Wi-Fi Logo – Wi-Fi is a mechanism for connecting electronic devices on a LAN . Devices enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a PC, game console, a smartphone or a digital audio player can connect to the Internet through an access point wireless network . This access point (or hotspot ) has a range of about 20 meters (65 feet) indoors and outdoors a greater distance. They can cover large areas of multiple overlapping access points. Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly WECA : Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance ), the trade organization that adopts tests and certifies that it meets the standard 802.11 wireless networks related to local area.

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This new technology arose from the need to establish a wireless connection mechanism was consistent between different aparatos.Buscando that compatibility was that in 1999, companies 3Com, Aironet ,Intersil , Lucent Technologies , Nokia and Symbol Technologies met to create the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance WECA , now called Wi-Fi Alliance. The purpose of it was to appoint a brand that would allow more easily promote wireless technology and ensure compatibility of equipment. Thus, in April 2000 WECA certifies the interoperability of equipment according to standard IEEE 802.11b , under the brand Wi-Fi. This means that the user is assured that all computers that have Wi-Fi seal can work together seamlessly, regardless of manufacturer of each of them. You can get a complete list of equipment that are certified Wi-Fi Alliance – Certified Products .

In 2002 the association WECA was formed and by almost 150 members as a whole. The family of 802.11 standards has naturally been evolving since its creation, improving the range and speed of information transfer, among other things. The standard IEEE 802.11 was designed to replace the equivalent of the physical layer and MAC of Standard 802.3 ( Ethernet ). This means that the only thing that differentiates a Wi-Fi network Ethernet is how to transmit frames or data packets, the rest is identical. Therefore, a local network wireless 802.11 is fully compatible with all the amenities of local networks ( LAN ) cable 802.3 ( Ethernet ).

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USB Logo – The Universal Serial Bus (Universal Serial Bus USB ) is an industry standard developed in 1990 that defines the connectors and protocolsused in a bus to connect, communicate and provide power between computers and peripherals and electronic devices. 2 The development initiative came from Intel that created the USB Implementers Forum along with IBM , Northern Telecom , Compaq , Microsoft , Digital Equipment Corporation and NEC . Currently comprises over 685 companies.

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USB was designed to standardize the connection of peripherals such as mouse , keyboards , joysticks , scanners , digital cameras , mobile phones , media players , printers , multifunctional devices , systems, data acquisition , modems , network cards , sound cards , cards TV tunerand external DVD burner, hard drive external drive external. Its success has been complete, having moved to connectors as serial port , parallel port , game port , Apple Desktop Bus or PS / 2 to niche markets or considering to eliminate obsolete devices of modern computers, many of whom can be replaced by USB devices that implement these connectors.

Its scope extends at present to any electronic devices or components from cars (modern car radios are becoming multimedia players with USB or iPod ) to the players Blu-ray Disc or the modern toys like Pleo . Changes have been implemented for industrial use and even military. But most notably, where its influence is in smartphones ( Europe has created a standard by which all phones should come with a microUSB charger), tablets , PDAs and game consoles , which has replaced almost entirely proprietary connectors.

Since 2008, about 6 billion devices are currently in the global market, and about 2 billion are sold each year.  Some devices require a minimum power, so you can connect multiple sources without requiring extra power. For this there are hubs (called USB hubs) including power supply to provide power to devices connected to them, but some devices consume much energy they need their own power supply . The Hub with power supply can provide power to other devices without removing power to the rest of the connection (within certain limits).

For hard drives, only a select few directly implement the USB interface as a native connection, being mainly external disks IDE or Serial ATAwith an adapter inside. There are even external boxes and cradles that implement connectors eSATA USB and and even USB 3.0. These and mixed USB / FireWire have driven the market for external drives to SCSI and parallel port connections.

Download Take – Two Interactive Logo – Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ( NASDAQ : TTWO ) (also referred to as Take-Two or Take2 ) is a U.S. developer and publisher of video games . Its main base is in New York , United States , with an international base in Geneva , Switzerland . Its development teams are located in places among which include: San Diego , Vancouver , Toronto and Austin, Texas . Take-Two owns all 2K Games and Rockstar Games . Developed and published several notable games, including its successful saga Grand Theft Auto , the saga of shooter Serious Sam , Midnight Club , the controversialManhunt and Manhunt 2 , and most recently BioShock . 2K Games has the old company Sega Visual Concepts and published the famous titles 2K Sports . He also published the game in 2006 of Bethesda Softworks , The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion . Take-Two was the subject of a hostile bid from rivalElectronic Arts in February 2008. The offer expired on August 18, 2008 and, according to Take-Two would not be renewed.  However, according to CNET, the two companies began negotiating confidentially on 25 August 2008.

