La compañía Cisco está desarrollando una nueva tecnología que promete “cambiar para siempre Internet”. Anunciará la misma el próximo día 9 de marzo.

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Cisco to unveil network boost for Internet - source

Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:22pm GMT

NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) will announce in March new technology for communications service providers to offer more advanced, high-speed Internet connections, a source familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
The move comes as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to demand faster Internet speeds as part of its National Broadband Plan to be unveiled on March 17.
Cisco said on Wednesday it will unveil technology on March 9 that will "forever change the Internet." On its website, the network equipment maker said the change would show "what's possible when networking gets an adrenaline boost."
The company declined to elaborate, but the source said the technology would help telecom service providers like phone companies offer better, high-speed Internet service.
The FCC wants minimum Internet data transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to 100 million homes within a decade, compared with current industry estimates of less than 4 Mbps.
Google Inc (GOOG.O) has also rattled the service provider industry with a plan to build a super-fast Internet network of its own.
Cisco is the world's top maker of routers, switches, and other network equipment that help phone companies and corporations manage their networks and enable faster, more stable Internet connections.
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Richard Chang)
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La compañía de Cupertino está preparando un enorme datacenter que permitirá a la compañía hacer uso de aplicaciones en la nube de manera completamente eficiente. Os mostramos un vídeo desde el aire del mismo, y como se puede comprobar es realmente grande, no en vano, ocupa una superficie de más de 50.000 metros cuadrados.

La extensión de la nueva inversión de 1.000 millones de dólares es de aproximadamente 5 veces la del datacenter de Newark, California.

Con este nuevo datacenter se espera que Apple empiece a dar pasos en la dirección de cloud computing, y las malas lenguas hablando de la posibilidad de cuentas iTunes en la nube, con almacenamiento remoto, o lo que es lo mismo accesible desde cualquier localización con Internet.

First Look: Apple’s Massive iDataCenter

February 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

How big is Apple’s new iDataCenter in Maiden, North Carolina? It’s plenty big, as illustrated by this aerial video posted to YouTube (apparently taken by an area realtor) of the 500,000 square foot facility. The new $1 billion data center will be nearly five times the size of Apple’s existing 109,000 square foot Newark, Calif. facility, and is seen as a key component of Apple’s cloud computing strategy. The video is brief (about 35 seconds), but provides an interesting perspective on the new facility:

Apple’s data center in Maiden is expected to provide the back-end for a larger move into cloud computing, with most speculation focusing on a shift of iTunes user libraries from user desktops to online storage. For those just joining this story, here’s a summary of our reporting on Apple’s new facility:

• Is an iTunes “Reboot” Driving the iDataCenter Project?
• The iDataCenter and the Cloud
• Maiden iDataCenter Will be 500,000 Square Feet
• It’s Official: Apple Data Center to North Carolina
• The Apple-Google Data Center Corridor
• Apple iDataCenter set for Maiden
• Apple Moving Quickly on NC Project

Can this video tell us anything interesting about Apple’s data center design and what’s happening inside the facility? Have a look at the video and share your insights and theories in the comments.

NVIDIA y las gráficas externas para portátiles - External Graphics Accelerators for Notebooks Is a Big Opportunity.

por : Javier Pastor: 09 Feb 2010, 11:46

La firma, encargada del desarrollo de algunos de los productos gráficos más impresionantes de este segmento, está pensando seriamente en presentar un nuevo desarrollo que permitiría a los usuarios de portátiles disfrutar de una gráfica externa.

La idea no es nueva, y ya en 2008 AMD presentó su tecnología XGP, que está presente por ejemplo en algunos portátiles de Fujitsu y que permite conectar un módulo externo con una Radeon HD 3870 que se conecta a ese puerto XGP para dotar a esos modelos de mucha mayor potencia gráfica.

Ahora NVIDIA podría hacer lo mismo según una noticia de Xbitlabs en la cual el jefe de producto de GPUs para portátiles de NVIDIA, Rene Haas, ha declarado que ese mercado es uno de los más interesantes para el futuro.

Nvidia: External Graphics Accelerators for Notebooks Is a Big Opportunity.

Nvidia Is Keeping Its Eyes on External Graphics Adapters, But Reveals No Plans

[02/06/2010 11:28 PM]
by Anton Shilov

A high-ranking executive from Nvidia Corp. said that it considers external graphics adapters for notebooks a big opportunity even though the company does not offer such products at the moment.

