Thursday, December 20, 2007

Knol - A New Wikipedia by Google


Google will introduce a new web page to write articles similar to the Wikipedia. Each article will be know as Knowlegde unit, and any article can have advertising and the earn will be shared with the author. In the begining the publish system would be with invitations like gmail few month ago.

Via: El PaĆ­s.

Monday, December 17, 2007

How To: Execute JavaScript from C++ DLL

If you want to execute JavaScript from C++ to Internet Explorer, please read this interesting link. It could be very usefull if you want to do any javascript extension. Te source code sample is for Visual C++. And you must to do it with Active X.

If you have any doubt, please write a comment.

Friday, December 14, 2007

MovableType Open Source


The software to deploy blogs, similar to wordpress is now Open Source, that means that you can download the source code as you want. This decission is very important, I think to get a solid plattform where developers can find bug or add it's own improvements. You can download the source code from here.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

O.S. & Browser Market Share

The use of iPhone browser is growing rapidly. Is interesting view as the iPhone with is sort cycle life is more used than Windows Mobile.

Also the use of Mac OS X has increased and Windows XP is falling slowly. Perhaps in a few years the most used OS sill be Mac OS X.

View the complete report.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Android: Easy Way To Develop Mobile Apps



As you know google has intrudec Android a Development Mobile Platform. With this platform you can develope easy app for mobile, the code is writted in Java. The source code is open and a communitie has been founded. Is interesting that now there's no mobile phone in market that supports android, in this case google thinks is more important firts a strong platform and after a mobile device. On the other hand the Apple case, first Apple introduce iPhone before the SDK (is expected for February 2008) and I think Apple doesn't have in the initial plans release the SDK, maybe iPhone jailbreak, a lot of interesting app for the iPhone and the Android Launch force the SDK. Also last news says about Apple has sent the SDK to developers few days ago.
What do you think about?

Interesting Links

Android
iPhone Dev Center

Do You Want To Create Your Own Web 2.0 Company

If you want do it, and don't have logo or name don't spend any second to think it. You have two interesting webs to generate the name and the logo of the company.

Here the appleresearch logo:



Here the link's:

Logo Generator

Company Name Generator

Thanks to Lizard

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Unlock iPhone in Germany


T-Mobile will sell the iPhone unlock for 999€. You can decide to pay 999 or 399 with two years contrat. After Vodafone demand T-Mobile will offer the two options. I think is more cheap buy an unlock iPhone, because if you buy it with contrat after tow years of contrat you spend a lot of money. Nowadays the tax are mor cheap and if you use Wi-Fi instead of GPRS you don't spend money in the traffic.
Via : El Pais

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Share Music Between Two iPods

If you want to share your music with a friend with this device you can do it without iTunes. This device has tow dock connectors to do it. I don't know if you can select the files to share it. It appears a good idea to do it. I think Apple doesn't like this device. You can buy it for 99$.



Thanks to Lizaro.

Via: Noticias 3D

Friday, November 16, 2007

Leoapard Tech Talk


I've received the confirmation email to assist to this Event. The event will be in Madrid on December 4th. I will assist with Pablo, I hope to write a intensive post talking about interesting topics that Apple engineers could tell us. Is very excitying assist to the event and talk about leopard with experts.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

New Ultra - Portable Mac


Now there's no Ultra-Portable Mac as the old 12 inch Power Book. There are some rumors about it. Perhaps Apple wants to introduce it at the MacWorld Expo 2008. Nowadays Apple doesn't have any devide to compete with Sony Vaio, an interesting option to have a ultra-portable device. Another question is the screen, Apple could be think to add the iPhone/iPod multitouch screen to this devices. I think is a good idea, because then Apple can compete also with TablePC devices, making more amazing the user experience

Via:Mac Rumors

Sunday, November 11, 2007

iPhone Launch Deuschland


You can see the flickr album.

