Tiny MP3-player RF-2200 RF-2100 received on the shelves of Russian stores

The South Korean company Ritmix presented on the Russian market two new MP3-player miniature RF-2200 RF-2100, which have a light indication of operating modes, able to play tracks in order or "accident."

RF-2200 can be hung in a loop, chain or cord. The player comes in three colors: black, blue and pink. Ritmix RF-2200 is represented exclusively in stores "El Dorado".

Ritmix RF-2100 - miniature MP3-player, which can be attached to clothing using special clips. The model presented in the exclusive stores of "M-Video".

MP3-players Ritmix RF-2200 and Ritmix RF-2100 is available for purchase today.

Polaroid Z340 - digital camera with built-in printer

Company Polaroid introduced its latest innovation, which brings us from 2011 to the aesthetics and techniques of the 1980s. Model camera Polaroid Z340 has the ability to not only teach digital photography, but since it was printed. The housing unit built in a compact printer that provides instant photo printing size of 3 to 4 inches, which then gives the camera through a special slot in the front panel. To print a single image in less than a minute. In this very compact camera Polaroid Z340 by today's standards is difficult to call, despite the fact that the printer is very miniature. The model also has a 2.7 inch screen, which not only serves as a viewfinder, but also allows us to estimate the captured image, and also take the opportunity to edit it, including Blow and use artistic effects. The camera itself is capable of receiving and standard digital photos with Polaroid Z340 is the usual "soap box" with a 14-megapixel sensor and preserving images on a memory card SD-format. The device uses technology printing ink ZINK zero-ink, which eliminates the problems associated with ink, but requires the use of special paper. Included with the camera are ten sheets, and the additional cost of $ 20 for 30 sheets of 3x4 inches. Full-color printing time frame of 45 seconds, and the battery charge is enough for 25 or 75 printed images without printing. This is a very modest rates against the background of digital cameras, which generate hundreds of frames, while demand for printing peripherals. Polaroid Z340 Cost is $ 300 and the device is available immediately.

Casio has introduced a new compact camera EX-ZR200 with superzoom

Japan, Casio announced the release of a new model of compact high-speed digital cameras EX-ZR200, equipped with a 24mm wide-angle zoom lens with 12.5-fold increase.

Introduced new product line will lead EXILIM, while possessing 16.1 megapixel sensor, 0.13-second autofocus, 0.98-second turn-on time, and only 0.27-second interval between the creation of images. Of additional features indicate the presence of advanced features shooting modes including manual creation and innovation HDR-images.

Brief specifications Casio EXILIM EX-ZR200:

Sensor: 1 / 2, 3''(CMOS) 16.79 megapixel (16.1 effective MP)
Lens: F3.0 (W)-F5.9 (T); f = 4.24 ~ 53.0 mm (32 mm equivalent of 24-300 mm)
Display: 3-inch, 960h480 points
Memory: 52.2 MB built, slot for SD / SDHC / SDXC memory card
Supports Full HD video (30fps)
ISO Avto/80/100/200/400/800/1600/3200
Interfaces: USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed), AV Output (NTSC / PAL), HDMI output (mini)
Dimensions: 104.8 h59, 1h28, 6 mm
Weight: 205 gr. (With battery and memory card)

Olympus XZ-1 is available in silver

, Olympus has announced that its model of a compact digital camera XZ-1, which received this year, one of the most prestigious awards in the Red Dot design and won the title of "Best compact camera for professionals," according to TIPA, has found new body color and lens cap. Now the camera is represented also in silver casing and is equipped with a lens cover that opens and closes automatically when you turn on / off camera.

The silver version has retained all the original characteristics of the XZ-1 including the ultra-bright lens Olympus 1:1.8-2.5, a large high-sensitivity sensor size of 1/1.63 "and efficient processor, which provides, according to the manufacturer, high quality images even in low light. Pictures can be viewed on a large OLED display with a diagonal of 3 inches. The control ring on the lens allows you to quickly configure all important settings. Also, the camera user can use a lot of creative features, including Multi-exposure and six Art Filters, which can be used even while shooting HD-video.

Sony announced a new digital photo frame S-Frame with Wi-Fi and touch screen

Sony has announced the completion of its line of digital photo frames with new S-Frame models with WiFi and a 7-inch touch screen: DPF-WA700 and DPF-W700, which will automatically download pictures for friends from Facebook, according to users' privacy settings, as well as take pictures e-mail.

Thus, the new frame can display photos stored on a home computer user, display the weather forecast AccuWeather and play Internet radio (only model DPF-WA700).

Characteristics of the new digital photo frame DPF-WA700 and DPF-W700 include 2 GB of internal memory, memory card slots for MS Duo / SD / SDHC. In addition, model DPF-WA700 is also able to play music files as background music during a slide show and video format AVCHD.

New models of digital photo frames Sony S-Frame DPF-WA700 and DPF-W700 will be available in Russia in January 2011. Estimated cost: DPF-WA700 - 6990 rub., DPF-W700 - 4490 rubles.

