Android tablet sales exceed those of iPad for the first time - The Mundo.es

Android tablets have surpassed sales for the first time in the iPads during the second quarter of 2013, according to a report from ABI Research. In addition, the maturity of the Google operating system has been reinforced by two data: the first is that income earned by operating system tablets with Apple and Google have been the same and the second, that the average selling price of both classes is approaching. Do not forget that ests ‘battle’ Apple Pound against all other manufacturers.

According to ABI Research, total sales of iPads has fallen 17%, which contrasts with the increase of 23% over the same period in other years. After a flurry of sales due to the phenomenon generated by the iPad, it seems that sales are reassuring. Revenue from iPads have resulted in 12,700 million , an amount first course only has 50% of the profits of tablets.

“The ‘tablets’ are smaller than the 7 inch screen has proven to be preferred by the users,” said irector Jeff Orr of ABI Research. In addition, this confirmed that the data indicated that the iPad mini 7.9 inches represented about 60% of total iPad shipments , and 49% of sales revenue this quarter iPad .

In parallel, it has also changed the ASP index of tablets. Last year 2012, the average selling price has decreased by 17%, while the rest of the market increased by the same percentage. This fall the iPad has been attributed to the introduction and volume change iPad mini.

“Twelve months on top is too long for the life cycle of a tablet today” ,-said Orr-”so that Apple remains the leader, must innovate and send the real world what this market needs. “

Microsoft asks for a second chance with the new tablets ... - Expansión.com

New York, Sept. 23 (Thomson Financial.) – Less than a year after filing its first Surface tablets, which were well received among consumers, Microsoft asked for a second chance today with the launch of the second generation these devices.

“We are presenting the tablet more powerful commercial ever seen with Surface Pro 2 and more productive personal tablet ever with Surface 2″, said today the Microsoft Surface General Manager Panos Panay, during a presentation in New York .

technology, which launched a smaller tablet to rival the iPad mini as speculated, opted for increased battery life, processor speed and the number of applications available to attract the public to these tablets, which incorporate the updated Windows 8 operating system, available on October 17.

tablet successor Surface Pro increases the battery life by 60%, one of the points where more emphasis was Panay boasts an Intel Core i5 and the fourth-generation 64GB model Storage will sell from $ 899.

“The goal was not to reinvent the wheel but to improve it,” the executive said while holding this tablet, which is “faster than 95% of notebooks” of the market and that, along with a docking station that will go sale for $ 199.99, the device turns a desktop computer.

Meanwhile

Surface 2 uses an NVIDIA Tegra 4, a 3.5 megapixel front camera with ambient light sensor, a battery life 20% better than its predecessor that can play up to 10 hours of videos, and goes on sale from $ 449 with 32GB storage.

That price is somewhat lower than the $ 599 it costs 32 GB iPad, but to try to attract more consumers, will have 200 GB free storage for two years in the Microsoft cloud, Skydrive, and year of unlimited international calls with Skype.

“This product is really a renewal” Panay said, noting that this new tablet is lighter and thinner than its predecessor, Surface RT, since it weighs 0.68 kilos, and has integrated Office application, including Outlook email.

The manager recalled that in October last year, when Microsoft introduced the first tablet Surface, the Windows app store had only 10,000 applications, a figure that, less than a year later, has increased to 100,000.

tablets whose back stand allows tilt adjustment now in two angles, you can begin to order online from tomorrow and will go on sale next October 22 in U.S. and 21 key markets, including Spain, while in China will be available in early November.

Alongside

Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, Microsoft unveiled today a series of new accessories for these devices, including a cover that integrates a keyboard and a battery that extends battery life of the tablet up to 50%, but is not available until early 2014.

With this launch, the company that runs Steve Ballmer looking for a second chance to enter the tablet market after the disappointing reception that was the first generation of these tablets, you entered the $ 853 million, with a charge of $ 900 million for unsold inventory.

suppose also one of the main pillars on which Microsoft wants to support its reinvention, a firm that is going through a transition after announcing that Ballmer will leave the company in the next year after announcing the purchase of patents and mobile business of the Finnish Nokia. MarketWatch

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How to install iOS7 and what changes include iPhone, iPad and iPod - 20minutos.es

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A few days ago Apple released its new operating system: iOS 7. After complaints initial download time, there are users who do not notice changes in their devices (primarily the iPhone and iPad ) because the update is not immediate and these devices not explicitly warn that the new version is available, but you need to do a series of simple steps to dispose of it. In addition, not all devices can install it. From Consumer explains the steps to install it.

The new version of the operating system, iOS 7 , is a radical change in the appearance of the graphical user interface, with new icons contoured and softer colors. For the first time in nearly seven years since the first iPhone came out, Apple changed the design, an issue that many users have been demanding to see the appearance of the end product Google Nexus ( Nexus phones and tablets) was more dynamic and pleasing to the eye. In this sense, approaches iOS 7 aesthetic standards of the Nexus.

Furthermore, iOS7 also involves changes in the operation of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, allowing direct access from the home screen settings menu or shutdown of the running applications just by dragging them with your finger. It incorporates a radio-style services like Spotify (not yet available in Spain) called iTunes Radio, and a completely renovated Safari browser, which works for pages instead of tabs and lets share content directly. These are not the only changes, far from it, as there are hundreds, but to discover them all, it’s best to install iOS 7 as quickly as possible.

How to install

No more than pressing the button “Settings” and then there, go to “General”. Once inside, look “Software update” , which indicates that we have an update waiting. Open section and tell us that we have version 7.0 of the iOS operating system. In the bottom of the notification, find the button “Download and Install”.

class=”imp”> always better to let the download is done, by default, from a wireless network Just give it for the system to show us a specification for installation that we accept, we give “OK” and start the download. Its duration will vary depending on the connection and the bandwidth we have, because it is almost 800 megabytes download . Then the phone will start installing the new operating system and reboot the device. We must enter the PIN code, and we will have the iOS operating in July.

In this regard, it is necessary to clarify that, for obvious reasons, the download will only from wifi connections , unless we indicate otherwise the device from the menu “Settings”. But in this case, we must be aware that this single download we can deplete the contracted monthly data volume, thereby reducing bandwidth, or the extra stating our contract.

Therefore, it is always better to let the download is done, by default, from a wireless network. We can use the home or office, and if we are not in any of these sites, we can always go to a friend’s house or family and explain the situation. We can also go to a bar or restaurant that has connection. When we get a wifi zone, the download stops, and resumes again when you have wireless .

Users who

take long without updating your iPhone, iPod or iPad, and do not have the latest versions of iOS 6 will see that first the device updated to the latest iOS 6. Therefore, should look back a software update and I will iOS 7. So you have to download and install it as described above.

iOS version 7 is not available for all devices and excludes first devices ranges iPhone and iPad, as well as to all but the last model (fifth generation) iPod. Therefore, users with an iPhone 3GS or an iPad before the iPad 2 as well as a non-iPod fifth generation, will have to settle further in version 6.1.4 operating system. At first, they will not notice too many problems and many applications will offer the option to download a version suitable for your operating system. However, you may not have access to many new apps and gradually notice that your system slows down.

No Turning Back

After you upgrade an iOS device 7 can not go back to iOS. It is true that on the Web there are numerous pages explaining how to get back to iOS 6 but refer to tryouts to be launched before the September 18 final. Therefore, and updated, it is best to try make the most of the new features and ignore the aspects that dislike.

Cygnus is attached to the International Space Station - La Vanguardia

WASHINGTON (Reuters). – The Cygnus capsule today became the second freighter developed by a private company that carries supplies to the International Space Station (EEI) to successfully engage it, reported the U.S. space agency, NASA .

After a week of delay, the probe created by the company Orbital Science arrived on the ISS, where the crew managed to dock the space laboratory Harmony module by a robotic arm at 12:44 GMT, NASA said in a statement .

The crew opens

Monday afternoon the hatch to begin downloading the approximately 590 kilograms of Cygnus carrying supplies, including food and clothing.

Orbital Science

thus becomes the second private company completes a cargo mission to the ISS after the Californian company SpaceX, which is a year sending supplies through Dragon capsule.

