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Monday, April 1, 2013

Wish to have Android apps On Windows or Mac

“Android is not just for Android devices any more. Thanks to the BlueStacks App Player, you can run your favorite Android apps on PCs running Windows XP, Vista or 7. You can run them on a PC or even a tablet running Windows 8. If you've got a Mac, BlueStacks will let you run Android apps on it as well. This nifty player won Best of CES last year -- and it's free.”
Have you got some favorite smartphone apps? Not convinced by Microsoft's new Windows app selection? Itching to see some Android action on your MacBook Pro? Don't worry, just install an Android emulator on your Windows or Mac machine and run all of the Android apps that you've grown to love.
A version is even available for Windows 8 Surface tablets. Load up to 750,000 Android apps, including games, SMS text messaging, and media apps.
The free product that lets you do this is BlueStacks App Player, and it claims more than 5 million downloads.
Here's how to go about loading and running the BlueStacks emulator:
Installation and Use
Step 1: Browse to the BlueStacks Web page on a desktop computer or laptop and click on the download button for your operating system. Choose between XP, Vista and Windows 7; Windows 8; or Mac.
Follow the usual steps for installing software, opening the .exe file. Follow the prompts to allow installation and then accept the terms of the license agreement by clicking on the Welcome to BlueStacks' Continue button.
Step 2: Verify that App Store Access and App Notification check boxes are enabled on the following screen and then click Install. Allow the BlueStacks application to load.
Step 3: Click on the My Apps tile and then on the App Search button.
Search for an app that you use regularly on your smartphone or tablet. For example, I searched for Falcon Pro, a robust, paid-for Twitter client I like. Allow the in-Bluestacks search to complete and then click on the Install button adjacent to the search result.

Tip: The app doesn't install from this search. This search just tells you which store has the app you want.
Step 4: Choose an app store from the selection. I chose the Google native Play store, but there will be others listed, including Amazon.
Tip: Choose the store that you normally use on your device. It will be cheaper to migrate an app that you've already paid for.
Step 5: Add your account details if prompted. If you already have a Google account, add it here. Allow any sync to take place and then select Finish Setup. Click on any terms and conditions check boxes and then press Continue.
Step 6: Perform a second search for the app that you want to install. Allow the search to take place and then choose Accept and Download. Allow the app to install and then open the app. This search is from within the store that you may be familiar with, like Play.
Tip: Use the on-screen keyboard that pops up rather than the PC's physical keyboard if you run into keyboard mapping issues when communicating with the app.
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Ubuntu Phone OS Preview releasing on Feb. 21

Developers (and plenty of brave geeks) will soon be able to get a taste of Ubuntu’s smartphone version on their Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4.



Ubuntu developer Canonical announced today that it will release a Developer Preview image, along with the necessary tools to install it, for the two Nexus devices on Feb. 21.


“Canonical says the image will be of the latest developmental milestone for the touch-based Ubuntu (which really needs a catchier name). Developers will be able to build apps using the developer preview, as well as port them to Ubuntu on other devices.”


“Our platform supports a wide range of screen sizes and resolutions,” said Canonical’s Pat McGowan, who’s heading up the release of the touch-based Ubuntu image, in a statement today. “Developers who have experience bringing up phone environments will find it relatively easy to port Ubuntu to current handsets.”


Check back next week for our full impressions of Ubuntu on the Nexus 4.





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Thursday, February 14, 2013

MyTalk network security breached

“Jambox wireless speaker creator Jawbone is singing the blues today. It alerted users early this morning to a hack on its MyTalk network that left names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords compromised.”



The MyTalk network is platform where they can update, find and download apps for Jawbone devices. A customer has voluntarily reported he has received this message on twitter. It reads “Based on our investigation to date, we do not believe there has been any unauthorized use of login information or unauthorized access to information in your account.”


Jawbone says that “because your password was taken was encrypted and none of “the actual letters and numbers in your password” were revealed, hackers have ways to decrypt information”.


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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Windosify android

“Windows apps on Android Wine makes it happen”

Twenty years later Wine is making an new leap on Android platform. The software makes it possible for us to run Windows software on Linux and other Linux Platforms.

While Microsoft making its new leap on metro design UI, Wine is planning it port to Android enabling us to port windows applications on Android, reports Phoronix.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Microsoft Office 15 launched

Microsoft has finally released several consumer-focused versions of Office 365 and Office 2013 to 162 markets.


After Windows, Office is arguably Microsoft’s most important product and helps the company make a lot of cash. Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are staples around the world for productivity, and while compelling alternatives do exist, these apps are still the standard for how we get work done.


