A “fault on the network” today left the area Telheiras in Lisbon without electricity since the early morning, but the EDP expects to have the power supply restored to all affected customers from 13:30.
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According to the source company, the failure will force a “slow repair”, but the EDP will use generators to ensure electricity supply, which will keep on until the network problem is resolved.
All needed to solve the lack of energy generators must be connected to at 13:30.
New rumor reveals a feature that may be a disappointment to the users.
The iPhone 6 may have only 1GB of RAM. This is another one of the rumors that have recently emerged on the Internet based on the image of an internal component of the supposed Apple device from 4.7 inches.
According to MacRumors, were placed side by side motherboards of 5c and 6 and the latter entered the code indicates the presence of just 1 GB of RAM.
Of course, the picture may be one of the first models before arriving at the final product. In any case, should it be confirmed, would be a disappointment to many users since the competition has already launched models with 2GB and 3GB.
The same image also reveals the presence of a new A8 processor, other information that had also appeared on the Internet as well as NFC technology that allows making payments with your smartphone, even approaching a terminal in the supermarket, for example.
All the details of the iPhone 6 will be revealed next 6 September when Apple introduce new products at the conference scheduled for this date.
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After several months in which sales of tablets have shown signs of slowing down, the analyst firm IDC came revise downwards the estimates for this year’s sales in Western Europe and North America , pointing to a stagnant compared to the figures of last year.
Since Apple introduced the first iPad in 2010, essentially ushering in this product category, the tablets – and hybrid devices that integrate keyboard too – have experienced rapid growth. In Western markets, according to a note published by IDC on Friday, sales in 2013 were 25% higher than the previous year.
In emerging markets, however, the reality is quite different and brands still have room to grow. Sales of tablets rose 88% last year and are expected to increase 12% over 2014.
“When we look at the global, it is easy to say that the market for tablets is slowing. But when we begin to enter the regional dynamics, we realize that there is still appetite for this product category, “wrote analyst Jean Philippe Bouchard.
In Portugal, however, the demand for tablets still seems lively. According to a note from GfK released this week, which does not specify numbers, “are the tablets that continue to leverage this sector [of IT], still recording strong growth in both units, either in value. “
In terms of turnover, the Portuguese market for information technology products grew 6.6% last quarter compared to the same period of 2013, although it fell in the first three months of year, mainly due to lower demand for laptops.
According to previous figures from GfK, were sold last year 800 thousand units in Portugal.
The new law of local accommodation, published yesterday in the Official Gazette, requires the registration of houses designed for vacation rental. According to the public, registration is free and done in the town hall. Who do not can pay a fine up to 3,741 euros.
All houses or apartments rented temporarily to tourists are required to have a record made at the town hall. This is one of the measures of the new law of local accommodation and provides a fine up to 3,741 euros to those who do not register housing.
The new legislation covers individuals and businesses and aims to frame this ‘tourist’ activity level tax.
according to the Public, both the person and the company that puts the property to rent, must have the “provision of accommodation services” open the Finance option. To do this, you must first make an online registration and after a warning to the city council.
Once the request is made, the subject property shall be a number that is automatically sent to the Tourism of Portugal in turn, causes the registration to the Tax Authority.
According to the publication, municipalities are now authorized to make inspection of the houses that are rented. Units with capacity for more than ten persons shall comply with the safety requirements.
The Norwegian manufacturer Bartec Pixavi presented a smartphone there Resistant: Impact X. The device supports up to explosions, which makes him the toughest Android already manufactured today. The title comes thanks to ATEX and IECEx certifications Zone 1, showing that it is suitable for hazardous areas. . Hence, device is aimed at those working in hazardous environments
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How could it be, the body with aluminum coating is certified against dust and water (IP68). The Impact X survives 2 Joules of impact against the ground when dropped from a distance of up to 2 meters. The Gorilla Glass screen of 2 mm is tailored for the device, which supports corrosion and high temperatures.
