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Άντε καλές αντιγραφές Windows παλικάρια. Άντε με το καλό.

Να θυμάστε κυρίες και κύριοι

Αυτό που θα δούμε σήμερα από την Apple μπορεί να είναι το δικό μας μέλλον αλλά είναι το παρελθόν της Apple.

Βίντεο του 1994-1995:


Βίντεο του 1986-1987:


Δεν ξέρω για τις φωνητικές οδηγίες αλλά όλα τα υπόλοιπα και ακόμη περισσότερα πολύ πιθανόν να τα δούμε σήμερα το απόγευμα.

Άντε με το καλό να μας έρθει το παρελθόν της Apple μπας και δούμε ένα καλύτερο μέλλον ;)

Πώς να παίξετε World of Warcraft, μέρος 2ο

Θυμάστε τον παππού με τις μεγάλες και τριχωτές μπάλες; Που ούτε μια τρίχα από τα εκεί του δεν είμαστε; Στο τέλος εκείνου του "άρθρου" μου;

Ξαναχτυπά! Ή μάλλον ανταλλάσσει μερικές κουβέντες για τις πράξεις του.

Unwittingly snapped by a sandwich shop paparazzo, Panera Bread iMac Man took center stage in our corner of the internet for one day in December. More pictures surfaced, but our questions remained unanswered. So we got in touch.

Well, actually, he got in touch with us. Going in, we knew only what we could see: he uses his iMac in Panera Bread; he plays lots of World of Warcraft; he's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma dressed in a plaid shirt. His photos were viewed by over 100,000 people on our site, and countless more elsewhere. He is Panera Bread iMac Man.

We now know that his name is James, he's a cheery fellow, and he works as an administrator at a large non-profit. Here's what he had to say, when I talked to him over a sandwich at his local Panera Bread. Ok ok ok, my phone. But still!

Why do you bring your iMac to Panera bread? This could also be phrased as, what do you have against laptops?

I've got nothing against laptops! At my age, I appreciate the bigger screen. The same dollars would not have gotten me a laptop with screen that size. I got an iLugger to carry it around; I grew up with the original mac, so I'm used to the weight.

I don't have an internet connection at home, so I use Panera's. At that particular Panera, I can drive my car, park it underground, and walk right up without exposing the iMac to any weather.

Do the people at Panera give you a hard time? Did they accept your computing habits right off the bat, or did it take time?

No, no. What [the photos] don't show, is that all around me are people with computers. There's usually about 50/50 on Macbooks, iBooks, and PCs.

What level is your World of Warcraft character?

I couldn't see from the screen which one that was, but I have three characters—two level 80s, and an, oh, I guess one level 14.

How'd you get into WoW?

The reason I started playing WoW was because of my niece's son, who was 9 years old, was playing at the time. I started playing in self-defense.

Are you enjoying your marginal internet celebrity? How did you find out you'd been snapped and posted online?

I was looking though MacSurfer, and saw the title. I sent the link to my buddies, and I was like, "that damn photo makes me look bald!"

It comes as a shock, though. About six months ago, a guy walked over to me, and he had done a sketch. He asked, "is this OK?" Now I have it framed, sitting on top of my counter.

Thanks for talking to us, James!

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Τι κάνει η Apple και το κάνει πολύ καλά;

Τα σπάει! Αυτό κάνει η Apple.

Apple Reports First Quarter Results

All-Time Highest Revenue and Profit
New Accounting Standards Adopted

CUPERTINO, California—January 25, 2010—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 26, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $11.88 billion and net quarterly profit of $2.26 billion, or $2.50 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.9 percent, up from 37.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple sold 3.36 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 8.7 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 100 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 21 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.

During the quarter Apple elected retrospective adoption of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s amended accounting standards* related to certain revenue recognition. Adoption of the new accounting standards significantly changes how the Company accounts for certain items, particularly sales of iPhone® and Apple TV®.

“If you annualize our quarterly revenue, it’s surprising that Apple is now a $50+ billion company,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.”

“We are very pleased to have generated $5.8 billion in cash during the quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2010, we expect revenue in the range of about $11.0 billion to $11.4 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share in the range of about $2.06 to $2.18.”

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Με λίγα λόγια; Η Apple σπάει το ένα ρεκόρ πωλήσεων μετά το άλλο σε όλους τους τομείς. Και όπως είπε και ο Steve Jobs έχουν ένα προϊόν να δείξουν από μέρα σε μέρα που κάτι θα κάνει και αυτό ;)

Ένα βήμα μπροστά, εκατό πίσω!

Although HTML5 video has a whole lot of advantages, there are still some major challenges that need to be addressed before it can gain widespread adoption. One of the most significant challenges is that Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser has poor support for emerging standards and does not yet have an HTML5 video implementation.

Fortunately, even Microsoft is beginning to recognize the inevitability of standards-based video. Microsoft began collaborating with the HTML5 working group last year and publicly endorsed the HTML5 video element. It's still not clear if Microsoft plans to add the feature to its browser in the near future, but it is starting to look very likely that the company will eventually do so.

Another problem that is impeding ubiquitous adoption of HTML5 video is an ongoing dispute about what multimedia codecs should be used on the Internet. Google and Apple favor h.264 while Opera and Mozilla prefer Ogg Theora. Although Theora doesn't yet rival h.264 in performance and compression quality, its advantage is that it is thought to be unencumbered by software patents—meaning that it can be used royalty-free and distributed in open source software applications.

As we explained in our detailed examination of the codec debate last year, the future of h.264 licensing costs is somewhat ambiguous, making it a risky choice for the Web. There are also unanswered questions about Ogg's patent status, however, and some browser vendors are concerned about the risk of submarine patents. Another problem is the limited out-of-the-box support for hardware-accelerated Ogg playback in the mobile and embedded space.

This debate isn't any closer to a resolution today. Vimeo and YouTube are both using h.264, which means that their new HTML5 video players don't work at all in Firefox.

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Έτσι επιτάσσει η Micro$oft πλευρά. Ε, ναι. Αφού δεν υποστηρίζει η Micro$oft με την παπαριά Internet Explorer το HTML5 και άλλα πάμπολλα διεθνή στάνταρτ γενικά πρέπει να τα βάψουμε μαύρα ή να δούμε πότε θα καυλώσει στη μαλακισμένη τη Micro$oft να τα υποστηρίξει.

Ρε δεν πάτε να κάνετε λίγο σεξ ή στη χειρότερη κάνα μόνιμο κρύο μπάνιο σε κάποιον από τους πόλους τις γης; Παλιοχαφιέδες και επί πληρωμή πουτάνες της Micro$oft.

Το φόβο της Apple να χουν. Δεν τους χαλάει και καθόλου. ΞΥΠΝΗΣΤΕ ΡΕ. Τέλος με τον μεσαίωνα της πληροφορικής. Πάμε μπροστά. Τώρα. Έστω και αν χρειαστεί να σφαχτούν μεταξύ τους Google, YouTube, Apple, Vimeo, DailyMotion και όσοι άλλοι πιστοί της σωστής πληροφορικής. Πάντα έτσι γίνεται. Πάντα έτσι θα γίνεται. Έτσι θα γίνει και γι άλλη μια φορά.

Safari, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, κλπ. Τέλος.

Πρέπει να σταματήσετε να χρησιμοποιείτε τον Internet Explorer;

It’s been a worrying week for computer users. Internet Explorer, the world’s most popular web browser, was found to have a serious security flaw that could have put millions of computer users at risk from cyber criminals and hackers.

The browser is thought to be the weak link that allowed hackers to carry out a sophisticated and highly targeted cyber attack against Google earlier this week, which resulted in the search giant reconsidering its operation in China.

It also sent entire nations in to a spin. The governments of France and Germany warned their citizens not to use Internet Explorer, and to switch instead to a different browser. The British government declined to follow suit.

Microsoft has now released a “patch”, to plug the hole in the browser’s code and protect it against the vulnerabilities that allowed Chinese hackers to break in to the Google email accounts of dissidents and human rights activists, and compromise the security of other large corporations.

But many computer users are wondering whether they should consider using a different web browser, such as Mozilla’s Firefox or Google Chrome.

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Αυτό είναι από τα άρθρα που λέμε θα πρέπει να διαβάσεις μεταξύ των γραμμών που λένε οι ξένοι (read between the lines) για να βρεις την μοναδική αλήθεια.

Η συρραφή των λέξεων είναι μοναδική. Οι ίδιες οι λέξεις δεν θα μπορούσαν να είναι καλύτερες. Ο ρυθμός; Σωστός μετρονόμος. Απίστευτη μπουρδολογία σαν να είναι γραμμένη από τους ίδιους τους Bill Gates και Steve Ballmer.

Προσπαθούν να πείσουν τα πρόβατα που ακόμη χρησιμοποιούν Internet Explorer για το πόσο καλό πρόγραμμα είναι και πόσο καλή εταιρία είναι η Micro$oft. Οι κυβερνήσεις και οι ειδικοί που τα χώνουν στην αδικημένοι Micro$oft και το αξιαγάπητο λογισμικό της φταίνε. Απλά ξαναδιαβάστε το παραπάνω άρθρο προσθέτοντας πριν από κάθε λέξεις "computer users" και τις λέξεις "stupid, ignorant and sheep". Τότε και μόνο τότε ΙΣΩΣ να είστε στο σωστό δρόμο για την αλήθεια.

Τον βούλιαξε τον Τιτανικό το Avatar

One boxoffice record down. Two to go.

After six rounds on the foreign circuit, "Avatar" on the weekend became the biggest-grossing offshore title in movie history.

The James Cameron mega-budget blockbuster rolled up an overseas cume through Sunday of $1.288 billion, exceeding by $46 million "Titanic's" 13-year international boxoffice record of $1.242 billion. The record actually fell Saturday, as predicted.

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Όπως έχω πει στο παρελθόν υπερβολικά πολλές φορές (και καλά έκανα γιατί έχω να κάνω με πολύ αργούς ανθρώπους γύρω μου που με μερικούς έχουμε και καθυστέρηση 20 ετών αν όχι και 30), το Avatar ήρθε για να μείνει. Είτε σας αρέσει είτε όχι. Για πάντα!

Star Wars TOR (The Old Republic)

Δεν ξέρω πως, πότε και αν θα δω αυτό το παιχνίδι αλλά αυτό δεν εμπόδισε στην Κοινότητα Οπτικών Εφέ να προτείνει το τρέιλερ του παιχνιδιού για βραβείο! Πολύ σωστούς τους βρίσκω.

Το τρέιλερ είναι από το Blur Studio. Καλή τύχη παιδιά!

Αφού μας αγαπάς, γιατί μας τυραννάς;

Ο Steve Ballmer υπογράφει ένα MacBook Pro μες στην τρελή χαρά! Αυτά είναι λέμε! Ο άνθρωπος που και καλά ακούει Apple και βγάζει σπυράκια...

YouTube και Vimeo VS Flash

A while ago, YouTube launched a simple demo of an HTML5-based video player. Recently, we published a blog post on our pre-spring cleaning effort and your number one request was that YouTube do more with HTML5. Today, we're introducing an experimental version of an HTML5-supported player.

HTML5 is a new web standard that is gaining popularity rapidly and adds many new features to your web experience. Most notably for YouTube users, HTML5 includes support for video and audio playback. This means that users with an HTML5 compatible browser, and support for the proper audio and video codecs can watch a video without needing to download a browser plugin.

Our support for HTML5 is an early experiment, and there are some limitations. HTML5 on YouTube doesn't support videos with ads, captions, or annotations and it requires a browser that supports both the video tag and h.264 encoded video (currently that means Chrome, Safari, and ChromeFrame on Internet Explorer). We will be expanding the capabilities of the player in the future, so get ready for new and improved versions in the months to come.