Will there be a Silverlight 6 (and does it matter)?

Summary: Microsoft is poised to release to manufacturing Silverlight 5. There’s word from some of my contacts that this might be the last major release of Silverlight, but Microsoft isn’t confirming or denying.

Silverlight 5, the most recent — and possibly last — version of Microsoft’s cross-platform browser plug-in, is poised to be released to manufacturing (RTM) before the end of November.

Several of my customer and partner contacts have told me they have heard from their own Microsoft sources over the past couple of weeks that Silverlight 5 is the last version of Silverlight that Microsoft will release. They said they are unsure whether there will be any service packs for it, and they are also not clear on how long Silverlight 5 will be supported by Microsoft.

(There’s no end date yet on Microsoft’s lifecycle page for free support for Silverlight for Silverlight 4. According to the page, Microsoft must give developers and customers a year heads-up before ending support for any given Silverlight version. Free support for Silverlight 3 ended in April 2011.)

One of my contacts said he believed that the final version of Silverlight 5 may only work with Internet Explorer on Windows and won’t work on Mac OS platforms or with other browsers at all. (Silverlight 4 supports Windows and Mac OS X and the IE, Chrome and Safari browsers.)

Yes, I know — everyone’s been rushing to proclaim Silverlight dead for more than a year now. In fact, I’m frequently cited as the source of that prognostication, in spite of the fact that all I’ve actually reported is that Microsoft’s strategy with Silverlight shifted and that Silverlight is no longer Microsoft’s cross-platform runtime solution. Instead, Microsoft currently positions Silverlight as a tool for creating rich media, line-of-business and smartphone apps. When I wrote about Microsoft’s morphing Silverlight strategy back in the fall of 2010, I noted that company officials only committed to one more release after Silverlight 4 and said nothing more about the Silverlight platform’s longer-term future.

Microsoft officials are remaining mum about whether there will be any more Silverlight releases after version 5. I asked again on November 8 to see if the Softies would say anything at all regarding the company’s post-Silverlight 5 plans and was told by a spokesperson that the company had “nothing to share at this time regarding exact timing, future releases or support.”

There is some anecdotal evidence suggesting Silverlight 5 may be the end of the road — beyond the continued reassignments and/or defections of many at Microsoft formerly working on Silverlight and the major reorg affecting the Silverlight team earlier this year.

Here’s what we know. In an October 26 Webcast with the Linked.Net user group, Scott Guthrie said that Silverlight 5 would ship “next month,” meaning November. (I’m hearing the actual RTM date could be this week, in fact.)

Guthrie also said during the same Webcast that Microsoft was close to shipping Silverlight on “other devices” (meaning the Xbox 360, I’m assuming). In his responses to Webcast participants’ questions about the future of Silverlight, Guthrie didn’t mention anything about Silverlight being continued beyond Silverlight 5 or provide any indication there would be anything coming beyond Silverlight 5.

As many will be quick to note, Guthrie’s decision not to talk about the future beyond Silverlight 5 may simply be due to Microsoft’s increasing information lockdown on futures and roadmaps. It’s also worth noting that Guthrie is, as of earlier this year, focusing on Windows Azure app development and not leading the Silverlight team.

Those caveats aside, I found Guthrie’s choice of wording on the Webcast interesting. He talked about Microsoft’s mission in making XAML “a first class citizen” and differentiating from its competitors using XAML. He emphasized that Microsoft is neither moving away from XAML nor discontinuing its support of XAML. He didn’t say the same of Silverlight.

Is the distinction a big deal? I mean, do developers really care whether Microsoft continues to crank out new Silverlight releases, as long as those who want to use Silverlight to develop for Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Xbox can use their XAML skills to develop for those platforms for (some unknown number of) years to come?

One tech consultant with roots in the Microsoft world said the XAML/Silverlight lines are blurring.

“It’s pretty clear to me that the principles of Silverlight, including the use of XAML as a markup language, C# and VB .NET as programming languages, a streamlined .NET CLR (Common Language Runtime) profile, packaged deployment over HTTP and a sandboxed security environment, are alive and well in the native XAML/.NET approach to developing Metro-style apps on Windows 8. It may not be not Silverlight to the letter, but it’s Silverlight in spirit and natively supported by the operating system to boot,” said Andrew Brust, a Microsoft Regional Director and founder of Blue Badge Insights.

(Brust noted, for the record, he hasn’t heard whether Silverlight 5 is the last version of Silverlight or not.)

If Silverlight 5 is the end of the line for Silverlight, do you care? Why or why not?

Update: Looks like Microsoft isn’t the only one wrestling with what to do with its rich media plug-in and runtime. As unearthed yesterday by my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow, Adobe announced on November 9 that it is discontinuing work on the mobile version of Flash and is instead focusing on HTML5. Adobe is continuing to develop new Flash releases but is focusing that work for PCs and mobile apps. It would be great to see Microsoft issue a similar, comprehensive statement about its future intentions with Silverlight….