The device also draws attention for having two cameras installed in the rear, both with resolution 8 megapixels. They are there to fix a problem observed by the manufacturer, who realized that many videos on YouTube appear only in a narrow band in the center.
This happens because people record video in portrait orientation ( vertical), because they want to hold the smartphone with one hand. X Impact on one of the cameras is rotated 90 degrees relative to each other, allowing to always capture video landscape orientation, regardless of how pick up the phone. The shutter button / recording is physical and is located on the front of the device.
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If Bartec highlights the robustness of the Impact X, shortly informs about the hardware specifications. What is known is that it has IPS LCD display of 4.6 inches with resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, 3,000 mAh battery and Android 4.2.2 wheel. The device is expected to cost between $ 1mil (about £ 2,200 for the current price) and $ 1,200 (R $ 2,700), but the availability in the market is still unknown.
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Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series at Nintendo, insisted that the next game in the series, which will be released on the Wii U, which will invest in an open style of the first game of the world series, it will be possible thanks to the characteristics of the hardware Wii U.
In an interview with EDGE magazine, Aonuma recalled that, “In the original The Legend of Zelda there was a clear path to bring the character to his goal. Producers believed that players encontravam- in themselves. As the series grew, the structure of the worlds was becoming increasingly complex, particularly with the introduction of 3D, which made it necessary we indicate the player the right direction. The result was a more linear progression . “
” To recreate a similar experience to the original game have to give the game world a simple structure that players can understand intuitively. We have to make every part of the world seem real and connected physically it does not look fake. “
” And we can achieve this thanks to the hardware features of the Wii U, but to really understand the game world also need a real map that shows the world as it is. The GamePad is very effective to display it, and to provide users with a constant clue to where to go. I think we can say with confidence that the innovation of this game is only possible thanks to the Wii U hardware. “
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The Bartec Pixavi Impact X is an Android smartphone designed to tolerate extreme and hazardous environments
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Bartec is a company specializing in protection technologies that also deals with less conventional situations. The company decided to invest in the smartphone segment and offer targeted at professionals working in extreme environments and dangerous proposal. The result was the Bartec Pixavi Impact X, which takes the concept of “resistance” a little further.
Besides being resistant against water and dust (IP68 certification), Impact X is also capable of withstanding direct falls higher than 2 meters high. Your screen is protected by a Gorilla Glass 2 mm thick, designed specifically for this unit. Its features also allow the Impact X withstand high temperatures.
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These aspects, however, are not as impressive as the IECEx and ATEX Zone 1 certification, which make the Impact X in a unit with a tolerance level explosions very unusual a phone.
Also unusual is the dual-camera configuration that characterizes the Impact X. According to the company, many of the videos in vertical format that see online is due to the fact that many users want to hold on the phone with one hand while recording. This issue was resolved by adding a second digital camera on the phone, rotated by 90 degrees compared to another. This means that, regardless of the position of the phone, the videos are recorded in horizontal mode. Both are 8 MP.
Other details relate to your IPS screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, the presence of a battery of 3000 mAh and the fact that running Android 4.2.2. For now still unaware of details like price or availability
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A group of researchers from the University of Tokyo found that wolves are also sensitive to the contagion of yawning, which may be related to their capacity for empathy.
This is the main conclusion of a study that was published in the journal Plos One and attended by the Spanish Teresa Romero, who is investigating that Japanese university.
To accomplish this work, the researchers followed 12 wolves – six males and six females – Tama Zoo in Tokyo for five months.
In its observation, the researchers analyzed the wolves that yawned in the first place and the reaction of those who were within two meters.
The goal was to see if the wolves were close yawning or not for another three minutes, detailed Efe Teresa Romero, in a written reply.
In view of the observations, it was concluded that “the wolves, as in humans and dogs, social ties increase the sensitivity of contagion of yawns,” said the Spanish researcher.