To try it out, go to the HTML5 page via TestTube or visit this page and join the experiment. This will enable HTML5 video for your browser, provided that it's one of the browsers mentioned above and fits in with the parameters we already referenced. (If you've opted in to other experiments, you may not get the HTML5 player.) You can also enable Feather watch (visit http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta) along with HTML5 video for an even simpler, faster YouTube experience.

We are very excited about HTML5 as an open standard and want to be part of moving HTML5 forward on the web.

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It's HTML5 week in video land, and the latest entrant is Vimeo. Less than a day after competitor YouTube announced that it would begin rolling out an HTML5 video player to videos on its site, Vimeo is doing the same.

Beginning Thursday, the site will be offering its users the option to play videos without the need for Adobe Flash--a plug-in that was previously required to watch videos on its online player. The new option to switch to the HTML5 player will appear as a link below each video. The site will then remember a user's preference from session to session.

Browsers that Vimeo will be supporting from the get-go include the latest versions of Apple's Safari, Chrome, and Internet Explorer with the Chrome frame installed. Other browsers will simply not show the HTML5 link.

Vimeo says that the new HTML5-friendly version of its player will work with 90 percent of Vimeo's library that has been uploaded within the past year. That number should grow higher going forward.

The move to HTML5 comes a little more than two months after Vimeo began offering a limited selection of mobile phone-friendly videos. These clips could be played outside of Adobe's Flash player container. But more importantly this opens up Vimeo's content (and site) to what could end up being a much larger number of devices that may not be able to run Flash, but will be HTML5 video-friendly.

Coming up next from the company is support for 1080p uploading and playback, which is due by the end of this month.

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Κάλλιο αργά παρά ποτέ που λένε. Τα χνάρια της Apple ακολουθούν το YouTube, το Vimeo και η Google. Μπράβο ρε παιδιά. Επιτέλους! Να πάνε στο διάολο τα Flash και τα Silverlight αυτού του κόσμου. Στα τσακίδια. Ουστ!

HTML5 ftw λέμε για ένα πιο καθαρό διαδίκτυο χωρίς τα σκουπίδια της Adobe και της Micro$oft!

Δώστε μας τέτοια:

I’m done: Star Wars opening crawl, using only HTML & CSS. Caveats: It only works in Snow Leopard in Safari 4.0.4 and the WebKit nightly. Nothing else supports the CSS 3D transforms and animations I used, but I just wanted to see if it could be done.

(Here’s a video of it on YouTube, in case I run out of bandwidth for the day and it stops working.)

Από εδώ.

Δείτε το βίντεο του παραπάνω τρομερού παραδείγματος ενός ορθού διαδικτύου σε αντίθεση με τις παπαροFlash και παπαροSilverlight και καλά τεχνολογίες!



Αν δεν καταλαβαίνετε τι βλέπετε μην ανησυχείτε, εξάλλου έτσι παθαίνετε από τότε που γεννηθήκατε...

Εντοπίστε τις αλλαγές που έκανα εγώ στο παραπάνω βίντεο :P

Google σε παρακαλώ πολύ: Don't be evil!

On the last day of November, 2009, after the initial rush of excitement around Google's Chrome OS launch had quieted a bit, Ryan Paul and I sat down with Matthew Papakipos, the engineering director for the Chrome OS project, and Eitan Bencuya, from Google PR. I had done my best to sort out the why's and wherefore's of Google's first consumer OS effort in my initial launch coverage but I still had many questions about the past, present, and future of the project.

What followed that afternoon was an interview that was so candid, in-depth, and informative about not just Chrome OS, but about the present and future of the Web as a distributed application platform, that we chose to sit on the results until the holiday and CES madness had passed. So, in this brief pause between CES and the coming iSlate hysteria, we present our Chrome OS interview.

Over the course of the interview, Papakipos and Bencuya go into considerable detail about topics that range from big-picture perspectives on how Google develops software and where it sees the Web going with HTML5, to the nuts and bolts of what Chrome OS is slated to offer in specific areas. In short, we cover the following ground:

-How and when the Chrome OS project was conceived
-The relationship between Chrome OS and Android
-How Google is trying to tackle the same "file handler" problem as Windows OLE and the registry, but in the cloud.
-Who Google sees as the target audience for Chrome OS, how did they decide which projects and features to pursue
-The convergence of the phone and the computer
-Nuts and bolts details, like native client execution, security, and UI issues
-The significance of Chrome's built-in media player

In the text below, the speakers should be obvious, but just in case you need it: JS is me (Jon Stokes), RP is Ryan Paul, MP is Matthew Papakipos, and EB is Eitan Bencuya.

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Πολύ ενδιαφέρον όλη η συνέντευξη αλλά στα δικά μου μάτια είναι πλέον ξεκάθαρο. Η Google έχασε το δρόμο της. Για μια εταιρία που έχει προϊόντα όπως Google Earth, Google Maps, κα. δεν ξέρει τι κάνει, γιατί το κάνει και πότε θα το κάνει. Παράδειγμα και το Google Wave. Απίστευτη διαδικτυακή τεχνολογία που δεν μαθαίνουν στον κόσμο τι κάνει, γιατί το κάνει, κλπ. Απλά την κάνανε και την αφήσανε εκεί. Don't be evil. Το θυμάστε το ρητό σας βρε Googleάνθρωποι;

Firefox 3.6

Mozilla's Firefox got a bit hotter today with the official release of version 3.6, a noteworthy update of the popular open source Web browser. It's an incremental improvement that introduces a modest assortment of new features and expands the browser's support for emerging Web standards. It will add fuel to the fire as the flame-throwing fox continues to scorch Internet Explorer's declining marketshare, bringing more choice and openness to the Web.

It's been roughly six months since the release of Firefox 3.5, Mozilla's last major update. This new release is less ambitious, but just as solid. Although there aren't a lot of significant user-facing features to talk about, there are some compelling improvements for Web developers. In this review we will look at both sides of the browser.

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Καλός. Χρυσός. Παίζει παντού. Μπλα. Μπλα. Το ίδιο πρόβλημα με τον Opera, τον Chrome και τους άλλους. Δεν προσπαθεί και πολύ να είναι Mac πρόγραμμα. Βέβαια επειδή οι περισσότεροι δεν καταλαβαίνετε καν τι σημαίνει αυτό, γι αυτό συμβαίνουν όλα αυτά τα γελοία πράγματα στους υπολογιστές επί δεκαετίες τώρα και δε νομίζω ν' αλλάξει αυτό σύντομα. Ευελπιστώ στην Apple, στην Google και κάποιες άλλες καταστάσεις να μας σώσουν γιατί αλλιώς περαστικά μας.

Παρόλα αυτά ελπίζω το Firefox να παραμείνει μαζί μας για όσο καιρό θα υπάρχει το διαδίκτυο και οι Η/Υ! Ο ανταγωνισμός με το Safari, Chrome και την αηδία τον Internet Explorer μόνο καλό μπορεί να κάνει σε όλους μας!

Ο μάγος Steve Jobs

A specter harrows the consumer electronics industry: malaise. Like washed-up Catskill magicians unable to let go of old routines while a brash upstart steals their audience, nearly every maker of consumer electronics in the world clings to a quaint song-and-dance about prototypes.

"Here is your possible future," they bark, flourishing the latest conceptual product from the lab. "Now watch us make it disappear!"

Apple's chief magician knows better, pulling solid objects out of the aether; products you can actually buy.

If this sounds like a minor complaint about most of the industry's lack of imagination in marketing, you're misunderstanding the whole act. The fact that Apple does not reveal prototypes but shipping products is the fundamental difference between their entire business strategy and that of the rest of the industry. It evokes a feeling of trust between Apple and consumers—that when Apple actually reveals a product, it's something that they're confident enough to support for years to come.

For the better part of the last century—starting arbitrarily with the 1934 Chicago World's Fair and its stark, Randian slogan: "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms"—the producers of consumer goods have stuck to a basic formula: Show off a prototype; gauge public response; then release a commercial product that is less ambitious, if released at all.

It worked in part because it told a compelling story. "Here is what the future looks like; and here's an intermediate step towards that future that you can buy today." Electronics' sister industries followed the same tack. Car shows were populated with prismatic concept cars hewn with non-Euclidean angles rotating on raised daises. Videogame tech demos showed graphics too impossible to believe, but entrancing enough to betray our better judgment.

But in Jobs' encore performance, Apple has changed the routine.

Outwardly Apple's showmanship is competent, workmanlike. Jobs-as-performer wears an understated uniform that does not distract from the act. His humor, when it exists, is subtle. The closest an Apple keynote gets to pomp are pie charts that look like wooden logs.

Yet when Jobs reveals the company's next product, there's a critical difference: It exists. When possible, it is available for retail purchase the same day. There are few maybes or eventuallys tempering the presentation: "Here is the tiny miracle we've created. We want to sell it to you today."

As a counter-example, let me pick on Lenovo for a moment: At CES this year, they showed off the Ideapad U1 prototype, a netbook with a screen that could be decoupled from the keyboard to operate as a multitouch tablet. Clever idea, seemingly well considered and brain-bendingly not available for purchase today.

Do you see the story that Lenovo is spoiling for themselves? First, they've deprecated the imagined utility of every other laptop they sell without the flashy removable tablet screen. Yet they've also whispered a nervous apology to potential customers: "We could make something this cool, but we're not so confident in our plans to fully commit to them. Maybe you could tell us if you think you'd like this trick?"

Lenovo might make the U1. They might sell a few units. But simply by revealing it before it was a living, breathing SKU on retail shelves, they've relegated it to a quirky sideshow.

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Δε λέω. Ενδιαφέρων όλα αυτά που λέει ο ποιητής. Ξεχνάει όμως κάτι. Ο Jobs δεν κάνει προϊόντα για εμάς. Τα κάνει γι αυτόν. Αυτό είναι το μυστικό της συνταγής. Ναι, κοιτάει γύρω του. Ναι βλέπει και ακούει τι γίνεται. Ναι έχει λίγο πολύ τα ίδια υλικά για το μαγείρεμα. Όμως αναρωτιέται και λέει: Θα μου αρέσει αυτό το φαγητό; Αυτό το γλυκό; Αυτό το ποτό; ΑΝ αρέσει στον ίδιο ΙΣΩΣ το παράγει και για εμάς. Αλλιώς δεν παίζει. ΔΕΝ παίζει μεγάλε. Γι αυτό το λόγο φυσικά μερικά πράγματα δεν περπάτησαν κιόλας με τον Steve Jobs. Βλέπε το Apple Cube. Ο απόλυτος Η/Υ όλων των εποχών για 'μένα. Μικρός. Απόλυτα αναβαθμίσιμος. Πανέμορφος. Δεν υπήρχε άνθρωπος γνώστης και μη, που να έβλεπε τον Κύβο (cube) και να μην απορούσε από πιο γαλαξία προσγειώθηκε σε τούτη τη ρημάδα γη. Ο πρόγονος του Mac mini!





Το πρόβλημα; Η τιμή του! Απαγορευτική ακόμη και για τους ΑΠΟΛΥΤΑ κολλημένους Mac αγοραστές. Ο Steve Jobs το γούσταρε πολύ το μηχάνημα και τόλμησε να μας το δώσει έστω και για μερικούς μήνες. Και γι αυτό το λόγο αγαπάμε την Apple. Τολμάει να μας δώσει αυτά που η ίδια αγαπάει ΑΚΟΜΗ και όταν εμείς τα απορρίψουμε! Σας θυμίζει τίποτα αυτό; Το Θεό μήπως; Που μας έδωσε το παράδεισο; Και μεις; Εκεί! Παράδεισος και ανοησίες!

