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pimg id="image48829" src="http://img.genbeta.com/2008/12/Gatunes.jpg" class="centro" alt="Gatunes"
/br / strongGatunes/strong es un nuevo reproductor de audio en Internet que nos presenta Alonso,
donde combina la strongreproducción online de temas musicales/strong con la posibilidad de
compartirlos con nuestra red de amigos./p pEn la reproducción de temas musicales,
strongGatunes/strong usa a YouTube, Goear y Seeqpod para obtenerlos a través de las
correspondientes búsquedas. En el caso de los temas obtenidos desde YouTube, podemos ver sus
vídeos si así lo deseamos, incluso a pantalla completa, a través de los dos
botones que disponemos en la parte inferior de la web.br / /pa name="more"/a/p pEstos temas
musicales se pueden escuchar online, aunque además, se pueden añadir a nuestras
listas de reproducción, que podemos crear en cualquier momento, strongy compartir con
cualquier amigo de nuestra red de amigos/strong. Evidentemente deberemos de estar registrados./p
pPara crear nuestra red de amigos, podemos invitarlos a registrarse, aunque si ya lo están,
podemos buscarlos a través de sus identificadores o direcciones de correo
electrónico./p pTambién podemos acceder a los temas musicales más populares y
a los más recientes, además de los temas que nuestra red de amigos escuchan, todo
ello desde la opción de radio./p pA nivel del servicio, como estructura no está nada
mal, aunque se puede mejorar bastante tanto las funcionalidades como el diseño, sobre todo,
lo referente a las búsquedas. Tampoco existe un directorio público de usuarios para
poder navegar en sus perfiles, teniendo en cuenta que cada uno de nosotros disponemos de un perfil
personal, donde cualquier usuario puede dejar sus propios comentarios./p pEnlace | a
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hspace="4" vspace="2" width="494" height="312" style="display:block;" /If you're not already on
your way to the a href="http://gizmodo.com/5101932/at-gizmodo-gallery-yeah-we-are-open"NOW OPEN
Gizmodo Gallery/a to see a
href="http://gizmodo.com/5101565/at-gizmodo-gallery-the-full-list-of-wonderful-stuff"all of the
amazing gadgets/a we've brought together, here's another reason to come: sweet prize giveaways./p
pHere's how it worksmdash;donate over $10 or bring a brand new toy for Toys for Tots, and you'll be
entered into the drawing for prizes. Want some incentive beyond helping the needy and unfortunate
in these financially trying times? How 'bout all this cool stuff?/p pbull; Dyson's Han Solo
blaster-looking Root 6 hand vacbr bull; Lego, Lego, Legobr bull; A cornucopia from Logitech: two
premium laptop cases, two Hi-Fi sound docks, four iPod sound docks, a pair of headsets, and a
couple micebr bull; A few Zunes (a
href="http://gizmodo.com/5101522/barack-obama-uses-a-zune"Obama's secret favorite portable
player/a)br bull; Xbox 360br bull; SanDisk Sansa 8GB Fuze, 8GB Clip, 8GB Ultra MicroSD card and
morebr bull; Over a dozen pieces of certified excellent geek apparel from Gama-gobr bull; Agent 18
iPod cases, Ten One Design Pogo iPhone stylus and a pink mStation Orb dockbr bull; SmartShopper
personal shopping list makerbr bull; Hercules Wii Accessory Packbr bull; Several beautiful
TokyoFlash watchesbr bull; A few crazy Thanko USB gadgetsbr bull; The lovable Wi-Fi beanbag
Chumbybr bull; a
href="http://gizmodo.com/349825/fire+starting-flashlight-will-illuminate-torch-everything-in-your-path"Wicked
Laser/a to start some forest firesbr bull; Not enough for you? There's even more to come.../p
pSpecial thanks to all those companies mentioned above for donating products for our fundraiser!!/p
pWe'll also publish a gallery of winners later on, so everyone can see how charitable you are. It's
for a great cause, unless you hate children. We really hope to see you, even if you are a cheap
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Ces nominations interviennent trois mois après la prise de fonction de Bruno Salmon
(Président) et de Thierry Laborde (Administrateur Directeur Général) de BNP
Paribas Personal Finance, N°1 du crédit aux particuliers en Europe.Yves Gaudin, actuel
co-responsable de la France et membre du comité [...]
