Last Year, China Closes 1.3 Million Internet Site

Recent records of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the Giant Panda State government has closed about 1.3 million Internet sites. "The number of Internet sites was reduced 41 percent by the end of 2010 from the previous year," the academy said.

One of the scientists there, Liu Ruisheng, said there was no relationship between tighter regulation and suppression. "China has a high degree of freedom of speech on the internet," he added.

According to Liu, as the AP and AFP on Wednesday (07/13/2011), although the number of Internet sites decreased, the number of Internet pages increased to 60 billion during 2010. That means an increase of 79 percent of total pages in the previous year. "This means our content is more robust, although more stringent oversight and more regulated," he said.

The civil rights activists have long denounced by China's internet censorship policy. The policy was dubbed the "Great Firewall of China".

Google eBooks Reader to Debut in US

SAN FRANCISCO - The first electronic book reader designed to tap into Google’s vast online library will debut in the United States on Sunday.

A Story HD e-reader made by South Korea-based electronics firm iriver will be priced at $140 when it becomes available at US retail chain Target on July 17, according to Google Books product manager Pratip Banerji.

“The Story HD is a new milestone for us, as iriver becomes the first manufacturer to launch an e-reader integrated with Google eBooks,” Banerji said in a blog post.

“It includes over-the-air access to hundreds of thousands of Google eBooks for sale and more than three million for free,” he continued.

Story HD tablets let users wirelessly access digitized works at Google eBooks. The devices feature keyboards for typing search terms and “e-ink” screens that promise crisp lettering akin to that in paper books.

Google launched its online eBooks shop and library in December, making digital works accessible through Web browsers as well as smartphones or tablets powered by Android or Apple iOS programs.

Top 10 Android Multiplayer Games

Unknown to many, the Android Marketplace has more free apps for download than Apple’s App Store. Out of that huge number, there are many top-notch multiplayer games. Here’s a list of our favourite Android games, spanning from MMORPGs to casual games.

1. Pocket Legends

This MMORPG was listed by Mashable as one of the top 5 groundbreaking Mobile Games in 2010. It certainly deserves it.

This game features surprisingly complex character customization and an addictive gameplay. Wander the land completing quests with your fellow players never seemed so fun.

2. Parallel Kingdom

Parallel Kingdom uses Augmented Reality to overlay a fantasy game onto your actual location. Using Google Maps, your real-life location becomes the terrain for the fantasy game.

Suddenly your neighbourhood became a lot more exciting.

3. Raging Thunder

Who would believe that a racing game could be played on a handphone without lagging? Strange and exciting times we live in.

Raging Thunder allows you to race with up to three other people. Gameplay is smooth with few lags for an overall enjoyable racing experience.

4. iMobster

Start as a petty thief and rise in the ranks to become the Mafia Don of New York City. This game requires strategy to recruit others and manage your mob to become the most feared.

5. Cestos

Imagine a game of marbles, except it’s on your phone and with people all around the world. You can chat with other players and unlock in-game goodies, such as marble customization.

6. ProjectINF

This MMORPG is similar to the once-popular Ragnarok Online. It plays in real time and allows up to 24 players per game. Other features include customizable stats, multiple maps and game modes, and several character types.

7. 4 Player Reactor

4 Player Reactor allows up to four players to play together on one device. It is a fast-paced competition of wits and reflexes, where the fastest fingers win. This app has up to 20 exciting individual game modes.

8. Words with Friends

Know knew that Scrabble could be so addictive? This game allows you to challenge you friends by searching for their usernames. You can also choose to play with random opponents assigned by the game system.

9. Guerilla Bob

This award-winning first-person shooter was a hit on the iOS and is now available on the Android Marketplace. This game features sharp, witty humour alongside an arsenal of cool weapons – best enjoyed with friends.

10. Dungeon Defenders

Take on a hero class and battle invaders with other players in this beautiful MMORPG. Dungeon Defenders showcases graphics powered by Unreal, the makers of the World of Warcraft franchise. As expected the visuals are top-notch, catching an incredible amount of detail for a mobile phone game.

