Facebook Could Make People More Isolated

Facebook helps you collect hundreds of friends instantly, but people with low self-esteem that will restrict their comments on Facebook than to lose a friend. Thus dilaporankan of a study.

Although the aims of social media to share what he was feeling and can make friends, but investigators found that there are some people who would rather make a bad opinion of himself. They prefer to post negative messages that do not like my friends in cyberspace, and ultimately distance themselves with another friend.

In one study, psychologists from Canada, Amanda Forest and Joanne Wood asked a group of students about what they think about Facebook, social networks that already have 800 million members worldwide.

Psychologists found that students who have low self confidence to believe that social networking is a safer place to make friends, because they reduce the risk of an awkward situation.

Psychologists from the University of Waterloo is then interviewed the students about what they usually write on your Facebook profile. Psychologists ask if they write something positive or negative.

Finally, researchers found that people who write something more positive than those who preferred to write something negative.

For example, if someone who posted that he was very lucky to have friends and can not wait for extraordinary day tomorrow, will be favored over those who complained of loss of mobile phones.

Forest, chief author of this research report, said that Facebook provides an ideal opportunity for social intercourse and can be something useful for people who are often in an awkward situation in the real world.

"If you talk to someone directly and say something, you probably will get an indication that they do not like, or they are sick of hearing your negative words. On Facebook, you will not see most of these reactions," says Forest.

Forest did not investigate whether the negative comments would lead to a negative response as well, but he suggested that before posting, users ensure that the impact of these postings for members of social networking.

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Steve Jobs Officially Recognized contribution to World Music

Although during the late Steve Jobs is known as a technology leader, but was judged Jobs has given many contributions to the world of music. Monday (2/13/2012), the founder of Apple was awarded the Grammy Trustees Award.

What are the services Jobs in the music industry? The answer is the media iPod music player and online music store iTunes Store.

Steve Jobs is not the person who created the iPod. But Jobs quickly saw an opportunity when Tony Fadell seeking funding for digital music players are small. The result, Apple's iPod has changed the way a person in the enjoyment of music.

When the iPod was first launched, many people think that Apple is no longer focused on the computer. But Jobs said, Apple is a company that is always innovating. "The music we hear is the soundtrack of our lives in this world," said Jobs.

iPod became the biggest-selling media player in the world.

Jobs are also considered to participate against online music piracy. On 28 April 2003, Jobs launched the iTunes Music Store, a place where one can download music files legally.

Before the iTunes Store any, to purchase digital music is very annoying. People prefer to piracy because it's easier, they spontaneously filter out all the tracks in one album. Apple's online music store all the ease comes with a music album and a collection of various labels.

iTunes Store is considered to have saved the music industry. Since 2008, the iTunes Store became the largest online music retailer in the United States.

Because these services, Jobs is considered to have given many important contributions to the world and the music industry. Grammy Award for Jobs received by Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Service Apple, in Los Angeles on Saturday (11/02/2012).

"Music means so much to Steve Jobs. He tells us that music has formed his life," Cue said when accepting the award.

Cue at the end of the show also said that Jobs really liked the works of Bob Dylan and The Beatles. It is they who have made the soundtrack in Jobs life.

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Anonymous Create Site CIA "Offline"

Anonymous hacker group seemed to be fond of making news with the act he was doing. After the hijack e-mail the president of Syria, this time the CIA was harassed.

U.S. security agency site, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is inaccessible on Friday (02/10/2012) yesterday. Group of hackers (hackers) Anonymous claims, they who commit such attack.

The hackers who are members of the group Anonymous is signaled their success to the CIA site offline through Twitter account @ YourAnonNews, with the tweet contains: "CIA TANGO DOWN: cia.gov # Anonymous". A few hours after the tweet was posted, the site of the CIA could not be accessed.

This attack could be a follow-up Anonymous closing the case against file sharing websites MegaUpload.

