New rumors for Apple TV

The « iTV » remade with a new series of rumors in the direct origin of the site of worship Apple Mac talk her. A source of the latter would have had the opportunity to see a prototype in operation of the Apple TV.

The anonymous source said that the aircraft resembles the that Led Cinema Display Apple monitors but would be one “much higher” format the iTV would be equipped with specific characteristics to other terminals of the Apple brand. Is integrated for example voice Assistant Siri, released on the iPhone 4 S, which would fly the TV by the voice.

The iSight camera would also exploit Facetime, recognition of faces and monitoring of movement options could propose while AirPlay would offer the possibility of distributing multimedia content stored on the terminals of the annexes as Macs, iPad or iPhone for example. Finally the source pointed out that iCloud and iTunes naturally present on the iTV.

As for the features, be the TV could be equipped with a Sharp screenfor the Chinese Apple supplier would be Foxconn invests $ 1.6 million in the production of the Sharp TVs line. What the resolution, the Cupertino firm TV propose a display of 1920 x 1080p and would be selling between $ 1000 to $ 2000.?

Apple iTV could arrive on the market in 2013, but should be presented this year, according to an analyst with NPD Display Search.

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Emilio toy transformed into test Robot

Here are REGO, a transformed into Robot Emilio test and Telepresence.

The purpose of this project isusing bricks already existing technologies and put them together to design a very simple Robotics base, that allows to be used as the basis for the tests.
This basis must be compatible with the global ecosystem. With a single word in order: simplicity.
After considering many possibilities and sometimes even forgetting the word of order, was born a simple solution: a toy robot Emilio, a bit ofArduino, a suggestion of sensor, an embedded netbook , a zest of programming and especially great pleasure…

Moreinformation, photos and video of the toy transformed into Robot and Emilio de Telepresence test more…

  

Using a Emilio, there is an operational mobile base and a robot that creates empathy (factor test tried to achieve important).
Embark on Emilio netbook is finally the cheapest solution and easy to enjoy WIFI, Bluetooth, power of calculation and theecosystems and infinite software range that can be added to the.
More with a netbook with touch screen, adds interactivity to the Robot. A map of Arduino board PNP (the predecessor of the Arduino) are used as command between the PC and the robot.

The Robot can be controlled by a remote computer, can move, see, hear and talk to people around the Robot with two rules: LogMein and Skype.
Visual basic 2010 was used to create the command interface.

At this stage, there is a mobile robot that can be controlled remotely via a simple Web browsercompatible with all standards, to which is possible to add all types of sensors, software or ecosystem it proves useful.

IE is at this stage that is returned to the heart of the matter: give a real autonomy thanks to models that we are going to test him. But once again, is another story!
In any case, this Emilio is beautiful DIY Robotics realization !

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iOS 5.1.1 is here: improvements and over-the-air update how to [video]

Apple has just released the software update 5.1.1 for iOS, covering the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. As always the udpate is available over-the-air or through iTunes (whichever comes handy do you).

Personally I see no reason why not to upgade over the air, but that is not an option on iOS devices running any version lower than 5.0 (don’t worry, we have an article with video for that situation too).

So, let’s see at first the improvements and bug fixes promised by Apple with iOS 5.1.1, as specified in the “software update available” screen:

Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen Shortcut (only applies to the iPhone)Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G and 3G networksFixes bugs that affected AirPlay video playback in some circumstancesImproved reliability for syncing Safari Bookmarks and Reading ListFixes an issue where “Unable to purchase” alert could be displayed after successful purchase.

This new OS version is focused primarily on bug fixes and stability improvements, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t upgrade (especially since its Free). As you’ll can see in the video below the update procedure is pretty straightforward as long as you have enough battery left in your tablet and you have a reliable wireless Internet Connection. Add 5 minutes of patience and you’re set to go.

iOS 5.1.1 is ready to be downloaded on your Apple iDevice

Updating OTA can’t be easier that this: tap Settings -> General -> Software Update, wait for the new  update message to appear on your screen and tap Download and Install. Confirm the Terms provided by Apple and that’s it, everything is on autopilot from now on. Just wait for the tablet to be restarted, the upgrade applied and your newly updated device will restart. In the OTA case you won’t need to restore anything. This is what makes iCloud so convenient to use.

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Microsoft Bing Friends Facebook

 In a few weeks, Microsoft plans to roll out a revised version of its Bing search engine that includes a way to involve Facebook friends in the search process.

While the move looks like a response to Google’s Search Plus Your World social integration, announced in January, it’s more than that. Microsoft believes it can make search better by enabling Bing users to pose questions during the search process to Facebook users. This functionality will be available to users shortly through a new sidebar interface.