Unlike Dragon, which is designed to return to Earth after completing its mission, Cygnus is scheduled to disintegrate shortly after being decoupled from the ISS, something planned for late October.

spacecraft blasted off on September 18 in Virginia (USA) and his arrival was originally scheduled for last Sunday 22, but was delayed due to a software failure before the initiation approach maneuvers.

was expected that the delay lasted only two days, but eventually the NASA engineers chose to wait until the launch and docking of the Soyuz TMA-10M on Wednesday to resume collection activities Cygnus.

This was a key test mission for Orbital Science, which premiered last April its first rocket successfully Antares and has a contract of 1,900 million with eight other NASA missions to transport supplies to the ISS.

company president, David W. Thompson, in a statement welcomed the success of the mission, which took five years of “hard work” and was confident to carry out regular missions to the ISS “later this year, as soon”.

For its part, NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden, said the arrival of Cygnus is a “milestone” in the space agency’s strategy to delegate to private companies transporting supplies to the ISS, following the end of the age of the ferries.

“While trade allies demonstrate their new systems to get to the station, we at NASA remain focused on technologies to reach an asteroid and Mars,” Bolden said in a statement.

Such distribution of tasks was devised by U.S. President Barack Obama, to further space exploration while “it is hoped the competition of private capital to reduce the cost of carrying astronauts and cargo” to the ISS, explained today the White House counsel, John P. Holdren.

Cygnus capsule was captured by the robotic arm Canadarm2 by flight engineers of the expedition ISS 37th, Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg.

Science responses to everyday life - The Mundo.es

Did you know that the degree of altruism of a person is measured by whether it feels socially included or excluded? or what is the origin of your surname? Have you ever wondered what occur in human disease bacteria that settle in our pets and how they can be controlled? Participants in the second edition of ‘Night of the researchers’ have found answers to all these questions through an activity to learn about the daily work of Andalusian researchers and their impact on the day to all day.

This activity, sponsored by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research as ‘Researchers Night’, which in the Andalusian region funds the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Job and coordinates Discover Foundation has met Friday in Andalusia nearly 750 researchers with some 10,000 citizens . It is considered the event was held simultaneously at the same time in 350 major European cities in science in recent years.

Andalusia’s eight provinces have hosted this event to promote the rapprochement between the general public and researchers in an informal, while highlighting the positive impact of their work in everyday life and promote research careers.

‘The Night of the researchers’ began with the microencuentros in which researchers have become the real protagonists. In them, attendees gathered in groups, were able to discover the human side of research through direct contact and conversation with the experts themselves. All in a fun environment. Moreover, with these meetings, has offered a bid of parallel activities formed by guided tours, open houses, performances and science fairs.

Journey to the DNA

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One of the most striking was held in Cordoba. Under the name ‘Fair Wits’ , participants were able to discover their future in a plasma, know its past in its name, traveling the DNA of a pea while sailing in their own arteries or an archaeological dig. The Rector of the University of Cordoba (UCO) have been installed up to 13 barracks to simulate a fair like those of yesteryear, but with talents of tomorrow.

Esther

Square belongs to the department of Social Psychology. Its role in ‘The Night of the researchers’ has been to explain how context influences the perception we have of things and our behavior. “Many times you see the same image in two different ways depending on the context,” he explains.

Its missions also

was to convince the public that the most generous are those who feel socially excluded . “Whether a person is more altruistic than another is explained. Influencing variables. Socially excluded people usually are more, but only if they perceive that to be so will be able to return to being included in the group in the future,” he qualifies Square.

Mark Reed, Department of Modern History Contemporary, aimed to convince participants that History “is not something of the past” , through the relevance of the name, because through it could be found the origin of each individual family.

Fernando

target, veterinarian and researcher at the UCO, was to show the importance of professionals in your guild in the control and protection of public health. “It is interesting to know that diseases are controlled not only human level but also veterinarians have an important role to protect the public health.” His research focuses on infectious diseases of domestic animals, to distinguish the various pathogens that can be found on pets and are transmissible to humans.

Top 'Apps' for iOS 7 - The País.com (Spain)

Ready for iOS

7;’s the goal of application developers. That was the moitvo announced the operating system on the Apple conference in June: get with the release of iOS July 3 months later have a good catalog of programs to show their virtues. It is no coincidence that Apple has created in its AppStore application area specially designed for the new operating system.

Thus, the same day of application submission had already adapted to new specifications. And little by little they are adding more. These are the best and essential at the moment:

Facebook.
radical change. The menu is on the bottom of the screen rather than at the top. Until now offered direct access to friend requests, messages and notifications. In the revamped version added the shortcut to NewsFeed, the collective cover and a button “More” to reach groups, events and administration pages jumping steps. It makes better use of the reading surface. However, it is still disturbingly slow.

Leaving aside the case of the most popular social network, these are some of the applications that shine after the changes:

Flipboard
The aggregator of social networks based reading hides everything superfluous to show more content. Following Apple style, has thematic covers.

Evernote .
notebook has been completely revamped. Remember its proposal slightly to Windows Phone. Put aside your card metaphor for the better ordering of cover. More straightforward.

Twitterrific .
It is true that the official Twitter app has adapted, but so is that continues to send alerts and news barely noticeable. However, this alternative notable for including new animations and updated in the background constantly. It costs 2.69 euros.

Vimeo .
YouTube competitor is ahead of Google with a program that reminds your website. Includes fine typography is causing so much controversy, transparencies between sections, facilitating the rise of content from the so-called “spool” or the camera and lets you share videos via AirDrop, one of the new operating system. It only works with Apple devices that are close, a twist to veteran combined with wireless bluetooth technology. No need to know how it works, because just drop a file to display synchronized to the desired device.

The New York Times.
Headlines bigger, large photos and a step between sections cleaner. Make the move to the other media.

Chrome .
Google has not lagged behind. If Safari, the default browser on iPhones and iPads, change, them too. New icons, native font again and better transitions between tabs. It maintains its hallmark, fast loading websites in its fifteenth anniversary.

Kindle .
In general redesign adds the “Collections” to organize books, magazines and documents stored. The content can be shared across multiple folders at once.

Aviary .
Effects, tweaks, cuts … I already had, but making better use of screen surface. It works fast. They included “supply store” with more effects, frames and stickers.

SoundWave .
Quite a surprise. Used to discover interesting music shared by friends, contacts and famous from what you hear on Spotify, Deezer, Rdio or iTunes itself. The best thing is the musical map, which shows by districts the most heard.

Haze .
could go through a more weather information, but what makes it so beautiful it seems a hobby. Humidity, temperature, and forecast for the week, with animations and icons aderazado minimalist touch gesture control. It costs 2.99 euros.

striking, however, that most screenshots keep interface iOS 6 in the AppStore.

Cancer mortality is lower in EU countries ... - 20minutos.es

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cancer mortality is lower in countries of the European Union over health spending, especially in cases of breast cancer, according to a study presented Saturday at the European Congress of Cancer 2013 , held in Amsterdam.

class=”imp”> The study authors point out that this relationship “is most evident” for breast cancer According to the authors of the study, which was also published on Saturday in the specialized scientific journal Annals of oncology , wealth and greater health spending is associated both with an increased incidence of cancer as a lower mortality from this disease.

One of the study authors, the Spanish Felipe Ades, Oncologist Breast European Adjuvant Studies Team, in Belgium, said that the more money goes to health is less than the number of deaths after the diagnosis of a cancer, and that this relationship “is most evident” in the case of breast cancer.

The authors have also observed, as Ades, that despite all efforts to standardize public health policies, there is a “significant difference” between health spending and the incidence of cancer the 27 EU states, it is even clearer between Eastern and Western European countries.

countries that spend less than 1,500 per year per capita in healthcare, such as Romania, Poland and Hungary, around 60% of patients dies after diagnosis of cancer, while those who spend between 1,800 and 2,200 euros (Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom), the percentage drops to 40-50%, and above 3,000 euros (France, Belgium, Germany) mortality is below 40%.

The study does not analyze the reasons for the increased incidence of cancer in Western European countries, but suggests that this is partly due to the existence of a greater number of screening programs to detect more cancers in its earliest stages and therapeutically affordable and also respond to the increased availability of effective treatments in these countries.

About the

breast cancer , the authors note that the association between wealth and greater health spending and the incidence of this disease is even greater than in other cancers, a fact related with a higher incidence breast cancer in Western countries.

