Microsoft is preparing for a war browser

Microsoft has introduced worldwide, including in Russia, the beta of Internet Explorer 9. And thus once again embarked on the path of browser-war.

At Moscow's presentation of the product general manager of the Department to promote consumer software and online products of the Russian representation of Microsoft Pavel Cherkashin said that the browser is gradually becoming one of the most important applications on your computer, its importance becomes commensurate with the importance of the operating system. And all because the browser has a "window" in the world of the Internet. After 10 years, most of the work on the computer will be done through the browser, which will become a tool of access to a variety of applications in the network. These changes are placing new demands on browsers.

According to the staff Microsoft, currently browsers provide a better or worse job with an Internet-based applications since they are just other people's programs running on my computer user. It is often used plugins. But when the connectedness of everything and all the users are asked for more speed, functionality and security of the Internet. These trends Microsoft tried to take into account when developing IE9, betting on speed, simplicity, security and standards.

With regard to the speed of the browser, then underneath Microsoft understands not only the time of loading a web page as support for complex graphic web applications and enabling them to work with such a response as if they were installed on the PC. To achieve these browser capabilities, the company decided through the use of a new JavaScript-engine Chakra, which is now integrated with the browser in a single system. In addition, IE9 the hardware acceleration capabilities HTML5, and to optimize the use of graphics hardware of computer resources.According to the company, "old" browsers used only about 10% of such resources, and "Nine" - much more. Also increased productivity in the browser should promote implemented in IE9 browser integration with OS.

According to Pavel Cherkashin, has a beta version of the browser shows the various "speed" test results, comparable to the latest version of the best current sites. Accordingly, in the final version IE9 company expects to get even better results.

To ensure ease of use Microsoft tried to solve the problem of attracting attention, in particular to the website, and not to the browser and its functions. For this, the company minimized the program interface. At the same time the browser was supplemented with new functionality: the possibility of consolidating the sites on the taskbar, access to common tasks without opening the browser on one screen Use multiple sites, etc.

In ensuring the safety of the Internet Microsoft supplemented IE9 download manager with integrated anti-malware and reputation downloads SmartScreen. Also in the beta version of the browser features have been included Add-on Performance Advisor (Administration downloading add-ons) and Hang Recovery (insulation broken tabs and automatic crash recovery).

About the technical features IE9 can talk a long time. Much whiter interesting were, for example, forecasts for the future Paul Cherkashina browser-based industries. According to him, a year or two in this market again begin a war of browsers, it will be filled with important and tragic events - Cherkashin said. - And Microsoft will be in the center of these events. "

Recall, this is not the first browser war. It is believed that first began in 1996 when Microsoft released Windows 95 OSR2, which included IE3. Then began the confrontation of the Microsoft browser and a Web browser Netscape Navigator. Then the victory was for IE, who took nearly 95% of the market. However, not all - developers Netscape Navigator before leaving the market released the source code browser licensed under the MPL (Mozilla Public License). On the basis of the creation of new browsers Mozilla Suite and Mozilla Firefox. The latter is gradually gaining popularity. In recent years, browsers themselves quite peacefully co-exist - often Internet users are working with two or even three browsers. This situation has not changed even enter the market browser to Google, which released the browser Chrome.

The reason for the resumption of browser-war Pavel Cherkashin called non-technical opportunities reviewers, and money. The money that's cool, particularly in the search industry, to which browsers can access. It is, for example, a function such as search, integrated with the address bar.

According to Pavel Cherkashin, the main opponent of the war IE9 to be browser-Chrome by Google. This statement, he explained that the confrontation mature products require very significant investment in their further development, and in their promotion. Do Microsoft and Google have those resources. "Battle" as potential developers of the same Firefox and Opera Cherkashin not known, but he is unlikely to be sufficient to complete the fight with Microsoft and Google.

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Cells phones will be more safer.

The Israeli company Tawkon offers mobile users think about their health. The new program allows companies to measure and reduce radiated electromagnetic cell phone background.

Cellular widespread relatively recently. Almost since its introduction began to appear on the negative effects of mobile phone radiation on the body of users.

Convenience of this type of communication prevents users from completely abandon mobile phones. However, concern about his health makes us look for ways to minimize the harmful izlcheniya: by reducing the time using mobile devices to use special equipment and programs.

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iPhone 4 in Russia suffered for two days

Start selling the iPhone 4 in Russia postponed for two days. According to PR-director of Euroset Uliana Smolsky, Apple smartphone goes on sale on September 24, RIA Novosti reported.

However, representatives of VimpelCom and MTS is not known the exact date of release a smartphone in the Russian market. Press secretary of Vimpelcom, however, clarified that the sale will begin before the end of September.

Previously reported that sales of the latest generation of iPhone will begin Sept. 22. On it is written, "Vedomosti, citing unnamed sources close to the distributors Apple.

However, already know the price of the iPhone 4 in Russia. On Web sites, the operators available to order on smartphones. Model with 16 gigabytes of internal memory will cost to future owners of 31.9 thousand rubles, and 16-gigabyte will have to pay 36.9 thousand.