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//abr / div align="center"emstrongsmallClick above for high-res gallery of the BMW credit card key
fob/small/strong/embr //div br /This is not the first time we've heard that BMW is developing a
more efficient way to lose both your car keys and credit card information, and now more details
have emerged about its multifunction smart key. The Smart Key, which contains a security chip that
can talk to a card reader over short distances, may start out with a smaller function set than it
ultimately ends up with as the technology matures. Storing access passes for public transportation
and information to facilitate electronic payments are two abilities that BMW feels will eventually
appeal to consumers, for instance. More interestingly, the key can be used to carry your personal
preferences from car to car like a dongle. Owners would have the fob personalized to their
ConnectedDrive preferences, which would then make those options available in any BMW, not just the
owner's personal car. It's a novel way to ensure that your favorite radio stations and other
services travel with you, provided you always insist on a BMW.br /br /div
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pThe home pages at a href="http://nytimes.com/" title="NYTimes.com"NYTimes.com/a and a
href="http://online.wsj.com/public/us" title="WSJ.com"WSJ.com/a have a few new elements today. At
NYTimes.com, the site is finally opening its Times Extra feature in beta. The feature includes
links to other news sites and blogs alongside the newspaper site's own content.nbsp; NYTimes.com
readers can choose to view the "regular" unaggregated page by hitting the "Switch Back" button if
they don't want to mix outside content. The paper lined up Shell as the feature's launch sponsor.
/p p What the NYT is doing with Times Extra is simply expanding the newspaper site's existing
aggregation feature which is handled by a href="http://www.blogrunner.com/"
title="Blogrunner"Blogrunner/a, out of its pen within the site's Technology section. Nevertheless,
it's a big step for the NYT and represents the evolution of its approach to content. Similar ideas
are catching on lately at other papers in the face of staffing reductions and other cuts, as
evidenced with this week's a
href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-after-layoffs-newspapers-embrace-content-sharing"
title="agreement"agreement/a between McClatchy (a
href="http://finance.paidcontent.org/paidcontent?Page=QUOTETicker=MNI" class="ticker"
title="MNI"NYSE: MNI/a) Company newspapers and the iChristian Science Monitor/i to share foreign
news reports.a
href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317p=irol-pressArticleID=1232547highlight="
title="Release"Release/a /p p -- bAds make the front page at WSJ/b: Meanwhile, beginning today, the
iWSJ/iprint version will offer "cover wraps" to advertisers. While tabloids like the iNY Post/i and
iNY Daily News/i has sold these kinds of print ad overlays, this is the first time the WSJ has
given its front page over to advertisers, a
href="http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=133002" title="AdAge points out"AdAge points
out/a. The inaugural advertiser is Dell Computers, whose promotion covers one-third of the front
page and the paper's entire back. Michael Rooney, chief revenue officer at WSJ parent Dow Jones (a
href="http://finance.paidcontent.org/paidcontent?Page=QUOTETicker=NWS" class="ticker"
title="NWS"NYSE: NWS/a), tried to suggest that the policy change wasn't just reflective of the new
ethos since Rupert Murdoch took over this past year, comparing the introduction of cover wraps to
the creation of new editions like the Weekend Journal and sections like Personal Journal. /p
pstrongRelated/strong/p ul class="related" lia
href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-wsj-targets-nyts-luxury-advertisers" title="WSJ Targets
NYT's Luxury Advertisers; NYTCo Stock Hits New Low On Ad Worries"WSJ Targets NYT's Luxury
Advertisers; NYTCo Stock Hits New Low On Ad Worries/a/li lia
href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-moving-towards-each-others-more-on-nyt-vs-wsj"
title="Moving Towards Each Other: More on NYT vs WSJ"Moving Towards Each Other: More on NYT vs
WSJ/a/li /ul p!-- iMark Logic Digital Publishing Summit, Thursday November 6, Westin Times Square.