A more health spending, more cancer survival - The País.com (Spain)

health expenditure is directly related to the chances of surviving cancer. The more a government spends on health, lower mortality from this disease. The association between spending and health outcomes is most evident in the case of breast cancer, according to a study published in the scientific journal morning Annals of Oncology. The work has been presented at the European Congress of Cancer held these days in Amsterdam.

The authors used data from the World Health Organization (WHO) cancer incidence and mortality, and examined its association with health spending per person in 27 EU countries (all but Croatia, the last built). The result was a strong inverse correlation between health expenditure and cancer survival after diagnosis: more spending, mortality is lower. Although research does not analyze the causes of this association, the authors suggest that it may be due to increased spending allows earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments and accessible.

The researchers found that in countries that spend about $ 3,500 (2,588 euros) a year per person on health, mortality for all cancers reached 45% of patients diagnosed. If you increase spending $ 500 (369 euros), mortality was reduced by 5% to 40%. “Mortality decreases the more you invest in health, even as output increases, marginal gains in reducing mortality,” said El Pais the study’s lead author, Philip Ades, Jules Bordet Institute oncologist and professor of the Free University of Brussels.

Scientists fear that increased mortality involving cuts

The importance of health spending increases in the case of breast cancer, as researchers imagined that they decided to choose this type of tumor because of the importance of screening programs and the effectiveness of existing treatments. The paper compares Western and Eastern Europe. “Although breast cancer mortality is similar in all European countries, to estimate the proportion of deaths diagnosed cases we find that a smaller fraction of patients died in the countries of Western Europe,” he told Ades.

work has generated particular interest among the Spanish press present at the conference, which comes COUNTRY invited by Boehringer Ingelheim. Given the results of the same, “it is likely that the austerity policies cause an increase in cancer mortality,” said Ades. The data used by the authors are from 2008 and do not analyze trends, so it is not possible to measure the effect the crisis has had cuts. Spain held that year ranked 13th in spending levels and was the third to last among the countries of Western Europe, just behind Greece and Portugal. And that’s before health spending should fall first time in 2010 (5%) and do it again in 2011 (and beyond) due to cuts, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD).

World Bank indicator used by the authors includes the sum of public spending and private spending, but only the former is considered relevant since the latter is not significant in most European countries. Spain spent $ 3,125 (2,300 euros) in 2008, a figure similar to the one usually handles the OECD, although the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) greatly reduces the figure to 1,492 euros per person. Ades was unable to explain these differences. “What matters is the relationship between spending and mortality,” said the researcher. “Unless spending more deaths after diagnosis,” he concluded.

The study does not take into consideration conditions such as genetic, lifestyle, environmental exposures or infections, and other factors that influence cancer incidence. In addition, the increased incidence of disease in wealthier countries may also be associated with increased early detection. The authors re-analyzed new data in 2014.

Google is facing another step of sanction in France by the ... - Silicon News

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French regulators complain that the company has not implemented the change that was required and open judicial process.

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France has launched a legal action against Google which could result in substantial penalties in a step from European regulators who report data handling users by the company.

National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) has reported that Google has failed within three months to comply an order requiring him to change his treatment of the data, which violates the national privacy law and EU.

The trial could last several months and culminate in a hearing in which the CNIL seeks the imposition of a fine than the maximum established for the first offense (150,000 euros), as stated The Wall Street Journal.

for France against Google is part of a wider investigation that European authorities are conducting against large Internet companies . Apple, for the use of its app store, or Amazon, for the payment of taxes in EU countries are other companies that are under consideration.

At present, regulators five other countries , Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK, are in the middle of parallel investigations Privacy Practices Google that could lead to new fines.

Amid this context, France has been accused especially conducting a crusade against big U.S. technology companies

French Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy , Fleur Pellerin, traveled last June to Silicon Valley to seek alliances and synergies with multinationals and had to ensure technological giants France is an ally, not an enemy .

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"Global warming skeptics have less evidence ... - The País.com (Spain)

Matilde

Rusticucci (Buenos Aires, 1957) is a meteorologist, an expert on extreme events, and member of the Expert Group on Climate Change (IPCC). Coordinates one of the groups discussed in Stockholm (Sweden) the contents of the new report on climate change, which updates six years of scientific knowledge on the subject. After four days of work, yesterday approved a summary for policymakers. The total will go launching in stages until 2014.

Asked . Have there been many changes on drafts who knew?

Reply . The official document is now and always is the official version that is valid. It has become very intense work. We started on Monday at 10.00 and was approved at five in the morning of Friday, with sessions virtually all day. Was open to the scientific community and governments and approved everything by consensus.

P. What are the key elements of this work?

R. that the human influence on climate is clear. That there is much more certainty than before and that there have been changes in temperatures. The last three decades have been warmer. And not only the temperature has risen. The sea level rise has had an unprecedented rate, there is also the melting ice. There is much more evidence, many data allow us to state that warming is unequivocal. Many independent data that say the same. We are much more confident than ever.

P. Is the weather phenomenon named much of the Child?

R. El Niño is a natural variability of the system, much cited because the last strong El Niño was in 1998, which was the warmest years, and the increase of temperature affects the climates of much of the world. The presence or absence of the Child can determine seasons drier or wetter.

P. Do you think that such strong statements will be no skeptics?

R. will always be skeptics, because they have more press. The scientific evidence is really strong and there is growing evidence. Skeptics have no evidence, but have more news.

P. Do not you think that climate change crisis has disappeared from the agendas of leaders?

R. I know very well how much discussed in Europe, but in Argentina is not as present in the agendas. However, the presence of our experts is quite relevant in the IPCC. I’m the only coordinator of a developing country. In my country is especially noticeable in extreme events. In April floods in Buenos Aires and La Plata, 50 kilometers from the capital, with many victims. That’s when it comes to climate change, and when it asks what we do with it.

P. What do you claimed political representatives attending meetings?

R. Mainly, it was a summary to be understood. Others who claimed certain things with more certainty. In the last hours added a map of the changes in precipitation they wanted to see reflected in the summary.

The Earth's temperature could rise to 4.8 degrees for ... - The País.com (Spain)

Scientists believe

“extremely likely” that man is primarily responsible for global warming, according to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Friday in Stockholm.

IPCC experts, who have updated the progress made since the previous report in 2007, raised the level of certainty of 90% to 95% over the previous document, which claimed it was “very likely” the responsibility of human activity since 1950.

sea level could rise between 26 and 82 centimeters by the end of the century, a range higher than targeted in 2007 when there was talk of a rise of between 18 and 59 inches, according to experts of the IPCC, which provide that the temperature of the Earth increases from 0.3 to 4.8 degrees in 2100.

IPCC creates four possible scenarios by the end of the century, the most optimistic to the most pessimistic, depending on human intervention at this time. Therefore, in the most optimistic scenario foresees that the temperature of the Earth is only 0.3 ° degrees and reheat in the most pessimistic to rise to 4.8 °, taking as a barometer average temperatures from 1986 to 2005, also have account, in particular, the greenhouse effect, ie the emission of gases into the atmosphere in the coming decades. The Earth has already warmed by 0.8 degrees from pre-industrial times.

“Limiting global warming will need substantial and lasting reduccioones of gas emissions covered,” said in a statement Thomas Stocker, vice chairman of the IPCC. Experts predict also that the intense emission increase extreme weather events.

“Heat waves are it probably will to occur more frequently and for longer. With the global warming currently wet regions will see more rainfall and dry receive even less,” according to Stocker.

respect to sea level rise, whose forecasts have changed much since the 2007 report, the experts justified because now they have taken account of a phenomenon that had not been contemplated then enough: the thaw of Greenland and the Antarctica.

The 'Curiosity' is further evidence of surface water ... - 20minutos.es

NASA’s Curiosity rover found new evidence of the existence of liquid water on Mars in the past. The vehicle has achieved these tests after breaking various rocks and sandstone analyze the planet’s surface.

their way to Mount Sharp, Curiosity has stopped to examine some rocks located in an area observed first by a spacecraft in orbit. The region was chosen because it could provide evidence of how water plays an important role in the stratification of the rocks in this region, as it has been.

class=”imp”> red dust layer covering the planet is about 2% of water The vehicle “has examined pebbles, stone and sandstone deposited by water, supposed, flowed over the surface , and veins or fractures in the rock, “indicated those responsible for the mission. When these residues were analyzed it was found that the most abundant gas was H2O.

