Incidence path of the virus known Stuxnet

As a recent report, it can be seen to the Stuxnet virus that in 2010 the Iranian uranium enrichment plant at Natanz paralyzed , have been infiltrated by an Israeli double agent using a prepared USB stick.

Publish the medium refers to information in these sources you want to know respected because of their proximity to the investigation that their anonymity. According to their data have an agent working in the plant Natanz’schen Iranians, who was probably a member of a dissident group that spreads the virus manually in the system. The fact that the active service of a person served on site, have the background that we wanted to maximize the probability of infection of the local machine complex. This was decided in this way higher than if you had chosen a passive way. If this would be the software “by itself”, ie without the intervention of an initiated person spread, need.

Also, according to sources said several other Iranians had helped to identify the weakest points of the system to make it as the attack effectively. This would fit that in October 2010, the Iranian minister of intelligence matters, the arrest of an unspecified number of “nuclear spies” were known. Citing U.S. intelligence sources, the report suggests that these individuals may belong to the targeted dissident group that bears the name “MEK”. It should have been founded in the 1970s, have a checkered history and marked by violence and act for some time as a sort of armed wing of Israel in Iran. You should, says the report, including for attacks on Iranian scientists who had worked in the nuclear sector, to be responsible.

Since Stuxnet was, according to the analysis of various anti-virus specialist highly complex and tailored specifically to the mechanical equipment at Natanz, it seems certain that its development only by information from local people was only possible at all. This makes the above statements in the report seem quite conclusive.

The virus itself is, moreover, experts and observers classified as Israeli-American joint venture , there exist only for those countries for the interests and resources were needed.

Nokia 103, the most affordable of the Finnish

On the complete opposite of mobile quad-core and multi-touch screens over 4 inches, we have the little Nokia 103, recently presented by the Finnish company as your phone more affordable.

It was initially announced in Nigeria, and most likely see the light in most developing markets, but it seemed interesting to present, if ever appeared in Europe.

The price is certainly the most striking aspect of the phone, no less than 16 euros, before taxes, as affordable as possible to reach the maximum number of buyers in African markets. The Nokia 103 will be on the market in the latter half of the year.

The phone is very simple but also very hard, resistant to dust and scratch-resistant covering, because Nokia has taken into account the environment in which the phone is likely to move.

Entering specifications, we have a 1.36 inch screen, monochrome, not missing a couple of basic features on Nokia phones, like FM radio, 3.5 mm jack plug, or a built-in flashlight. The operating system is using Nokia Series 30.

The battery is 800mAh, which give an autonomy of 27 days standby and eleven hours of conversation. The dimensions, collected with 107.2 × 45.1 × 15.3 mm and 77 grams.

Movistar customers lost twice to subsidies

And as expected has happened. Expansion published this past weekend that the CMT data released later, some data of interest and much safer to competition from Movistar. The blue operator has lost twice as many customers in the first month without subsidy from terminals.

The figures can not surprise anyone in this country since the vast majority of operator changes taking place are not to seek a better rate if not the best mobile search and the best price, possibly free, paying Many times customers fees for minutes and never consume megabytes.

In March, the first month without subsidy terminal by the operator, 70,000 customers opted to switch to Movistar, without acquiring a mobile or fund it, but still seems a high figure for a 40% lower than the average monthly 2011. On the negative side 190,000 customers decided to leave the operator, a figure similar to the average of previous months. Yet the net loss of customers in March is around 120,000 customers, which further alienates Movistar of that 40% of market share it lost in January this year.

Be seen as the market continues to evolve in subsequent months as from day 10 Vodafone also joins this “fashion” to stop “giving away” terminals as was done so far, while Telstra will continue its trend of subsidizing each less in favor of payments.

For now Orange is the only one that maintains aggressive policy of attracting customers, so it will probably be the main beneficiary of the turmoil shaking the mobile phone market. What is seen is if the operator continues with its strategy orange when portability is done in a day, starting this summer.

What is not understood in any of the ways is that if you stop “giving away” mobile rates remain unchanged, as operators such as ONO offer 50% discount on their fees flat rates to talk and surf if your client chooses to waive the subsidy. If this scenario is very likely to see soon a large increase clients between virtual operators can open your eyes to network operators.

Facebook will get much better search

The social network Facebook will finally get a much better search function. The previous search of the platform for many users should at least be one of the biggest annoyances. Because with her it is not very well possible to find content.

As the ‘ Business Week reports’, citing informed sources, but it works now, a team of two dozen developers on a completely new engine for the Facebook universe. It is headed by Lars Rasmussen, a former top employees of the search engine company Google, the leader there, among other things, was involved in the development of Google Maps and Google Wave.

Officially, this opinion has not by the company. This may be due to the impending IPO date to announce any major changes. And because a good search, the platform would significantly add value, the feature is classified accordingly.

The aim was clear, however, that future content to users who have been recruited by them and their contacts can find a lot easier. However, content from outside the social network should be considered. Here it is all about, photos, videos or blog posts to show who get very many like-clicks.