“You can post a question to get help from your Facebook friends as you search,” explain Bing corporate VPs Derrick Connell and Harry Shum in a blog post. “You can ‘tag’ friends Bing suggests might know about the topic. In a few simple clicks you can share your search and your friends can reply to your question on either Facebook or Bing.”

Bing will also be aggregating content posted on social networks and services like Twitter, Foursquare, Quora, LinkedIn, Google Plus and Blogger, and presenting that content when relevant.

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All the major browsers support some form of privacy mode. Internet Explorer looks like it will be the first to get a publicity mode. Nonetheless, Microsoft insists it has made an effort to maximize privacy protections. The company says that while you’re using Bing and signed into Facebook, Bing will only reveal content that friends could access through Facebook directly.

For the 8.6% of U.S. Facebook users who don’t use, or don’t know about, Facebook’s privacy settings, that may not be very assuring.

Behind this latest revision, the most significant in the past three years according to Microsoft, is the belief that search isn’t enough. Microsoft tried to convey this message when it launched Bing as a “decision engine,” the idea being that a search is just a stepping stone on the way to a decision.

Now the message is that people power Microsoft’s decision engine. “People have become as important as pages and search needs to evolve to embrace these changes,” Connell and Shum say. “The challenge has been to figure out how to integrate the information you care about with the people who can be most helpful to you in getting stuff done.”

For Microsoft investors, the more salient question is how much money is enough to compete. Microsoft has reportedly spent more than $5.5 billion to date on Bing. Bing’s U.S. market share was about 15% in March, according to comScore, which put Google’s U.S. market share at about 66% during the same period. Globally, the gap is even wider: Net Application’s NetMarketShare estimates that Google’s global desktop search market share stands at 78%, with Bing at 4%, behind Baidu and Yahoo. And in the global mobile search market, it’s a one-horse race, with Google at over 91% and Bing barely registering at 1%.

Evidently undaunted by Google’s lead in mobile search, or perhaps just confident that Microsoft’s antitrust complaints against Google have finally stirred regulators to action, Connell and Shum promise an improved Bing experience on mobile devices (m.bing.com) will soon be available. And they insist that testing reveals a preference for Bing when users aren’t bedazzled by the Google brand.

“When shown unbranded search results 43% prefer Bing results while only 28% prefer Google results,” they claim.

Microsoft has to hope that social search proves popular, because Google isn’t likely to drop its branding just to give Bing a leg up.

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The basic essential: the usb cable!

Necessarily has already used a USB cable in one of their computer practices: this cable allows you to connect a computer to a computer device to allow the transfer of data from one to another. USB cables are useful when trying to connect your mp3 player to use your printer, your hard disk or your mobile phone.

Attention to the choice of your cable!

USB cables are part of the most common computer connectors and are therefore available for sale in many stores. It should however be taken to bring the cable usb right from models vary depending on the equipment to connect. You can, therefore, do not use the same cable to connect the camera and printer, for example. There are also various lengths of usb cables to choose according to their needs and the provision of its facilities.

Where can get the usb cable?

Make choice of purchase online has many advantages because you can buy with confidence your USB cable without having to leave you. In fact, sites specializing in the resale of his team of connectors are on the rise and generally enjoy excellent performance customer. Why is it? Simply because resale sites not feed more fears that could still be a few years ago. It is now possible to buy with confidence online and obtain more efficient than generic stores equipment.

Leboncable.com : leader in its field.

Look for the good cable at the best price? Leboncable.com is the site you need. Specializing in this area, it offers a wide range of products and a purchase in any security payment 100% secure PayPal. Used by buyers, this site is involved for the quality of their products and guarantees two years all their cables for a purchase with confidence.

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A Japanese creates his own transformation from robot

Kenji Shida is passionate about robotics Japanese who made his own robot. A robot a bit special because it is a transformation from Humanoids car.

Presented for the first time in the form of a sports car of remote control, the robot is fast becoming his true form. In order to change of form, use 22 actuators able to precisely control all the movements of this miniature Autobots. The robot can perform various movements such as drilling and other combat moves.

Travel in humanoid mode are still busy, but it is no less impressive. This is the eighth version of the robot, the engineer is currently working on a ninth version, so it must still be improved.

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Blackberry Playbook gets unofficial PlayStation 1 software emulator

One thing I’ve noticed with tablets that didn’t make a huge impact in the consumer crowd is that passionate users are taking things to the extreme with mods, custom ROMs and such. The HP Touchpad from last year was the target of people wanting to install Android OS on it and now the Blackberry Playbook is the target for some interesting customizations.

The customization is actually a software emulator for the PlayStation 1 console. It’s called PCSX-ReARMed-PB and is not quite what you would call a ‘tap to install’ app. You need advanced skills to install the emulator and the additional required packages. You also need your own Playstation BIOS file and image files of the games you plan on running. So this is for you if you’ve already tried to build your own emulator.

