jueves, 5 de junio de 2008
Semana 8 (por Fabi)
Watch Out TV: YouTube is Taking Over
Jun 05, 2008
The theme for this week must be the erosion of market share for dominant technologies. Earlier, we reported on the Firefox web browser's steady march into Internet Explorer territory, and today NewTeeVee points to a recent study from Ipsos MediaCT that shows the PC continuing to encroach on the television's dominating position for eyeball time when it comes to video watching. Where are you watching video? Vote in our poll below.
Ipsos MediaCT found that even though TV is still the dominant method of video consumption among those who have streamed a video online, that dominance is slipping. TV was down to 70% of video watching time from 75% last year, while "personal computer" jumped from 11% in 2007 to 19% this year. That was even more pronounced among teens. In the 12-17 age group, PC watching was 24%, while TV was down to 55% of screen time.
"Today, about half of all Internet users aged 12 and up have streamed a video file online in the past 30 days," said Adam Wright, Director at Ipsos MediaCT. "We really see these share gains in non-traditional video channels as not simply an isolated, generation-driven market effect, but rather a large macro-trend in the way consumers want their video content delivered that those in the entertainment industry should increasingly be paying attention to as we look forward to the rest of 2008 and beyond."
Last week, 28% of ReadWriteWeb readers indicated that they prefer online TV to cable. Now we'd like to ask you where you're watching most of your video these days? Bear in mind that a DVD watched on your television, is still video consumed via TV. (We realize this is not the same type of poll conducted by Ipsos MediaCT -- though it was clearly inspired by their study.) Let us know in the comments the different places you're watching video these days.
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La elegí porque me parece increíble que no me sorprenda que cada vez se usa más la computadora que la televisión.
How to Write Protect your USB Drive
Jun 01, 2008
The spread of viruses is mainly due to the incorrect use of Internet and the misuse of external media like the USB or Pen drives. Windows has an auto-run function enabled by default so whenever a USB drive is plugged in, Windows automatically recognizes it and performs a default action like opening the contents of the drive.
Viruses and malware use this method to propagate. When an infected USB drive is plugged into the system, the malware automatically starts up using the auto-run of the drive. This way the malware spreads very quickly.
Today I found out a neat utility which can write protect your USB drive. This comes in handy when you have a virus in your system and you have some fixing tools in your USB drive. You just write protect the USB drive, plug it in and then use the tools on it. In this way, your USB drive will not be affected by any kind of additional viruses which are on the infected system where you plugged in the USB drive.
The name of the utility is Thumbscrew. It sits in system try from where you can enable or disable the write protect function of the USB drive.
Para más info
La elegí porque ahora se como llevar informacion a la escuela sin que me entren virus.
Get Jobs Done at Microsoft Task Market
May 30, 2008
Microsoft has introduced a new service called Microsoft Task Market which connects small businesses with skilled freelancers for marketing and other document help such as graphic design, writing and editing, document translation, and creating or enhancing presentations and spreadsheets.
In short and easy words, Task Market allows you to post a job in order to find someone who can do it for you or search for jobs for which you can get paid in return.
Para más info
La elegí porque es muy interesante ver cómo avanza la tecnología, ahora se consigue trabajo por internet.
Jun 05, 2008
The theme for this week must be the erosion of market share for dominant technologies. Earlier, we reported on the Firefox web browser's steady march into Internet Explorer territory, and today NewTeeVee points to a recent study from Ipsos MediaCT that shows the PC continuing to encroach on the television's dominating position for eyeball time when it comes to video watching. Where are you watching video? Vote in our poll below.
Ipsos MediaCT found that even though TV is still the dominant method of video consumption among those who have streamed a video online, that dominance is slipping. TV was down to 70% of video watching time from 75% last year, while "personal computer" jumped from 11% in 2007 to 19% this year. That was even more pronounced among teens. In the 12-17 age group, PC watching was 24%, while TV was down to 55% of screen time.