But times have changed since Office debuted in 1990, and Microsoft is trying to adapt to how we work now. We’re much more mobile, we have more devices, and we’re more likely to subscribe to software at a reasonable price than pay a ton upfront. (Adobe has noticed these trends too.)


So Microsoft is offering different plans for the newest version of Office and trying to coax consumers and students with a relatively decent subscription deal. Or you can get into Office “the old way” and buy a single copy for a single PC.


Here are the details on how Microsoft is now offering up Office 365 and Office 2013.


Office 365

Office 365 Home Premium — $99/year — 5 devices


Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access


Microsoft is prioritizing Office 365 Home Premium as its top offering for consumers. With it, you can install a copy of the software on five different devices, including PCs and Macs. The software ties itself to one Microsoft account and lets you use that account to manage it in the cloud.


Office 365 Home Premium is cloud-connected in several ways. For example, when you save a document in Word or Excel, it saves simultaneously to SkyDrive and to the computer’s hard drive. That way, no matter where you access a document, you have the latest version of it. Office 365 subscribers also get 60 free Skype minutes per month and get a boost in SkyDrive storage from 7GB to 20GB.


Additionally, subscribing to Office 365 gets you an ingenious feature — Office on Demand. Essentially, whenever you are on a Windows 7 or 8 PC that is not one of your five installs (let’s say you’re at a friend’s house or a satellite office), you will still have access to Office. Microsoft actually streams a copy of Office from the cloud down to that computer and you can save your work to the cloud. When you are finished with your Office on Demand session, the copy disappears and removes all traces you were there. (We wish this worked on Macs too, but hey, can’t win ‘em all.)


“We want to drive the most demand for this,” Jevon Fark, senior marketing manager at Microsoft told. “This is easily the most ambitious version we’ve ever offered in the 25-year history of Office.”


Office 365 University — $80 for 4 years — 2 devices


Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access


The company will also offer a version of Office 365 aimed squarely at college students. It is basically the same offering as Office 365 Home Premium, but it comes at a better overall price and only lets you install the software twice. You’ll also get the convenience of Office on Demand, which could come seriously in handy in university computer labs, which may not have the latest version of Office installed.


Frankly, Office 365 University looks like a killer deal. Microsoft says it will let students re-up on the $80-for-four-years offer a single time, which helps if they need extra time to get their Bachelor’s degree or go to grad school.



Office 2013

If you’d rather pay a large amount upfront and not have to subscribe to get your software, Microsoft also is offering Office 2013 Home Premium in three other versions. Think of these versions as a more traditional approach to Office. If you just want a single copy that can only be installed on one PC, this is your software.


Keep in mind, Office 2013 is not as cloud-connected as Office 365. You don’t get Office on Demand and your documents don’t save simultaneously to SkyDrive and your hard drive. You can, however, save your documents just to SkyDrive if you want.


Office 2013 Home & Student — $140


Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote


Office 2013 Home & Student will be the overall least expensive offering in the new Office family because you get the most basic Office programs and simply pay $140 for the life of the product. It offers the bare bones package though.


Office 2013 Home & Business — $220


Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook


Small businesses that want to approach Office from a more traditional perspective of buying a licence or two for those who need a new copy might want this version. Office 2013 Home & Business is targeted at smaller companies rather than medium-sized companies and enterprises.


Office 2013 Pro — $400


Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, Access


If you’re a serious Office aficionado and need the full suite of Microsoft tools, Pro is your version. Unless, of course, you’d rather have the same programs and get extra goodies by subscribing to Office 365. Chew on this: Pro costs $400 and only lets you install on one device, while 365 Home Premium lets you install on five devices with more cloud features. If you use Office 2013 Pro for four years, only then do you make up your investment when you could have paid the same for four years of Office 365.


Interestingly enough, Microsoft isn’t shy to admit that paying $400 for Pro isn’t a good deal. “My understanding is that we don’t want people to buy Pro for $400 — we want people to subscribe to 365,” Fark told us.



How it runs

The final copy of Office 365 Home Premium runs quite similar to what we saw previously when testing Office 2013. This is the Office you’ve known (and maybe liked) for years, but it has a more compelling design and more features. One feature that really stuck out was PowerPoint’s new Presenter View, which lets you preview slides and other info on your PC’s screen while giving a presentation. (You can partially see Presenter View in the top photo.) Another feature is a new start screen that pops up when you start Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more that shows popular template options.


What makes the latest version of Office a bit different besides the cloud-connected features is that it’s also built with touch in mind. Microsoft wants you to use this software on its Windows 8 tablets like Surface as well as Windows 7 and 8 PCs. You can change the settings that optimize icons and options for touch. But exclusively using touch can be a recipe for frustration — I found it challenging to input lots of numbers or prepare a presentation. I’d much rather use these programs with a mouse and keyboard.