Insight and perspective from Outsell, Gilbane, Simon Schuster, BusinessWeek.com, more. Evening
cocktail reception. Cost is complimentary. a
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Dell has unveiled Design Studio, an online service that allows customers to personalize Dell Studio
laptops with artwork. “Dell Design Studio offers more than 100 exclusive and original works
of art to express personal style for the Dell Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops for $75. Each image
is permanently tattooed into the laptop lid, making [...]
pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/multimedia/" rel="tag"Multimedia/a, a
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align="left"It's a pretty awesome day to be a a href="http://www.netflix.com"Netflix/a fan. Not
only is the Watch Instantly service a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/04/netflix-streaming-officially-comes-to-the-mac/"officially
available/a for OS X, it's also now working via a href="http://boxee.tv"boxee/a, my favorite media
center application!br /br /Boxee pushed out an impromptu update last week for a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/AppleTV/"Apple TV/a owners, specifically to address issues with the a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/19/apple-tv-update-2-3-released/"2.3 firmware update/a. Today's
update is targeted at all boxee versions and adds a host of new features, including the big dog: a
href="http://blog.boxee.tv/2008/12/04/boxee/"Netflix support for US customers/a. strongNote:
/strongNetflix support is currently only in the Mac version of boxee. The boxee team is working
hard to bring it to the Apple TV, but they need to work around some of the hardware limitations.
They'll be posting updates on the a href="http://blog.boxee.tv"boxee blog/a on their progress.br
/br /Here's the rundown:br / ul liNetflix support for Mac usersbr //li liImproved a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Hulu/"Hulu/a performance and a new Hulu interface, including access
to your personal Hulu queues/li liAccess to a href="http://thewb.com"TheWB.com/a (US only unless
you use a proxy) br //li liThe Boston Globe's Big Picture blog - amazing photos from around the
world/li liMTVMusic - songs/artists in your collection are now linked with music videos/li liNew
YouTube interface, improved performance and .h264 support/li liCustom interfaces and improved
playback for CNN, Flickr and Picasa/li /ul All in all, this is a pretty stellar update. When I a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/27/tuaw-talks-to-boxee-and-brings-you-invites/"talked/a to the
team from boxee last week, they made it clear that Neflix was the #1 priority. That they got Netflx
running in boxee in under two weeks is nothing short of amazing. Yes, I do wish that support would
be extended to Apple TV users, but I can be patient. br /br /If you haven't tried boxee, you can go
to a href="http://boxee.tv/tuaw"http://boxee.tv/tuaw/a and get an invite. You'll need an Intel Mac
running OS X 10.4 or OS X 10.5 or an Apple TV. Boxee is also available for Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04,
though I'm unsure if the team was able to implement Netflix support for Ubuntu yet.br /br /Give it
a shot and tell us what you think in the comments!/div /divp style="padding:5px;clear:both;"a
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Plat'Home, makers of the awesome OpenBlockS MicroServer, had kind words (and an update for
readers of the book!) for our Small Form Factor PCs book (by Matthew Weaver and Duane Wessels):
The explanations are detailed and hands-on. Even though it's filled to the brim with shell
commands and console output the text is informative and easy to read. There is even a guide how to
solder a cable to power the unit from a USB port (no, this is not covered by our warranty).
As the guide was written in 2006, it mentiones that all documentation is only available in
Japanese. Even though the author claims it was fun to figure it all out, we want to make your
life a little easier.
You don't have to worry about Japanese anymore, everything you need is available in English now:
firmware, manuals, FAQ and support.
We're glad that the authors discovered our MicroServer and we wholeheartedly recommend this book.
If you have a hacking streak and need a small firewall box to carry everywhere, this is for
you!