Another conclusion of this study is that females react much faster than males to yawn, although the overall frequency is the same for both, he added.
This suggests that females are more sensitive to stimuli around them (in humans was not detected no difference between men and women in response to yawning).
The paper’s authors argue that, despite the small number of wolves observed, the results provide a “first evidence” that the contagion of yawning may be related to the ability of wolves to empathy and suggests that mechanisms that may be applied to more species than those previously thought.
Romero explained that empathy is a very broad concept that ranges from basic forms such as emotional contagion, the more complex forms only described in humans.
The least complex forms were detected in different species of animals, from chimps to rats.
For example, recently documented the sensitivity of dogs to yawn when they are exposed to a yawn of a human, but it is unclear whether this ability is rooted in the evolution of these animals or whether it is related to its domestication .
The World Health Organization (WHO) expects’ interrupt transmission of Ebola worldwide within six to nine months. ” For this, the agency will publish a global roadmap of the virus, aiming to respond internationally to the disease that has killed more than 1,500 people.
In a statement, WHO said the itinerary “will serve as a framework for the update of detailed operational plans “and priority will be given to the needs of treatment and management centers, as well as the actions of social mobilization and safe burials of those killed in the epidemiological outbreak.
According to WHO, the script is from various comments received from some partners, including health authorities of the four affected countries – Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria – the African Union, banks Development, other agencies of the United Nations, among others.
The mapping will allow the presentation of epidemiological data of affected areas, especially those that require international coordination for the supply of personal protection, disinfectants and body bags equipment. After stagnant transmission of Ebola, WHO intends to evaluate the economic impact of the pandemic.
The Surface Pro 3, the latest tablet from Microsoft, has arrived in Portugal and is available at FNAC, Staples, Worten, El Corte Ingles and Mediamarkt. .’re Also available from Microsoft’s online store, with a recommended starting price of 799 euros
Corporate customers may use the authorized dealers of Surface: Bizdirect and ITEM, which additionally offer appropriate support options for companies .
The Surface Pro 3 has a full HD 12-inch, one Kickstand (back support) renewed screen lets you choose the most comfortable position according to the type of use, whether on a desk or on the couch , a pen in aluminum which makes writing and with one click opens OneNote and the new cover keyboard (optional).
A new generation of tablet Surface includes Intel Core processors fourth generation (i3, i5 or i7), battery life of up to 9h web browsing and multiple ports (USB 3.0 full-size, Mini DisplayPort and microSD card reader).
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The number of cases of Ebola may exceed 20,000, it was learned on Thursday in Geneva, where the plan was released by the World Health Organization in Geneva (WHO) to combat the epidemic for the next six months.
“The number of cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus may exceed 20,000,” according to the WHO, cited by AFP. The outbreak continues to progress “at an alarming rate.”
From the beginning of the outbreak, affecting West Africa, has sickened 3069 people have died and 1552, according to this update from Thursday WHO and which counts cases until August 26. “The outbreak continues to accelerate. More than 40% of the total number of cases occurred in the last 21 days. However, most cases are concentrated in only a few locations, “reads the statement. The previous update gathered numbers until August 20. In six days there were 454 new cases and 125 deaths.
The plan for the next six months, a kind of roadmap to combat the worst epidemic of Ebola ever, will undergo “reverse the trend of new cases and new areas with infected within three months of stopping transmission in the capital and major port cities and to stop any residual transmission within six to nine months, “AFP quotes.
According to WHO , $ 490 million (€ 371.47 million) will be needed in the next six months to put the plan into practice.
The Ebola hemorrhagic fever is caused by a virus whose natural hosts should be bats frutívoros who live in the forests of Africa. The outbreak in that first identified the virus occurred in 1976 in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire, near the Ebola River. There are no drugs or vaccines confirmed the virus, which can get to have a mortality rate of 90%.