Catch a computer thief with Hidden app

When his MacBook was stolen from his Oakland apartment on March 21, Joshua Kaufman immediately lodged a police report. However, the police department was unable to devote any resources to assist him in recovering his missing Macbook. Left with no choice, Kaufman did some sleuthing of his own.

Using an application he had purchased for this very purpose, Kaufman was able to collect information on the man who had stolen his Macbook. Armed with this information, Kaufman took the data to a police investigator. However, he was unsatisfied with their lack of progress and set up a Tumblr blog to generate some crowd-sleuthing. All his hard work paid off when Kaufman recovered his Macbook last Wednesday, 19 days after the theft.

Hidden, an OS X app that spies on and tracks down computer thieves, was instrumental in Kaufman’s investigation. So how does the application work? When downloaded, users set up a username and password. After installation, it runs in the background on your Mac device. During this time, it doesn’t collect any information from your computer. When the unfortunate day arrives when your computer is stolen, you activate Hidden by logging in on their site and clicking “Stolen.” This alerts the program to begin doing its job. Upon activation, the tracking feature is able to find your stolen computer in locations worldwide.

The location tracking is definitely the core function of retrieving your lost computer, but the other two features are far more innovative. Hidden uses the built in camera on your Mac to covertly snap photos of the thief as he uses your computer, and also takes screenshots of the thief using your computer, tracking exactly what he’s doing. In Kaufman’s case, he caught the thief trying to delete his account and logging in to Facebook.

You can see more pictures collected by Kaufman on This Guy Has My MacBook. Collecting photos of the thief with his MacBook all over the place, Kaufman tweeted about the situation on Tuesday morning. The police were pushed into action following the buzz generated on the social media -- not to mention a call to Oakland police by Good Morning America. According to Kaufman, “The police used evidence I had gathered using Hidden (an email address which pointed to a cab service) that he was a driver and tricked him into picking them up. Later that evening the officers acquired my MacBook from his home.”

Meanwhile, the guys over at Hidden must be patting their own backs, rejoicing at the free, real-life advertising. Hidden costs a low $15 a year for your personal computer; it also has packages to protect up to 100 computers for $395 a year.

Disconnecting Pirates from The Net OK

Disconnecting movie and music pirates from the internet would not breach human rights and international law, the federal government says, disputing a UN report released this week.

But the Attorney-General's department said the government remains of the view that ISPs and content owners should negotiate a solution to piracy as opposed to the government stepping in with new laws.

The music and film industries have long pushed the government to introduce "three strikes" or "graduated response" legislation that would see people accused of repeatedly infringing copyright subjected to penalties including warning notices and eventually, disconnection. This process would take place without any involvement from the courts.

On Monday, the music industry backflipped on these demands, while the film industry remained of the view that strict penalties including disconnection should apply to repeat copyright infringers.

Sources said the music industry softened its stance after realising both the government and the ISPs would not accept a policy that saw Australian families cut off from the internet.

The UN report, prepared by its Special Repporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, urged governments to abandon graduated response schemes. It found internet access was a human right.

"The Special Rapporteur considers cutting off users from internet access, regardless of the justification provided, including on the grounds of violating intellectual property rights law, to be disproportionate and thus a violation of article 19, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights," the report reads.

"This also includes legislation based on the concept of 'graduated response', which imposes a series of penalties on copyright infringers that could lead to suspension of internet service, such as the so-called 'three-strikes-law' in France and the Digital Economy Act 2010 of the United Kingdom.

"In particular, the Special Rapporteur urges States to repeal or amend existing intellectual copyright laws which permit users to be disconnected from internet access, and to refrain from adopting such laws."

A spokeswoman from the Attorney-General's department said the government "supports an industry based solution to this issue as the preferred approach to addressing unauthorised sharing of copyright materials on the internet".

Asked whether the government agreed with the UN report and whether the conclusions of the report effectively scuttled any chance of a graduated response scheme being implemented in Australia, the spokeswoman questioned the accuracy of the UN report.

"There is no established principle of international law that any interference with internet access would necessarily amount to a breach of freedom of expression," the spokeswoman said.

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), on behalf of the film studios, also said that it did not agree that a graduated response scheme was a breach of human rights. It said it believed the protection of intellectual property was a human right.