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building personal video recorders, versatile wireless access points, digital audio jukeboxes,
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Indeed, some doctors, scientists and consumer advocates are concerned that many industries are
adopting nanotechnology ahead of studies that would establish whether regular ingestion, inhalation
or dermal penetration of these particles constitute a health or environmental hazard. Personal care
products are simply the lowest hanging fruit.
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report on security considerations in India will see the team return to the country to resume the
tour, with no dissenters. However doubts remain that all the players are fully committed to going
back, no matter what assurances are given./ppTheir reticence will not have been helped by the high
state of alert placed on a number of city airports across India, including Chennai, venue for the
first Test due to start next Thursday, because of an apparent warning of an airborne attack./ppThe
managing director of England cricket, Hugh Morris, sitting alongside Pietersen at a Heathrow
airport hotel today, said he was in the process of accessing more information. "We are obviously
concerned," he said, "but what we need to do is find out about the situation. I have spoken to our
security team in Chennai and when more information is fed back to me that will form part of the
security audit."/ppSpeaking before boarding a flight to England's holding camp in Abu Dhabi,
Pietersen said the trip to the Middle East "buys some time" for his team, allowing them to make a
decision on Sunday whether to continue on to Chennai or abandon the tour. An interim report,
submitted last weekend by the ECB's security adviser, Reg Dickason, is said to have suggested that
there were concerns that a sufficient level of security, as requested by the ECB, could be
implemented in the short time available./ppHowever Dickason has since travelled to Chennai and
Mohali, where the second Test is to take place, and is compiling a full report, early indications
of which are said to be more positive. This will be reviewed in India by Hugh Morris and Sean
Morris, the chief executive of players union the PCA, both of whom travelled there yesterday, and
then presented to Pietersen's team on Sunday./pp"We will assess the situation on Sunday night,"
said Pietersen, "but I am confident we will have 15 lads who are going to play a Test match next
week. We can buy ourselves some time in Abu Dhabi and I think it is fantastic we've got a bunch of
players who went to India initially and now want to go back there. It's important that we go back
and rub shoulder to shoulder with the Indian people in their time of need and show our support,
hopefully by going back there to play some Test cricket." Given the private army that will surround
the team should they return, rubbing shoulders with anyone other than a commando would seem to be
out of the question but the thrust is clear./pp"There is a collective now," Pietersen added. "The
guys are just waiting on the reports from Reg Dickason on Sunday night. If there are any major
catastrophes or alarm bells ringing I think Hugh Morris will be ringing the board to say that the
collective decision will be to come home. But at the moment we are very focused on going to Abu
Dhabi and on starting a Test match on Thursday. The guys just want to get out there and play
cricket. That's what we love doing and it's a huge stance by this team to jump on a plane and go
and do the business."/ppPietersen was at pains to stress that no player had to be persuaded to
rejoin the tour, specifically Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison, about whom there had been
speculation that they might not want to tour. "I didn't persuade anyone," Pietersen said. "I
respect everyone's individual concerns. They are men and make decisions for themselves." Flintoff
and Harmison, he said, "have become a lot more open-minded in the last couple of days. They are two
big players and we certainly want them in our team."/ppHowever all that has happened so far is that
the team have agreed to go to Abu Dhabi. Beyond that depends upon Dickason's report and the
personal decision of each individual. "One thing we do not want to do is twist someone's arm up
their back," said Hugh Morris. "Over the next couple of days we will be collecting absolutely
up-to-date information and presenting that to the players. I would like to think that if our
security team came back and said it was safe and secure, we would all go over there."/pdiv
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Google Maps has become the standard mapping
utility for everything from getting directions and finding nearby food options to viewing the
surface of the moon. Are you getting the most out of your Google Maps experience? Keep reading to
get some helpful hints on how to maximize (or minimize) all your mapping desires.
Make sure to leave us a comment and let us know about the Google Maps mashups, tips, and
tweaks you love.