"Today, about half of all Internet users aged 12 and up have streamed a video file online in the past 30 days," said Adam Wright, Director at Ipsos MediaCT. "We really see these share gains in non-traditional video channels as not simply an isolated, generation-driven market effect, but rather a large macro-trend in the way consumers want their video content delivered that those in the entertainment industry should increasingly be paying attention to as we look forward to the rest of 2008 and beyond."
Last week, 28% of ReadWriteWeb readers indicated that they prefer online TV to cable. Now we'd like to ask you where you're watching most of your video these days? Bear in mind that a DVD watched on your television, is still video consumed via TV. (We realize this is not the same type of poll conducted by Ipsos MediaCT -- though it was clearly inspired by their study.) Let us know in the comments the different places you're watching video these days.
Para más info
La elegí porque me parece increíble que no me sorprenda que cada vez se usa más la computadora que la televisión.
How to Write Protect your USB Drive
Jun 01, 2008
The spread of viruses is mainly due to the incorrect use of Internet and the misuse of external media like the USB or Pen drives. Windows has an auto-run function enabled by default so whenever a USB drive is plugged in, Windows automatically recognizes it and performs a default action like opening the contents of the drive.
Viruses and malware use this method to propagate. When an infected USB drive is plugged into the system, the malware automatically starts up using the auto-run of the drive. This way the malware spreads very quickly.
Today I found out a neat utility which can write protect your USB drive. This comes in handy when you have a virus in your system and you have some fixing tools in your USB drive. You just write protect the USB drive, plug it in and then use the tools on it. In this way, your USB drive will not be affected by any kind of additional viruses which are on the infected system where you plugged in the USB drive.
The name of the utility is Thumbscrew. It sits in system try from where you can enable or disable the write protect function of the USB drive.
Para más info
La elegí porque ahora se como llevar informacion a la escuela sin que me entren virus.
Get Jobs Done at Microsoft Task Market
May 30, 2008
Microsoft has introduced a new service called Microsoft Task Market which connects small businesses with skilled freelancers for marketing and other document help such as graphic design, writing and editing, document translation, and creating or enhancing presentations and spreadsheets.
In short and easy words, Task Market allows you to post a job in order to find someone who can do it for you or search for jobs for which you can get paid in return.
Para más info
La elegí porque es muy interesante ver cómo avanza la tecnología, ahora se consigue trabajo por internet.
jueves, 29 de mayo de 2008
Semana 7 (por Fabi)
YouTube on Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center for Vista is a good entertainment portal where you can watch videos, browse through photos, listen to music or do whatever you want but it fails to provide users the flexibility to watch videos from popular services like YouTube, DivX Stage 6, DailyMotion etc.
Yougle is a free plugin for Windows Media Center which allows Vista users to enjoy watching videos from their favorite services from right within Windows Media Center. The video services currently supported are YouTube, MSN Soapbox, Google Video, DivX Stage 6, DailyMotion, Shoutcast but using the Yougle Vista SDK users can even add their own sources.
May 25th 2008
para más info
La elegí porque Windows Media y YouTube son muy usados por la sociedad actual.
Download Ad-Aware 2008 for Free
The final version of Lavasoft’s world famous and popular anti-spyware/anti-adware software is now available for download. Ad-Aware has ruled PCs for long by providing strict and long-lasting security against spyware threats and this new version just makes it more powerful and easy to use.
Porque es bueno e importante que un ad aware haya mejorado, siempre fue un buen programa.
Dell Mini Inspiron
Gizmodo recently got their hands on what they are calling as the Dell Mini Inspiron. This new Dell notebook was revealed by Michael Dell, Founder and CEO of Dell, at All Things Digital and according to him it is something no one has ever seen before.
Although there is no official name for this notebook yet but Michael confirmed that the Dell Mini Inspiron is low-cost notebook meant for third-world countries.
All we know for now is that it has three USB ports, a card reader, VGA out, Ethernet and a classy red-shell body and no information about the OS or price is available yet.
