Sony officially announces its Android HDMI dongle
Sony has finally announced its first Android HDMI dongle for TVs. First discovered last month, the Bravia Smart Stick provides users access to the Google Play app store, Chrome Internet browser and the company’s own apps. With a built-in HDMI input and pass-through function, a settop box can also be connected to the dongle to search and view TV programs.
Searching for content is further simplified, thanks to a nifty touchpad controller with voice-recognition capability. The clicker also doubles as a universal remote, making it possible to conveniently operate the connected TV and settop box. The only caveat is, the Bravia Smart Stick will retail for US$149, which is lot pricier than the US$35 Google Chromecast.
According to Sony’s press release, the Bravia Smart Stick is available now in the the US. Sadly, there is no mention as to when this device will reach Asia. We’ve already contacted Sony Asia and will be posting more updates as we get them.
Sony officially announces its Android HDMI dongle
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Sony officially announces its Android HDMI dongle
Sony has finally announced its first Android HDMI dongle for TVs. First discovered last month, the Bravia Smart Stick provides users access to the Google Play app store, Chrome Internet browser and the company’s own apps. With a built-in HDMI input and pass-through function, a settop box can also be connected to the dongle to search and view TV programs.
Searching for content is further simplified, thanks to a nifty touchpad controller with voice-recognition capability. The clicker also doubles as a universal remote, making it possible to conveniently operate the connected TV and settop box. The only caveat is, the Bravia Smart Stick will retail for US$149, which is lot pricier than the US$35 Google Chromecast.
According to Sony’s press release, the Bravia Smart Stick is available now in the the US. Sadly, there is no mention as to when this device will reach Asia. We’ve already contacted Sony Asia and will be posting more updates as we get them.
Sony officially announces its Android HDMI dongle
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IFA 2013: 600x SDXC and microSD card rack modular reading Lexa
Lexar took the last Berlin show to unveil a micro SDXC “ultra fast” 600x UHS-I 64GB Memory Card. Uen with playback speed can (theoretically up to 90 MB / s), it is competing the last card micro SDXC 64GB Sandisk Extreme. Remains to be writing speeds for Lexar, information that we do not have at the moment. Lexar micro SDXC 600x comes with a quick drive to USB 3.0 format. It is advertised at a price of 130 UDS.
To stay in the world of reading memory cards, Lexar also has a rack reading USB 3.0 capable of receiving modules reading: Professional Workflow Reader. Four slots for four card formats are supported: Compact Flash XQD, SDHC and SDXC. At each then “build” configuration that best suits them.
Addressing the world of photography and video, it aims to accelerate file transfers increasingly heavy (RAW, Full HD, UHD / 4K …). The Professional Workflow Reader allows the simultaneous transfer effect from the four module.
Mac and PC compatible, the rack / hub is announced at 95 UDS. Each module is positioned at 38 USD, except XQD player who moves to 52 USD. Each module can be used alone and independently of the rack.
IFA 2013: 600x SDXC and microSD card rack modular reading Lexa
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IFA 2013: 600x SDXC and microSD card rack modular reading Lexa
Lexar took the last Berlin show to unveil a micro SDXC “ultra fast” 600x UHS-I 64GB Memory Card. Uen with playback speed can (theoretically up to 90 MB / s), it is competing the last card micro SDXC 64GB Sandisk Extreme. Remains to be writing speeds for Lexar, information that we do not have at the moment. Lexar micro SDXC 600x comes with a quick drive to USB 3.0 format. It is advertised at a price of 130 UDS.
To stay in the world of reading memory cards, Lexar also has a rack reading USB 3.0 capable of receiving modules reading: Professional Workflow Reader. Four slots for four card formats are supported: Compact Flash XQD, SDHC and SDXC. At each then “build” configuration that best suits them.
Addressing the world of photography and video, it aims to accelerate file transfers increasingly heavy (RAW, Full HD, UHD / 4K …). The Professional Workflow Reader allows the simultaneous transfer effect from the four module.