Open ID. Unique Indentity Across The Internet


If you want an only indentitie for authenticate in a lot of Web-Pages, here is Open Id. A growging comunity and with future. If you want to implements Opne Id in your web page you need to download the libraries to allow you site. Is very usefull because nowadays we have a lot of indentities a lot of passwords and could be very difficult rembember every account. If you want to get you account go to here

Non Traslucent Menu Bar In Leopard


You're viewving a non traslucent menu bar in leopard, and you dont' why? Apple explains why it occurs. The problem is because the graphics card is not compatible with Core Image.

"Some graphics cards, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, may not have the necessary OpenGL capabilities to display a translucent menu bar even though they are compatible with Core Image. Those cards should render most effects, but not the translucent menu bar."

Via: Mac Observer

Friday, November 9, 2007

Today Starts Eruopean iPhone on Germany and UK


Today will be launched the European iPhone. Perhaps there are less expectation than US iPhone, or not?. Here in Europe Nokia has more mobile market, and will be difficult that Apple sells the sames iPhones on Europe than US. Other question is that iPhone doesn't have 3G interface (are rumors about a 3G iPhone will launched on may 2008), and if you don't connect it to Wi-Fi the connection will be slow. What do you think about european iPhone impact?

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Adding Tag Cloud To Your Blog

As you can see a new widget has been adder to the blog. It's a Tag Cloud, I think a very useful way to show every tags, helping user to make searches more quick and easy. The guide to add this functionality is showed in the next page.

Blogged with Flock

Flock: The Web 2.0 Browser. The Social Web Browser


Flock is a new browser based on Mozilla Firefox, that allow us to configure as RSS reader, Blog publish, mail reader, flickr, facebook and much more. The browser implements functionalities to connect with a lot of web 2.0 app. Is very useful to integrate all in one app, and in the same we can surf over the internet. This post has been written with Flock. Please try it and tell us what do you think. You can download from the next link. Also is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Blogged with Flock

JNEXT: JavaScript Native Extensions



If you want to extend the DOM for JavaScript and use it with any browser, you can use the JNEXT Framework, an Open Source project that allow us to develop our own extension. For example if you want to use your library through JS you only need to develop the wrapper following the JNEXT instructions. The architecture is very easy and with a little c++ knowledge you can do it. you can download the entire source code from the next link


Blogged with Flock

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Leopard: Serious Error, Copiyng Files


A serious error has discovered on leopard. If the connection is lost when you're moving data from network or external drive, the files that you're moving will be lost. I think apple knows this big error and is working hard to repair it. I expect in the next week a Leopard update will be released.

Darwin 9: New Release


As you know Mac Os X is based on a Free BSD, the distributtion is called Darwin. The Darwin version of Leopard is Darwin 9, You can donwload and isntall it from the next link: Darwin's Versions

The User Interface of Mac Os X is private, but if you want to view the core code you can do it downloading the source code.

Also there are a lo of Open Source by Apple, like the Video Streaming Server, Bonjour technology and more. Apple Open Source

Monday, November 5, 2007

Source Code Sea Battle [c++]

You can download a interesting Source Code write in C++. Is a network or single game developed by two friends and me. It was a practice for our degree. Is a good sample of sockets programming.

Now we're working on develope an User Interface.

The project was made with Apple's Xcode. But you can use the source files to compile with any OS.

Sorce Code:http://groups.google.com/group/codigofuente-es/web/barcos.zip


Thanks to Victor(helektron.com) and Nacho.

CC-GNU GPL

Este software estĆ” sujeto a la CC-GNU GPL

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Stacks on iPhone or iPod Touch


As you can see on the next video, is a Leopard stack on iPod Touch. Interesting...

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Three iPods, Three Generations

I'm trying for use the older iPod to use as Time Machine Back Up disk, but when i configure Time Machine the iPod doesn't appear as supported disk. I'm researching it, when I know everything I will publish it. If you know any way to do please write it in the blog.

Unpacking Leopard

No Comments. Thanks Pablo :)
A little freak?? Perhaps.

Mac Os X Leopard Upgrade DVD


I have received the DVD the last Monday, as you can see in the photo the DVD doesn't have box with tridimensional logo. The package only contains the "Wellcome Book" and the DVD. Another interesting thing is before you install it the installation program scan the computer finding the Tiger image to upgrade. Conclusion: if you have a blank mac you can't install leopard with this DVD, you must to install Tiger first and then updgrade.