Besides the CIA, Anonymous himself had hijacked the website of the Department of Homeland Security United States and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Beginning this February, Anonymous managed to tap and broadcast a conference call recording secret conversations between the FBI and British law enforcement officials about the investigation of cyber crime.

This is not the first time the CIA created the site offline by hackers. In the middle of last year, the CIA website has also been hijacked by the group Lulz Security.

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Tips Painting Photos with iPhone

Armed with iPhone, anyone can process images into photo shots like "painting". In fact, quality is not inferior to the professional photographer edits.

One of the founders HDRiPhoneographer, Binsar Nasution explained basically any photo from your iPhone camera shots can be directly processed for photo "painting" or quality High Dynamic Range (HDR).

"If you use a regular camera, usually the objects set out in the shooting, but in this HDR, we edit it depends (in terms of HDR is known as a pinch)," said Binsar at the Botanical Photo walk in Bogor, West Java, on Sunday (12/2 / 2012).

To edit the photos from the iPhone camera shots, iPhone owners can download the HDR applications in the App Store. Main applications used are Photoshop Express (PSE) and iCamera HDR.

PSE is more used to increase the exposure (from dark to light or vice versa) and to eliminate noise. But, says Binsar, some iPhone users or fans of HDR is actually more pleased with the presence of noise.

While the application of HDR iCamera more used to generate the HDR-quality photos. Other applications that can be used is PhotoFX and Snapseed. Both of these applications are equally used for additional filtering of color.

"PSE and iCamera HDR is a major application, others are just a complement," he added.

However, Binsar admitted no fixed rule in the process images into pictures HDR shots like "painting" is. The essence of HDR images is adding or subtracting light (light) and shadow (shadow) on the photo.

To be able to get a good HDR photo, Binsar said all depends on the poke iPhone owners.

It will also be adjusted to taste the art of iPhone owners. If the owner of the iPhone's understanding of art, only in a few minutes, the image is "painting" it would be.

HDRiPhoneographer even have a HDR image processing challenges in just 360 seconds, or about six minutes. And it worked.

"In my opinion, a good HDR image is a photo with a more dramatic contrast. So it's like pure painting, not like a computer edits," he said.

Any type of iPhone

To be able to edit photos as "paintings", users can use the iPhone from all the series both the iPhone 3G, iPhone or iPhone 4 iPhone 4S and previous series.

The difference is the long editing in each type of device. The longer the series of iPhone used, the storage process and the process of rendering photo edits are also getting longer. And vice versa.

"It depends on the type of processor used in each of the iPhone. The bigger the processor, the rendering is also growing rapidly," said Binsar.

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Toshiba Recommend a New Television Series 5 Power

Toshiba REGZA LCD televisions introduced 5 that carries the nickname of their latest "Power". Television is a third generation of the REGZA TV Power Power Booster 20 (PB20) and the Power Saver 20 (PS20).

PS20 Power REGZA TV and PB20 using the Auto Clean feature that is claimed to make the picture more clear. In addition, television is also pinned Auto Signal Booster technology that could signal more robust reception.

"So you could say the picture quality is free 'ant'," said Robert Dwijaya, Industrial Designer Toshiba R & D Department Indonesia, at La Piazza Mall, Coconut Ivory Jakarta, Thursday (02/09/2012).

So far, said Robert, people always complain about a TV that only has a standard internal booster. So even using an antenna height of the image remains less clear and less sharp.

Above reason, Toshiba introduced a television with a more powerful booster.

New Design

In addition to these two technologies, Toshiba is also implementing a new design.

The design called Dots has a function to reduce the effects of scratches. This design is specifically embedded in PB20 series.

While the PS20 has been immersed Narrow Bezel design is minimalist and sleek is 17 mm.

"Design is about 60 percent slimmer than the frame (bezel) of conventional television," he added.

The series is said to have been supporting the USB connection and an external hard disk. Users can view 28 types of video formats.

Previously, only supported USB connectivity only and can only accept 27 types of video formats.

