The thinnest smartphone in the world presented in London by Huawei

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Chinese telecom giant Huawei has launched in London on Tuesday a new "smart phone" presented as the finest in the world, to compete with high-end models of its rivals Apple and Samsung in foreign markets.

The setting for the launch of the new smartphoneHuawei date, 18/06, owes nothing to chance. This is a nod to the thickness of the phone to 6.18 mm. To launch outside of China, its traditional base, the Group has chosen to unveil its Ascend P6 at the Roundhouse in London, famous room for hosting concerts Jimy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

"Our goal is to provide better products, more innovative products, with a better design," said Richard Yu, general manager of the group. The Ascend P6, which weighs 120 grams and has a touch screen of 119.5 millimeters, will be sold at a suggested retail price of 449 euros (600 dollars). It will be available in 19 countries by the end of July, including China, France, Germany and Italy, before being distributed in a hundred other later.

Equipment used for spying?

Huawei began as telecommunications equipment provider before embarking on the mobile phone in the last three years. Founded by a former engineer of the Chinese army, the group has been at the center of controversy between Beijing and Washington over the security of its computer equipment, because of his alleged links with the Chinese government.

The U.S. Congress last year asked that the group be excluded from public contracts, arguing that its equipment could be used for espionage by China. Huawei has denied these claims, finding they fell protectionism.

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Microsoft gets a patent to make our body ... a network

Microsoft gets a patent for our body ... a network Microsoft has been granted a patent describing an apparatus transmitting data via small electrical impulses through the body. What exchange of computer data in a simple handshake, secure paymentsThe Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Microsoft surprising. Introduced in December 2011, this patent titled Biological Entity Communication Channel describes a system capable of using the human body to pass data. This process would send a card to a digital handshake to another person, secure payment by touching finger a terminal, or access to a secure building. To transmit data, the person must wear a small device that Microsoft describes a very partial and vague way. It is composed of three elements: a surface which acts as ground, an insulator layer, and another conductor connected to a communication module for data to be transmitted through the human body. or to log in to some buildings.

In this diagram taken from the patent granted by the Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Microsoft, an individual has a small indefinite equipment. It can be a bracelet for example. It incorporates a system for transmitting data from a communication module, for small electrical pulses of the order of pico-amps. They are received by a transceiver equivalent that the person will feel. © Microsoft

The network is us!

However, using the human body to transmit data is not an invention of Microsoft. Early theories on the subject date from 1997 and were conducted by MIT. Many studies on this called "human modem" or "the human body network" system have been made since. At CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Ericsson's boss had even conducted a demonstration in which he had sent a photo from his phone to display it on a TV with no other connection than his own body.

Japanese telecom giant NTT rival KDDI or its equivalent Korean ETRI work a lot on the subject. Thus, NTT would have come to pass data through the human at a rate of 10 Mbits / s body. According to the researchers, it is even possible to reach 17 Mbit / s. The laboratory has also conducted studies on the potential harmfulness of such a system. The current passing through the body would be only a few pico-amperes. In the current research, there would be no effect on the human body.

A secure connection by Microsoft

Rest securing data in transit. Imagine a sensor placed near the skin can intercept. In this case, Microsoft replied that it depends on the frequency of the signal used. Thus, taking the example of a frequency of 400 MHz, the signal is not detectable at a distance greater than 8 mm. It is this system that would ensure the security of data transmissions. In other cases, it is possible to increase the frequency to 1.5 GHz in order to ensure a non-contact transmission, and identify themselves to open the door to secure access without having to touch anything whatsoever. Practice when it was crowded arm.

If, with this patent, Microsoft has thought about data security and the practical applications of such a device, it really is vague on the equipment. And we can not rely on the available schemes to know specifically what Microsoft plans to do with this patent, except maybe ... be patient.

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manifestations in brazil

The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, facing a historic social unrest, promised Friday to receive the "protest leaders" and work towards a "grand bargain to improve public services."
"I want to reiterate that my government is listening to the voices demanding democratic change," Rousseff said in a solemn address to the nation, 24 hours after the protests marred by violence that spilled 1.2 million Brazilians in the streets, in During a 10 minute speech broadcast by radio and television stations in the country.
But she warned it would not tolerate a "violent and authoritarian minority dirty a democratic and peaceful movement," destroying "the public and private property." "I will invite the governors, mayors of major cities, forming a great pact around the improvement of public services," said the president. She cited transport quality "fair prices", health, and education, for which she reiterated her desire to devote 100% of the country's oil revenues, a paralyzed by strong locks project policies.

