http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 2009-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_1 924bb0c98f9cdeed2f33b2257ca4c0d4 A few weeks ago we launched Google Maps Navigation (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 devices. Today we're expanding availability of Google Maps Navigation to devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1. Google Maps Navigation is an internet-connected GPS system with voice ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_2 d7136743567a03d64646794cf372cbf3 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_3 a9d7ff2ef28d8c9295c4b8adb7cf79e9 ¿A qué se debe este violento estallido de V838 Mon? Por razones desconocidas, la superficie exterior de la estrella V838 Mon se infló repentinamente y así se convirtió en la estrella más brillante de toda la Galaxia de la Vía Láctea en enero de 2002. Luego, también súbitamente, se apagó. Era la primera vez que se veía un flash estelar ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_4 434d7e1511c453b82cdadd494594cf40 During the last few months, our team has been working hard to support extensions in Google Chrome's beta channel. Today, we are getting one step closer to this goal; developers can now upload their extensions to Google Chrome's extension gallery. We are making the upload flow available early to make sure that developers have the time to publish ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T00:53:12+00:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_5 015579e45ea6d4f6cdedec9b8146d11a Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:44:18 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_6 96b4fe878ab9e3050354fabd83260792 YouTube and the web have provided a new and powerful medium for video and TV commercials. The great ones can go viral, resulting in millions upon millions of views. MSI’s Acrobuttocks commercial, Microsoft’s MEGAWOOSH and Windows 7 ads, and Evian’s Roller Babies immediately come to mind. Out of the thousands of commercials that ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:45:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_7 6441bafec49b8120c68e04e081cc04db Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:45:46 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_8 7f62a27be4249dcbc4e4ff6fdc623f1e Two-year-old Hulu, which has quickly become Americans’ preferred method of consuming TV online, is now blocking startups from embedding its video library. But while Hulu is now (mostly) unfriendly to startup video aggregators, it’s still sharing its videos with its corporate parents’ friends: the big web portals and MSOs. Put ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:17:39 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_9 354f5fbfb55b664cbfbce09f8d8793f9 A little over a year ago, Swype announced at TechCrunch50 2008 that they were going to “change how the world inputs text on screens”. By allowing the user to type words by tracing a path between its letters rather than tapping them out one-by-one, Swype claims to speed up typing on a mobile handset while doing away with accuracy ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:12:36 +0100 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:43:13 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_11 0656ba247969d0e9a37e3934375834c6 Life360 , a startup that looks to help families keep their loved ones (and their identities) safe, has closed a $750,000 funding round with investors including Seraph Group, LaunchCapital, Founders Fund (va FF Angel), the Band of Angels, and Mark Goines. The service also recently launched to the public at TechCrunch50's DemoPit. Life360 offers a ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:23 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_12 ef37124cdd9f529444d8d6e7daf3d5bc Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_13 ca21276d2ef675ab4d7a138d93384159 Mozilla has published its audited financial statements from 2008, reporting $78.6 million in revenue for the fiscal year—a five percent increase from 2007. Aside from a weakened investment portfolio, the browser maker has not been hit hard by the economic recession. Mozilla's organizational structure and governance model are a bit unusual. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:17:39 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_14 48de3bd431e19c5efb6cb20498640c71 My building only had one broadband provider until recently, as Stacey reported last week. But that’s changing, as Verizon FiOS just became available in my building, and the company is making a huge push to get people connected. So for those of you in other areas of the country, where broadband competition may be the [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:54:10 -0600 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_15 eeb84d32b41366567dfe9d9732f39942 Roku—makers of a diminutive set-top box originally designed to stream content for Netflix's Watch Instantly feature—has officially opened a "Channel Store," giving users access to a wider variety of content. The store is stocked with 10 "channels" that users can add, enabling easy access to Facebook photos, Pandora streams, TWiT.tv ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:05:58 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_16 3e747239a3700e64ad8ed6af21f61c49 Twit­ter es una gi­li­po­llez sólo si la gente a la que si­gues es gilipo­llas. * Sólo otro blog infame (vía Microsiervos). (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:05:58 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_17 d6a18f2fc0d59d03fe01e59f58735ba0 Today we released our October Mobile Metrics report.  