First human 'infected with computer virus'

A British scientist has become the first person in the world infected by a computer virus! He bribed a computer chip lodged in his hand for several years with a virus of its making. The approach may seem strange, but its purpose is to warn us of the risks we could face in the future. Scientists around the world are working on nanotechnology to achieve miniature robots capable of handling each parameter of the body: for example, white blood cells to help eradicate diseases, regulate the level of sugar in the blood. In short, the miniaturization of robotics allow medical prowess and should be an important new step for mankind by significantly prolonging our life expectancy. With this in mind, Mark Gasson, a researcher at University School of Systems Engineering Reading in England, voluntarily infected RFID chip he had in his hand. This chip allows access to university buildings and uses the phone. But the infecting, it now has the ability to spread the virus in the systems which access and cut their communications infrastructure. This approach is not malicious: Mark Gasson wants to show that it is very dangerous not to worry about the safety of these future devices that will arrive sooner or later in our body.

The potential of these future devices could well be hijacked by malicious individuals and of course we would be unable to repair our chips by ourselves, which could have extremely serious consequences. This is reminiscent of robots of this type are also experienced for diabetics, as many pacemakers that are configured computer. Some time ago, an American hacker was able to demonstrate that he was able to remotely control some pacemakers and could thus kill the holders of such devices. The company was therefore updated its pacemakers to avoid the situation turns sour. This news makes us shudder when we know how easy it was to infiltrate scientific in these infrastructures. In the near future, to shake hands with a stranger could endanger the hardware that concerns us like phone, laptop, shows and other intelligent devices. Major advances are not safe. But what do you think? Is the development of the internal nanotechnology - which have a real purpose, it is important to remember - you would be sufficiently profitable compared to the risk you are exposed to the worst dangers?

LG to introduce unbreakable, flexible OLED

LG has confirmed it would be the first manufacturer to produce OLED flexible and unbreakable screens for mobile devices. Mass production will begin in the fourth quarter and the first Smartphone model is expected later this year. LG took a big lead over the competition in regards unbreakable and flexible touch screens. Last month after presenting a prototype 5 inches at the Society for Information Display Area, the Korean company confirmed that it will begin mass production from the fourth quarter. This is what the Korea Times reported, citing a statement from LG stating that the initial rate of production will be 12,000 sheets per month flexible OLED. The manufacturer has also been the first to launch a Smartphone equipped with such a screen; it will also provide the screens for other manufacturers. Enough to take the lead over Samsung: who also works on this same technology but encountered with technical difficulties at the beginning of production of its flexible screen which is the reason for the delay in its production. The first Samsung models with flexible screens are not expected before the second half of 2014.

Samsung unveils tablet Ativ Q with two OS

Samsung has unveiled the ATIV Q, a tablet with both Android Jelly Bean as Windows 8 operating system. That is not the only thing you notice about the device. Q ATIV the Company also has a 13.3 inch screen with a resolution of 3200 x 1800 pixels (275ppi). The screen is optimized by Samsung for use in bright sunlight, offers a wide viewing angle 178 degrees and can be operated with the supplied S Pen. As mentioned above, the ATIV Q VSAN provides two control systems. Switching between these two systems is super easy by simply pressing the Start button, restart is not necessary. The tablet is equipped with a Core i5 Haswell processor, 4GB RAM, and a 128GB SSD, a microHDMI jack, a USB2.0 and USB3.0 port, and a battery that lasts nine hours. The casing is made of magnesium and 13.9 mm thick. The ATIV Q is available from the end of August and will cost 1,699 Euros.

Super Thin Huawei Ascend P6 available from July

Huawei Ascend reported Thursday that the new P6, a Smartphone with a thickness of only 6.18 mm, from July is available for a suggested retail price of 449 Euros. The Ascend P6 is the thinnest Smartphone in the world and with a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, a 4.7 inch HD display, an 8 megapixel camera with F2.0 lens and a 5 megapixel camera on the front. Android 4.2.2 running on the device has a shiny, metal housing, weighs only 120 grams and has a battery with a capacity of 2000 mAh. The Ascend P6 is also equipped with the new interface of Huawei Emotion, with updates to Uni-Home including improved security, Huawei’s Me Widget, Magic Touch and Smart Reading. New to the Emotion UI, the ability to panorama pictures and face photography functions. Huawei’s Automatic Discontinuous Reception "and" Quick Power Control battery optimization and energy saving technology to ensure improved performance of more than 30 percent compared to other Smartphones with the same size battery. Finally, the Ascend P6 also easy to pair with other devices thanks to the multi-screen AirSharing function. The Ascend P6 will be available in the colors black and white. The pink color too will follow in a later stage.

Mozilla postponed blocking third party cookies in Firefox

Firefox 22 (currently in beta), blocking third-party cookies by default was finally withdrawn by Mozilla few weeks later. The foundation is explained yesterday on the walk back. In February, the announcement of block cookies by default in Firefox deposited by sites that have not been visited by the user provoked an outcry from advertising companies. The Interactive Advertising Bureau, an organization that promotes interactive advertising, spoke of "nuclear attack" against the industry pub. Ultimately, the default blocking disappeared last month in the first beta version of Firefox 22. Sid Stamm, Privacy Officer, had indicated that measure its impact "was not as simple as they had imagined already.”


Brendan Eich, chief technology officer of the foundation, came back yesterday with more detail the reasons for the postponement. Mozilla has faced two problems with this function. On the one hand, false positives, for example, if the user visits the site foo.com, Firefox blocks cookies foocdn.com, and then it is the same company behind the two sites. On the other hand, false negatives, visit once a site does not mean that we agree to follow all over the Internet you are. You can click on inadvertently pub. Mozilla is working to address these issues and it is associated with the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford. Cookie Clearinghouse, a service that centralizes a list of obstacles and other permissions will be tested in Firefox. The default block third-party cookies - which are already operating in Safari on Mac and iOS - so may still take time to be integrated into the final version of the Mozilla browser. Meanwhile, the function can be tested with the version of Aurora.