May 29th 2008
para más info
La elegí porque me parece bien que hayan creado una laptop de bajo costo, y me encantaría tenerla.
Windows Media Center for Vista is a good entertainment portal where you can watch videos, browse through photos, listen to music or do whatever you want but it fails to provide users the flexibility to watch videos from popular services like YouTube, DivX Stage 6, DailyMotion etc.
Yougle is a free plugin for Windows Media Center which allows Vista users to enjoy watching videos from their favorite services from right within Windows Media Center. The video services currently supported are YouTube, MSN Soapbox, Google Video, DivX Stage 6, DailyMotion, Shoutcast but using the Yougle Vista SDK users can even add their own sources.
May 25th 2008
para más info
La elegí porque Windows Media y YouTube son muy usados por la sociedad actual.
Download Ad-Aware 2008 for Free
The final version of Lavasoft’s world famous and popular anti-spyware/anti-adware software is now available for download. Ad-Aware has ruled PCs for long by providing strict and long-lasting security against spyware threats and this new version just makes it more powerful and easy to use.
Here is a list of features for Ad-Aware 2008:
- Improved Threat Detection
- Enhanced Rootkit removal system
- Faster Updates & Faster Scans
- Less Resource Usage for optimal computer performance
- Easy to Download, Install and Use
- Lavasoft ThreatWork submission tool
May 23rd 2008
Porque es bueno e importante que un ad aware haya mejorado, siempre fue un buen programa.
Dell Mini Inspiron
Gizmodo recently got their hands on what they are calling as the Dell Mini Inspiron. This new Dell notebook was revealed by Michael Dell, Founder and CEO of Dell, at All Things Digital and according to him it is something no one has ever seen before.
Although there is no official name for this notebook yet but Michael confirmed that the Dell Mini Inspiron is low-cost notebook meant for third-world countries.
All we know for now is that it has three USB ports, a card reader, VGA out, Ethernet and a classy red-shell body and no information about the OS or price is available yet.
May 29th 2008
para más info
La elegí porque me parece bien que hayan creado una laptop de bajo costo, y me encantaría tenerla.
Encuesta Primer Semana (por Fabi)
estos son los resultados de mi encuesta:
Género:
Género:
Masculino: 38 personas.
Femenino: 65 personas.
Edad:
11 a 18: 85 personas.
19 a 30: 3 personas.
5 a 10: 8 personas.
Más de 30: 7 personas.
¿Cuántas mascotas tendrías en tu casa?:
1 mascota: 54 personas.
3 mascotas: 14 personas.
Ninguna: 20 personas.
Ninguna de las anteriores: 8 personas.
Todas las posibles: 6 personas.
Cuando ves un perro en la calle...
Ni lo mirás: 13 personas.
Salís corriendo: 7 personas.
Te acercás a acariciarlo: 33 personas.
Ninguna de las anteriores: 49 personas.
Mascota Favorita:
Ninguna de las anteriores: 12 personas.
Ninguna, odiás los animales: 6 personas.
Un caballo: 10 personas.
Un caballo., ninguna, odiás los animales: 1 persona.
Un gato: 6 personas.
Un gato., un caballo: 1 persona.
Un perro: 58 personas.
Un perro., ninguna de las anteriores: 1 persona.
Un perro., un caballo: 3 personas.
Un perro., un gato: 5 personas.
Pensás que los perros son...:
Lo mejor del mundo: 39 personas.
Los gatos son mejores: 5 personas.
Ninguna de las anteriores: 26 personas.
Un animal más: 28 personas.
Un bicho pulgoso: 5 personas.
Si por vos fuera...:
Estarían prohibidas las mascotas: 5 personas.
Ninguna de las anteriores: 27 personas.
Todo el mundo debería tener dos mascotas, mínimo: 14 personas.
Todo seguiría igual: 57 personas.