As you’ll see from the video below this is just a work in progress for now, so much more has to be done by the user to make everything work smoothly, but if you’re a fanatic of old PS1 games this is something you could try. I hope someone will try and make a PS2 emulator, as I’m sure the Playbook is powerful enough to handle console hardware from 13 years ago.

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Physician EHR Adoption Varies With Age

(click image for larger view and for slideshow)Doctors in small practices, older physicians, and non-primary care specialists continue to lag other categories of physicians in adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), according to a new study in Health Affairs. Moreover, the study points out, the use of “basic” EHRs–systems containing features that many experts believe are conducive to quality improvement–remains low among all types of doctors in different practice settings.

Between 2002 and 2011, the researchers found, the percentage of physicians who said they had any type of EHR increased from 18% to 55%. During that period, primary care doctors adopted EHRs at a faster rate than specialists. By 2011, the gap between primary care doctors’ and specialists’ adoption of EHRs had widened: 59% of generalists had any kind of EHR vs. 50% of specialists.

Similarly, in 2011 40% of primary care physicians had basic EHRs, compared to 31% of specialists. Overall, about a third of physicians had basic EHRs, which allow them to record information on patient demographics, diagnoses, and medications, store clinical notes, view lab and imaging results, and prescribe electronically.

Jane E. Sisk, a study coauthor and a scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Medicine, told InformationWeek Healthcare that specialists’ lower adoption rate was partly related to “the limitations in the EHR systems on the market,” which may not offer the features that some specialists require.

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The study also found a growing divergence between doctors who were 45 or younger and physicians who were 55 or older, both in overall EHR adoption and the use of basic EHRs. Midsize and large practices also acquired EHRs at a faster rate than small practices did, although there was a big jump in the percentage of one- and two-doctor practices that had EHRs from 2010 to 2011, Sisk said. Much of that movement, she added, may have resulted from the government’s incentives for Meaningful Use of EHRs.

Not surprisingly, practices owned by healthcare systems and other large organizations were more likely to have an EHR than private practices were, and that difference also widened during the study period. Adoption of basic EHRs was higher in the Midwest and the West, where large group practices are numerous, than in the South and the Northeast, where small private practices remain the norm.

Sisk said she does not believe that the slower rates of adoption by older, small-practice, independent, and specialist physicians means that EHR implementation will plateau in any of those categories. Many older physicians will retire, she pointed out, and the number of physicians in solo and two-doctor practices–now about 40% of the total–will continue to shrink as more and more of those doctors go to work for hospitals and other healthcare organizations. “So I don’t see there’s necessarily any plateau or wall that any one group of physicians would hit.”

Nevertheless, she pointed out, the low adoption rate of basic EHRs creates a significant challenge for the EHR incentive program. EHRs certified for Meaningful Use must include not only the basic EHR functions listed above, but also a few others, such as decision support and interoperability features. So if only a third of physicians have even basic EHRs, far fewer doctors have certified systems capable of showing Meaningful Use.

An accompanying study in Health Affairs supports this conclusion. That study reveals that, while 51% of physicians intended to apply for the EHR incentives in 2011, only 11% also had the “computerized capabilities” to meet the 10 core criteria of Meaningful Use.

“It’s a challenge to the federal schedule [for awarding incentive funds],” she said. “These results indicate that it would be important to continue monitoring this situation and see how people are doing with Meaningful Use stage 1 and when it’s realistic to increase those requirements and go to stage 2.”

Policymakers should also consider expanding the health IT regional extension centers and other federal programs that help physicians implement EHRs, she added. Among other things, she said, the government might broaden its technical assistance programs to include non-primary-care specialists.

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The Snugg New iPad 3 case review

One of the most popular iPad 2 cases is called The Snugg. I haven’t got the chance to test it last year, but I’ve received the new improved version for the new iPad 3 not a long time ago.

I’ve put it to the test in the past two weeks, so here’s what I’ve found out about one of the most affordable quality leather cases for Apple’s tablet.

TheSnugg is a company born two years ago, immediately after the first iPad launched and they pride with the motto ‘we don’t do cheap, we do quality’. So the expectations are high and I’m happy to say the first impression when I took the case out of its box was a very positive one.

Simplicity is key, so when closed there’s not much to make the Snugg stand out, except the quality feel of the leather surface and the white stitching, that contrasts the dark brown finish of the leather. The Snugg name is stamped on the screen cover, so it doesn’t get in the way of a simple and clean design (inside there’s a small Snugg leather sticker to remind you of what you’ve bought). TheSnugg is an agenda style case with a very impressive interior lining made from high quality soft nubuck fibre (it’s very soft to the touch and inspires quality). Inside and on the back there’s more white stitching, which I have to say looks great.

