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- Nokia pretende crear un celular que se cargue solo
La firma finlandesa registró una patente que si bien no permite independizarse de los cargadores, sí entrega una solución viable para situaciones de emergencia.
- Servicio para correr poderosos videojuegos en cualquier computador debuta en junio
Se trata del servicio OnLive, que con sólo tener Internet, permitirá ejecutar prácticamente cualquier título en PC o Mac.
- Monto por fraudes en internet se duplica en EE.UU.
Las estafas más frecuentes usaban el nombre del FBI, y muchas usaban mensajes con una voz similar a la de Obama.
- El iPad es elegido como el "fiasco" del año
A través de una votación online se eligió al tablet de Apple como lo más decepcionante del 2010 por falencias como no tener puerto USB.
- Uncharted 2 fue elegido como "juego del año" en la Game Developers Conference
El título exclusivo para PlayStation 3 ya había recibido el mismo reconocimiento en diciembre del año pasado.
- Dominio ".xxx" para sitios de Internet sigue sin autorización
La propuesta ya ha sido rechazada tres veces.
- Morandé asegura que las telecomunicaciones funcionan casi en niveles normales
El nuevo ministro de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones aseguró que en todo el país las redes operan por "sobre el 90%".
- Bazuca inaugura la primera tienda de libros electrónicos en Chile
Por ahora tiene 12 mil "e-books", sin demasiados "best seller" aunque prometen que el catálogo debería crecer pronto.
- Nokia reemplaza por una cifra más baja su participación de ventas en el mercado mundial
El nuevo cálculo indica que los celulares de su marca representaron un 34% de todos los que se vendieron durante 2009, y no 38%.
- Recomendaciones para lograr comunicarse por celular tras un terremoto
Tras un sismo las primeras comunicaciones en dejar de operar son las de telefonía Móvil, pero hay algunas prácticas que pueden ayudar a mejorar esta situación.
- Gobierno lanza un canal oficial en YouTube donde ya hay más de 20 videos
El espacio se suma a las iniciativas de que todos los ministro tengan cuenta en Twitter y al renovado aspecto de las páginas web de los ministerios.
- Ventas de videojuegos en EE.UU. caen un 15% en febrero
Fue "Bioshock 2", lanzado en febrero, el título más vendido durante el mes pasado.
- Nokia y Apple esperarán dos años para juicio por patentes
El fabricante finlandés demandó a la marca de la manzana por usar tecnologías suyas en el iPhone, problema que podría solucionarse recién el 2012.
- El inventor del celular usa un teléfono con Android de Google
Martin Cooper además de un avanzado smartphone, siempre lleva con él uno de los móviles más simples para cuando quiere "hacer llamadas". Antes ocupaba un iPhone.
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- Toshiba Wheelie: Prototipo de robot doméstico autónomo
Mientras la mayoría de nosotros aún no piensa comprar una roomba, los chicos de Toshiba han desarrollado un robot humanoide de dos ruedas llamado Wheelie, que junto con recordarnos al despertador Clocky y a un segway; nos lleva a pensar en las reales posibilidades de usar robots como asistentes hogareños.
No obstante lo anterior, la idea [...]
- Qualcomm patenta tableta, teléfono y netbook
Qualcomm ha presentado una solicitud de patente ante la USPTO, que lleva el correlativo 20100064244 y consiste en una tableta plegable que puede convertirse en netbook y en teléfono.
La imagen superior es bastante explicativa pero, para mayor abundamiento, una traducción libre del texto de la solicitud describe:
Un dispositivo móvil multiplegable con una interfaz configurable.
Tiene métodos [...]
- Fotógrafos crearon imagen de 26 gigapixeles de París
Gracias a los fotógrafos franceses Martin Loyer y Arnaud Frich, y a la empresa Kolor, ya no tendrás que viajar a Europa para ver París de cerca. Ellos crearon una foto de 26 gigapixeles (354.159 por 75.570 px), que muestra hasta los más mínimos detalles de la capital gala.
Aparte de las imágenes, el sitio especial [...]
