Kinectimals is a “pet-style” adventure games

December 16 news, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft’s platform for the iPhone on Tuesday introduced two new software: the first iOS game Kinectimals and provide cloud storage service SkyDrive.

Kinectimals

Kinectimals (Artesyn Technologies with map)

Xbox360 in 2010 somatosensory peripheral products, Microsoft has pioneered the Kinectimals game. The iOS version Kinectimals is Microsoft’s first game based on Apple’s mobile platform.

Kinectimals is a “pet-style” adventure games. Game, players need to cultivate cute pet animals, and by completing quests to finally get the game award. Masters of the game have panda, bear, tiger and so on. Xbox version of the game need to use Kinect, iPhone version by gyroscopes and other 3D positioning system for the game.

Kinectimals is an Apple iPhone and iPad for the general game, in Apple’s App Store on sale for $ 2.99. The size of 178MB of the game in English, Japanese and Korean versions, you need to iOS 4.2 or above versions.

SkyDrive

SkyDrive (Artesyn Technologies with map)

SkyDrive allows users to access Microsoft’s free cloud storage service. Users can upload up to 25GB of SkyDrive files, single file which can not exceed 100MB.

SkyDrive compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad, and only 4.4MB, requires iOS 4.0 or above versions.

SkyDrive main functions:

access to all stored on SkyDrive account under the user’s content, but also to share content;

View recently used documents;

Upload photos and videos through the iPhone;

By e-mail accounts under the SkyDrive link any document to be shared;

Create a folder, delete files or folders.

Microsoft in recent weeks suddenly iOS application development expressed a strong interest, but said the company expected to launch in the near future iPad version of Office software. Microsoft had already released iOS applications, including Bing, OneNote office software, and Windows Live Messenger.

There came sixth version of Veeam Backup & Replication

As a supplier of modern technology to restore and protect the information, as well as the regulation of virtual environments, Veeam Software company again pleases innovative designs. At this time, announced the launch of yet another configuration of the product Veeam Backup & Replication. This is the sixth, augmented and improved version, which significantly expanded functionality, providing interaction with VMware environment and platform support Microsoft Hyper-V.

This product will allow a common console to provide support for many virtual machines at once. Complete data protection for virtual environments multigipervizornoy long been required users to Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere. Now the workflow will be much easier, and costs reduced. It is worth noting the appearance of features such as the ability to backup and restore all in one, including a clustered volume, as well as allowing to significantly reduce the network load, compression and data deduplication, continuous data protection implementation capabilities by storing information images, and immediate recovery from the reserve.

Apple does not oppose abortion of iPhone 4S

Siri, a voice assistant iPhone 4S, since its inception has become extremely popular. With the system you can talk about almost anything, and, of course, ask about how to get where you need to make a mark on your calendar, write and send a message, and much more. In this case, no matter how you formulate it, Siri try to understand what you mean and answer accordingly. So, it seems, because of one of the interpretations is brewing scandal (though, Apple is back down).

Recently, it was noted that Siri, if you ask her about the clinics, where you can have an abortion, family planning clinics to advise, or, if you ask her directly about the clinics for abortions, refusing to look for them. Perhaps this was done to the company was not accused in that it promotes abortion, but it turned out the opposite.

Organizations such as NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation, advocating freedom of choice, immediately accused Apple of discrimination and disrespect for people with another view on the issue. The Apple said that the company wants people to be able to find any information with Siri, but the service is still in beta testing. Company representatives also stated that all will be fixed for release of the system.