Monday 5 November 2012

TOP 10: The best horror films to see or review the Halloween night

IN  Halloween, I have created a small rank in which I have selected some of the best horror / terror of all time ...
Retain 10 classics is not an easy task and the classification that I submitted today is obviously a reflection of my own experience cinematic short, all this is very subjective.Not having the chance to be seen without exception all horror movies and horror shot since these types exist, I am obviously missed a few gems that deserve ample appear in my ranking. I count on you to also share your wise counsel!Anyway, for a film in my opinion worth the trouble to be watched on Halloween requires that the action of the film takes place in settings glaucous, the blood flowing, as characters psychotic or evil entities torture and dismember innocent victims and preferably that the vast majority of scenes are shot at night. Finally, note that the presence of a cast or two young actresses sexy can raise the interest of the film to which it is more conceivable to integrate some more or less comic scenes.From these basic ingredients, so here are my TOP 10 best horror / terror to see or see again on Halloween night and this looks like good old ghostface, and you, what is your favorite horror movie?! ... 

10: Freddy: The Elm StreetDirected in 1985 by Wes Craven, Freddy: The Elm Street deserves its place in this ranking Halloween special. Exploring our fears and phobias deeper, this film has given nightmares to many viewers ...
9: RECFor his violent scenes in which he immerses the viewer as seldom before, the Spanish film REC not to be confused with its American remake worth to be watched on Halloween night.
8: Night of the Living DeadMade in 1968 by George A. Romero with a budget of only $ 110,000 and a cast of amateur actors, Night of the Living Dead is a classic among classics. This film in black and white can be considered as the first film Zombies. Know, in case you are really tight for films shot in black and white, the remake directed by Tom Savini in 1990 is also worth a look.

7: The ShiningStanley Kubrick adapting the cinema one of the most famous of the new master of the horror and terror that is none other than Stephen King, The Shining is and will forever remain a classic.

6: ScreamA classification combining some of the best horror / terror in the history of cinema must have at least one old teen-slasher-movie. Ignoring the fact that Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson have literally reinvented the genre, if only for its introduction sequence cult, Scream is a safe bet to celebrate Halloween with friends.

5: Friday the 13thReleased in 1980 or a year after Halloween, Friday the 13th is a perfect example of the influence of the film John Carpenter has had on the genre. Impossible to miss.

4: Evil Dead 2Evil Dead, the original made in 1981 by Sam Raimi is a reference for me but I still want it after him, or rather his remake released in 1987. An old wooden shack lost in the depths of a gloomy forest, a couple of young lovers, an army of demons raging, hemoglobin spurting per liter, all splashed with a healthy dose of humor Evil Dead 2 clearly deserves its fourth place!

3: Halloween, Night of MasksWith a title like, impossible not to include this major work of John Carpenter in the rankings. Released in our cinemas in 1979, Halloween is neither more nor less than the slasher reference has influenced the genre forever.


2: The ExorcistIs it necessary to introduce or justifying this choice? Copied many times without ever having been matched with his two Oscars and four Golden Globes, The Exorcist is a monument to the 7th Art which is still by far the best film dealing with enchantment.

1: The House of 1000 CorpsesUnknown to the general public, the first film of my ranking thus awarded the title of best horror / terror to see or review the Halloween night is none other than House of 1000 Corpses The. Directed by Rob Zombie in 2003, this film is a visceral experience that leaves traces. Of pure horror to consume without moderation.

Thursday 1 November 2012

Apple raises prices Apps

The Cupertino company has seen rising rates of applications, justifying itself with the decline of the euro against the dollar.

 Inflation wins the App Store. Thursday night, Apple revealed a new pricing structure. The minimum price rises from 0.79 euro to 0.89 euro, an increase of 13%. All other prizes were also revised upwards (see chart below).

It is the same for extensions sold within the software ("in-app purchase") and set up subscriptions for content publishers, such as newspapers.

As a reminder this is not the developers set the price for their apps, but Apple completely defines its gate.

The Cupertino company also raid 30% of each sale in the Store. This price increase is very juicy for the manufacturer, but also for developers, however, receive a few cents more on each sale.