Laurie Leshin

researcher assured Science that the layer of red dust that covers the surface of the plant is approximately 2% water. The finding could be a useful resource for future astronauts, as scientists themselves.

“Think that with about a cubic foot of this powder after being heated to a few hundred degrees, you can get two large glasses of water, it’s like the two bottles that you get to the gym”, said Dr. Leshin , was quoted by the BBC .

Similarly, the detected Curiosity “organic compounds” , but scientists are not sure of its origin.

class=”quote_new”> One cubic foot of this powder, after being heated, can give two large glasses of water Curiosity landed on Mars inside Gale Crater in August 2012 to determine if the Red Planet has been able to support microbial life at some point in its history. The robot found there the main objective of the mission, finding a place that was really humid area for billions of years.

In July this year, Curiosity began its journey to Sharp, the main destination of the rover since before its launch. Researchers want to raise the robot through the hills of the mountain and studying its many layers. In his view, this will give clues to changes in environmental conditions of Mars.

The rover team also wants to understand the geology of the area between Gale Crater and Mount Sharp. “If one fluid flow is responsible for the veins on the mountain and in the valley, is hoped that these have the same composition,” stated one of the researchers, David Sumner.

“If we see that the veins are different we know that history is complicated and will use these observations to reconstruct long-term history,” he added.

Curiosity laboratory measures the percentage of water in the ... - The Mundo.es

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NASA. The ‘rover’ Curiosity landing on Mars in August 2012 and since then, the space agency has been reporting on time for each of their progress, which has alternated with various anecdotes about his trip to the Red Planet. Some of the first results of his mission have already been released have been preceded by rumors and great expectations, which led to some disappointment. The trickle of information about the mission of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), your full name, perhaps eclipse the importance of the results presented this week the journal Science.

special, meets five investigations in which two hundred participating researchers and which contains the main scientific achievements during his exploration rover Gale Crater. Some of them are confirmations ‘in situ’ of results obtained earlier missions had not robotic.

‘rover’ has been, for example, able to determine the percentage of water in the first sign that the instrument analyzed using SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars). “One of the most exciting results of the first solid sample of ‘Curiosity’ is the high percentage of water in the soil. About 2% of the soil in the area is water , which is a data source and scientifically interesting, “explains the study’s lead author, Laurie Leshin, adding that these results are” just the beginning “.

sample analyzed in this study, involving 34 researchers, is made up of dirt and dust collected in a sandy area known as Rocknest. The sample was heated to a temperature of 835 ° C, allowing to determine which also contains chlorine and oxygen, probably chlorate or perchlorate, which was detected in other areas of Mars. Analysis also suggests presence of carbonaceous materials, which are formed in the presence of water .

The finding of ‘Curiosity’, says Leshin, will have implications for future human explorers on Mars: “Now we know that there should be abundant and easily accessible water on Mars . When we send people there, could dig into the surface to take samples and get warm water, “suggests the researcher.

Water for astronauts

and other

Although previous studies have suggested the presence of water on Mars (even this mission researchers presented interim analysis of samples taken by the ‘rover’) “and the result was expected” Alberto G. Fairén, program scientist for NASA’s Mars vehicles and Cornell University, highlights “how important it is to confirm the predictions with analysis ‘in situ’, especially when it comes to planetary exploration.”

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“Most previous studies were based on orbital observations, geomorphological and geochemical both. ‘Curiosity’ has analyzed materials collected directly from the surface . probe ‘Phoenix’ did something similar years ago but SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) is a much more precise instrument to perform these measurements. And is important to differentiate between the results presented at a conference and the results published in a magazine under review “details Fairén to ELMUNDO.es via email.

Scientists believe

frequent dust storms on Mars have made in the layer covering the surface of Mars are mixed materials of different areas so that a sample as analyzed by ‘Curiosity’ is like a microscopic collection of rocks around the globe: “Finding out information in an area get information from around the globe,” said Leshin.

Origin

basaltic

Two other studies

collected in ‘Science’ are focused on the source material basaltic ‘Rocknest’. The team led by David Bish suggests that 71% of this material has a basaltic origin while the study led by David Blake using an X-ray technique suggests that the percentage would be 55%.

“The basaltic origin of the surface materials of Mars was already known from previous research. ‘Curiosity’ confirms this trend, pointing either to a similar origin Gale’s surface relative to other sites discussed above , or because the surface materials are very mixed evenly throughout the planet. The second option is consistent with what we know about the surface processes on Mars, “explains Fairén.

Rock Jake_M

The second sample analyzed by NASA’s vehicle is a rock named in honor of the engineer Jake_M Jake Matijevic. As detailed in another study, this is the first time to discover this type of rock on Mars, which is similar to mugearitas there on our planet: “Jake_M is an igneous rock formed from magmas that were subjected to great pressure and in the presence of water, ie, very similar to the magmas of oceanic islands of the Earth “, explains the Spanish scientist.

regarding life on Mars, Fairén not believe that these results reinforce the idea that Mars was habitable “We knew that Mars was habitable for a long time at the beginning of your story . much discovery is highlighted by ‘Curiosity’ in an aqueous environment is not overly acidic or salty Gale Crater, as opposed to the land that has been studying the rover ‘Opportunity’ for the past nine years at Meridiani, which themselves are acids. But we know many places on Earth with similar characteristics to Meridiani that are inhabited by dense and diverse communities. Therefore, the study of Meridiani, and the discovery of aqueous environments there in the past, but they were acid, it was sufficient proof of the habitability of Mars early in its history, “he explains.

scientist also highlights how effective it is proving combine operations of the two rovers’ , ‘Opportunity, which is still in operation, and’ Curiosity ‘: “During the last half a year’ Opportunity ‘land has been looking very similar to Gale crater, and acid or salt. Another important point is the dating of both places, for two reasons: both are contemporary, Hesperian period, indicating a high diversity and environmental variability on Mars during that time, and that diversity is very important from the point of view of habitability . Moreover, Mars had enclaves with circumneutral pH water for long periods at the beginning of its history. This is a result of enormous importance, “he concludes.

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“One of the most exciting results of the first sample seen by Curiosity is the high percentage of water in the Martian soil, which is 2%,” said Laurie Leshin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in the state of New York, co-author of papers published online Thursday in the journal Science.

The sample-which was heated up to 835 degrees Celsius, also showed significant proportions of carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen and sulfur compounds, but the water was the most abundant gaseous element, the scientist said.

According Leshin, it could take about a liter of water of 0.03 cubic meters of sand Martian, “which is a lot.”

“So far Mars was seen, except in the polar regions-as a very dry desert, and even a water is considerably lower than that found in terrestrial soil sample, is substantial and an important resource” for future explorers of Mars, told AFP.

“Now we know that there must be abundant and easily accessible water on Mars,” Leshin said. “Probably you can find on the surface under your feet if you’re an astronaut,” he said.

Plenty of water on Mars

Leshin said the sample analyzed by Curiosity surely can be found elsewhere on Mars, since the whole planet is covered by a thin layer of soil.

“Mars is covered by a kind of sand that is mixed and moves around the globe because of the frequent dust storms, so that a sample of this soil is like having a collection of all microscopic Martian rocks … and a good idea of ??the entire surface of Mars, “he said.

There is plenty of water on Mars in the form of ice in the polar regions. In 2003, the European probe Mars Express in orbit around this planet, had confirmed the presence of water ice in the south polar cap. Soon after he discovered the presence of permafrost around the north pole that stretched hundreds of square miles.

addition to the analyzes of gas in the Martian soil, four investigations conducted with the other instruments available to the Curiosity were also published on Thursday in Science. These have led to progress in understanding the nature and structure of the Martian sun, and the role of water.

After arriving at Gale Crater on Mars Ecuador on August 6, 2012, Curiosity, the six-wheeled rover most sophisticated ever sent to another planet determined that the Red Planet had been favorable for microbial life on a long distant past, which was the main objective of his mission in two years.

A study published last week ended the hopes of finding traces of life on Mars today, indicating that Curiosity had found no trace of methane in the atmosphere.

recent weeks, the robot resumed its route to Mount Sharp, eight kilometers and main exploration target of the mission. Their journey will take months, taking into account that Curiosity will stop on the way to analyze geological formations considered interesting.

foot of Mount Sharp is very attractive for their different sedimentary layers, which could allow dating the periods during which Mars was suitable for life.

