In Google decided to name the three best streets of the UK in three nominations: the most picturesque street, the most fashionable street, and the best street restaurants. The competition will be attended by 50 streets of 25 cities, and the results will be fed on a mixed system: some assessment of judges, partly on the basis of open voting. To estimate the streets users are encouraged to use the service Google Street View.

Invited judges included representatives from the travel agency VisitBritain Sandy Dow (Sandie Dawe). She said: "We are very pleased to participate in this exciting project, which aims – to commemorate the streets across Britain." Also to participate in the jury invited by the famous fashion guru Brix Smart-Smith (Brix Smart-Smith) and culinary expert Henrietta Green (Henrietta Green).

Among the contenders to win the nomination of the most picturesque street number, Royal Crescent in Bath, Shembls in York, the main street in Tobermory, Mull. The best street for gourmets can be called London's Charlotte Street, Kolz in Leeds or Vilmslou Road in Manchester. In the nomination the most fashionable streets leading Bridlsmit Gate in Nottingham, Bakanaev Street in Glasgow, Kings Road and Vestborn Grove in London.

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Last week, the Internet community worried about the news that a laptop for Windows 7 to discharge the battery faster. Engadget researched this subject and wrote that the reason for concern.

The fact is that Windows 7 has a new tool to monitor the level of deterioration of the battery and warn users about the need to replace it with a new one. Warnings start when the battery has spent more than 60% of the resource. In previous versions of Windows, this indicator was not, and users of Windows 7, when he saw a threatening warning, began to panic and call in Microsoft. In fact, the wear indicator battery simply is not physically able to somehow influence its resource, and panic some users can be explained only by the fact that they simply had not noticed that their battery "podsedaet.

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The newspaper Vedomosti, citing its own sources wrote that the company DST hired Ilya Shirokov, creator of the network "My circle", and requested him to engage in the project "classmates".

Shirokov confirmed a newspaper that operates in DST, but not commented on the information about the connection with "classmates". However, one of his colleagues said that Ilya is working quite closely over the "classmates", and the DST, he came in the autumn of last year. There is also a possibility that broad will the office of President "Wire More. However, a source close to top management DST, says that shareholders fully satisfied with the current director Mikhail Kiselev.

Ilya widely known mainly for his social network "My Circle", which he later (in 2007) sold "Yandex", and there also went to work. Now "My Circle" is the largest business social network (2.2 million users as of December 2009), and he is widely regarded as one of the main Russian experts in the field of social networking that has attracted the attention of DTS. Last time "classmates" substantially retreating, mostly to its main competitor "VKontakte. Perhaps in Shirokova DTS saw a crisis manager, able to return to "My classmates" lost the lead.

via Gazette

In the British House of Lords passed the discussion on the latest initiatives of the Government disconnecting from the Internet hard-core fans of unlicensed content. By this initiative, Lord Mandelson proposed disable those users after three committed the offenses. Disabling may be subjected to service providers access to the network.

Bill did not find understanding from members of the House of Lords, and the main concern was that it violated the statutory legal procedures. In particular, Lord Mandelson proposes to disconnect users without a court decision.

Lords has caused great concern and the fact that the new law threatens to libraries, universities, hotels, cafes and other public places providing Internet access via Wi-Fi, often free. If the attacker will take advantage of such access, you can punish them both, which also do not like the opponents of the bill.

"Jeopardized access to the Internet public institutions such as libraries, schools and universities – have written a joint open letter to the representatives of the University of London, the British Library and the Imperial War Museum. – As a result, access to the internet will lose large segments of the population, in particular the 15 million citizens do not have internet access at home. "

The concerns expressed and the representatives of hotel business. The British Association of Hotel Management believes that "grave injustice" punishment for the actions of hotel guests.

According to the House of Lords Committee on Human Rights, the proposed bill essentially abolishes the presumption nevinosnosti.