Critics of graduated response schemes say it will result in people losing internet access based on an untested allegation of copyright infringement. It would also mean people in share houses could lose internet if one person was a repeat pirate or if someone used their unsecured Wi-Fi networks to infringe copyright.

David Vaile, executive director of UNSW's Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, agreed with the UN report. He said content owners had enough remedies through the courts to tackle copyright infringement without requiring ISPs to do their bidding. This would also allow the alleged infringer to have their day in court and for evidence to be tested.

But Vaile worried that ISPs were negotiating "at the point of a gun" with content owners and this could have bad consequences for Australian consumers. While iiNet beat legal action from the film studios the judge left open the door for ISPs to be liable for customers' illegal downloading.

"This raises the prospect of ISPs negotiating away their customers' rights to digital citizenship to save their own skins," Vaile said, arguing consumers should have a seat at the table of any negotiations.

Vaile was highly critical of content owners, saying they were seeking to change rules and regulations around the internet in their favour "to mitigate their creative failure to adapt their business models, predicated on old technologies, to changing technological realities, and again offer products that people are able to conveniently access and willing to buy at the price and conditions set".

But Michael Speck, who ran the music industry's high profile case against file sharing network Kazaa and is now in partnership with the creator of Kazaa on a legitimate version of the service, took aim the UN report and Vaile's argument.

He claims international law should not be used to serve the interests of those who misappropriate intellectual property.

"Put bluntly, not protecting the opinions or expressions of artists is a breach of their human rights," said Speck.

"Freedom of speech or expression, despite being routinely proffered, has never been a defence for online infringers of copyright, terrorists or paedophiles."

Speck said it was "weak" for the music industry to back down on demands for a graduated response scheme in its negotiations with ISPs.

"They want three strikes but they don't want to disconnect - then what is the point?"

Pirate Party Australia, as one would expect, opposes any measures to crack down on pirates or disconnect their internet services.

"The rule of law should never be abandoned to protect failing business models, no matter how much money movie studios and record labels donate to major political parties around the world," party spokesman Simon Frew said.

This reason Zuckerberg Not Make Facebook version of the iPad

CALIFORNIA - It is undeniable again that Facebook to be one mandatory application in almost all platforms. But the unique, Facebook did not make an application for iPad tablet device. Then what reason?

In fact, the application Facebook to the IOS running on your iPhone or iPod Touch device including an application of the most frequently downloaded by users. CEO and founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has its own reasons, why Facebook is not presented in the iPad.

According to Zuckerberg, Facebook is not interested in creating applications for Facebook on the iPad because the device is not "as fast" iPhone.

"I do not mean rough, but not as'mobile iPad 'like the iPhone,"said Zuckerberg, as reported by PC Magazine, Monday (30/05/2011).

The 27-year-old billionaire has not been able to give an idea when Facebook will provide a door for its application on a tablet that is reaching the highest popularity.

Online Broking Booming

Price is one factor that attracts investors but websites are also offering goodies to help pull in even more punters, writes Bina Brown.

Online brokers are now the preferred trading method for almost half of the country's shareholders. Whether it is a transaction over the internet or via a phone, about 46 per cent of investors use online brokers as their main method of trading, according to the Australian Securities Exchange 2010 Australian share ownership study.

The head of retail distribution at CommSec, Brian Phelps, attributes rising trading volumes online to the growing disenchantment with the advice investors received throughout the global financial crisis?.

"A lot of people have decided to make decisions themselves," Phelps says. "And the beauty of online broking is they can do it in their own time and in their own space; all the tools are there."

With more investors looking to take control of their own investment decisions, competition for your online broking dollar is fierce. But with so much choice, where should you ? start? Independent outfits such as Canstar Cannex provide useful starting points for your own research (see "online trading stars").

Much depends on the type of investor you are or plan to be – whether you wish to buy and sell shares daily, or invest on a multi-year time horizon. And, of course, cost plays its part. The bottom line

While the ASX survey didn't ask what it is about online broking that attracts investors?, independent research suggests price has a lot to do with it.

"Price is important but an online broker has to have a good, reliable service, otherwise it wouldn't get past the starting gate," the? chief operating officer at research house Investment Trends, Tim Cobb, says.