More business support coming

Next up, Microsoft will launch the latest version of Office 365 for businesses on Feb. 27. The company hasn’t divulged details on how it will differ from Office 365 Home Premium yet, but we suspect it will offer various group editing and collaboration features in the cloud. When we find out, we’ll let you know.





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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Top 10 Internet clients 2013

Internet clients are software’s that are used to access the web to browse and get data across the net for other resources.


Let’s take a look at some internet client’s that has topped the list.




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Top 10 open source software's 2013

Open Source software's are used through out the world due to its accessibility and convenience. Let’s get a look of open source software product providers who have topped the list.


  • PortableApps.com

  • GNU Operating System

  • nginx

  • Audacity

  • MODx

  • Open source mailing list manager

  • Vanilla Forums

  • Sphinx – Free open-source SQL full-text search engine

  • Curl and Libcurl

  • poEdit


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Friday, December 28, 2012

[Shortcuts] List of Shortcuts on Windows 8


































































































Press thisTo do this

Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+start typing

Search your PC



Ctrl+plus (+) or Ctrl+minus (-)



Zoom in or out of a large number of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen



Ctrl+scroll wheel



Zoom in or out of a large number of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+C

Open the charms



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+F

Open the Search charm to search files



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+H

Open the Share charm



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+I

Open the Settings charm



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+J

Switch the main app and snapped app



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+K

Open the Devices charm



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+O

Lock the screen orientation (portrait or landscape)



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Q

Open the Search charm to search apps



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+W

Open the Search charm to search settings



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Z

Show the commands available in the app



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+spacebar

Switch input language and keyboard layout



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Ctrl+spacebar

Change to a previously selected input



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Tab

Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps)



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Ctrl+Tab

Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps) and snap them as they are cycled



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Shift+Tab

Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps) in reverse order



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+PgUp

Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the left (Apps in the desktop won’t change monitors)



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+PgDown

Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the right (apps in the desktop won’t change monitors)



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+Shift+period (.)

Snaps an app to the left



Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+period (.)

Snaps an app to the right






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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Fact for the day: 25-07-2012

MS-DOS was a rough imitation of CP/M, one of the first portable operating systems. 'Portable' here means that the OS could run on different hardware.


Finger' is an Internet tool for locating people on other sites. It gives access to non-personally identifiable information.


The term 'petabit' is used in discussing possible volumes of data traffic per second in a large network.






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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Iran nuclear facilities 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC malware

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In 2010, Iran's nuclear facilities were infiltrated by Stuxnet, the centrifuge-wrecking malware allegedly cooked up by the US government. Now they seem to have been hit again by a bizarre attack forcing nuclear plant workstations to pump the song Thunderstruckby heavy metal band AC/DC through the speakers at full volume.


News of the attack comes from Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish computer security firm F-Secure, who says he recently received a series emailsfrom a scientist working at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI):


"I am writing you to inform you that our nuclear program has once again been compromised and attacked by a new worm with exploits which have shut down our automation network at Natanz and another facility Fordo near Qom."


The Iranian scientist goes on to say that they believe the attackers used Metasploit, a common hacking tool which provides a variety of ways to penetrate supposedly secure networks. "There was also some music playing randomly on several of the workstations during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out," says the scientist. "I believe it was playing 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC."


While the US military has used heavy metal music as a weapon in the past it seems unlikely that a Stuxnet-like stealth attack would announce its presence with a few blasting power chords, suggesting the hit is more likely the work of a thrill-seeking hacker. Hypponen says he has been unable to verify any details of the attack, but has confirmed that the emails were sent and received from within the AEOI.





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Monday, July 23, 2012

Virtual germ created on computer for first time

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In a move that promises to bring the advantages of computer aided design (CAD) to genetic engineers, the first computer model of a complete bacterium has been produced in the US. It means researchers will soon be able to modify models of an organism's genome on a computer screen - or create artificial lifeforms - without the risks of undertaking wet biology in secure biosafety labs.


The pathogen is called Mycoplasma genitalium, a bacterium implicated in a number of urethral and vaginal infections. The bug was ripe for modelling say researchers at Stanford University in California, because it has the smallest genome of any free-living organism, with just 525 genes. By contrast, the popular lab pathogen E. colihas 4288 genes.


The modelling was undertaken by bioengineer Markus Covert and colleagues. To get the raw data for their model, they undertook an exhaustive literature review - spanning 900 research papers - to allow them to program into their model some 1900 experimentally observed behaviours and molecular interactions that M. genitaliumcan take part in during its life cycle.