“I think it is a big opportunity. We have two strategies at Nvidia: one is to put graphics everywhere, the other one is to [find more ways to] integrate discrete chips into the box. I think there is definitely a place for [external graphics cards for notebooks], no question. We continue to look at whether this is a GPU [docking stations] or external devices,” said Rene Haas, general manager of the notebook GPU business at Nvidia, in a brief interview with X-bit labs.

There are a lot of notebooks featuring high-performance microprocessors, but there are much less notebooks with high-performance graphics processors since discrete graphics chips increase the size and weight of mobile computers rather tangibly and are not needed crucially. A way to add high-performance graphics to laptops was introduced by ATI in 2008: external graphics cards and external graphics port (XGP) technology. Unfortunately, so far such graphics cards have hardly become widespread; in fact, there is only one XGP graphis solution available: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Graphics Booster powered by ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 that can be plugged to Fujitsu Siemens Amilo SA3650 or Acer Aspire Ferrari One. One of the issues, believes Nvidia, is the price of such graphics solutions.

“I think, the issue that has to be solved for something like that is the right price-point that hits the right segment. There is definitely a lot of interest in it and [this is] something we are keeping our eye on to be able to offer something there,” said Mr. Haas.

Unfortunately, Nvidia does not reveal any concrete plans on the matter and it is unclear when the company could introduce its own external graphics technology for notebooks. As a result, the only thing for sure is that Nvidia is keeping an eye on such market opportunity.

“This is my opinion, I cannot say much about our plans,” added general manager of the notebook GPU business at Nvidia.

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In Pictures: The Most Promising Tech Of 2010

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Lenticular lens

A lenticular lens is an array of magnifying lenses, designed so that when viewed from slightly different angles, different images are magnified. The most common example is the lenses used in lenticular printing, where the technology is used to give an illusion of depth, or to make images that appear to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.

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Lenticular printing

Lenticular printing is a technology in which a lenticular lens is used to produce images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles. Examples of lenticular printing include prizes given in Cracker Jack snack boxes that showed flip and animation effects such as winking eyes, and modern airport advertising graphics that change their message depending on the viewing angle. This technology was created in the 1940s but has evolved in recent years to show more motion and increased depth. Originally used mostly in novelty items, lenticular prints are now being used as a marketing tool to show products in motion. Recent advances in large-format presses have allowed for oversized lenses to be used in lithographic lenticular printing.^[1]

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FUJIFILM TO RELEASE LENTICULAR 3D PRINTER

If you've picked up a 3D camera from Fujifilm and are basking in the glory of its 3D display, what are you going to do with the 3D photos you've taken, aside from view them on your slick new 3D HDTV? Rather than order 3D photos from Fujifilm directly, you'll soon be able to print your 3D shots from the comfort of your own home.

Fujifilm's 3D Print System will be compatible with its Finepix Real 3D camera, and will produce lenticular prints similar tothis 3D postcard.

The key to getting images that "pop" off the page is to combine several different images taken from difference perspectives, then print the combined images onto a special sheet.

The Fujifilm printer will use lenticular sheets that act like lenses to reflect the images back at you at different angles, so you can experience the photo's depth-of-field effect. You'll be able to print on four sizes of lenticular sheets, ranging from 4 x 6 to 6 x 9 inches.

There's been no word on the printer's price, but according to Fujifilm, the printer will be available in April in the UK. While the price will likely be big, the printer itself promises to be small, with a footprint of only about 18-by-17 inches.

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For more information see the Fujifilm Web site.

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How chips are made - Cómo se fabrican los chips

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Intel y Micron desvelan la nueva memoria NAND Flash basada en 25nm

• Fecha 01-02-2010
• De Pablo Fernández

La Joint Venture entre Intel y Micron sigue duplicando la densidad cada 18 meses y en esta ocasión ha conseguido el factor de reducción más pequeño en la industria de las unidades de almacenamiento SSD.

Los fabricantes Intel y Micron han anunciado oficialmente la tecnología de fabricación de memoria NAND Flash basada en 25 nanómetros. Este tipo de memoria se utiliza mayoritariamente para las unidades de almacenamiento en estado sólido, también denominadas SSD.