The Basics Search
Be specific. You’ll find what you’re looking for if you type exactly what it is you
want to map. If you’re looking for gas stations, which is especially handy when using the
mobile version on the road, just type “gas.” Based on your present view (city, state,
zip etc), you’ll see gas stations pop up in the same vicinity. Once you’ve clicked on
a specific location you can get directions, search nearby, save for later, or edit the location
by either flagging it as inappropriate, moving it, or claiming it as your own business.
Don’t forget to drag the little man icon onto the map for street view (where available), or
select “More” to view photos and/or wikipedia entries associated with your search.
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use your keyboard’s arrow keys to move your view slightly North (up arrow), South
(down arrow), East (right arrow), or West (left arrow).
For a bigger jump, use the page up and page down keys to dramatically move North and South. The
home key will jump West and the end key will help you navigate further East.
Likewise, the + key will zoom in and the - key will zoom out. You can also zoom in and out with a
mouse or the two finger touch (up and down) on a Mac. Simple right?
Advanced Tricks Map an Exact Intersection
Should you choose to map a specific intersection without street numbers, simply type
“STREET1 at STREET2, CITY, STATE” for a map of that intersection.
I personally prefer Ubiquity
for my mapping shortcuts. You can select an address on any page, initiate the Ubiquity command
screen, qualify your query with “map,” adjust the map to your liking, and insert it
in an email. Love it!
Reference API Tutorials
Should you choose to leverage the API to create your own concoctions, you might want to reference both the Google Maps API Tutorial, and Google Map Parameters mapki to
the get the most out of your mashup.
More Advanced Tricks
The PCMechanic video below has a few handy tips for using Google Maps, including configuring
Firefox for quick access to google maps (:30), using saved locations (1:12), and finding
latitude/longitude coordinates (1:55).
Maptastic Mashups
One of the coolest things about Google Maps is that users can create and submit their own custom
maps, which means you can have immediate access to these super cool mashups simply by clicking
“My Maps” (it’s right next to “Get Directions”). Think of this area
as your own online map community. It’s where you can find your saved places, search
in-between destinations, and browse pretty useful utilities from weather information to
disaster-related maps.
Search in-between
Search in-between is so simple, but so incredibly useful. Just add it your
maps, select it, type in exactly what you want (like “gas”), add the two location end
points, and you’ll get a map of all the gas stations on your route. This is an especially
convenient app for road trips (I used the search in-between feature on my two cross-country
drives, it really comes in handy when navigating unfamiliar territories).
Plus, if you have an iPhone you can utilize the iPhoneSender Safari bookmarklet or Firefox extension to save all your fabulous
search queries and send them via email, with a phone-friendly link, for safe keeping and easy
access on the go.
GasBuddy
GasBuddy, from GasBuddy.com, is a featured mashup that lets you type in the city, state, or zip
where you want to search for gas prices and locations. It’s another standby for me. Cheap
gas is a godsend in this economy, and GasBuddy is my little angel.
Places of Interest
Places of Interest is another nifty little tool that maps pretty much
anything of interest including bars, ATMs, food (by food type), and even places of worship. This
custom map supports viewing of up to 5 different options at one time.
The action-sports enthusiast may enjoy Outdoor tracks by GPSies.com, which includes custom maps for a variety of
activities including hiking and jogging trails, geocaching locales, and maps for more intense
adventure seekers interested in climbing, mountain biking, and winter sports.
Google Moon
For the moon walker in you, there’s always Google Moon. With geologic and topographic charts, and elevation options,
you’ll feel like a real universe aficionado.
