Educational Software News: December 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Software old | Windows Sounds – Download blog.it (Blog)

If you go back to our memories we rely more often as stored in our brain through the view, hearing is definitely a sense not to be overlooked when talking about memories of the past. Especially if it comes to Windows , the operating system with thirty years of history on their shoulders.

The history of the software Microsoft weblog was traced in time through many ways, including the such as hanging out on YouTube you can also find the one linked to the startup sounds and closing of the various versions of the most successful: Windows 3.1, dated 1992 up to Windows 8-day, going for issues not definitive as Longhorn.

The video made by the guys at Presco Productions puts it together over twenty years of history of Windows, for a total duration of 10 minutes all to devote to nostalgia for the old days of the operating system of the Redmond company, about to reach its version number in the next 10 days.

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Xbox One: the new SDK would create homebrew software – Eurogamer

According to a leak from the group H4LT spread through Twitter, the new SDK Xbox One released on December 12 would allow you to create applications and mod homebrew for the console.

According to the claims by the hackers, developers interested in developing software ‘homemade’ but should first register with Microsoft for approval. The group also claimed to have released the leak “in the name of creativity and research”.

As reported by Polygon, more details can be found on the group’s Twitter profile H4LT.

Emerging network the leak of the Software Development Kit for Xbox One – Multiplayer.it

The group H4LT said to be in possession of the Software Development Kit for Xbox One, showing different images on their Twitter account and sharing several links to download the tool. The intent is to share the material to accelerate progress and create a community for the creation of homebrew applications.

It is not known whether there are links between the leak and the recent hacker attacks on Xbox Live.

Source: The Tech Game

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Betrayals, software “anti-horns”: pay 70 euro and supervise your wife – Blitz newspaper

Posted December 30 2014 14:27 | Last updated: December 30, 2014 15:34

ROME – If you suspect that your / or wife / husband is cheating on you, today is enough scarce 70 € to satisfy your cravings morbidity. Just buy one of the surveillance software that can be found on the net at bargain prices. A nova fashion, “cheap and easy”, as one of the ads, which made the hairs stand up to the associations in defense of women victims of domestic violence.

Until a few years ago to hire a private investigator still had a prohibitive cost, in the order of several hundred Euros, useful at least to keep out a good chunk of would stalker, now the madness is ready-to-wear. Indeed, net à-porter. Allowing anyone to listen to telephone conversations, read text messages, know the movements, their unsuspecting partner.

The most worrying is dall’Inghiterra: here the phenomenon has assumed “epidemic proportions”. Carlo Antonio Biscuit, the Daily Done of Sunday, December 28, cites the numbers of a survey conducted by Women’s Aid:

“In the UK, 41% of victims of domestic violence had been spied with electronic devices. The percentage was also confirmed by Digital Trust, an organization that helps women who have been stalked online. Also in this case more than 50% of the victims had been under electronic surveillance by molesters. To put under surveillance the subject, it is necessary to place the “bug” or make sure that the device is attached to the spy-phone or computer to check.

In the case of separated parents molesters often use children, or give, maybe at Christmas, phones, computers and other electronic devices with the device-spy already entered. [...]

“It is a phenomenon that is growing exponentially and unfortunately the police has neither the means nor the expertise to understand the consequences of such behavior,” says Polly Neate, head of Women’s Aid . The result is that these behaviors are rarely prosecuted.

The software is also used to exert psychological pressure and strike partner in the terrifying feeling of not having secrets, not to have more privacy, and that it could not subtract control. Not infrequently when a relationship is in crisis, the abuser uses the software to send from your wife’s dozens of embarrassing emails to his friends or to the employer with the risk of causing irreparable damage to the victim in social life and professional.

Of course, this technology is also used by companies to monitor employees suspected of poor professional commitment and parents to learn about the movement of the children who do not like to give too much explanation, but the more widespread use has to do with adultery, especially with the female. “

Monday, December 29, 2014

From Software is interested in virtual reality – Eurogamer

The director of Dark Souls II Yui Tanimura has made some statements about the ideas put to scrutiny by From Software for the future.