Apple+Bing;

Apple is reportedly in negotiations with Microsoft to replace the default search engine in mobile Safari on the iPhone with Bing. Those negotiations may even result in Bing being added as one of the search engine options for the desktop version of Safari, according to a report by BusinessWeek. Google is the current default on both platforms—and would likely remain a user option—though increasing contention between Apple and Google may be the reason behind a possible switch.

Apple and Google have long been collaborators and partners, with Google CEO Eric Schmidt sitting on Apple's board of directors until recently. Schmidt gave up his position amid an FTC investigation and increasing competition between the two companies. "Apple and Google know the other is their primary enemy," one anonymous source said.

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Apple σ' αγαπώ και σ' εκτιμώ αλλά δεν παίζει με τίποτα! Google ftw ΕΚΤΟΣ και αν πάρεις στα χέρια σου εσύ το Bing και το κάνεις Big Bang! Αλλιώς ΔΕΝ παίζει λέμε...

Βέβαια γι αυτούς που ξέρουν αυτά όλα είναι να 'χαμε να λέγαμε. Ξέρει η Apple πως αν κάνει κάτι τέτοιο θα τ' ακούσει από παντού. Ντου από παντού που λέμε. Φυσικά και από εμένα ;)

Ελπίζω να είναι σαν τα λόγια του Mozilla πριν λίγες μέρες :P

Micro$oft Internet Explorer ε; Σκατά να φάτε!

A couple of days ago we wrote that the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology advised German citizens to switch from Internet Explorer (regardless of the version they use) to an alternative browser for security reasons.

Now, the French government has issued a similar advisory, pointing out that Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 all share a similar vulnerability, which allows malicious hackers to remotely execute arbitrary code.

The fix? CERTA (Centre d’Expertise Gouvernemental de Réponse et de Traitement des Attaques informatique) proposes a switch to an alternative browser.

This is another serious hit for the world’s most dominant web browser, but also one that’s been losing its marketshare in the last couple of years. Alternative browsers — Firefox, Opera, Safari and others — may not have a perfect security record, but all of them have always been perceived as safer alternatives. This latest vulnerability, discovered after the cyber attacks on Google, does nothing to change that notion.

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Microsoft's Head of Security and Privacy in the UK has told TechRadar that people who jump ship from Internet Explorer after the recent spate of bad headlines risk ending up on a less secure browser.

With France and Germany both advising a move away from Internet Explorer, things are far from rosy for Microsoft's browser, and although the vulnerability has only been used against IE6, the company has not ruled out that something similar could be used against the later versions.

With Microsoft not prepared to give details of how soon a fix will be released, and advising people to leave the appalling IE6 and its successor for the latest version – IE8 – Microsoft's UK security chief Cliff Evans insists that a non-Microsoft browser is the worse option.

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Microsoft has issued an Advanced Notification for the out-of-band security bulletin it is releasing tomorrow for Internet Explorer at approximately 10 am PST. The patch will fix vulnerabilities in IE6, IE7, and IE8 on supported editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2—vulnerabilities notably exploited in the recent series of Chinese-based attacks against Google and 30 other tech companies.

Microsoft has previously insisted that the publicly posted exploit code only affects IE6 and as such recommended its users to upgrade. While the software giant says the attacks it sees in the wild are still only successful against IE6, Redmond has rated the flaw "Critical" for all versions of the browser.

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Με λίγα λόγια, ΜΠΑΣ και το πιάσει αυτό που λέτε ότι έχετε μέσα στο κεφάλι σας και αποκαλείτε μυαλό:
Η Micro$oft τα έκανε σκατά για πολλοστή φορά με τον Internet Explorer και στην αρχή πήγε να τα φορτώσει στους άλλους ή ακόμη και σε παλιότερες εκδόσεις των προϊόντων τους. Ταυτόχρονα επιμένει, άσχετα που για πολλοστή φορά αποδεικνύεται το αντίστροφο, ότι ο Internet Explorer μετράει σαν λογισμικό έτσι απλά επειδή το λέει η Micro$oft.

Επειδή όμως μιλάμε για την απόλυτη καφρίλα από εταιρία πάρτε και άλλη μια απόδειξη:

Reports have surfaced about a new security hole that has been in Windows since the release of Windows NT 3.1 on July 27, 1993. The vulnerability is present in all 32-bit versions of Windows released since then, including all supported versions: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Microsoft has issued Security Advisory (979682) to address the elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows kernel, making sure to note that 64-bit versions of Windows, including Windows Server 2008 R2, are not affected.

Thankfully, the flaw isn't in a commonly used application but in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) used to support 16-bit applications. There are several vulnerabilities in this implementation, according to Google security team member Tavis Ormandy, who found the issues.

An unprivileged 16-bit program can manipulate the kernel stack of each process, potentially enabling attackers to execute code at system privilege level. The exploit can be used to open a command prompt with the highest privilege level.

Ormandy claims he informed Microsoft of this hole on June 12, 2009, and the company confirmed receiving his report 10 days later, but it has yet to fix the issue.

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ΝΑΙ, καλά διαβάσατε. Πρόβλημα ασφάλειας στα Windows από το 1993 που ΔΕΝ το έχουν φτιάξει ακόμη και ισχύει σχεδόν σε ΟΛΑ τα προϊόντα των Windows. ΝΑΙ και στα Windows 7 παλιοΖΩΑ!!! Είπαμε: Windows 7=Windows Vista Service Pack. Τρομπόνια!

Αξιόπιστη αυτή η εταιρία δεν μπορώ να πω. Τρομερά αξιόπιστη. Να τη χαίρεστε!

Η Αυτοκρατορία Αντεπιτίθεται --Η Κινέζικη αυτή τη φορά :P

The Google/China story has enough legs to qualify as a "centipede" at this point. After saying that it would no longer censor Chinese search results and that it was ready to pull out of China, Google also admitted to being the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that went after more than 30 companies.

The immediate aftermath of the announcement was a media feeding frenzy—and that was before the Chinese government's various departments even began reacting to the news. Now that they have, it's clear that Google and China are on a collision course, and that the US government is ready to get involved on Google's side.

If you've had difficulty keeping up with the story, have no fear: here's a roundup of the news you need to know.

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Εγώ πάλι δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω γιατί όλοι είμαστε εθνικιστές. Αφού εδώ και δεκαετίες δεν υπάρχει Ελλάδα, Κίνα, Γερμανία, ΗΠΑ. Υπάρχει μόνο η Αμερική. Δεν λέμε Πλανητάρχη των Γιωργάκη Παπανδρέου. Λέμε τον κάθε Ομπάμα. Αμάν πια. Πείτε στον κόσμο την αλήθεια. Εξάλλου εδώ και χρόνια την λένε οι Ramms+ein!



This is NOT a love song!

Ξυπνήστε ρεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεε!!!

Η Apple και τα συμβατικά μέσα μαζικής εξημέρωσης

With the new tablet device that is debuting next week, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape businesses like textbooks, newspapers and television much the way his iPod revamped the music industry—and expand Apple's influence and revenue as a content middleman.

In developing the device, Apple focused on the role the gadget could play in homes and in classrooms, say people familiar with the situation. The company envisions that the tablet can be shared by multiple family members to read news and check email in homes, these people say.

Despite its digital legacy, Apple is betting that its Tablet can revitalize television, magazines and newspapers in the way iTunes changed music. Ethan Smith joins the News Hub panel to discuss.

For classrooms, Apple has been exploring electronic-textbook technology. Apple also has been looking at how content from newspapers and magazines can be presented differently on the tablet, according to the people familiar with the situation. Other people briefed on the device say the tablet will come with a virtual keyboard.

Apple has recently been in discussions with book, magazine and newspaper publishers about how they can work together. The company has talked with New York Times Co., Condé Nast Publications Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers and its owner News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal, over content for the tablet, say people familiar with the talks.

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Κάτι τέτοια διαβάζω και ανησυχώ για το πότε θα δούμε στην Ελλάδα το νέο προϊόν της Apple. Αν πήρε 2 χρόνια για το iPhone, γι αυτό μπορεί να πάρει και 10+ χρόνια :( Ελπίζω να κάνει ΠΟΛΛΑ περισσότερα το νέο προϊόν από το να είναι μια πόρτα για τα μέσα μαζικής εξημέρωσης. Και αυτό καλό είναι αλλά θέλω και άλλα ;)

Battlecry Mosaic - Invincible Music

Ένας από τους δεκάδες λόγους που γουστάρω το WoW (World of Warcraft). Η μουσική του είναι αντάξια, αν όχι ανώτερη, μεγάλων παραγωγών ταινιών όπως Lord of the Rings!

Νέο Micro$oft πληκτρολόγιο

Following the success of the Microsoft Arc Mouse that we positively reviewed, the company rolls out the equally attractive wireless Arc Keyboard. It's touted as having "style that works," and we couldn't resist getting our hands on this shiny black object to see if it delivers on that promise.

The 12" x 6" wireless keyboard is remarkably small. We were slightly disappointed to discover that its arched design is just for looks, because the bottom is still flat. It doesn't partially wrap itself around your knee like you'd think, but its gently arched keys make for easy typing. Their spacing is close to that of a full-sized keyboard, and its key travel is slightly shallower, but still feels great. We also like its soft and quiet typing; if you like clickety-clackety-style keyboards, this one's not for you.

Saving space is a four-way directional arrow on the bottom right instead of the traditional four keys for directional control. Unfortunately, its shiny piano black surface is too easily smudged with fingerprints. And, if this is supposed to be a design-centric product, why isn't it available in colors to match the Microsoft Arc mice? Unless you have the black Arc Mouse, color matching is not going to happen, at least not yet.

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Μήπως σας θυμίζει κάτι; Λέω μήπως;

Αυτά είναι. Πλέον αντιγραφή στα ίσα ΚΑΙ στα πληκτρολόγια κάνει η Micro$oft από την Apple.

ΘΑ είναι διαθέσιμο λέει τον άλλο μήνα στη καταπληκτική τιμή των 60 δολαρίων. Ξαφνικά δεν είναι και τόσο ακριβό το ασύρματο BLUETOOTH πληκτρολόγιο της Apple στα 70 δολάρια, έτσι;

Τούβλα!

Logitech iPhone Ποντίκι και καλά...

Αν δεν μπορείς να κάνεις κάνα σωστό ποντίκι, προσπάθησε τουλάχιστον να το παίξεις cool. Κάπως έτσι θα σκέφτηκαν εκεί στην Logitech και θα κάνανε το παρακάτω λογισμικό.

Touch Mouse is an application that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your computer. There are two parts to Touch Mouse:

The Touch Mouse app for your iPhone or iPod touch. Coming soon on the App Store.
The Touch Mouse Server for your Mac or PC. Click the button below to download the software.

Note: You must install Touch Mouse Server on any Mac or PC that you want to control with the Touch Mouse application.

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Θα έλεγα καλή προσπάθεια αλλά είναι ΕΝΤΕΛΩΣ σχεδιασμένο από Windows τύπους. Όχι μόνο δεν προσπαθεί καν να αντιγράψει το Magic Mouse της Apple αλλά ούτε καν και τα Apple Trackpads των τελευταίων 2-3 ετών.

Καλό αν θέλετε να είστε σαλιάρηδες στα Windows ή στα Mac συστήματα σε συνδυασμό με το iPhone αλλά μέχρι εκεί.

Όσο και να συμπαθείτε τη Logitech δεν μπορεί, μια δοκιμή με αυτό το λογισμικό, θα σας πείσει για το πόσο σκατιάδες είναι...