Also I try to install Leopard in a old Power Mac G4 400 Mhz and the installation program verifies the MAC type, and if is not supported you can't install it. Really in this computer sometimes Tiger runs slowly, I think the OS X update on this computes has finished. :(

The ITU aproves WiMax as 3G communication standard



The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aproves WiMax as standard, is good news for intel because they're developing this technology and bad for other companies like Qualcomm or Ericsson they're developing another alternatives. The WiMax technology is a wireless technology like WiFi, but the WiMax is better, works more quick and for a long distance. Is capable of work at 70 Mbps in a 65 Km radius.

Via El PaĆ­s

Dashcode : First Impresions

First Impressions About Xcode Developer Tools 3.0

Dashcode: Very amazing and easy development way to Widgets.

There are a few of templates:



Navigation menu with objects hierarchy



You can add objects with drag and drop.





Establish break points in JavaScript Code. Very usefull. Because JavaScript is an interpreted language program, not precompiled, and you can do a lot of coding mistakes.



The Dashcode app is in the Leopard installation DVD, you can also download it form the developer site of apple, with the XCode 3, installation image. You must to register as developer.

You can download a widget to read the rss of appleresearch, was made with a template about in five minutes or less :)

Using Photo Booth With Power Book G4 Without iSight

You can use the Photo Booth utilitie to make your own photos with a standard usb web cam. Is very easy. You need to install the maccam app to manage web cam, the link: maccam. The installation guide is in the dmg image. And when you connect your usb web cam you can begin to use the photo booth utilite. It works with leopoard because in this mac os x version the photo booth app is in the apps folder, also the FrontRow App. This is a little result:

Monday, October 29, 2007

The Mobile IP Phone of Skype


Skype will introduce a IP phone mobile. The Device allow users make free calls to their skype users. An important condition is that Skype will not offer their cheap rate for normal calls. Also we can use the instant messaging of skype. It's a good solution if you have a lot of skype contacts. The phone is also part of the mobile operator 3. I think is a counterattack againts iPhone. And a good way to expand skype users. On November, 2 the phone will be avaliable.

Via El PaĆ­s

Update Your Blog With a Phone Call


Spin Vox a new service to update socials networks with voice recognition. the service works with Jaiku, Facebook and Twitter. Is very usefull to publish content when we don't have internet connection or keyboard. What do you think about?. will work correctly?

Via El PaĆ­s

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Leopard Events



As you know on Friday Leopard will be launched. Here in Spain there are a lot of places that will make an event allowing user take a first look of Leopard. In this website you can view the entire list. I think it's a pity that here in Aragon there's no any event. There are a lot of mac user on this comunity.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Apple Shares Up To Maximun


After Apple reports the four quarter result the shares of the company grows to $185.22. On 2007 iPhone sales are 1,38 million units, really amazing. In two years the results for the iPod was the same but now in only three months. Profits increase 67 percent over the year-ago quarter.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Mac Os X Up-to-Date Program



Few Days ago my brother bought an iMac, it arrives at home on 24 Octuber. Is logical that this iMac incorpores Tiger. And we will make the up to date program. The Mac must have bougth after October,1. For 8 € you can take the Leopard. For Spain you can follow the next link:

Spanish's Up-To-Date Program

Friday, October 19, 2007

Interesting Package Manager on iPhone/iPod Touch

As you can see at the next video (Spanish) the package manager fot the iPod Touch is very interesting is like synaptic or the apt repository. In the app's showed you can see a console with all the natives commands. It would be very powerfull and amazing. Also on February Apple will introduce the iPhone/iPod Touch SDK, if now there are amazing applications imagine on february.

You can download the iPhone/iPod Installer.app Installer.app

The Video



Via : AppleWebLog

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Vodafone Mobile Script 2.0. New Release


The Vodafone Mobile Script v2.0 is now avaliable to download. You can download the code or the binaries at the next link :
Mobile Script Forge . To view a example of this utilitie view the next link : Mobile Script Video

Indra Is Developing A Phone To Make Secure Calls



The Spanish company Indra is working on an Secure Calls System. The system will make secure calls. To make this possible the phone encrypt the sound before send it. The system only works with two equals phones. The phone software is based on Linux. The phone price is about 2000€ to 4000€.