As reported by IGN, Tanimura began proceedings defined excited about the new opportunities related to the latest console from Microsoft and Sony, and said that thanks to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be able to bring the series of Dark Souls to a new extreme.

The director has also released a ‘interesting statement about a possible implementation of virtual reality in the action-RPG “is not something that we are looking in detail, or at least, not right now, but they are unanimous on the fact that the world of Dark Souls II has some element visceral with virtual reality, “said Tanimura. “It is a kind of realistic side, so I think that this experience can be perfect for Dark Souls.”

With regard to the future of the series, Tanimura said that “there are more chances to see new enemies can take advantage of the hardware of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. “

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin – the announcement trailer

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Your partner betrays you? It takes 70 Euros to find out: the software … – LiberoQuotidiano.it

Just a 70 euro per month to know If your partner betrays you. The hunt unfaithful lover Today, no longer passes through the investigative agencies, but simply a surveillance software can monitor the phone or the computer of the wife, girlfriend, buddy or you name it. One case, the purchase of such devices, which reached staggering proportions in Britain. This is spy program with which to listen to the conversations of the victims, read their messages and record their every displacement. One such software you can also buy online, and as told The Daily self-advertises so: “Do you think your wife or your girlfriend has another? You can find out in a moment with our device-spy efficient, easy to use and cheap. “

Stalking and work – The phenomenon, however, also takes on a shade far more terrible, that of stalking. The Digital Trust, an organization that helps women harassed by stalkers, explained that about 50% of the victims were subjected to electronic surveillance enabled by the stalker. In addition, Women’s Aid stressed that with this type of technology were controlled the 41% of women victims of domestic violence. Yes, because these devices also offer the ability to take control of the phone or e- Email of spying, which are then exploited for future messages defamatory or compromising photos to friends, to the employer or perhaps lover. Finally, just a personal remarks relating to the workplace: the technology-spy is often used by companies to monitor employees suspected of lack of commitment.

Nippon Ichi Software working on two games PS4 still not … – Spaziogames.it

Souhei Niikawa , President of Nippon Ichi Software , has said in the course of the day yesterday that the Japanese software house is currently working on the securities not yet announced for PS4 , and that will add to the already known Disgaea 5 , which will be exclusive.

The president wanted to emphasize that the software company has now decided to focus on the home console in full force, and that video games currently in the works and unrevealed are two.
In addition, it was pointed out that none of them will be cross-gen.

We look forward to be able to report more information.

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The software of only 70 Euros that allows you to spy on or partner – Blasting News

In UK is already a success, perhaps because there is the home of the investigators and intelligence agents. Think of Sherlock Holmes or James Bond . Moreover costs only seventy euro and allows you to control your computer or smartphone’s or partner to unmask any betrayals. And some software can also be purchased conveniently online. But their use is also taking on enormous proportions and dangerous. A report the news The daily show and Free .

The dangers of this technology

Through these spies virtual you can read the email, text messages, listen to conversations. All without inconveniencing, spending money, investigative agencies. But only buying these software that you buy also, as mentioned, at low costs. However, the technology also has its downside and dangerous: Digital Trust , an organization that helps women harassed by stalkers, said in fact that half of the women victims of stalkers was precisely controlled by these electronic systems . Even the data of Women’s Aid are little comforting: four out of ten women are victims of domestic violence or denigration, using photos, emails, compromising to send to friends, colleagues, your boss or the same lover . So as to make the life of / Preference hell. In fact this software also allow you to penetrate the devices bugged, “stealing” content.

Use in the workplace

But these technologies are not only used by jealous people who try to expose any betrayals, but also in the workplace. In fact, several employers use it to spy on their employees suspected of engaging little about their jobs. In short, a kind of Big Brother that light constantly in private, ready to make our lives a living hell. And the worst thing is that, if at least in the Reality are the people to choose to participate in this case it was unintentional and unwitting victims of a persecutor or a persecutor like a mouse it is a cat treacherous.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Apple Watch: hardware and software limitations – PianetaCellulare.it

Written by Gabriele Coronica the 26/12/14

Before long arrive on the Italian market the new Apple Watch , but that hardware limitations and software has the first smart watch the apple? Let’s discover them together in this feature article.

