Hey, the planet is a program Vesti. net, and back views of our new place of work - not enough of can. Time Machine, naturally. Here, we have even a stairway to heaven is. Well, all right. Referring to the events of the week. And let us - for better contrast - a diversion from the legendary - despite the fact that no one is true, that it exists - Laboratory Google X. It turns out there talking with robots.
Google is preparing to give a disproportionate response epplovskoy Siri. The new voice-recognition system for Android, according to rumors, is on its way. It is, again, according to leaks, planned to release simultaneously with the new guglofonov Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but apparently something went wrong, and the release date was moved.
Voice control system for Android already, it's called Voice Actions. However, the natural human speech, it does not recognize, and respond only to certain key words - like ' Search Google' or ' phone book '. The new system will not only understand any complex sentences, but also be able to respond to human voice.
Especially for this, Google more than a year ago bought the British company Phonetic Arts, which owns the technology of generating speech. All this merged together, Google is codenamed Majel, in honor of the American actress Meydzhel Barrett - Rodenberri - it was her voice, says the computer space in the Star Trek saga.
And, as recognized in Google, this is the episode inspired to work on Majel. In the beta version, which is tested within the company, the program is activated, even, as in Star Trek, the word ' computer ', told with a French accent certainly Captain Piccardi.
However, if you believe the leak of secret Google's ' Laboratory of X', a voice interface Majel - it is just the tip of the iceberg. At Google, it seems, are trying to create something more. Thus, one of the former employees who participated in secret development, stated the following:.
... In Google has long been working on artificial intelligence, and the product of this work was a robot - apparently it is a simple mechanism on wheels. But I had a chance to talk to him - and this is the most amazing that I felt in my life. It passes the Turing test in 93 percent of cases. Most of all it reminds Stephen Hawking - an amazing mind and an almost complete lack of physical capacity '.
Turing Test - a test to determine intelligence. In other words, the test to determine test - a car or a thinking being. Its essence is simple - it is a conversation, and the sides should not see each other. To test this intelligence, and not the ability to recognize spoken words, the test is conducted only in text mode. In this case, we used Internet instant messenger.
Until now, no car in history could not even come close to passing the test. Does Google have created an artificial intelligence, in the company, of course, does not comment. But, as one of the main developers of Android Matias Duarte, Google dream to create an operating system that will be managed by words and gestures - the same again reminded the engineer, as in Star Trek.
According to Duarte, the person must be able to touch the device to talk to him, at the same time without even thinking, whether the speech recognition system. The Voice of sign control, according to developers, should merge and become a natural for the user. It is in this direction, as promised in Google, Android will evolve.
The first steps to the interface of the future will probably have the next version of Android called Jelly Bean. And in this Ice Cream Sandwich already have the technology ' continuous dictation '. As the name implies, the system works as a typist, that is, in any application where necessary, converts the spoken word into text by.
It is obvious that the day when we have to choose the name of your smartphone, so he knew when he was treated. But we must remember that this piece of iron, in fact, are simply digital radios for communication networks with giant corporations. A property of the connection - interrupted.
As demonstrated on Thursday Google. His services were not available about a half hour. They say - the main problem in the fiber-optic lines in Russia. Nothing terrible has happened, most likely, the human factor: someone handles something messed up as it was with ' by Yandex and 4 months ago. But at this time is not what to talk with your smartphone - email can not be obtained.
The cause of failure of Google services in Russia are problems with the fiber optic network - about the company reported in the ' Twitter '. This phrase in Google and limited: in the company's official blog about the crash - not a word. Prior to that, the basic version of a line failure Stockholm - Helsinki. This is partly confirmed Interfax, citing his sources inside the company - according to the agency, failure has occurred due to problems on the main channel of the Swedish provider Telia, which forms the Russian traffic Google.