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Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL Announce Display Advertising Agreements

Partnership to benefit advertisers, agencies and publishers, provide more efficient access to premium online ad inventory.

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and AOL (NYSE: AOL) announced agreements that should dramatically improve the process of buying and selling premium online display inventory. The agreements will allow ad networks operated by Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL to offer each other's premium nonreserved online display inventory to their respective advertising customers.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)

While agencies and advertisers can continue to choose to partner across Yahoo! Network Plus, AOL's Advertising.com and the Microsoft Media Network (each of which is differentiated by its capabilities around data, optimization, packaging and inventory), this partnership will also offer the efficiency of buying premium display inventory at scale to reach customers and audiences. Simultaneously, the partnership should enhance the demand for and value of each party's display advertising offerings as well as provide better yield for both participating publishers and advertisers.

"We're thrilled to partner with Microsoft and AOL and bring to market what we believe will be a more efficient, effective and more effortless way to access true premium inventory and formats," said Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo! executive vice president Americas. "There has a been a significant shift in how inventory is bought and sold, and we're now 100 percent focused on controlling our own destiny, working directly with marketers and agencies and driving better returns for our advertising partners."

"Enhancing choice and scale in today's display advertising market is 'a rising tide that lifts all boats'," said Rik van der Kooi, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Advertising Business Group. "This partnership will create an opportunity where advertisers and publishers alike can benefit from easier access to — and demand for — high-quality inventory. The fact that we're joining together to offer this kind of access to quality — yet each with our own differentiated ad offerings — is something that will benefit the market as a whole."

"We are excited to be part of this partnership," said Ned Brody, chief revenue officer, AOL. "Today's announcement sets in motion the opportunity for advertisers to achieve scaled solutions across premium publishers. This should reduce friction in the marketplace, which will benefit both advertisers and publishers. And this partnership will take our existing Advertising.com partnerships with both Microsoft and Yahoo! to a new level."

By integrating one another's real-time bidding (RTB) technologies to facilitate the availability of nonreserved inventory by early 2012, Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL expect to have the opportunity to access each other's nonreserved inventory to achieve the benefits of scale and efficiency. The Microsoft Advertising Exchange and Yahoo's! Right Media Exchange will initially serve as the two marketplaces from which the partners can procure this inventory for resale to advertisers and agencies. AOL may, at its discretion, opt to use its own exchange technology solution subsequent to the launch of the partnership.

Under the terms of the nonexclusive agreements, each company will continue to make its own decisions, differentiate its offerings and set its own controls for how it operates any exchanges, ad networks or other aspects of its display businesses. They will actively compete with each other for both advertiser spend and publisher partners based on their own unique product differentiators.

Effective in the United States, the partnership is based on the premise of audience-based selling across a large number of sites and is not expected to affect direct sales made by each partner's respective internal teams. In addition to the United States, Yahoo! and AOL will have an agreement that extends to Canada. Microsoft's Canada business is not participating directly in the agreement.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) is the premier digital media company, creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. And Yahoo!'s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.com).

Yahoo! and Yahoo! News are the trademarks and/or registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owner.

About AOL

Having helped millions of Americans to get online, AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) is on a mission to inform, entertain and connect the world. The home of a growing collection of premium online and mobile brands, AOL creates original content that engages audiences on a local and global scale. We help marketers connect with this audience through effective and engaging digital online advertising solutions.

About Microsoft:

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

This press release (including without limitation the quotations from management) contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning Yahoo!'s strategic and operational plans, as well as its expectations regarding the results of the partnership. Actual results and benefits of the agreements may differ materially from management expectations and those described in this press release. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the possibility that the expected benefits of the transactions contemplated by the agreements do not materialize as expected or at all (including without limitation as a result of actions taken by United States or foreign regulatory agencies), the possibility that publishers, advertisers or agencies may not respond as favorably to the partnership as expected; the possibility that expectations regarding the impact on advertising revenue and direct sales might prove incorrect; and the possibility that the anticipated benefits to Yahoo! and publishers and advertisers might not be realized. More information about potential factors that could affect Yahoo!'s business and financial results is included under the captions, "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in Yahoo!'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, as amended, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, which are on file with the SEC and available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in those sections in Yahoo!'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, which will be filed with the SEC in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Prestigio PER3172B: e-book with color 7-inch

Prestigio company introduced an eBook PER3172B with color display and supports video / audio, as well as equipped with a 7-inch TFT-LCD with anti-reflective coating and support for resolutions of 800x480 pixels. The device provides, according to the manufacturer's support for most popular text formats with the ability to change the font size. In addition, PER3172B can play audio files, images and HD-video.

Prestigio PER3172B running ARM9 processor with DSP and 400 MHz. Available storage capacity to 2GB of internal memory, also has a microSD-slot supporting memory cards up to 16GB.

Built-in rechargeable 2100 mA / h will provide work for 6-8 hours of reading, about 5 hours of video playback or 30 hours of audio playback.