Mac and PC compatible, the rack / hub is announced at 95 UDS. Each module is positioned at 38 USD, except XQD player who moves to 52 USD. Each module can be used alone and independently of the rack.
IFA 2013: 600x SDXC and microSD card rack modular reading Lexa
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Apple, the replay of the keynote is available from September 10
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Last night was held the Apple keynote during which presentations were 5C iPhone and iPhone 5S. Information was also given on iOS 7.
Apple does not offer live streaming to the public as is usually the case, but now the replay of the conference is available on the Apple website.
Apple, the replay of the keynote is available from September 10
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Apple, the replay of the keynote is available from September 10
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Last night was held the Apple keynote during which presentations were 5C iPhone and iPhone 5S. Information was also given on iOS 7.
Apple does not offer live streaming to the public as is usually the case, but now the replay of the conference is available on the Apple website.
Apple, the replay of the keynote is available from September 10
iPhone, iPhone 5S, NEW tech
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Privacy and Security: the nightmare of the smart home.
You’ve probably heard of the “smart home”? Basically, it is a house full of sensors, detecting the ambient temperature or the presence of a person, and regulates itself in energy consumption.
The “house of the future” ultimate in home automation, you should also protect more effectively with its cameras, and increase your comfort by allowing you eg to surf the Internet from any room, through any object. In short, a smart house is a “connected” with the Internet of Things.
All this is fine, but as all things “connected” your “smart home” can easily be hacked. And this is where it gets cold in the back: a hacker will be able to lock or unlock the doors to your house and watch you through your cameras. It may even … open and close the toilet lid (smart, too)!
Home who sees all
Good for WC, it’s a joke, even if it is possible. But for the rest, this is very serious. At Black Hat Forum held this summer in Las Vegas, Dan Crowley, security researcher company Trustwave presented the risks of smart home.
In the foreground, he showed how, in a few minutes, he could hack and change the PIN code lock a “smart home” to close or open the doors to the knowledge of the owner. Using surveillance cameras and motion detectors of the smart home, and controlling alarm systems, an attacker would be able to prepare meticulously burglary, or worse.
According to Dan Crowley, the advantage of a connected home, namely control everything remotely via a smartphone, tablet or PC is not without risk to personal safety and privacy.
Thus, according to the researcher, the servers which pass communications between your home and your external devices are far from secure. An attacker would be able to “watch people” a house with cameras and microphones connected devices, even “harm them.”
“The biggest risk is that a flaw can give you access to hundreds of thousands of homes at once,” said Dan Crowley. “In this case, someone could easily make a real crime wave,” he adds.
And not necessarily need to go that far to terrorize someone, just take control of the lights in the house and play with, as if the house was “haunted” …
“A wealth of data”
As explained ReadWrite site, “your smart home” is a “data mine”. I already wrote a post about the risks of “smart meters” (“smart meters”) – this is in the same vein.
“The information that is available in a smart home can be really extraordinary detail,” explains Rebecca Jeschke of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Thus, besides the fact that an attacker may know the contents of your fridge (too clever) analysis of energy consumption of a household can “reveal details about the habits of the family, their jobs time “… and help out when you’re not home.
“The pirates set aside” is the risk of being monitored by the police or the authorities. “If the police suspect me of being a drug lord, will they access the images from my cameras?” Asks ReadWrite. For security reasons, we could also be tracked … in our own home.
No matter falling into paranoia, of course, companies that sell items online for your future home are working seriously to ensure security. But beware, just do not use these things blindly.
Privacy and Security: the nightmare of the smart home.
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Privacy and Security: the nightmare of the smart home.
You’ve probably heard of the “smart home”? Basically, it is a house full of sensors, detecting the ambient temperature or the presence of a person, and regulates itself in energy consumption.
The “house of the future” ultimate in home automation, you should also protect more effectively with its cameras, and increase your comfort by allowing you eg to surf the Internet from any room, through any object. In short, a smart house is a “connected” with the Internet of Things.
All this is fine, but as all things “connected” your “smart home” can easily be hacked. And this is where it gets cold in the back: a hacker will be able to lock or unlock the doors to your house and watch you through your cameras. It may even … open and close the toilet lid (smart, too)!