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On March 23, 2007 was planned a meeting of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the company, however, this meeting was delayed until March 29 of that year, in order to have more time to analyze the actions proposed by a group of shareholders, and to evaluate other measures that could be presented to shareholders, including the possible sale of the company.

A day later the possible sale of the company led to a rumor about the purchase of the company by Microsoft . According to internal sources of Rockstar Vancouver had comments that were circulating within the company that Microsoft would put on the table an offer to buy the editor of British origin, showing his deep interest in acquiring

This rumor about the possible sale of the company was only a rumor and a possibility, the Board was held on 29 March 2007 and as explained in the press release in June the meeting served to make changes in company policy.

Technicolor Logo – Technicolor (formerly Thomson ) is a publicly traded electronics company based in Issy-les-Moulineaux in Paris . Technicolor is the brands Thomson, RCA, Grass Valley and SpeedTouch on the market. Thomson was in 1879 by Elihu Thomson founded. Thomson was up in the 1980s, a major semiconductor manufacturer . The semiconductor division Semiconducteurs Thomson (France) merged with SGS Microelettronica (Italy) to SGS-Thomson, now known as STMicroelectronics . In addition, Thomson-CSF group was part of a company (and so on radar, missiles) with products from the defense sector. CSF now trades under the name of Thales Group .

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The company is constantly enlarged in the 1980s and 1990s with scores of new acquisitions of other companies. Well known companies such as Telefunken , Nordmende , SABA , and RCA was acquired by Thomson, under this name but only a few or no products sold. In 2001, the U.S. company was acquired Technicolor, which is the Technicolor color film process was developed. On 21 August 2003, the Thomson Technicolor cinema provider in full. 

2004, the television production area of Thomson and a Chinese company was named TCL in a joint venture TTE transferred, which produces only televisions and also the largest producer of digital TVs is. Here, the TV manufacturers’ Schneider developed and manufactured. However, other related components for their well-known manufacturers large TV, such as cathode ray tubes. The deficit-cutter television station in Germany was closed in 2005. 2005 purchased Thomson Europe the German set-top box market leader (DVB-S and DVB-T) and accessories specialist SM Electronic (brand SKYMASTER ).

Late 2005 / early 2006, the Thomson group has more than 90 percent of the shares of the Japanese company Canopus acquired, the hardware and software for video editing produces. In the 3rd Quarter of 2006 of The Thomson Corporation announced that it is completely out of the business retreats with consumer electronics. Thomson AVA (headquarters in Boulogne near Paris) and SM Electronic (based in Stapelfeld / Braak, near Hamburg) should be on 1 January 2007 by the Swiss group Oristano be taken. A completion message of acceptance to the beginning of 2007 has failed. The customers of Thomson Skymaster AVA and were informed that the sale could not be settled and one is still looking for an investor. Industry rumors should find a buyer until June 2007 and in the course of July, the sale will be reported. The races were a group of investors and a strategic investor from the consumer electronics. Even a fork or a separate sale of SM Electronic (Skymaster) was not excluded.

In October 2007, the task of Thomson Consumer Electronics division AVA (Audio / Video / Accessories) announced in late 2007. As for the business in the USA, a buyer could be found, managed the first in Europe do not. In January 2008, the German subsidiary of SM Thomson Electronic (SKYMASTER) acquired by Arques Industries AG. On 26 January 2010 changed its name to Thomson Technicolor after the company after a deep crisis can roll over its debts. Beginning of 2011 the area was Grass Valley sold.

SugarSync Logo – SugarSync Software developed by SugarSync Inc., which is designed to backup user data and further storage in the “cloud” that allows theoretically to access data from any device, providing convenient access to the Internet. At this point the developer to ensure the stable operation of devices running the newest versions of operating systems Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, Apple iOS, Symbian OS, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile. The main competitors are the product Windows Live Mesh, Dropbox, Box.net, ZumoDrive and Mozy.

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The service was first introduced in 2008, when the company Sharpcast announced a program that encourages the development of their old functional Sharpcast Photos, which provided the ability to synchronize photos of. Experts in the field of software noted that the service is one of the most functional among its competitors, having a simple and intuitive ability to install, the ability to sync any files and folders, access to mobile devices, although a large number of settings and functions confuses users. Of the disadvantages noted the limited scope of operating systems, limited version control files and the lack of business functionality for corporate users.