- Joo Joo llega a la FCC y confirma sus especificaciones
Ya hemos escuchado muchos rumores sobre la Tablet PC de Fusion Garage pero hasta conocemos sus especificaciones finales gracias a que la FCC (Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones) ha publicado una serie de documentos relacionados con el Joo Joo.
Estos revelas que el Joo Joo contará con un procesador Intel Atom N270 a 1.6 GHz (contrario al [...]
- Video: Google, no seas malvado
Hungry Beast es un programa de la TV australiana que hace algunas muy buenas (y a veces polémicas) infografías en video. Ésta es una de ellas, respecto a Google y la dominación mundial. Porque no son pocos los que han temido que la Gran G esté volviéndose demasiado grande.
Link: The Beast File: Google (YouTube)
- Apple habría vendido 50.000 iPads en 2 horas
Hoy comenzaron las preventas del iPad y nos preguntábamos si serían una fiebre o no. Pues tal parece que sí. Según las estimaciones, en dos horas se habrían alcanzado nada menos que 50.000 órdenes, pese a que el aparato fue el ganador de los fiasco awards.
Los números, eso sí, no son oficiales. Fans de Apple [...]
- Reuters advierte a sus periodistas sobre el uso de las redes sociales
La agencia de noticias Reuters publicó un extenso documento con las directrices que deben seguir sus periodistas, al momento de publicar noticias en las distintas redes sociales o su uso como fuente para la preparación de una nueva noticia.
En el texto la agencia deja claramente establecido que los contenidos deben ser primero publicados utilizando los [...]
- Ex Chief Open Source Officer de Sun ahora es miembro del Directorio de Open Source Initiatiative
Simon Phipps, quien renunciará este martes al puesto de Chief Open Source Officer en Sun, ha sido nombrado miembro del Directorio de Open Source Initiative (OSI), la organización que definió el concepto de Open Source (o Código Abierto) a través de Open Source Definition, una referencia que aún se mantiene vigente.
Aunque fue nombrado hoy, iniciará [...]
- La FCC crea un ejército de auditores para controlar las conexiones de banda ancha en Estados Unidos
La Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC) está convocando a los ciudadanos que dispongan de banda ancha o smartphones con conexión de datos en Estados Unidos, a que utilizen las herramientas de prueba publicadas en el sitio del National Broadband Plan, con el objetivo de conocer qué velocidades reales son las que reciben y si estas [...]
- Futurología: AMD está desarrollando soluciones para netbooks
Para nadie es un secreto el éxito contundente de las netbooks y la oportunidad que representa para los fabricantes a la hora de incorporar sus componentes en las pequeñas portátiles. Uno de los casos más sonados es el chipset ION de Nvidia.
Hasta ahora, AMD se había mostrado algo apática en este departamento con un intento [...]
- Liberada primera beta oficial de EyeOS 2.0
Se ha liberado la primera beta oficial de EyeOS 2.0. Para los que no lo conocen, EyeOS es como un sistema operativo pero basado en la nube, escrito principalmente en PHP, este contiene el conjunto de aplicaciones típicas que podemos encontrar en los sistemas operativos convencionales, como por ejemplo un explorador de archivos, un procesador [...]
- ¿Tienes un notebook con acelerómetro? Ayuda a detectar terremotos
¿Quieres medir terremotos? Esta es tu oportunidad de hacerlo desde tu casa. Hemos recibido un mensaje del profesor Andrés Sepúlveda del Departamento de Geofísica de la Universidad de Concepción, Chile, donde se está realizando un experimento para crear una red de observación sismológica (colaborando con la Universidad de Stanford) y se necesitan voluntarios.
Para participar, sin [...]
- Choosebean: Resuelve tus dudas con ayuda de internet
Ya se ha hecho habitual ver a gente que no puede decidir cosas tan trascendentales como si comer lechuga o tomate en la ensalada, y para resolver tamaño dilema, le preguntan a internet. Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo Answers, etc, reciben estas preguntas locas, y sorprendentemente, reciben respuesta.
Consciente de este fenómeno, el español Marc Sallent decidió crear [...]
