Paris St Germain have reached
an contract with AC Milan to sign Sweden lead Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Ligue 1
club’s general manager Leonardo held on Tuesday.
PSG announced on the club’s official website that they would be sharing
a news conference on Wednesday when the striker is expected to be offered.
Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi announced previous week that he had
sold Ibrahimovic, crown scorer in Serie A last season, and defender Thiago
Silva to the big-spending French club who were taken over by Qatari investors
last year.
Ibrahimovic, 30, will join Argentine forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, who
signed for PSG earlier this month, as the club from the French capital seeks to
play a main role in Europe.
They finished second in League 1 last term and will now play in
the Champions League.
Previous season, they signed Argentine playmaker Javier Pastore as
well as defender Alex and midfielder Thiago Motta.
Attempts to sign
David Beckham and Carlos Tevez unsuccessful, however, despite the presence of
new coach Carlo Ancelotti.
The patent spat between Apple and
Motorola Mobility is headed back to the US courthouse, with each company
expected to fight its infringement corner on June 20.
Microsoft has scheduled a "major
announcement" event Monday in Los Angeles. Industry watchers say it will
reveal the first Windows 8 tablet made by Microsoft itself.
By msnbc.com staff It's not clear when
the Yammer deal will be completed or announced, the report said. The deal is a
sign that Microsoft may be trying to bolster its popular Office software suite,
according to the Journal.
NEW YORK - Vizio Thursday unveiled a
line of laptops and all-in-one desktop computers, marking the electronics
maker's first push into the personal-computer market with pricing that starts
at $898.
June 15 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia Oyj's
steepest stock drop in more than a decade is turning the mobile-device maker
into a potential takeover target for buyers willing to bet that it still has a
future in smartphones.
Jam-packed 10.1-inch model has more
memory, and a lower price, than Apple's third-generation iPad. By Melissa J.
Perenson, PCWorld Calling a new Android tablet a potential iPad killer is a
cliche.
By Melanie Pinola, PCWorld Jun 14, 2012
2:23 PM Intel announced Thursday that its entry-level Ivy Bridge Core i3
processors will be available after June 24--much earlier than the third-quarter
timing previously expected.
Icann, the International Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers, is quickly earning the nickname "I
can't." The organization that manages the address system on the Internet
was forced to temporarily take offline last night the public roster of 1930 ...
By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Jun 15, 2012
7:16 AM Cloud storage utility Dropbox updated its iPhone app with automatic
uploads of photos and videos from the iPhone's camera roll.
And say hello to a platform that will
make ads more personalized - and perhaps even more fun - than ever. Thanks to
Micosoft. The company appears to be making good on its promise to deliver a
new, interactive kind of advertising medium.
Habbo Hotel is let its members chat
again as it works on ways to help protect members from sexual predators. All
chat on Habbo was stopped following media reports that paedophiles were using
the site to groom youngsters.
Apple is expected to release a 13-inch
next-generation MacBook Pro with Retina display this fall. According to analyst
Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI, who provided the tip to Apple Insider, Apple is looking
to launch the 13-inch Retina MacBook either this ...
LONDON - The lawyer for a British
hacking suspect says she'll fight any moves to extradite him to the United
States. A US federal indictment filed Tuesday alleged that the 20-year-old
hacked into sites for the talent competition “The X-Factor,” ''PBS ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Krishan Agarwal,
president of online luxury watch vendor Melrose.com, told a roomful of
attentive Internet retailers last week how Facebook had helped his company
generate about 25 percent more sales in two years.
A study today released today by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report showed that annual cost savings in states with universal motorcycle
helmet laws were nearly four times greater (per registered ...
New research shows the tablet computer
market is growing faster than expected and Apple Inc.'s iPad is leading the
way, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
PTI Jun 14, 2012, 03.17PM IST LONDON:
For the first time, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher have
successfully replaced a major blood vessel in a 10-year-old girl with a vein
grown in a lab using her own stem cells.
LOS ANGELES (CNNMoney) -- Upending one of the world's most successful
business strategies over the past three decades, Microsoft has developed a Windows
tablet computer of its own design.
The company on Monday unveiled the Surface, a PC tablet that runs a
yet-to-be released version of its Windows operating system called Windows 8.
The device is the first commercial PC that Microsoft has directly designed and
sold.
The tablet features many of the now-standard tablet specs, including a 10.6
inch high-definition touchscreen and front and rear facing cameras, which all
fit into a 9.3 millimeter, 1.5-pound frame.
Social networking giant Facebook has decided to buy an Israeli startup
specialising in facial recognition technology - Face.com.
The firm already provides software that allows Facebook's members to
identify and tag photos of their friends.
Google has declared that it has yet to reach the intense
period of growth with its social networking product Google+ that has been experienced
by competitors such as Facebook and Twitter.
Speaking at the Le Web event in London Google product management vice
president, Bradley Horowitz, said time was still on the company's side.
"Many of the most successful social networks took four years to get to
the hypergrowth stage. I don't think we have got to that hypergrowth stage.
