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Probando la app de WP para el bb

Andres Valera — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:14:03 +0000

Este es un mini-post para ver q tal funciona la app de wp para este guanaberry.

Hasta ahora se ve bastante bien, vamos a comenzar por ver si esto se publica jajaja

Gmail calls Vs Skype calls

Andres Valera — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:28:55 +0000

Today I installed the recent firefox plug-in from google to obtain voice and video chat capabilities with gmail, and I may say that it works great. I use (or used?) skype for work at least during 45 minutes a day, so this is a really great thing for me, because it’s also integrate with my companies google apps account.

The video and audio quality it’s as good (if not better) than skype. Also the calls are pretty stable and options for full screen video and move and minimize your video window are good.

BUT (there’s always a but) the only thing so far in which case I prefer skype it’s the option to start or end the video in a call without ending the call.

Of course, the option of having the voice and video inside the browser makes the gmail option more appealing.

Gmail voice and video chat

Randy Pausch dies at 47

Andres Valera — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:23:10 +0000

(CNN) — Randy Pausch, the professor whose “last lecture” became a runaway phenomenon on the Internet and was turned into a best-selling book, died Friday of pancreatic cancer, Carnegie Mellon University announced on its Web site.

Pausch, 47, a computer science professor, delivered the lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007, a month after being told he had three to six months to live because his cancer had returned.

Randy Pausch – Last Lecture

More: [CNN]

SpeedUp your Torrents

Andres Valera — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:43:25 +0000

Ernesto from TorrentFreak just release a very helpful posts with 6 great tips to speedup your torrents.

• Seed
• Be connectable
• Manage your upload speed
• Select the right torrents
• Be realistic
• Get a Friend Boost

[TorrentFreak - Speed Up Your Torrents, Tips from a BitTorrent Developer]

Thank you Bill

Andres Valera — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:58:57 +0000

Today is last days of Bill Gates in Microsoft as an FTE and despite all the discussion about some of Microsoft policies or even the quality of their latest operating systems nobody can deny that Bill Gates has change the computer era through Microsoft, for what, I must say, Thank you Bill.

Here are some media coverage from major newspapers and websites and a funny video about Bill Gate last day at Microsoft.

* Microsoft without Gates – Fortune

* Ballmer Ponders Changes at Microsoft – WSJ

* Bill Gates bows out (mostly) at Microsoft – Cnet

Bill is just a few days away…

Andres Valera — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:27:22 +0000

Here is a recent interview from Channel 9 where Bill Gates explains how he decides that it’s time to leave Microsoft and spend more time at the foundation.

Skype 4.0 Beta

Andres Valera — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:00:24 +0000

Since I move to Canada, Skype has became one of my daily used software to keep in touch with my family & friends, and works pretty well. Yesterday Skype release the new 4.0 beta version (windows only) and the best word to describe it it’s BIGGER.

The new BIG redesigned gives you more ways to reach your contacts in a single screen, and keep’s good track of your conversations, plus an even better sound quality.

If you are a frequently skype user, don’t miss the chance to try this new 4.0 version.

Download Skype 4.0 Beta

[Lifehacker]