WinRAR is a vital program that must be installed n your PC. It is a powerful data compressor / decompressor that you can not miss.

It is also compatible with various platforms including: Windows, OS / 2, Mac OSX, BeOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, BSD Unix, HP_UX, Irix, Pocket PC and more. The files that are compatible with WinRAR are: CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, Z, 7Z.

Other ways in which you can take WinRAR compress documents or programs, whether to take up less space, or to make them easier to transmit over the Internet.

Other features include: digital signing of files, blocking against modification, advanced protection from damage, antivirus check and safe disposal.

WinRAR is a shareware, which means you can use it free for the first 40 days. Period After that you can purchase a lifetime license valid for 30 euros.

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"I'm disappointed that Google did not comply with my requests for information," Blumenthal said via a press release, which added that the Prosecutor will consider taking "further steps to enforce the law, including legal action. "

One week ago today, the prosecutor claimed that state information to the web browser because it believed "to have access to personal data that Google improperly sought private wireless network may be necessary to prevent this from happening again."

In that claim the prosecutor said it was "confidential information necessary to verify that the company collected and stored surreptitiously" to "determine whether intercepted passwords, emails and other information."

Google acknowledged in May that the fleet of vehicles used to take pictures of the streets around the world and draw up its Street View mapping service had picked up about 600 gigabytes of data Wi-Fi networks for several years, including "Fragments "e-mails and internet searches, which the company blamed a" mistake. "

Thus, last June a total of 38 U.S. states have launched an investigation to determine whether Google committed a violation, among which is the state of Connecticut, which also coincides with other initiatives in different parts of the world, especially in Australia and Europe. EFE

Next month will be held in Las Vegas the next edition of C ES (Consumer Electronics Show), where Microsoft presented some new tablets running Windows, and possibly also show an early version of Windows 8.

E l MS CEO, Steve Ballmer, has said it will be displayed tablets Samsung, Dell and other vendors, which will run on Windows, reports the New York Times, which also suggests there will be a preview of what will be Windows 8, which seems a bit premature.

The Celsius X VI II Ledix's new high-end terminal has just hit the market. Has the format of a mobile cap and features a 3.2 megapixel camera also has a clock system fully visible in the front. As another detail, also has a hinge that captures and stores kinetic energy generated by those who use the phone.

As it says in the title, probably costs more than your home because it costs no less than $ 300,000 and has made only 18 units.

SIMULIA provides HPC capabilities for finite element analysis and multiphysics simulation.

Diario Ti: Dassault Systemes (DS) Abaqus Launches Extended Funcionality 6.10 (6.10-EF), unified product suite for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and multiphysics, SIMULIA, the Dassault Systemes brand for realistic simulation.

6.10-EF Abaqus provides many improvements requested by customers, in areas such as modeling, visualization, contact mechanics and performance. These enhancements allow customers to reduce time and development costs, while increasing the efficiency of product development process through highly accurate simulations of products and behavior of materials under real conditions.

 Among the improvements in modeling and visualization in 6.10-EF, include increased support for the modeling capabilities of substructures. Abaqus users can now create a substructure of a particular area of your product, import it into a montage, retrieve the results for analysis and reuse of substructures in future models, saving significant time modeling.

6.10-EF Abaqus offers new contact and mechanical capabilities that improve efficiency and accuracy in simulating the actual performance of the designs, including leakage of fluids between 3D bodies in contact.

The latest version also extends the capabilities of Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) in Abaqus, allowing users to predict the growth of cracks due to weathering a down cycle, and thermal analysis of heating and cooling phase is produced in the exhaust manifold of an engine. This capability can also be used to accurately predict the durability and damage tolerance of composite structures with complex failure mechanisms.

Panda Security this week released a list of 10 trends for IT security in 2011, indicating, inter alia, that the hacktivism, and cyber warfare will be the themes highlighted during the next year.

"Once again we observed our crystal ball and put together the top ten trends in IT security during the year 2011 'jokes Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs.

According to the list, the growth rate of new malware 'slows down, although still providing for some 20 million of new species' and the social engineering and exploitation of social networks to distribute malware dynamic encrypted and will be' the main trends in the coming years. "

Moreover, the malware designed for mobile phones and tablet PCs' still will not be worrying "and there will be more malware for Mac and 64bit systems, and targeted attacks.

See the full list below:

1. Creation of malware. In 2010 we observed a significant increase in malware, a fact mentioned in the past year. This year we created more than 20 million new species, more than in 2009. Currently, the database Panda's Collective Intelligence, houses a total of more than 60 million classified threats. However the annual growth rate appears to have reached its peak: a few years ago was over 100%. In 2010 was 50%. Observe closely what will happen during 2011.

2. Cyber-war. The Stuxnet and disclosures of Wikileaks, suggesting the involvement of government in the Chinese cyber-attacks on Google and other targets, marked a turning point in the history of these conflicts. In the cyber-war, unlike the current conflicts in the real world, there are groups of easily identifiable uniformed military to which side they belong. It's like a guerrilla struggle, impossible to distinguish who attack and from where. The only possible thing to realize is the objective.