In a very brief statement, Apple justifies this increase in rates by the decline of the euro against the dollar, indicating that these changes also concern the Danish krone and the Mexican peso.


Find Google Chrome on Windows 8 and with two clicks

Google has released a website and an explanatory video, titled "Get Your Google Back" to return to its search engine and browser on Windows 8.

 
Google has not forgotten users who have passed on Windows 8. Those who are not satisfied with Internet Explorer 10 will switch to Google Chrome in two clicks.

To mark the occasion, the Mountain View company has released a video entitled "Get Your Google Back". In it, the group explains to users how to install Windows 8 on Google.

Visitors will find a link that allows you to replace the engine Bing and IE browser by Google Chrome 10.

In Europe, Microsoft will normally offer a "ballot screen" when you first start the machine in Windows 8. The Choice Screen allows users to choose browser enabled by default on your computer.

As a reminder, this feature has been imposed by the European Union. In case of non-compliance with this commitment, Microsoft faces a heavy fine.
 
 

Android will pass before Windows 2016

According to the analysis institute Gartner, Google's operating system will be more widespread than Microsoft in 2016, thanks to the rise of smartphones and tablets.

Windows should be dethroned by Android in the coming years. According to research firm Gartner, Google's mobile OS should pass the Microsoft operating system in 2016. We would then have 2.3 billion computers, tablets and smartphones running Android, against 2.28 billion devices in Windows.

But by the end of this year, analysts expect 1.5 billion terminal on Windows and 608 million Android Android has grown exponentially with the rise of smartphones and tablets.

Launched in 2008, Google's ecosystem team now two-thirds of smartphones in the world, but still behind iOS tablets.

The craze for Android manufacturers can be explained by the free system. Google derives its revenue actually mainly related services to its platform, as Google Play (application store) and advertising revenues.

Meanwhile, Microsoft suffered declining global sales of computers and failed to take the bend of tablets and smartphones at the right time. During the third quarter, they fell by 8%, the largest drop since 2001, due to the enthusiasm of consumers for mobile devices.

Currently, Microsoft has only 3% of market share in the smartphone sector. But with the arrival of Windows Phone 8 at the end of the month, he hopes to catch up on the market.

Android 4.2 in detail

Present on the Nexus 4 and 10 Nexus, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean offers some additional features without revolutionize the OS.

 Android 4.2 is called ... Jelly Bean, like its predecessor. Google is an exception to the traditional name change for each version, since it brings only minor changes.

Presented last night at the same time as the Nexus smartphone and tablets, the new OS will be directly integrated into the device from LG, and the Nexus 10.

Among the new features, we find the multi-account management. It will be possible to create multiple sessions on how to interface this is done under Windows or Mac OS.

Android 4.2 also includes "quick settings" in the notification area, offering the possibility to directly access parameter via some shortcuts (new account, manage Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, screen brightness etc..).

At the photo, Google has revised its interface gallery and added the Photo Sphere, through which we can take 360 ° photos.

Now Google has also been enhanced with support for additional widgets such as airline tickets, restaurant reservations or bills of some shops.

Android 4.2 offers a new service, "Miracast Wireless Displays" which is similar to AirPlay from iOS. It allows to toggle the display of the camera on a compatible display.

Finally, the new OS brings Gesture Typing, which can make words by dragging his fingers rather than typing letter by letter. It is a variation in Swype mode sum that adds more dictation.

Google has not yet given more details about the deployment of this new version of Android. It will therefore have the new Nexus to enjoy version 4.2.

Microsoft enters the era of touch with Windows 8

Microsoft sells from the October 26 its new operating system, as well as its shelf space. 1000 other devices are waiting for you.


 Windows 8 now available in 140 countries worldwide. Microsoft also announced the release of its 1000 tablet space as other devices embedding the new OS.

Yesterday evening, it was time for festivities on the occasion of this event important to the Redmond company. "Windows 8 opens a new era for Microsoft and consumers," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, New York at a conference to launch the new operating system.

"We have gathered the best of both worlds, the computer and the tablet. Blend it your entertainment life," he added.

After two years of development, Windows 8 seems to endorse the era of touch. Thanks to this new operating system interface based on a mosaic, the owner of the brand hopes to revive the PC market. He expects no less than 400 million sales that will be made ​​in the coming year.