In short, the official data is small, but the situation is very similar to the failure of ' Yandex ', which gave detailed information about the accident. Then the cause was human error - improperly installed equipment. Services of the Russian search engine went offline in the middle of August for a few hours - a little more than Google - because of problems with the routing in the new Amsterdam data center. However, neither then nor now the mass exodus of users to other search engines are not observed - variations share the main competitors ' Yandex ' and Google, did not go beyond the one percent.
Recall, on the eve of all the services Google - Youtube, email and search - were unavailable for one and a half hours. Disabling it was incomplete - mobile version of the service worked fine. On the recovery of connection, the company reported only at 17:30. That is, Google is the search engine refused to rush hour. Many people seriously believed that they simply have a problem with the internet - so it was hard to believe that the ' fallen ' Google.
In rapidly losing market company Research In Motion, manufacturer of branded gadgets BlackBerry, there were chances of survival. According to leaks, obtained by Reuters, in the past year, several major players in the IT-market negotiated, albeit informal, to buy RIM.
One of the possible buyers, Amazon has. According to an unknown source, with a proposal to deal trading giant, RIM appealed to the summer. However, at that time, according to the leak, the BlackBerry manufacturer had other plans - he knocked on the door to HTC and Samsung, offering to license their future OSes, BlackBerry 10. It will be the same for smartphones and tablets, and as considered in the RIM, interested partners.
So, again, according to rumors, RIM negotiate a deal with Amazon, and rejected again left alone with their problems, as the HTC with the BlackBerry Samsung 10 politely declined, preferring to Android. However, the acquisition of RIM talk is even more enviable buyers. According to the newspaper Wall Street Journal, discussed it among themselves leaders Nokia and Microsoft.
But, apparently, more than talk did not get. The market, meanwhile, broke his head - why Amazon and Nokia from Microsoft needed a RIM. In the case of the Amazon is still more or less clear. The following year the company plans to launch branded phone, and it will need a platform. However, previously the company relied on Android.
In the case of Union of Nokia-Microsoft, maybe they are interested in the patents RIM in wireless communications, more precisely, to protect corporate data transmitted. Armed with such patents, Nokia phones on Windows Phone 7, thanks to a complete office suite and convenient for business applications, such as, for example, OutLook, have every chance to climb the corporate niche, displacing the BlackBerry.
However, while the mere fact that someone is discussing the purchase of RIM, led the company's shares to jump straight to 11 percent. The fact that things are not going well at the company, with its management of the analysts seem strange. Over the past year, RIM shares fell almost 80 percent.
Company accused of being too conservative - in the last three years of its vehicles changed little both externally and internally. And this is with strong pressure from competitors. So much so that even the traditionally strong position in the corporate world RIM began to quickly take.
From the company waited for something new, but was released PlayBook tablet on the market did not catch on. Remains the hope for new OSes - BlackBerry 10 - and new devices based on it. They were supposed to release next year, and even the network has the first pictures of these phones, but the company suddenly announced that the release is delayed. Ostensibly in the RIM want to equip a new line of gadgets with new processors and their delivery is possible only at the end of 2012.
However, until that time, with a pace of recession the company might not survive. Already, the entire RIM is worth less than just one App Store. As a joke in the IT- Western press, in the near future, the company announces the purchase of non-Microsoft or Amazon, and some Canadian farmers.
The board of the company's shareholders, according to leaks, have heard opinions that the loss-making mobile phone business it is time to close the RIM. They believe that RIM will earn much more if monetizing patents, and they are many, and will provide services to corporate communication, which until recently had a reputation as perhaps the most reliable and secure.
However, and this was in doubt after the October entire corporate network BlackBerry for a few days out of service. Meanwhile, the CEO - and they recall that in two of RIM - continue to stick to their line and confidence to lead the company to some, visible only to them, the future. And they seem to have a vision for action to save the company. Recently, they cut his salary to one dollar a year.