Source: El Pais Indra's Secure Phone

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

How To: Router in VB .NET

Daniel Perella has developed an interesting code to redirect networks ports via software. The source code is avaliable on the google groups. Follow the next link: SourceCode. Also if you want to take part of this google groups please send me a mail at pedro.fraca@gmail.com

Friday, September 28, 2007

A New Spanish Company Has Been Founded


Sevenclick, a new company on mobile technology. This company begins since five months their activity in Zaragoza. It's very interesting their "blog & more" section. Where their workes publish interesting news about new technologies.
Visit site

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

One Laptop Per Child


This ONG, which principal objective is that every child has a laptop, has finished the development of the laptop. On November 12 will offer the promotion "give one get one". With this offer yu can buy one laptop for you and automacally the ong will give one for a child, the price of is $399. Why don't you do it?

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

European iPhone


Steve Jobs is in Europe for a few days. Yesterday introduced UK iPhone in the Regent Street Apple Store, carried by O2. Today iPhone has been introduced in Germany, carried by T-Mobile. Perhaps tomorrow Jobs will introduce iPhone on France with Orange.
At this time iPhone doesn't have 3G support because it spend a lot of baterry. Also on 2008 iPhone will have 3G. The mobile operator for Spain will be Telefonica's Movistar, but it comes to Spain on 2008.
Te prices are in UK 299 pounds and 399€ in Germany.

Intel Will Introduce USB 3.0


The Universal Serial Bus will be renove to 3.0 version. Including fibre optics, making possible communications up to 4.8 gigabits/s. The new version will be introduced on 2008. Perhaps it means a review of the Firewire, because nowadays it's more fast an it's more efficient to connet HD peripheral. This port was designed by Apple, if apple wants to preserve the Firewire should renove it. Thanks to Pablo for the news.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The Latest Band Of Airwaves Avaliable


Apple is considering to bid on 700 MHz spectrum. This frequency is free as result of the digital TV switch. Other companies like Google also considering to bid for the band. This frequency is very usefull, because can trasmit to long distances and through objects. The question is, Why apple is interested?, perhaps media content distribution to any device?. Today wired technologies has grow fast but out of order, like wi-fi. Perhaps a new wireless technology with wide range.

You can read the full article on the next link : http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9774854-7.html

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Apple uses iPhone design in the new iPod Touch


Yesterday Cupertino's company introduced the new iPod family. Introducing new iPod Touch with multitouch screen like the iPhone Screen. There are two storage sizes 8 and 16 GB, both model with built-in wifi. The price is similar to the iPhone, but without AT&T two years contract. And now the question is: What do you prefer? iPod Touch or iPhone?

As our friend Aenarion says yesterday Apple makes two new interfaces a non-touchable and a touchable interface.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Apple Will Introduce New iPods

Apple's iPod would be updated to wide screen at an event scheduled for Sept. 5. Today Apple shares jump to 132.65. I think new iPod should be like iPhone wide screen, with multitouch. But if this was true maybe the iPhone sales might go down. What do you think about?.

Read More about Apple shares: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070829/apple_mover.html?.v=1

Friday, August 24, 2007

Take a Look At The Beautiful View



From the Lafayette Stores. A free view of Paris.

Learning COCOA-Objective-C

If you want an easy way to learn COCOA Objetive-C, you can visit http://www.cocoacast.com. This web site provides a set of videocast explaining how to develope in COCOA - Objective C, with X-Code.

Using an iPod as Mac Os X Start Up Disk

It's very easy. Only we need to put the iPod as disk mode, an then install the OS in the iPod. You can install it, without restart the computer, using the next executable in the Mac Os X DVD : \System\Installation\Packages\OSInstall.mpkg.

The next steep to start from the ipod is restart the computer, pushing alt key to select the start disk. This utilitie will find bootable OS in all the computer units. And the iPod must appear.