But Microsoft is now targeting the tablet market on which it has been slow to enter. Building on Surfaces and other hybrid devices midway between ultrabooks and tablet. Remains to be seen whether consumers and professionals will be convinced by this new interface can be confusing to many.

The release of iTunes 11 postponed to November

To avoid repeating the fiasco of Plans, Apple has given additional time to refine iTunes 11.

 Apple does not want to resubmit an apology. After the disappointments of iOS6 Plans, the Cupertino company is now showing cautious. Apple has indeed pushed the launch of iTunes 11, which was originally scheduled for October.

The new version of the application will therefore day in November, the group announced on its website California. "We want to take a little more time to do things right," said a spokesman for Apple to the American press.

This version of iTunes should offer a more simplified interface with a sidebar disappears for a presentation in the form of pockets. Apple promises that its application will integrate "perfectly" iCloud.

It is also possible to listen to music from a mini-player, with direct access to the play list and search field. Hope that this period is that given Apple iTunes 11 will be free of bugs.

Windows 8 has sold 4 million copies in four days




Steve Ballmer connects conferences. After an event on the release of Windows 8, and that of Windows Phone 8, Microsoft boss found himself back on the stage for the Build developer conference.

On this occasion, he announced that 4 million copies of Windows 8 were sold in the space of four days since the launch of Windows 8 last Friday.

"The level of enthusiasm that we found is exciting", he was delighted. By comparison the latest OS from Apple Mountain Lion was downloaded 3 million times in 5 days.

For Windows 7, it is time to take stock. At the launch of Windows 8. Steve Sinofsky, head of the Windows division announced 670 million Windows 7 licenses sold in 3 years. And over the last 9 months had elapsed to 175 million copies.

This high figure is mainly due to the interest of companies for this OS from Microsoft. Remains whether individuals and professionals will all be convinced to Windows 8.

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Play Google passes the 700,000 apps

The application store for Google now has 700,000 applications and therefore approach the Apple App Store.


If this continues, the Google Play Store soon exceed the Apple App Store. With its popularity, Android continues to receive more applications dedicated to him.

Last September, Apple announced that it had passed the 700,000 apps on its mobile store, including 275,000 working on the iPad. In turn Google said Tuesday, Oct. 30 have also reached the threshold of 700 000 software, against 600,000 in June.

The Mountain View company is therefore closer to its competitor in terms of volume. And after the curve progressions of the two firms, Google is poised to pass Apple in the coming months.

Which could therefore undermine the argument Cupertino, justifying the extra cost of its aircraft by a more abundant App Store. But Apple also boasts of being the leader in number of downloads.

On 23 October Tim Cook stated that the App Store has crossed the 35 billion downloads, while Google came to $ 25 billion in September. Again, if the trend continues, the numbers da Firm Mountain View surpass those of Apple in 2013.

Numericable launches an offer to 10 euros

The cable operator offers mobile telephony. It offers several packages including a low cost € 10 per month with no commitment with Internet included.


Numericable also starts in low cost packages. The cable operator proposes a package at 10 euros which gives access to two hours of call SMS and MMS unlimited. It uses the network Bouygues Telecom.

Like all competitive offerings, this package is no obligation, but does not subsidize mobile. However, Numericable stands with 20 MB Internet included.

If one door offering Free 2 euros to 10 euros (with the passing of the package), the user will have 2 hours of calls to Internet 20 MB and 300 SMS. It is therefore consume more than the quota, if customers want Numericable "monetize" their crimes against Free.

Note, however, that Free is cheaper on the data, with an extra megabyte charged EUR 0.06 against 0.40 in Numericable. In addition, the specialist in fiber optic invoice € 50 opening fee and 50 euros for termination ... What makes her suddenly offer much less attractive.

Modernizing its Gmail compose window

In a few weeks, Google will deploy an update to Gmail, improving the composition of emails.



Gmail will undergo a major change. While the interface has changed significantly since its inception, the message composition has not been much improved.

This can be done via a pop-up that appears superimposed on the WebMail interface, like Google Chat conversations.