Το νέο προϊόν της Apple δεν κάνει για δουλειές...

Apple Tablet Won't Mean Business

Attention Apple fan-boys and -girls: Read no further. But if you run a small business and want to avoid wasting money and brain cells on superfluous technology, forget about the iSlate or whatever Apple is going to call its tablet computing device. It’s going to be too expensive, it does things you don’t need to do, and it will add a messy layer of complication to your company's computing infrastructure.

Sure, the tablet we expect Apple to launch on January 27 will probably have more than its share of cool factor. But do you want to spend $1,000 or so for bragging rights? For that price, you could buy two perfectly serviceable Windows netbooks, four iPhones, or--if you want to go the Apple route--cover most of the cost of a 13-inch MacBook Pro, getting proven technology that’s useful right out of the box.

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Θα μπορούσα να πω τα κλασσικά: Δεν το έχουν δει τι, πως, κλπ. και παρόλα αυτά κάνουν "ανάλυση". Δεν θα τα πω όμως. Όχι αυτή τη φορά ;)

Αυτό που θα πω είναι ότι πλέον έχουν γίνει τεμπέληδες και μονότονοι οι Windows βλαμμένοι τύποι. Κάνουν αντιγραφή και επικόλληση στα άρθρα τους και απλά αλλάζουν το όνομα του προϊόντος. Πριν 12+ χρόνια ήτανε ο iMac. Μετά το iPod. Πριν 2-3 χρόνια το iPhone. Τώρα είναι αυτό. Ακριβώς τα ίδια πράγματα όταν είναι να "γράψουν" για Apple προϊόντα:
Μόνο εμφάνιση. Είναι ακριβά. Δεν έχουν εφαρμογές. Τι ξέρει η Apple από αυτά. Αντιγράφει τους άλλους. Είναι μόνο διαφήμιση. Δεν κάνουν για δουλειά. Δεν κάνουν για παιχνίδια.

Μα τι λέω. Δεν το κάνουν μόνο 12+ χρόνια. Είναι το ΙΔΙΟ ακριβώς παιχνίδι δεκαετίες τώρα που παίζουν ενάντια στην Apple οι Windows τύποι. Βέβαια, είναι λογικό βλέπετε. Η Windows βιομηχανία επιτρέπει ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛΑ την κονόμα σε εκατομμύρια τύπους σε αντίθεση με τη βιομηχανία της Apple που δεν έχει καμία κονόμα, έτσι; Α ρε, ζώα!

Προσπάθεια της Apple να διώξει τη βλακεία σας πριν από ΠΟΛΛΑ χρόνια:


Στου μαλάκα την πόρτα όμως πάρε την πόρτα και χτύπα τον στο κεφάλι!

25 και 27 Ιανουαρίου του 2010

Δυστυχώς λόγο της γρίπης μου γι άλλη μια φορά έμεινα αρκετά πίσω στο να σας ενημερώσω αλλά πλέον έχει βουίξει ο τόπος όλος, οπότε απλά να σας υπενθυμίσω για της Apple την μίνι έκθεση στις 27 του μήνα που θα δείξουν τα νέα προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες που θα μας κάνουν ακόμη πιο εύκολη και όμορφη τη ζωή μας.

Επίσης, τα οικονομικά αποτελέσματα της Apple θα είναι στον αέρα στις 25 του μήνα.

Σημειώστε λοιπόν: 25/01/2010 και 27/01/2010. Αποκάλυψη, τότε! ;)

Demo του God of War ]|[

January 18, 2010 - If the two minutes I just played of God of War III are any indication, this game is going to be a visual spectacle. There are sweeping camera angles, constant action, the orientation of levels changes on a whim, and some truly jaw dropping graphics.

Wow.

With the arrival of Kratos just a few months away, Sony isn't really showing too much of its hand, but the curtain was lifted just a bit on a battle on a Titan's back. Now, if you remember the "Fear Nothing" trailer from way back when, you'll remember Kratos battling all kinds of baddies on a rocky surface only to have the camera zoom out and to find the fight was on just a small portion of the Titan named Gaia's mammoth back as she scaled Mount Olympus. That's where this demo picks up.

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Δεν ξέρω πότε θα βγει και πόσο θα κάνει αλλά η εποχή που ΠΡΕΠΕΙ να πάρετε εκτός από το Nintendo Wii και Sony PS3 θα είναι εκείνη που θα κυκλοφορήσει το God of War ]|[. Τέλος!

Υποστήριξη για Windows 7 μέσω Boot Camp

Τέλος του 2009 τα περιμένατε, αρχές του 2010 ήρθαν:
Boot Camp για 32 bit Windows
Boot Camp για 64 bit Windows

Δουλεύει, δε δουλεύει. Πόσο καλά δουλεύει, δεν ξέρω.

Είπαμε... Windows σε Mac δικό μου ΔΕΝ παίζει. Εξάλλου τα Windows από μόνα τους έτσι και αλλιώς όποτε θέλουν δουλεύουν και όποτε θέλουν μας δουλεύουν. Αρκετά χάνετε εσείς το χρόνο σας δεν χρειάζεται να χάσω κι εγώ το δικό μου χρόνο :P

Αν έχετε ήδη εγκατεστημένα τα Windows απλά επιλέξτε το Apple Software Update και καλό κατέβασμα.

Windows PC, XBOX 360 και πατάτες γιαχνί

Μην πω αρχίδια γιατί θα σας πειράξει... Ρε άντε πηδήξτε από το ψηλότερο σημείο που σας πειράζει και ο τρόπος που γράφω στο blog μου. Εσείς κάνετε τις χειρότερες μαλακίες καθημερινά και σας πείραξε ο τρόπος που γράφω.

Το είπα πάμπολλες φορές και θα το πω γι ακόμη μια φορά. ΤΑ ΣΠΑΕΙ η Nintendo. Σας πάει αίμα. Σας δουλεύει αισχρά φιλαράκια της Micro$oft και ΠΟΛΥ καλά σας κάνει. Το ίδιο βέβαια και την Sony και το PS3.

Nintendo's Wii game console sold a record 3.81 million units in the U.S. in December, eclipsing Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 during the critical holiday shopping season, according to numbers released this afternoon by the NPD market research firm.
The PlayStation 3 sold 1.36 million units for the month, compared with 1.31 million units for Microsoft's Xbox 360. It's the first time monthly sales of the PlayStation 3 have topped 1 million units, NPD reported.
However, Sony didn't fare as well in the ranking of best-selling video games in the U.S. for December, registering just one title in the top 10, the PS3 version of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2." Nintendo held the top three slots, with "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in the lead at 2.82 million units sold. Xbox 360 had three titles in the top 10, led by its version of the Call of Duty title, which outpaced sales of the PS3 version.

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Hardware (units)

3.81m - Wii
3.31m - Nintendo DS
1.36m - PlayStation 3
1.31m - Xbox 360
655k - PSP
333k - PlayStation 2

Last December the Wii sold 2.15 million units. This December it sold nearly double that, clocking an astonishing 3.81 million in unit sales, the system's biggest month to date. So much for rumors of the console's demise. Nintendo's handheld DS made smaller gains, selling about 270k units over its December 2008 3.04 million number.

Sony's PS3 was also a record-maker, breaking a million in unit sales for the first time and pulling ahead of Microsoft's Xbox 360 by a notable 50,000 unit spread. NPD's Frazier called it "the biggest month month of sales for hardware on both a dollar and unit basis."

Contrary to popular assumptions about the last generation's performance given the record-shattering success of Sony's PS2, NPD's Frazier said the current generation of console hardware "has outsold the last by more than 9 million units during the first 50 months in the market. "Hopefully, the big increase in the overall install base of hardware systems will bring good things for software sales in 2010," she added, "Especially with the incredible line-up of content coming out early in the year."

Software (units)

2.82m - New Super Mario Bros [Wii]
2.41m - Wii Fit Plus [Wii]
1.79m - Wii Sports Resort [Wii]
1.63m - Modern Warfare 2 [Xbox 360]
1.12m - Modern Warfare 2 [PS3]
1.01m - Wii Play w/remote [Wii]
936k - Mario Kart w/wheel [Wii]
783k - Assassin's Creed 2 [Xbox 360]
729k - Left 4 Dead 2 [Xbox 360]
657k - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story [DS]

Game sales landed as expected, with New Super Mario Bros Wii taking top honors. Five of the top 10 slots belonged to Nintendo's Wii, including ancient (in game years) titles like Wii Play (5.28 million copies sold in December 2008) and Mario Kart (5 million copies sold in December 2008).

"6 of the top 10 games totaling 20.8 million units for the year were on the Wii platform," said NPD's Frazier, comparing that to 4 last year totaling 19 million units.

On the other hand, while Wii Fit Plus placed strongly in second place, its sales were down sharply from the original Wii Fit's 4.53 million figure last December.

Frazier said that Activision's Modern Warfare 2 "has become the fourth best-selling game of all time," adding that "3 of the top 10 games of all time are Call of Duty games."

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Nintendo λέμε, πάει και τελείωσε. Ο αδιαφιλονίκητος νικητής αυτής της γενιάς του πολέμου των παιχνιδιών μεταξύ των Sony, Micro$oft και Nintendo.

Με απλά λόγια γι αυτούς που βαριούνται (κλασσικά) να διαβάσουν, η Nintendo πουλάει όσο πουλάνε η Sony και Micro$oft μαζί και στις παιχνιδομηχανές αλλά και στα παιχνίδια αυτών.

Είπατε τίποτα;

Γράφοντας για πουστιές...

Take for example, a user who purchases a Motorola Droid on Verizon's network. This individual may have purchased the Motorola Droid for Verizon's coverage, the replaceable battery, open source software or one of many other reasons which some would argue create a better device at a lower price, but in doing so the costs are much greater.

He's immediately lost access to millions of aftermarket accessories, approximately 100,000 apps and the use of iTunes to purchase music, movies and TV shows.

Some of the costs, like lost access to accessories, are theoretical. But not being able to purchase TV shows through iTunes means that users of other phones will need to spend time converting TV shows they record on their own or illegally download them, which is time consuming and can be incredibly costly if caught.

Users are fortunate that the music marketplace has evolved to the point that users of any device can purchase songs for a similar price but this same access and competition on pricing and availability hasn't reached the same level for movies and TV shows.

There's nothing wrong with creating an insanely popular product like the iPhone, whose popularity is enhanced by the secondary market that exists to fix its faults and enhance its use.

But the untouchable nature of the iPhone may prove detrimental to the market. In the long term if no real competitor emerges not only will the iPhone become the only real choice, but the costs to choosing another device will increase and Apple will have less incentive to innovate and create amazing products.

Now more than ever we truly need a phone or device to usurp the iPhone, or at least give it some damned good competition. Without a real competitor consumers will continue to face high costs for choosing anything other than the iPhone and that's a marketplace where everyone, iPhone fans included, lose.

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Αυτή είναι η μοντέρνα δημοσιογραφία και τρόπος ζωής. Παλιά έπαιρνε ο άλλος το σπαθί και σ' έσφαζε. Τώρα παίρνει το βαμβάκι και το πληκτρολόγιο...

Αυτό που δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω είναι το εξής. Λύστε μου πραγματικά αυτή την απορία. Δημιουργεί η Micro$oft τα Windows σαν κλώνο του Mac OS. Κατακτά τα πάντα σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο και ούτε γάτα ούτε ζημιά. Βγάζει η Apple ένα iPhone και αμέσως ήρθε το τέλος πρώτα της Apple και μετά του κόσμου. Ε, ναι. Δεν είναι δυνατόν να βλέπω μόνο εγώ αυτές τις μπούρδες γύρω μου.