Home who sees all
Good for WC, it’s a joke, even if it is possible. But for the rest, this is very serious. At Black Hat Forum held this summer in Las Vegas, Dan Crowley, security researcher company Trustwave presented the risks of smart home.
In the foreground, he showed how, in a few minutes, he could hack and change the PIN code lock a “smart home” to close or open the doors to the knowledge of the owner. Using surveillance cameras and motion detectors of the smart home, and controlling alarm systems, an attacker would be able to prepare meticulously burglary, or worse.
According to Dan Crowley, the advantage of a connected home, namely control everything remotely via a smartphone, tablet or PC is not without risk to personal safety and privacy.
Thus, according to the researcher, the servers which pass communications between your home and your external devices are far from secure. An attacker would be able to “watch people” a house with cameras and microphones connected devices, even “harm them.”
“The biggest risk is that a flaw can give you access to hundreds of thousands of homes at once,” said Dan Crowley. “In this case, someone could easily make a real crime wave,” he adds.
And not necessarily need to go that far to terrorize someone, just take control of the lights in the house and play with, as if the house was “haunted” …
“A wealth of data”
As explained ReadWrite site, “your smart home” is a “data mine”. I already wrote a post about the risks of “smart meters” (“smart meters”) – this is in the same vein.
“The information that is available in a smart home can be really extraordinary detail,” explains Rebecca Jeschke of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Thus, besides the fact that an attacker may know the contents of your fridge (too clever) analysis of energy consumption of a household can “reveal details about the habits of the family, their jobs time “… and help out when you’re not home.
“The pirates set aside” is the risk of being monitored by the police or the authorities. “If the police suspect me of being a drug lord, will they access the images from my cameras?” Asks ReadWrite. For security reasons, we could also be tracked … in our own home.
No matter falling into paranoia, of course, companies that sell items online for your future home are working seriously to ensure security. But beware, just do not use these things blindly.
Privacy and Security: the nightmare of the smart home.
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Samsung Exynos 5 Octa: an update to run the eight cores
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa: an update to run the eight cores
As expected, Samsung has upgraded its processor Exynos 5 to allow it to be more powerful. No material revision to the program, since it requires the addition of Heterogeneous Multi-Processing software solution (HMP) in firmware. This allows the chip to fully support the Big.LITTLE ARM technology and operate its eight cores simultaneously. At present, the Exynos 5 Octa can not, despite its name, use a maximum of four cores simultaneously.
Specifically, four of them use the Cortex-A15 architecture for priority tasks (eg 3D games) and the other four Cortex-A7 architecture for secondary tasks (web browsing for example). This technology will be implemented by the end of 2013 and can therefore be used for devices that use the Exynos 5 Octa as the new Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 just unveiled at the IFA in Berlin. (EP)
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa: an update to run the eight cores
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AMD 2014 new chips and processors for embedded
AMD 2014 new chips and processors for embedded
Needless to retain codenames processors made by AMD in its roadmap this week, we will meet again in the fine print of our manuals objects of everyday life. They are in effect for the broad market of embedded systems: ATMs, automobiles, household appliances, connected TVs or game consoles …
A booming sector according to the manufacturer who speaks a growth of 36% by 2016 and aims to cover all the needs of the market, the less resource-hungry devices to those who demand the most from Windows to Linux and whatever architecture, X86 or ARM.
Thus, in 2014 AMD will offer two new product lines: “Hierofalcon” first platform complete ARM-based chips AMD 64-bit which will accommodate up to eight ARM Cortex A57 and the APU “Bald Eagle” , high performance solution for the range of X86.
As for devices requiring less power and more autonomy, the range of SOC chips “Steppe Eagle”, available at the beginning of 2014 can be found. Finally, the graphics processor “Adelaar” will arrive later in the year but still before the end of the first half. The GPU will support 3D rendering, multi-screen display, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.2 on Windows or Linux.
AMD 2014 new chips and processors for embedded
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