Variants and the price offered for the PB20 is: 32 inches (USD 2.6 million), 40 inches (USD 5.4 million) and 46 inches (USD 8.5 million). While the PS20: 32 inches (USD 3.35 million) and 40 inches (USD 6.6 million).

Power TV superior

Throughout 2011, dominated the TV series Power REGZA Toshiba TV sales. REGZA rose from fourth to second place in Indonesia.

In addition about products, Fransisca Maya, Senior Marketing Manager of Toshiba Visual Media Network Indonesia, said the TV Power key success factors is the distribution, promotion and price.

Early 2011, based on a survey of GFK, Toshiba's market share is 12 percent. But at the end of 2011, its market share rose to 24.7 percent. Toshiba is targeting, in 2012 to 32 percent.

Fransisca said sales of LCD and LED TVs Toshiba reach about 200-300 thousand units per month. Or, approximately 2.5 million units per year.

"Private consumption is still an LCD television. But we also have introduced LED televisions at affordable prices," said Maya.

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Jason Mraz User Challenge Instagram

Singer songwriter Jason Mraz, challenging Instagram users to translate his new song, I Will not Give Up, into an image. Anyone who went in the contest, could be a picture of it with the hashtag # IWONTGIVEUP.

"I am grateful to all those who have been listening to I Will not Give Up. And I would love to see how the song was translated into a visual interpretation that is so rich," Mraz said to the tech site Mashable.

Singer song I'm Yours is one of the user editing and sharing application Instagram photo, which has as many as 173 594 people follower.

According to Mraz, photo submission deadline will be closed on 20 February 2012. And until now, has more than 3,000 photos submitted by our users Instagram. In fact, the young actress Selena Gomez also join the competition.

Mraz will select the photos that come in, then chose 25 winners. Which emerged as the winner will be invited to meet Mraz in a private ceremony in New York, United States.

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Mark Zuckerberg Just Ask Salaries by Steve Jobs

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, it really admire Steve Jobs. One proof, Zuckerberg willingly paid only one dollar per year starting next January 1, 2013, the same as that obtained by Jobs.

According to the prospectus documents (S-1) is filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Capital Market Supervisory Agency), Zuckerberg's volunteered for a salary worth it.

In fact, in 2011 and then, one of the richest young man has a base salary of 500,000 U.S. dollars. In fact, he also received a bonus of 220 500 U.S. dollars in the first half of 2011.

Not only that, the documents also leaked that Zuckerberg received other compensation amounting to 789 529 U.S. dollars, including 692 679 U.S. dollars for the use and rental fees associated with private aircraft security program for family and friends over the past year.

Although only paid a dollar, students drop out of Harvard University dropout is going to receive other income, including from Zuckerberg on Facebook share ownership of 28.4 percent, or about 533.8 million shares.

In addition to Zuckerberg owned by 28.4 percent stake in Facebook also has been owned by President Jim Breyer Accel Management Company of 11.4 percent, Dustin Moskovitz (co-founder of Facebook) about 7.6 percent, the Internet investment firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST ) of 5.4 percent, and one of the early Facebook investor Peter Thiel, of 2.5 percent.

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Cloud Technology, What Helps?

Ever imagined a day when you accidentally format a USB full reason, but in it there is a report for the boss? It rarely happens, but this could happen in that time we did not expect.

Such events would not be a concern now because aided by Public Cloud-based applications from Google is Google Docs.

With these applications you can access the data online or save them into a computer so that when your computer is damaged or lost data that we need only move to another computer that is connected to the internet and we are ready to return to work.

In addition to the benefits of mobile where we can use the application on any computer connected to the Internet, Cloud-based applications both Public and Private can relieve a lot of IT support office tasks as did our job easier.

Perhaps you've had instances where the office desktop applications are being upgraded, and then one by one office computer update which of course takes time. With the Cloud-based applications you will no longer find anything like it. Updates Cloud-based applications made on a central server, therefore we will be able to save much time.

The interesting thing owned of Cloud-based applications processing is performed on a central server, so the user does not need powerful computers to use the application.