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The Soyuz spacecraft with astronauts relay reaches the station ... - The Mundo.es

Russian Soyuz spacecraft has successfully completed its journey and has docked at the International Space Station (ISS for its acronym in English) on 04.45 (GMT) on Thursday . That’s when the floodgates opened and the ISS carrying three crew members on board who will be able to enter their home for the next six months.

“The coupling took place at the scheduled time, six hours after launch and in automatic mode. Fortunately, it took the intervention of cosmonauts to switch to manual mode,” said the Russian space agency spokesman Roscosmo, quoted by state news agency RIA Novosti.

mission 37 is composed of the Russian Oleg Kotov and Sergei Riazanski and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins. Oleg Kotov is the only one with prior spatial experience , specifically in two missions, while for his peers is his first spaceflight.

join the Russian astronauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, current commander of the ship, and their fellow passengers Karen Nyberg of Luca Parmitano NASA and European Space Agency (ESA).

During the 168 days that will last mission on the ISS, cosmonauts conducted numerous scientific experiments , downloaded several Russian Progress cargo ships and facilitate the engagement of the European cargo spacecraft ATV-4 Albert Einstein and private Cygnus freighter. The latter was attached to the International station last Sunday but the procedure was delayed by a computer glitch.

crew share space until next November 11 , when Yurchikhin, Nyberg and leave the ISS Pamitano ending its mission. Newcomers will remain in space until next March.

“I feel very fortunate to be the first in my class to be launched into space,” said Hopkins release to the media before. “I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of my classmates in a future space launch,” he added.

Telefónica launches Nubico, the Spotify of books - The País.com (Spain)

Telefónica

by the Readers Circle Nubico opens today, the digital reading service subscription, a kind of Spotify for books, which allows access to a catalog of electronic books without having to store, for a monthly fee, which in this case is of 8.99 euros.

that fee you have access to a library of 3,000 titles in up to five different devices, from smartphones , tablets, e-book reader (ereader), notebook or PC. Also, once subscribed you can access the ebook library with free Internet both as without it.

Every time you sync your device or reader incorporates a new ebook, the last changes you made are reflected in the other computers linked to the account.

catalog ebooks covers all genres (historical fiction, thriller, romantic and erotic literature, self-help book, company or kitchen, etc.), although emphasis will be to incorporate the latest developments, according to David Fernandez, CEO of Nubico. Henceforth, also attempts to incorporate periodicals such as magazines.

project promoters believe Nubico will exploit a new model of access to digital publishing market, which currently accounts for only 2% of the total, 20 million euros a year. In Spain, sold 2.5 million ebook with an average price of 7.5 euros, and it is estimated that four month subscription to Nubico will triple the national average expenditure.

Nubico

also allow the purchase of individual tracks without subscribing to a market price, according to officials of Planet and Bertelsmann, partners 50% of Ballantine Books. In the catalog are not these publishers but only 70% of the Spanish publishing market, said David Fernandez.

medium term, we will study the internationalization of the platform, so as make discounts for customers of Movistar. The project investment was 5 million.

Apple shares soar after selling 9 million of ... - The Mundo.es

Apple shares have been logging on Wall Street this Monday with a rise of 5.65% (up to $ 493.47) after the company has informed that in just three days since its launch has sold a record 9 million units and 5c 5s devices, new models of its iPhone.

Specifically, Apple has sold nine million units of iPhone models and iPhone 5s 5c just three days after of its launch last September 10. In addition, the company Apple has stated that some 200 million devices have updated the iOS operating system 7.

new iPhone models and iPhone 5c 5s are currently available in the markets of USA, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK.

In this regard, the U.S. multinational stressed that “iPhone 5s demand has exceeded the initial availability and many orders ‘online’ are scheduled to serve in the coming weeks”.

“This is our best iPhone launch to date with record sales in the first weekend,” , noted Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

“The demand for the new iPhone has been amazing, and although we have exhausted the units initially available, the stores will continue to receive new supplies of iPhone regularly. appreciate everyone’s patience and we are working hard to build enough new iPhones for everyone, “he added.

Apple has also pointed

a regulatory filing that it expects total revenues for the fourth quarter are near 34000-37000 million the company had noted in its forecast .

The watch connects Gear Galaxy Tablets - The País.com (Spain)

Earlier this month

Samsung introduced in Berlin and New York Note smartphone-tablet 3 and Galaxy Smart Clock Gear. Today Tuesday’s presentation was in Madrid, and with it the announcement of prices similar to those announced in dollars: 749 euros for the phone and 299 for Smart Clock.

Note 3

surprisingly successful third generation of the Note (which goes on the market for 749 euros) is more than just a smartphone . has managed to win two tenths of an inch of screen (from 5.5 to 5, 7) lowering the frame (which also increases the fragility of the screen) is a lighter gram (168 grams) and thinner (8.3 mm.) and substantially improves the performance of the battery (3200 mAh), exchangeable , something that is becoming a luxury.

Now that Apple is pointing to the plastic back cover (Model 5C) as criticized in the Korean mobile, Samsung joined the Note March 1 false skin texture that gives a pleasant touch. It also incorporates a third color to the classic black and white, pink, a detail with the female audience has fervently embraced this model close to the tablet.

The main camera has been extended to the 13 megs, and incorporates image stabilization, but the big change is in your pencil, an instrument that does not use much Spanish buyer, but the Asian. With built-in functions use the most sense. Desenfundarlo Nothing opens a palette with five commands work. Thanks to them recognize if a number is a phone and offers the option to call, or place, and places it on Google Maps, in the case of information, simply highlight the pen the web for you to store photos, videos and links. With the windows transparent, open applications interact with each other, eg a photo album can be included in an email with drag; also just sharpen an image with the pen to be silhouette.

basic functions are achieved with the stylus. This is the case of the alarm time, you can write with the stylus or answer an email. The letter pencil (always non-medical) will see the sender in print. As easily color graphics are created as either a pie or bar charts, which are then sent as an image or pdf. Finally it is worth having a pencil on the phone.

Note 3 arrives with other advances, perhaps not very useful, although spectacular. This is the case Phone Wall, by way of Video Wall or video wall, in this case just put multiple Note 3 for the video displayed automatically appears on all screens . For what it? Perhaps video artists will find their grace, but in any case is a test of technological development of the South Korean brand.

not only the device comes with it a collection of apparel and accessories, like Apple. Samsung has realized that it can also be a good source of revenue, except that with mobile increasingly large, expensive and delicate, the sheath is an important complement. Samsung unveils a controller for games and a cover with transparent window and battery recharging induction stove, the most practical. Thanks to that window, no need to remove the cover to see incoming calls or messages, including voice answer or activated camera.

Smart Clock

Despite improvements

of Note 3 holders fair in Berlin last went to Galaxy Gear, the first Samsung smart watch. At 299 euros, the company has secured its unpopularity. Also unconvincing, for now, its usefulness.

smart watches wave coincides fortunately fashion with large models, because the smart watch need a screen is 1.6 inches but also phone and camera. For Galaxy Gear also need a spectacular pileup for recharging.

Generally

all the Pebble smart watches-SmartWatch Sony-to notify incoming messages, calls, emails and alerts offering the possibility, in the event messages, to accept or ignore them discreetly.

Thanks to your speaker, you can talk on the phone while still connecting mobile without interruption. It’s not just a receiver, you can also transcribe messages, create calendar entries, set alarms or take a look at the weather forecast.

uniqueness compared with others is its 1.9 mega camera located on one side of the belt can record short video and share them on social networks. The challenge is not only limited camera but the focus of the watch strap to the target shooting. Complicated.

Initially

has been linked to the smart watch as a smartphone complement however, you begin to see more melting with tablets. In any case, the smart watch is not to live alone, but leaning to one of these devices at least five feet away, if only for the locator function. Where I left my tablet? What about mobile? or, conversely Where I left my smart watch?.

Samsung

demonstration with these products, almost coinciding with the new Apple, shows that times have changed a lot and not always in favor of Apple. In no competition Cupertino brand five years ago, now there are very good, both in technical and aesthetic aspects sometimes competition is higher-and sometimes not-but discussion there.