As many of you already know, the much-rumored Apple Watch will be reality in Italy and in the rest of the world by next spring, and some of you will also know that device depends entirely from the iPhone .

But maybe not everyone is aware that the product does not support scrolling, neither the Crown nor Digital via touch. And ‘likely, however, that this feature will be added in the future via a firmware update.

Force Touch is, as he writes the official website of the House of Cupertino, “ the functionality of interaction more important after the invention of Multi Touch. ” Too bad that in the third-party app will only serve to open a context menu.

This is basically the equivalent of the long press of the finger on the display, and for now there is very little revolutionary. But as scrolling, it is possible that the situation will improve with an update.

The heartbeat sensor is a nice gimmick, but its use is limited to applications built from Apple . All third-party applications can not use it.

The built-in microphone is only and only for phone calls and interaction with the voice control system Siri, and the NFC chip (for now) you can exploit only Apple applications, not those of others.

For notifications there is only the vibration, no warning sound. And the dependence on the iPhone is so strong that almost everything we see on the screen of the Apple Watch is processed from the iPhone .

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Technology: an ad hoc software to reduce the time and risk of … – Weather Web

Torre_di _perforazione Reduce time and costs and mitigate risks. With these objectives, the oil companies have undertaken over the years to control all phases of drilling. The production of hydrocarbons located in extreme environments (deep waters, Arctic areas, complex geological structures and sensitive areas) is, in fact, a strong incentive for the oil industry to expand its technology portfolio. A priority, given that the activities are carried out in extreme environmental conditions (depth, high pressures and temperatures, arctic conditions) and particularly sensitive from an environmental perspective (highly populated areas, forest, etc.). Precisely for this reason, Eni has produced software for wellbore stability (stability of the hole), used by engineers drilling right from the desi gn stage, which allows to improve security and reduce the time / cost of drilling through the prediction and mitigation of problems instability of the hole. A key element was the release of a modeling platform stability hole integrated with the central database containing information on the assets of the division. A further benefit of the software is a significant reduction in design time of the wells. The software, released in its full version in December 2011, has been applied industrially in the nine countries where it operates.

Antitrust: accepted commitments to remove constraints in choosing software … – ilVelino / AGV NEWS

The Competition Authority and the market has concluded an investigation into the company Argo Software Srl Axios and Italy Service Srl, accepting their commitments and closing the proceeding no sanctions. Under these obligations, now schools have greater freedom of choice between management systems and between competing applications for the electronic register and communications with families. The intervention of the Antitrust marks a step towards interoperability between different platforms that promotes competition static and dynamic in the markets affected by the digitization between citizens and public administrations, thus encouraging the spread of Internet access by households. In particular, for the export of data in the database of their management software, the two companies have agreed to adopt procedures that render the same data actually used by other operators. Axios Italy Service is also committed to allow the reading of the data contained in the database to competing suppliers (schools authorized by the use of data) that recognize the same possibility. The Competition Authority considered that the commitments submitted by Argo Software and Service Axios Italy, as reported after the clarifications and amendments after market test, were appropriate to remove the anti-competitive, because they determine a net improvement of availability and data accessibility of schools. And, in this sense, have a significant impact on the ability of management software and applications for the electronic register and notices school-family to share the same database, expanding the possibilities of choice of schools.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Betting Exchange Software: Traderline the professional software for … – Europe Football News Football News European Football

Traderline is the first professional software to make trading on Betting Exchange Betfair , available to all Italian bettors from 7 April 2014.
The software Traderline allows you to place the betting bet and bank with just one click mouse of a book upright, without having to use the slow and cumbersome website of the dealer.

