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Nginx 0.7.67 is released

Nginx (engine x) is a high performance HTTP reverse proxy server, proxy server is a IMAP/POP3/SMTP. Nginx by Igor Sysoev of Russia visited the second Rambler.ru site development, it has been in the Site run more than two years and a half. It features occupy less memory concurrent capacity, in fact Nginx ability to do concurrent with the types of web server performance is better. China currently using Nginx Web users: Sina, Netease, Tencent, another well-known micro-blog Plurk also use Nginx.

 Changes with nginx 0.7.67 15 Jun 2010
*) Security: nginx / Windows worker might be terminated abnormally if a requested file name has invalid UTF-8 encoding.
Linux:http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.7.67.tar.gz
Windows:http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.7.67.zip

Microsoft released updates for IE9 Test Center

According to foreign media reports, is well known, in order to be able to match its rivals, Microsoft are working to improve its next-generation browser, the Web standards support IE9. IE9 the first developer preview release, Microsoft is testing its IE9 center, announced a series of test items for the various aspects of the outside world IE9 start testing.

Microsoft’s IE team’s test manager, Jason Upton said that at present, Web communities and other competitors are IE9 testing center to find some value. We hope that these test items are valuable, and able to meet their test specifications.

In IE9 Preview 2 v1.9.7.7.66.6000 release, Microsoft test center of its IE9 a series of updates. Upton noted that the May 5, we shall release the IE9 Preview 2 v1.9.7.7.66.6000, since then, we received a series of feedback. Here, we would like to thank all the positive feedback, and feedback for these, we IE9 Test Center conducted a 15 improvement.

It is understood that IE9 development process, Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Working Group and other browser vendors to start a close cooperation, submitted to the W3C updated less than 192. The latest update is mainly directed against aspects of CSS3 and HTML5.

Upton said, IE9 testing center update details as follows: CSS3 media queries in the three improved, CSS3 selectors in the two improved, HTML5 in the content of external testing of 10 improved.

U.S. allows simultaneous broadcast of new movies in the family

May 7, Federal Communications Commission agreed to the Motion Picture Association’s request to allow the major Hollywood studios release in the new film after a certain period of time can be broadcast by television, so viewers can enjoy movies at home.
According to U.S. media reports on the 7th, due to lack of necessary technical means of security to prevent piracy, the American audience has been unable to sync at home, watch new films reflect only shown in the film 3 to 4 months later, or in the film before the DVD release way home through the TV-on-demand viewing.
According to the Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules on the 7th, the audience immediately after the film screened on television, until 90 days after the listing date or video DVD.
For the protection of movie copyrights, the service model through a called "selectable output control" technology. This technology can be user set-top box output audio and video signal is encrypted to prevent illegal video transcription.
Interim CEO of the Motion Picture Association Bob Pisano that this is the movie industry in developing new business models to meet the needs of the audience, represented a new step.
However, many cinema operators are worried that this will reduce the box office. They said that this measure the expected results, required by the market to decide.

Arizona Removed all the highway speed cameras

Arizona since 2008 has been set at 36 throughout the highway high-speed camera, triggered considerable controversy, although the state government said the traffic camera help increase safety awareness, but some studies show that high-speed camera does not increase security, but will lead to more rear-end accidents because drivers see a reason to remind them of the identity near the camera will always be an emergency brake, in addition, some unscrupulous public officials will malice pictures, send summonses.
A lot of people to protest against the high-speed camera, or even mask many speeding, to defy the law, while people called Photoradarscam.com launched a Web site to protest the state government to deploy the speed cameras. Today, Arizona has decided to cancel all of the highway cameras, and the related estimated about 9,000 million dollars in ticket revenue will be in vain.
Last year in July, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published Accidents survey found that 2% of accidents due to speeding, and 2% due to red light. Other causes of accidents, including several from the Road driving, fatigue driving, across the center lane and so on.

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The United Nations will provide 200,000 laptops to the children in the Gaza Strip

The United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Gaza Strip on 29 children that will be issued 200,000 laptops.
Reported that the Department planned to relief by 2012, the distribution of refugees throughout the Middle East 500 000 computers. Day, in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, the first release event started, there were 2,200 refugees in the school laptops.
The United Nations is responsible for personnel, said the plan calls for students and teachers can set up a wireless network connection, "so students can continue their studies difficult time."