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users Line with iPhone can now edit their own videos and share them as with applications Instagram or Vine , but in an improved form. Although the function of Snap Movie currently only available for iPhone , there are plans to launch Android in the future.

Snap movie is the new feature that has been incorporated Line edited video sharing 4-10 seconds long . “Now users of Line can participate in the global trend of sharing your own original video clip and add background music arrangements”, was published in the official blog of Line.

Like Instagram or Vine , Snap movie allows users iPhone create a short video with one or several different scenes by simply touching the screen. Snap movie can be published on Line chat rooms, individually or in group chats you.

updating to 3.9.0 iPhone also added a function for video calls, a photo album of the group and change the user privacy so they can have the ability to remove the user lists blocked / hidden, as published by Techcrunch page.

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Sevilla brings science to the public this Friday with The Night ... - In the network Granada

Introducing

The Researchers’ Night in Seville.

More than 700 researchers

table and share conversation on Friday September 27 with nearly 10,000 citizens in what will be the most important simultaneous event in the scientific Andalusian recent years. For the second consecutive year while 350 other European cities, the eight provinces of Andalusia and Melilla host Night of the researchers, informative appointment promoted by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and the Researchers’ Night, which in Andalusia funded by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and coordinates the Foundation Employment and Discover.

Night, which doubled in 2013 records last year both in participation in activities offered, was presented this morning at the Rector of the University of Seville by the Vice Chancellor for Research, Manuel García León, the institutional coordinator Andalucía, CSIC, Miguel Angel Ferrer, and Discover Foundation director, Teresa Cruz Sánchez.

total Researchers’ Night in Sevilla meet in person almost a thousand people will participate in meetings with investigators, as well as in different parallel activities included in the program organized by the University, the House of Sciences and the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute (IAPH). The day will begin at half past seven p.m. on the House Science and at eight in the Cultural Enterprise Centre at the University of Seville (CICUS), while the IAPH 12.00 celebrates a tour of the Monastery de la Cartuja.

Specifically, CICUS courtyard in the center of the capital, will host several meetings with researchers, who will speak on behalf of scientific indicators, the creation and consumption of drama series in the era of Quality Television The dialogue between archeology and archaeometry, antioxidants food, science and literature, and also on the progress of biofuels from oils.

Simultaneously, the workshops will begin in several workshops conducted by researchers at the University of Seville and will be happening a series of activities ranging from virtual uprising exposure comedy El Corral de La Monetería of Seville, to a nocturnal visit by the Santa Cruz professor’s hand the U.S., Theodore Falcon, passing a physical participatory theater, a monologue scientist, concerts, shows that blend math with flamenco or popular newsstand. All activities also will be broadcast by the program ‘Open Classroom’ Radio Andalucía Information, that the students of the School of Communication at Seville, under the direction and presentation of Carla Woodcock and Jesus Ricca, coordination and direction of Professor Fernando teacher Second and technical assistance of José Luis Fernández.

For its part, the House of Sciences begins with five microencuentros participation by researchers from the Institute of Fat in Seville and the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis. Subsequently, there will be three activities on healthy eating (a workshop on children’s fruit skewers, a play for families and ‘show cooking’). The ‘Messier Marathon’, an attempt to find in the sky many Messier objects as possible in one night at the Planetarium of the House Science and a concert by the band ‘Boundless’, which counts among its members with Gustavo Linan , CSIC scientist at the Institute of Microelectronics of Seville, close La Noche en La Casa.

The Vice Chancellor of the U.S., Manuel García León, stressed that the aim of this program is to “bring science and knowledge society, the second is that people know that what is done in research has an impact on their welfare and finally to awaken among the youngest concern and interest in science. ” García León has also added that the Centre for Research, Technology Innovation at the University of Seville (CITIUS) and Results Transfer Office (TTO) will be present in the Night “for citizens to know a little better their services and discover this other side of the university research. “

Meanwhile

the Discover Foundation director, Teresa Cruz Sánchez, stressed that “the Foundation we want to support our scientists and convey to society the importance of their work.” Cruz recalled that The Researchers’ Night is a project that is coordinated by the Foundation Discover in Andalusia for the second consecutive year and jointly involving 15 institutions in the eight provinces: the government (Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment of the Junta de Andalucía), the Universities of Jaen, Almeria, Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada (Campus and Melilla), Huelva, Malaga and Seville, the CSIC (House Science, Zaidín Experimental Station, Institute of Astrophysics Andalusia and IESA), the IFAPA, the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute, the Historical Botanical Garden of Malaga and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Cordoba.

In this line, the coordinator of the National Research Council (CSIC) in Andalusia and director of the House Science Museum of Sevilla, Miguel Ferrer, said that international events but acting locally as The Night of the researchers “science help you be more present in the lives of people and integrated into the culture and leisure” thereof. “Society must realize that researchers are flesh and blood people who work for the development of society, and what better way to prove that holding meetings with them,” he emphasized Ferrer, who has emphasized the CSIC has currently several programs “of science literacy in the street, in schools and in museums” to meet its goal of closer to society.

Thus, the Researchers Night seeks to emphasize the figure of the researcher in society and address the archetypal scientist who lives in his own world with meetings in which researchers share with visitors their hobbies and their work .

All citizens interested in participating in the activities of The Night can make your reservation through the web http://lanochedelosinvestigadores.fundaciondescubre.es. Social networks also play a key role in Night of the researchers. The impact of the event last year exceeded 100,000 users in Andalusia, records this year largely overcome. # ResearchersNight is the label of choice for Twitter to follow through all the news and development event next September 27.

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Microsoft tries to raise its head with Surface 2 - The País.com (Spain)

Surface, second attempt. Microsoft has presented on Monday morning in New York the second generation of its RT and Pro tablets in order to enter a market it was late and it costs you enter (1.8% of the tablet market).

Microsoft needs to take a blow, and soon. So to try to change their luck and show he can be a viable competitor in mobile computing, presents the second generation of its tablet Surface. But before worrying about Apple, Google and Samsung, the Redmond technology must see that the new device succeeds where its predecessor failed.

Surface 2 and plans to begin responding to complaints raised him believers Microsoft and Windows. That translates into more harmony between the functions of tablet and desktop unit. It is a machine which at first sight is equal to the previous model, the weight and dimensions, although the improvement is in the components.

Microsoft has two tablets

: Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro The first one could say that is the low cost version. The second is more powerful, to strengthen its market share in the high end market. No time for small-screen tablet. The two devices will reach the Spanish market on October 22, days after it leaves the Windows 8.1 operating system.

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Panos Panay, vice president for Surface, said in the presentation that have 18 months working on these two products. “Simple: the Surface Pro 2 is the most powerful tablet to market professionals and Surface 2 the most productive for the individual,” he said. The price was one of the great problems of the original version. Now offers the base model to 429 euros and 879 Surface 2 Surface 2 Pro For the former remains the price.

Inside, the base tablet comes to market with a processor Nvidia Tegra 4, while the Pro version premieres new i5 processor Haswell your partner

Hints for protection against all types of flu - The País.com (Spain)

H1N1 pandemic that rocked health systems in the summer and fall of 2009 has left aside skepticism and doubt, an interesting lesson. Offered a chance to experiment and measure the immune response in healthy people without having them artificially to expose the virus, and to determine factors influencing the severity of infection acquired. That’s what they did researchers from Imperial College London with a group of 342 individuals, and its conclusion, which were published in Nature Medicine , is that the disease was milder the greater was their concentration a type of white blood cells, CD-8. The conclusion, according to Ajit Lalvani, principal investigator of the work is that preventive treatment that would stimulate the production of CD-8 could be a general vaccination, which depend on the type of flu virus circulate each winter. Or, in other words, that there could be the key to universal immunization not be changed every year depending on waterborne pathogens.

the study was based on a group of healthy volunteers and measured their behavior during two waves of H1N1 in the UK. In the end, two thirds passed the disease with different levels of severity.

Raul Ortiz, spokesman for the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (SEIMC) values, above all, the job objective. “Current vaccines are for one year. This article is in line of those seeking protection for life or, at least, for a number of years. ” This would save on vaccination, and would not need to inject the entire population at risk each year, as happens now in the Northern Hemisphere.