Cobb says its latest online broking report reveals competition is intense between online brokers, which should spur existing providers to improve and innovate, as well as luring new entrants into the industry. All of which is positive for consumers.

And with a lot of investors still sitting on the sidelines, another area of competition is the interest rate ?brokers are prepared to pay ? customers with a linked cash account.

"There has been some very successful and competitive pricing going on between the providers," says Cobb, who adds? that market leader CommSec is doing well to hang on to its 50 per cent market share despite the competition.

After CommSec, 18 per cent of people who use an online broker say they use E*Trade, 8 per cent use Westpac, 7 per cent use National Australia Bank and 5 per cent use Bell Direct.

"If you haven't got the service or the product suite, then people will just get up and walk," Phelps says. He puts the online broker's continuing dominant position down to offering a broader product range to its 1.5 million clients.

CommSec's partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland in international shares has been a big winner with its clients.

"Brokerage has been very strong because of the genuine interest by Australian investors to get involved in some of the big US companies and pick up some of the exchange-rate differential," Phelps says.

As well as rolling out a new website in the coming months, CommSec will be unveiling new offerings to its high-value customers including better research and charting to support its contracts for difference (CFD) and option-trading clients.

Cost is clearly a consideration to Westpac Online Investing, which recently slashed its brokerage from $24.95 to a starting rate of $19.95 for those customers who also hold their cash with the bank.

"Not only has brokerage become competitive but cash is an attractive proposition," the head of Westpac Online Investing, James Staltari says.

The 5.65 per cent interest paid by Westpac Online Investing is made up of a flat rate of 4.75 per cent for any cash balance, plus 0.9 per cent when a customer trades three or more times a month.

Staltari says while brokerage is clearly competitive, feedback from its customers is that price is not the only thing they look at when ?choosing an online trading platform.

Westpac has been focusing on expanding its ?research, range of investment options and building its mobile application. He says while shares remain the main focus of customers, increasingly they are wanting to invest in a broader range of assets, including foreign exchange, commodities, indices, contracts for difference, international shares, exchanged traded options and managed funds. Beyond brokerage The features you'll want from your online broker will tend to differ depending on whether you are a casual or active trader. Regardless of your investment style, the amount of company information and research available online is likely to be a useful springboard for your own thinking, the managing director of E*Trade, Stuart Sayers, says.

E*Trade has joined Commsec and Westpac in offering international share trading. A tax-reporting tool is also offered by E*Trade.

Customers who get the subscription service can also get access to 'what if' scenarios that detail the tax implications of selling certain parcels of shares depending on when they were bought.

A financial analyst at Canstar Cannex, Joshua Zenas, says providers are ultimately trying to bridge the gap between what they offer in relation to their competitors. Some standard offers include the dynamic trading platform, research and analytical tools and educational resources. The offer of a linked margin loan and competitive interest rates for the cash sitting in settlement accounts is another enhancement.

Essentially, they are catering to the need of an investor who does not want to miss the opportunity to trade at a particular price and time, Zenas says.

Interest rates on settlement accounts range from 1 per cent from Macquarie Bank to 5.65 per cent from Westpac. CommSec and Westpac Securities also offer upfront credit for trading. Online brokers' main pitch is the ease with which clients can trade and the provision of tools required to make an informed decision - and all that with competitive pricing.

Providers are also keen to keep abreast with technological trends and developing applications so trades can be made using iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones.

All in a day's work

ANGELO CARAPELLA prefers to call himself a short-term trader rather than a day trader - even though he does most of his share trading in one day.

Most days start at 7am as he assesses what has happened in global markets overnight and predicts the likely impact on the local exchange.

Seated in front of three monitors - one for CommSec where he does his trading, one for 'watchlists' of the stocks he's interested in and one for live company announcements and newsfeeds - his busiest times of day are at the market opening and close.

'As a short-term trader I look to enter a stock and take a small profit before I sell it and I might do that with the same stock several times a day,' he says.

Having traded for himself for almost 10 years and with 20 years' experience in the financial markets, he has developed his own criteria for what and when to buy.

'I like high volume and a lot of liquidity. I like to know that when I buy a stock I can sell it just as easily. I also look for positive momentum and positive announcements associated with the company, which might drive the price up,' Angelo says.

