Google Design Its Own ARM Chips

Google to develop its own server processors with ARM architecture. Thus Goolge can use hardware that is better adapted to the Google software. Rumors that Google is working on their own processors is circling for many years - ever since the purchase of Agnilux 2010. 

According to a report by Bloomberg, Googleis busy to design their own processors, which is beneficial in two ways: Google would be less dependent on Intel and could also control the integration of hardware and software better, similar to Apple. 

 It is unclear at this point, the areas in which Google uses the ARM processors. For example, chips for micro servers are conceivable - Google builds Switches already of their own. Processors of its own design are at the beginning though expensive as they have to be designed after the symbiosis of computing unit and applications but is usually much more effective than with chips from other manufacturers. 

A good example is the combination of the developed processors from Apple and iOS. The current A7 chip is based on a 64 -bit architecture, with the ARMv8 technique, a similar development has also reached the ARM segment. 

After AMD has already announced server processors like the Hierofalcon based on this architecture, it seems only logical that Google developed its own ARM processors. However, this would mean that in future fewer chips by Intel are used by Google. 

Google is one of the companies that buy most of server processors from Intel. Google spokeswoman Liz Markman said to Bloomberg that Google is working constantly to develop the world's best infrastructurewith hardware included. Whether the company also developed its own ARM processors to Markman did not elicit .

Google Dart is going to be standardized

Google's Javascript alternative Darts should be standardized. The Ecma, which has already been standardized Javascript will also set a dart standard, now. 

 The standardization organization Ecma has called a technical committee TC52 which was set up to develop a standardized version of Google's Dart language scripts. Google Dart has developed as a potential replacement for JavaScript, thus making an important step towards this goal. 

After Dart appeared in mid-Novemberwith version 1.0, Darts is stable and mature enough to be standardized, writes Google developer Anders Sandholm in a blog entry. Google wants to include the standardization in the development of darts. 

However, no other major browser vendors has taken Dart. With respect to Google, Dart will continue to run natively in all browsers, thus replacing Javascript. So far there is only one special Chromium variant that supports Dart natively. 

However, Dart programs can be translated into Javascript and so already run in any modern browser. However, a Dart VM is added in the browser to increase the speed of the programs significantly.

Padfone Mini 4.3: Smartphone With 7-Inch Tablet Enclosure

Asus presented the Padfone Mini 4.3. This time there is no 10 - inch tablet, but one with a 7- inch display. As usual, the Android smartphone will be pushed into the tablet enclosure. After all Smartphone data is available on this 7 -inch tablet. The Padfone Mini 4.3 is the first model that has been combined with a small tablet case. The previous models of Asus Padfone there was only a 10 -inch Tabletdock, the Padfone Mini 4.3 now comes with a 7 -inch tablet case. 

Because all the data is only on the smartphone, the device owner can decide whether he is contented with a 4.3 -inch display or prefer assessed everything on a 7 -inch touch screen. The Padfone Mini 4.3 is used as a basic smartphone with a 4.3-inch IPS touch screen. The display resolution is 960 x 540 pixels, giving a pixel density of 256 ppi. Whether the smartphone has a scratch resistant screen is still un known. In Smartphone Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon processor 400 runs at a clock rate of 1.4 GHz.

The unit has 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of flash memory. In a fit slot micro SD cards that can hold up to 64 GB. The smartphone has an 8-megapixel camera on the back of with auto focus and LED light, in front is a 2 megapixel built-in camera. Even The main camera is still deliver good results in low light. The four UMTS frequencies 850, 900, 1,900 and 2,100 MHz are supported as well as quad-band GSM. An LTE module is not present. There are also single-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 and a GPS receiver . 

A NFC chip not listed the technical sheet against. Asus will bring the Padfone 4.3 Mini pre-installed with Android 4.3 on the market, so the last jelly bean version. Whether and when an update Kitkat appears on Android 4.4, is not yet known. 

There is no information about the battery life of your smartphone which comes with 1,500 mAh lithium -polymer battery. It measures 129.3 x 65.6 x 8.7 mm and weighs 105 grams. The package includes the 7- inch tablet housing in which the phone can be pushed. The 7 -inch tablet case has a IPS touch screen with a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, which corresponds to a pixel density of 215 ppi. 