The software Traderline has been located in Italy, Betting Exchange Italian who also designed the new layout of operating vertical ladder for scalpers.
Software Traderline has all the features and functionality needed to make trading on quotas, in particular you can send, modify and cancel the order with a click of the mouse, use the dutching, and do green up or cash out directly from Betfair Ladder vertical.

The software Traderline offers a free 30 days to evaluate its functionality and a flexible subscription plan that fits your needs.
Soon the software Traderline will release a version for mobile devices Android and iOS that let you do trading in mobility.

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Blackmail is online: thousands of hostages PC software – Data Manager Online

In recent months the trojan TorrentLocker hit the PC in the world, taking “hostage” the computers of institutions and individuals for ransom in Bitcoin. It is a so-called ransomware, a specific category of malware that sends the request of illicit money to businesses, organizations and individuals. The experts at ESET, one of the world producers of software for digital security have in-depth methodology d ‘ action and the extent of the damage caused so far by the powerful malware

Throughout 2014 and with greater intensity in recent months, trojan TorrentLocker has attacked the PC of organizations, companies and users around the world. The unfortunates were seen then ask for a ransom in Bitcoin.

The virus is a powerful ransomware, a specific category of malware, is not new in the landscape of cyber attacks: in 1989, in fact, the Trojans AIDS demanded 189 $ users to unlock the files affected by each attack, while CryptoLocker, ancestor of TorrentLocker active in 2013, attacked about 250,000 PCs worldwide.

Following a resurgence of activity TorrentLocker , in a particular way in Europe, the research center of ESET has analyzed the mechanism of action and assess the extent of malware.

HOW THE MALWARE

TorrentLocker (Win32 / Filecoder.DI) encrypts documents PCs attached to request the victims of cyber crime to pay a ransom to return to have access to their files through the download of the software decryption.

The malware acts usually as a result of sending an e-mail containing a link to an alleged contract, or a utility bill or invoice to pay. Once opened, the link leads to the download of a compressed folder containing a fake pdf file: in fact, it is an executable program (the fake .pdf extension in the file name is followed by a long line that comes out of the screen and hides an .exe).

The messages are tailored to the country of the victim and the redemption is requested in Bitcoin just to hide the country of origin of the hacker: now even TorrentLocker uses a specific Bitcoin account for every single attack.

NUMBERS TORRENTLOCKER

TorrentLocker was detected for the first time in February 2014 and, in the months to follow, attacked computers of organizations, companies and private in Italy, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand.

Experts ESET have drawn up a ‘in-depth analysis of the scope of the attack computer, here are some data:

– The virus has infected 39,670 systems: 570 victims, namely the’ 1.45 % of the total, paid the ransom to cyber criminals.

– The amount of the sum from the redemptions comes to about 585 000 $ in Bitcoin.

– Until now, they have been encrypted at least 284 716 813 documents.

– According to experts ESET , hackers advocates TorrentLocker could be the authors of the trojan banking HesperBot.

Researchers ESET managed to collect this information by studying the server C & amp; C (command & amp; control) of TorrentLocker and how they generate URLs for the pages of payment. In this way it was possible to go back to the countries targeted by hackers, the number of encrypted files and the ransom demanded for each attack.

The best way to counter such attacks is to be cautious in opening messages from unknown sources and use appropriate information security solutions.

Statements of intent, Revenue Agency: ready software for sending … – ilVelino / AGV NEWS