Πως είναι δυνατόν πριν 2+ χρόνια ΟΛΟΙ να λέγανε μαλακίες για την Apple και το iPhone (και ακόμη λένε) και ΤΑΥΤΟΧΡΟΝΑ να είναι δημόσιος κίνδυνος το iPhone και η Apple;

Εσείς δεν ήσασταν και είσαστε αυτοί που λέγανε και λένε ότι η Apple είναι μια ασήμαντη εταιρία με ασήμαντα προϊόντα; Και ότι δεν ξέρει τι κάνει και ότι πρόκειται να κλείσει από μέρα σε μέρα; Διχασμένες προσωπικότητες είστε;

Αφήστε όμως. Ξέρω εγώ ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΑ τι είστε. Διαβάστε παρακάτω για τη λύση του γρίφου...

Μπεεεε.

Παρατήστε τον Internet Explorer επιτέλους!

In a statement issued today, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (known as BSI) recommends that all Internet Explorer users switch to an alternative browser. They may resume using Explorer after a fix is issued by Microsoft for a critical vulnerability that has been implicated in the Chinese cyberattack against Google.

If you missed it, yesterday McAffee released a report outlining details of the cyber assault on Google and around 20 other major technology companies. It specifically implicates a critical flaw in all versions of IE that allows hackers to “perform reconnaissance and gain complete control over the compromised system.” Microsoft has responded that it is developing an update to the vulnerability.

According to the statement from BSI, even running Internet Explorer in “protected” mode is not enough to prevent a hacker from exploiting this security flaw.

IE, while the world’s most popular browser, has been steadily losing marketshare over perceptions that it is slower and less secure than rival browsers, especially Firefox. This incident won’t help.

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Ξέρετε τι μου τη δίνει; Οι πουστιές. Ευθέως και μη πουστιές μου τη δίνουν! Perceptions (αντιλήψεις) λέει κάνουν τον Internet Explorer να είναι πιο αργός και λιγότερο ασφαλής από τους υπόλοιπους browsers (πλοηγούς).

Όχι κυρίες και κύριοι! Δεν είναι θέμα αντίληψης ή έλλειψη αυτής. Σκατά έχετε εκεί που θα έπρεπε να έχετε αυτό που λέγεται εγκέφαλος. Ο Internet Explorer ΣΕ ΟΛΕΣ τις εκδόσεις του είναι το χειρότερο λογισμικό για πλοήγηση στο Internet (διαδίκτυο) που έγινε ποτέ. Το ίδιο και ΟΛΟ το λογισμικό που παράγει αυτή η μαλακισμένη εταιρία που ακούει στο όνομα Micro$oft.

Τέτοιο διάτρητο λογισμικό από πλευράς ασφάλειας δεν έχει ξαναγίνει. Όσο για την καραμέλα ότι το Linux και το Mac OS είναι χειρότερα όπως επίσης και τα προγράμματά τους, ιδού η Ρόδος... Αποδείξτε το. Όχι με θεωρίες του τύπου, άκουσα, φαντάστηκα, θεωρητικά και παπαριές. Με πράξεις! Δείξτε μου τα εκατομμύρια ή εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες προβληματικών Linux και Mac συστημάτων εκεί έξω. Άντε βρε. Περιμένω. Ακόμη. Εδώ και 10 χρόνια. Περιμένω.

ΖΩΑ!!!

Σημείωση γι αυτούς που βαριούνται να διαβάσουν, το πρόβλημα ασφάλειας επηρεάζει ΟΛΕΣ τις νέες εκδόσεις του Internet Explorer ΚΑΙ των Windows, ακόμη και τα Windows 7.

Επίσης, στο άρθρο που έδωσα παραπάνω, υπάρχει η δήλωση της γερμανικής κυβέρνησης που προτρέπει τους πάντες να μην χρησιμοποιούν Internet Explorer. Και η ελληνική κυβέρνηση το ίδιο έκανε έτσι; Το ίδιο και οι ελληνικές εταιρίες και τράπεζες, έτσι;

Μπεεεε... Τούβλα... Τρομπόνια...

Και για να μη νομίζετε ότι λέω μαλακίες ορίστε και η επιβεβαίωση από την ίδια τη Micro$oft:

Microsoft admits IE flaw caused Google hack

Attacks against corporate networks on the rise, says Redmond

Microsoft has admitted that a flaw in its Internet Explorer web browser enabled hackers to gain access to Google’s system, an event that resulted in Google threatening to pull its operations in China.

In a post on its Microsoft Security Response Center, director Mike Reavey said that a bug within Internet Explorer could allow hackers to remotely run programs on infected machines.

“Based upon our investigations, we have determined that Internet Explorer was one of the vectors used in targeted and sophisticated attacks against Google and possibly other corporate networks,” Reavey wrote.

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Hollywood VS Fighting Games: Round X: Fight!

Αφού πρώτα κατέστρεψαν το Street Fighter, στράφηκαν και κατέστρεψαν το Mortal Kombat. Μια που ήτανε εκεί, κατέστρεψαν και το DragonBall. Τώρα σειρά έχει το Tekken.



Όχι δεν είναι κάποιο κακόγουστο αστείο. Είναι όντως το τρέιλερ της ταινίας Tekken. Περαστικά μας...

System of a Down-Toxicity ftw!

Δεν ξέρω για εσάς αλλά εγώ 5 χρονών ούτε τα κορδόνια μου δε νομίζω να έδενα...

Τα σπάει ο μικρός λέμε!

Πολλά νέα. Ένας κούκος. Καμία άνοιξη.

Διαφήμιση για... κάτι.



Δείτε το αυθεντικό εδώ.

Της σιλικόνης γίνεται λέμε. Χαμός στις ρώγες και στο κρέας. Τελειώνοντας μαζέψτε μάτια και σαγόνια από το πάτωμα.

Πέρα από κάθε σεξιστική άποψη ή αδιαφορίας, το τέλος του βίντεο είναι όλα τα βυζιά. Εεεε, συγνώμη, όλα τα λεφτά θέλω να πω :)

Τα σπάει το Avatar λέμε!

"Avatar" continues to outperform expectations.

Just days ago, execs suggested the Fox-distributed pic was a lock to reach No. 2 on the all-time list of worldwide boxoffice hits by next week.

Incredibly, the forecast proved too conservative.

On Wednesday, "Avatar" passed the $1.12 billion tally by 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" to become the second-highest worldwide grosser ever. James Cameron's sci-fi epic headed into Thursday with a domestic cume of $374.4 million and a foreign cume of $760.8 million, for wordwide boxoffice totaling $1.14 billion and counting.

Cameron's "Titanic" is the all-time top worldwide grosser, ringing up $1.84 billion in 1997-1998.

"Avatar" -- which has overachieved most dramatically overseas since unspooling mid-December -- now also is poised to hit the top 10 list of all-time top domestic grossers.

On Thursday, the pic will pass No. 10 domestic grosser "Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith," which rung up $380.3 in 2005. But by the end of the coming weekend, "Avatar" should climb significantly higher in the ranks of all-time domestic hits.

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Όχι πείτε μου. Να μην σας πω το κλασσικό; Θα το πω βρε. Θα το πω!

Σας το έλεγα ότι θα τα έσπαγε το Avatar!

Windows 7=Τρελές πωλήσεις;

Microsoft has declared a massive victory for its latest operating system: "Windows 7 is by far the fastest selling Operating System in history," according to Craig Beilinson, the Director of Marketing for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division. Unfortunately, Beilinson did not share the exact unit sales number. But has evidence to back his claims: The week of the Windows 7 launch saw PC sales jump almost 50% over the week before; PC sales on Black Friday were up 63% over last year's Black Friday; and for the entire holiday 2009, there was more than 50% increase in PC sales year over year.

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Τι μπουρδολογία Θέε μου! Τα ίδια έκανε και στην CES 2010 ο βλάκας ο Steve Ballmer. Αφού είναι τόσο τρομερές οι πωλήσεις. Και αφού τα σπάνε τα Windows PC με τα Windows 7, γιατί δε δίνουν αριθμούς; Γιατί πολύ απλά ΔΕΝ συμβαίνει κάτι τέτοιο. Θυμάται άραγε κανένα ζώο που λέγανε τα ίδια και χειρότερα για τα Vista μόλις 1-2 χρόνια πριν; Όλοι ξέρουμε την τρομερή επιτυχία με τα Vista, έτσι;

Πρέπει κάποιος να αρχίσει να ρίχνει φάπες εκεί στη Micro$oft γιατί το έχουνε χάσει εντελώς.

Ας μην σχολιάσω το γεγονός του ότι πουλάνε τα Windows 7 δε σημαίνει και τίποτα. Δεν κάνουν νέους πελάτες, απλά τρώνε πίτα από τα Windows Vista και XP. Δεν είναι όπως τις πωλήσεις της Apple που τρώνε πίτα από τα Windows ή τις "πωλήσεις" του Linux που επίσης τρώει πίτα από τα Windows ;)

Το τρίτο το μακρύτερο;

Αστειεύομαι φυσικά! Δείτε το παρακάτω βίντεο:


The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Σας προτρέπω να δείτε εδώ σε HD ποιότητα το βίντεο.

Σημειώστε ότι, ότι βλέπετε στο βίντεο είναι ψεύτικο. Πλασματικό. Εικονικό. Είναι μια ιδέα που με τη δύναμη των Η/Υ, υλοποιήθηκε. Έτσι απλά μερικοί άνθρωποι εκεί έξω, το έχουν ρε παιδί μου. Τέλος!

Τι χρησιμοποίησε το Gizmodo στη CES 2010

New gadgets are the stars of CES, but there was a ton of gear behind the scenes that was instrumental to our coverage of the event. Here's what kept us alive in Vegas.

Let's get this out of the way: MacBooks. We all use them. Except for Rosa.* It hasn't always been this way—a few of us are recent converts—but the fact of the matter is that Windows Vista couldn't handle the multitask demands of the field—running 3G while switching from Photoshop to a video editor to 15 different open tabs in Firefox, dealing with God knows what Web 2.0-related antics all the while. Maybe Windows 7 can be a great field-reporting platform, but at this point, it's all Mac.

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Μπα; Mac; Όλοι Mac; ΟΥΑΟΥ! Ακόμη και το ένα και μοναδικό PC, η κοπελιά που το είχε, στο τέλος του παραπάνω άρθρου, στο link που σας έδωσα, λέει ότι και αυτή πλέον είναι κάτοχος ενός MacBook Pro. Windows PC στο Gizmodo, τέλος! Μουαχαχαχα.com

Καλύτερα αργά παρά ποτέ βρε! Όσο γι αυτούς που λένε ότι πρέπει ο ίδιος να έχεις Windows για να μπορείς να μιλάς, τρίχες κατσαρές. Όποιος θέλει ας έρθει να μου πει αν ξέρω από Windows ή όχι, ακόμη και μέχρι τα Windows 7. Θα χαρώ πολύ να δω τα μούτρα του για το αν ξέρω ή όχι παρόλο που δεν έχω Windows σε ΚΑΝΕΝΑ Mac μου! Αρκετά τα τρώω στη μάπα από πολλούς κολλημένους με Windows πελάτες μας. Windows free από το 1999 παρακαλώ. Άντε γεια!

Οι πελάτες της Apple την εμπιστεύονται

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- When Apple's(AAPL Quote) Steve Jobs speaks, investors need to do a better job of listening.
The Apple CEO's recent statement to the media got lost among the noise of Google(GOOG Quote) phone hype, 3D televisions, and the flood of 2010 predictions coming from market commentators. Although Jobs' statement was as plain as vanilla, it was probably the most profound forecast of the year and deserves some analysis. When announcing that the App Store had surpassed 3 billion downloads, Jobs finished with his crystal ball prediction: "We see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon."