The current epidemic, whose mortality is around 50%, began in the southern Guinea in late December and spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and then to Nigeria, where she died, respectively, 430, 694, 422 and six people.
about two weeks of the start of classes, plucking between 11 and 15 September, associations of teachers and school leaders criticize the fact that is not known what date or dates for the placement of teachers in schools. “Only the insensitivity of the administration to the reality of schools and the country can explain the problems that occur, and sometimes worsen at the beginning of each school year,” lamented this Thursday Manuel Pereira, president of the National Association of School leaders (ANDE).
Around 17.00 this Thursday school leaders knew until 23:59 this Friday will have to proceed with the validation of applications from teachers who participate in the competition of internal mobility (whose results are often known precisely, in the last days of August ). On Wednesday, some of these same directors – who drive the 300 schools with autonomy or Territory Educational Priority Intervention (TEIP) – had received an instruction manual for creating offers of school places (for the stock market, which only work later) and the indication that the computer application to do so is only available until this Friday at 18:00.
“At a time that we should be preparing the start of the school year we are busy and preoccupied with things that could be more than made and resolved and to be surprised by the news every minute that passes. The result is that, once again, the schools will open doors with directions and teachers themselves under pressure, all anxious and less rested “also lamented in a statement to PUBLIC, this Thursday, Filinto Lima, vice president of National Association of Public Schools and Groups (ANDAEP).
Despite the insistence of the National Association of Teachers Engaged (ANVPC) and Directors who do not know when they can expect all teachers, the MEC returned this Thursday to excuse himself to reveal the date that will be the outcome of contests taking place, one for the mobility of tenured teachers and another for hiring teachers without bond in the public sector. Again ensure, however, that the “tender procedures (…) are to be processed as scheduled and planned in order to ensure the placement of teachers necessary for the normal functioning of school clusters and schools not grouped.”
“I have no doubt. If teachers are placed at 23:59 on the 10th, the day will be 11 schools to receive students, still residing at the other end of the country. And if the elements of the school boards have to spend sleepless nights to start classes will do so. The question is: does it make any sense. “Asks Manuel Pereira
Also Filinto Lima says he has no doubt that the school year will start,” better or worse, within the dates specified. ” Stresses, however, that this “is not the best way to begin” and emphasizes that, in his view, the situation “is compounded this year by assigning schedules to about 3600 teachers who requested termination and which may not have the processes dispatched to the start of classes. ” “If however go out and have to be replaced, the losers are the students”, stresses, stressing the idea that “all teachers – including the contractors – should participate in the preparatory activities of the school year next week.”
On Wednesday, Israel Paulo César, the ANVPC called for guardianship to place teachers without bond later this month. In a statement recalled that last year, when “the first time this has not happened” educational establishments opened “without many of the professionals essential for its proper working teachers.”
The Surface Pro 3 is available in five configurations and the price varies according to the technical specifications acquired: the most basic model comes with an Intel Core i3, 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM, costing 799 euros; the most expensive version brings a Core i7 processor, 512GB of storage, 8GB of RAM and a label 1999 euros.
The new tablet will be on sale in major retail chains, including FNAC, Staples, Worten, El Corte Ingles and Mediamarkt. Is also available on the Microsoft online store.
Even being a tablet, Microsoft is keen to present the Surface Pro 3 as a hybrid computer and when the equipment was revealed was keen to compare it directly with the Apple MacBook Air.
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A firefighter Sabrosa, held by the Judicial Police (PJ) on suspicion of having kindled a fire in the county, was “immediately suspended” by the local corporation, said on Thursday the commander. The PJ said in a statement that the 34-year-old businessman from construction and volunteer firefighter, is “strongly indicted for the crime.”
The commander of the firefighters Sabrosa, Manuel Machado Borges, told reporters that the firefighter in question was “immediately suspended” by the corporation and also said that the corporation will proceed to open an internal investigation, whose conclusion is dependent on the lawsuit. “The lawsuit is going to help decide how we proceed,” stated Manuel Machado Borges.