Getting ready for the online submission of letters of intent with which the regular exporters express their intent to make purchases or imports without applying VAT. Since today is in fact available on the website of the software Declaration of intent for sending electronic. Ready www.agenziaentrate.it of the new online service Checking received declaration of intent, enabling those who receive a letter to control the presentation via web telematic communication. The information presented on the statements of intent will also be found in the drawer of the Tax registrant and recipient. How does the verification service – The verification service allows the recipient to make an electronic check on the actual submission of the letter of intent. To check just and will insert some data in the received data transmission: the software automatically checks the correspondence between the data entered and those of the receipt issued by the Inland Revenue after the presentation of the Declaration of intent. You enter the verification service directly from the home page of the website of the Revenue following the path Online services – – Fiscal services – services without registration – Check received declaration of intent. Letters of intent, from February 12 electronic transmission for all – Under the Decree Simplifications (Legislative Decree no. 175/2014), the electronic submission of letters of intent becomes mandatory from 1 January 2015, however, to adapt the new system, there is time until 11 February. Declarations sent with the old ways before the ’11 February, but with effects even after this date, you must, from February 12, also provide the electronic transmission. The sending of the declaration of intent can be done directly online, from who is eligible to Entratel or Fisconline, or by the third party. The declaration of ‘intent enters the drawer Tax – The registrant and the recipient can also see information relating to letters of intent opening your drawer Tax, in Communications. The data will be loaded starting dall’annualità 2015.

Review Boom 2, the software that brings the Mac to a volume that … – Macity (Blog)

Boom 2 is the application that amplifies the audio on Mac. It really works and without setting any parameters will be possible to increase the volume exponentially, both of which Macbook iMac. And ‘free trial version, but the license starts at just over € 8 for students.

Boom 2 is the second version of this application note audio, compatible perfectly with OS X Yosemite, which allows you to amplify the sound on your machine and make it more harmonious thanks to multiple personalization and integrated equalizer. An essential application for every audiophile, even more so for those who have a Macbook, which often does not allow you to fully enj oy music or film due to a low volume. The difference between the standard audio and audio manipulated with Boom 2, it is appropriate to say, feels.

What is and what is it

Boom 2 is a software easy and quick to use, which allows you to amplify and harmonize the best sound from your Mac. Fully localized in Italian, do not need any technical knowledge to the right set up; despite the professional result and quality, the application performs the entire procedure to improve the audio automatically. It ‘just install Boom 2, start it and wait a few seconds to get a quality sound and a much louder volume than the default. When you first start, in fact, Tiger 2 will identify, first of all, and in automatic mode, the Mac on which it was installed. Subsequently, will still take a few seconds to set certain default parameters, in a fully automatic manner. Since the first launch, the difference in sound will really abysmal. After activating and used Boom 2 will be difficult to do without using it.

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After a few seconds from the first boot, without the user has pressed a key or clicked any options, Boom 2 will be up and running. Immediately evident, even to the ear, a complete change and sudden volume. The sound of music, movies and any other sound source, and also tracks from Spotify, iTunes, Netflix, YouTube and any other site or service, it will literally tripled. This benefit is so obvious that on an iMac is necessary to lower the volume to a low level, while on Macbook notebook as it will finally benefit of a very high audio and pleasant. The amplification, and therefore the considerable increase in volume is certainly the main characteristic of Boom 2, but also has many other benefits.

Monday, December 22, 2014

MOT: against dishonest incoming new software – AlVolante

EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY – Crackdown transport ministry against those coffin on revision compulsory periodic of vehicles: from 2015 , the centers proof vehicles and workshops authorized to perform this service will have to meet the new communication protocol MCTC Net2. It is a procedure which involves the development of test reports with files not alterable: so, Italy aligns with European directives on the transmission of data traceable. Is thus abolished the paper trail of the workshops, whose test reports could be easily changed (when not invented out of whole cloth, without the car even came to the workshop). With the protocol Net2, the software will scan the times at which the tests must be performed: in all inspection centers will be installed camera with License Plate Recognition that takes a picture to the car during the braking test . And the review report generated by the software is protected.

CONTROLS FREQUENTLY – According to Roberto Bottan, president of repairers and Cgia, “the introduction of technology to control reviews of the vehicles will make it impossible for the operators to change a negative outcome. Become so fundamental to control their media from trusted mechanic, keep them efficient and be assured of functionality before taking them in the review. ” The rate of the review, established by the Ministry of Transport, remains of 65.68 euro. Both for cars and for motorcycles, the first test should be made after 4 years after enrollment: then every two years.