I test it with FireWire 400 Mbps and it runs well. You can use it if you want to have different OS versions.

How to: FullScreen in a Windows Mobile APP C#

Legal Note: This code is based on the code of Oleg Levin. You can find the original in the next Link : Source Code

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;

[Flags()]
public enum FullScreenFlags : int
{
SwHide = 0,
ShowTaskbar = 0x1,
HideTaskbar = 0x2,
ShowSipButton = 0x4,
HideSipButton = 0x8,
SwRestore = 9,
ShowStartIcon = 0x10,
HideStartIcon = 0x20

}
static class FullScreen
{

#region Win32 API Calls

///
/// The GetCapture function retrieves a handle to the window
///

///
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr GetCapture();

///
/// The SetCapture function sets the mouse capture to
/// the specified window belonging to the current thread
///

///
///
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr SetCapture(IntPtr hWnd);

///
/// This function can be used to take over certain areas of the screen
/// It is used to modify the taskbar, Input Panel button,
/// or Start menu icon.
///

///
///
///
[DllImport("aygshell.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool SHFullScreen(IntPtr hwnd, int state);

///
/// The function retrieves the handle to the top-level
/// window whose class name and window name match
/// the specified strings. This function does not search child windows.
///

///
///
///
[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr FindWindowW(string lpClass, string
lpWindow);

///
/// changes the position and dimensions of the specified window
///

///
///
///
///
///
///
///
[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr MoveWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int x, int y, int
w, int l, int repaint);
#endregion

#region General Methods

///
/// obtain the window handle of a .Net window or control
///

///
///
public static IntPtr GetHWnd(Control c)
{
IntPtr hOldWnd = GetCapture();
c.Capture = true;
IntPtr hWnd = GetCapture();
c.Capture = false;
SetCapture(hOldWnd);
return hWnd;



}

///
/// Set Full Screen Mode
///

///
public static void StartFullScreen()
{

//Set Full Screen For Windows CE Device

//Normalize windows state
//form.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
// Here we must to put the windows name
IntPtr iptr = FindWindowW(null, "WindoName");
SHFullScreen(iptr, (int)FullScreenFlags.HideStartIcon & (int)FullScreenFlags.HideTaskbar & (int)FullScreenFlags.HideSipButton);


//detect taskbar height
MoveWindow(iptr, 0 , -40, 240, 395, 1);
//int taskbarHeight = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds .Height - Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height;

//// move the viewing window north taskbar height to get rid of the command
////bar
iptr = FindWindowW("menu_worker", null);
SHFullScreen(iptr, (int)FullScreenFlags.SwHide);
MoveWindow( iptr, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);

iptr = FindWindowW("MS_SIPBUTTON", null);
SHFullScreen(iptr, (int)FullScreenFlags.SwHide);
MoveWindow(iptr, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);

//// move the task bar south taskbar height so that its not visible anylonger
IntPtr iptrTB = FindWindowW("HHTaskBar", null);
SHFullScreen(iptrTB, (int)FullScreenFlags.SwHide);
MoveWindow(iptrTB, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);



}


///
/// Stop Full Screen Mode
///

///




#endregion
}

Monday, August 20, 2007

Guggenheim Bilbao


On July I had the opportunity to visit the Guggenheim museum, the permanent collection are very interesting mainly Richar Serra's "The Matter of Time", there are a few of big sculptures with shapes not present in nature. The sensations while you are walking throuth the artwork are amazing. Installed in the largest gallery of the Frank Gehry museum.

KTL's myspace

This punk band is the most important in the Independent Republic of Moncayo. The songs are very fine. I recommend you. Follow this link:
KTL

Warning on Web 2.0

Few days ago a notice was published a notice, about Wikipedia. It told about wikipedia has been used to write fake articles and rewrite another true articles. Some institutions like CIA, FBI and other writes fakes in the free encyclopedia. An app called WikiScanner writed by a Hacker, allow make searchs, and discover through IP address who writes or updates the article.

First Entry

Welcome to my new blog, I try to write about technology, but also about music, life, films, art....