IBM developed the world’s smallest 3D map

According to reports, IBM scientists have recently developed a 3D map of the world’s smallest. In the end how small? Living in a salt can contain 1,000 such maps. 3D map of the surface based on polymer size 22 X 11 micron, containing 500 000 pixels, each pixel area of 20 square nanometer. 1000 meters above sea level in life, said the high conversion ratio of the map is only 8 nm, this means, the world’s highest peak Mount Everest in the map was only 64 nm high.
Materials Science reports that the top journals Advanced Materials, IBM scientists have completed the main props of this initiative is very small but sharp nanometer silicon tip (silicon tip), than the life of a very sharp pencil point 10 times smaller still.
Scientists at the nanoscale silicon tip near the polymer surface is heated before it, under the action of the atomic force will be excluded polymer in the polymer material to sketch 3D graphics, the whole process takes 23 seconds 2. IBM scientists Urs Duerig said, to create the 3D map of a major breakthrough is that the polymer material is removed, rather than adding material to them.
In addition to the 3D map, the scientists also use technology to create a 3D version of the Matterhorn (4478 m), height of only 25nm, the ratio to 1:50 million.
The technology is another major significance for the future electronics, chip technology, medical, life sciences and nano-optoelectronics research in the field has opened a new page.

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Apple CFO: iPad pricing low, will affect the Q3 earnings

According to The Wall Street Journal reported this week, Apple will increase company’s third quarter margin, 41.7% from lower to 36%, according to company CFO Peter Oppenheimer said, iPad low price position, is the main reason. Peter said that second-quarter revenue growth was marginal and dependent on a variety of iPhone accessories revenue growth, while sales in the United States currently iPad gratifying, now over 50 million units sold, the nation’s first school day in June sales will continue into the iPad climax.
At the same time, Peter also said the company will plan to build 40 to 50 Apple store, over the general store will open overseas.
Apple said that the current global sales on a fast growth, the company’s revenue contribution to the crucial part. Among them, the first and second quarters of profits in China reached 1.3 billion U.S. dollars. Apple COO Tim Cook said, Asia, Europe, Australia and Japan, market growth was strong.
It is reported that Apple April 20 rose 5.5% to 258.02 U.S. dollars.

Apple said iPhone sales in China in the second quarter increased 9 times

Apple today announced fiscal 2010 second quarter earnings report, Apple executives in a conference call later revealed that the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, iPhone sales in Greater China increased 9 times.
Apple Chief Financial Officer Bite Ao Peng Bruckheimer (Peter Oppenheimer) told the analysts, the first half of fiscal year 2010, Apple came from Greater China (including mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) revenue reached 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 200 %; second quarter of iPhone sales in Greater China increased by 9 times.
Apple Chief Operating Officer Dimukuke (Tim Cook) said, iPhone sales in the Asia Pacific region grew by 477 percent, while growth in Europe, 133%. In part because of Apple in some key countries, an increase of eight operators partners such as Vodafone of Britain and Ireland.
Cook also said Apple will be in Shanghai this summer opened two new professionals

Sources said Intel will acquire Infineon

April 21 news by Apple’s strong performance and the acquisition rumors may be driven by large companies, Wed European chip companies both ARM and Infineon shares rose. GMT 9:07, ARM and Infineon shares were up 3% and 3.9%.
Intel today rumors traders may buy Infineon. Infineon and Intel have both declined to comment, industry experts the possibility of such actions divergent. Nomura global technology experts Richard Windsor that Intel acquired unlikely. Intel in the past he had taken a big acquisition of the wireless industry, for example, that Intel’s failure to integrate these assets, together with business and eventually sold many of these assets.
However, the German private bank Merck Finck analyst Theo Kitz do not agree with this view, he said, it makes sense to buy Infineon, a simple majority is sufficient, Infineon did a great job withstand the financial crisis last year, and in some trend, such as energy efficiency and renewable on a privileged position.
"Financial Times" also reported that once again there are rumors that ARM may be a takeover target, and that Apple may bid for one. One London analyst said speculation by the big media day and Apple last night to promote the strong performance, ARM share prices rally.

"Word cool guy" Steve Jobs is still cool: Answered an user question only use five words

Apple CEO Steve Jobs a letter in reply to the user when the cool King is known far and near. Recently, one bought a HD camera Mac users to write directly to Steve Jobs, said that as a Mac because of cost, not equipped with Blu-ray burner, and cause users to distribute high-definition video inconvenience, he asked the Jobe Slovakia Apple has any plans to add Blu-ray Mac models. But Jobs is amazing response to this short and cool, with the iPhone he replied: "Now Youtube has been able to support high-definition video." Following is the text message screenshot:

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Currently, Blu-ray drive as well as ancillary equipment such as Blu-ray discs, the price is still expensive than many of the traditional DVD drives, and high-definition video also need to put copies of the operating system support for AACS technology, compared to DVD video technology will have to much simpler.

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