Microsoft complains of British retail chain
Microsoft was awarded the British electronics retailer Comet to court on charges of knowingly creating and selling counterfeit CDs of its Windows operating system.
Microsoft said in a statement on its website that the company's more than 94,000 herstelcd Windows Vista and XP has made and sold to customers who bought Windows PCs and laptops.
Comet is owned by the French retail conglomerate Kesa Electricals, but that is about to sell it to private investors group OpCapita.
A spokesman told Reuters Kesa has said that the CD's Comet as a premium service delivered to customers. Consumers who buy a PC or laptop can make their own herstelcd, but many do not and have a problem when their machine fails. Until 2007, Microsoft gave itself such herstelcd's new with Windows PCs.
According Comet was the supply of herstelcd in the interest of its customers. The company sees the lawsuit over with confidence and will vigorously defend its position.
Unannounced flagship Samsung Galaxy S III has photographed
We have already mentioned in the news that Samsung is preparing its vengeance new flagship - Galaxy S III . At this point, information about it informal, but it is clear that the device promises to be truly powerful. In the meantime, you can only collect preliminary data on the new device and this time add a piece of the mosaic will sample photo, made ??on the built-in camera Samsung Galaxy S III. This model does not yet exist, moreover, the number is greater than all that is still used in the numbering system of smartphones Samsung. For this reason, it is logical to assume that the new product - it is Samsung Galaxy S III.
Also in the file EXIF indicates that photo was taken in Suwon (South Korea), where exactly is the large factory Samsung. However, this can also be a fake. It is interesting that according to EXIF camera is just a 5 megapixel, while previously it was a 12 megapixel camera. Maybe Samsung Galaxy S III will once two 5-megapixel camera and can shoot three-dimensional pictures? Of the remaining informal characteristics of this model, known from earlier leaks, it is worth mentioning dual or even quad-core processor, support for LTE and operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich The announcement at the MWC 2012 is possible in February.
BlackBerry music service available in the Netherlands
Phone manufacturer RIM has its own music service BBM Music launched in the Netherlands. BBM is in this case for BlackBerry Messenger, indicating that the new service has a social approach
Users can compose their own music for 50 songs. , It is possible to change every 25 months. It is also possible to numbers of contacts in BlackBerry Messenger to listen. The more contacts so the user has, the more songs they can listen.
The idea behind the new service to enable users to get acquainted with new music with their friends and acquaintances. It is also possible to comment on the choice of music contacts.
The service is now available in the Netherlands and costs € 4.99 per month.