The commander was keen to stress that the firefighter, who belonged to the corporation three years ago, is “a person extremely dedicated “, a” voluntary good “and had” a very positive psychological evaluation. ” However, until the completion of the process, the man is forbidden to enter the premises of volunteers Sabrosa.
According to the official, this summer period the suspect had informed the corporation that does not was available for fighting fires due to an increase in work caused by the arrival of immigrants.
According to PJ, the individual is suspected of having kindled a fire, which broke out at 22h49 on 17 August and consumed a small area of scrub and pine Capeludos in parish, municipality of Sabrosa. According to this police force, the flames do not spread “to a large forest area adjacent given the prompt intervention of the public and the firefighters who extinguished.”
The suspect will be this Friday the judicial interrogation, the Court of Sabrosa, for application of coercive measures. The arrest was made by the Local Criminal Investigation Unit PJ Vila Real, this year, has arrested ten suspects in the crime of wildfire in their area of intervention.
With the difficulties that the Wii U has had on commercial terms and with the great popularity of smartphones there are many who are predicting that Nintendo will become, sooner or later, only a producer of games, but Shigeru Miyamoto came to put an end to these prophecies.
In an interview with EDGE magazine, Miyamoto said that the truly spectacular games can only be created on dedicated systems.
“We want to create, and they always want to try something unprecedented. For we can achieve these objectives, we need to be dedicated designed to meet the needs of those avid gamers hardware. People might say that software is software. But this is wrong. A unique experience with a original software can always be made with a single piece of hardware that has a single interface.’s why I believe that Nintendo is and will continue to be connected to these devices dedicated to games. “
However by times have a unique hardware can sometimes bring some disappointment. Miyamoto also talked about the problems with the Wii U and its GamePad. .. Despite a great hidden potential, some critics point out that it is very difficult to concentrate on both screens at the same time
“Of course we had some concerns After all we are human beings: our eyes can not see two objects simultaneously. But we are sure that even with this kind of weakness, we will be able to do something unprecedented and revolutionary. “
“Destiny” shall have exclusive content for the PS4, such as equipment, weapons and vehicles, for example. “This offer is only limited time and only available until September 21,” according to a statement from Sony
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BES informs in a statement that “the company was hired Fig Partners as financial advisor in assessing and structuring transactions for potential sale, merger or reorganization of Espirito Santo Bank, Miami, Florida”.
The Bank of Portugal has decided this month to place deposits and credits of Espírito Santo Bank (Miami, USA) – such as those of Aman Bank (Libya) – managed by the New Bank, but the debts remained at `bank` bad, or is at BES.
In July, the American Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation decided to investigate the rules of governance in financial transactions and asset management of ES Miami Bank after Following suspicions of money laundering and other crimes.
On the night of Sunday, August 3, the Bank of Portugal took control of BES and announced the separation of the institution in two.
The so-called bad bank (`bank` bad) stayed with the toxic assets and liabilities of the old BES, which, although they continue to call BES has no banking license.
In the `bank bom`, the New Bank’s assets and liabilities were not considered problematic from former BES, getting this new bank a market capitalization of € 4.9 billion through the banking Resolution Fund.
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The upcoming releases of both Samsung and Apple are betting on the so-called smart watches. In the case of the South Korean multinational, the big news is the fact that the clock be able to make and receive calls without any mobile phone around. The attempt is to find a product that returns to boost sales.
The largest manufacturer smartphones the world, writes Reuters, want to watch “Gear S”, making calls, bet on the segment called wearables to counter the slowdown in revenues from the mobile segment in the second quarter were lower than expected.
In the previous model, the watch features a bigger screen and round with the ability to connect to networks wirelessly integrated GPS and applications for the practice of physical exercise. The clock works with the new operating system developed in partnership with Intel, the Tizen and should hit stores in October.