The device goes on sale, complete with trademark cover, power adapter, microUSB-cable, Quick start guide and warranty card for 2 years.

On the shelves of Russian stores the new reader will be in November 2011. Recommended retail price Prestigio PER3172B of 3390 rubles.

Specifications Prestigio PER3172B:

Processor: ARM9 + DSP E200 400 MHz
Memory: DDR2 64MB
Diagonal and display type: 7-inch, TFT Anti-Glare, a resolution of 800x480 pixels, 16:9, Brightness: 250 cd / m ²
Memory: 2 GB internal, microSD slot for memory cards
Support formats of text: EPUB, PDF, TXT, FB2, PDB, HTML
Support audio formats: MP3, AAC, WAV, OGG, WMA
Support picture formats: JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG
Videformatov support: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, H.263, H.264, RM / RMVB, MKV, MOV, VOB, FLV
Connectors: microUSB, memory card slot, 3.5mm audio jack, power
Dimensions: 185.4 X120, 5h11, 2 mm
Weight: 260 gr.

NVIDIA Tegra 3: Glowball Part 2

Check out all our Tegra 3 blog posts at: http://blogs.nvidia.com/tag/tegra-3/ The Glowball Part 2 demo gives a glimpse into the future of mobile gaming by showing off underwater effects rendered real time on Tegra 3's new GeForce GPU, as well as real-time physics processing across Tegra 3's 4 CPU cores.

Make sure to check out all NVIDIA Tegra 3 videos below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1qKdBX4-jc (Fifth Companion Core)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gl-UGVhmAA (Side-by-side Comparisons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2r3yKg0Ng (Next-gen Games)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N11AYQkr5Zs (Mobility At The Speed Of Life)

NVIDIA Tegra 3: Developers Bring Next-gen Games to Mobile

Check out all our Tegra 3 blog posts at: http://blogs.nvidia.com/tag/tegra-3/ This video takes a behind-the-scenes look at a few games like Bladeslinger, Shadowgun and Riptide GP and reveals how Tegra 3 enables next-generation mobile gaming.

Make sure to check out all NVIDIA Tegra 3 videos below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C30ShWQm5pI (Glowball Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1qKdB
X4-jc (Fifth Companion Core)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gl-UGVhmAA (Side-by-side Comparisons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N11AYQkr5Zs (Mobility At The Speed Of Life)

NVIDIA Tegra 3: Side by Side Comparisons

Check out all our Tegra 3 blog posts at: http://blogs.nvidia.com/tag/tegra-3/ Get the best mobile experience with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor. These Side by Side Comparisons showcases the Tegra 3 advantage for obtaining better web performance, accelerating your apps and experiencing the best gaming on mobile.

Make sure to check out all NVIDIA Tegra 3 videos below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C30ShWQm5pI (Glowball Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1qKdBX4-jc (Fifth Companion Core)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2r3yKg0Ng (Next-gen Games)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N11AYQkr5Zs (Mobility At The Speed Of Life)

NVIDIA Tegra 3: Fifth Companion Core

Check out all our Tegra 3 blog posts at: http://blogs.nvidia.com/tag/tegra-3/ The first mobile quad core CPU with The Fifth Companion Core is a look at how the Tegra 3 - Variable SMP processor works to deliver high performance while achieving the lowest power consumption.

Make sure to check out all NVIDIA Tegra 3 videos below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C30ShWQm5pI (Glowball Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gl-UGVhmAA (Side-by-side Comparisons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2r3yKg0Ng (Next-gen Games)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N11AYQkr5Zs (Mobility At The Speed Of Life)

NVIDIA officially introduced the Quad Mobile Processor NVIDIA Tegra 3NVIDIA officially introduced the Quad Mobile Processor NVIDIA Tegra 3

NVIDIA announced that with the submission of its CPU NVIDIA Tegra3 it enters an era of mobile computing quad, giving tablets and call-level performance PCs for longer battery life and more opportunities. The world's first quad-core tablet with an Tegra 3 was Android tablet ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime.

Codenamed «Project Kal-El» Tegra processor 3 provides, as claimed by the manufacturer, the graphics performance of up to 3 times higher than that of the Tegra 2, and lower power consumption to 61%. This means a record 12:00 to playback HD video.

The processor uses a new Tegra 3 technology Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing (symmetric multi-core computing variables, vSMP). vSMP fifth includes CPU, chip companion designed specifically for applications that do not require large amounts of energy. And for the most demanding tasks are four main core, which generally consume less power than dual-core processors.

When you start the less demanding tasks such as playing music, video, or update data in the background, Tegra processor 3 is completely off four productive core, leaving only to work smart companion. In the case of applications requiring high performance, such as Internet surfing, multi-tasking or game companion chip Tegra 3 is turned off.

Quad-core Tegra three work in tandem with a new 12-core graphics processor NVIDIA GeForce, which provides even more realistic due to the dynamic lighting effects, and physical environments of high resolution, as well as support for 3D stereo, which allows developers to create mobile games of new generation.

