On Wednesday at government session three deputy ministers of transport and communication — Oleg Prozhivalsky, Igor Urbansky and Leonid Sergienko have been dismissed. It has occurred at once after the Ministry has achieved resignation of head Mintranssvjazi Joseph Vinsky.
The chief of department of GAI (DGAI) Sergey Kolomiets has informed yesterday the Ministry of Internal Affairs on two initiatives of the department. In particular, the next ten days the termless action «will begin not be indifferent» in which frameworks it will be offered to drivers to write SMS complaints to illegal actions of inspectors of GAI. Besides, DGAI is intended to resolve drivers to operate the car if concentration of alcohol in their blood does not exceed 0,3 promille. Last initiative in Ministry of Health consider premature.
The monthly average salary of workers of sphere of mail and communication of Ukraine in May, 2009 has made 2,25 thousand grn., that on 1,09 % it is less than in April, 2009. Data of the State committee of statistics testify to it, the correspondent «proIT» transfers.
The antimonopoly committee of Ukraine (AMKU) at session has decided to fine today for infringement of the competitive legislation of company "Will-cable", «the Kiev telecommunication networks» and «IVK» on 1 million grn. Everyone, the correspondent «proIT» transfers.
Telecommunication company "Will-cable" namerena to challenge in court the decision of Antimonopoly committee of Ukraine on collecting from the penalty company in the 1 million sum grn. For abusing a monopoly position. The company press-service has informed on it «proIT».
Company Aerovironment has received the contract on the further working out in interests of the American army of robot-ornitoptera Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) which is capable to fly and soar in air, waving wings like the humming-bird, writes «Lenta.ru».
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The Australian company uSocial has begun wholesales of readers to users of service of microblogs Twitter, writes «Lenta.ru».
One thousand readers costs from 87 dollars Followers are on sale blocks, largest of which consists of 100 thousand users.
Telecommunication group Vega has lowered tariffs on bezlimitnyiy the Internet given on technologies FTTB or ADSL for physical persons in 15 cities of Ukraine. The press-service of telecommunication group has informed on it «proIT».
In particular, the company has lowered the tariff on bezlimitnyiy the Internet in Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Southern, Sevastopol, Nikolaev, Kherson, Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk, Kalushe, Kolomyie, Outdoor, Dnepropetrovsk, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Zaporozhye, Novomoskovsk and Kharkov.
eMachines (a brand created by Taiwan company Acer) has presented new desktop personal computers in forms-factors mini-tower: models are called ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03, on them also is applied HD ready the monitor of own manufacture E182H wm.
MSI has let out the beautiful design laptop under index X400, belonging to series X-Slim. It means, that at the given model – the thin case and low weight.
14-inch X400 differs prichtnyimi colours and the "personalised" frameworks round the keyboard and tachpada. It is one of the most easy and thin systems of such size, tolschinoy less than 2,5 sm and it is powerful 1,5 kg.
Company Cisco announced new technology - Smart Building Systems (decisions for intellectual buildings), which becomes a key component of the concept of "the intellectual connected communities" (Smart Connected Communities), entering into number 30 of the major priorities of the company.
Company Packard Bell updates a ruler of desktop personal computers under the name imedia new model. The novelty has received the accurate compact case of the small size with the matte surface, the rounded corners and the illuminated button of a food.
Provider Vega declared decrease in tariffs on bezlimitnyiy the Internet given on technologies FTTB or ADSL. Now the minimum cost bezlimitnogo access to the Internet from Vega will make 60 grn./months
«At modern users of a network the Internet constantly grows volume of the consumed traffic, - Konstantin Kolesov, the director for development of business of telecommunication group Vega tells. - On our statistics, today already about 90 % of new users the Internet from Vega choose bezlimitnyie tariff plans. Therefore we aspire to give to our subscribers stable and reliable access to the Internet for the competitive price».
Even if many users also reflected on acquisition netbuka, they were stopped by presence of the graphic chip GMA950, which maximum on what suits - so it is viewing of video with YouTube.
Probably, the situation will be changed by company AMD. It now develops chip RS880 based on new kernel Radeon HD 4200. In the theories, the new chip will be on 15 % faster nowadays existing decisions, that, most likely, will give the chance video viewing in quality 720p without irritating lags.
Company Bridgestone declared release of new generation of displays for electronic books. A new paper ten times faster previous working out Bridgestone. For a portrayal of the text 0,8 seconds, instead of 8,3, as for the old 11,7-inch display are required to it. However, the previous electronic paper intended basically for cards of the warehouse account where fast speed of updating of the screen was not required.