Tal y como señalan en Hot Hardware, la Joint Venture creada por estas dos compañías está consiguiendo duplicar la densidad de esta memoria cada 18 meses. Comenzaron en 2006 con una tecnología de fabricación de 50 nanómetros y la redujeron en 2009 hasta los 40 y 34 nanómetros.

Ahora han conseguido fabricar los módulos más pequeños del mercado, basados en 25 nanómetros, lo que significa un importante salto para conseguir mayores capacidades, reducir los tamaños de las unidades y también el consumo energético.

Así lo ha asegurado Tom Rampone, vicepresidente y director general del grupo Intel NAND Solutions: “gracias a nuestra continua inversión en IMFT (Intel Micron Flash technology) estamos consiguiendo una tecnología y fabricación líder en el mercado para fabricar las memorias NAND más fiables y económicas del mercado. Esto ayudará a acelerar la adopción de las unidades de estado sólido en la industria.

HDMI 1.4 3D, especificaciones anunciadas

or : Juan Ranchal: 06 Feb 2010, 12:51

El grupo responsable de las licencias y estandarización de la interfaz multimedia de alta definición HDMI ha publicado las especificaciones que soportarán las tecnologías tridimensionales en la versión 1.4 del estándar.

“El Consorcio HDMI reconoce la importancia de los formatos 3D para películas, juegos y otro tipo de contenido multimedia”. “Como la adopción general del 3D está ganando impulso y los proveedores de contenido están definiendo y ampliando sus planes de trabajo en 3D, HDMI está dispuesta a apoyar este importante sector del mercado”, explicó Steve Venuti, presidente de HDMI Licensing, LLC.

Además del 3D, la nueva especificación de HDMI permite enviar vídeo con resoluciones de hasta 4096 × 2160 a 24 fps, mejora en el soporte de colores, incluye un canal de retorno de audio o permite enviar y recibir datos a través de una conexión Ethernet incorporada en el propio cable con velocidades de hasta 100 Mbps.

Tecnológicamente muy avanzado, completado con la llegada del 3D, el HDMI tiene un par de problemillas que conviene señalar. Uno el de costumbre, el precio, especialmente para el 3D que obligará a cambiar de televisor, y otro, las restricciones digitales (DRM) que incluye y que impide copiar el contenido multimedia transmitido.

IBM trabaja con transistores de grafeno - IBM hits graphene transistor breakthrough

por : Javier Pastor: 05 Feb 2010, 18:21

La empresa está investigando las propiedades del grafeno en una nueva generación de transistores de radiofrecuencia que disponen de la frecuencia más alta hasta la fecha, 100 gigaherzios.

El grafeno es una forma especial del grafito que consiste en una capa de átomos de carbono, y las propiedades de este material podría llevar a grandes avances en la microelectrónica. IBM prepara la publicación de un artículo para la prestigiosa Science en la que hablará de las mejoras que pueden aportar estos transistores.

Los transistores de grafeno desarrollados por IBM ya han sido evaluados y su rendimiento es impresionante, ya que ofrecen una frecuencia máxima de 100 GHz, mientras que hasta la fecha el máximo logrado había sido de 40 GHz.

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IBM Research on Friday will announce that it has demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest frequency (100 GigaHertz) so far.

Graphene is a special form of graphite, consisting of a layer of carbon atoms packed in honeycomb lattice. In a nutshell, graphene is like “atomic scale chick wire.” Graphene’s properties could lead to faster transistors.

IBM’s paper, which will be published in Science, details how the latest graphene breakthrough could enable new communications devices and electronics. The paper was penned by Phaedon Avouris, IBM Fellow and manager of the company’s nanometer scale science and technology research team.

Big Blue along with DARPA is looking to develop carbon electronics.

The graphene transistor IBM demonstrated is already faster than the state-of-the-art transistors today, which have a cut off of 40 Ghz using the same architecture.

Here’s an excerpt from IBM’s paper:

The high carrier mobility in graphene makes it a promising candidate for high-speed electronic devices. As the thinnest possible electronic material of merely one atom thick, graphene offers great potential to create the smallest and fastest transistors among all semiconductor materials (1). Proof-of-concept demonstration of graphene-based electronics has been provided by demonstrating DC operation of field-effect transistors (FETs) – the fundamental building block of modern microelectronics – using graphene flakes extracted from natural graphite (2), and more recently, graphene films produced by decomposition of the surface of silicon carbide (SiC) substrates (3) or by chemical vapor deposition of hydrocarbons on catalytic metal surfaces (4). In spite of the high hopes and claims for the debut of the era of carbon electronics over the last decade, the missing critical tests for evaluating the viability of this new material for practical applications lie in the challenges of demonstrating high-speed (radio frequency, RF), high-performance graphene devices, and their compatibility with wafer-scale fabrication that would enable complex circuit integration.