Smartphone Apple was presented by Steve Jobs on June 7. June 24, he went on sale in the U.S. and certain other countries.

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Internet Explorer again loses popularity.

 

Browser Internet Explorer once again began to lose popularity, despite efforts by Microsoft to its promotion. According to a study Netmarketshare, the share of IE on the world market of Internet browsers after rising in June and July, decreased again in August. And from October 2009 to August 2010 it fell from 64,6% to 60,4%.

The share of Mozilla Firefox for 11 months also fell from 24% to 22,9%. It should be noted that in August, the popularity of "fire fox" in comparison with the previous month has increased slightly - by 0.03%. Self growth is observed in the Internet browser Chrome from Google, strengthened their position with 3,6% in October 2009 to 7,5% in August 2010.

Continues to thrive in the location of Internet users and a Safari browser on the corporation Apple. Over 11 months, its share increased by 0,7% - from 4,4% to 5,1%. Share Opera in October 2009 (2,1%) in August 2010 (2,3%) is almost unchanged. Other browsers took about 1,6% of the world market for Internet browsers in August 2010, the report said.

The technological race and "browser wars" continue. In particular, Microsoft on Sept. 15, 2010 plans to release a beta version IE9, more fully supports the fifth, the latest version of the markup language web pages HTML. Specialists working at the new Mozilla Firefox 4, but Google plans to soon release the final version of Chrome 6, which is already available in beta form.

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Scientists have invented a food creates "printer".

U.S. scientists have created a device that can play any dish. According to the newspaper "Trud", this device works on the principle of 3D-printer.

Inventors of a new device called Cornicopia (cornucopia) were engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amit Zoran and Marcelo Koelho. Their device is capable of layer upon layer to create food from the set of basic elements.

Ingredients future dishes are placed in Cornicopia, and then mixed in a special compartment of the device. From the resulting mixture produced food sectors from which the food is created. In the process of manufacturing the components of these layers are heat-treated or cooled depending on the recipe.

The user machine can not only choose a "menu", but also to control the exact content of calories, vitamins, proteins, fats and carbohydrates in the ready-made dish. For this purpose, the unit will be equipped with a special touch screen and is connected to the Internet. The project is currently under development.

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Night at the computer three times increased risk of mental disorders.

Investigation of sleep 20 thousand people aged 17 to 24 years showed that young people sleeping about five hours three times more prone to mental health problems than those who sleep 8-9 hours. This result was obtained by scientists from the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney. The results were published in the journal Sleep.Summary results on September 2 newspaper Telegraph.

Among those who slept less than six hours a day, more than half suffer from some mental health disorders. Among the same people who paid sleep 8-9 hours each day, with similar problems faced by only a quarter of the people. In addition, lack of sleep significantly worsens prognosis of already formed deviations.

In general, the population increased duration of sleep, whereas youth in recent decades, sleeping less and less. According to the head of Professor Nick Glozera (Nick Glozier), the cause of the chronic lack of sleep among college-age Australians that their bedrooms are now too many diverse Gadgets that were not in earlier times, and the start time of study remains as earlier.

It is known that lack of sleep has serious negative effects on the psyche. Violated the circadian rhythms, there is anxiety, depression and various emotional disorders.

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At the bottom of the Black Sea Soviet submarine found.

  
 At the bottom of the Black Sea near Varna found deceased Soviet submarine S-34. Submarine length of about 70 meters was found at a depth of 35 meters, her body broke into two parts, probably by a mine or bomb attack. The team of divers had cleared from the bottom layers of the periscope, the upper part of the cabin and the instrument, made a series of stills and informed about the discovery of representatives of the Bulgarian Navy, a spokesman of the club "Black Sea Dive Odessos" Orlin Tsanev.

Historian Atanas Panayotov, many years studying the operations of Soviet submarines off the coast of Bulgaria, confirmed that based on the submitted photographic documents delivered to the Black Sea bottom, and archival data, it is likely to assume that it is found C-34, whose crew numbered 48 people.

"The initial data that provided the divers' Black Sea Dive Odessos, particularly information that the boat was discovered in the Bay of Varna, makes it almost unbelievable the hypothesis that it is found C-34. First, because in the Gulf do not have such depth, second, that in accordance with the order of the zone patrol boat was in the box 22 near the town of Sozopol, and therefore C-34 could not appear in the Bay of Varna, the third - even the most desperate commander did not dare would in time of war to get into the bay, almost completely barricaded minefields. But a little later divers admitted that intentionally distorted the coordinates of the findings, noting that the boat was discovered at a distance of 10 km from the outer edge of the Gulf ", - said Panayotov ITAR-TASS.

"Our calculations show that the bodies of two divers from the P-34 - senior assistant captain and boatswain Violeta Dushina Flora Terekhova, which were discovered in November 1941 on the beach near Cape Emine - might well be referred back the Black Sea currents", - the scientist said. "Doubts remain, and are finally dispersed only after a careful study of the submarine, but now the probability that the observed Soviet submarine S-34, more than 50 percent", - stressed Panaiotov.      

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