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SAP Logo – SAP AG is an enterprise computing German based in Walldorf . Markets a suite of software business, including mySAP Business Suite, which provides scalable, ie capable of adapting to new requirements as they change or increase the client’s business needs, with over 1,000 business processes, which the company claims are among the best business practices.

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SAP is considered the third largest independent software supplier in the world (after Microsoft and Oracle ) and the largest in the European Union . It has 12 million users, 100,700 installations and over 1,500 members. In late 2005, SAP employed 35,873 people 2 in over 50 countries and annual revenues were 8.513 million of euros .

SAP was founded in 1972 in the city of Mannheim , Germany , by some former employees of IBM ( Wellenreuther Claus , Hans-Werner Hector , Klaus Tschira , Dietmar Hopp and Hasso Plattner ) under the name “SAP Systemanalyse, Anwendungen und Programmentwicklung”. The name was taken from the division where they worked at IBM .

The name SAP R / 3 is both the name of a company and a computer system. This integrated system includes many modules, covering virtually all aspects of business management. SAP has set its sights on the business as a whole: thus offers a unique system that supports virtually all business areas. SAP provides the opportunity to replace a large number of independent systems have been developed and installed in existing organizations, by a single modular system. Each module performs a different function, but is designed to work with other modules. It is fully integrated, offering true compatibility between all company functions.

Having dominated the market, the company faces increased competition from Microsoft and IBM . In March 2004, changed its business focus in favor of creating the “platform” that develops and uses the new version of its software NetWeaver . It is at this point that SAP is at odds with Microsoft and IBM, which market alternative platforms . NET and WebSphere , respectively.

In early 2004 , SAP held discussions with Microsoft about a possible merger. The negotiations ended without an agreement. However, in early 2006 announced a partnership between SAP and Microsoft to integrate applications ERP SAP with those of Microsoft Office under the project name “Duet”. The acquisition of SAP by Microsoft would have been one of the biggest deals in the history of the software industry, given the value of the German market of more than 55,000 million (June 2004).

SAP has consistently won customers to increase global market share to 55% in late 2004, from 48% two years ago . The combined share of Oracle and PeopleSoft declined from 29% to 23% . In May 2010, acquired its competitor Sybase for 4.567 million euros.

Samsung Galaxy S III Logo – The Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-i9300) is a smartphone Android announced by Samsung on May 3, 2012 in London. It is the successor to theSamsung Galaxy S II . This device goes on sale in Europe on May 29, 2012, delayed his departure until June in other countries like the United States or India.

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The device will be available in 2 colors: ” White Marble “and” Stone Blue “with many new features both in the field of software, and accessories.Among the innovations we have, Stay Smart (the screen stays on while the user turns to look at it), Direct Call (which allows the user to call a person whose text messages are currently on the screen by simply picking up the phone to ear), Pop Up Play (Lets have a video screen while doing other things, as a floating window), S Voice , Buddy Photo Sharing , Share Allcast Dongle , Cast Group (document sharing), wireless charging (with accessory) , S Pebble MP3 player , C-Pen , housing super-thin … The terminal will be available in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB and 50 GB extra space on the online service Dropbox for 2 years, doubling the capacity offered by HTC ‘s (25 GB for 2 years). It is currently the best Android smartphone market.

The global version will have a processor Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 1.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and a GPU ARM Mali -400 MP.However, the U.S. version is expected to make use of a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC S4 Dual-core functionality to support LTE. Dimensions are 136.6 x 70.6 announced x 8.6 mm with a weight of 133 grams and a lithium battery with a capacity of 2100 mAh. 13 The glass used to protect the screen is the new Gorilla Glass 2.

Samsung Galaxy S III is the official phone of the 2012 London Olympics . Also something unusual about this phone is that is made ​​with gold that was used to make the London 2012 Olympic torch and also contains games and apps for this phone exactly Olimpico, another detail is the font and font containing the London 2012.

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Recycle Logo – The recycling process is a physico-chemical or mechanical change is to submit to a substance or product used as a treatment cycle all or part to obtain a raw material or a new product. It also could be defined as obtaining raw materials from waste, introducing them back into the cycle of life and occurs at the prospect of the exhaustion of natural resources, macro economic and effectively remove waste from humans who do not need.

Recycling is part of the waste strategy of the Three R .