But the American competitor Apple also has its strategy focused on similar accessories and, in early September, will launch a smart watch, says the The Telegraph , writing that the equipment should have features that allow you to control, for example, lights or garage door of the house.
The presentation of the new product must take place on September 9, while it is given to know the iPhone 6 in a meeting with reporters. The watch should also take advantage of the functionality of Apple’s applications for sports, allowing you to synchronize data such as heart rate of the user.
Also the LG Electronics for its part, announced on Thursday that is having a smart watch, the “G Watch R”, characterized by a circular OLED, and stainless steel strap. The brand did not disclose the markets it will be released, saying only that it should be available in the last quarter of the year. The first brand to bet on curved dials was Motorola.
The humans, worms and flies have common molecular mechanisms despite being separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal ‘Nature’.
According to the scientific publication, the discovery of the process by which hereditary information is included in the gene, such as the DNA sequence is processed, it is useful to aid in cell research and understanding the onset of disease.
Two studies conducted by scientists from American universities of Harvard and Stanford converge on the idea that even if humans, worms and flies have little resemblance to its evolution had very similar molecular tools to shape.
The Curiosity begins to show signs of wear. Two years after he landed on Mars, the NASA robot has holes and tears in the tires. Scientists do not hide some concern. The mission of Curisosity has no end date, but now the end could come before desired.
With six wheels, Curiosity is remotely controlled from Earth. Some days, NASA parked the vehicle and photographed the damage to tires to analyze. The results showed three types of problems: small and narrow holes, big holes in a circle and rips the direction of movement of the wheel. Each fault has a different origin and reveal details of the Martian soil.
So scientists believe that small and narrow bores occur in areas where there are small and sharp stones. The large holes occur when rocks where the wheel passes are higher. In the third case, a tear in the tire arises from sharp rocks that result from wind erosion on Mars and knives that are similar and have the same effect as opener tearing the tire when it moves.
Curisosity tires are made of aluminum and have a thickness of 0.75 mm. If each wheel had one more millimeters, the entire mass of the robot increased 10 pounds. The fine surface was developed to give and bend as needed. When the robot passes through a very rocky surface, it does so continuously, until, both yield and return to original shape, ends up suffering an injury.
Now what? Curiosity now, that’s a million miles away from Earth, is to continue the mission with the damage it has. NASA scientists believe that the robot will endure. The most damaged wheel is one that is in the middle, and is less exposed to the terrain, and also is not used to set the direction of the vehicle.
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Aggressor 33, who stabbed elderly in Alijó, is the lot for four days.
The suspected to have stabbed one septuagenarian on Saturday at Cal Bois, county Alijó, still at large and is being sought by the Judicial Police (PJ) in collaboration with the GNR, said on Wednesday police source.
The alleged assailant, 33, is in escape four days ago, after having wounded six stabs a man of 79 years, which is stable but remains hospitalized in the unit Vila Real, in Trás-os-Montes Hospital Center and Alto Douro. The field research is being coordinated by PJ Vila Real, which has the support of the GNR.
On Saturday afternoon, the senior walked to boot and potatoes have been attacked when moved to a warehouse, and was later found by his wife, who gave the warning. The victim was hit with four stab wounds in the back, one in the neck and another on his arm.
Source GNR Lusa confirmed the existence of another complaint against the suspect due to an injury Physical another elderly that village. The attacker, who has no known profession, lives alone in the village.
The suspected to have stabbed one septuagenarian on Saturday at Cal Bois, municipality of Alijó, is still at large. The PJ Vila Real is coordinating the search, working in partnership with the GNR.
The alleged assailant, 33, is on the run for four days, six injured after stabbing an elderly, 79 years. The victim is stable but remains hospitalized at the hospital of Vila Real.