Semana 6 (por Fabi)
The URL Is Dead, Long Live Search
Last week I was watching TV and saw something that really caught my eye. It was a commercial for Special K, the breakfast cereal from Kellogg, and rather than end with a plug for the product's web site -- SpecialK.com -- it advised people to search Yahoo! for "Special K" instead. I started to wonder two things: 1. is Yahoo! paying Special K for tack-on advertising? and 2. has searching really become so natural that it is more effective to tell people to search for your site than it is to tell them to visit directly?
To the latter question, the answer appears to be a somewhat surprising "yes." Of the 10 fastest rising search terms on Google last year, 7 were for searches where adding a ".com" would have brought the user to the correct site. These are called "navigational" searches -- searches done when the user already knows exactly where he or she wants to end up -- and they make up a surprising large number of total seaches.
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elegi esta noticia porque tengo que admitir que yo misma lo hago.
Samsung AMOLED Concept Notebook
AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) displays have come into spotlight because of their great display quality and Samsung has already started implementing this new technology in handful of devices like cellphones and cameras.
Recently the SDI Division at Samsung came up with a AMOLED notebook prototype about which they claim that it produces a contrast ratio about 20 times higher than that of an LCD.
Samsung AMOLED notebooks are expected to hit the market somewhere in 2009.
elegi esta noticia porque creo que samsung es una buena marca y me interesa saber que saca al mercado.
Mozilla pisa el acelerador con Firefox 3...
Más rápido, más seguro, gráficamente más atractivo y más fácil de usar. La nueva versión del navegador Mozilla, Firefox 3, está en la recta final para su lanzamiento definitivo, previsto para el próximo mes de junio. Tristan Nitot, fundador y presidente de esta organización en Europa, asegura que incorpora más de 15.000 mejoras respecto a Firefox 2.
También se ha incluido una barra de navegación inteligente con la que podemos acceder fácilmente a páginas que hemos visitado, a las que es posible añadir etiquetas para localizarlas después, o añadirlas a Favoritos con tan sólo un clic.
para más info
la elegi porque Firefox es muy grande y esta relacionado con la materia.
Last week I was watching TV and saw something that really caught my eye. It was a commercial for Special K, the breakfast cereal from Kellogg, and rather than end with a plug for the product's web site -- SpecialK.com -- it advised people to search Yahoo! for "Special K" instead. I started to wonder two things: 1. is Yahoo! paying Special K for tack-on advertising? and 2. has searching really become so natural that it is more effective to tell people to search for your site than it is to tell them to visit directly?
To the latter question, the answer appears to be a somewhat surprising "yes." Of the 10 fastest rising search terms on Google last year, 7 were for searches where adding a ".com" would have brought the user to the correct site. These are called "navigational" searches -- searches done when the user already knows exactly where he or she wants to end up -- and they make up a surprising large number of total seaches.
para más info
elegi esta noticia porque tengo que admitir que yo misma lo hago.
Samsung AMOLED Concept Notebook
AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) displays have come into spotlight because of their great display quality and Samsung has already started implementing this new technology in handful of devices like cellphones and cameras.
Recently the SDI Division at Samsung came up with a AMOLED notebook prototype about which they claim that it produces a contrast ratio about 20 times higher than that of an LCD.
Samsung AMOLED notebooks are expected to hit the market somewhere in 2009.
elegi esta noticia porque creo que samsung es una buena marca y me interesa saber que saca al mercado.
Mozilla pisa el acelerador con Firefox 3...
Más rápido, más seguro, gráficamente más atractivo y más fácil de usar. La nueva versión del navegador Mozilla, Firefox 3, está en la recta final para su lanzamiento definitivo, previsto para el próximo mes de junio. Tristan Nitot, fundador y presidente de esta organización en Europa, asegura que incorpora más de 15.000 mejoras respecto a Firefox 2.
También se ha incluido una barra de navegación inteligente con la que podemos acceder fácilmente a páginas que hemos visitado, a las que es posible añadir etiquetas para localizarlas después, o añadirlas a Favoritos con tan sólo un clic.
para más info
la elegi porque Firefox es muy grande y esta relacionado con la materia.