He has also learnt to stay disciplined and do nothing if he has to.

Angelo estimates 70 per cent of his time is spent reading and researching stocks.

When it comes to choosing which provider to go with, Angelo says: 'It's the total package really. It's not just about the brokerage rates but if there is a technical difficulty with the trading platform, I know I can make a phone call and help will be there.'

Battle on over fees

ONLINE brokerage pricing is no doubt a competitive area, with all players chopping and changing to boost their client base. With fees forming such a large part of their share-trading experience, this is good news for users.

Average brokerage fees on trades ranging from $1000 to $100,000 have fallen by 14.22 per cent this year.

CMC Markets led the charge by more than halving their brokerage from $19.95 to $9.90 for trades up to $9900.

Traders spending more than this also benefited from a drop in trades above $990 to 0.1 per cent. Canstar Cannex says this dramatic move in rates charged forced others to rethink their pricing.

Westpac and E*Trade followed CMC into the war in an effort to increase their market share. Westpac Securities reduced its brokerage of $24.95 and $29.95 to $19.95 for trades up to $18,137 and 0.11 per cent for higher amounts.

E*Trade moved a little differently by adjusting brokerage based on the number and value of trades. E*Trade's standard brokerage rates have dropped from $32.95 to $19.95. Brokerage is now $19.95 on trades up to $5000; $24.95 on trades between $5001 and $10,000; $29.95 on trades between $10,001 and $28,000; and 0.11 per cent for larger trades. The charge for a second trade and any subsequent trade each month is $19.95 on trades up to $18,000. After that, it is 0.11 per cent.

Canstar Cannex says the brokerage will affect different users in different ways. For infrequent low-value traders, a higher fee will lengthen the time required to break even. Those with high trade volumes will find large brokerage rates will eat into their overall return.

The best platforms for market players

CANSTAR CANNEX rated 35 online broking platforms to determine which offered the best value for three different user profiles: casual investors, active investors and traders.

Casual investors transact about 10 times a year with an average transaction value of about $10,000. For them, education tools, simplicity of use and cost really matter. Active investors average 60 trades a year, at about $35,000 a transaction. They use the latest market information and data to determine their portfolio holding, so the quality of research tools and cost are important.

Traders are those who transact on average 480 times year, averaging about $15,000 a trade. They use the latest market information to determine their portfolio holding. The availability of derivatives and a dynamic trading platform are also key considerations.

Canstar Cannex awarded brokers five stars across the three investor profiles. For casual investors, best value were CMC Markets' trader account, Bell Direct's silver platform and CommSec's internet preferred platform.

For active investors, Canstar's picks were Morrison Securities' htmlIRESS platform, CommSec's internet preferred platform, Westpac Securities integrated account platform and E*Trade's standard platform.

For traders, CMC Markets' trading account, Amscot Discount Stockbroking's AmscotOnlineValueRate and First Prudential Market's webIRESS platform got five stars.

Royal Wedding Entrance 6 Most Large Internet Audience

LONDON - Internet turned out to not be separated from marriage Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. Millions of visitors throng the virtual world is utilizing the Internet to watch the grandest wedding of the century.

Of the data released by Akamai Technologies, events ranging from news to videos steraming Royal Wedding was a success reaching number 5.4 million page views per minute. Consequently this figure makes the event become the biggest event of the 6th with the largest Internet audience in history.

When compared with the highest listing held by 2010 World Cup, is very far away. Noted, the world's biggest soccer event that attracted about 10.4 million page views per minute. So that was reported by Fox News, Sunday (01/05/2011).

Here's a list of events that embrace the largest audience:

1. 10.35 million page views per minute during the World Cup qualifying matches and the longest match in Wimbledon tennis event

2. 6.36 million page views per minute European Champions League matches

3. 6 million page views per minute Kick Off 2010 World Cup

4. June 23, 2010: 5.6 million page views match the United States beat Algeria in the 2010 World Cup

5. 2 November 2010: 5.6 million page views per minute at a mid-term U.S. elections 2010

6. 29 April 2011: 5.4 million page views per minute when Prince William and Kate Middleton get married in the Royal Wedding.