Computer specifications are usually needed only a computer with browser support and enough computer output in 2005 to the above, we can use Cloud apps.

If you are a business owner, this course can be a lot of benefits, which can be minimized in addition to the budget you can also allocate power to the corporate IT enterprise application development.

Service Options Cloud

So far, there are many free applications based Public Cloud that we can use in addition to Google Docs is one Pixlr.com image processing applications.

Image processing software is unique because in addition to Public Cloud-based, Pixlr.com have almost the same with the use of image processing applications is that we commonly use Adobe Photoshop, so if you are already familiar with Adobe Photoshop then we no longer need to learn its use.

In addition there are also Pixlr.com another unique application called Animoto.com but this time it works for video processing. The site has a lot to get this recommendation has a very special feature that although we are not proficient in video editing, but with the features of the resulting video Animoto.com would like a professional.

Cloud applications are not inferior to foreign IT companies Indonesia has some of the existing issued a Cloud-based applications either Private or Public.

For the Public Cloud-based applications, Indonesia has ngaturduit.com which has the function as a personal financial management applications, with the launch of a new version of Android ngaturduit.com launched a few months ago we could enter personal financial data through your favorite Android mobile phone.

For Cloud-based accounting system that we have Jasfilin.com, with Cloud-based applications from the company's accounting data jasfilin.com can be easily accessed to check the realtime reports anytime and anywhere.

In addition to the application of Public Cloud Indonesia also has a W-ERP Private Cloud-based ERP system that is intended for companies who want the entire system integration company.

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Less Cash Society, Living Without Cash

Just imagine, how nice if we could travel anywhere without the need to carry cash. Even without the need to carry a wallet. Simply bring your phone, we can do anything in any transaction. The good news, lifestyle, or often called a cash less society, is predicted to be booming next year.

Less cash society evolved thanks to the e-money. Bank of International Settlement (BIS) defines e-money as a product of 'stored value' or prepaid wherein a value of money (monetary value) stored electronically in an electronic equipment owned by someone.

In contrast to credit cards, debit and other payment cards, e-money transactions do not require the authorization process and is not associated with a bank account, because its value has been stored in the means to pay it.

E-money is generally used for small value transactions. There are two types of e-money is in the form of cards, which are usually issued by a bank, and the electronic form which are usually issued by a mobile operator.

Actually, e-money has been in Indonesia since 2007, but growth is relatively slow. Slowness was due to interoperability problems.

"Unfortunately there is interoperability, meaning that e-money can only be used for working with the merchant bank concerned," said one official BI, Aribowo.

Special e-money issued by the mobile operator, is also not convenient to use and relatively low reliability, because it uses SMS. Another obstacle is the recipient of merchants spread of e-money is also limited. As a relatively new product, e-money is also not known by the people.

But this year's predicted these obstacles will disappear. BI has committed to complete interoperability, so that one card can be used for all services provided by all operators.

NFC and the Future of e-Money

Mobile operators also began to breathe easier, because the use of e-money will be easier with the presence of NFC technology (Near Field Communication). Earlier this year HTC, Nokia and Samsung has been selling some type smartphone with NFC features, among them the Nexus and Nokia Lumia 900.

With NFC technology, e-money transactions can be done simply by putting a smartphone in the NFC Reader owned merchant. Increasing number of e-money managers are also likely encourage the acceleration of the merchant and public understanding.

In the year of launch the number of users of new e-money 165 193 with an average daily transactions of Rp 19.15 million and the volume of two thousand. In the September 2011 e-money users has reached 11.7 million with an average value of daily transaction volume of USD 2.5 billion and 102 thousand.

According Sharing Vision, e-money users in 2012 will reach 18 million in transactions of Rp 1.2 trillion. Of this amount was estimated at 20 percent of users will be actively trading, much of the previous year only 10 percent of active users.

In Europe, e-money has been growing since the 2000s. At first the number of transactions is only about 50 million with contributions ranging from 0.35 percent of all existing transactions. But then grew beyond the ordinary to about 380 million in 2006 with contributions reaching 1.23 percent of total transactions. Some countries are experiencing significant growth in e-money are Belgium, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.

