers from age overdue. "We are largely still not on the changing demographic," says Steinhagen-Thiessen. Too long have you technical aids for the elderly deuced. "But it's not about the people in the elderly and nursing to replace but to support them." On a motion by the Berlin Protestant Geriatriezentrum researcher presents the age, which she says so.

In a therapy room there is a stroke patient in front of a computer: A special training program will help her to gradually hand to his mouth to lead. Sensors on the body to control its movement and the program is also a feedback of how well it has succeeded in the exercise.

"In the beginning, the big fear. But then, patients are completely wild on this computer exercises and do not want to stop," says an occupational therapist. Precisely because it is frustrating for many patients was a therapist before the first, tiny and not always successful steps. "But before the computer, they can just so long for large beet until it works," she says.

How important is this independence, which knows the blogs journalist Jürgen Leinemann to report. More than a year ago he fell ill and was difficult until after several months of therapy at the center of Berlin in his life. "I was always a technical idiot and have never been interested in me," he says. "But my self-esteem after the disease was on the ground, and the return to everyday life was very important. This is me today any technical support is right."

Automatic Alarm

Professor Hans Aukes of Deutsche Telekom, spokesman for the Smart Senior project, stresses that the technical innovations as far as possible without any traces in the everyday life of the ancients and paste must remain readily operable. Aukes: "The issue of mobile phones has shown us how not to make. Apparatus and displays have been getting smaller, the technology becomes ever more complicated."

In handling simple, but highly technically complex to be about the emergency sensor of the future: As a bracelet, measured microscopically fine probe respiration, pulse, sweat, but also sugar and ECG values. Dangerous deviations are reported to an emergency center, the alarm triggers. The trick to the thing: a standardized interface, the data over both Wi-Fi as well as via mobile forwards and thus the carrier can be limitless mobility.

Also, a sensor-equipped girdles, which warns against falls, or a self wheelchair, by nodding and moving obstacles automatically evade, are among the tools of the future. Research is also sought on an emergency assistant for the car, which is about when a stroke of the driver the car will safely stand.

"What makes us hope, is that health insurance companies also come on board and support the project," said Aukes. In addition, it is the German Telekom, Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, BMW, midsize companies such as Berliner Prisma GmbH, a partner in the housing industry and the service sector, interest groups and research of these and other sub-projects over the next three years to bring to market maturity.

SPD shall consider the establishment of mobile phone jammers.

SMS messages from secret meetings, the outcome of the Federal election in advance on the net - that is the intention of the SPD will soon end. The Group blogs can be after the establishment of information by mobile phone jammer review.

 

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Berlin - The Bundestag makes the news for days on Twitter unrest. In the Federal election, the CDU MP Julia Klöckner and SPD-Ulrich Kelber the results made public in advance. And in the last Group meeting on Tuesday caught SPD Chief Peter Struck several MPs, from the confidential session messages sent.

To spread the news to make it secret, examines the SPD Parliamentary blogs according to information now the establishment of mobile phone jammers in the Reichstag.

"We want to know whether this is technically feasible," says Christian Lange, SPD member of the Elders of the Bundestag. It should also be possible experience with jammers in the parliaments of other countries evaluated.

Twitter is a service that allows users enables short messages from their mobile phone directly to the internet and thus accessible to everyone.

Small cameras with large sensors.

For great photos you do not need giant camera - compact exotics like the Sigma DP1, Leica M8 and Fujifilm S100 show that high image quality even in the absence of reflex succeed. blogs ONLINE compares Three extraordinary cameras.

 

It sounds absurd: Every year manufacturer outdo itself with hundreds of new digital camera models, but to an actually quite obvious that none dares project - a compact camera with a large image sensor and good optics, the exceptionally good pictures, even at dusk.

For years photographers complain so that the sensors in the compact and also the blog almost reflexively large bridge cameras are tiny. The result: The closer to the photo diodes on the sensor each other, the stronger disturbances like noise on the digital image.

But instead of looking for ways to larger sensors in compact cameras installed, use the various software manufacturers tricks that the noise even when saving a recording in the camera herauszurechnen. Often suffer but sharpness and detail of the images.

It is also different: It is technically possible, larger sensors in small cameras to construction. That - and the related technical compromises - demonstrated a few camera models with exotic status. The Sigma DP1, Leica M8 and Fujifilm S100 are designed very different niches, but all show how much space to maneuver away from the camera designers have put an outline:

Reflex (large, expensive and generally better)
Click (once cheap, sometimes expensive, mixed picture, but always a compromise)
Bridge (longer focal length than the Compact, the same image problems)

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Researchers hear the printer.