But Steve, what about Google's latest attempt at an iPhone killer, the Nexus One? This super phone is lighter and has a better screen than the iPhone. The Google Voice capabilities are revolutionary. Shouldn't we be worried about these features? Hasn't the competition already caught up? Unfortunately for Google, Microsoft(MSFT Quote), Dell(DELL Quote), Palm(PALM Quote), Research In Motion(RIMM Quote), or any other company that considers itself a threat to Apple, Jobs isn't talking about features. If only it was that easy.

To compete with Apple, someone is going to have to scale a gated community. No one who lives in a great neighborhood wants to move. Would upgraded countertops be enough to get you to leave your great schools, parks and friends? For most people, once they find their ideal neighborhood, they never feel the need to leave, even if a better house becomes available across town. Apple customers feel the same way. The Apple community provides benefits beyond minor features of a single product. So what would a competitor have to do to disrupt this trend?

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Μου κάνει τρομερή εντύπωση ότι ακόμη στις μέρες μας δεν το έχουν καταλάβει κόσμος και κοσμάκης το ρητό: "Once you go Mac you never go back".

Και όχι δεν μιλάμε για τους καμμένους που κάτσανε μπροστά στο Mac για πέντε λεπτά ή για κάποιους που από μόνοι τους νομίζανε ότι μάθανε το Mac σ' ένα μήνα. Αυτοί είναι ντεμέκ, δήθεν και καλά Mac χρήστες. Τέτοιοι καλά να πάθουν και δουλεύουν Windows PC αντί για Mac. Ουστ!

Η Micro$oft λέει ότι η Google θα παλέψει για το Nexus One

In the wake of the launch of Google's Nexus One "super phone", Microsoft has attacked the company's mobile strategy. Google’s Android mobile phone software will struggle to make a major impact in the market now that the company has launched its own mobile phone, the Windows manufacturer has claimed.

Robbie Bach, the President of the company’s entertainment and devices division, said that so long as Google makes its own handsets, such as the new Nexus One, other phone manufacturers would hesitate to work with the Android mobile software platform because they would fear that they would never be a top priority for the search company.

“Doing both [software and hardware] in the way they are trying to do both is actually very, very difficult,” Bach said in an interview yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “Google’s announcement sends a signal where they’re going to place their commitment.”

When Google launched the Nexus One on Tuesday night, however, both Motorola and the phone’s manufacturer, HTC, joined the search giant on stage. Motorola Chief Executive Sanjay Jha confirmed that his company was already working on a range of new Android devices, even though many in the industry consider that the new Nexus One has largely stolen the thunder of the Motorola Droid handset.

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Καλά θα κάνει η Micro$oft η ΙΔΙΑ της να κάνει κάτι σωστά πρώτα και μετά να λέει στους άλλους ή για άλλους πως και τι. Εξάλλου η ίδια η Micro$oft δεν είναι αυτή που έχει κάνει σημαία το να βάζει τους άλλους να τρώγονται μεταξύ τους; ΟΛΟΙ ξέρουνε ότι αν η Micro$oft δεν είχε τους OEM εδώ και δεκαετίες σκλαβωμένους, δεν θα ήτανε αυτό το μονοπώλιο που είναι εδώ και δεκαετίες σε πάμπολλους τομείς. Οπότε κυρία Micro$oft κρατείστε τις συμβουλές για τον εαυτό σας και μόνο γι αυτόν.

Πέθανε ο Ισχυρότερος άντρας του κόσμου

NEW YORK - A famed strongman who once lifted 3,200 pounds at Coney Island during its heyday and was still bending quarters with his fingers at age 104 died Monday after he was hit by a minivan.

Joe Rollino was struck as he crossed a major street in Brooklyn, and suffered a broken pelvis, head trauma and broken ribs. He died a few hours later at an area hospital.

Police said the driver was going the speed limit and had not been drinking. No criminality is suspected, but the driver was issued a summons for a defective horn.

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During his storied life, Rollino hobnobbed with Harry Houdini, watched Jack Dempsey knock out Jess Willard and was friendly with Mario Lanza. He even had a bit part in "On the Waterfront."

Rollino would have been 105 on March 19, and was the model of health, according to friends. A vegetarian for life, he didn't drink or smoke, his friends said, and he exercised every day. He was a lifetime boxer and was part of the Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen, an organization of men who can still rip book binders at the seam.

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Αυτό είναι που λένε "ή από πέσιμο ή από χέσιμο θα πας". Θα πρέπει να προσθέσουμε και το "ή από βλάκα οδηγό". Αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη Joe.

inklet για MacBooks

Inklet allows your trackpad to emulate a pen tablet. When you're using a Pogo Sketch, the trackpad even becomes pressure sensitive.

Inklet works with the handwriting recognition built into OS X. Use your trackpad to jot notes or doodle.

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Δείτε τα βίντεο!





Αυτά είναι! MacBook+inklet=LFE!

Οι τιμές των Windows PC μπορεί(;) να αυξηθούν

Your next PC may cost you a bit more than expected if you buy later this year. Market research masters Gartner say that the price of building PCs will climb this year, reversing a six-year trend, due to component scarcity. That's going to pose a bit of challenge to manufacturers who have focused on pumping out cheap netbooks during the economic downturn.

The biggest driver of the likely price increase is memory. The DRAM industry is in the midst of moving from DDR2 to DDR3, which means less of each type of RAM is being produced. DDR3 spot prices are up 23 percent over the last month; with memory comprising about a tenth of a PC's overall cost, that's a significant cost for OEMs to absorb.

It's not just RAM: LCD panels and hard drive prices are on the rise, with the cost of the former expected to jump by as much as 20 percent. Optical drives are also suffering from supply constraints.

As a result of the recession, component manufacturers reduced capacity and delayed building additional plants. While investment is on the way back up, it takes time for new facilities to come online. In the meantime, OEMs face a dilemma: how much of the additional costs can they pass on to consumers and businesses without scaring them away from new hardware?

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Μουαχαχαχα.com. Καλά τα πάτε βρε; Άντε. Άντε. Και εις ανώτερα!

Φυσικά για πολλοστή φορά το παραπάνω αποδεικνύει το πόσο χάλια είναι η βιομηχανία των Windows PC, που έχει πάρει την κατηφόρα εδώ και χρόνια. Τα λέω εγώ, αλλά στου κουφού την πόρτα χτύπα τον κουφό με την πόρτα του και φύγε!

Το ζώο Sharon Machlis VS Apple

Surely I can't be the only one noting the irony of Apple's iPhone marketing. You know, the "there's an app for that" ads that focus on how much software is available for its platform. After all, for years one of Apple's major roadblocks was that many more applications were available on Windows. But that wasn't supposed to matter for those noncomformist Mac users (at least until Intel systems let us run multiple operating systems on a Mac).

Now, it's Microsoft touting how great its OS software works. And Apple, the tech company that made its mark with a "think different" ad campaign, in the smartphone world promotes the fact that so many others have flocked to its platform.

There's nothing wrong with popularity (although it does seem odd to essentially be promoting your market share in one segment while hoping people will ignore it in another). And there are lots of things right with creating a platform that appeals to developers. But what you do with your rising clout is instructive. Apple is clearly the market leader in the electronic music world. And its decision to block the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes is telling.

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Το παραπάνω άρθρο είναι λάθος σχεδόν σε κάθε πρόταση και βαριέμαι να το ξεφτιλίσω πρόταση προς πρόταση. Απλά να σταθώ στο γεγονός ότι η Apple έχει ήδη δικαιωθεί στο αγώνα της με την κουτοπόνηρη Palm και τα χτυπήματα αυτής κάτω από τη ζώνη στην Apple. Αν κάποια ζώα εκεί έξω καμουφλαρισμένα με το προσωπίο του δήθεν δημοσιογράφου δεν μπορούν να καταλάβουν τι "παίζει", περαστικά τους. Δυστυχώς όμως, πολλά ζώα εκεί έξω, πιστεύουν τέτοιους "δημοσιογράφους".

Εκεί έχουμε καταλήξει με το να είμαστε αδιάφοροι, αδιάβαστοι, κλπ. Να υποστηρίζουμε τις παρανομίες και τις αδικίες. Και όχι απλά να τις υποστηρίζουμε αλλά να τις κάνουμε νικητές των πάντων. Micro$oft κανείς;

Star Wars The Old Republic το 2011;

Riccitiello, discussed about the financial futures of the company. He gave the unfortunate news of 1,500 people being laid off, the economy and the holiday season not being nearly as good as they had hoped for. However, in a rare bit of information, he talked specifically about Star Wars: The Old Republic. Riccitiello said that they were planning the launch of “our major new MMO in spring 2011.”

He went on to say that, “As it stands today, the game is making great progress towards a spring 2011 launch. But given the volatility of this particular sector, and the fact that we haven’t yet provided a specific launch date, we will be excluding the revenue from our fiscal 2011 guidance plans.”

Since this was not a confirmed release date announcement, there has been considerable speculation about this. EA’s fiscal year 2011 ends on March 31, 2011. Therefore, the two questions that come up are: Is this going to be released in the fiscal year 2011 or is it being released in the year 2011. And, if it is being released in the spring of the fiscal year, does that actually mean second quarter of the fiscal year? Or, is it being released in March right before the end of the fiscal year to give EA some solid profits to report to investors at the end of the fourth quarter?

In September, BioWare started accepting applications for a closed Beta. Because betas go through so many different stages, it is difficult to tell which he is referring to.

The most likely outcome is that this game is going to be released in Spring of 2011. While there is a lot of speculation about it falling into the fiscal year, there is not enough evidence to back this claim up. Therefore, it is a TOR Universe Exclusive to suggest that the release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be in Spring of 2011.

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Πέρα του ότι για πολλοστή φορά αποδεικνύεται πόσο σκατά πάει η βιομηχανία των Windows PC παιχνιδιών, λυπάμαι που κρέμεται από τα παπάρια της EA η παιχνιδάρα, το Star Wars: The Old Republic. Καλά κάνει η EA όμως και κάνει τέτοια αφού είστε ζωάρες και τα αγοράζετε τα κολοπαίχνιδα της. Περαστικά σας. Όσο για μένα, εγώ το έχω πει: "Αν δεν είναι για Mac το Star Wars: TOR, ΔΕΝ πρόκειται να βάλω Windows για ΚΑΝΕΝΑ παιχνίδι σε Mac μου. ΤΕΛΟΣ!".

Google VS Κίνας

Well, we've got to hand it to Google—the company's "don't be evil" schtick has long worn thin and governments around the globe are already probing its potential monopoly power, but who else would come out swinging against the entire Chinese government and announce an end to its own collaboration in censorship, all while recognizing that it could lose access to the entire Chinese market? And do it in a blog post?

This far but no further
The extraordinary announcement came this afternoon: Google has had it with China's pervasive web of censorship and spying, and the company is done censoring its search results in China. The decision wasn't made in a vacuum, but rather came after years of increasing cyberattacks from the Chinese mainland. A recent, massive infiltration attempt that targeted Google and 20 other tech companies was the final straw. Though Google stops short of naming the Chinese government as the party behind the attacks, the implication is clear.

In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident—albeit a significant one—was something quite different.

The attack hit major companies in the "Internet, finance, technology, media, and chemical sectors" as well. Its goal was "accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists," though it does not appear that anything more than subject lines were ever compromised. If that's not bad enough, Google also says it has acquired some intriguing evidence over the course of its investigation: "the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties. These accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers."