Via TechRadar

Google sent out an invitation to a press conference held today, Tuesday, in the company's headquarters in Mountain View. What specifically will be discussed, the invitation does not say, however, mentioned "some innovations."

Main innovation is Google, which recently said most of all – it updates the status in the style of Twitter and Facebook, which, in real time will be sent to all recipients with contact books Gmail. There is also a chance that Google will formally announce the release of Android 2.1 to Droid.

Via Electronista

On Monday, Intel introduced the newest Itanium processor 9300. The company claimed that he twice the performance of existing analogs, it is eight times higher bus bandwidth, and five times – in memory, the memory is also increased by seven times.

Processor supports DDR3 memory and Hyper-Threading, it has two billion transistors and four processor cores with eight threads each. Improved rate of RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability). Improved mechanisms to remove potentially fatal errors. Used a new generation of hardware virtualization.

Supplies OEM-Itanium-Based Systems 9300 will begin within three months. Prices range from $ 946 to $ 3838 (at the order of thousands of pieces).

Via Electronista

Korean company Inbrics announced the upcoming release of mobile Internet devices M1-based Android 1.5. Novelty will be demonstrated at the International Congress of mobile communication, which will begin next week.

Despite the fact that the device is positioned as a MID, it has a 3G communication module and can operate as a regular phone. Form factor is also close to the traditional smartphone. Among the characteristics are the following: ARM Cortex A8 processor at 800 MHz, 16 GB of memory, slot micro SD, 3,7-inch touch screen AMOLED-screen, sliding QWERTY-keyboard, 3-megapixel camera plus a VGA-camera on the front panel, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G or WiMAX.

In Europe, sales of M1 will start either late this year or early next. Pricing was not announced.

Via Electronista

Site iResQ, specializing in the repair iPhone, unveiled photos of the alleged details of the phone the next generation iPhone 4G. The site notes that the front panel of the new smartphone is almost an inch longer than the current model. There are other hardware change: over the loudspeaker came the reflecting surface (apparently, proximity sensor).

"LCD screen, apparently glued to the digitizer, as the first model of iPhone, not on 3G and 3GS, – said on its website. – The 3G and 3GS digitizer can be separated from the screen … this means that the price of repair 4G will be higher, since the screen need to be replaced with a digitizer.

New model of iPhone, which is likely to be known as 4G, due out in July. Several sources said that it will be installed multicore processor's own production of Apple-based reference design ARM Cortex graphics from Imagination. It will SoC-chip, the same as the A4 at the iPad. Accordingly, the new iPhone should become faster and more economical.

Via AppleInsider

We have already reported that Amazon last week acquired the developer multisensor screens Touchco, to implement its development in his Kindle. It turns out that this is not the only innovation planned for the most popular American "reading room". It was learned that the project Kindle has opened 50 new jobs associated with the development of hardware.

Among the jobs are, for example, manager of the development of displays, which requires "knowledge of the market of LCD displays and its key players." But before Amazon did not tire of praising the display of its Kindle electronic ink, emphasizing its high readability and efficiency (Kindle may be a few days to work without recharging).

If the Kindle will go to a traditional LCD screen, then, of course, it will be easier to compete with the iPad in part color, animation and video. Most likely, this screen will be touch.

With Kindle also looking for experts on Wi-Fi, obviously, to expand the number of options for connecting to the Net. Kindle is now equipped with a 3G-only module and firmly tied to the tariff plan. If you release a modified only with the Wi-Fi and no 3G, this will reduce the price of Kindle: answer is correct, since many users are able to use Wi-Fi, but are forced to overpay for not want them to 3G.

A group of jobs associated with the creation of SDK for the Kindle, that unmistakably points to plans for a range of applications.

Thus, all this points to the fact that Amazon plans to completely revise the Kindle, actually create a new device from scratch.

Amazon is not the only player in the market of electronic books, whom emergence iPad forced to reconsider its position. Recently Acer actually declined from breeding to market its device, realizing their inability to compete with Apple in this market.

Via AppleInsider