It will then be possible to see his old mails while retaining a window for writing messages. It is also possible to write multiple messages simultaneously.

Recipients are now displayed in the form of separate rectangles and the user can drag and drop these inserts to the "To" field, "Copy" and "Copy hidden".

In addition, the profile pictures will also appear when entering a recipient. More details on the upcoming changes are available using Google.

The new features will be gradually deployed in a few weeks. A preliminary version will be available to users who want to test the new version.

Google invites the Government to negotiate

 

Eric Schmidt was visiting at the Elysee to discuss the Google tax desired by newspaper publishers.
Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt was received Monday at the Elysee. He came to discuss the "Google tax" with the President of the Republic, François Hollande, accompanied by Aurélie Filippetti, Minister of Culture, Flower and Pellerin, Minister for the Digital Economy.
The opportunity for the leader of the U.S. firm to talk about job creation in France, the protection of personal data, online culture, but also of taxation. The heart of the debate lies in the fact that this tax would impose newspaper publishers to compensate for the use of their content on Google News.
"The president hoped that negotiations can be quickly engage and concluding by the end of the year between Google and news publishers. He stressed that dialogue and negotiation between partners seemed to him the best way but, if necessary, a law could intervene on this issue, as the current project in Germany, "the government statement.Resumption of negotiations
Jean-Marc Tasseto, CEO of Google France, will then resume the dialogue with the press. Google has also reaffirmed an important tool for media lines, generating four billion clicks per year to the websites of the French press.
But for publishers, their items also contribute to the relevance of the search engine used for more than 90% of the applications on the Internet. After that meeting between Eric Schimdt and the government, they said they "always preferred the path of dialogue with Google."
"The negotiations will now open to allow Google to look really compensate for the press, for the damage he inflicted on the advertising market," said the press association and political information General (IPG) in a statement.
The situation seems to be unblocked between the parties, since last week, Google threatened the French press not to reference their content online.

Monday 1 October 2012

Amazon stronger Apple

Amazon Kindle The new show can become a serious competitor to Apple's high-tech market. Their products combine innovative new content and much more modest price.



Paperwhite Kindle in Santa Monica September 6, 2012. REUTERS / Gus Ruelas -Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, took the stage Tuesday, September 6 in a large aircraft hangar in Santa Monica, California, for an orderly and efficient presentation of one hour on the state of the market for high technology. He first explained why most iPad competitors failed: "These are gadgets, he said, and people do not want more gadgets. They want services that improve over time. "He then spent five minutes explaining the policy of low prices Amazon. "We want to align ourselves with our customers, earn money when people use our devices rather than when they buy." Bezos was beaming when he showed how Amazon is reinventing the book market.advertisingDuring the first year after buying a Kindle, people buy almost five times more pounds, he said. This should put an end to arguments against the snobs who claim that Amazon Kindle is killing "literary culture." "Incidentally, it has introduced new products: first one reading mail, Paperwhite Kindle, with clear screen and built-in lighting, and the new Kindle Fire tablet HD, with more powerful processors and better screens of the Fire last year.Amazon wants to become a manufacturer of technology productsHowever, it was clear that this technical presentation of the new Amazon devices was a prologue to something more ambitious. We knew since the launch of the Kindle, Amazon's ambition was to become a manufacturer of technology products on its own. Last year, with the release of the Kindle Fire, we thought we understood the logic of Jeff Bezos: make input devices range in cost to sell and hope to make money with content played on these devices .But during his presentation, Bezos has undermined our beliefs by saying that Amazon did not intend to produce devices just correct. Instead, the Seattle company wants to compete directly with the iPad tablet both more sophisticated and less expensive. More importantly, he wants to build devices that buyers have as much fun to use than the Apple brand.