In software terms, they found the behaviours of the 525 genes could be described by 28 algorithms, each governing the behaviour of a software module modelling a different biological process. "These modules then communicated with each other after every time step, making for a unified whole that closely matched M. genitalium's real-world behaviour," claims the Stanford team in a statement. Their research appears in the journal Cell (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.044).


Such models will ultimately give biologists the freedom to undertake "what if" scenarios common in regular engineering - changing parameters in a genome design, say, like a civil engineer adjusts the width of a bridge deck on a computer to see what happens. As well as being experimentally useful, allowing artificial organisms and synthetic lifeforms to be created virtually (harming no-one), they could also boost biosafety by preventing accidental creations of lethal pathogens. In 2001, for instance, researchers in Australia accidentally created a lethal strain of mousepox.


In a commentary article in Cell, systems biologists Peter Freddolino and Saeed Tavazoie of Columbia University say they hope the work will soon be extended to more commonly used lab bugs like E. coli- but also warn that the technique's accuracy has yet to be demonstrated. It is unclear, they say, "how well overall behaviors will be predicted from a collection of separately obtained parameters" gleaned from hundreds of research papers.


But the US National Institutes of Health, which funded the modelling work, is excited. It believes the model a major step towards finding "new approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of disease", says James Anderson, an NIH program director.





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Monday, July 16, 2012

Fact for the day: 16-07-2012

In 1988 Electronic Arts became the first major publisher to release an 'online' multiplayer game. Dan Bunten's Modem Wars allowed two players to sit at their own computer and play over a telephone line.


While games such as Doom, Marathon, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and GoldenEye 007 may have defined the first-person shooter genre, the first documented 'first person shooter 3D multiplayer networked game' was called Spasim (space + simulation = Spasim). It appeared in 1974 and could be played by up to 32 people.


It is believed that Subash Ghai's film Taal was the first Bollywood movie to be widely promoted on the internet.


The first internet worm was created by Robert Morris, Jr, and attacked more than 6,000 internet hosts.






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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Angry Birds to land on Samsung TVs


A new app will let Samsung Smart TV owners use hand gestures to slingshot those angry birds against their piggly nemeses.



After soaring into the PC and mobile world, Angry Birds is flapping into its next arena -- smart TVs.


Samsung today announced the launch of a new Angry Birds app (English translation) designed for certain of its smart TVs. Tapping into Samsung's Smart Interaction gesture recognition, game players will be able to use gestures and voice commands to target the angry birds in their battle against the pigs.


Due out sometime this month, the Angry Birds app will be compatible with Samsung's smart TVs ES7000, ES8000, and ES9000. Taking advantage of Samsung's newly-updated Smart TV SDK, the app can run on a TV without need for a set-top box, according to The Next Web.


Users will be able to download the app directly on their TVs through the Samsung TV app store. Samsung has been working with Rovio to bring the game to smart TVs ever since it announced its Smart Interaction technology at CESin January. The two companies are also plotting to air a series of Angry Bird animated shorts through Samsung's video on demand (VOD) service.


Angry birds fans without a Samsung Smart TV may still be able to use their favorite hand gestures to fling the birds across the screen. An Angry Birds trilogy is in the works later this year for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. To enable gesture and voice support, the game would tap into the Kinect for the Xbox and the PS Move for the PS3.





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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Chrome to drop Mac OS X 10.5 support


Those with the 2007-era version of Apple's operating system won't be able to use a new version of Chrome due in three months. Also coming to the browser: support for Webcams and gamepads.



Just as Apple finished up OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion, Google said yesterday that its Web browser will stop supporting OS X 10.5, aka Leopard.


Leopard debuted in 2007 after a long gestation period. Apple's OS updates arrive more frequently these days -- roughly annually -- and Chrome comes even more frequently with a six-week update cycle.


"Please note, on Mac we now require 10.6 or higher, and this release will not be available if you are on 10.5 or lower," said Chrome team member Jason Kersey in a blog post yesterdayabout Chrome 22, which just entered testing on the developer channel. That version should become the mainstream, stable version of Chrome in about three months.


Chrome has become an "exceptionally profitable" product for Google, driving search traffic and thereby generating ad revenue for the company. It got its start on personal computers, but Google has just released Chrome for iOS alongside the Android version of the browser.


Google also announced yesterday the beta version of Chrome 21 with two significant featuresfor letting Web apps better match what native apps can do.


First is support for the getUserMedia interface, which lets programmers tap into a computer's camera and microphone. That's useful for creating Web apps that use videoconferencing and audio chat, or for signing up with a new online service that can take a snapshot for a profile picture.