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Samsung invierte en pantallas 3D

por : Javier Pastor: 04 Feb 2010, 18:34

Samsung se ha convertido en la primera compañía en comenzar la producción masiva de paneles para televisores 3D LED y 3D LCD. La compañía ha iniciado este mes la producción de paneles LED y LCD Full HD de 40, 46 y 55 pulgadas para televisores 3D.

Dichos modelos emplearán el estándar 3D Actives Glasses y la tecnología de 200 Hz reales de refresco exclusiva de Samsung, que permite no sólo mostrar imágenes 2D en Full HD, sino que brinda la posibilidad de plasmar imágenes 3D en  Full HD.

Además, Samsung ha reducido en un 20% el tiempo de respuesta de sus paneles LCD y LED, dejándolo a menos de 4 milisegundos, y eliminando con ello cualquier posible interferencia entre las imágenes dirigidas a cada ojo.

La nueva tecnología 3D Active Glasses de Samsung bloquea cada una de las lentes de las gafas de forma alterna, causando un pequeño retardo momentáneo al mostrar las imágenes a cada ojo, ofreciendo con ello imágenes tridimensionales más realistas.

Pantalla 3D autoestereoscópica con 64 puntos de vista en CeBIT

por : Jesús Maturana: 04 Feb 2010, 9:52

Las pantallas autoestereoscópicas son pantallas capaces de ofrecer representación 3D sin necesidad de gafas polarizadas ni ningún tipo de accesorio adicional, aunque eso sí, sólo es visible desde ciertos ángulos de visión, quedando el resto de manera borrosa. Hasta el momento se habían visto modelos con 8 ó 9 puntos de vista, pero la compañía de Singapur Sunny Ocean Studios afirma disponer de una de 64 puntos de vista.

Desde ellos la nueva pantalla de 27 pulgadas ofrece una representación 3D funcional sin necesidad de gafas y es que el futuro seguirá este camino 3D ampliando el número de ángulos de vista hasta que tengamos prácticamente un abanico pseudocontinuo de visión 3D.

De momento se conoce que será mostrada en el CeBIT que se celebrará en Alemania a partir del próximo día 2 de marzo y tenemos que hacer notar que el fundador de la compañía ha comentado que pueden fabricar pantallas con la misma tecnología de hasta 100 pulgadas.

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No-glasses 3D display with 64 viewing angles to debut at CeBIT

By Richard Lawler  posted Feb 2nd 2010 2:54PM

Singaporean outfit Sunny Ocean Studios is pledging to put all of the autostereoscopic 3D we've seen so far to shame with a new 27-inch display offering 64 viewing angles it will show at CeBIT. A serious upgrade from the 8 or 9 viewing angle lenticular displays we saw at CES this year, the company claims it's ready to refit regular displays for 3D and also assist in 2D-to-3D image conversion. We've got all of the usual questions lined up like how will this affect resolution, what's necessary to render the necessary 64 different frames for each viewing angle and of course, how much does it cost, but founder Armin Grasnick says his company can handle screens of up to 100-inches quickly and inexpensively, likely by not wasting precious R&D funds on website design. The current state of 3D is glasses all the way, but we could get a peek at the next step March 2 in Germany.

Libros de texto en formato electrónico

Libros de texto en formato electrónico
 

por : Javier Pastor: 04 Feb 2010, 11:16

Varias empresas editoriales de libros de texto están comenzando a dar algunos pasos hacia la conversión de parte de su catálogo al formato digital, para ponerlos así a disposición de los usuarios de lectores de e-books.

La empresa ScrollMotion será la encargada de adaptar esos libros de texto a formatos electrónicos, en un intento por aprovechar ese momento de impulso que están viviendo dispositivos como el Kindle de Amazon o el iPad de Apple.

“la gente ha estado hablando del impacto de la tecnología en la educación durante 25 años. Parece que eso va a ocurrir al fin en 2010″, afirmaba uno de los máximos directivos de McGraw Hill. Otras editoriales como Pearson o Kaplan están también uniéndose a esa iniciativa que permitirá disponer de versiones electrónicas, aunque eso sí:  los estudiantes siguen prefiriendo los libros impresos, aunque su aceptación de versiones digitales es cada vez mayor.

• FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Textbook Firms Ink E-Deals For iPad 

BY JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG AND YUKARI IWATANI KANE

Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry embraces a hope that digital devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad will transform the classroom.

The publishers are tapping the know-how of ScrollMotion Inc. to develop textbook applications and test-prep and study guides for the iPad.

"People have been talking about the impact of technology on education for 25 years. It feels like it is really going to happen in 2010," said Rik Kranenburg, group president of higher education for the education unit of McGraw-Hill Cos. and one ...

3D stole the show at CES 2010

Not sure why we've been putting this off, but we'll just come right out and say it: there's no doubt that this was the year for 3D at CES. We walked the show floor for countless hours and can tell you that just about everyone was showing something related to 3D at their booths. Most of these demos required a bit of a wait to experience them (thanks, hype), and everywhere you went people were talking about 3D. Granted, not all of that talk was positive, but it was talk nonetheless. Whether or not the technology will be seen in history as a success in the market place is obviously still up in the air, and much like a finely crafted episode of Lost, 3D at CES this year was littered with more questions than answers.
Who will be the first, the best?
Someone has to be the first to market, and someone the best -- though not necessarily the same company -- but based on CES demos and announcements, that someone appears to be Panasonic. This isn't much of a surprise since Panasonic has been doing lots of 3D demos since CES last year, and it even drove a truck around the country showing it off. But while Panasonic had the best 3D demo this year, it might not be first to market, as DLP fans will tell you they were first (and by years). That said, this new 3D technology isn't exactly the same as what Mitsubishi and Samsung have been doing, but the new formatswill be backwards compatible. Mitsubishi announced a new converter box that will allow the newersequential 3D to checkerboard 3D that its DLP sets support, and it is assumed this same box will work on Samsung DLPs and plasmas. These aren't the only front runners, 'course. In fact Sony, Samsung, LG,Toshiba and Vizio were all talking 3D in press releases and showing live action demos. Like the rest of the HD market, most of the new 3DTVs were LCDs, and although LG did announce new plasmas, none were of the 3D variety like Samsung and Panny. Only Vizio dared to put a price on 3D, and some manufacturers wouldn't even give model numbers, so it's hard to tell exactly when this technology is going to come home (and how badly it'll dent the wallet when it does). Still, we'd be shocked to see ship dates slip beyond 2010, and if we were the betting type, we'd guess that the first wave will land in the summer.
3D Blu-ray players will obviously play an important role as in-home 3D attempts to blossom, and Broadcom was on hand showing off its new chip for these very decks. We're guessing said chip will find a home in the new players announced by Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic and Sony, though no one has yet to come clean and make that clarification. Interestingly, the maker of one of our favorite Blu-ray playersdidn't announce a 3D version, and while we're not sure what LG is waiting for (market acceptance, perhaps?), we'd be shocked if we didn't see one at some point this year. 
RealD is a winner, again
Just like in the theater, RealD seemed to have the most traction at home. What's different is that while the RealD glasses you've worn at the theater were less than $1 and of the circular polarized variety, the RealD glasses that Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba are using are active shutter glasses -- onlyJVC is using circular polarized. There were other glasses on display though -- Gunnar Optiks was showing some more stylish ones, and XpanD was showing active shutter with Bluetooth instead of IR, which is the same tactic that Vizio is using. XpanD also told us that its IR active shutter glasses would work with other 3DTVs, which makes some sense since the main 3D demo at Panasonic's booth was using XpanD glasses, not RealDs.
What about content?
Just ask Samsung or Mitsubishi and they'll tell you that 3DTV is nothing without content. We learned all about the 3D Blu-ray spec and that the PS3 would do 3D before CES, but during the show we were able to dig in deeper and reveal that the Blu-ray spec isn't what it could be. Even before DirecTV had a chance to make an announcement at CES, someone let slip that the carrier would have 3D programming this year -- and it brought a 3D demo (which looked great) to CES. Couple this with announcements from ESPN as well as Sony, IMAX and Discovery, and you've got the promise of some compelling 3D content at home very soon. ESPN has promised World Cup Soccer this year and the BCS National Championship game in 2011 with other events scattered in between, but while we expect a few IMAX movies from Sony and Discovery, so far the exact programming picture is still very cloudy. The only thing we do know is that three animated features will be out on Blu-ray starting with either Monsters vs Aliens or Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs this summer, and Disney's A Christmas Carol in December. The one title we don't know about is Avatar, which we just have to believe will be out on 3D Blu-ray this year. We're sure there will be even more 3D content to scope out as the bandwagon grows, and we've already seen streaming services get the 3D itch.