- Un fallo global de Telefónica impidió acceder a Google desde gran parte del mundo durante unas horas
Ayer supimos de muchas quejas de usuarios que no pudieron acceder a los servicios de Google por un par de horas. El error no era de Google, sino que se trató de un fallo global de Telefónica, que interrumpió el acceso normal.
Desde España el problema se detectó a primera hora de la noche y no [...]
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- Odroid handheld game console due early March sportin' Android 2.1
We know you've been champing at the bit for some Odroid news... wait, you forgot already? You know, the Android-powered handheld game system that the manufacturer, Hardkernel, bills "the developer-focused portable game device"? To be honest, we'd hope that the company would focus on game players, but that's really beside the point: the thing finally has a release date: "early March." And for those of you lucky enough to get in on the ground floor, they've gone and upgraded the thing to Android 2.1. Peep it in action after the break. Continue reading Odroid handheld game console due early March sportin' Android 2.1 Odroid handheld game console due early March sportin' Android 2.1 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Android Community | Hardkernel | Email this | Comments
- How would you change Nokia's N900?
Maemo 5 didn't stand on its own for long before being mashed together with Intel's Moblin, but Nokia's N900 still stands as one of the best handhelds for web browsing. It's hardly the world-beater that Nokia (may have) hoped it to be, but that's not because the internals aren't impressive. We're guessing that only a handful of you made the effort to fork over wads of cash in order to pick an unlocked version up, but if you did, you no doubt have some opinions post-purchase. Is the display living up to your expectations? Are you and Maemo getting along alright? How's that keyboard? We're eager to know how you'd tweak the N900 if you had the keys to the design kingdom, and with MeeGo already being announced, we're forbidding you from suggesting the obvious. Or you can, but we'll be plugging our ears, closing our eyes and humming annoyingly.Filed under: Cellphones How would you change Nokia's N900? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
- One man band rocks the iPod touch, rescues the MIDI clarinet from obscurity
We've seen blow-hard electronic music makers in the past (one particular didgeridoo hack comes to mind) but still, when one makes us take note we feel like we just have to pass it along. Onyx Ashanti is an American living in Berlin and a one-man band to boot. His instrument of choice is a Yamaha MIDI wind controller for triggering audio and the TouchOSC app for iPod touch for controlling PureData audio processing. And the music he makes from the two is pretty, pretty wild... see for yourself after the break.
Continue reading One man band rocks the iPod touch, rescues the MIDI clarinet from obscurity One man band rocks the iPod touch, rescues the MIDI clarinet from obscurity originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Create Digital Music | Email this | Comments
- Palm offering discounted contract-free phones to developers -- too bad they're carrier locked
Usually when we hear the phrase "contract-free developer phone" the words "unlocked" and "GSM" follow shortly thereafter, but apparently Palm didn't get the memo -- it just announced discounted hardware prices for its devices, but they're carrier-locked to Verizon and Sprint. Yeah, that's a big sad face out of us -- it's not like Verizon's going to give you a cheaper plan if you show up with a contract-free device. In fact, you might be better off picking up a $79 Pre on a Sprint contract from Amazon and just canceling after a year or so -- the ETF will have been prorated to $120 by then, putting you way ahead of Palm's $439 price tag. So much for that dream -- at least we still have our fantasy of driving to Mexico for an illicit Telcel Pre smuggling run.Palm offering discounted contract-free phones to developers -- too bad they're carrier locked originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Palm | Email this | Comments
- Okoro Media Systems upgrades HTPC range with Core i3 / i5 CPUs, bitstreaming and USB 3.0
You picked up an Okoro media PC last month, didn't you? If you're nodding up and down in a worried fashion, you're probably better off ignoring everything else we'll say in this post. For the rest of you HTPC hounds, the boutique outfit has something that's very likely to pique your interest (and kick that upgrade itch into high gear). Announced today, the company is adding Core i3 and Core i5 processors to its 2010 media center PC lineup, and as if the extra horsepower weren't enough, users will also find native bitstreaming of TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio on every system save for the Q100. You'll also get a 64-bit copy of Windows 7, up to 8TB of internal storage space, optional Blu-ray playback, quad CableCARD support and the new holy grail of transfers, USB 3.0. You can hit up the outfit's webstore now to configure your dream machine, and if you so desire, you can check out its dedicated trade-up program that'll last through May 31st.Okoro Media Systems upgrades HTPC range with Core i3 / i5 CPUs, bitstreaming and USB 3.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink eCoustics | Okoro Media Systems | Email this | Comments