E-money service that has enjoyed the people of Indonesia are: Jak Card (Bank DKI Jakarta), Flazz (BCA), Gaz card Indomaret Card and E-Toll Card (Bank Mandiri), Studio Pass Card and Smart Card (Bank Mega), Jazz Java Card and my card (BNI), and BRIZZI (BRI).

While the e-money products issued by mobile operators are: T-cash (Telkomsel), Pomegranate and FlexiCash (Telkom), purse (Indosat), Cash XL (XL Axiata), and Skye Card (PT. Skye Sat Indonesia).

In many developed countries has widened the e-money needs of the community, although not as popular as credit and debit cards. Some e-money services that have been known to include: Visa Cash (Visa), MONDEX (MasterCard), Ukash (UK), eCash (Australia), SuperCash (Japan), Zoompass (Canada), Octopus Card (Hong Kong), MicroCash ( Thailand), M-Pesa (Kenya), Globe (Filipinos), Mobile Money (Malaysia) and CashCard (Singapore).

E-Money Banking vs. Operator

E-money issue for the banking system generally serves a specific transaction. Such as e-toll transactions only serves to toll booth, Studio Pass Card only works for Trans Studio entrance. However, the publishers generally seeks to develop the ability cards for a variety of other transactions.

While the issue of e-money mobile operators generally have more features. Pomegranate Telkom issue may be used to pay all your monthly bills such as home phone Telkom Group, Speedy, Flexi, Telkom Vision and Halo Card.

Pomegranate may also be used to buy credits Flexi, Sympathy, U.S. and other online games that work with Speedy. Pomegranate even been equipped with remittance features, namely the ability to transfer money to other people regardless of location with just a phone.

If users want to withdraw cash Pomegranate, Plasa Telkom could come to the nearest shops bearing the Pomegranate. Telkomsel T-cash issue could even be used for spending or cash withdrawal at all outlets Indomaret.

Global internet giant, Google has also issued e-money with the Google brand Wallet (GW). GW was launched in May 2011 and then in New York. This product is the result of cooperation of the leaders of each industry.

Ie Google as king of the internet, Citibank as the king of the banking, MasterCard credit cards as a king, as king of the First Data transaction security payments, and Sprint Nextel as one of the leading mobile operator in the United States. Collaboration of the five giants of this world would be strong evidence that e-money will become the trend of the world with tremendous business prospects.

GW can be used for online payment transactions on the internet or offline transactions in stores bearing the GW, simply by attaching a mobile Google Reader on the NFC. GW has three bags of money, namely Citibank, MasterCard and Google Prepaid Card. Thus, all customers of Citibank, MasterCard or Google Prepaid Card can be e-money transactions with GW worldwide.

Convenience offered by Google Wallet will likely soon spread to the entire world. While the issue of domestic e-money will also be favored when the interoperability of existing operator 11 can be completed this year.

Increasing number of smartphone with NFC features in this year also helped accelerate the penetration of e-money. The three main things that will encourage the expansion of merchant and public understanding. Thus the prediction of cash less society in 2013 is very rational.

If you are a trend setter or a netizen, do not forget to try the e-money as soon as possible, before the train left the next year.

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Professor of Italian Try Google Challenging

Rome, Italy - Not many people know, there is a computer science professor who inspired the birth of Google. Now, the professor hopes to compete with the search engine giant.

Massimo Marchiori, the Italian professor named Volunia launch site. The site allows users to view a particular website components to find the subject of interest more quickly and interact with other users who have registered, the possibility of looking for the same web page.

"Web is a great place to live. There is information, as well as the people in it. Social dimension has been there," said Marchiori as reported by AFP on Tuesday (07/02/2012).

The man who in 1990 discovered an algorithm for the ranking service internet page named HyperSearch is sure, the functions available on Volunia would be normally found on search engines including Google and Yahoo.