Google Between Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich

CALIFORNIA - Google announced their latest version of Android, the Ice Cream Sandwich, along with updated Honyecomb 3.1 that is significant.

Special to update Honeycomb, Google's developer conference to introduce the Google I / 0 in San Francisco, featuring some significant changes. Especially the features to display home screen.

Launched by PC World, on Wednesday (11/05/2011), update today will improve the function of quick access buttons, so you can scroll between opened last feature, instead of being limited to the number that appeared on the screen.

Moreover, in his update this latest Honeycomb will be present at the Google TV via automatic updates (over the air).

Version 3.1 has also increased to support the function of USB ports. This is important, because it explains why the USB ports function less than the maximum occurred in previous versions. Support USB port is important for another reason as well. Since Google introduced Android Open Accessory strategy, to enable the creation of accessories that will work with 2.3.4 Android device Android 3.1 Gingerbread and Honeycomb.

In addition, Google announced plans for Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of the Android operating system for smartphones that unites Honeycomb interfaces that are intended for mobile phone experience.

Google also mentions some interesting statistics highlight the ongoing momentum in such company, Google has more than 200,000 applications through the Android Market, and more than 4.5 billion application has been installed on Android.

Lord Falconer: Tweets make super-injunctions pointless

Social networking site Twitter has rendered super-injunctions "pointless", according to former lord chancellor and justice secretary Lord Falconer.

He told the Daily Mail it seems "very difficult" to ensure such injunctions are complied with.

It comes after a Twitter user tried to unmask some celebrities who obtained super-injunctions to prevent details of their private lives being published.

The tweets to "out" some UK public figures appeared to contain errors.

The Twitter user attracted thousands of followers and the content of the posts was discussed widely on the micro-blogging website.

Commenting on concerns over injunctions and non-mainstream media, Lord Falconer said: "If a point is reached as a matter of evidence when everyone knows who the injunctions are about then they become pretty pointless.

"It sounds like it's very difficult to make sure that injunctions like this are complied with."

Campaigner Jemima Khan recently denied getting a super-injunction to stop publication of "intimate" photos of herself and Jeremy Clarkson, in her own Twitter response.
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Max Mosley Ex-motorsports boss

She issued her response on Twitter after the claims appeared on the website on Sunday.

She tweeted: "Rumour that I have a super injunction preventing publication of "intimate" photos of me and Jeremy Clarkson. NOT TRUE!"

In a later tweet, she said: "I hope the people who made this story up realise that my sons will be bullied at school because of it. Plus I'm getting vile hate tweets."

Super-injunctions have been issued by the courts to protect people from what they see as their right to privacy from the press.

Even the fact that an injunction has been granted, or the name of the person applying for it, must be kept secret.

Some newspapers - and MPs - have attempted to challenge the court orders, suggesting it should be Parliament and not the courts which decide on the introduction of any privacy law.

Speaking shortly after losing his European Court of Human Rights bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives, Max Mosley said allegations made on Twitter were "completely different to a serious publication in a major national newspaper".

Effective tool?

"I think the Twitter thing is just a temporary bit of hysteria in an attempt to try and get opposition to injunctions which shouldn't really happen," said the ex-motorsports boss.

"Twitter is only one grade up from the discussion down the pub. If somebody tells you that I heard in the pub that this footballer has done whatever you would not pay much attention to it."

Last month, Prime Minister David Cameron said the increasing use of such strict gagging orders made him feel uneasy.

A report by a committee set up by the Master of the Rolls - the most senior civil law judge at the Court of Appeal - will report on their use later this month.

BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said it will have to grapple with the issue of publication online.

"If it doesn't, the super or secret injunction may no longer be an effective tool in the administration of justice," he said.

Facebook Launches '​​Containers' Special To The Journalist

CALIFORNIA - Up more and more serious in handling the news. Today, the company announced new features for journalists, including a special page that is "Journalists on Facebook". Programs for journalists that reportedly will be available globally.

"The new page will be a tool for reporters who use Facebook to find sources, interact with readers and complete news," said a spokesman for Facebook, as reported by WebProNews.

Up promises, the content will be added on a regular basis to the page. "Input from the community of journalists will also be accommodated," promised up.