After presenting the new family of four-cylinder DRIVE-E engines, Volvo is preparing to take this technological revolution also for units with three cylinders, with a new planned to reach the market in 2016 range New blocks, with the 1.5 L petrol and diesel already confirmed, are intended for models up to S60 and V60 and also for SUVs XC to medium range.
The information was confirmed by Derek Grabb, maximum charge by the department of motor Nordic manufacturer, who also explained that the choice of the mark for not these units to their more powerful models available. “I see the three cylinders as possible to the S60, but not above. Is not thought to upper XC right now. It is not the power it has more to do with binary. “
These new blocks three-cylinder will also be important for future hybrid models of the brand and also to help Volvo to meet emissions standards already announced . “If you get hit in the engineering, it is possible to achieve 95 g / km (European target for 2021) without electrification. Eventually in 2025 the electrification will be a more sensitive topic in commercial terms and will be of high electrical power, but the three-cylinder engines will be needed. Why introduce a three-cylinder unit is paving the way with a view to 2025, “concluded Derek Grabb.
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The governor of California, Jerry Brown, signed on Monday (25/8) a law requiring manufacturers to equip all smartphones , from July 2015 with a technology that allows the user to “kill” the device remotely if the phone is lost or stolen. It is the first law that requires manufacturers to install on smartphone software called “Kill Switch.”
is not news that California, with its Silicon Valley, routinely changes people’s lives around the world with its technology. But it is certainly a rare case approval of a state law have the same effect. For one simple reason: the manufacturers smartphones will not produce smartphones special only to California. Neither will leave California, the eighth largest economy in the world.
In addition, other states should follow the lead of California, as often occurs, and approve similar laws. This is a common phenomenon in the United States. When a state passes a law that makes success, others pass laws copycats (imitators). Minnesota had approved a similar bill in June, but it does not require that the technology already come pre-installed in the smartphones .
So, citizens of all states – and hence of all countries in the world – only have the option to purchase a smartphone of the major manufacturers, like Apple, Samsung, Google, Microsoft and Motorola Mobility, equipped with the “Kill Switch”, from next year.
The law was devised and approved with the aim of curbing the theft of smartphones in the state. Only in San Francisco, California, 2400 smartphones were stolen in 2013 – an increase of 23% over 2012 Across the country, about 3.1 million of these devices were stolen in 2013 , almost double the 1.6 million stolen in 2012, according to “Consumer Report”.
Apple has experience this technology since September last year. According to San Francisco police, the volume of thefts of iPhones dropped 38% in the city in the last six months.
With this technology, the user can disable the device remotely if lost or stolen and delete all your files, if convenient. In addition, the software should prevent a thief reinstall the operating system on the device, so that it becomes useless. Thus, the theory goes, will not be worth stealing a smartphone to sell it or use it. The owner of the unit may reactivate it, if found, with the use of a password.
Reviews The manufacturers smartphone resisted the approval of the law, as they might. Finally settled, after the deadline for its entry into force was extended and tablets have been deleted from its text. But some organizations, especially those that defend civil liberties, criticize the law
The main criticism is that the law allows the police -., Or any security agency – working with providers of telephony disable smartphones , when there is an organization and public protests on behalf of public safety or national security.
The law does not have any provisions prohibiting security agencies to “kill “ smartphones . Instead, now they have a legal loophole and technical means to do this whenever they see fit to maintain order, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which opposed the passage of the law. “It opened up a possibility of abuse, because the law does not specify who can disable a smartphone ,” the EFF said.
In addition, the ability to disable a smartphone , which is open to the owner of the unit and the security agencies, is also accessible by hackers , that can “kill” a phone for revenge or just for fun. The possibility is also open to criminals, which can disable smartphones , so that victims can not call the police, the same way that disable alarms from homes.
The law provides that the user can choose to disable the feature of “Kill Switch”, after buying and enable a smartphone . “However, it is widely known that users, in general, do not disable the original factory settings,” says the EFF.
John Ozorio de Melo is a correspondent of the magazine Counsel in the United States.
