Enlighten: Smartphone for Verizon Wireless

LG has just announced the Enlighten, its newest smartphone for Verizon Wireless. It features Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. 

The Enlighten appears to be a successor to last year's entry-level Ally. It sports a 3.2-inch, HVGA (320 x 480 pixel) resolution display and an 800MHz processor, and has a full QWERTY keyboard with large keys for typing. 

The Enlighten supports Adobe Flash Player 10 as well as Verizon's mobile hotspot function. It also has a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with camcorder. 

LG has installed Android 2.3 Gingerbread along with its custom user interface on the Enlighten. It will lighten wallets by $79.99, after rebate, when it launches online on September 22 and in stores on September 29.

Japan: Typhoon Roke 'landing' in Shizuoka

The feared Typhoon Roke has reached Japan, 'landing' in Hamamatsu, a city in Shizuoka prefecture, shortly after 14 local time (7 in Italy). The next few hours, based on the Japan Meteorological Agency reported(JMA), the north-central part of Honshu, the main island of the same, and the capital Tokyo, will gradually be affected by torrential rains and strong winds.

The imminent passage of Typhoon Roke on Tokyo, the 15/mo of the season, took the warning to the maximum levels for heavy rains and strong winds expected, with a provisional budget that includes 6 deaths and 2 missing, according to the average Nipponese . Much of the rail lines, such as those that depart from Shinjuku station, one of the most congested in the world, were stopped because of the winds that threaten the security of service, while as of this morning's efforts are in place to avoid that the water ends up flooding the subway, to start from Shinjuku.  

The bullet train 'Shinkansen' has been suspended between Tokyo and Osaka, while the offices in the capital were unusually empty as early as the early afternoon to avoid the block ahead of the transposed public. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has invited to give "the highest possible vigilance" until Roke has not left the territory of the Japanese, probably tomorrow afternoon.

3008 HYbrid4: Fast, Comfortable and Friendly

3008 HYbrid4 combines a diesel engine to a 2.0 with 163 hp electric 37 hp for a total power of 200 hp. Starting from 35,000 EurosCharming, comfortable, fast and environmentally friendly. It's the 3008 that Peugeot will market HYbrid4 Italy in late January 2012 with prices ranging between 35,000 and 36,800 euros. This is the first full hybrid diesel vehicle in the world. The choice of diesel-electric was dictated by the Group on Nutrition PSA own oil that allows a saving of 30% fuel compared to gasoline, resulting in CO2 emissions of just 99 g / km (104 g / km on the version richer) on a car that weighs 1,660 kg (less than the value of 107). Not to mention the technology and knowledge-PSA HDi (with new-generation Stop & Start) that allows for multiple departures in a silent and vibration free.

The 3008 is therefore the first Peugeot to benefit from this technology HYbrid4 (in 2012 it will be the 508 sedan that will debut alongside the new 508 RXH). The elegant and sporty crossover combines the internal combustion engine at the front (in this case a diesel 2.0 HDi FAP 163 bhp) with an electric synchronous permanent magnet 37 hp at the rear (integrated in the rear axle which can be used on other platforms such as 2 and 3) for a total output of 200 hp and maximum torque of 450 Nm at low speed, has four-wheel drive, up to 60 km / h travel in all-electric mode for 3-4 km and has a range of about 900 km, 280 of which you can go to zero emissions for a gain of about 160 km at no cost, thanks to energy recovery.

Over 50% of the engine has been revised, the gearbox is a six-speed robotized sequential (with the extra push given by the electric motor being changed) and there are four driving modes: ZEV (best in town), 4WD (improves traction, the torque split can be up to 40% at very low speed rear axle), Sports (emphasizes the dynamism with a Boost effect) and Auto (automatically controls the entire electronic system).

The 3008 HYbrid4 is manufactured at Sochaux on the same lines of 3008, while the nickel metal hydride batteries by Sanyo (located below the threshold of the load capacity of 1,500 liters) are assembled in Mulhouse. It takes just 8 minutes more to build a HYbrid4 3008 compared with 3008 to a heat engine. Aesthetically, the model has a body that includes features of an SUV, a sedan and a MPV. The difference in the front compared to 3008 is represented by horizontal chrome strips and LED daytime running lights, and stands at an unprecedented posteroore spoiler. The interior is original by combining the ambience of a coupe top of the range (remember the driver's seat even the cockpit of a plane) with a modular high-tech equipment to use very practical and effective.