We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn...
The sheer scope of such attacks is staggering. They show a coordinated effort to target specific human rights advocates not just in China but around the world, and to do so by attempting to infiltrate some of the world's most advanced computer networks belonging to some of the world's largest companies. (A Microsoft spokesperson tells Ars tonight, "We have no indication that any of our mail properties have been compromised." In response to some follow-up questions, we were told that the software giant would have no further comment.)

China has been well-known for going after the electronic communications of dissidents, and companies like Yahoo have in the past complied with Chinese government requests for e-mails. Those demands, however distasteful, at least followed a rough legal process in China. But Google's account indicates that, if the Chinese government is in fact linked to these recent attacks, it is willing to adopt extra-legal hacking in order to keep up its surveillance—and to do so anywhere in the world that communications of interest might be stored. Such a concerted program would be a marked escalation in the government's willingness to interfere in the operations of Internet companies in order to promote "stability."

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Από τη μία καλά κάνει η Google και πάει κόντρα ΕΠΙΤΕΛΟΥΣ στην Κίνα ΑΛΛΑ... Δεν φτάνει αυτό. Η Κίνα δεν μπορεί να ηττηθεί από την ασήμαντη Google. Όχι. Η Κίνα μπορεί να ηττηθεί ΜΟΝΟ από την παγκόσμια αγορά που έχει πλημμυρίσει από τα παπαροκινέζικα προϊόντα. Αν η αγορά πει όχι στην Κίνα, έχει καλώς. Αλλιώς ο κόκκινος γίγαντας θα συνεχίσει να κάνει ότι γουστάρει, καλώς ή κακώς.

Greenpeace VS Apple

Last year, Apple was being batted around the ears by Greenpeace for refusing to take part in its Electronics Survey. This year, Apple has changed its mind -- at least when it comes to having its overall environmental credentials rated -- and been lauded as a leading green player by Greenpeace campaigners.

Nokia and Sony Ericsson topped the rankings in the latest Guide To Greener Electronics, which ranks 18 global consumer electronics companies for the environmental impact of their products, including the use of hazardous substances, take-back schemes for obsolete products, and other initiatives to reduce climate impact within the business. The quarterly report was released at CES 2010.

Apple's improved ranking reflects a changing relationship with Greenpeace. "We like Apple, but we found a lot of their talk in the beginning of our work a bit duplicitous in terms of not walking their talk," said Greenpeace electronics analyst Casey Harrell. "I'm pleased to say that Apple has now hit that mark; new products they've put on the market are completely free of all of the most hazardous substances. Apple met their deadline full-on and early."

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Παρόλο που δεν την πάω μία την Greenpeace και τις μεθόδους της, παραθέτω το παραπάνω άρθρο, όχι τίποτα άλλο, αλλά πολλοί με είχανε ζαλίσει για την Greenpeace και την κόντρα της με την Apple. Απλά η Greenpeace δεν είχε συνηθίσει να την ταπώνει κάποια εταιρία εκεί έξω. Βλέπετε οι τάπες που γουστάρει τρελά η Greenpeace είναι μόνο από τις κυβερνήσεις και ειδικά την κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ. Δύο μέτρα και δύο σταθμά. Και μην μου πείτε ότι πάνε κόντρα στις ΗΠΑ γιατί απλά θα γελάω μέχρι και τον επόμενο χρόνο με την ηλιθιότητα σας.

Η Intel χρησιμοποιεί το iTunes για τεστ των επεξεργαστών της

Intel's approach to processor marketing in recent years has been to de-emphasise performance numbers and rankings and focus on applications, but it was still something of a surprise to see it demonstrating how well its chips work by running iTunes.

During a press conference at CES 2010 to officially debut the company's line of 2010 processors (which have already been covered extensively by APC), Intel took the unusual approach of demonstrating the performance enhancements from its new improved ability to dispatch processor tasks by showing how quickly iTunes could launch and synchronise a video after an iPod was connected. "There's a subtle but significant improvement in performance because more tasks can be dispatched inside the processor cores," executive VP of Intel's architecture group Sean Maloney said.

iPod owners already know that the Windows version of iTunes is anything but an advertisement for good or stable application design, so as a benchmark of how a processor can help matters no matter what software is running this could prove quite informative. Unsurprisingly, the newer i5 processor was much quicker to finish the task than the older Core II Duo it was matched against.

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Οι κακές γλώσσες στο παραπάνω άρθρο και όχι μόνο κατηγορούν ότι το iTunes είναι σκατο-εφαρμογή, κλπ. Μπορούν να μας υποδείξουν κάποια άλλη εφαρμογή που κάνει τα ΙΔΙΑ πράγματα με το iTunes με τον ΙΔΙΟ εύκολο τρόπο, στην ΙΔΙΑ τιμή (δωρεάν), ΚΑΙ για Mac ΚΑΙ για Windows, που να είναι πιο γρήγορη από το iTunes;

Γιατί δεν μπορεί κυρίες και κύριοι να συγκρίνετε το iTunes με το Notepad των Windows και να λέτε ότι είναι αργό το iTunes ή δεν ξέρω και γω τι... Πότε θα μάθετε να συγκρίνετε μήλα με μήλα και όχι μήλα με πορτοκάλια; ΕΛΕΟΣ!

Project Natal και καλά

The system depends on a "50-megabyte software package that can recognise 31 different body parts in any video frame," and will know, according to Kipman, if you put your hand behind your back.

At E3 2009, Project Natal was announced as a device that would run off of its own processor and was shown to work with highly-detailed, blazingly-fast racing game Burnout: Paradise. Rumors that Natal no longer has its own processor coupled with this report that Natal needs 10-15% of the 360's juice, raise questions about where a game that was made to push the 360 to its limits without Natal would be able to support the Natal peripheral. That would seemingly diminish the ability to connect Natal to the highest-end games, though that's speculation we'd need professional game developers to weigh in on. Only they know how much Xbox 360 horsepower their games require.

The report makes no mention of the Natal using its own processor, an element it was recently rumored has been dropped and would explain why the Natal is now drawing on the 360's processor.

Supporting that theory of a removed processor are changes made to Microsoft's official Natal fact sheet since E3.

E3 2009:

"Project Natal" sensor. "Project Natal" is the world's first system to combine an RGB camera, depth sensor, multiarray microphone and custom processor running proprietary software that brings "Project Natal" experiences to every Xbox 360 console. The "Project Natal" sensor tracks full-body movement and individual voices, creating controller-free fun and social entertainment available only on Xbox 360.

CES 2010:

"Project Natal" sensor. "Project Natal" combines an RGB camera, depth sensor and multiarray microphone running proprietary software that brings "Project Natal" experiences to every Xbox 360 console. The "Project Natal" sensor tracks full-body movement and individual voices, turning you into the controller for social entertainment available only on Xbox 360.

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Ή αλλιώς, τα ίδια Παντελάκη μου, τα ίδια Παντελή μου. Εννοείται. Για τη Micro$oft μιλάμε. Αυτή η εταιρία είναι ανίκανη να κάνει κάτι σωστό, πάει και τελείωσε. Όσον αφορά την τιμή του Natal, ναι, πλέον μπορεί να είναι φθηνό γιατί δεν θα υπάρχει υλικό, υλικό, αλλά μούφα, μούφα κάμερα με λογισμικό. Βέβαια επειδή μιλάμε για τη Micro$oft όλα παίζουν. Μπορεί να χρεώσουν το Natal όσο γουστάρουν. Εδώ τις παπαριές τα Windows και Office τα χρεώνουν 100+ ευρώ και πάλι πουλάνε. Οπότε γιατί όχι και το Natal; Καλά να πάθετε, σας αξίζουν. Βέβαια όσοι είστε gamers, ξέρετε ότι οι λύσεις της Nintendo και της Sony είναι σαφέστατα ανώτερες και δεν πρόκειται να το αλλάξει αυτό καμιά παπαριά της Micro$oft ;)

Πληροφορίες. Πληροφορίες. Πολλές πληροφορίες.

Ένας από τους πλουσιότερους μαλάκες στον κόσμο

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However, these slate devices were basically just full Windows 7 PCs in a small form factor with touchscreen functionality and no hardware keyboard. There wasn’t anything particularly innovative about them, even though the hardware designs were very attractive.

While the Slate PC demo was in the middle of the presentation and was certainly a featured segment for Ballmer, it was not a knock-out punch type of announcement. It was more of a shiny-new-thing announcement, and it shared a crowded spotlight with other Microsoft talk about Windows PCs, Microsoft Auto, and Xbox 360.

It would have been tough for anything to live up to the hype that developed over the past 24 hours. The New York Times claimed that Microsoft was preparing to announce a product in partnership with Hewlett-Packard that would “be touted as a multimedia whiz with e-reader and multi-touch functions.” The Wall Street Journal’s Kara Swisher threw cold water on that idea, saying Microsoft would simply be showing off its existing Windows 7 tablet functionality on new HP tablet hardware. The back-and-forth between the two rival publications helped created an atmosphere of expectation for the Ballmer keynote.

Adding to the anticipation, the event was delayed by 25 minutes for “power problems.” When Ballmer did finally make it out to the stage he said a couple things in his introduction that helped fuel the anticipation. He said, “We want to focus on the ever-evolving PC tonight” and also remarked that he wanted to talk about natural user interface (NUI) and the progress Microsoft is making in that area. While the NUI stuff refers partly to Project Natal (Microsoft’s new gaming interface), attendees couldn’t help but wonder if this also referred to the new tablet, especially since the Apple slate is rumored to have an innovative new UI.

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Ο George Lucas στο Daily Show!

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Δεν μίλησαν για την τρίτη κατηγορία των Star Wars οπαδών που ανήκουν άτομα όπως εγώ. Πια είναι αυτή η τρίτη κατηγορία; Μα φυσικά είμαστε εμείς που μας αρέσουν ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ σχετικά με το Star Wars και διψάμε πάντα για νέα προϊόντα που εμπλουτίζουν τον κόσμο αυτόν!

Ο Sylvester Stallone τα σπάει!

AGING action hero Sylvester Stallone broke his neck while filming a fight scene with wrestler co-star "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in his latest movie.

The Rocky star has revealed he needed emergency surgery and a metal plate inserted in his neck after the accident on the set of The Expendables.

The 63-year-old told FHM magazine: "Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other's ass, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy.

"Actually, my fight with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I'm not joking.

"I haven't told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck."

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Στην κυριολεξία τα σπάει δηλαδή ο άνθρωπος. Πέρα από την πλάκα όμως δεν μπορώ να περιμένω πως και πως να δω αυτή την ταινία που θα είναι κάτι ξεχωριστό μέσα στον ωκεανό του μοντέρνου κινηματογράφου που επιτάσσει τα εφέ των ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών, από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος της ταινίας, ακόμη και "σ' άχρηστα πράγματα".

Πρώτες εντυπώσεις του Nexus One

Some animations are very smooth, some are janky as hell. The Nexus One has a faster processor than the iPhone 3GS and has twice the RAM, and yet it still cannot have as fluid a UI as the iPhone OS. This is great proof that your software is key—throwing raw power at things won’t necessarily make them better.

The Android Market is a terrible mess. Nearly every app I looked at had nothing but spam comments. Literally things like, “Follow me on twitter at @blah” and “Ladies, hit me up on AIM at blah” which is embarrassing and sad. Makes the entire thing feel like cheap garbage. When you add the fact that nearly all the apps are free, and most are a UI mess, it doesn’t come off too well.