Printer noise can patient records and account data reveal. German researchers have developed a method with which they come from the noises emitted by needle printers on the content of expressions can close. A practice test was successful.

 

Saarbrücken - Actually, they are relics of times long past computer: dot matrix printer, the letters on paper, by a pattern with color impregnated textile belt sting. Researchers at the University of Saarland have now proven: The frequent today in medical offices and banks used dot matrix printers are a potential security risk

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Dot matrix printer in a doctor's office: After a short learning curve, the researchers 70 percent of prints based on their acoustic signature decipher

It is sufficient, a microphone must be placed on the printer to the recorded sounds from the printed texts largely to be reconstructed, said Michael Backes, a professor of cryptography and information security at the University of the Saarland and a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, with. By his and his colleagues developed methods could be the contents of medical prescriptions or bank documents to be decrypted.

In surgeries are vociferous Printer seniors primarily used for recipes or patient reports to print. For recipes of severe pain is even a legal obligation, with punch out. And this may just the ratternden Nadler, ink and laser printers are unsuitable for carbons. In banks are the scientists that often account statements prepared by dot matrix printers.

Successful Practice Test

In order for the dot matrix printer their secrets were, had the experts of the Department of cryptography and information security, however, provide some preliminary work: They had the equipment first dictionary printed and then trained the software to the individual words Tonmuster assign characteristic. Moreover, they had to noises such as patients in a doctor's office calls to filter out.

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After this training phase, they nevertheless, more than 70 percent of the printed words using the recordings to identify and enable the most content to understand. Also some figures such as numbers of secret accounts in this way could an amazingly high hit rate will be explored, the researchers emphasize.

In a particular practice, the researchers test their program in a medical practice to the test and were running at different recipe on printouts. After six rounds of training it was the seventh successful recipe, the prescription drug purely on the printer to identify sounds.

Researchers want to discover vulnerabilities

Michael Backes, does not believe that the unusual method of espionage in practice is already being applied. The scientists are, according to its own information about new vulnerabilities and early detection of possible hazards noted.

In previous studies, other researchers had already demonstrated that data from the emissions of the cable of an LCD screen and can read that it is possible
Words on the noise filtered out of the keyboard.

With the power of 50,000 PCs.

To quickly calculate any other computers in Europe: The Forschungszentrum Jülich has the supercomputer Jugene into operation. He is with two other major new computers to help scientists, among others, to explore the climate and fusion reactions to understand.

 

Up to a trillion mathematical operations per second leads from Jugene. Thus, the new giant computer, which is now at the Forschungszentrum Jülich inaugurated, all competitors far behind. At least in Europe. Its computing power roughly equivalent to that which shall bring 50,000 PC, you could encourage them to cooperate.

But this would be an almost futile. The networking of computers would be exceedingly complex, the exchange of data between desktop computers too slow, the energy is too high. The IBM data center in Jülich, the computer came to work on the other hand, "particularly energy efficient," says the chief scientist of the Jülich Supercomputing Centers Thomas Lippert.

In the world of supercomputers, the Jülich computer after this stage in third place to land. The next "TOP 500" list published on 23 June.

The super computer is in 72 large cell phone, water-cooled racks in a hall house and has about 72,000 processors. The machine itself requires 2.2 megawatts of electric power, the whole hall because of the elaborate cooling 5.3 megawatts - about as much as a large wind turbine manufactures. The IBM plant in the series "Blue Gene" has a memory of 144 terabytes, which is about the capacity of nearly 150,000 modern PC.

Costs in the high double-digit million range

Jugene to the site, researchers have two more new super computer. One of them, Juropa 2, is not the fastest computer in Europe, but still the fastest supercomputer based on Sun technology. He was from 2208 computing nodes based on Intel's Xeon server processors together, according to the manufacturer is based on open standards and open source software. Third in the league, the HPC-FF. It is from 1080 compute nodes with a total of 8640 water-cooled processors and about 24 terabytes of memory.

"With the acquisition of Germany Jugene demonstrated its leadership in supercomputing," said Research Minister Annette Schavan at the inauguration of the super computer on Tuesday. The three national high performance computing centers in Stuttgart, and Garching, Jülich agreed within Germany, to scientific users through hardware, software and support an optimal research environment.

The funding in the "high double-digit million range" divided by the federal government and the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the Gauß-Center for Super Computing.