News of the web views by Quelbazar: 20.03.2017

Over the web, the readings and news recommended by Quelbazar these last time:  

Confederation removes 57 posts in his IT: News – http://www.ictjournal.ch/news/2017-03-15/la-confederation-supprime-57-postes-dans-son-it

SSD prices back on the rise: according to a report by research firm DRAMeXchange, because of a shortage in the supply of chips flash NAND, SSD prices could climb by up to 16 percent this quarter from the previous quarter, while the notebook manufacturers won't put probab – mondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-les-prix-des-ssd-repartent-a-la-hausse-67633.html

The Matrix is reportedly getting a reboot: The Matrix is getting a remake. That's according to The Hollywood Reporter, which says that Warner Bros. is in the early stages of developing has rebooted version of the 1999 cyberpunk classic, with Creed star Michael B. Jordan as the potential headliner. –http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/14/14930638/the-matrix-reboot-remake-movie

Additional trains for the Vaud RER: the Board of Directors of SBB has approved the purchase of 14 trains of type Flirt TSI to the Stadler constructor. These new trains, consisting of four vehicles, will complement the current fleet with a view to the future development of the offer on the RER Vaud. –https://cff-presse.ch/des-trains-supplementaires-pour-le-rer-vaud/

Fifteen candidates running for the seven seats in the Council of State of Vaud: no candidate last minute came the surprise at the end of the period for the submission of lists for the election to the Council of State of Vaud. In January 2012, 21 candidates had applied for a seat in the Government, a record. –https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/8457998-quinze-candidats-en-lice-pour-les-sept-sieges-du-conseil-d-etat-vaudois.html

Brain awareness week: brain attack, every minute counts: Bern (ots) – the stroke hit in Switzerland every 30 minutes, 16,000 people per year. A quarter of them die, a third remains permanently disabled. Much suffering could be avoided by reacting immediately in the presence of a stroke. –http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100011669/100800056

Twint launch delayed again…: News – http://www.ictjournal.ch/news/2017-03-10/le-lancement-de-twint-a-nouveau-retarde

45.8 million for the BIA tunnel: tunnel of the BIA in Lausanne layout becomes clearer. The Vaud State Council asked the Grand Council to provide 45.8 million to quickly launch the construction of the underground under the avenue of Echallens. The construction is expected to start this summer to be completed end of 2020. –http://www.24heures.ch/news/news/enveloppe-458-millions-tunnel-leb/story/26485748

Tesla built a huge solar energy plant on the island of Kauai: Islands in the Pacific Ocean are some of the most practical places to install solar panels. Since there's no natural gas pipeline gold rail line to haul in coal, islands like Kauai in Hawaii have traditionally generated electricity by shipping in many barrels of diesel fuel. –http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/8/14854858/tesla-solar-hawaii-kauai-kiuc-powerpack-battery-generator

The storage market pro down 6.7% in Q4: the enterprise storage market weakened significantly in the fourth quarter of 2016. Compared to the same period a year earlier, sales fell 6.7 percent to reach 11.1 Md$. Yet, the delivered capacity grew strongly (+ 18.3%) to represent 52.4 exabytes. –http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-le-marche-du-stockage-pro-en-recul-de-6-7-au-4e-trimestre-67564.html

More online sales in Switzerland: in 2016, the physical sales market in Switzerland shares have still lost ground in favor of e-commerce. A finding from a new study by the Association Switzerland of Distance selling (ASVAD), the GfK Institute in collaboration with the post Switzerland. –http://www.ictjournal.ch/etudes/2017-03-07/toujours-plus-de-ventes-en-ligne-en-suisse

Uber acknowledges having used a software to avoid controls: News – http://www.ictjournal.ch/news/2017-03-06/uber-reconnait-avoir-employe-un-logiciel-pour-eviter-les-controles

How a typo took down S3, the backbone of the internet: Earlier this week, much of the internet ground to a halt when the servers that power them suddenly vanished. The servers were part of S3, Amazon's popular web hosting service, and when they went down they took several big services with them. –http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2/14792442/amazon-s3-outage-cause-typo-internet-server

Spotify reaches 50 million paying users: Spotify has reached a new milestone after it crossed 50 million paying users. The service is currently available in over 60 markets, with a total catalog of more than 30 million songs it off. –http://techcrunch.com/2017/03/02/spotify-50-million/

