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It looks like Sony Ericsson is finally catching up with rivals Samsung and HTC. The Xperia Arc measures just 8.7 mm at the narrowest point, a value that is difficult to find in other smartphones. Also, the capacitive screen with a diagonal of 4.2″ is one of the larger; with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.

Its Qualcomm processor should provide enough performance for Android 2.3, and thus the available apps. The internal memory brings a capacity of 512 MB. However, Sony Ericsson ships the device with an 8 GB SD card, and the memory can be expanded further all the way to 32 GB.

The key selling point for the device is its built-in image capture technology. The camera allows for photos at a resolution of 8.1 megapixels, and auto-focus, noise reduction and an image stabilizer to improve the picture quality further. Moreover, the photo sensor from Sony delivers good HD video quality even in low light conditions. External displays can be connected via the HDMI interface.

Of course you can also use the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc as a conventional phone and make calls via the GSM and UMTS networks. For data transmission on mobile networks, it has EDGE and HSPA support. In addition, the device can be hooked up to wireless networks and via Bluetooth connections to your digital environment. A USB 2.0 connection is also available.

The Arc should be available in the first quarter of 2011.

A couple of weeks ago we saw the sequel to Sony Ericsson X10 mini leak . The phone, which came equipped with a 3-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480, came with a new design – a new set of menu buttons and a powerful processor that seemed to hit a performance record for small Android phones.

Now a few more pictures is out on the phone – or to be precise: on its QWERTY-equipped sibling. In the picture above we see two pictures on the next-generation X10 mini. In the pictures, we see that the keyboard phone comes with four navigation buttons – which today’s X10 mini lacks – and with a button that acts as a shortcut to the browser. The extra buttons is certainly possible since the phone’s screen is slightly larger than today’s X10 mini. Also worth noting is that the phone, is marked with a HD logo, which indicates that the phone’s camera can shoot in 720p.

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The 28-year-old Southern California Matthew Crippen yesterday escaped a jail sentence of up to three years. He is said to have infringed copyright as he modified the firmware of an Xbox 360 console modified to unauthorized or pirated games.

This case – incidentally, is the very first criminal charge to apply to mod chips and could thus become a precedent for future cases with respect to console modifications. And even though a conviction before yesterday seemed quite likely, Crippen left the courthouse today as a free man. Prosecutors dropped the proceedings for reasons of “fairness and justice”.

This did not happen, of course, out of the blue, but due to the fact that the District Judge Philip Gutierrez was of the opinion “I really do not know what we are doing here”. The main reason for the outbreak was probably that two of the state witnesses had commited criminal behavior themselves.

This knowledge should be the judge of the jury at the request of the prosecution, however, denied – and since he burst apparently the last straw. Ultimately, Allen was the prosecutor Chui only one left to say: “I apologize to the court.”

The new version contains a lot of news and also a large collection of bug fixes. Chrome 8 includes no less than 800 bug fixes from the previous version. One of the biggest news is that Chrome has a new built-in pdf reader. It is an important step to increase security and enable the user to open PDF files on the internet without having to use Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader has been full of security holes.

The built-in PDF reader also uses sandboxing technology to protect your computer from malicious code in PDF documents. Google is currently developing a similar technology with Adobe that will make it possible to run Flash with sandboxing technology. Protection for Flash will be released in the next major upgrade of Chrome, which is scheduled for early or mid next year.

Some of the more fundamental innovations of Chrome 8 are not noticeable at first glance. According to the developers of Google’s Chrome 8, it’s the first browser that supports Chrome Web Store, Google’s investment in an online store where you can go to buy apps that can run in Chrome.

The latest version of Chrome can be downloaded from the Google website. If you already have Chrome installed, the new version will be downloaded automatically in the background. Google Chrome 8 are available for both Windows and Mac.

On average there has been an increase in prices for desktop LCDs, notebook LCDs and LCD TVs of about 0.9%. However, the price increase is probably limited only to computer displays that are currently sold at a loss, according to iSuppli.

A 32-inch LCD panel currently costs an average of $161, 3 dollars less than in September. 40- and 42-inch models fell by up to 15 dollars in the same period, while LED models yielded up to $20. Panel manufacturers, however, signaled that prices for panels with sizes would be adjusted from 10 inches. In particular, the 10-inch class, which is dominated by the iPad would be affected.

It is however doubtful that the price hike will be simple and sustainable: According to Gartner, PC sales expectations for the current year to date much more modest than in September. Market researchers expect that this year a good 352.4 million PCs are sold, representing a growth of 14.3%.

The first malicious software for mobile phones have sprung up. And they constitute the first major IT in this century to the violent popular smartphones, says experts. IT security professionals nominate smartphones to be the largest IT security vulnerability because they can get online without complete protection against computer viruses.

As millions of people via Internet downloading little programs called apps from websites to their mobile, it becomes increasingly attractive to send so-called malware for mobiles, so the cyber criminals can gain access to personal information which can be misused.

The Internet is migrating onto various mobile platforms with operating systems such as Android, Microsoft, iphone’s IOS, Symbian, software that does not in itself protect the user from downloading viruses or Trojan horses and phishing.

Identity theft and misuse of personal information, according to IT security people, move over to the mobile devices. A modern mobile phone, for example. a Android smartphone is in fact a PC in miniature. It has enough processing power to the hackers can use them, but are unable to run the best security software.

“This is the 21-century crime and the greatest current security threat, not least for corporate IT,” says a computer security expert from Symantec MessageLabs Intelligence. “A smartphone is actually a computer which corresponds to what a PC could 10 years ago, but it is also fully adequate to the cyber criminals who can exploit them.”

Companies with smartphones that employees use in private involves a significant security risk because people blindly download everything all the time. A study from Juniper Networks says users of smartphones and tablet PCs like the ipad often use their mobile devices for job-related communications that can be intercepted by data criminals and sold.

HP Pavilion dv7-series will probably be one of the first laptops to ship with a processor from Intel’s new 32nm processor series Sandy Bridge. Details of a new Pavilion dv7 was quietly published recently by HP – no press release has mentioned the computer. It comes with an Intel Core i7 2630QM with four processor cores clocked at 2GHz. This is processor we should not, according to Intel, have seen on the market earlier than the month of January (CES). 2011

Other hardware in the HP Pavilion dv7 includes a 17.3″ screen, 4GB RAM and a 640GB Hard Drive. It is not the only laptop on the road to the market equipped with a 2630QM. According to rumors, Acer, Gateway and Lenovo have laptops on the way with the new processor.

TomTom has announced the availability of two new navigation systems with 5-inch displays. The new flagship Go Live 1005 and the middle-of-the-road model 125 Traffic to convince prospective buyers with better clarity and ease of use.

TomTom Go Live 1005 integrates a capacitive touch screen and a magnetic holder (“easy click”) and offers voice control, hands-free via Bluetooth, Park Assist, fast route calculation, lane guidance and spoken street names.

The Via TomTom 125 Traffic supports voice control, hands-free via Bluetooth (the way the first TomTom navigation in the mid price range with this feature), fast route calculation, IQ Routes, Advanced Lane Guidance and spoken street names.