Brazilian President announced that she would receive "the leaders of peaceful protests, representatives of youth organizations, trade unions, labor movements, popular organizations." "We need their contribution (...) their energy and creativity, their bet on the future and their ability to challenge the mistakes of the past and present," she said.

Rousseff said that Brazil needed to "oxygenate" the "political system" to make it "more open to the influence of society" and find "better ways to fight corruption."

Promising that Brazil would achieve a "great World Cup soccer," she responded to criticism of the protesters on the huge expenses for the organization of the World next year. "I want to clarify that the money spent for stadiums by the Government will duly paid by companies and state governments that will operate" in the future, she said. "I will never allow the federal funds (...) neglected priority sectors such as health and education," she said.

While Rousseff spoke, new events, much lower than on Thursday, were identified in thirty cities. But in Rio, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, groups of protesters blocked major urban roads in rush hour, causing traffic jams. In Rio, a car dealership was vandalized in the western area. Demonstrators massed outside the home of the Governor of the State of Rio, in the upscale neighborhood of Leblon. A Valparaiso de Goias (center), at least ten buses were burned and clashes broke out with police.

Chief of Staff of the Presidency, Gilberto Carvalho, said that the authorities were preparing for the possibility of further protests during the World Catholic Youth Day (WYD) and the visit of Pope Francis, late July in Rio de Janeiro.

The protests have tarnished the Confederations Cup soccer - considered the dress rehearsal in miniature of the World - which takes place in the country until June 30. "The Confederations Cup takes place in Brazil and the FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil", reiterated Friday in Rio General Secretary of FIFA, Jerome Valcke, while Brazilian media relayed rumors about a possible cancellation . "There is no plan B," said Valcke to Brazilian journalists, noting that FIFA had nothing to do with the social problems of the country and was therefore a "wrong target."

The Pass Book Movement (MPL for free public transport) in Sao Paulo, one of the spearheads of social unrest, announced it would call to demonstrate in the metropolis, after declining public transport fares. "The ultimate goal has been reached," said a leader, Lucas Monteiro on television. But other groups continued to launch calls for demonstrations on social networks.

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technology in Brazil

Traditional exporter of raw materials and center of foreign investment in the productive sector, Brazil is now seeking to attract capital for cutting-edge research in areas such as oil and information technology.

"The biggest challenge for Brazil is innovation. We are very competitive in agriculture, aviation, oil and gas. But our industry has a weak culture of innovation ", said recently the Minister of Science and Technology, Antonio Mercadante.

"We encourage the industry to innovate (...) and we bring research centers (foreign) who will apply for patents in Brazil," he added.

A research centers is Cenpes installed by the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras in the northern suburbs of Rio. Another is the Digital Port in Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco (Northeast), a technology park that houses nearly 180 institutions and companies specializing in information technology.

The Cenpes, established in 1970 and located on the campus of the Federal University (UFRJ), has invested $ 700 million (€ 484 million) since 2005 to attract international companies working in the Brazilian oil industry such as French or American GE Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes.

"The most important suppliers of Petrobras, in Brazil saw a good business opportunity and recognizing the quality of Brazilian universities, come to establish an intellectual partnership with us to complement our commercial relationship," said the press responsible Research and development of Petrobras, Carlos Tadeu Fraga.

Among the projects to be developed, he cited research in biotechnology, biofuels and environment.

Petrobras has invested 2.6 billion dollars (1.8 billion euros) for research and development from 2008 to 2010 and provides huge investment to exploit oil found in very deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean, in a thick layer of salt.

His current proven reserves of 14 billion barrels of crude could more than triple the oil buried at sea and make Brazil one of the largest exporters of crude oil.

With a consumer market booming, Brazil offers good opportunities for foreign high-tech companies.

"Brazil is a good option for investment in Latin America in the field of technology. Here there are good professionals who can ensure that companies who invest have a greater guarantee of market penetration, "said the AFP Luis Anavitarte, an expert on emerging markets Gartner consultant.

The port of Recife Digital was founded ten years ago in order to give a boost to the sector of information technology and create jobs in the state of Pernambuco (northeast), one of Brazil's poorest .