Mashups You Love
I always poll my smart and savvy Twitter network when I need to find the best in web-related
goodies. They recommend:
HousingMaps.com
A clever little mashup, HousingMaps.com
shows Craigslist listings across the country. Users can filter by city, price, housing type,
listings with pictures, and any additional keywords. The end result is a detailed map with
housing options side-by-side with a color coded text list. (Recommended by @searchguru)
Gmaps Pedometer
Gmaps Pedometer is a simple site
that lets you calculate the distance between specific points you plot on the map. You can turn
mile markers, elevation, and the calorie counter on or off based on your personal needs. In
addition, you can save your favorite routes for future reference. (Recommended by @shanehale7 & @CatherineLarsen)
Robocall Tracker
The Twitter Robocall Tracker: Map of
Robocalls is a mashup of a variety of open APIs with the purpose of plotting reported
robocalls (you know those annoying prerecorded calls you can’t avoid). Users can report a
call, view other reported calls by locale, and listen to the actual audio from a handful of
reported calls. All reported incidents are screened and associated with the name of the Twitter
user who submitted the original report. (Created by @EndTheRoboCalls)
Mobile Map Goodness
The beauty of Google Maps is that you’re not restricted to browsing at home. Google Maps for mobile works
on a wide variety of phones including the iPhone, and all phones with Windows Mobile and Android
operating systems. The mobile version supports a majority of the standard Google Maps
functionality including My Location (regardless of whether or not your phone has GPS), Street
View, Directions (public transit), walking, or driving, Business Listings, and Traffic
information.
Wikitude AR Travel Guide for Android
G1 owners (and future Android users) have the added bonus of being able to play with Wikitude AR Travel Guide, an augmented
reality app with location-based Wikipedia content. I haven’t had the opportunity to test
it, but according to their website, one bonus is that “users may hold the phone’s
camera against a spectacular mountain range and see the names and heights displayed as overlay
mapped with the mountains in the camera.” Check out the video below for a really neat peek
at what this app can do. Um yeah, can I get that on my iPhone please?!?
Now It’s Your Turn…
Tell us about the mashups you use, the tricks you live by, and the tweaks that make you weak in
the knees.
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I have begun the 60 day trial of MobileMe to see if I want to move away from my existing personal
website host. I originally created my website using Freeway. In my first try at experimenting with
iWeb I created two pages of a new site and published it which gives it a url of
<http://web.mac.com/sitesname/iWeb/Site/Home.html>. I then went into my Freeway application
to upload that site to see if it would work and override the one I created with iWeb. It uploaded
but didn't override it. Instead I now have another url <http://homepage.mac.com/sitesname/>.
In iDisk the former site is found in the Web folder and the latter site is found in a folder titled
Sites. Can anyone explain what is going on and how they can both be up at the same time on one
account?
I will supply any additional information needed to help. Thanks so much.
Hewlett-Packard <HPQ.N>, the world's top personal computer seller, said on Thursday it is
exploring new ways to help businesses afford PCs as many cut back on spending in the current
economic downturn.
Mint, the personal
financial site that won TechCrunch40,
continues to thrive even as our economy sinks deeper into an economic decline. The company has
just been selected as a TechPioneer by the World Economic Forum
in Davos, Switzerland - an honor only given to 34 companies worldwide (other winners in the tech
space this year include Brightcove,
Etsy, Mojix, and Slide, with past winners
including Google, 23andMe, Infosys, and Mozilla). The World Economic Forum is an international
organization aiming to help improve the world, and each TechPioneer is chosen for its
contributions towards meeting that goal.
Since launching at TechCrunch40, Mint has amassed 620,000 users - 4 times more than its closest
rival according to Compete. CEO Aaron Patzer says that the site is now tracking over $150 billion
in total consumer spending, and has also revealed a number of telling trends that display how the
economy seems to have impacted consumer spending.
According to Mint’s aggregated anonymized data, overall spending has dropped $400 in the
last year, with half of that coming in the last two months. Starbucks spending has dropped around
10% (Starbucks has recently reported a 7% drop in month over month revenue). This kind of data
could be incredibly valuable to businesses as a means of predicting spending trends - don’t
be surprised if Mint begins offering a premium service for businesses who would gladly pay for
aggregated spending totals.
Mint is also going increasingly mobile. Earlier this month the site added SMS support for account
updates (text BAL to 696468 (MYMINT) for updates), and a native iPhone application is on the way.
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