The idea is to avoid having to be immunized each year

However, Ortiz believes that the work has some biases that make it very preliminary. For starters, the volunteers were mostly students and researchers of the center, and therefore young. Their average age was 28 years. “And the flu does not behave the same in the elderly,” he says.

addition, the experiment is equivalent to live virus inoculate volunteers. “This has already been tried, but with attenuated virus. In this case we used wild virus, which was obtained by an infection, not a vaccine, “he says. This may alter the results of the work, he adds.

In any case, the results point to one of the most promising lines in trials to get a universal influenza vaccine: no set in response to the surface proteins (the H and N is used to characterize each virus), but the internal, “that change less,” explains Ortiz.

Until that happens, this year’s vaccine will have components from several virus (AH1N1, AH3N2 and the one or two B, Massachusetts and, if possible, also Brisbane). The idea is to fight infection, according to the World Health Organization, because every winter between three and five million cases severe illness and between 200,000 and 500,000 deaths.

Tokyo Game Show, more mobile than consoles - The País.com (Spain)

There was a time when Sega and Nintendo sent in electronic entertainment. Japan was the birthplace of the game. At the end of the century, Sony broke with the PlayStation (1994). Microsoft responded with Xbox (2001) and since then the balance of power between East and West is a constant. In the game show Tokyo Game Show, which ended Sunday, Nintendo no stand. Sega’s presence is almost symbolic. But Sony and Microsoft take their chances, preparing a new generation of consoles to hit households in the United States and Europe in November, but in Japan the fight did not come until 2014.

the outskirts of the city, past the local interpretation of Disneyland, brings together over 200,000 participants of diverse, they expect a renewal that will allow them to keep the guy in front of phones and tablets. A total of 352 exhibitors to present 962 games from 33 different countries. The funny thing is that most phones are for 114 are for the Apple iOS system and 112 for Android, compared to 47 titles from the small Nintendo 3DS, Wii U 7 22 PlayStation 3 and 36 Xbox. For the next generation consoles, titles dropper: 22 for PS4 and Xbox 18 One

These figures show that developers are committed widespread platforms. Mark Cerny, the brain behind Sony’s next machine, believes that this has been the most important task, making a device that facilitates the development and adaptation of titles nimbly to innovate not only graphically, but also narratively.

Spyro

creator, a dragon that drove the spread of the first PlayStation, and Crash Bandicot hopes to repeat the success with Knack, a platform game with Pixar-style graphics that wants to approach family. No frustrations, no need to have great skills, unless you put in so complex. At all times, it shows the effort to expand public.

Andrew House, CEO of electronic entertainment in Sony showed its ambition in the keynote: “Five million consoles in March 2014.” To this figure in the fiscal closing must be added 150 million subscribers to its service online on PS3. The price of 399 euros, 100 euros less than its competitor, gives you a head start, but if there is good content have little to do.

Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Studios, is key in this regard. In addition to promoting the creation of titles in studies of the firm, should consider reaching agreements with other studies. In the stand is repeated a sticker: PS4 loves indie games. A nod to those who prepare small games for digital distribution (just download) and need a storefront. This is the best time for diffusion and, if successful, take more ambitious goals. In this case is the Spanish study of Tequila with Rime game. His vision goes beyond the first year. “It makes sense that now we focus on spectacular graphic titles, because the power of the new chips allow it, but there is much more life and there will be new proposals,” he insists.

The fact that the control includes a touch panel is no accident. “We want to take the good of mobiles and tablets increasingly present among younger players, but enhancing our ability graphical and narrative. In summary unite the best of both worlds, “says the manager.

Star

Sony console will not hit Japan until next year, a sacrifice which is compensated with two new features: a version of the PS Vita portable refined, in bright colors, and PS Vita TV, small apparatus dimensions that change comes a little less than 100 euros, intended to play with the PS3 controller Vita games on TV. That’s the proposal, but it sounds to experiment to test the potential of streaming game. Accept if you consider who bought Gaikai, a specialist on it.

Trade issues aside, the differences between Asia and West are evident in the taste. Just take a look at the winners of the show to understand that here pastime puzzle succeeds more with the strategy and collaboration as part of the mechanical action. Animal Crossing, of Nintendo 3DS, it captures the most awards. No missing prominent among the classic characters, Mario and Nintendo, but portable format. Soul Fantasy and Call of Duty, global phenomenon, completed the podium in this event.

"GTA V" has after passing the barrier of 1,000 million dollars ... - Ideal Digital

through building where they prepared the bags ‘business’ of cocaine.

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ is causing a sensation, and the proof is that it has raised nearly 600 million euros in the first day of have come on the market (ie 591). And the anticipation of the new Rockstar Games was such that fans of video games consoles and have been quick to rush to the stores. ‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ on the first day are above class=”strong”> , Halo , Iron Man , The Avengers and PES 2014 .

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ is sweeping and are doing mass as witnessed these figures are above even calculations that the same producers hoped. But acceptance goes beyond even the simple game as it is finding replicas by many of the users who want to get the most out of this gem.

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ is one of the sensations in the 2013 in the games industry and Rockstar Games it is showing with the sales figures. ‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ no doubt which of course is celebrating the fantastic reception has had on the market. So much so that, for example, in Australia give away cocaine (fake, of course) buying the game, as it has had to be removed within a few hours with the appropriate apology.

The business tactic, however, is running, something that was not too complicated for a game in which their loyal fans are already recording videos. On television and internet have been seen along these days long queues to get a copy of this game, which is expected to be the biggest seller of the year worldwide. This is a title that is sweeping essentially be a game that goes where others have not gone yet. There was anticipation and the first videos are beginning to bloom with spectacular images of ‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ .

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ was being sold with a bag of cocaine and EB Games , establishment who thought this’ fantastic ‘initiative had to apologize for what happened, something that has not stopped talk of this company, so I had this unique advertising promotional class=”strong”> .

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ was the big bet Rockstar Games and the cost of the game and has been tripled by the company in profits. In 24 hours they have sold 600 million euros, about complex numbers to improve for any other game.

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ is an “incomparable to any other game” and different journals have been responsible for assessing this title put up for sale just a few days ago. The online mode is still very prominent by the players in the early days, they celebrate to embark on an adventure especially with anybody else in the world.

‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ captures the attention in the gaming industry today and as you can find chronicles, videos, tutorials or reviews where you see how to navigate the world GTA. In general, the criticism of experts is unanimous: it is a perfect icing for a generation of consoles that needed a revolution.

And surely it has come with a procucto strong emotions and promises not only gives, but beyond the conception of the modern video game. From here on, the competitors of this ‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ have the bar pretty high, even if you are applying for.

They are doing using the pull media product advertising and casting stick vídeoadictos snagging the face of their upcoming releases, since this month is auncian progressively. But overcoming the present with the ‘GTA V: Grand Theft Auto V’ will be very complicated. We’ll see what surprise us.

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The best and worst of iOS 7 - The País.com (Spain)

On Wednesday began operating system change to about 700 million Apple devices. Two days later, almost half had already changed to IOS 7 which gives an idea especially simpar the customer loyalty to the company. Renewal is not an urgent need, but, in a week, most of them work with the new system, though it has its pros and cons.

Each renewal Apple operating system requests an adaptation time of learning. What bothers today, in less than a week you can naturally assume as if carried using always the case. Even so, there are some issues with which you already have the feeling of having improved and others promoting nostalgia for the old iOS6.

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control center. appears lower louver dragging upwards. Include something like the ability to turn the flash in a flashlight is practical and does not require many steps. So it is with a calculator or brightness control, an adjustment is very useful when only battery.

Photography. It’s nice to them and save them. Besides taking pictures square, include eight filters that work in real time. It’s like a new hobby, get the phone and see how it would be an image with each of the touches before shooting. The delay between the two barely noticeable, not that shooting in burst, but it shows the shutter lighter. The photos are saved in a more logical order: for dates and locations. The photos and videos are in one album each.

Updates invisible. A relief. I do not see the AppStore icon with a number marking the number of programs to be updated. Passes without. It is convenient and logical. Why has not done before? Another success is to create a list of desired applications. So the couple can give away or use it as a shopping list.

Safari . The screen makes better browser, loading pages swiftly and better organized. Access to mail, tweet or share on Facebook is more comfortable. Management tab animations adds a modern and pleasant.