- Zoom G2Nu and G2.1Nu guitar effects pedals offer direct USB recording
Zoom is kind of like Mitsubishi -- it sort of does it all. Months after shipping one of the greatest pocket audio recorders every known to man, the company is now hitting back with none other than a pair of guitar effects pedals. The G2Nu and G2.1Nu boards both feature 100 preset guitar sounds, 20 of which have purportedly been given the almighty thumbs-up from Steve Vai. If you're curious about differences, the latter adds a built-in expression pedal for additional control, but frankly, the expected capabilities aren't what we're interested in. Both devices sport integrated USB ports that enable them to operate as audio interfaces; in other words, axe slingers can record directly to their computer through this box, and the 1.9-inch display helps you keep track of what's going on. Regrettably, pricing and availability details have been conveniently omitted, but we suspect it'll be hitting Sam Ash, Sweetwater and the rest of the gang soonish.
Continue reading Zoom G2Nu and G2.1Nu guitar effects pedals offer direct USB recording Zoom G2Nu and G2.1Nu guitar effects pedals offer direct USB recording originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
- Nokia C6 is actually a 5230-ish landscape slider?
We hate to turn your entire world -- nay, your very belief system -- on its end, but it's at least conceivable here that the so-called Nokia Mystic with the portrait QWERTY keyboard may not be the upcoming C6 after all. Instead, Tom's Guide is submitting this bright white exhibit as the device lucky enough to wear the C6 name, a phone that looks a whole hell of a lot like a 5230 with a QWERTY slider tacked on for good measure. That would make sense considering Nokia's goal of turning the freshly-introduced Cseries into a midrange, consumer-friendly brand; this phone could easily slot in below the N97 Mini, for example, particularly in light of rumors that the phone will lack the N97's beefy internal storage. Word is the C6 is pegged for a European release by Summer, so start cleaning off those 5800s and 5230s for eBay right now, why don't you?Nokia C6 is actually a 5230-ish landscape slider? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Mobile Bulgaria | Tom's Guide | Email this | Comments
- Playcast Media nabs support from big name publishers, aims to bring STB gaming to US
GDC is winding down here in San Francisco, but Playcast Media is hoping to snag its 15 minutes by announcing new partnerships with Atari, Capcom, Codemasters and THQ (to name a few) for use in its "console-free games-on-demand" service. 'Course, streaming games in through a set-top-box is nothing new, but few operators in the States offer such a thing with any real substance behind it. Playcast's solution enables titles to be pushed through existing cable and telco STBs, and we're told that the US market is next in line to get gifted. We're not given any significant details beyond that, but we're pretty jazzed about big name publishers signing on to finally give this distribution method a bit of credence. Now, if only this Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD shipped with a SIXAXIS controller, we'd be golden.Continue reading Playcast Media nabs support from big name publishers, aims to bring STB gaming to US Playcast Media nabs support from big name publishers, aims to bring STB gaming to US originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
- German student shows off camera-based input on an iPhone
Using a camera as an input device is hardly a new idea -- even on a mobile device -- but most examples so far have been to enable functionality not possible on a touchscreen. As Master's student Daniel Bierwirth has shown in the video after the break, however, a phone on a camera can also be used as an alternative input method for features like scrolling or zooming, potentially allowing for easier interaction on devices with smaller screens. Bierwirth also takes the idea one step further, and sees the system eventually including a second camera that's worn by a person, which would be able to detect when your hands are near the phone and allow for a range of other gestures. Check out his full report at the link below. Continue reading German student shows off camera-based input on an iPhone German student shows off camera-based input on an iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Recombu | Daniel Bierwirth | Email this | Comments
- Win XP needs some TLC to use next-gen hard drives