And video games?
Besides movies and sports, games may be the biggest beneficiary of 3D displays. The video game edition of Avatar is already available (and 3D-enabled) on both Sony and Microsoft's boxes, so the PS3 version we played is just like what's available at home right now. While the extra dimension couldn't raise a very average adventure game to the heights of an Assassin's Creed II, the effect did its job of bringing us further into the world and making it seem even more realistic. While a demo run of Gran Turismo 5 was slightly less impressive (varying greatly depending on camera angle), making things blow up in our faces playing Super Stardust HD clearly showed there will be compelling reasons to upgrade with the technology in the right game maker's hands. On the PC side, NVIDIA has been pushing 3D capabilities for quite some time, and while most of our demos consisted of Blu-ray 3D showings from Cyberlink and WinDVD, we got enough gaming in to figure out that shutter glasses will soon be as common as headsets, precision mice and customized keyboards on the desks of shooter fans -- if WoW ever goes 3D, there could be serious problems.
The new "upconverting?"
Even with major content providers on board, native 3D content will be scarce for some time, just like the rollout of HDTV. That's a gap several manufacturers are looking to fill by providing technology for converting 2D to 3D. If that sounds a lot like the scaling buzz applied to DVDs and other standard-definition video, that's because it is, as shown by Toshiba's decision to expand its Resolution+ branding to Cell TV hardware that upscales and can convert from 2D to 3D in realtime. It showed off a demo that did an effective job separating different planes on simulated home video footage to make it 3D. Unfortunately, that didn't make watching someone else's vacation tapes any less boring, and popping elements out like cardboard cutouts seemed like the cheap gimmickry we were hoping to avoid. Samsung had the most effective conversion demo, plugging a standard Xbox 360 into one of its new displays and letting us play Gears of War 2 converted to 3D. While there wasn't any extra detail to be found, it showed a subtle amount of additional depth that brought us even further into the game, especially when launching mortar shells at far off opponents. Sony announced plans to convert significant amounts of Jimi Hendrix footage to 3D for an upcoming Blu-ray release and even demoed some concert video in its CES theater -- in this case the added depth did help the "you are there" feeling of a concert experience, but it still couldn't compare with anything created natively for the new format. 
While we're sure someone will attempt to be the "Fox Widescreen" of 3D with converted footage on their broadcasts -- JVC was showing off a rack mounted unit aimed at broadcasters for just this purpose -- it will probably suffer the same fate and eventually go away altogether. The good news? Nothing we saw conjured up memories of the Cowboys Stadium 2D-to-3D disaster, and in some cases it could even be a very useful feature while we wait for content to catch up with displays. But just like DVD upscaling, even if it's a high priced feature now, it will likely spread out across all displays in the future if customers enjoy it. We'll be keeping a careful eye to see who has the best processing technology in real world situations later this year.
The glasses-free option
Ah yes, the nirvana of glasses-free 3D. While it was on display at more than one location this year, there's still a number of factors keeping it from coming into play in our home viewing. Consistent on all three displays was a focus on CGI animations, not any kind of live video or other TV-style content. Though advances in standard HDTVs have increased the resolution behind the lenticular film that enables this technology, most of the progress displayed by Intel and Magnetic3D was on their ability to process and render images so they'll pop out even when viewed from multiple angles. That's useful for their intended use in POS advertisements, slot machines and the like -- and it will surely impress digital signage nuts in the crowd -- but it still suffers lost resolution and requires extra processing power for each viewing angle. With most viewers unwilling to assume a Sheldon Cooper-esque couch position, it's unlikely any content or displays based around this will be breaking into the consumer space anytime soon.