Key features of NVIDIA Tegra3:

Hardware acceleration of Adobe Flash Player 11, HTML5 and WebGL
Optimized Javascript engine
Better support for multi-tasking with fast switching between tasks
Best Performance in games
CPU core ARM Cortex A9 CPU with patentiruemoy vSMP technology with a fifth core CPU
12-core graphics processor GeForce, performance charts three times higher than that of the Tegra 2, and with support for stereo 3D
Support for 1080p video at 40 Mbit / s
Memory bandwidth of up to 3 times higher
Image processor, operating up to 2 times faster

NEST 2011 to focus on ICT role in education

How can ICT change education for the better? The participants at the first NEST – The Networked Society Forum are ready to discuss this crucial question.

Education concerns us all. It is of fundamental importance for ending generational cycles of poverty and disease while providing a foundation for sustainable development. Information and communication technology (ICT) has now reached the point where it can improve the quality of education and connect people to global learning opportunities – and it is therefore natural that education is the theme for the first NEST – The Networked Society Forum, to be held in Hong Kong on November 11-13.

Initiated by Ericsson and hosted by Ericsson’s President and CEO Hans Vestberg, NEST is an incubator for new ideas and solutions on how to leverage the power of ICT to bring benefits to people, business and society around the world. The forum brings together top-level management from the ICT industry, international leaders, professors and high-level representatives from governments and authorities to discuss topics of global interest.

Top of the agenda in Hong Kong is one crucial question: how can ICT accelerate education and learning for everyone, everywhere? Within this theme, NEST 2011 will bring up three main topics: the role of technology access in reshaping education; the redefined educational models needed in a Networked Society in which everything that can benefit from a connection is connected; and how education can support social mobility.

Leading and inspiring the discussions will be global figures including President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the 42nd President of the United States of America; Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Professor of Sustainability Development and Professor of Health Policy Management at Columbia University; David Miliband, the youngest person in 30 years to hold the office of UK Foreign Secretary; Christine Loh, founder and CEO of Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong-based non-profit think tank; Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook; Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University; Jan Eliasson, President of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly; and Sir Harold Kroto, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

UNESCO and UNICEF say that almost 70 million children are out of school globally, with millions more leaving school early without acquiring the knowledge and skills that are crucial for a decent livelihood, and about 800 million adults lack basic literacy skills. The principal objective of NEST 2011 is to gather some of the world’s smartest minds and inspire new initiatives and approaches that show how ICT can be a force for positive change in this vital area.

Yahoo! Redefines 2012 Elections Coverage; Launches Conversation with 150 Million-Plus Eligible Voters About the Challenges and Opportunities Facing ou

Kicks off with "Newsmakers" interviews today with Republican presidential candidates on Yahoo! and ABCNews.com

Announces open casting call for "Remake America" original video series

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) the premier digital media company - launched the first stage of an ambitious yearlong program for the 2012 elections, engaging millions of citizens in conversation about the political and economic issues facing the nation. Yahoo! reaches nearly 90 percent of the nation's online voting age adults each month1 - more than any other media company — and Yahoo! users will ultimately determine the outcome of the U.S. elections.

With that honor and responsibility, Yahoo! is putting citizens at the forefront of elections coverage by following the personal stories of real Americans throughout the year as the campaign unfolds. Not only will Yahoo! cover each election issue nationally and locally, but the company will uniquely program elections coverage to specific audiences, leveraging its unmatched reach across diverse groups of Americas — millennials, parents, seniors, mothers and other key demographics - to create discussions about the issues that matter most to each group. Yahoo! will enable citizens to propose solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing our nation and share them directly with candidates online and at live events.

"In this time of enormous economic and global challenge, the Yahoo! audience will determine the next president of the United States. We're building Yahoo! News to be the source for political coverage, harnessing the voices, opinions and proposed solutions of Americans from across the country to deliver content and reporting focused on the issues and decisions that voters and their families must deal with daily," said Ross Levinsohn, executive vice president of Americas at Yahoo!. "This will be the most important election for millions of Americans in years, and with 90% of the online electorate visiting Yahoo each month, we embraced the opportunity to play a role in helping Americans choose their leaders, understand the issues, and propose solutions."

Beginning with exclusive ABC News and Yahoo! News "Newsmaker" interviews with Republican candidates today, on the eve of the Michigan debate, Yahoo!'s 2012 elections program includes:

"Remake America" — An original TV-quality web show following the real-life experiences of eight American families dealing with economic issues facing the country. Over the coming weeks, Yahoo! will introduce these families and scores like them while exploring the issues at the center of the national debate through their eyes. The series will debut in early 2012 following an open, national casting call unveiled today. http://news.yahoo.com/remake-america
Increased social interaction — By leveraging the new Yahoo! News friends' activity feature and other social elements, Yahoo! will infuse social and personalized experiences across premium news and elections content, creating a platform for a national dialogue among citizens with similar interests and concerns, for example mothers talking to other mothers, young voters talking with other young voters, etc.
Original reporting and expert analysis — Under the leadership of Washington Bureau Chief David Chalian, Yahoo! will draw on its established team of political writers, including Holly Bailey, Chris Suellentrop, Chris Lehmann, Chris Moody, Rachel Rose Hartman and others. Additionally, notable writers from across the political spectrum will provide insight and commentary on the issues and potential solutions Americans are discussing.
Joint political news coverage with ABC News — A new, deep integration with ABC News, our premier news provider, on daily campaign coverage, news-making interviews, original video production and expert analysis of the issues.
"The Signal" — Yahoo! previewed an up-to-the minute blog devoted to elections presenting efficient, real-time predictions and opinion from top experts in predictive analysis. Created by scientists from Yahoo! Labs, The Signal leverages Yahoo!'s planet-scale cloud technology and research resources to run prediction models using live data, capturing the national mood and predicting everything including who the front-runner is for the Republican Party, the likelihood that Obama will win the presidential re-election, and how other political news and economic and financial indicators might impact the elections. A more robust site and dynamic content will launch throughout the winter and spring at http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/signal.

"REMAKE AMERICA" WEB SHOW PUTS A NATION'S CONCERNS IN A HUMAN CONTEXT

Building on Yahoo!'s TV-quality web shows and existing industry-leading video programming, Yahoo! will introduce "Remake America" in January 2012. The video series will capture some of the nation's major challenges by following the experiences of eight families who are striving to achieve the American Dream while dealing with issues from joblessness to foreclosure to worries about lack of health care. The entire Yahoo! community will be able to engage in a family-to-family, neighbor-to-neighbor dialogue around solutions to the fundamental issues behind the personal and political decisions families need to determine in the year ahead.

Beginning today, Yahoo! is holding an open casting call for families who want to share their experiences. For more information, visit: news.yahoo.com/remake-america

INCREASED ORIGINAL REPORTING & BALANCED PERSPECTIVES

Yahoo! News is doubling down on delivering premium original content and reporting, expanding its robust team of journalists. David Chalian, previously political editor at "PBS Newshour" and former ABC News' political director, joined Yahoo! as Washington D.C. bureau chief. In addition to the partnership with ABC News, Chalian and his team are expanding Yahoo!'s original coverage with a focus on delivering stories that bypass the daily press releases to focus on where the candidates actually stand on the critical issues of interest to citizens everywhere.

Additionally, journalists and opinion-leaders from established and emerging news outlets and institutions such as The Atlantic, The Blaze, FactCheck.org, Forbes, National Constitution Center, National Journal, Our Time, Reuters, The Week, and others will contribute their insights and viewpoints on the issues shaping the campaigns. Yahoo!'s newspaper partners from across the nation, including the Tampa Tribune, will provide unique, local coverage of the conventions and the campaigns. The Yahoo! Contributor Network will also provide voters with an opportunity to offer their perspectives and share their on-the-ground reporting with Yahoo! readers.

JOINT PROGRAMMING WITH ABC NEWS

As part of the premier news and information alliance announced last month, Yahoo! News will join ABC News in their bureau in Washington D.C. and will work closely together on 2012 elections coverage.

Today, on the "Newsmakers" original online video program, ABC News anchors and correspondents will interview the Republican presidential candidates live from the campaign trail. The interviews will be live-streamed throughout the day on Yahoo.com and ABCNews.com, and portions of the interviews will also air through ABC News broadcasts and radio, including "World News with Diane Sawyer," "Good Morning America," "Nightline," "This Week with Christiane Amanpour," and ABC News Radio. Before the interviews, ABC News and Yahoo! solicited questions from consumers leading up to the event so that their voices, questions and concerns about key issues could be heard and answered by the candidates.

Yahoo! and ABC News will also collaborate on an original daily politics video program featuring the unmatched talent of the ABC News political team, including George Stephanopoulos, Jonathan Karl, Jake Tapper, John Berman, Amy Walter and others. It will launch with the key primary season.

"THE SIGNAL"— LEVERAGING WORLD RENOWNED PREDICTIONS MODELING TECHNOLOGY

Moving beyond traditional opinion polling, The Signal will capture the national mood and project what is likely to happen as the campaign unfolds, providing up-to-the minute predictions, sentiment, games, and commentary. The blog focuses on presenting efficient, real-time predictions and sentiment analysis from top experts in predictive modeling, providing an invaluable resource with which to follow and track the elections.

A beta version of the blog debuted today, and a more robust site and dynamic content will come online throughout the winter and spring. Authored by Yahoo! Labs' scientists David Rothschild and David Pennock, as well as other academics and assorted experts on predictions and data, The Signal blog will be accompanied by more sophisticated data visualizations in December and experimental games and polling will provide an interactive element in the coming months.

