Tweet As many will know, when starting or restarting a Mac you have a classic sound to alert the user that operation, but for some users who dislike the sound and want to disable it, there is way to do. For this, I point out an interesting utility that will do the trick. The reasons why a person might want to disable the startup sound reproduction of the classic are different and might regard a mere personal desire, as well as a requirement dictated by the situation and of where we are. It may be possible to temporarily work around this problem by keeping pressed the “mute” during startup or restart the Mac, but through the utility StartNinja, you can take a permanent solution. StartupNinja, available for free download, allows users to permanently disable the sound offending, keeping active all remaining assets of the Mac’s sound You can download StartNinja for free. For those who were in possession of a Mac with OS X 10.6.8 or earlier, press the “Mute” will manage to make it possible to disable the startup sound, although it is still present in system preference panel can disable the sound so still learning. Click here to download StartNinja

Tweet Several Apple TV owners around the world are using Twitter to complain about the problem that is hurting these days the device’s ability to play YouTube videos through the internet section of the main menu. When you look, in fact, play a video, the screen is returned to the following string: No content was found. There is a problem communicating with YouTube. Try again later. The problem seems to be the backend and then cover with Youtube and Google is not the Cupertino company. Seem to be especially affected by this problem connected users from Japan, Australia, Canada and several European countries, including the United Kingdom, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, Denmark, Romania, Argentina and Croatia. In the U.S., however, the problem seems to persist, although the first reports come from their own states. We tested the functionality on our Apple TV: we did not encounter any problem and we were able to easily navigate through YouTube and view any movie. It therefore seems to be an isolated problem that concerns all users.  

Tweet ADATA, a leading manufacturer of RAM, announces the introduction of the new DDR3 Premier catalog for those systems in the presence of limited slots. Premier fact ADATA 8GB is a single module with a frequency of 1600 MHz with a low-voltage I / O and without heat sink. We have no information on price, but we leave you with the Technical Specifications: Type: DDR3 240-pin Frequency: 1600 MHz Voltage: 1.5 V RoHS compliant Price: Not Specified

Tweet Intel announces the acquisition of InfiniBand, a division of QLogic going to expand the portfolio of the company in the network of high-performance computing. Infiniband is a company specialized in the “links” of data flow between processors and I/O devices in high-performance computing and data centers. This operation, which will be completed within the next month, was made by Intel in a vision of the project that the manufacturer intends to achieve by 2018. To be clear, although many readers will know, a system (or systems) that is able to generate exaflop / s would be a hundred times higher than the most powerful super computers now available.

Tweet While Windows Phone is for now one of the best-selling operating systems, many market surveys speak of an ecosystem with the increasingly popular over the years. Meanwhile, with the arrival of the second generation of Windows Phone, according to what the usual statistics OccasionalGamer, Nokia has already surpassed all others in OEM sales of terminals with the Microsoft operating system. The statistics speak for the fact that Nokia has a market share reached 45 percent, followed by HTC with a good 40%. As regards the global market, however, the Finnish company still owns 4%, while HTC dominates reaching 55% share.   Via

Tweet Data are available relating to the installation of Cydia on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 over the last few days since the release of the first tool to jailbreak these two A5 devices. Cydia was installed on new 491,325 iPhone 4S and 308,967 iPad 2, with an additional 152,940 installations iPad 2 already released previously (iOS 4) for a total of more than 950,000 installations in just over 3 days. “Here’s a quick breakdown of how many A5 owners have jailbroken their devices since Friday morning. The numbers as of Monday afternoon are: 491,325 new iPhone 4S devices 308,967 new iPad 2 devices 152,940 previously jailbroken (at 4.x) iPad 2 devices Total: 953,232 new A5 jailbreaks in a little over 3 days. The reason these numbers can be so precise is that one of the housekeeping activities that happens when you launch Cydia is a query to @saurik’s server for the list of available SHSH blobs. (Even if you have none on file, the query is still made).” [IDB]

Tweet It is unclear whether what is happening at this time is only an effect caused by the closure of the last few days that Megaupload has “scared” to many sites that offer similar services, but it is a fact that many spaces are closing filehosting or by changing their “strategy”. The first was FileSonic, famous and widespread file sharing system that has virtually shut down preventing uploads of files (still access to personal files like) as shown in the image above. While we see a close other, the remaining sites, or at least most of them, have changed the terms and conditions of use indicating that those responsible for the uploads are the users themselves. Moreover, in many cases, films were removed , music and content copyright their shared servers. We are seeing a real domino file sharing and file hosting sites on the web. What should we expect? Is right or not?    

Tweet The year that has just started and there is something to say about the expected sale record of Apple iPad. It is quite obvious to say that Apple will launch iPad 3 this year which could boost the sale of all iPad version to nearly 50 million units in 2012. According to the study, the estimated sales of iPad this year stood at around 48 million: it is likely, therefore, that the final result will be even higher. At the time the various Android tablet does not seem to be able to trouble the iPad, which could find a formidable rival only in the Amazon Kindle Fire (fairly inexpensive and compact). At this point you have to wait for the presentation of the iPad 3, a terminal which should ensure higher performance and the launch of which should lead to a decrease in the price of the current model. [BGR]

Tweet The Asian manufacturer has announced that sales of the Samsung Galaxy S II in South Korea have reached a new milestone that over 5 million units were sold. This is a great achievement, considering that it was obtained in only 9 months and in a single country. Although they have not been released data on the European markets, it is likely that the results are equally flattering.

Tweet In the past few hours Nokia has launched the release of the expected firmware update for the Lumia 800 which, among other things, should solve the problems of the battery. Let’s find out all the details. Starting today, and progressively over the next two weeks, the second software update is available for the Nokia Lumia 800, first smarpthone Nokia Phone with the Windows operating system. The new update, which makes the device even more smart with further improves battery life and Wi-Fi connectivity. To upgrade the Nokia Lumia 800, please download the Zune from here and connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable. Lumia Nokia 800 is a compelling design, vibrant colors (cyan, magenta and black), the best performance and social navigation, one-touch access to social networks, intuitive grouping of contacts, old conversations and Internet Explorer 9 integrated. The device has a 3.7 inch AMOLED and a 1.4 GHz processor. The Nokia Lumia 800 offers the experience of sharing with the instant camera with excellent Carl Zeiss optics, video playback in HD, 16 GB internal user memory and access to Microsoft SkyDrive to store pictures and music.