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26 Aug, 2008

Looking for the invisible laptop

Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Analysis| Gadgets & Wireless

After a full work day in front of the computer, the last thing I wantto do when I get home is use the laptop. Bet you often feel the same.
In our intense digital world we need to be able to disconnect, atleast a little bit, at least sometimes and computers can beused for fun and [...]

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07 Dec, 2006

Improving Outlook with Skype and LinkedIn

Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Analysis| Gadgets & Wireless| Internet

This weekend, I went through the tedious process of consolidating my list of contacts into Outlook from my multiple email addresses.
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06 Oct, 2006

The future of online videos is P2P

Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Analysis| Internet| Movies & TV

P2P is NOT evil image uploaded to Flickr by gruntzooki
I have argued before that one of the drawbacks to current streaming video distribution platforms (eg. YouTube) is that they are point-to-point downloads, making them expensive and prone to stream interruptions due to packet loss. Improving the way online users upload and share video content is [...]

17 Feb, 2006

Skype announces mobile deal

Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Gadgets & Wireless

Interesting news coming from the UK via the Guardian:
Skype, the provider of free phone calls over the internet, yesterday clinched an important deal with mobile phone operator 3 which will see its service offered across the company’s five networks, including in Britain, later this year.
The deal, the first of its kind, represents a significant threat [...]

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22 Jan, 2006

New Year = New Windows Reinstall

Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Off-Topic

Welcome to a New Year! Time of joy, happiness, and windows reinstalling!
I use a Samsung X10 at home, a slim and light laptop that packs in a lot of processing power. As any other Windows XP user, there comes a time every couple of years to reinstall Windows and get rid of all the crap [...]

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27 Nov, 2005

Google Click-to-Call

Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Internet

In the never-ending saga of Google announcements (do they have a company strategy other than innovation for innovation’s sake?) here comes the latest feature: Google Click-to-Call
As with many other Googel innovations, this one is still in beta phase, but the idea is to include this feature in the search results. The FAQ explains:
A free and [...]

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