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HP has returned to being able to sell webOS

The acquisition of the operating system webOS Palm with company did not get a good management decision to call Hewlett-Packard. Moreover, the operating system webOS not too successful, and within the company Palm - models came out quite a bit with the task to save the company, the developer is unable to cope. Not too long as it copes with perfecting invested in the acquisition of Palm 1,2 billion - smartphones are produced and sold in very small quantities, but only one plate was removed from the market just a month after launch. Sales of HP Touchpad headway only when they started to sell for less than $ 100. However, since HP had to change the executive director and the company began to reorganize the revision of priorities. Even there was a proposal to sell the business of manufacturing computer hardware, but later this idea was still rejected. Now, on these Reuters news agency guidance HP is considering the possibility of selling the operating system, webOS. According to some, it can be sold for several hundred million dollars. Among the possible buyers of the company called Oracle. Development costs of the operating system inside HP is clearly not possible to calculate a profit in the foreseeable future, and the sale could offset some of the costs incurred in acquiring Palm. At the same time, the question remains open to the fact that webOS is associated with a number of patents that affect other devices, except for smartphones. According to an anonymous source Reuters, the idea of selling the operating system was not born inside HP, and it was advised by representatives of Bank of America, while in the company of the owner considered the possibility of a simple termination of the OS.

Mozilla is testing a mobile operating system

The network has more details on the development of the Mozilla operating system for mobile devices. This operating system is called the Boot until 2 Gecko or abbreviated B2G. The project has reached the stage of testing by developers. In general, this system became known, like the Chrome OS from a company Google - it's optimized for the network and is designed to use HTML-5 application. But, in contrast to suggestions from Google, it has a kernel-based Android, while philosophy is to use "as little as possible Android», bringing experience to the Chrome OS mobile phones. At the moment, developers are busy on several fronts, including consciousness of the new API, and portiovanii or building applications for the platform. Because the operating system is built on open network standards and network applications will use HTML-5, its applications will also be compatible with those for iOS or Android. Despite the fact that the active development of the operating system Mozilla Boot 2 Gecko became known only recently, its testing has been going on for several months. It is reported that the beta version will be ready in the first quarter of 2012 and ready for delivery to market the product may appear in the second quarter of next year.

Opera and Mxit team up in Africa

Mxit, the leading mobile social platform in Africa, announced a partnership agreement with Opera Software. Opera and Mxit will work together to bring the best mobile experience to consumers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

Opera users in these African countries will now have one-click access to Mxit services, and Mxit users will be introduced to the Opera Mini Browser.

Mini browser through the chat client. Opera Mini will appear under the Apps menu. Mxit will appear on the Opera Mini start page. Both are accessible via virtually any data-capable handset.

Mxit is an African social network that allows users to chat to one another on their mobile phones or PCs anywhere in the world. Mxit does not charge for the sending and receiving of multimedia messages to and from mobile phones and PCs, as it uses the Internet.

Mxit has a global registered user base of over 45 million, with the majority of these users residing in Africa. It records about 45,000 to 50,000 new registered user accounts per day and processes over 750 million messages every day.

According to Mxit’s CEO Alan Knott Craig, “Mxit empowers African people by helping them build community and make money via their mobile phones. We believe the alliance with Opera will bring us a step closer to fulfilling that vision.”

The Opera Mini browser delivers the Web faster and at a lower price than any other mobile browser. It does this by compressing the pages before they are sent onto consumers, leaving all the functionality but reducing the size of each page by up to 90%. A good example of this is how, using Opera Mini, people can access a news site, like www.24.com, nine times more frequently than other browsers, using the same amount of data.

Opera Mini shares many features with Opera’s browser for the desktop, including tabbed browsing, password manager, bookmarks and Speed Dial.

“Mxit and Opera Mini are hugely popular in South Africa, and this partnership will provide consumers with easy access to South Africa’s favourite web services,” said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software.

About Mxit

Mxit is the biggest social network in Africa, allowing tens of millions of people to community fast and affordably.

About Opera Software ASA

The worldwide World Wide Web — any device, any platform, any bandwidth, absolutely anywhere in the world. Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the Web should be a universal right. 200 million people (and counting) use the Opera web browsers for computers, mobile phones, TVs and other connected devices. Opera also delivers tools, distribution, engagement, monetization and market insights to developers, publishers and brands around the world. We are passionate about breaking down barriers, so everyone can share in the power of the Internet. Our vision of one Web for all remains at the heart of what we do, because we believe that participation changes everything. Opera Software ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com.

ONLY ON YAHOO! SHINE: Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Share Details of the Bidens' Daughter's Upcoming Wedding and Secret Holiday Traditions at the

White House

Dr. Jill Biden Tells Yahoo! Her Daughter Will Not Have a White House Wedding

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Biden Share Their Families' Secret Holiday Traditions Exclusively with Yahoo! Shine

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In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Shine (http://shine.yahoo.com), the leading women's lifestyle website with more than 30 million visitors per month, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden reveal family secrets -- The First and Second Lady share their families' secret holiday traditions including the Obamas' grab bag full of funny presents and how Vice President Biden goes downstairs on Christmas Day first to ensure Santa has left presents. Yahoo! solicited questions for the interview from Yahoo! users and among the nearly 5,000 responses was the question about family traditions at the White House.