Among the companies are installed including multinational Accenture, IBM and Motorola.

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Right to respect for private and family life

  
Between social networks that archive our data, websites who send pubs depending on what you look on the web, and direct observation of our mails by U.S. intelligence, as revealed young computer exiled to Taiwan, our privacy is no longer really.Isabelle Attard, Green MP Calvados, working on a European regulation of the protection of personal data. The goal is to "provide the European CNIL ball so that it can better defend ourselves. It can be seen for the first time lobbying of large companies (Google, Facebook ...) who try to diminish, reduce it Text is not much when it is essential. "The current lawThe law dates back to 1995 and can do almost everything because at the time the Internet was in its infancy. "Today, it is urgent because it takes a lot of information on the internet and one can find a few years later with a use that was not originally planned. There is no direct consequence what you put as personal data on the Internet. "The revelations of Edward Snowden, a former consultant agency American NSA electronic surveillance, show that Americans and foreigners were subjected to practices indiscriminate spying by the U.S. intelligence community. "It is normal to give the government the ability to watch all of our conversations for the purpose of combating terrorism. Course, but is it that we need to monitor every citizen?, Asks Isabelle Attard.The emergency legislation"There is a need for policy and legislative approach to protect citizens and put their hands the tools to take control of their data," said Jeremy Zimmermann, spokesman for La Quadrature du Net (association human rights and freedoms on the Internet)."The case of Edward Snowden Prism shows that we can no longer tell the difference between public and private surveillance monitoring. This also shows that we can not trust these companies, Google, Facebook, Skype to protect our privacy, and it is essential to take action. "

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A "hole" in the gigantic sun observed by NASA

The sun is not a great shape. A huge coronal hole was observed between 28 and 31 May at the surface by the Solar Dynamics Observator a solar observatory developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Despite its size, the Agency argues that this phenomenon has little risk to Earth. Communications could still be disrupted for two months.

A "cold" area was detected on the surface of the sun, in its most distant atmospheric crown: it's a "coronal hole." This is the strongest in more than a year, according to NASA. Coronal holes are causing quite violent solar winds. These plasma flow formed ions and electrons through the solar system and the planets that affect residents, including the Earth, and can cause electromagnetic storms.

According to NASA, the coronal hole should not cause mere auroras and possibly disrupt telecommunications, such as GPS or the operation of mobile phones in the next two months. In 1989, the solar wind had caused strong electromagnetic storms in Quebec: power cuts were numerous and the satellites were even disturbed.

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Chinese supercomputer;World N:1

Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2 rose to first place in the Top 500 world ranking, leaving far behind in fourth place, the Japanese champion "K", demotion motivates a hundredfold the Japanese to go head .Tianhe-2, of the Chinese University of Defense Technology, achieved computational performance of 33.86 petaflop / s (33.86 million billion operations per second), while the Japanese "K" (to pronounce Kei) peaked at 10.51 petaflop / s, ranked Top 500 Monday during a conference on supercomputing in Leipzig (Germany).Moreover, Tianhe-2 has reached this level two years before the target, said the agency responsible for setting the record.Behind Tianhe-2 arrived two Americans, Titan, who was first in the previous ranking, and Sequoia, which had taken the highest rank six months earlier (June 2012), while relegating "K" to second place."K" had been previously during the first year: he had taken the lead in June 2011 and was kept in the charts prepared in the following November."K" was then marked the spirits and strengthened the Japanese ego. It was indeed the first time since June 2004 that a Japanese supercomputer was the first. He had beaten flat-seams a Chinese rival (Tianhe-1A, 2.56 petaflops) and an American (Jaguar).This time it is the opposite and, hence, it tickles the Japanese, as shown in a reflection of a manager of the Japanese Ministry of Science, "it is only a performance speed", meaning there that, unlike the Chinese, Japanese, themselves, are concerned not only computing power but also of the electricity consumed, knowing that a supercomputer is a huge and very "energy" machine.The Japanese press also like to emphasize that Tianhe-2 is designed to calculate the trajectories of missiles and other military uses, while Japanese models are designed for simulations of natural disasters or development of new drugs.Still emulation that comes from regaining first place by the Chinese will push the Japanese into overdrive on future generations of supercomputers, with powers even multiplied.The TOP500 ranking, established in 1993, is updated twice a year, in June and November.

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