Instead of comparing smartphone platforms against each other, this month we look inside each operating system at the distribution of requests coming from different handsets. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:56:39 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_18 82c10b10d7c37b42cbedefbd99c28370 Though it has yet to take off in a major way, the idea behind video comments remains a potentially compelling one. And after seeing some success using its video platform to serve up videos on Twitter, Vidly thinks it can crack the case. And Grammy-winning hip-hop star Chamillionaire and the popular blog commenting system Disqus are helping them ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:52:14 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_19 52201fc9162e647138df3a728e467e5a Update: Facebook has informed us that they’re looking into the problem and will provide more details soon. - A quick check of Twitter confirms it: Facebook is down. The world’s largest social network is having some type of uptime issue that is affecting at least a large swath of users. According to our tests (which involved [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:29:20 -0500 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/1#item_20 fd26942a281d49ee960d5171d4ea3f74 IBM's research team has come up with a new tool that translates text between English and 11 other languages. - IBM's research team has come up with a new tool that translates text between English and 11 other languages. The new software technology is known as n.Fluent and is pronounced quot;en-fluent, quot; IBM officials said. IBM employees use ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T12:13:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_1 0d8ad6b13fb420e8eb69e4f5c0dea54f We know that coupons are a great way for local businesses to drive customers to their stores - that's why we created the option for businesses to add coupons to their Google Local Business Center listing back in 2007. Now, as the holiday shopping season kicks off, we've upgraded the ways that customers can find your coupons. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T12:13:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_2 8f7a940683aa39a3c54461b6891f5ae5 Go ahead and take that second helping of bacon-broasted mashed potatoes and high-fat gravy this Thursday, friends, because even if your tummy gets big and round like a steamed black bean bun, there’s an app for that. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:29:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_3 73a540fed8c374e75eeb42659a90048c Late last week, a collection of e-mails and documents began appearing on a variety of websites, purportedly a selection of a much larger cache of material obtained when hackers gained entry to the UK's Climatic Research Unit. All indications are that the documents are legitimate, and they reveal the scientists behind them as fully human: snarky, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:29:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_4 a57eb88d01401312cae6d0d0bae6ffeb Remember that hubbub a few weeks back about Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy advertising Windows 7? But the show was apparently deemed to raunchy so Microsoft replaced Family Guy with Warner Bros. Well, did you catch last night’s episode? There was a Family Guy segment that certainly looked like an advertisement and was then followed ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:02:53 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_5 5081ba094d5af01e2c1a65be3edd9885 Por fin lo tenemos aquí, ya tenemos el Nokia N900 en nuestras manos desde hace un par de horas. Durante este corto tiempo lo he estado probando por encima, lo suficiente como para tener una idea de este terminal y de Maemo 5. Lo primero que más llama la atención es que tenemos un terminal bastante [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_6 ebd3b01e62da367141ff839c5390b810 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T09:55:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_7 50b51b45ff94bb61fa31e0980a7ec8da Here it comes: Best Buy ran a national Black Friday ad inviting the world to celebrate Thanksgiving and Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Fair enough, right? Happy Eid! Well, take a gander at the ad up there and brace yourself. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:42:43 -0500 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_8 a60ce87a6d4aae317821f88bed770232 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:13:46 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_9 bcdb3018b58799bdde7cff5aff42fbb2 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T13:46:58+00:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_10 27505f5a7b40d444b840346fa24c825c Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:13:46 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_11 d5dd166eef455d5bf39f3a8409370108 Los BarCamp son jornadas que se convocan con el objetivo de reunir a gente con intereses comunes que esten interesados en compartir y aprender en un entorno abierto. Son eventos cuya agenda se define al principio del evento y que permiten intensas discuciones, demos y comunicación entre sus participantes. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:30:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_12 c7490dbaca0c4abb07bc19388aa0d2d1 Likes.com, left, and Ad.ly offer different paths to having people share advertising messages on social networks. The Likes system is to start next month. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:30:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_13 840afe5aa84561ff6b3b7c9edad9a403 The Nikkei Weekly is an English-language business newspaper providing news & commentary on Japan, issued every Monday. Nikkei Premium offers serious investors & business executives 500+ articles daily, detailed corporate data, and market figures from Japan. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:17:43 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_14 37f725b7f262b66c5513b84413392a1d Telepizza se expande a Asia mediante la apertura de su primer establecimiento en Dubai (Emiratos Árabes Unidos). Asimismo, la compañía prevé a finales de mes inaugurar dos locales más en el vecino emirato Abu Dhabi. Sus objetivos, según informa la compañía, es el crecimiento en esta zona en el servicio a domicilio, en vistas a cubrir [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:49:27 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_15 97f27a8adde315f03bb43fc9b1d49082 The Open Magazine is a new current affairs/entertainment weekly magazine available on magazine stands in India. The magazine was launched in the first quarter of 2009. The publisher of Open Magazine, Open Media Pvt. Ltd. wanted a web presence for its magazine. It selected Srijan Technologies , a content management specialist company based out of ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T12:43:27Z http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_16 de10daa67cec4c9fcaf6b1f65d504c63 Participantes: Podrán optar al Premio Bruguera de Novela aquellas obras de ficción escritas originariamente en lengua española con una extensión mínima de 150 páginas. La cuantía del Premio será de 12.000 euros El plazo de entrega de originales finalizará el 30 de noviembre de 2009 incluyéndose en dicho plazo los originales que, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:57:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_17 38f9c445ac3234b9ea535155c69f9a5b ¿Por qué reina de pronto esta inquietud y confusión? (¡Qué graves se han vuelto los rostros!) ¿Por qué calles y plazas aprisa se vacían y todos vuelven a casa compungidos? Porque se hizo la noche y los bárbaros no llegaron. Algunos han venido de las fronteras y contado que los bárbaros no existen. ¿Y qué va a ser de nosotros ahora [... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:34:06 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_18 a763e0f72623d628232d39e6825d28e8 El mejor antivirus del mercado es ESET NOD32 Antivirus. O eso es lo que decidieron los votos de ¿El mejor antivirus?, una encuesta a la que respondisteis algo más de 1.000 lectores y en la que los votos se repartieron principalmente entre 6 antivirus: ESET NOD32 Antivirus, AVIRA AntiVir Premium, avast!, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Microsoft Security [. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:32:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_19 089895b17a42529715e674466657a022 Algunos consejos útiles de parte de una verdadera jugona. Tenlos en cuenta si todavía no has encontrado el amor de tu vida. O una compañera con la que jugar al Modern Warfare 2, o al New Super Mario Bros Wii (grandes juegos, por cierto). “Oh, ¿eres una jugona? ¿te podrías disfrazar de Chun Li para mi?” [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:32:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/21#item_20 dfe3f779f639664ea4f92bf522284c62 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:09:49 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_1 54575108b822ffcb3a8d259a90a1d0ea Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:11:53 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_2 b8dc2e56caeed312530ab8be3caaaa38 En esta ocasión, el ganador de tan merecida distinción, es todo un docente de mi facultad. Por llegar a convertirse en profesor universitario sin saber escribir, y tener los cojones de repartir unos apuntes, sin pasarles siquiera un corrector de texto, yo hago entrega de este premio al escritor del siguiente texto, (cuyo nombre no revelaré, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:47:32 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_3 ac08de45c28de9a618bdfd3f5c9eaeba When I think escalating mega cellphone carrier ad war, I think actor Luke Wilson. Oh wait, no I don't, and yet here he is, again, striking back on behalf of AT&T against Verizon Wireless. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:19:17 +0100 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:02:50 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_5 1618db77c03e043efe9c0064953f21dc Finalmente y con bastante lógica la Cámara Argentina del Libro perdió el juicio que le había iniciado a Horacio Potel, docente de filosofía de la Universidad de Lanús, porque en sus sitios Nietzsche en Castellano, Heidegger en Castellano y Derrida en Castellano, ponía al alcance del público, en forma gratuita y sin fines de [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_6 bfc8138d1e7cebdb16307a12f6eefcaf Presentando su nuevo disco "Minor Love" (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_7 cf9e666d718fef1d6c2e6dbe3ea098ea Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:44:06 +0000 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_8 72563747f59955f43729e06a40f32161 La deflacion ha desembarcado en el territorio japonés. Según los análisis de precios, ya nos encontramos en el séptimo mes consecutivo donde se registra una caída de estos, que alcanza al 2,6%, por lo cual hay un peligro potencial en esta deflación. Asimismo, el gobierno confirmó oficialmente esta teoría. Ha declarado que la economía se ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-22T19:23:00.003+01:00 http://www.megite.com/erro500/1259026525/41#item_9 73c571d82b6ca5bc1ee25656954eed47 Máquina del tiempo Cine dentro del cine "I think this might just be my masterpiece" (Aldo Tarantino) (Read on Source) ]]>