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Viewing . It is assumed that everything is cleaner, more white space, but also the absence of contrast prevents proper visualization. Background and purpose. The new typography is fine, but black and white on sans serif strokes. The problem comes when typing email, Apple’s native application, I have. Gradually, as will catch on to update their software. Yes, you are not the only thing you have to bring the phone to the face from time to time.

notifications. are more discrete and become important, but not control Twitter, for example. In theory I just want to let me know if anyone quotes me. In practice continues to suggest me updates content and contacts that I have not asked. The inclusion of three tabs within notifications (today, everything and unseen) can make important messages are lost. We need a way to prioritize. The idea is good, but not end to manage abundant information.

Form and substance . The design ‘flat’ is one of the most significant developments but no such relief can be confusing at times, especially in application folders not distinguish well the bottom of the aplis.

These are my aplis. The kiosk Apple, iTunes, notes and reminders are Apple applications including default. Also on Facetime, Skype equivalent to but himself. Just as their maps, compass, consultation of the bag … They are practical and appreciated, but not having much prominence. In fact can not be uninstalled. An option to remove important is to create a folder and nest together.

Siri . has improved understanding, but I still find much sense. It’s probably one of those options that are most used in English than in Spanish.

AppStore. It makes sense to highlight iOS7 enhanced applications, but does not have to fit all? A Android is criticized as fragmented, but it is strange that many will carry double life old version for users who can not update to iOS 7 and new version for the privileged.

Within a few weeks, some of the complaints will have been forgotten, and the faults rectified. Apple will continue with small updates to fix defects that are discovered.

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international rumor mill and analysts suggest that may be the next battlefield in the technology industry. After smartphones and tablets, is now the turn of fight for podium corner the smart watches , the “smartwatches”.

Although well devices are not new , (long existed similar products like Sony SmartWatch or Pebble), GEAR is a firmer commitment that also comes at a time when Apple is rumored that also could be cooking like a gimmick, a hypothetical IWatch.

Currently, the South Korean company has given first, rather than in the technology sector does not always mean giving twice. GEAR is a complement, a wristwatch futuristic design works associated with a phone SAMSUNG high-end, from time to NOTE 3 that just will go on sale the same Wednesday 25. Yes, very soon, and based on software updates, GEAR terminals will also support popular as Galaxy S4, S3, Galaxy Note 2.

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GEAR, us to make and receive calls without taking the phone pocket. But also read emails and notifications and through voice commands, (which at least in the test we have done work correctly), to write.

Touch Screen 1.6 inch SuperAMOLED technology is touch and is ready to make it look even in high light conditions. It features large icons and simple to interpret and navigation is intuitive gestures such as swiping with one or more fingers to perform the actions. belt, joins a camera with a fairly low resolution (1.9 megapixels), which does not replace the mobile but allows quick photos that go directly to your phone’s gallery.

Weight was an aspect to keep in mind and to not increase, the watch incorporates neither headphone jack (so you have to talk and listen with the wrist placed in the ear and the risk of the rest will find out what we are told) nor too large battery. We say hold over 30 hours of use , and recharged with a base from which emerges a USB connector.

Linking with the phone, I repeat, it is imperative to work, is made by NFC and Bluetooth requires always wear. And all this, with an internal memory of 4 Gigas can not expand, and with a 800 Mhz processor.

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first sensation GEAR has left us after our doll to have him for a few minutes is good, but there are details that do not quite convince. The first problem that arises is the need to rely on a high-end mobile Samsung company in order to function, which directly restricts the field of users who own a Note 3 (which will also be released on the 25th) or Galaxy least S4 or S3 are updated once these devices. The price, although not confirmed, exceed 200 euros and that for an add, seems quite high.

The next question that remains to be clear is the use … What I want a smart watch? … To that question, respond time and application developers, because his hand is creating interesting utilities for this device. Today, very few, but there are many independent companies working on it.

As always, and in the case of a watch, time will tell …

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7 is deparando new since its launch only a couple of days. But most of them, if not all, in spite of Apple, deal with failures or imperfect both in performance as well as his discharge, the opposite to what I wanted the application of the block.

And is that Apple has not gone well the play of their new software, which seems to have gone on sale polished without fundamental aspects of its development and security is completely inviolable as evidenced by the video that accompanies this information.

Little has taken Apple to update its brand and iOS class=”strong”> expected . Just two days after its release, specifically. And the software has hit the market with several flaws, which have been discovered by some users to operate it. This, the same day that goes on sale the iPhone 5S.

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7 certainly still not the desired software device for Apple product users. And now, on top has a security flaw has been detected specifically in Spain, in the Canary Islands, where a soldier stationed there has figured out how to dodge the lock screen by having the software code.

Jose Rodriguez, as it is called the soldier, has shared a video this discovery, and it is this failure has discovered and shared a video on YouTube, and we will bring it to the top of this information.

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Now we detenctar failure by sliding the lock screen to get to the control center and later the clock. Then you press the sleep button to display the shutdown posbilidad swiping.

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7 was certainly one of the most anticipated software updates in recent times and has already been installed in 35% of Apple devices on his first day. And launch took place in the afternoon on Wednesday before a huge buzz, created as usual throughout the circle surrounding Apple’s innovations. And it is no wonder, since progress was made.

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7 came in yesterday afternoon but with some drawbacks in the initial download, as acknowledged by some users. And is that the complaints were directed towards that constantly interrupted. On the other hand, some Apple fans and owners of their products added that there were several connection problems.

in social networks have been many Apple users have complained of all these problems. On Twitter you have read comments criticizing the rugged 7 , which is not expected given the reliability that characterizes the apple company throughout its history.

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7 has already reached class=”strong”> . The updated Apple devices class=”strong”> is available from 10.00 hours in California (19.00 in Spain) and its implementation on Thursday in Japan and China. There will have to wait to download the new iOS class=”strong”> , which has caused many of Apple files are unhappy with the company. In any case, for technology specialists is the largest change will occur iOS since its launch. Few incidents have been recorded by class=”strong”> at the moment, but if users have noticed a remarkable slowness to request the download of iOS class=”strong”> and some, for the moment, they have not succeeded.

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7 to Apple , however, agrees to give a series of steps so that the device that is installed does not give any problem. First touches verify class=”strong”> iOS compatibility with the devices. In iPhone will be compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, while new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5C comes with the update installed. In iPad , only the devices iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 may install. In addition, you can update the class=”strong”> fifth generation.

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to Apple on any device is required. To do this, connect your phone to your computer and perform a manual backup files. If a user of iCloud this process can be performed wirelessly. In this sense, some journals have suggested that it would be advisable for older devices (iPad 2 and iPhone 4) wait about a week to efecturar this actualuzación.

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has released iOS update class=”strong”> for all the devices mentioned, but not all operators phones or tablets may exploit the features of iOS class=”strong”> . In fact, older devices (iPad 2 and iPhone 4) hardly notice the difference, rather than by the rejuvenated appearance of Apple .

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used to give preference to its U.S. customers in software renewals, but this time the announcement of iOS 7 will be consummated simultaneously in many parts of the world, so mid afternoon all mobile Apple Spanish will be provided with an operating system that has expected to revolutionize this range of phones, tablets and other devices.

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estimates that about 700 million devices, including phones, tablets and music players can get to upgrade to iOS 7 . All this before the release of the iPhone 5s class=”strong”> and iPhone 5C , which will occur this Friday. But that will be Germany, Australia, Canada, China, United States, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK. This is the first time that company is selling two new phones at the same time that Spain will have to wait to see.

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In the case of mobile micro called 5C truly be more illusion about it. In fact, it is expected that sales of this device achieve good overall numbers, especially because of the innovation that has led Apple to release a product of this style: smaller and manageable, to compete with others of the same range.

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, and wonder not be seeing even more in the coming days, similar to that detected in the security for this soldier stationed in the Canary Islands.

Anyway, sure Apple rectified urgently in developing its new software, as I’ve had to do this before on several occasions when faults have been detected both in its products and in its applications or softwares. We’ll see how he reacts the apple company about it.

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And in social networks also the stir about the launch of two new mobile Apple is tremendous, so much so that the users who have already requested are invading the forums with comments on its design and operation.

While awaiting the arrival of their terminals, and others refer to them in their stores, we will be watching to see if the system crashes class=”strong”> are corrected quickly enough so that the phones do not come already with a manufacturing defect ballast final sale. In Apple are down to work.