The project will also try Facebook, vying for a portion of the $ 15 billion dollar market for search advertising. This should be an improved search function to a greater leverage against rival Google, which dominates this area.

The improvement of the features Facebook would also help to tie users more closely to its own platform. Because users are now virtually dependent on Google or go to another provider if they are looking for content that is already no longer visible in the front part of the timeline.

HIS Radeon HD 7850 Fan 2 GB of commercially available

The Chinese manufacturer has recently introduced a new HIS graphics card with the smaller GPU Pitcairn. The model “Fan 2 GB” is in terms of the clock speeds of 860MHz for the core and 1200 MHz for the memory to the specifications of AMD, but should be a high quality cooler very quiet.

HIS itself specifies the background noise to a maximum of 28 dB, which is however no information on the measurement methodology, as always with caution. The construction itself is at least visually, an old acquaintance: the black plastic cover for focusing the air stream and the blue, the center of the coil block placed fans were already used in previous GPU generations. On heat pipes for effective heat dissipation was omitted this time, however.

Furthermore, it enables the manufacturer by means of specially enclosed software agent “ITurbo” to configure both the fan control as well as the clock speeds manually. This could, however, even in the AMD graphics drivers make themselves. Thanks to the low consumption of up to 130 watts should be available for two-way travel. PCIe 3.0 and the “Zero Power Core” feature is also found in the specifications.

HIS Radeon HD 7850 Fan 2 GB

The HIS Radeon HD 7850 Fan 2 GB is already commercially available and is currently for about 215 euros plus shipping listed in the price comparison , so the card is currently one of the best in their class. Thus, it is also cheaper than in-house HIS IceQ Radeon 7850 2GB X , which currently starts about 250 € .

Toshiba 3D glasses lot in the new Satellite notebooks

Toshiba will continue to equip and outside the Qosmio series notebook with 3D displays, which is required for the generation of the spatial image of any special glasses. The first is to make this announcement now Satellite P855, which is in the second quarter could be marketed.

This one is once again on the already well-known eye-tracking technology, pursued with the help of the built-in webcam, the user device and the 3D image is generated for them. The display measures 15.6 inches and it has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. If you bet on the built-in processors’ latest Intel “models, meaning most likely the next generation of Ivy Bridge.

Also new will be the built-in graphics solution, this is the company of “Next-generation Nvidia graphics chips,” which suggests the use of a GeForce GT 640M. They also feature up to 16 gigabytes of RAM, a 750-gigabyte hard drive and a Blu-ray burner and a TV tuner. An interface to the P855 have four USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI output, Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n) and Bluetooth 4.0.

In addition to the 3D version, there will also be a configuration of the Satellite P855 with a 2D display. Toshiba here speaks of “high definition”, also soft, the Blu-ray burner to a DVD burner. Prices for both configurations are not yet known.

Asus P8Z77

We said we were eleven models, and do not deceive. The previous two and nine other Asus motherboards P8Z77 in different versions:

Asus P8Z77 WS
Asus Deluxe P8Z77-I
Asus P8Z77-M
Asus P8Z77-M Pro
Asus P8Z77-V
Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
Asus P8Z77-V LE
Asus P8Z77-V LX
Asus Pro-V P8Z77
Its main differences are in the total number of PCI Express, integrated Wi-Fi on whether or not and little things like that. These are minor changes, but the wide range allows the user to choose exactly what you need. The Asus P8Z77 are some ATX format microATX and others, depending on the model chosen.

The common denominator among all models, so all these P8Z77 as Maximus V Gene and Sabertooth Z77 is in the LGA1155 socket, compatible with both the current 32 nm Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge to the future in 22 nanometers, with 3D transistors ‘TriGate’ . Since all GPUs include all these motherboards include multiple video outputs.

Prices probably vary between 100 and 300 euros, although this aspect is not yet confirmed. We’ll know more when Intel give us definitive information.

Review: Sony Vaio X 11 inch netbook with Intel Atom Z550 CPU

The Sony Vaio X is extremely thin and lightweight. Not only the slim dimensions and light weight minimal lift the Vaio X from his competitors, but also its high-carbon housing. In terms of performance it offers more than normal notebooks. The Sony Vaio X netbook caused since the first presentation last year for some attention. There is no computer that you are only buying for work, but given the price of well over a thousand Euros even more a status symbol as a lifestyle product. With only 700 grams, the Sony Vaio Notebook X is a real lightweight. Its ultra-slim casing is made of carbon fiber, making them very durable and provides a low weight. As there is only just less than 14 mm thick, which act as the major ports VGA port almost incongruous bulky, while Sony is integrating very well done. Hard to believe that even a fan in the enclosure is square.

Not only the matte display is practical, the casing itself is designed to establish fingerprints and other dirt are not repeated. Sony Vain notebook known as the X does not, but with an Intel Atom Z550 CPU running at 2 GHz and an integrated GMA 500 graphics solution is more play in the net book league. Instead of a conventional hard drive, depending on the model, it is equipped with a 64 GB or 128 GB Internal Solid State Disk, which is beneficial to the (long) battery life. Read the rest of this entry »