The iPad slides into its own compartment, also made from leather, and is secured inside with the help of a Velcro flap. The entire screen bezel is covered by leather, so it’s not a TPU type mounting system. All ports and connectors are easily accessible without having to take the new iPad out, like it is to be expected from this kind of product. On top of the case there’s a loophole where you can slide a stylus/pen, making this a business case. Too bad there’s no compartment for concealing a few business cards or sheets of paper. I would have built that compartment instead of the hand strap (see below).

The screen cover bends so the flap can be fitted inside a special holder/stopper on the back of the case, thus transforming it into an iPad 3 stand with two viewing angels: a low one for typing and a steep one for Facetime and media watching (watch the video to see how it all works). On the interior of the screen flap there’s a hand strap which might help you maintain a comfortable grip level while walking or lounging. Personally I don’t think it’s the most useful thing, especially since you can’t secure the screen cover on the back of the case in any way.

Overall there are no problems when it comes to functionality, and I have to say that together with the design I really like this case. For now it is the case I’m using most with my third iPad. And for about $30 is almost a steal. And one more thing before getting to the video review, this case is also compatible with the iPad 2, but that model will sit a little bit loose inside the case, but the Velcro flap will hold it in place just fine.

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6 Reasons iPad Hybrid Tablets Are Inevitable

 

Apple’s chief executive says he won’t consider an iPad that transforms into a laptop. Here’s why he may not have any choice in the matter.

8 Tablets That Will Run Windows 8 Now(click image for larger view and for slideshow)Apple CEO Tim Cook this week sniffed at hybrid tablet-laptops, like those made by Microsoft and its partners, likening them to an ungainly cross between a refrigerator and a toaster. Cook’s remarks weren’t surprising. After all, why tout a product you don’t offer. But the missing word here is “currently.”

There’s a number of reasons why it’s likely Apple will eventually offer an iPad tablet that converts to a laptop. Here’s a look at some of the most compelling.

1. MacBook Losing Air
The iPad is taking a big bite out of PC sales, and it’s not just a problem for Microsoft and its OEMs. The iPad is also cannibalizing Apple’s laptop lineup, including the MacBook Air. iPad sales were up 132% in the second quarter. By contrast, sales of Mac OS-based portables fell 1%.

Apple won’t kill the MacBook Air anytime soon–at a minimum price of $999, it drives big profits. But it’s becoming a niche, luxury product. Apple will eventually need to launch an iOS-based laptop for the iPad-addicted masses.

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2. Differential Equations
When a product becomes dominant like the iPad, the market tends to get saturated. New versions can drive further sales, but there are only so many bells and whistles that can be added. At some point, Apple will need to introduce iPads in differentiated form factors to maintain momentum. It’s already said to be planning an iPad mini. An iPad hybrid could spark demand at the other end of the spectrum.

3. Apple Hybrids Might Not Stink
Cook wasn’t far off when he said that most of today’s hybrid tablet-laptops are like the ungainly offspring of two kitchen appliances (so that’s what they’re up to at night). But they don’t have to be. If any company has the aesthetic sense to produce a hybrid that is sleek and appealing, it’s Apple. But if Cook is true to Steve Jobs’ legacy, it won’t happen until Cupertino can get it just right.

4. Platform Unification
Microsoft is pursuing a strategy that will eventually see Windows stretch across desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones. Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 reportedly already share much of the same codebase.

That’s a big selling point for consumers and business users who want to access the same apps and services regardless of whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the road. Apple could match that proposition by ultimately merging iOS and the Mac OS. If that happens, hybrids would surely be part of the product mix.

5. Windows Hybrids Will Get Better
With some exceptions, most Windows hybrids on the market today are either too bulky to function as a true tablet or too underpowered to be a true laptop. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to stay that way. Microsoft is working with some partners that really know how to innovate around hardware, including Nokia, and it’s only a matter of time before those partnerships yield a winner.

A Windows 8 hybrid that is light and fast, yet fully functional as a desktop and reasonably priced, could put a big dent in iPad sales. Apple would need to respond.

6. The Enterprise
Captain Kirk wants an iPad hybrid, and dammit Jim, he’s going to get one. Kidding aside, Apple needs to crack the enterprise, aka, business, market if it’s to continue putting up the big growth numbers investors have gotten used to. Many younger workers are bringing their iPads to the office, but the device is still a bit kludgy when one needs to type a long document or manipulate a spreadsheet. An iPad hybrid that transforms into a laptop at work? Redmond shudders.

It’s not likely we’ll see an iPad hybrid anytime soon. But soon in the tech business is relative. If Microsoft and its partners get it right with Windows 8 hybrids, soon could be a lot sooner than Tim Cook might want to admit.

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