• Reduce , actions to reduce the production of objects that could become waste.
• Reuse , actions that allow reuse a product to give a second life, with the same or a different use.
• Recycle , all the operations of waste collection and processing that allow reintroduction into a cycle of life.

Recycling has three consequences ecological main

• Reduction of waste volume, and therefore the pollution that would cause (some subjects take decades or even centuries in degraded ).
• Preservation of natural resources, as the recycled material is reused.
• Reduced costs associated with the production of new goods, because many times the use of recycled material is a lower cost than virgin material (such as recycled HDPE or corrugated cardboard recycling).

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Parallels Logo – Parallels Desktop for Mac to the firm Parallels, Inc. is an application Virtualization running Mac OS X (for Macintosh equipped with a processor Intel) Linux and Windows. It lets you run Windows or other operating system using a type processor x86 Mac.

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Since the passage of Apple to Intel processors, a lot of software to run an operating system -compatible x86 ( Windows being the most common) on Mac OS X have emerged. Parallels Desktop for Mac is one of the main players this market, along with VMWare. Boot Camp in turn creates a partition for Windows. Like many virtualization software, Parallels Desktop for Mac uses isolation technology (see article on virtual machine) that adds a thin layer of software between the host operating system and client systems.

Parallels Desktop for Mac includes an engine virtual machine that allows each of these virtual machines run on its own, in an environment that is created specifically: processor, RAM, hard disk, graphics card, sound card, etc.. – Each of the components contained within a computer. Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualizes all devices within the environment, including the graphics card, network connections and storage devices. Support for parallel port devices and USB is also available with an access driver.

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Oracle Corporation is one of the largest companies in software in the world. Its products range from databases ( Oracle ) to management systems. It also has its own tools for developing powerful applications such as Oracle Designer , Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Developer Suite . Its CEO now is Larry Ellison . Today Oracle is the gold standard for database technology and applications in enterprises throughout the world. The company is the leading global provider of information management software and the second largest independent software company. The acquisition of Sun was given a leading role in the software field.

Oracle emerged in the late 70′s under the name “Relational Software” from a study of George Koch on management systems database that Computer World defined as one of the most comprehensive ever written on the subject. This article includes a comparison of products to Relational Software stood as the most complete from a technical standpoint. This was because he used the philosophy of the database relational , something that at that time was still unknown. It was 1977 when Faber founded Software Development Laboratories Bedoya, back in 1979 changed its name to Relational Software, Inc. introduces its new product faberbeta0.2 as a commercial version of a management system databases.

This version does not support transactions, but all the functionality of SQL queries and joins. In 1983 RSI renamed definitive Oracle Corporation and Oracle V3 released, adding transaction management across COMMIT and ROLLBACK. In fact, the product is recoded in C which allows execution platforms to expand to include Unix, when here was only on Digital VAX / VMS. In 1984, Oracle supports read consistency V4 and V5 in 1985 began to support Oracle client / server to join the boom in the development of networks. It also supports the execution of distributed queries.

1989 brought the advent of Oracle’s ERP, known as Oracle Financials ®, along with version 6 engine, which adds a procedural language (PL / SQL) level locking row and the chance to back up without the need for down processes. To become a complete database, Oracle appears V7h in 1992, where h is the data warehouse, but more significant is the referential integrity support, storage and execution of programs written in PL / SQL within the engine and definition of database triggers. The Internet was a reality and new programming paradigms began to appear to try to shift the paradigms requirements when, in 1997 Oracle V8 begins to support object-oriented development and execution and storage of multimedia content and in 1999 came to light Oracle 8i to be in tune with the requirements of the Internet, where i is derived from the name. In addition, the engine incorporates a Java Virtual Machine to support internal storage and execution of Java code inside the engine.

The new century begins in 2001 and Oracle 9i brings over 400 new features including the ability to manipulate XML documents, high availability options, Cluster databases. A major breakthrough is made on the definition of Virtual Database (VPD), and LDAP authentication via self-administration of the database. In 2003 Oracle Corporation released Oracle 10g, where the “g” stands for “Grid”, incorporating the management and database administration mesh , a set of databases that space management, resources and services can be managed like a one.

In 2007, Oracle announced the latest version of its database in the city of New York, United States. The called Oracle 11g, the next step in the history of technological innovation of Oracle Corporation. On April 20 of 2009 is announced the acquisition of Sun Microsystems in a deal of around 7,400 million dollars. one which greatly expands the portfolio of Oracle. On 24 October 2011 Oracle announced the acquisition of the company’s cloud computing RightNow Technologies by 1,500 million dollars.