Solid state drives may be the fast-moving wave of the future in PC storage, but the technology for bigger and better magnetic media keeps on trucking. Only recently, that truck hit something of a pothole: the 4096-byte sector size that will allow advanced format drives to have more usable space (and surpass the current 2TB capacity limit) doesn't play nice with the world's most popular OS -- Windows XP. While manufacturers like Western Digital have already introduced software that successfully combats the problem, the new drives perform poorly in Win XP without it, and rival manufacturer Seagate told the BBC that even with software tricks, XP users should expect the occasional 5ms delay, or 10% speed reduction, during write times. Is this the end of Windows XP? Hardly. Should you make sure to install the software that comes with your next hard drive? Absolutely.Win XP needs some TLC to use next-gen hard drives originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | BBC | Email this | Comments
- Verizon's Nexus One to be sold only through Google, have Sense UI (or not)
This doesn't come as much of a surprise, but Android Central seems to have obtained a screen shot from a deep, dark, top-secret Verizon system that indicated that the upcoming CDMA version of the Nexus One will be "available only through www.Google.com/Phones." That, of course, matches T-Mobile's strategy of quietly letting Google do its thing -- and Verizon's strategy of keeping its network "open" -- so you'll just have to remember to not line up at your local store at 8PM the night before the launch, otherwise you're going to come away very, very disappointed. What's a whole lot stranger, though, is a mention that it runs HTC's Sense UI, which means one of a few things: Google's allowing carriers and manufacturers to have their way with the Android builds sold directly through its own store, the Verizon-branded Nexus One is the Incredible, or the document is just sorely confused. The way we see it, there'd simply not be enough differentiation between the Nexus One and the Incredible for them to come to market as separate products if they were both running Sense -- and besides, isn't variety the spice of life?
Update: That was quick -- it seems Verizon has already updated its specs to remove the reference to Sense and change the URL from google.com/phones to google.com/phone -- no plural. Thanks, ninjalex76!Verizon's Nexus One to be sold only through Google, have Sense UI (or not) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink MobileCrunch | Android Central | Email this | Comments
- The Engadget Podcast, live... now!
Hey, is there something going on that we should talk about? Join us in just a few and let's find out... together.
Update: We're all wrapped up, but the regular post will be up tomorrow if you missed it!
The Engadget Podcast, live... now! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
- Apple iPad -- model A1337 -- phreaks the FCC
A pair of iPads was just revealed in the FCC's system in perfect synchrony with that little pre-order sitch with which you may or may not already be familiar. Apple, of course, has a track record of timing its FCC filings perfectly so that virtually nothing is revealed before Cupertino wants it to be, and frankly, you're not going to get much here that you didn't already know -- the photographs (both external and internal) and the user manual are all still under confidentiality. Both units were tested for WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth, while one -- model number A1337 -- adds in GSM 850 / 1900 and UMTS 850 / 1900, so it appears that Apple has bundled all of its 3G and non-3G models into just two filings regardless of storage capacity. We caught A1337 flipping through an old issue of 2600, so for all we know, it socially engineered its way to FCC approval -- whatever it takes to make that late-April launch window, right?Apple iPad -- model A1337 -- phreaks the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | FCC (1), FCC (2) | Email this | Comments
- Lenovo CEO says mobile internet products will soon account for '70 to 80 percent' of sales

Lenovo may mostly be associated with laptops and all-business desktops these days, but it looks like the company's CEO hopes that won't be the case for too much longer. Speaking with the AP, Yang Yuanqing dropped the somewhat surprising statement that he expects mobile internet products to account for between 70 and 80 percent of the company's sales "within three to five years." Of course, Yang didn't specify exactly what constitutes a "mobile internet product" for Lenovo, but we'd assume it includes things like the company's new IdeaPad S10-3t (and possibly even traditional laptops), or else it really has its work cut out for itself. He further went on to add that Lenovo is focused on a "protect and attack" strategy over the longer term, noting that while China accounts for half of its global sales at the moment, it's now facing increased competition from the likes of Dell and HP both at home and abroad.
Lenovo CEO says mobile internet products will soon account for '70 to 80 percent' of sales originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Physorg | Email this | Comments
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