"Changes that will make journalists can perform journalistic tasks very well due to unify product up-date it with their work and connect with users of Facebook, which number more than 500 million people."

Facebook also provides programs for journalists who called up Journalism Meetup.

In this event, up will hold events around the world, and held a workshop about using Facebook as a means of reporting, and provoke dialogue among journalists.

For starters, the program will begin on 27 April in the central office up in Palo Alto, California.

By that date, reporters in the courtyard up already received the "likes" nearly 2,300. Among them are Katie Couric, CBS news television official, Diane Sawyer of ABC and host of ABC's Sunday talk, Christiane Amanpour

Since Facebook launched a program that can be exploited by media organizations in early 2010, up claiming they failed to provide increased traffic by over 300 percent for media sites. This latest step, in cooperation with media organizations, is to "make the content become more social"

Nosy grandmother 75 of 'Suicide' Internet Connection in Two Countries

GEORGIA - unique events happening in Georgia. A 75-year-old grandmother is responsible for deciding otherwise the internet connection in Georgia and its neighbors, Armenia, so much netter failed surfing in cyberspace.

Georgian Interior Ministry initially claimed she had retired to dig the ground to find iron or objects that could be sold. Well, dig it led to a stream of optical fiber cable internet connection in Georgia and Armenia.

Do not understand what its usefulness, the grandmother is cut and damage the cable. Then gave up an internet connection in some areas the two countries. Thousands of internet users are unable to access the internet for several hours.

"He found that the cable while collecting metal and even cut it with the intent to steal," said Zura Gvenetadze, a spokesman for Georgia's Interior Ministry, reported AFP.

My grandmother who was nicknamed 'hacker (hacking) of spades' was being investigated for damaging property.

Nosy grandmother had now been arrested and threatened with punishment up to 3 years in jail with charges of damaging property.

Indeed, such events have occurred in 2009 in which the fiber optic cable was also damaged one.

But this time, a larger scale. Cable company owner, Georgian Railway Telecom, said the damage to make 90% of regular Internet users and corporate customers in Armenia lost access for 12 hours. Similarly, internet service provider in Georgia to be disturbed.

"I do not understand how this grandmother could find and destroy the cable. The cable is protected and such incidents are extremely rare," said Giorgio Ionatamishvili of the Georgian Railway Telecom.

Sony CEO Apologizes Through Blogs

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized to all subscribers to the incidents of data theft by hackers (hackers). As a result of this event, Sony was forced to shut down online services PlayStation Network and Qriocity service for two weeks.

"As a company, we apologize for any inconvenience and concern caused by this attack," said Stringer, who posted through Sony's official blog on Thursday (05/05/2011). Team Sony promised immediate action to access these as quickly and as safely as possible.

Closure steps had to be done on 20 April 2011 on the grounds of external interference. Apparently, when the PlayStation network and Qriocity was laid waste by hackers and identity resulting in broken-down 77 million users of both networks, such as e-mail address, birth date, and a password.


Sony has cooperated with authorities, including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to pursue these intruders. On the other hand, Sony is facing a lawsuit over delays in information about any cases of data theft that might be hackers. The company warns of new customers on April 26, or six days after the closure of the PlayStation Network and streaming music Qriocity.

Intel issued a Three Dimensional Transistors

Intel Corp. announced that they will mass-produce chips using the new transistors are shown in three-dimensional structure (three-dimensional/3-D). It describes as a breakthrough in microprocessors.

3-D transistor, called the Tri-Gate, is a fundamental step forward from two-dimensional transistor structure that turn computers, mobile phones, and other modern electronics.

"Scientists and engineers Intel has once again reinventing the transistor. This time use the third dimension," said Paul Otellini, Intel CEO, said in a statement on Wednesday (4 / 5).

Intel also showed a 22-nanometer microprocessor with the name of Ivy Bridge. This will be the first chip built using 3-D transistor new.

Ivy Bridge is scheduled to be mass produced at the end of this year.

According to Intel, the transistor in 3-D allows the chip to operate at voltage and lower leakage than previous transistors. However, higher performance and 37 percent with a lower voltage than the two-dimensional transistor 32 nm.

Another important advantage, the transistor in 3-D is best used in small handheld devices that use less energy.