Wrap up

By all indications, 2010 is set to be a flagship year for 3D. There should be plenty of new displays, set-top boxes, glasses and content. Many will be striving to be the first to market, while others will be happy to sit on the sidelines and watch it all develop. We see many parallels between 3D and the development of HD and that combined with the fact that we find the technology very compelling, should make it clear to you that there's going to be more 3D coverage than you could want here on Engadget HD. So regardless of how this turns out, we want to be here to watch it flourish or perish. Now, of course we aren't going to rename the site or anything like that -- some of you might think we did. Now this doesn't mean we're going to let up hitting the HD news, no not at all. We're confident we are up to the challenge of covering both very comprehensively.

Utilizar tu propio dominio sobre la plataforma de Google Blogger

Probablemente hayas comenzado un blog utilizando el servicio de Blogger - Blogspot.com - y luego de un tiempo vino un tal ProWeblogs y te dijo que te conviene utilizar un dominio y hosting propio…
Si bien es un camino intermedio, es bastante practico: podés utilizar tu propio dominio sobre la plataforma de Google Blogger sin preocuparte del servidor o de cambiar de plataforma de blogging.

Esta funcionalidad está bastante oculta dentro de Blogger. Varias veces vi blogs que lo utilizaban pero nunca supe como y pensé que ya no se podía, pero se puede, aunque las instrucciones están en inglés. Asi que hagamos un paso a paso para conseguir tu dominio y utilizarlo en Blogger.

Contratando el dominio

Si te decidis por un dominio .com, .net, .info o cualquiera que no sea regional, tenés que contratarlo a través de un Domain Service Provider. Mi elección es GoDaddy, que es uno de los más baratos y - por lo menos para mi - confiables:

El costo del dominio es de aproximadamente u$s 9 por año, lo cual no es un costo excesivo teniendo en cuenta que estás asegurando los contenidos de tu trabajo. Recordá que sólo necesitas el dominio y no pagar por hosting (GoDaddy te inundará de ofertas, pero simplemente decí “no, gracias”)

Pasos para apuntar el dominio a Blogger

Una vez registrado el dominio, hay que entrar en el panel de control de éste (provisto por tu entidad registrante, en mi caso, Godaddy.com) y setear el DNS correcto. El Domain Name System (DNS) será el encargado de decir adónde apunta ese dominio. Para esto, crea un registro CNAME en el dominio y asocialo con ghs.google.com.

Si registraste el dominio en GoDaddy, el procedimiento para crear este registro es el siguiente:

1. Ingresa a tu cuenta en www.godaddy.com.
2. Abre la solapa Domains y selecciona My Domain Names. Te redireccionará a la página Manage Domains.
3. Haz click en el dominio de tu blog
4. Haz click en Total DNS Control And MX Records en la caja Total DNS Control.
5. Haz click en Add New CNAME Record. Si ya creaste un registro CNAME, clickea Edit al lado del registro existente.
6. Para el nombre, ingresa solo el subdominio de la dirección que quieras usar para tu blog. Por ejemplo, si elegiste www.miblog.com como dominio, ingresa www .
7. Ingresa ghs.google.com como Host Name.
8. Haz click en Continue y luego en Add. Si estás editando un registro CNAME existente, haz click en Continue and Update.

Para otros providers, pueden encontrar las guías acá (en inglés)

Una vez que instruimos al servidor DNS sobre el nuevo dominio, éste deberá propagar la información a otros servidores en internet, cosa que puede demorar un par de días. Por lo tanto no te asustes si no funciona instantáneamente, es totalmente normal.

Seteos en Blogger

Ahora hay que indicarle a Google que el dominio que apunta a su DNS es de tu blog.

Esto se hace desde la pestaña Settings | Publishing en tu blog de Blogger:

En Blogspot, encontrarás un link cerca del extremo superior ofreciendo cambiar a un dominio propio (Custom Domain). Clickealo:

En la pantalla Your Domain ingresa el dominio que registraste anteriormente y guarda los cambios.

A partir de ahora, tu blog en Blogger funcionará con dominio propio, por ejemplo www.midominio.com.

Si al cabo de un par de días todavía sigue sin funcionar, espera unos días más. Si sigue sin funcionar, contacta a tu entidad registrante (en mi ejemplo GoDaddy) para que te brinde asistencia sobre el problema.
Tu dirección original de Blogspot será redireccionada a tu nuevo dominio, por lo que no perderás links o bookmarks. Incluso, tu PageRank probablemente se asigne al nuevo dominio en cuestión con las continuas actualizaciones, aunque eso lo verás reflejado cuando se haga la actualización pública.