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Wireless charging - the future for electric cars

It's electric, and like all battery-operated automobiles needs regular charging. "The charging is done wirelessly, you park up, turn off the key and voila... charging starts automatically," says Anthony Thomson, CEO of HaloIPT, a UK company that has installed the technology. The process uses electromagnetic induction to transfer power from a pad built into the ground to another installed in the bottom of the car. The system could be installed in a supermarket parking place, garage floor or the ground at a special charging station. When a driver parks the vehicle, the two pads line up and with a flick of a switch, the charging starts.

Katy Perry leads MTV nominations

US pop star Katy Perry leads the way at this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) with nine nominations. The singer's nods include video of the year for Firework, best pop video and best special effects. British singer Adele and Kanye West picked up seven nominations apiece. Other multiple nominees included Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Bruno Mars. The VMAs are scheduled to take place on 28 August in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in the US. Perry, who married comedian Russell Brand last year, was also nominated for best female video, best collaboration, best art direction and best cinematography.

Texas executes 9/11 'revenge' killer

A man who embarked on a shooting spree in what he claimed was retaliation for 9/11 has been executed at a prison in Texas. The lone survivor of Mark Stroman's attack on convenience store workers in late 2001, Rais Bhuiyan, originally from Bangladesh, unsuccessfully sued to stop the execution, saying his religious beliefs as a Muslim required him to forgive the man. Stroman claimed the shooting spree that killed two men and injured a third targeted people from the Middle East, though all three victims were from south Asia. It was the death of 49-year-old Vasudev Patel, from India, that put Stroman on death row. Stroman's execution was the eighth this year in Texas.

Mac OS X Lion pounces

As promised, Apple let Mac OS X Lion out of its cage this morning. Version 10.7 of the operating system has more than 250 new features, Apple said, but an installation disc isn't one of them: it's available today for $29.99 as a 3.49GB download only. Apple enjoys pushing the computing industry into the future by dropping technology it deems to be from the past-for example floppy drives missing from the first iMac-and those who want a real-world copy of the OS will have to wait until Apple releases it on a USB thumb drive next month for $69. The Mac OS X download, available through the Mac App Store, dovetails with Apple's new MacBook Air and Mac Mini Lion-based computers. These new models are updated with Intel's modern Sandy Bridge processors and a high-speed Thunderbolt data transfer port-and none has a DVD drive for the next OS upgrade.

Google+ For iPhone Now The Top Free App In iTunes

Google+ for iPhone hit Apple's App Store a mere 24 hours ago but it's being downloaded like wildfire as it currently sitting atop the heap as the most popular free app available from iTunes. This is big news considering Google+ is still invitation-only and only has 18 million users so far, compared to Facebook's 750 million. That said, Google+ users can now upload contacts from Outlook and Mac address books (not Facebook, though), which may result in even bigger Google+ adoption numbers.

Steve Jobs dismisses rumors of his successor

Apple CEO and cancer survivor Steve Jobs is not keen on discussing speculation about who will replace him when the inevitable happens. This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company's board of directors have been discussing plans about who will take over the position that has been held by Jobs since the late 1990s, and perhaps the title that some will always bestow upon Jobs and Jobs alone, once the man is no longer able to hold the position himself. The Journal said it had credible information that the board has already been meeting with headhunters and "at least one head of a high-profile technology company."

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SFR and HP strengthen their joint offerings in cloud computing

Strategy - Based on HP technologies, services "cloud infrastructure Suite" SFR make the promise of a 'cloud' controlled end-to-end.

The subject is becoming carrier and no longer interested only large companies. The cloud starts to become an avenue for SMEs, it is still necessary to find solutions adapted to the resources of these structures.

This philosophy is a bit of HP and SFR working together on this subject since 2010 and who intend to cover the entire demand. The two groups signed a trade agreement around new services to facilitate the adoption of cloud computing.

"This strategic agreement will allow both partners to provide their customers the latest cloud solutions. Based on HP technologies, services" cloud infrastructure Suite "SFR offer businesses a" controlled cloud "with a commitment to quality service end-to-end, "explain the two partners.

Three options: Start, Internet Critic

He continued: "for Very Small, Small and Medium Enterprises, SFR and HP will rely on their indirect sales networks. These local networks are made up of 150 partners and 4,500 SFR HP partners. Large companies and major accounts will benefit from the support of HP and SFR sales engineers. Through this arrangement, SFR and HP optimize their business and hear as well blankets develop relations with all their business customers. "

Specifically, in April, HP and SFR offer "cloud infrastructure Suite" SFR, a range of cloud services that rely on secure platforms and HP CloudSystem hosted in data centers SFR located on French territory.

The offer comes in 3 formulas to again cover the broad spectrum of needs:

- "Start" to non-critical uses: website development platforms, testing and emergency;

- "Internet" for sensitive uses: important website, online applications;

- "Critical" for critical uses: website critical business applications, business applications.

These formulas include the hosting of virtual servers in a dedicated and secure.

SaaS solutions coming

The range will soon incorporate other formulas such as backup and online storage solutions or SaaS (Software as a Service) type virtual desktop and online applications catalog, add the two groups.

The agreement with HP is critical for SFR which seeks to diversify its company , segment still dominated by the incumbent. "This agreement fits perfectly in the heart of the development strategy of SFR, cloud computing represents one of the three major growth market companies," said the operator as well.

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