The anti-malware software will affect the performance of the machines … – Ict4Executive

Maintain secure infrastructure is important, but the execution of anti-malware software can affect the performance of a virtual environment.

How did the anti-malware software affects performance VM?
The anti-malware software, such as antivirus solutions, with virtual machines have a large critical. The problem is not in the installation but, rather, of absorption of computing resources that these applications require, especially when you run a scan.

This type of task, in fact, it can take a considerable portion of CPU cycles, memory space and almost exclusive access to storage resources.

The impact is not a big problem in a situation of testing and development, or if the underlying system is supporting a single workload. In fact, this is a situation that occurs regularly.

Imagine, instead, the case of a consolidated server that is supporting 10 or 12 workload enterprise in order to maximize the use of resources.

When anti-malware tools are in operation (especially since all are shooting simultaneously), the sudden load on system resources can slow workloads. In perspective, the problem is accentuated when one considers the impact on shared storage, in which a dozen machines are trying to scan a LUN (Logical Unit Number) through the storage network.

As a workaround performance?
There are several options to safeguard a virtualized server, minimizing performance problems generated by the anti-malware software.

First, IT administrators can consider installing an anti-malware software optimized for virtual environments, that is designed to reduce the processing load on the virtual machines. An example is the software Symantec Endpoint Protection, which integrates with VMware vShield Endpoint.

A second possibility is to install anti-malware tools main host rather than in every single guest host. This is a sure way to protect the host, while the network scan can monitor traffic for each virtual machine (VM).

A third option is to install the anti-malware protection in the form of dedicated network appliance, for example, the product line of WatchGuard XTM or family of IronPort S-Series Web Security Cisco, which are designed to provide a gateway to network traffic can scan malicious content before it reaches the servers and virtual machines.

The software in the cloud will be worth 50.8 billion dollars in 2018 – ictBusiness

Salesforce.com, Oracle , Sap, but also those who, like Intuit, offers specialized software for the financial sector: these, according to IDC , some of the names in the next four years will be able to do a roaring trade thanks to the cloud and in particular to Software-as-a-Service . According to the research firm, in 2018 the market for SaaS will be worth 50.8 billion dollars , or over a quarter (27.8%) of the total turnover of the enterprise application, for which is the estimate of 135.9 billion dollars. Starting from 22.6 billion in 2013, the segment SaaS will grow at an annual rate of 16.6%, while the business applications on premise will rise much less, 3.1%.

The shift to cloud will therefore be a general trend, however, crossed by different dynamics and exceptions. “In general where it will request a new software application, the expectation is that those SaaS will be preferred, in particular in the case of applications for customer relationship management and enterprise resource management”, said the ‘ IDC analyst Christine Dover , “However, the majority of enterprise software that is already in use currently or will in the near future will remain on premise, especially for areas such as supply chain, the manufacturing and engineering. “

In detail, the CRM SaaS at the end of 2018 will come to be worth 19.8 billion dollars, growing year-on-year 19.6%, while similar solutions on premise will drop by 3.9%; overall, the market for customer relationship management will increase from 22.8 billion dollars in 2013 to 31.8 billion in 2018 (+ 6.9%). Similar trend will cover applications of ERP , up 17.2% year on year for the SaaS mode (up to 28.8 billion dollars in 2018) and a decrease for the on premise.

More content, on the contrary, will be increases in the Software-as-Service for production management Manufacturing ($ 5.8 billion in 2018, when about an application of this type out of ten will be hosted in the cloud) and for supply chain management (690.9 million dollars in 2018, just over 6% of the total).

According to the calculations of IDC, in 2013 the 35% of the worldwide turnover of Sofware-as-a-Service was in the hands of five vendors, or Salesforce.com with 14.3% market share, ADP (6.4%), Intuit (5.8%), Oracle (4 , 8%) and SAP (4%). The percentage of revenue derived from SaaS, for each company, ranging from 100% of Salesforce.com, to 93.5% of ADP, to 66.1% of Intuit, to 12.4% of Oracle, to 7.3% of Wis.