Whether here comes a scratch resistant screen used is not known. Thus, the tablet provides housing as the smartphone does not particularly have high resolution, but it is a good than the average . In Tablet Case is a 2200 mAh battery, but battery life is not known. Due to the insertion mechanism, the tablet housing is considerably thicker than modern compact tablets which are usually thinner than 10 mm. The measures 199.9 x 119.5 Tabletdock contrast x 17.7 mm. 

The Tabletdock itself weighs 310 grams, so that together with the inserted smart phone gives a weight of 415 grams. While that is heavier than single 7- inch tablets, but in view of the construction tolerable. A weight of 400 grams can be maintained even without effort with one hand. Currently, there is no information about whether or when Asus Padfone serving mini 4.3 available in Europe.

Gmail loads images automatically from To day!

Google has reactivated the automatic loading of images in its e -mail service Gmail. But to prevent that the sender know too much about the user by tracking pixels Google's own proxy server plays in between. In e- mail marketing tracking pixels are often used, which are recharged by the E- mail client to determine if an email was opened, and find out more about the receiver.

Because the tracking pixel is loaded, the e -mail client sends an IP address to the sender, which can thus roughly determine the whereabouts. Using personalized URLs can thus also determine whether a particular e- mail address is being actively used, for example, to send there more spam. And in webmail clients can sometimes examine other information using referrer.

To prevent this, many e -mail clients only load images when the user explicitly requests it, and save the settings for each sender. Google has taken some time ago to Gmail this way, but now opted for a different solution. Immediately Gmail invites in an e -mail may contain images back automatically. But in order to protect the privacy of users while Google proxy server switches between, on which the images are cached.

 This prevents that referrer data arrive at the sender. In addition, Google can filter the files as malware and block images if it have any malicious code. However it can be with a personalized URL continue to determine whether an email has been opened and there is the actual e -mail account because Google will load the images only when the user opens the respective e-mail.

Gmail provides the ability to disable automatic loading of images and restore the old behavior. For desktop users, the automatic loading of images from today should be enabled for mobile users from the beginning of 2014.

Adobe Releases Lightroom 5.3 and Camera Raw 8.3

Adobe has released Camera Raw 8.3 beta version after a period of one month the final version of its raw development software for Photoshop CS6 will be soon, and CC and Lightroom 5.3. These programs support new camera models and other lenses.

Adobe constantly create new versions of the raw development software, because again and again it faces new camera models and there is no uniform standard for RAW images. The manufacturers vary the formats even from model to model. In addition, specific lens error with the software can be corrected .

Adobe has also added some features in Camera Raw for easier operation. So an automatic channel adaptation is now available in black and white mode. When creating new guidelines and in other menus with multiple check boxes, the user can switch while holding down the Alt key and a mouse click between the previous and the current setting.

In Photoshop itself, the user can choose the background color of the desktop with the right mouse button in a menu. With Adobe Camera Raw 8.3 or Lightroom 5.3 of the Canon PowerShot S120 , Fujifilm XQ1 and X -E2 and Nikon models 1 AW1 , Coolpix P7800 are supported D610 and D5300. The raw data images of the Olympus OM- D E-M1 and Stylus 1 and the Panasonic DMC- GM1 can be opened and edited.

Adobe also has the System Cameras Sony A7 and A7R and the compact Sony DSC- RX10 considered in Adobe Camera Raw. Adobe's new software also works with the digital back Phase One IQ260 and IQ280. The support was not available in the beta version but now built-in support for the Nikon Df and the Nokia Lumia 1020.

The Canon EOS 650D can now also be triggered via tethering directly from Lightroom . Lens support of both programs includes the Nikon Nikkor 11- 27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 AW and the Nikkor 10mm f/2.8 AW for Nikon Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G and the one for the DSLRs from Nikon. Also, the Sigma 18 -35mm F1.8 DC HSM A013 and the Sony E 20mm F2.8 or the Sony 28 -70mm F3.5 FE -5.6 OSS are automatically corrected on request. The Canon EF- M 11 -22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM for the Canon EOS M is also supported by ACR .

Lightroom 5.3 Camera Raw 8.3 is available as free as an update for Windows and Mac OS X through the update mechanisms in the programs or as a separate download for Photoshop and Photoshop CS6 CC .