Second is support for the Gamepad interface, which lets programmers write Web-based games that use videogame controllers.


Opera Software and Mozilla also have been pushing for development and adoption of these interfaces to device hardware. Such tasks typically have been available to programmers before who used Adobe Systems' Flash Player or who wrote native software that use the underlying operating system.


The browser developers, though, want Web apps to match what native apps can accomplish. That's important for programmers who want to move beyond the Flash era, but it's essential for Google's Chrome OS and Mozilla's Firefox OS, two projects that use a browser-based operating system that runs only Web apps.






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Monday, July 9, 2012

App uses Earth's magnetic field to guide you indoors

The Earth's magnetic field once helped pioneering explorers discover exciting new lands and untold riches. Now, it could stop you getting lost at the shops, thanks to an upcoming smartphone app that uses magnetic fluctuations to map indoor locations, guiding you around places that GPS can't penetrate.


It has been developed by a company called IndoorAtlas, which was spun out of the University of Oulu in Finland by computer scientist Janne Haverinen and colleagues. In 2009 Haverinen told how he built a robot that could navigate by magnetic fields after reading about a lobster with a similar ability. Now he's taking advantage of the digital compasses found in modern smartphones to do the same for people.


Compasses don't normally work inside buildings because metallic structures disturb the Earth's magnetic field, making it impossible to reliably find north, so IndoorAtlas takes a different approach by using these disturbances to create a unique map within each building. Map makers simply have to align their building's blueprint with a traditional map, then wander along designated paths with smartphone in hand to chart the magnetic variations.


Visitors to the building can then download the map to their own phone and navigate as normal, though users do have to travel a distance of 3-5 metres before the system locks on to their location. It might be worth the short wait though - unlike other proposed indoor navigations systems based on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, IndoorAtlas doesn't require any additional infrastructure, making it suitable for locations that suffer from radio interference while also reducing maintenance costs.





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Angry Birds sequel could let you play for the pigs


Rovio may be cooking up a new version of Angry Birds that would pit you and the pigs against the birds.



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Will Angry Birds fans soon be able to switch sides and play for the pigs?


Game maker Rovio will reportedly twist its popular game later this year with a new version that would let you fire pigs at the birds, according to gadget-enthusiast site Pocket-Lint.


Pocket-Lint speculated that the goal of the game would be to protect the eggs you've taken from the birds by shooting the pigs at them. Like the birds, the pigs would be equipped with different strength levels and skills. If the report is true, the game should launch in time for the holiday-shopping season.


Few details were available, though the game would still feature the same catapults and well-known stone structures.


Because Angry Birds is the company's bread and butter, Rovio does need to keep the franchise fresh by offering new twists on the original format.


The most recent variation on the game was Angry Birds Space, which blasted the birds and their piggly adversaries into orbit. Rovio is also now offering Angry Birds Seasons for free to iOS users until Thursday.





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Sunday, July 8, 2012

EU Plans For Cars To Call For Help After Crashes

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By 2015, the European Parliament wants all new cars to automatically alert emergency services in case of a crash, a service known as eCall. The Parliament adopted a resolution to this effect in a show of hands on Tuesday, and urged the European Commission to make eCall law.


The introduction of eCall, technology designed to automatically call the European emergency number 112 when a car crashes, would enable rescue services to arrive faster, saving up to 2,500 lives a year and reducing the severity of injuries by 10 to 15 percent, according to the European Parliament.


The eCall system is triggered by sensors in the vehicle like those which cause protective airbags to explode in a crash. Once triggered, the device automatically contacts the nearest emergency service centre, via the 112 service. It transmits the exact location of the vehicle and other data, such as the make of the car, and establishes a voice connection with the emergency services operator.


The eCall systems will also use satellites and mobile telephony caller location to determine the location of the crashed car. Based on the location, eCall will contact the nearest emergency center, and will also send a minimum set of data (MSD) that includes time, the direction in which the vehicle was travelling, vehicle identification, an indication if eCall was automatically or manually triggered and information about a possible service provider. Sending the extra data is likely to reduce misunderstanding and stress and helps to eliminate language barriers between the vehicle occupants and the operator, said the parliament.


The system must not be used to monitor a person’s movements or determine his or her location unless that person has been involved in an accident, the parliament said.


The full deployment of eCall requires cooperation between public authorities, car companies and mobile phone operators. If eCall becomes mandatory the car manufacturers will have to build it into every new car, and member states will have to upgrade their emergency call systems to comply with the eCall standards. Not all the member states have agreed to use the system and those who did are still in the process of implementing it.



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