    
"This is not the best tablet in a given price range, he said, this is the best tablet at all."Remains to be seen whether this is indeed the case. I played a few minutes with the new Kindles in the demonstration area reserved for the press by Amazon, and although I found quite impressive, I did not have enough time to determine if they represent or could no serious competition for Apple.Priority to technology, not aestheticsDuring his presentation, Bezos has however given us some clues about how he wants to attack the iPad. The main talent Apple is to combine cutting edge design and production efficiency. Apple is able to manufacture on a large scale the most efficient products, and then sell them cheap enough to generate significant demand, but at a price still high enough to make huge profits. Amazon, however, does not give great importance to the design of its products.As the old Kindle Fire, the new Fire HD is externally speaking, a simple assembly of glass and plastic. Similarly, the software interface is not revolutionary. In contrast, Amazon cares about its technical equipment, Bezos spent a lot of time to explain how the two radios Wifi Fire HD models are better than those of other tablets (unlike Apple, however, Amazon buys components to outside companies).How Amazon account she do it? The company wants to be innovative Bezos in terms of price and content. The price issue is easy to solve: not trying to make a profit on the sale of its products, Amazon will sell still much cheaper than Apple. Kindle Fire HD the more upscale, with a 4G access, costs $ 499, the same price as the iPad last with only WiFi. In addition, Amazon has provided a package of 250 MB per month for the Kindle 4G only $ 50 per year. A package comparable to the iPad at AT & T back to $ 180 per year.You do not read just one bookBut this is not all. Bezos also wants to ensure that when you buy a book, a movie, or a game for Kindle on Amazon, this is more interesting than if you had purchased elsewhere. For this, Amazon has introduced a set of features potentially very addictive, which should change the way we approach digital media.Take the Whispersync feature, which allows you to synchronize an audio book to your Kindle book. If you listen, for example, the audio version while you work, your Kindle will instantly find the place in the text where you left off when you return home, you will want to continue to read in a "classic".There is also the X-Ray (X-rays), which allows you to see the "skeleton" of the books and movies consulted. Click on a novel and you can see a timeline showing where each character is introduced. In a film, it allows you to see the names of all the players in a particular scene. The X-ray also allows for any text, a glossary available at all times. This has perhaps not seem revolutionary, but placed end to end, all these functions offer a most enjoyable experience. I am sure that once users have tasted X-Ray, they can no longer do without it, and that they fail on other devices.We must also mention the fact that Amazon is constantly looking for new forms of content. Its online store now offers more than 22 million references to books, songs, movies and games, many of which are freely available to anyone enrolled in the Premium. More books appear on the Kindle thanks to the self-publishing Amazon, bypassing entirely the traditional publishing world. These books, including the Kindle exclusivity, were a big hit -27 100 best-selling books on Kindle are self-publications, Bezos said.The heir or monkey Steve Jobs?During his presentation, he also unveiled a new addition to the range of content already available for the Kindle. Amazon is, in fact, currently embarking on the publication of soap to allow authors to publish books episode by episode. This type of work had virtually disappeared from bookstores since the time of Dickens. Today, Bezos may have found a way to resurrect the literary form long been extinct.There are nearly a year after the death of Steve Jobs, many observers were asked who would be the next great innovator in the technology sector. Many eyes were then turned to Bezos and his presentation in Santa Monica has found many similarities between the two patterns. Like Jobs, Bezos spoke slowly, weighing his words, and he spoke as his way of seeing things technology.Yet it would be wrong to think that Jeff Bezos tries to ape Jobs or trying to build a new Apple. This is not the case. Amazon is becoming a major player among electronics manufacturers, a company able to nail his opponents to the ground by combining contents and fascinating high-end devices at incredible prices. If this strategy works, the rise of Amazon may be difficult to stop.

Thursday 27 September 2012

DDoS attacks on U.S. banks

The U.S. banking security organization FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center) has raised the alert level security. Apparently, there are a high risk to cyber attacks on banks.
According to FS-ISAC last week were attacked in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, two U.S. banks by distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS). Here computers are paralyzed by automatically in bulk, or even organized requests. There are reports that the U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America probably why a few hours were no longer accessible. According to a Twitter post by JPMorgan Chase only of "Issues" on Chase.com was said, would work to resolve them. Later the site was accessible again, but it said that there could be more trouble.
Just a Short FBI and FS-ISAC have information published on it, start the cybercriminals DDoS attacks as a diversion. It will be during the DDoS attacks come to unauthorized transfers of large sums of money abroad. The amounts in each case were 400,000 to 900,000 U.S. dollars. The necessary access had previously criminals surreptitiously mainly via phishing emails or variants of ZeuS malware. The DDoS attacks are to go to the account of the dirt jumpers botnets. The commercial attack software is traded in relevant forums for about $ 200.
Bank of America told the Reuters news agency that although there was a problem, but this would be low. Detailed explanations were made so far. The FS-ISAC sees the real danger in its current and already actively exploited vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet browser. Microsoft has removed the IE security hole now, but maybe not all users have updated their system. However, there are within the scope of the anti-Islam videos and views, the New York Bank of America attack. To what extent is there a connection with the attacks is not yet clear.