Last week, Intel introduced its ' atomic ' Android. Intel first gave developers prototype production models of smartphones and tablets on a new line of Atom processors Medfield. This - a new generation of chips, which should make konkuretsiyu ubiquitous ARM. It compares favorably with rival performance, however, is not known how the new processor with the economy. The fact is that once appeared efficient ARM, Intel in the market of just forgot. It should be noted that in recent years, many experts have concluded that ARM processors can take root and laptops. Therefore, in order not to lose its place, Intel will have to make a breakthrough. According to experts from MIT, Intel device can play back video in a Blue-Ray and connect to your TV. About Intel no data plate, who will make these gadgets just do not know.
These manufacturers from China have questioned the theorem of Steve Jobs on seven-inch displays. According to them, the number of orders for such gadgets has greatly increased, exceeding the ten- device applications. This means that the production of such displays is gradually coming to the next level, read: Amazon Kindle Fire sitting on the tail of the iPad. This fact, in turn, is contrary to the prediction of Steve Jobs that the seven-inch tablet users will have to hone your finger as a pencil, to get into the icons on the screen. Recession proyzvodstva ten- gadgets connected with the fact that Apple iPad postemenno minimizes the production of 2 and is preparing a third model of the famous gadget. And for it would require a new type of screens that are not yet produced.
And now the news from Silicon Valley. You may not have noticed, but ' something moved Feysbuk'. Silicon Valley seems to be going through a period of great journeys. Not so long ago we showed pictures of the new office yet deserted Twitter. More than once we tell you about the legacy of Steve Jobs - as long as the projected fiction ' flying saucer ' Apple campus in Palo Alto.
And in this week's leaked the first photos of the new building Facebook. The company Mark Zuckerberg, which was originally based near Apple's Palo Alto, now moved to the nearby town of Menlo Park. As stated in the company, a complex of 10 buildings, formerly owned by Sun Microsystems, will be the only headquarters, and Facebook will no longer have, as before, to move from place to place due to the increase in the number of employees.
Judging from the photos, topics in the design of storage facilities in California, now in vogue. Work in the new office is in full swing, and we managed to contact one of the engineers, Facebook, our compatriot Vladimir Fedorov. His last project was a Facebook Music, and, according to Vladimir, the service in the near future will have new opportunities.
' This feature is called Live Listen, which allows two people to simultaneously listen to the same song. When one person - a DJ, and a second person or a greater number of people - students are. We saw many interesting things with this feature testing, and I think that when it comes out next year, we will see more interesting things from the users ' - said Facebook engineer Vladimir Fedorov.
Meanwhile, the web has first statistics that people are most listened to Facebook. This data is based on the number of tracks listened and pressed the buttons Like. Thus, the most ' Laikov ' singer Rihanna put. And in second place - the legendary Bob Marley. Pop diva Lady Gaga also entered the top ten rankings, but was only 7 positions, one point higher than Metallica.
However, a rating of ' Laikov ' - for performers. Interestingly, while listening to users is quite another. In the ranking by the number of spins of two matches with the top ten musicians, it tracks Rihanna and David Guetta. And, according to Fedorov, these ' national ' assessment in the next year, probably will go to the official level, there will be rating Facebook, the same sorts of top 100 newspapers and leading music labels.
So far, however, the ratings can not claim complete objectivity: Facebook does not permit its pages pirated tracks, so a set of music in social networks is relatively small. However, immediately after the launch of the service, some people criticized the Russian Facebook is that the tracks are legal, but the sound quality left a pirate. But this, like, able to solve.
' This is based, of course, in some part on the honesty of partners. But I am sure that those partners, we have chosen - honest people, and they have the rights to the music that they produce ...
By the way, on Facebook, according to Fedorov, and think about creating a television.
' We know exactly what is in this need, because people watch television, they discuss it a lot. We know that people act as lead in real life. Accordingly, if we find the right model it on Facebook, it makes people more effective ...
Now, we recall an alternative to ordinary TV set until the offer, however, not too successfully, Apple and Google.