The case of Stuxnet was clearly an attempt to interfere with certain processes in place at nuclear power plants, particularly the enrichment of uranium. Other attacks of this kind, more or less sophisticated, are still under way right now, and no doubt will increase during 2011, although many go unnoticed to the general public.

3. Cyber-protests. Undoubtedly the biggest news in 2010. The cyber-protest, or hacktivism, came to stay. This new movement was initiated by the group "Anonymous" in his "Operation Payback," initially targeted to organizations with anti-piracy measures into practice, and later in supporting Julian Assange, author of the controversial Wikileaks. Even users with very limited technical knowledge, can easily participate in denial of service (DDoS) attacks or spam campaigns.

Despite the attempts of some countries to push through legislation that allows combat this type of activity through their criminality, we believe that 2011 will continue to occur in many cyber-protest, organized by this group or others that may arise. The Internet is increasingly important in our lives, by providing a channel represents enormous freedom of expression and anonymity, at least for now, so no doubt we will see more examples of this kind of civil protest.

4. Social engineering. There is a saying that "humans are the only species that stumbles twice on the same stone." In many cases it will certainly be true, and the best example is the continuing use of social engineering to infect unwary users. Cyber-criminals have discovered that social networks, in particular, are the perfect environment to "work", since users are generally more confident in this environment than with other types of tools such as e-mail.

Throughout 2010 we witnessed several attacks that used the two most popular social networks, Facebook and Twitter, as platforms for their release. In 2011, we anticipate not only that hackers continue to exploit these resources, how to increase their use to distribute more attacks.

Additionally, the attacks of BlackHat SEO, which index and ranked among the fake websites highlight results of research on search engines will be widely exploited in 2011, as always drawing on themes in vogue in order to reach as many users as possible .

With the continuous expansion of all types of multimedia content (photos, videos, etc..), There will be a significant volume of malware disguised as plugins, codecs, media players and other similar applications. This does not mean that other methods have disappeared, such as PowerPoint presentations that usually pass between friends and acquaintances, but the numerous education and awareness for safety taught users to be more cautious with this type of applications.

As the ingenuity seems to increase with the crisis, and unfortunately are becoming less necessary technical knowledge to participate in the world of cyber-crime, we will further proliferate and persuasive methods to deceive innocent users: romantic deals online fake job ads, scams of increasing sophistication, phishing attacks, not only banks but also the payment platforms, online shops, etc..

In short, now more than ever, common sense is one of the most important defensive tools to ensure that we secure online, even though this is often the least common of senses.

5. Windows 7 influences the development of malware. As we mentioned last year, will take at least two years before we see a proliferation of threats designed specifically for Windows 7. In 2010 we have started to see a change in this direction and believe that in 2011 will continue to see new cases of malware targeted at users of this new operating system.

6. Mobile. The eternal question: when is that malware for mobile phones will be in their prime? In principle further attacks will occur in 2011, but not on a massive scale. Most current threats is directed to devices with Symbian operating system with a tendency to disappear. Of the various operating systems in vogue, we anticipate that the number of threats to Android increase considerably over the years, becoming a prime target for the creators of such threats.

7. Tablets? The domain iPad this field will be challenged by new competitors. However, apart from possible attacks trial, we do not believe that the tablet PC's will gain the attention of cyber-criminal community in 2011.

8. Mac The Mac malware exists and will persist. And as the market share of these systems continue to grow, the volume of threats developed for them will increase. The biggest concern relates to the number of security flaws affecting Apple's operating systems, so hopefully that will be corrected quickly, as hackers are aware of the possibilities they offer to distribute malware vulnerabilities.

9. HTML5. May prove to be a substitute for Flash, HTML 5 is the perfect target for many criminals. The fact that it can be executed by Web browsers without any plug-ins makes it even more attractive, for there may be potential security holes being exploited to attack users regardless of browser they use. Certainly we will witness the first attacks in the coming months.

10. Threats and dynamic encryption. This is something we have seen emerge over the past two years, and we anticipate continuing to increase in 2011. The development of financially motivated malware, the use of social engineering or the existence of silent threats created to act without the victim realizing it, are not new. However, in our anti-malware laboratory received specimens from increasingly stealthy and encrypted malware, designed to connect to a server to update before security firms detect these. There are more threats targeted to specific users, in particular companies, since the stolen information on a business activity will achieve higher prices on the black market.

The promotional video to Chrome and the CR-48 laptop, Google, hid a mathematical formula. Who was the first to solve it received a computer.

The video was successful on the Web it, one responsible for the usability of the operating system Chrome shows how after the computer is completely destroyed it possible to access all data, because Chrome runs Web-based, so everything is there saved. However, the interesting detail in this video is that Google entered here what is generally referred to as "Easter Egg". Basically, a content which when found and deciphered allows access to other information.

The "Easter Egg" this video was a mathematical formula (pause to 2m25s). Who was paying attention was, according to Engadget, such as Sylvain Zimmer joined a group of friends to solve the equation. It took one day to do so. In the end, obtained a series of numbers that turned into letters.