Disney is considering booting up a new sequel to Tron: Legacy: Disney is considering booting The Grid back up. That's the word from The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news that the company was considering deactivated the franchise for another outing, with Suicide Squad star Jared Leto eyed for the lead role. This is at a very early-stage, THR bonds. –http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/3/14807356/disney-tron-legacy-sequel-jared-leto

Young people spend nearly 7 h 30 a month watching videos: individuals aged between 15 and 34 have a particularly high consumption of the video. While they make up 22.8 percent of the viewers (7.9 million) population, they represent nearly a third of all the time spent watching videos (32.2%). –http://www.lalettre.pro/Les-jeunes-passent-pres-de-7h30-par-mois-a-regarder-des-videos_a12891.html

Lyft could well benefit from the woes of Uber: the misfortune of some makes the happiness of others. The proverb could occur in the world of cars with driver booking applications. –https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/tourisme-transport/0211844036278-lyft-pourrait-bien-profiter-des-deboires-duber-2069148.php#Xtor=AD-6000

Video: CEO of Uber uncomfortable after a clash with a VTC driver: A video amateur on a rough exchange between Travis Kalanick and a Uber driver causes some buzz. –http://www.itespresso.fr/video-ceo-uber-mal-aise-clash-chauffeur-vtc-150002.html

[MWC]Waze arrives in cars: the open source SmartDeviceLink consortium was announced by Ford and Toyota at CES 2017. This platform open source software wants to be an alternative to CarPlay from Apple and Google's Android Auto. It allows to connect your smartphone to the vehicle's on-board system. -http://www.tomsguide.fr/actualite/waze-voitures-ford-toyota, 55951.html

Uber loses challenge over English language tests for London drivers: Uber drivers in London will be required to pass an English language test, Reuters reports, after a short ruled against the ride-hailing in company's decision announced Friday. –http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/3/14800510/uber-london-english-test-rules-court

Bus lines in Switzerland: view SBB: often, asked to SBB what they think of the prospect of competition from the bus lines. –https://cff-presse.ch/bus-grandes-lignes-suisse-lavis-cff/

NASA released has your of software for free and here's some you should try: NASA has just published its 2017-2018 software catalog, which lists the many apps, code libraries and tools that pretty much anyone can download and use. Of race, most of it is pretty closely tied to… you know, launching spacecraft and stuff, which most people don't do. –http://techcrunch.com/2017/03/02/nasa-released-a-ton-of-software-for-free-and-heres-some-you-should-try/

Switzerland: the public assesses radio programs: However, the "professionalism" and the "information quality" regional radio transmitters are much less well evaluated than those of issuers of the GIS. The offers of the radio transmitters are generally considered as more entertaining than television. –http://www.lalettre.pro/Suisse-le-public-evalue-les-programmes-des-radios_a12879.html

Mozilla officially acquires Pocket, a popular read-it-later app: You may have the app. You may have it as year add – on. Or maybe both. The chances are you've probably heard of Pocket, year incredibly popular app that lets you save items, websites, photos, and videos so you can view them later across your devices. –http://www.androidauthority.com/mozilla-officially-acquires-pocket-753466/

All Fossil watches are getting Android Wear 2.0 in March: Android Wear 2.0 is finally here, and with it comes a number of big improvements for the ecosystem. –http://www.androidauthority.com/fossil-android-wear-2-0-753508/

Migros in talks with e-Commerce Alibaba specialist: News – http://www.ictjournal.ch/news/2017-02-27/migros-en-pourparlers-avec-le-specialiste-de-le-commerce-alibaba

Apple orders another 60 million OLED panels from Samsung: Despite being rivals, Samsung and Apple do a lot of business together. Last year, Apple placed year order with Samsung for 100 million OLED panels for its upcoming iPhone 8. But it appears that wasn't enough. –http://www.androidauthority.com/apple-orders-another-60-million-oled-panels-samsung-749512/

This machine does absolutely nothing, yet she is beautiful!: complex machinery are often extremely beautiful, because they have a complex task at hand. There are convoluted machines which are absolutely useless. See this turn, you end up easily blown away… -http://fr.ubergizmo.com/2017/02/14/machine-inutile-magnifique.html

Sudo insult me: If you want a little Tickle users of your server or if you like it insults you kindly, I have what need you! It is an option which is added in the config of sudo and which allows to make fun of him who is the wrong password. There you go… –https://korben.info/sudo-insulte-moi.html

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