Apple released iOS 6


Since 8:00 clock (09/21/2012) You can buy the iPhone 5 in Germany, on the iOS6 already pre installed. Owners of the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S, the iPad 2 or 3, or the fourth-generation iPod touch can iOS6 free upgrade.
The update to version 6.0 of the operating system iOS is very extensive. There is more than 200 new features, like a new maps app, additional functions for Siri and an extra Passbook can be collected on the boarding passes and tickets and redeemed. In addition to new features and enhancements and the removal of the YouTube app, many vulnerabilities have been stuffed.
The almost 200 CVE numbers describe some even multiple vulnerabilities. Thus, for example, bypassing the password lock, and falsified sender addresses are visiting malicious websites infiltrated malicious programs and run. Most dramatic, however, is published for three years gap, the specific configuration files, concerns during processing. Cybercriminals exploit they can to foist fake system updates to users that are signed with fake certificates from Apple or the network operator. Once a user agrees to install, the attacker has access to the system settings, which they can change at will. At worst, they can insert a proxy in the system and also crack the coded data communication and access data in the Apple iOS device. Attackers can then not only read all messages, but also shop freely at the expense of iOS users in the iTunes Store.
Users of Apple mobile devices should iOS6 quickly install on the iPhone, iPod or iPad, even if the new features are not interested. The installation is done either via the USB cable and iTunes for Windows or Mac OS X or directly on the device via Wi-Fi and "Settings, General, Software Update."

Microsoft fixes critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer


On Monday, 17/09/2012, information about a previously unknown security hole in Internet Explorer were leaked to the public. A security researcher who discovered the flaw in the analysis of malware. This he had found on a server, who was allegedly under Kotrolle a Chinese Hack Group. Microsoft had subsequently on 20 September released a fix-it tool, which could be about the Internet Explorer secure provisional.

The update from Friday evening (09/21/2012) closes this vulnerability (CVE-2012-4969) final and also eliminates four more security problems. It always refers to "use after free" vulnerability in which code can be run in memory areas, after a program has this already been released. This can lead to crashes in which malicious code is started.

Microsoft provides the fix, for example, with the name "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 (KB2744842)" in a single file. If you have previously installed the fix-it tool, you must not remove this before the update. There are updates for all affected systems, ie Windows XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows 7 Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 are also affected. Deliveries are made automatically through "Windows Update" if the auto-update is enabled. You can also download the update from the Microsoft Download Center. Search here for "KB2744842" and download the appropriate update for your system down.

Google removes 43 vulnerabilities in Chrome22

Google Chrome 22 closes with a total of 43 vulnerabilities. The regular updates fix errors only with high, medium and low risk. Among other things it houses vulnerabilities that attackers in dealing with the V8 JavaScript engine, and frames, UXSS attacks (Universal XSS) could run. Previously, Google had already crammed several UXSS vulnerabilities in the browser version for Android. Only the irregular update CVE-2012-2897 describes a critical vulnerability. In the case of abuse attacker can remotely damage the Windows kernel of a victim.

 

The Chrome developers have also made ​​changes to improve the compatibility with Windows 8. Also retina displays will now be better supported.

A new feature in Chrome 22 is the Pointer Lock API. Which was indeed already available in previous versions, but so far off. Mozilla's Firefox has been supporting the Pointer Lock API version 14. With the recently published stable Chrome version 22, the function is an integral part of the browser. Applications, thus having access to the raw data of the mouse. To program the Game Programming HTML games that can be precisely controlled with the mouse. Is a game demo with the name Banana Bread it with Mozilla.

Chrome 22 is delivered automatically via the update function is enabled by default. Alternatively, users can download the browser and on the download page.