The typical customer of the 3008 HYbrid4 is technological and innovative green car looking for a versatile and environmentally friendly gifts from 4x4. But it also will attract corporate fleet thanks to a very low cost of ownership. According to the director general, Olivier Mornet, Peugeot Italy has 1,300 specimens to register next year, of which 30% to fleets. The HYbrid4 will account for 10% of the total sold 3008, the same European mix.

Google+: Video Chat with New Features

The battle between Google and Facebook continues. Two days after the developer conference that Mark Zuckerberg's social network is expected to announce a new service 'Music' and then aspire to become a platform for entertainment, Mountain View, temporarily takes the stage announcing the opening not only to all of Plus, the social network launched in late June in which up to now could only be accessed by invitation, but also new features including chat by phone rather than just the PC.

The Hangouts, so called, will also feature "live" stream type, which opens this Wednesday already with Will.i.am, lead singer of Black Eyed Peas. The news was revealed by the giant of the web through a post on his official blog. So, after 12 weeks since launch invitations are no longer needed to access Google +. The phase of 'field trial', it served "to listen a lot to learn", for "improvements" but "we are very far from having completed our task," he writes on the Google post.

The social network is, therefore, in beta, or test and everyone can "visit google.com / +, participate in the project and connect with the people they care about." Currently there are no official data on access to social networks, but this move of the opening to the general public should increase the number of visits that gave some blogs specialize in decline. Another great news for the social network is the possibility of extending the 'Hangouts’ from pc to phone.

The video chat is one of the pearls that had marked its launch in Plus (and in fact Facebook was running for cover after announcing a task in cooperation with Skype) and is widely used by social network users who will now have the opportunity to regain their circle of friends in the video, even on the phone. The "Hangouts" on mobile devices, Android 2.3 and higher supports photo and video cameras: the application is already available on the Android Market (soon will be for Apple's iPhone OS).

Another bonus, 'Hangouts’ will also be in direct, thus comparable to a 'stream' (a function more 'public' one to one). Once 'on the air, they can actively participate in up to nine people (as in the standard version), but anyone can watch the live. Finally, you can share your vacation photos, draw (function Sketchpad), working in groups on projects of business (Google Docs). "We will start with a limited number of users authorized to transmit Hangouts- says Google - but any user can tune into Google +".

And there's already a mini-Venetian: the first Hangouts will live with Will.i.am, lead singer of Black Eyed Peas, at 18:00 on Wednesday, September 21 (4:00 Italian time). On Hangouts, then, Mountain View, stimulates creativity of its users by requiring developers who want to create new applications and games to participate thanks to the information they find on Google Blog + Platform. Finally, Google's core business comes + in Mountain View, research. "They were a lot of people ask us, we are committed - says the official post -. Just type what you want to find in the research and will return all relevant results and post on persons, but also popular content on the web. " All the latest news about Google + are

The End of DADT

So long did the Do not Ask Do not Tell, the law which obliged the soldiers (men and women) gay men not to come out not to be discriminated against. From midnight (now American) and Italian early afternoon, will instead be able to say proudly to be gays and lesbians without the risk of losing their role.

The Republicans have tried to ask for time to oppose this revolution, but the Pentagon has returned to the sender any attempt to extend this operation in history. Lieutenant Seefried is a soldier and said that in 2009 he was recognized on a gay website an instructor and this has started to deliberately put in a quandary, in a sort of psychological blackmail. The outing did Seefried and saved himself for his failure to come out himself but for being 'accused' of being gay by a third person. He was suspended for a short time and was able to resume his work.

He contributed to the site OutServe (a pseudonym), a group for gay men, lesbian, bisexual members of the army and can contact through email or social networks. He also appeared on television, of course without being able to be recognized with his face obscured. It began a battle against this rule of Do not Ask Do not Tell. Happiness also by Italian Arcigay applauding this decision:

    "The end of DADT, Do not Ask Do not Tell, is a milestone in the struggle of the international gay movement to win full equality. It 'a decision of dignity and respect that will affect all over the world. Are expected to come out dozens of celebrations in the U.S. Army and among the troops. In Italy there is no ban on gay visibility in the army, but we record, along with friends of Polis Aperta association of homosexuals who mainly perform their service in the police and the armed forces, including strong military problems to be visible as a homosexual and lesbians "

The shadow is over, the light is back.

Edgy London starts Fashion Season

London kicked off the British leg of the fashion calendar on Friday, with designers eager to lift the gloom on the high street with the glitz of the catwalk through some of the edgiest shows in the season.

The dozens of British and international catwalk shows, presentations, including one by fashion darling Tom Ford, and parties cannot come soon enough for a capital city rocked by summer riots and a phone-hacking scandal that damaged confidence in the establishment.