These formed the phrase: "Speed and Destroy." Goo.gl written ahead of these letters and were presented with a message that welcomed for being the first to break the puzzle certified MENSA. Therefore, they would receive a laptop CR-48.

What do you think? Imagine that Google could do something like this? By the way, could solve the formula?

Two studies have just initiated the alert: 70% of trees in a small Dutch town are sick; exposure to electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi may be responsible for the disease.

The first warning sign came from a small town by the name of Alphen aan den Rijn, which have recorded an increase in the number of sick trees.

The investigation was triggered by Niek van 't Wout, in charge of maintaining open spaces of the city that surprised by the fact that most of the 36,000 city trees and bulbs make lumps that are usually related diseases.

In a first review in 2007, local services have concluded that 10% of the trees suffered from this ailment. In 2010, it would be 30% of sick trees.

This number also adds another intriguing: 70% of the trees in Alphen aan den Rijn have some kind of "abnormal" or disabled.

The people behind the green spaces of the city did not want to waste more time and has launched a challenge to scientists for studying and understanding a possible link between the diseases of trees and a hypothetical adverse effect of Wi-Fi used in the surrounding homes, The Wall Street Journal.

In parallel, another Dutch city, a researcher from Wageningen University carried out an experiment which concluded at the outset, the Wi-Fi can damage the leaves.

The test required the placement of 25 small trees (ash was the species chosen) into two compartments. In an enclosure the trees had a "company" of six Wi-Fi routers similar to those now used by millions of people at home or workplace.

Andre van Lammeren, author of the study confirmed, three months into the experiment, the trees closest to the routers had the damaged leaves.

Despite this finding, van Lammeren remember that we must continue with their studies before reaching definitive conclusions about the hypothetical negative effect that the Wi-Fi can have on tree growth. What has not stopped newspapers, TV channels and blogs from within and outside the Netherlands cast the alert that triggered a new debate about the impact of wireless networks to the surrounding flora and fauna.

That between the software giant for PC and the most popular social network (and powerful) of the planet, there has long been a close and not limited to the fact that Microsoft is an important action of Facebook is known. 

The partnership has been strengthened gradually over time, since the end of 2007 was made public by investing $ 240 million company in Redmond that California, and close collaboration are born to such services as Docs.com, 

Word processor that allows users of social networks to create and share their contacts with Office documents and synergies related to the search engine Bing, who for some months in the results presented to the user also incorporates the preferences expressed by the network of friendships developed on the social site of Mark Zuckemberg . 

To what Microsoft has been close to buy Facebook, however, has never known anything. Until yesterday. According to what reported by TechCrunch, in fact, Fritz Lanman, senior director and head of strategy and acquisitions of Redmond, has revealed some details (during an event held in Paris) concerning the failure climbing the social network today more than 500 million users worldwide. 

According to the admissions manager Steve Ballmer began three years ago on the plate 15 billion dollars, but Zuckerberg dropped the offer citing the desire to not want to lose control of his creation. In 2007, moreover, was not the only Microsoft to court on Facebook but also the other two major American Internet company, ie, Yahoo and Google. 

The first ended up becoming an ally of search services in Redmond after endless tug-of feared multibillion-dollar acquisition (never realized) that led to the resignation of CEO Jerry Yang Sunnyvale. The second is, of course, now the biggest rival to beat. 

Facebook has instead remained independent and arrived today and where we know Microsoft has had the credit anyway (even though Ballmer did not take well to rejection Zuckerberg) and keep your feet in a society that has become the symbol of the era of Web 2.0 . 

What would happen if the operation had instead gone to the port? Maybe Facebook is not a giant network which instead is and probably will in the future. Or perhaps Microsoft would have more strings to its bow to block us continue to grow as it did. A doubt that (maybe) will upset the night of Steve Ballmer. 

To which would naturally be able to put forward a question: Who is the next objective of prey CEO of Redmond? Maybe that Netflix seems that Microsoft could declare war, rumors reported by Reuters back in late November, launching a pay TV service to offer users of its Xbox Live service?

Against all the most pessimistic predictions, the proposed law of BE and PCP received the necessary votes for the parliamentary groups of PS and PSD. 

Despite the favorable votes, Miguel Laranjeiro, Deputy PS, and Pedro Duarte, a member of the PSD, in the respective interventions considered that the proposed laws to provide confusing open standards with the use of free software. 

Block PCP and admitted to receive input from other parliamentary groups in the specialty during the debate that follows in the near future.

Although they relate to the same theme, the two bills were referred to various committees for the respective discussions in the specialty. 

The authors believe that the proposals soon, the two bills will be debated on the same committee, and may form the basis of a single text. 

The bills seek to require all state agencies to use software with open standards that facilitate interoperability. With this solution, the citizens do not have to download different applications to access documents that the Administration makes available on the Web. 

The authors of the law believe that the final text of the new law can be completed - and voted - in a month. 

In the same parliamentary session, the CDS-PP presented a resolution for the same purposes of the proposed laws on PCP and BE. The resolution would be sinker. In the opinion of the parliamentary group of the CDS-PP, should be the government to create laws that promote the application of open standards in software used by government.