Sometimes the hardware buttons (Back, Menu, Home, Search) don’t respond right away, for whatever reason (software hang, working, etc) and since there’s no way to know if your touch simply wasn’t registered (which is also an issue I’m having from time to time) you end up pushing the button over and over. Then suddenly it will just work. To combat this, I turned on the vibration feedback option for those buttons, but that only partially helped—the phone still won’t vibrate after you push a button if it’s stuck doing something, so I end up pushing it over and over until I feel the vibration. This isn’t an issue on the iPhone because the only hardware button (the home button) is an actual button that clicks in when you push it. So you always know you’ve done so, and if nothing happens you know it’s a software issue.

No multi-touch. Or I should say, none “yet.” Android OS supports multi-touch and so does the hardware, but it has to be built into each app individually. The most obvious and annoying-that-it’s-not-there case is Maps. Zoom in and out buttons on a modern device like this just seems amateur.

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Θα το ακούσετε πολλές φορές ακόμη. Καμία λύση εκεί έξω (ακόμη και αυτές που θα βγουν στο επόμενο τρίμηνο --τουλάχιστον), δεν πρόκειται ΚΑΝ να αγγίξει το iPhone. Φυσικά η Apple δεν κάθεται με σταυρωμένα τα χέρια και ετοιμάζει τον διάδοχο αυτού και ΟΧΙ μόνο.

Το γελοίο όμως με όλες τις αντίπαλες συσκευές του iPhone είναι η επερχόμενη ενσωμάτωση της νέας έκδοσης του Flash.



Μιλάμε για μια παντελώς γελοία κατάσταση που λίγο κάποιος να του κόβει, όχι μόνο το μάτι αλλά και το μυαλό, παρατηρεί το πόσο πολύ σέρνεται το Nexus One ΑΜΕΣΩΣ μόλις προσπαθεί να δείξει ακόμη και γελοία πράγματα σε Flash όπως τις απαίσιες διαδικτυακές διαφημίσεις. Και πριν προλάβετε να δικαιολογήσετε την κατάσταση λέγοντας ότι είναι Preview, Beta, κλπ. απλά να θυμίσω ότι το Flash είναι ήδη χάλια τεχνολογία παντού, που με κάθε έκδοση της, γίνεται ακόμη χειρότερη αυτή η απαίσια κατάσταση. Όχι δεν θα σωθεί ΟΥΤΕ με την επιτάχυνση σε επίπεδο κάρτας γραφικών, κλπ.

Και ψψψψτ; Adobe; Το 80% του διαδικτύου σε υλικό βίντεο μπορεί να είναι σε Flash αλλά δεν είναι σε ΑΠΛΟ Flash. Ευτυχώς σας φώτισε ο Θεός (Apple/Google) και ενσωματώσατε υποστήριξη για H.264. Οκ; Άντε γιατί Α!!!

David Pogue και Nexus One

Despite these goodies, the Nexus is missing some important features that iPhone fans take for granted. For starters, the Google app store is much smaller, featuring 18,000 fun little games; there are well over 100,000 for the iPhone.

Worse, even if you find a lot of good ones, you might not have anywhere to install them. The Nexus can accommodate memory cards up to 32 gigabytes (a 4-gigabyte card comes with it) — and yet, inexplicably, the Nexus allots only a tiny 190 megabytes of storage for downloaded apps.
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The idea of the Google phone store is pure, giddy idealism: You’ll buy the phone you want, then you’ll shop for the cell plan you want, from the carrier you want. No more “You want an iPhone? Then you get AT&T.”

Well, it’s about time! Rise up in the streets! Power to the people! Truth shall triumph!

Or not.

I mean, it’s a great idea and all. It’s just that, well, apart from the iPhone, who really cares which carrier has a certain phone? In the list of complaints about American cellphone carriers sent to me by readers, that one is waaaaaay down the list.

Besides, the Google phone store doesn’t really do much to solve the problem. In this country, there are two competing network formats. There’s C.D.M.A. (used by Verizon and Sprint) and there’s G.S.M. (favored by AT&T and T-Mobile and most other countries).

The current Nexus One is a G.S.M. phone. So when you buy it online, you get the following vast menu of carriers: T-Mobile. (Or you can use AT&T, but you have to supply your own subscriber card, and you won’t get 3G Internet speed.)

Wow, that changes everything, doesn’t it?

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Ο καυστικός και τρομερά ιδιοφυής David Pogue γι άλλη μια φορά δεν τα μασάει και τα χώνει και στην Google και στις εταιρίες κινητής τηλεφωνίας, ενώ ρίχνει και κάνα 2-3 μπιχτές και στην Apple. Μόνο ο κ.David Pogue μπορεί να τα κάνει αυτά και ταυτόχρονα να τον γουστάρουν όλοι :P

Το γλύψιμο στη Micro$oft...

... και η τυφλή εμπιστοσύνη σ' αυτήν, σε κάνει πολύ πιο γρήγορα από ποτέ, να αισθάνεσαι ΠΟΛΥ μαλάκας. Και να μην αισθάνεσαι. Είσαι. Ε ναι! Πως αλλιώς μέσα σε 2-3 μήνες να θεωρείτε πολλοί από εσάς σωτήρα της τεχνολογίας των υπολογιστών την Micro$oft και τον Steve Ballmer;

It could be one of Steve Ballmer’s riskiest trade-show moves in years.

On Wednesday, Mr. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, will unveil a novel take on a slate-type computer during his evening keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to people familiar with Microsoft’s plans. The slate will be made by Hewlett-Packard and possibly available by mid-year, these people said.

This product better be good because Apple is expected to unveil its take on the slate/tablet form factor later this month. If history holds, Apple will issue a product that surprises people in a few ways and that stands out from the crowd.

So the last thing Mr. Ballmer wants to hold up is a me-too device.

Press representatives from Microsoft and H.P. declined to comment on the product or the content of Mr. Ballmer’s speech.

My sources, however, say that Mr. Ballmer will show the as-yet-unnamed H.P. device, which will be touted as a multimedia whiz with e-reader and multi-touch functions.

Last fall, some photos emerged of a Microsoft tablet/slate prototype device.

It remains tough to tell where Microsoft’s work ends and H.P.’s begins on this type of product. But all eyes will be on Mr. Ballmer this week to see if Microsoft and H.P. can out-Apple Apple before Apple Apples.

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Δε μιλάμε για κάνα τυχαίο site. Δε μιλάμε για καμιά τυχαία πηγή. Μιλάμε κυρίες και κύριοι το New York Times!!!

Δεν μπορώ να το πιστέψω. Πως είναι δυνατόν να πιστεύει κανείς ότι η Micro$oft θα κάνει κάτι καλό πραγματικά απορώ. Μιλάμε για την εταιρία που έχει κάνει σημαία την αποτυχία. Σε ΟΛΟΥΣ τους τομείς!!! Σταματήστε την καραμέλα του ότι έχει το 90% της αγοράς. ΑΠΛΑ δεν το έχει. Ακόμη και να το είχε, τι να λέει; Και η Αμερική κάνει κουμάντο σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο αλλά δεν σημαίνει ότι είναι καλή χώρα, ότι αγαπάει όλο τον κόσμο και ότι παλεύει για την παγκόσμια ευτυχία και ειρήνη. ΕΛΕΟΣ δηλαδή. ΖΩΑ ε ΖΩΑ!

Φυσικά, πολύ απλά η πραγματικότητα είναι σκληρή με τους τυφλωμένους με την Micro$oft. Ανακοίνωσαν την παπαριά της HP και δεν είναι παρά μόνο ένα ακόμη Tablet PC με τα Windows 7. Που ΔΕΝ είναι διαθέσιμο ακόμη. Που ΘΑ είναι. Που δεν ξέρουμε επιδόσεις, κοστολόγια, κλπ. Γι άλλη μια φορά ΘΑ σώσει τον κόσμο η Micro$oft, ΚΑΠΟΙΑ στιγμή. ΑΡΓΟΤΕΡΑ.

They're more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC. Perfect for reading, surfing the web and taking entertainment on the go," said Ballmer at his CES 2010 opening keynote. He says that it will be available this year.

HP says they'll provide information on the slate after the keynote, but wouldn't say anything in the meantime. We're calling it a "slate"—well, Microsoft is calling it a slate, to differentiate from the pen-and-screen dealy that Bill Gates intro'd in 2001—but that's not its name.

It's a Windows 7 touch device, so it's nice in an accessible, netbooky (yeah, I'm guessing relatively cheap) context. But it's not exactly the Courier we have lusted after from Microsoft in our dreams

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Αυτό όμως που θα πρέπει τα ζώα να αποκωδικοποιήσουν είναι οι πουστιές της Micro$oft. Πως αποκαλούσε ξανά και ξανά ο Steve Ballmer τα Tablet PCs στην CES 2010; Slate PCs... Πιο προϊόν γνωστής εταιρίας αλλά και κατοχύρωση ιστοσελίδας του πιθανού αυτού προϊόντος φέρει το όνομα iSlate και περιμένουμε να ανακοινωθεί τέλος του μήνα; Ίσως την έχετε ακουστά βρε. Μια ασήμαντη εταιριούλα. Την Apple. Τι έκανε η Micro$oft; Ακούει τις φήμες για το iSlate (ή όπως αλλιώς τελικά θα λέγεται όπως και να είναι αυτό το νέο προϊόν) της Apple τον τελευταίο καιρό η Micro$oft και ΝΥΧΤΑ αλλάξανε την ορολογία που επί χρόνια χρησιμοποιούν των άχρηστων και πεταμένων Tablet PCs, σε Slate PCs. Τι να πω; Υποθέτω πως αν δεν μπορείς να τους νικήσεις, συμμετείχε στο παιχνίδι τους. Έτσι σκέφτεται ξεκάθαρα η Micro$oft από τη στιγμή της δημιουργίας της. Γιατί ν' αλλάξει τώρα; Εφόσον τα ζώα αγοράζουν; Μπεεεε!

Δεν ξέρω πως θα είναι και πότε θα είναι κάποιο από τα νέα προϊόντα της Apple αλλά για ένα πράγμα είμαι σίγουρος... Σε αντίθεση με τις λύσεις της Windows βιομηχανίας, θα δουλεύει. Έτσι απλά.

Πούλησε το PS3 στις γιορτές

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that the holiday season retail sales of PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment systems during the five weeks following the last week of November 2009 exceeded 3.8 million units worldwide. The PS3 platform experienced a 76% increase in hardware sales compared to the same period in the previous year, marking the highest record sales for PS3 hardware for a holiday period. With the release of the new slimmer and lighter PS3 system combined with an exciting line-up of compelling software titles, as well as with the expansion of new content and services on PlayStation®Network, with more than 38 million registered accounts worldwide, the PS3 platform continues to surpass its momentum every year and remains on track to further accelerate the growth of its worldwide installed base into 2010.

With continued strong support from game developers and publishers around the world, highly anticipated and exciting game titles on Blu-ray™ disc were released for the PS3 system during the holiday season. The software line-up includes platform-defining franchises that contributed significantly to PS3 hardware sales such as UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves from SCE, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed® II, Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Activision, and FINAL FANTASY XIII from SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. FINAL FANTASY XIII for North America and Europe/PAL territories will be available on March 9, 2010. In addition to this extensive line-up of software titles, multimedia capabilities that PS3 offers, including Blu-ray disc player functionality, combined with various rich content and services available for download on PlayStation®Network, continue to attract more and more users around the globe making PS3 the ultimate interactive entertainment system for the home.

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Άντε βρε. Μπράβο. Τώρα, θα ρίξετε λίγο ακόμη την τιμή του PS3 για να βάλετε γι άλλη μια φορά την φαντασμένη την Micro$oft για τα καλά στη θέση της; Όχι τίποτα άλλο. Αλλά δεν θα προχωρήσει και το Blu Ray σας αλλιώς.