Separately, Dr. Jill Biden reveals that her daughter will be getting married in the Bidens' home state of Delaware, rather than at the White House. Ashley Biden, 30, and Dr. Howard Krein announced their engagement on Monday, Oct. 31. There has been wide speculation and hopes that the wedding would take place in the white house, but Biden has just confirmed otherwise, first on Yahoo! Shine.

Yahoo! Shine's senior editor Lylah Alphonse conducted the interview, which was focused on Veteran's Day and the Joining Forces initiative to support military families. Clips pertaining to the initiative, including how Michelle Obama would react if her daughters wanted to enlist, will be available on Yahoo.com on Friday November 11, 2011.

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Yahoo! en Español and Ram Truck Launch ‘La Banda Ram' — First Online Mexican Regional Music Channel

New music website offers Latinos exclusive programming with a mix of music, blogs and video content

MIAMI & AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yahoo! en Español, the premier digital media company, and the Ram Truck brand announced the launch of La Banda Ram, the first dedicated Mexican regional music channel. Accessed from on Yahoo! en Español's omg! site, La Banda Ram offers fans exclusive programming, music news, and lifestyle-relevant Ram Truck brand integration. The site debuts today and can be found at: es-us.omg.yahoo.com/la-banda-ram/

Focused on engaging the U.S. Latino audience with premium content, La Banda Ram connects consumers to an entertaining mix of music, blogs, exclusive photo content, originally produced video programming, and the latest news and updates from established and up-and-coming artists of the Norteño, Banda, Duranguense and Grupero regional music genres.

"La Banda Ram provides an excellent opportunity for our brand to emotionally connect with our Latino consumers in a culturally relevant manner," said Fred Diaz, president and CEO of Ram Truck Brand and Chrysler de Mexico, Chrysler Group LLC. "Music is a universal bond and Ram is proud to team with Yahoo! and be part of the first music channel dedicated solely to the increasingly popular Mexican regional music genre."

"La Banda Ram is a great example of how only Yahoo! can create a unique and compelling content solution to engage a diverse, multi-cultural audience, all in line with Ram's brand needs and advertising positioning to Latinos," said Armando Rodriguez, vice president and managing director, Yahoo! Latin America and U.S. Hispanic. "Every month, more than 75% of the U.S. Latino population turns to Yahoo!1; this reach combined with our investment in premium content and our ability to deliver truly personalized experiences makes Yahoo! the premier digital media company for the Latino audience."

La Banda Ram is the newest extension of the Ram Truck brand's most comprehensive Hispanic advertising campaign to date, "A Todo, Con Todo", which launched in early October. A Todo, Con Todo, "to everything, with everything," focuses on the important values of hard work, dedication, and commitment to family and community, and captures the consumer mindset and true essence of Ram. Ram will harness the Yahoo! en Español website to define and communicate the Ram brand lifestyle as well as deliver information and messages about its products through a seamless integration into programming that is of interest to Latino music fans.

This launch builds on the successful Ram and Yahoo! collaboration for "Ram Country on Yahoo! Music," now in its second year. La Banda Ram creates an association between the Ram Truck brand and Mexican regional music in the hearts and minds of Latino consumers, just as Ram Country does with country music fans.

The Ram brand's A Todo, Con Todo Latino advertising campaign includes television, radio, print, newspaper, and digital media, and features bi-lingual Ram Truck owners providing real-life testimonials. The campaign, running in the 15 top Latino markets was produced in both Spanish and English.

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About Ram Truck Brand

The Ram Truck brand continues to establish its own identity and clearly define its customer since its launch as a standalone vehicle brand. Creating a distinct brand for Ram trucks has allowed the brand to concentrate on how core customers use their trucks and what new features they'd like to see. Whether focusing on a family that uses its half-ton truck day in and day out, a hard-working Ram Heavy Duty owner or a business that depends on its commercial vehicles every day, Ram has the truck market covered.

The 2011 Ram 1500 was named a Consumers Digest Best Buy and AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Star. Ram 1500's smooth-riding suspension and 20 mpg, 390 horsepower HEMI® V-8 are just two of the reasons it beat the competition. Ram 1500 also was named the Truck of Texas by the Texas Auto Writers Association in 2011.

The Ram Truck brand has the most innovative lineup of full-size trucks on the market. Ram Truck has emerged as a full-size truck leader by investing substantially in new products, infusing them with great looks, refined interiors, durable engines and features that further enhance their capabilities. Ram trucks now boast these segment exclusives:

Coil-spring rear suspension on Ram 1500 for best-in-class ride and handling
Available RamBox lockable and lighted bedside storage
In-floor storage on all Ram Crew Cabs
The largest cab in the market — Ram HD Mega Cab
Standard six-speed manual transmission on all diesel models
Truck customers, from half-ton to commercial, have a demanding range of needs and require their vehicles to provide high levels of capability. Ram trucks are designed to deliver a total package

1 Comscore, September 2011