Volunia whose copyright is listed in the United States, currently only available on a limited basis. Marchiori plans to expand its availability in 12 languages ​​including English, Arabic, Japanese and Russian in the next few months.

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He is the Most Powerful Cell Phone on the Temperature of Frozen

Finland - Will cell phones sold in the market can survive in very cold conditions? A main question underlying this test 18 popular brands of mobile phones to measure resilience in extreme temperatures.

MikroPC media trial conducted in Finland, one of the countries in Europe that are experiencing extreme cold weather nan. A total of 15 best selling phones that Nokia is included in the enclosure. There are also three more models for a comparison, so a total of 18 phones.

Endurance test conducted in a laboratory that can be regulated temperature. Initial temperature of 0 degrees Celsius 9 degrees gradually lowered to a temperature at which all the phones stopped working. How did it go?

Apple iPhone 4S turned out to be the first one fails. At a temperature of -5 degrees, 4S iPhone and Nokia N9 are equally disturbed. At a temperature of -10 degrees, iPhone 4S totally dead. While N9 can withstand temperatures up to -19 degrees.

Quoted from PCWorld, Tuesday (07/02/2012), the majority of smartphone can not survive in temperatures of -15 to -20 degrees Celsius. While the phone is more durable feature where there are surviving in temperatures -25 degrees.

Samsung Galaxy S II turned out to be quite strong and the most enduring smartphone. The new Android handset is off when the temperature was lowered to -35 degrees Celsius. Galaxy S II commensurate with Samsung Xcover and Nokia C2-02.

Then the phones which are a champion? Apparently champion is cheap handset Nokia C1-01 and Nokia E65. Both are still able to function until the temperature showed a -40 degrees Celsius, the coldest temperature in Finland.

Several factors cause why the handset so that one can better survive in cold temperatures than others. For example, a handset with an AMOLED display is said to be cold resistant than LCD.

Here's a list of tested phones and how they survive until the temperature. The left side shows when the phone began to show symptoms of damage at a given temperature and the right display when the phone is turned off:

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8 The figure of talent in the World of Technology

Technological world enlivened by the presence of the following figures. With talent and his skill, their names can not be separated from the success of famous brands such as Google, Apple and Facebook. Anyone?

These eight talented figure in the technology world version TechRadar, Tuesday (02/07/2012):

A. Tim Cook, Apple
According to Forbes, Apple's CEO does not have a similar vision with the late Steve Jobs, but it was able to change the state of manufacturing, distribution and supply Apple to better conditions. Before being appointed chief executive officer, Cook used to occupy the position as Chief Operating Officer of Apple.

2. Jeff Bezos, Amazon
Many see that the founder of Amazon have in common with Steve Jobs, especially in the 'predict' the future. Bezos also able to make its products dominate the market before anyone noticed. Amazon is known to dominate book sales, online retail and ebook. Do not forget also the success that could exceed the Kindle Fire Android tablet sales in some areas.

3. Jonathan Ive, Apple
He is a person behind the design of Apple products is captivating. Already proven his skills since the 1990s with the birth of the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, MackBook Pro to the MacBook Air. Ive been called the Daily Mail as 'design genius'.

4. Marissa Mayer, Google
The youngest among the ranks of the executive operating committee Google. Plus, he also became the youngest on the list of Most Powerful Women Fortune magazine. Mayer is famous for the brilliant idea. He share in the management and design for many Google products.

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5. Joichi Ito-MIT
In addition to being one of the directors of Mozilla, Ito also became chairman of Creative Commons and the leadership of MIT Media Lab.

6. Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo
Dedengkot in the gaming world, he even mentioned as a god in the video game industry. He was behind the popular names such as Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin and Nintendogs.

7. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook, but Sheryl Sandberg, who runs the business, including sales, marketing, human resources, and others.

8. Sundar Pichai, Google
Reportedly, Google pays Pinchai tens of millions of dollars that he survived on Google rather than move to Twitter. The result? Chrome reap success and be able to undermine the Firefox market share in just three years.

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