Eleven months in the history of social networking is not a long time."
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined grand touring car, developed by German manufacturer Volkswagen Group, and produced by French marque Bugatti. It was first introduced in 2005.
The Super Sport version of the Veyron is the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph).
The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).
It was named Car of the Decade (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear.
Based on the Bentley Hunaudières concept and built at Bugatti's HQ (Château Saint Jean in Molsheim, Alsace, France), the Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber. Although commissioned by Volkswagen, the Veyron is sold only through the Bugatti manufacturer channels and cannot be found at any Volkswagen dealer.
The car is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company. The 16.4 refers to 16 cylinders and 4 turbochargers.
Specifications
and performance
The Veyron features an 8.0 litre, quad-turbocharged, W16 cylinder engine, equivalent to two narrow-angle V8 engines. Each cylinder has four valves for a total of sixty four, but the narrow staggered V8 configuration allows two overhead camshafts to drive two banks of cylinders so only four camshafts are needed. The engine is fed by four turbochargers and displaces 7,993 cubic centimetres (487.8 cu in), with a square 86 by 86 mm (3.4 by 3.4 in) bore and stroke.
The transmission is a dual-clutch direct-shift gearbox computer-controlled automatic with seven gear ratios, with magnesium paddles behind the steering wheel and a shift time of less than 150 milliseconds, built by Ricardo of England rather than Borg-Warner, who designed the six speed DSG used in the mainstream Volkswagen Group marques. The Veyron can be driven in either semi- or fully automatic mode. A replacement transmission for the Veyron costs just over US$120,000.
It also has
permanent four wheel drive using the Haldex
Traction system. It uses special MichelinPAX run-flat
tyres, designed specifically to accommodate the Veyron's top speed, which
cost US$25,000 per set.
The tyres can
be removed from the rims only in France, a service which costs US$70,000.
The car's
wheelbase is 2,710 mm (106.7 in). Overall length is 4,462 mm
(175.7 in), width 1,998 mm (78.7 in) and height 1,204 mm
(47.4 in). The Bugatti Veyron has a total of ten radiators.
Engine
output
According to Volkswagen Group and certified by TÜV Süddeutschland, the final production Veyron engine produces 1,001 metric horsepower (736 kW; 987 bhp) of motivepower, and generates 1,250 newton metres (922 lbf·ft) of torque.
Microsoft today showed off the new version of Microsoft Office,
which has new social, cloud, and touch features, as well as Skype.
New Interface features
Ribbon UI:Many users rebelled years back when
Microsoft introduced its “Ribbon UI” to the Office Suite, which
reorganized all of the functionality into a fat ribbon of options that
runs along the top of the screen. This UI is returning, but now it is
minimized by default. To expand it, you tap on the ribbon you’d like to
see. You can lock the ribbon in expanded mode if you’d like. Microsoft
claims that this new Ribbon is “Ink” (stylus) and touch friendly.
Presentation mode:In PowerPoint, OutLook, and other apps, the presenter can now see a
simple set of options on his/her computer screen while still displaying a
pure full-screen presentation to others.
Reading mode:The new version of Microsoft Word will automatically resize text and
pages to present a document in the best possible way, no matter what
type of device you’re on. Video is playable directly from this mode as
well.
Quick Actions tab:Some basic functions will now be docked on the right side of the screen, like Delete or Forward, if you’re in Outlook.
Cloud Integration:Office is now extendable with some basic cloud-apps, like “suggested
appointments” or Bing Maps integration. In addition, all documents will,
by default, save to the cloud.
Windows 8 style applications:All Office Apps now look a
lot like the new Windows 8 apps, but OneNote will be a full-screen
Metro-style application (now called “Windows 8 Style”). Other Office
Apps will look a bit like the new style of apps, but will actually be
classic desktop apps. The OneNote app will have a new “Radial menu” that
allows you to select options inside of a circle of choices. For those
of you geeky enough to have played a recent Legend of Zelda game, you’ll
understand this menu style instantly. Hardware manufacturers like Acer
have played around with circular menus as well.
Images:You can search and insert pictures into Word documents. This is an old feature, but appears to be improved.
Social:The new SharePoint looks like a little social network for your workplace. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Skype are now integrated.
Excel gets smart:Perhaps more exciting than the new Metro features is the new Excel,
which appears to finally have gotten a bit smarter. The new version of
Excel can now learn from what you do and separate blocks of pasted
content into separate columns and rows. It’s difficult to describe, but
it appears to more intelligently understand different groups of data
inside a field.
DuckDuckGo, is a
company which has come up with one of the most appealing Google alternatives to
date. It doesn't involve e-mail, maps, real-time results or social networking.
It's just a simple, straightforward search engine that's reminiscent of early
Google, with a no-nonsense privacy policy (it will not store any information
that could tie you to your searches). Best of all, the results are dependably
relevant and devoid of spam.
We are a search engine with:
• Way more instant answers. • Way less spam and clutter. • Lots and lots of goodies. •
Real privacy.
