Publication BGR reports that the vice president of consumer and business services, Samsung, Kim Gavin (Gavin Kim) left the company to join Microsoft as chief executive teams Windows Phone. He will have a direct impact on the development of Windows Phone.

“I shall be responsible for assistance in choosing the future direction of the platform and Windows Phone for acceleration of Microsoft to win the hearts and minds of consumers, mobile operators, manufacturers of smartphones, developers and partners – said Mr. Kim. – In my experience, there is a community of fans already Windows Phone, and they have already purchased vehicles. They are active and have very loud talk about the platform … so my new job will be a reflection of their ideas in our product and marketing partnership with all our partners to create a wider range of supporters Windows Phone ».

In the recently published an interview with The New York Times author of the latest biography of Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs), Mr. Walter Isaacson (Walter Isaacson) said that in the eyes of the former head of Apple the main problem of modern TV sets are “sophisticated means of remote control.” Steve Jobs believed that “no reason” to TV sets were so difficult to use. According to Walter Isaacson, Jobs “beat” these problems.

But television was not the only area to which the conversion of Steve Jobs took a special interest. Biographer notes that an innovator willing to bring change to the sphere of books and photographs. Walter Isaacson said that he decided in his book did not provide details about upcoming products Apple, in particular how they can be linked with those of Steve Jobs in TV, books and photographs. The author notes that considered unfair to the companies to disclose these details publicly.

Entering the market accelerators AMD Radeon HD 7000 will take place quite soon, so it is not surprising that the network begins to leak information about these cards. Recently spread to some of the information and characteristics of mobile versions of these accelerators.

As reported previously, the notebook market series HD 7000M will be represented by five different graphics chips, designed for the needs of a wide range of users, from entry level to the sector of powerful laptops for enthusiasts.

As you know, early next year will launch a commercial program Kinect for Windows: The controller can be officially used in a number of entirely new areas. It turns out, Microsoft is working not only on a set of tools developers Kinect for Windows, but also on a special version of the controller that is optimized for the PC.

Through a series of internal changes to the new version for Windows Kinect will be more suitable to support various areas, which are based PC. All hardware changes will be reflected in the SDK, which will be implemented to support. Redmond giant also notes that the new equipment will provide a number of functions that are already requesting Windows-developers.

Over recent years, researchers have made significant progress in developing a photonic chip – a device that uses beams of light instead of electrons to perform computing tasks. Now scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the approach to the era of optical computers due to new development. They managed to create photonic integrated circuits using standard silicon materials, which form the basis of modern electronics.

In many modern communication systems, data is transmitted by photons that pass through the fiber optic lines. When the signal reaches the destination, it is converted into electronic form and is only then is processed in conventional silicon chips.

According to Qualcomm, and Tablet PCs running the upcoming operating system Windows 8 from Microsoft, will be more like smartphones overall than traditional desktop computers. “The idea of ​​instant power, constant work, constant updates and a permanent connection to the network – this idea is the basis for a smartphone, and we see it increasingly in the computer industry” – said Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs (Paul Jacobs) during a recent meeting with financial analysts in New York.

Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile chips are already on the basis of the mass of the device based on Android and Windows Phone, but Mr. Jacobs is sure that they are also perfect for a new type of notebook that will take advantage of new features in Windows 8, originating in smartphones.

As the resource Eurogamer, in the upcoming firmware for the gaming console Sony PlayStation 3 will support technology Vita Remote Play for all games. However, there are some drawbacks: it is reported that the function will be limited to a display resolution handheld game console PlayStation Portable (480 × 272), and the image will be stretched to 4 times to fill the entire screen Vita.

It is reported that in future games developers will be able to provide support for native resolution of 480p for the PS Vita. It is worth mentioning that the OLED-screen handheld console Sony is able to display a new generation of game in a resolution of 960 × 544 pixels.