Semana 5 (por Fabi)
Microsoft Launches Worldwide Telescope
Microsoft has been trying to compete with Google for long but Google products and services have always won user trust because they are free and simple to use. However in the case of Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope the scenario may change indefinitely.
Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is an application similar to Google Earth/Sky that will allow users to take virtual trips of galaxies, stars and space or more clearly it can be said that Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.
WorldWide Telescope is created with the Microsoft high performance Visual Experience Engine and allows seamless panning and zooming around the night sky, planets, and image environments. All the images are downloaded from Microsoft servers so you don’t need to worry about storing terabytes of high-resolution images on your PC.
Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is an application similar to Google Earth/Sky that will allow users to take virtual trips of galaxies, stars and space or more clearly it can be said that Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.
WorldWide Telescope is created with the Microsoft high performance Visual Experience Engine and allows seamless panning and zooming around the night sky, planets, and image environments. All the images are downloaded from Microsoft servers so you don’t need to worry about storing terabytes of high-resolution images on your PC.
May 14, 2008
elegí esta noticia porque me interesa microsoft en general, pero nunca se me habría ocurrido que saquen un telescopio.
Who's Watching Your Videos? YouTube Now Offers Free Demographics
Google announced this morning that YouTube's new Insight video viewer analytics now includes free demographic stats on any video's viewers. YouTube users who have included gender in their user profiles can be anonymously reported and providing your age is a requirement to open an account with YouTube.
It's interesting to know that my latest video about late night escapades was viewed primarily by men ages 30 to 50. In a few minutes I will embed in this post a video of myself eating a live baby chicken and will report back on viewer demographics when they become available. You can view the demographics on your videos by clicking the "insight" button next to each video on your account view.
Geographic location is also reported as part of the Insight package. Statistics can be limited to any time frame and are viewable side by side with metrics on a video's relative popularity and leading sources of off-site inbound traffic. It's a great little metrics package.
It's interesting to know that my latest video about late night escapades was viewed primarily by men ages 30 to 50. In a few minutes I will embed in this post a video of myself eating a live baby chicken and will report back on viewer demographics when they become available. You can view the demographics on your videos by clicking the "insight" button next to each video on your account view.
Geographic location is also reported as part of the Insight package. Statistics can be limited to any time frame and are viewable side by side with metrics on a video's relative popularity and leading sources of off-site inbound traffic. It's a great little metrics package.
May 15, 2008
me parece muy útil si alguien necesita que cierta cantidad de personas mire su video o simplemente por interés común.
Spellr.us Launches: Check Your Site For Spelling Erors
Last month we ran a brief post introducing Spellr.us, a service that monitors websites for spelling errors. Little was known about the site at the time - all we had to go by was a teaser splash page. The site has finally entered a private beta, and it shows a lot of potential. For those looking to try it out for themselves, you can grab one of 150 invites here.
Spellr.us monitors webpages by running site-wide spell checks at regular intervals. Results are presented as snapshots of pages, with errors highlighted in bright boxes (a mouse-over displays suggested corrections). Members can also choose to have errors sent to them in RSS feeds - a feature that will be especially handy for large sites that make frequent posts. Besides the visual snapshots, Spellr.us can list misspelled words according to their frequency across the site. This means that words like TechCrunch or Flickr, which are commonly used but aren’t in the dictionary (yet), can be quickly found and added to a custom dictionary.
Spellr.us monitors webpages by running site-wide spell checks at regular intervals. Results are presented as snapshots of pages, with errors highlighted in bright boxes (a mouse-over displays suggested corrections). Members can also choose to have errors sent to them in RSS feeds - a feature that will be especially handy for large sites that make frequent posts. Besides the visual snapshots, Spellr.us can list misspelled words according to their frequency across the site. This means that words like TechCrunch or Flickr, which are commonly used but aren’t in the dictionary (yet), can be quickly found and added to a custom dictionary.
May 15, 2008
elegí esta noticia porque me parece muy útil un corrector ortográfico para páginas de Internet.
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