New Chinese APhone A6 so closely reproduces the iPhone, that to find differences between them at first glance not so easy. The only major difference – BlackBerry-style trackball instead ayfonovskoy navigation keys. The rest of the incredible similarity, Chinese craftsmen had even managed to reproduce the interface of iPhone, and to do this with the Android. That's really really an insult to Google. Although you never know, might, Google this venture even enjoy it. We A6 has a touch screen measuring 3.5 inches and Wi-Fi. How chudoklon, you can look at this video:

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Online newspaper "Kommersant" published excerpts from the report of the Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Igor Shchegoleva, from which it follows that in the second half of 2010 will release frequencies for LTE. This will be the frequency in the range of 700-900 MHz, 2,3-2,4 GHz and 2,5-2,7 GHz. According to the minister, to release these frequencies completely (now the Ministry of Defense uses them) is only possible by 2025, but in part this can be done in the near future. Unfortunately, precise date is not called, but certainly it will be announced on July 1, 2010 – exactly on this day will be the appropriate technical audit.

According to "Kommersant", the first to be released in the frequency range 790-862 MHz, at a cost of 56 billion rubles. For the first deployment of LTE networks, major operators (MTS, MegaFon, VimpelCom) is sufficient to release the entire range of two to 20 MHz.

Network LTE provides data transfer speeds up to 100 Mbps. For comparison, traditional 3G-UMTS and HSDPA networks, this figure is from 7.2 to 21 Mbps.

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Organization NetApplications reported that the proportion of Chrome in the browser market has reached 4,4%, up slightly from 4.37% in Safari. Thus, Chrome enters the third most popular browser after Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Earlier in December, were released a beta version of Chrome for Mac OS and Linux. Google promises to release a stable version for the said OS on January 12 next year.

Via TechRadar

Federal Trade Commission USA sued Intel for violating antitrust laws. The lawsuit alleges that Intel is "systematic campaign" to block access to competing processors, expressed in a system of incentives and threats to computer manufacturers. Intel periodically or encourages, or threatens to such companies as Dell, HP and others, if they will use processors AMD.

In September, the European Union have accused Intel of unfair competition, as expressed in a special algorithm, compiler, reducing the efficiency of processors from AMD. Then on Intel was fined $ 1.45 billion

The lawsuit FTC also referred to NVIDIA, which Intel «misled and deceived" in order to protect their business. NVIDIA herself recently accused Intel of deliberately alerting license to prohibit NVIDIA to make chipsets for all Intel processors with integrated memory controller. In practice, this means that NVIDIA will not be able to maintain almost all Intel processors in 2010.

It was reported earlier, and that Intel is heavily squeezed from the market of netbooks platform NVIDIA Ion using unfair pricing: Atom processor bundled with the chipset are cheaper than the Atom itself. So Intel is practically guaranteed that the majority of the reasons of economy, ignore the faster and more compact platform Ion.

In the FTC noted that this is not an antitrust suit, it is charged only in the Intel of unfair competition and monopolistic business practices. Officials hope to prevent Intel used unfair methods of pricing and restrictive interpretation of the licenses. If successful, the process is able to offer NVIDIA's own chipsets, such as the GeForce 9400M and Ion, for a wide range of processors Core i3, i5, and i7, as well as Atom. Apple will be easier to use Intel chips in their computers.

Intel official reaction to the claim has not yet been received.

Via Electronista

Citron German company has developed a multi-touch display, capable of detecting pressed in 32 locations simultaneously. Most modern multisensor screens capable of recording only two touches. Display dreaMTouch is neither a resistive or capacitive: it used infrared technology that allows, according to the manufacturer, equally easy to work with a finger and stylus, and even a glove.

Unlike other similar products on the basis of infrared rays, y dreaMTouch no "blind spots" and shifts the coordinates, and the reading speed of 50 times per second.

Software that supports dreaMTouch, yet very little. Recently, interest in the technology showed the German company Elektrosil, and that is all that is known at present about the prospects of the system. Now scientists are preparing a patent application for its development, and its market introduction will begin in January next year. Then perhaps we will hear more about it.

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In October, the number of U.S. iPhone owners for the first time exceeded the number of users of smartphones on the Windows Mobile. According to comScore up to October, iPhone in the United States use a 8.97 million people, while WM – 7,13 million

However, iPhone is still inferior to BlackBerry, which in America enjoy the 14.96 million people. After Palm Pre users of all devices from this company has 2.84 million bottom of the list of Symbian and Android with the 1.3 and 1.02 million respectively.

Jerk iPhone is connected to the main with a summer release in the light model 3GS, when the number of users has nearly doubled. On the other hand, the user base WM, Palm and Symbian for the year almost unchanged.

Via Electronista

Company BetaNet sued once by 17 companies, including Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Kodak and others, accusing them of violating two of its patents, describing remote access to computers. Both patents are called "Secure system for activating personal computer software from a remote location.

According BetaNet, Apple in a patent infringement sells software on remote computers connected through iTunes, Aperture, QuickTime, and MobileMe.

«Apple uses, sells and offers for sale computer software through a process that uses the program file to a segment of loading and login shell … – said in a lawsuit BetaNet. – Program file contains the first performing a control program, representing a limited version of the program file. Information about the transfer of the license is entered in the registration envelope, and this information is passed from the login shell in a separate registration program on the registration computer.

Then in the lawsuit states: "Registration Program combines information about the transfer of licenses from performing a second control program, representing the full version of the program file, and thus creates a unique overlay file. This unique overlay file is transferred from the registration program in the registration envelope it contained a second executable control program. Overlay file is installed in the main program file and includes the full functionality of the program file.

According BetaNet, the same mechanism is used in the Adobe Creative Suite, Acrobat and Photoshop, Microsoft Office, OneCare, Windows Server and Sliverlight, McAffee VirusScan and several other programs. Lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.

According to Apple, at the moment the company is protected from charges of violating 47 patents, 27 of which she was accused in the 2009 fiscal year. In December of the same Texas court has recognized Apple guilty, and then she had to pay a fine of $ 21.7 million

Via AppleInsider