It has produced some of fashion's biggest names but has struggled to maintain a global profile on a par with the other fashion capitals.

London Fashion Week will run until September 21, with one day dedicated to menswear.

Sales growth in the fashion market stood at 1 percent over the past 12 weeks, according to market research group Kantar Worldpanel. Recent surveys have shown UK consumer confidence and sales falling. Consumers' purchasing power is being squeezed by higher prices, muted wage growth, a lack of credit, job insecurity, a stagnant housing market, government austerity measures and fears of eventual interest rate rises.

The direct value of the fashion industry to the British economy is nearly 21 billion pounds ($32.77 billion) out of an economy worth just over a trillion pounds.

As the 15th largest British industry out of 81, it is similar in size to the food/beverage services and telecommunications industries and bigger than the wholesale and retail of automotives, sports activities, chemical manufacture and advertising/video sectors.

The fashion community has been reaching out to the public through the power of the internet and many London shows will be streamed live. The British Fashion Council will also hold question and answer sessions on the event on Twitter.

A string of celebrities are also taking their talents to the catwalk during London Fashion Week. Friday's shows began with staple names Paul Costelloe and Caroline Charles. At the weekend, all eyes will be on Julien Macdonald, Vivienne Westwood, Matthew Williamson and Issa London, whose blue crossover knee-length dress Kate Middleton wore when her engagement to Britain's Prince William was announced last November.

Controversial Knockout: Floyd Mayweather vs Victor Ortiz

"The American Floyd Mayweather won the WBC championship weights Welters beating his compatriot Victor Ortiz by KO in the fourth round in Las Vegas. Mayweather, 34, remained unbeaten after 42 professional matches, 26 wins before the limit. Ortiz held the WBC championafter his victory in April on the American Andre Berto ."


In just one round, Floyd Mayweather Jr. got a head butt, a kiss and a hug from Victor Ortiz.

He responded with a right hand that ended a bizarre fight early.

Mayweather remained unbeaten and did it in emphatic fashion Saturday night, stopping Ortiz at 2:59 of the fourth round to take the piece of the welterweight title Ortiz brought into the ring.

The end came just as the two fighters emerged from a break, in which Ortiz had embraced Mayweather in the center of the ring. As they broke, Mayweather shot out a left hand and followed it with a right that put Ortiz down in his corner.

Ortiz struggled to get up as referee Joe Cortez called an end to the fight.

"We touched gloves and we were back to fighting and then I threw the left and right hand after the break," Mayweather said. "In the ring you have to protect yourself at all times."

The round was already controversial, as Ortiz appeared to head butt Mayweather intentionally, leading Cortez to take a point away from him. After the head butt, Ortiz went to Mayweather and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Mayweather was winning the fight through three rounds, dominating with speed and landing good right hands to the head of Ortiz. Ortiz picked up the pace in the fourth round, trying desperately to get inside Mayweather's vaunted defense. He did on occasion and was having a better round when, late in the round, he appeared to intentionally head butt Mayweather in frustration as the two fought in Mayweather's corner.

Mayweather later engaged in a verbal confrontation with HBO announcer Larry Merchant, calling him a name at one point and drawing a pointed response from the 80-year-old broadcaster, who said he would thrash the boxer if he "was 50 years younger."

While Ortiz claimed he was caught by a punch that came before Cortez ruled the fighters to continue, the referee said Mayweather did nothing wrong.

Mayweather did nothing illegal," Cortez said.

Mayweather, a 5-1 favorite in the fight against a champion 10 years younger, had vowed to go right after Ortiz and give the fans who bought the pay-per-view card at home an exciting fight. He mostly delivered on that promise, landing some good right hands in the early rounds and winning exchanges with his quickness.

Ringside punch stats reflected his dominance, showing Mayweather landing 73 of 208 punches to just 26 of 148 for Ortiz. Mayweather consistently beat Ortiz to the punch, and his experience and hand speed appeared to be the difference.

But he hadn't really hurt Ortiz and took some punches himself in the fourth round as Ortiz seemed to rally before the head butt touched off the series of events that brought the fight to an end. Ortiz quickly apologized to Mayweather after the head butt, giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek while Cortez was busy taking a point away from him.

There was another quick hug in the center of the ring as action was about to resume, followed by the 1-2 combination by Mayweather that put Ortiz on his rear. Ortiz tried to get up, but was still on his knees when the fight was waved to a close.

Mayweather remained unbeaten in 42 fights, scoring the knockout he had predicted. Ortiz, who lost his 147-pound title, fell to 29-3-2.