Company ASUS declares release of new game laptops - 15,6-inch model G51 and 16 "G60. ASUS G51 and G60 differ futuristic design and powerful game funktsionalom.
While phones from OS Android have not received a wide circulation, but it does not mean, that various manufacturers do not create such devices. Within a week on wide sale there will be new mobile phone Highscreen PP5420 from Vobis Computer, working on Android.
Designer Luis Barchelo (Luis Barcelu) has created attractive kontsept Nokia Ink 01 – a harmless mobile phone.
Its ecological compatibility consists that it is created from the processed aluminium (economy of natural resources), and it is easy for processing again. The second point – presence of the display from an electronic paper with low energopotrebleniem. Instead of usual keys are used touch, it simplifies process of manufacture and saves materials.
Corporation Tops Systems, the joint venture created Toyota Motor and Nihon Unisys, develops the specialised integrated scheme intended for trace of beams in a mode of real time.
Trace of beams — one of the basic ways of rendering of images. In the schedule he gives the chance to create three-dimensional scenes. Trajectories of the beams proceeding from a source of illumination to each element of a scene, and then to the observer are for this purpose traced.
The tactile feedback should become some kind of a link between the touch display and the user interface, however the technology has not received wide application. Nevertheless, scientists hope to change it, and company Senseg has developed new type of solid-state system of tactile return which uses the electric field influencing receptors of a small pillow of a finger and simulating thus a convex surface.
Conceptual device Geist Projector is kept in air thanks to a magnetic field created by base. It gives to working out practically unlimited potential in aspect of mobility and a choice of the screen for picture construction. The device is positioned as the advanced media player, therefore authors have considered necessary to equip with its support of a full arsenal of formats of multimedia.
The great demand on hard disks for laptops, most likely, will provoke in the summer deficiency of this production, manufacturers of integrated schemes GMI Technology and Weikeng Industrial confirm. These companies are trading agents at such manufacturers of rigid stores, as Hitachi, Toshiba and Western Digital. Representatives GMI Technology and Weikeng Industrial have told DigiTimes that their partners did not expect such demand for hard disks for laptops and did not undertake timely measures for escalating of volumes of manufacture. Because of uneasy economic situation Hitachi and Western Digital have been limited in the financial plan and up to the beginning of spring did not expand manufacture. Toshiba ascertains very much a great demand on one-disk rigid stores in capacity 250 GB.
Sergey Savchuk is appointed by the director of incorporated St.-Petersburg branch of group of companies "Vympelcom".
Earlier it held a post of the director of Northwest region on corporate business of company "Vympelcom" and the director of Northwest macroregion of Open Company "STSS Sovintel".
Dutch geymerskiy the site has learnt that Michael Jackson’s producer company has begun working out of new video game.
In a project basis returning of the singer to a world pop scene ostensibly will lay down. Work on the project should will come to the end more close by the end of 2009 when Jackson’s show in London O2 Arena, dated for his career renewal, will be in the heat.
Japanese Sony marks 30-year-old from the moment of an exit on the market of the first portable player under brand Walkman. The first Walkman has been let out in 1979 under the name with the same name in Japan and «Soundabout» abroad. The device has been developed by engineer Nobutosi Kihara for general director Sony Akio Morita that he could listen to musical operas during frequent flights.
IBM and NXP have started the pilot project aimed at the decision of a problem of stoppers on roads of the Netherlands. The first practical test of system of gathering of payment for using roads in the Netherlands urged to show new technology of gathering of road duties. The new system establishes the size of payment according to road type, a time range and characteristics of environment of used roads. This information is displayed on displays of vehicles.
Similar, that crisis in the market of personal computers has ended, anyway, for company Apple. According to analyst Morgan Stanley Ketrin Hyuberti (Kathryn Huberty), in May, 2009 of sale of computers Apple Mac in the USA have grown in comparison with April on 25 % while growth of sales as a whole on the market of the USA has made all percent.
Peking company Gemsta Technology has let out one of the most popular devices for today – small netbuk in the attractive case convenient for resocks.
Differs from the numerous and various competitors not revolutionary technologies, and in low cost (an order of $294) and in the thickness only 2,2 see
From the beginning of July company Pioneer puts on the market on the Russian market new model of a Blu-ray-player with support BD-Live – BDP-320.
Company Elonex leaves on the world market of electronic books with the new device equipped with the display by a diagonal of 6 inches.
The design of the device is attractive enough, with beautifully issued direkt-padom and lateral keys. But as a whole such electronic book differs from available competitors a little.