Pen Drive de 400 MB

Con tecnología de punta.

Usuario, Desarrollador o ITpro

Un post muy interesante de parte de Alex.

con claras definiciones para los tres:

Usuario: Persona Inteligente capaz de encontrar los mas mínimos errores en las aplicaciones y Sistemas.

Developer: Profesional del área del desarrollo de Software y que sufre cada vez que el usuario lo llama para decirle que no sirve su aplicación.

ITPro: Profesional del área de Infraestructura y que sufre cada ves que el usuario reporta un virus o que su máquina no enciende (Monitor apagado).

En este caso me quedaría con ser solamente Usuario.

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Memoria flash de maximo almacenamiento

Científicos del grupo IBM han desarrollado un nuevo tipo de memoria flash que permitirá guardar en aparatos como teléfonos móviles y reproductores de mp3 cientos de veces más información que en la actualidad.

En un estudio publicado en la última edición de la revista Science, los científicos explican que este chip usa además menos energía, costará menos producirlo, funciona durante semanas sin recargarse y es prácticamente irrompible porque no tiene partes sueltas.

Su inmensa capacidad de almacenamiento "abre la puerta a la creatividad para desarrollar aparatos y aplicaciones que nadie había imaginado hasta ahora", dijo Stuart Parkin, director del proyecto.

Añadió que este tipo de memoria "lee 16 bits de datos a través de un sólo transistor", lo que le permite interpretar y escribir información 100.000 veces más rápido que las memorias flash utilizadas en la actualidad.

Ello supondrá, por ejemplo, que un reproductor de mp3 como el iPod podrá almacenar medio millón de canciones o 3.500 películas. En la actualidad, el iPod con mayor capacidad, el iPod Classic de 160GB, permite guardar hasta 40.000 canciones.

Llamada "racetrack", esta memoria utiliza el movimiento giratorio de los electrones para almacenar datos, una tecnología conocida como "espintronica" y por cuyo estudio los científicos Albert Fert y Peter Grunberg ganaron el pasado año el Nobel de Física.

Los autores del estudio reconocen que racetrack se encuentra aún en fase de desarrollo y que llevará "dos o tres años" fabricar un prototipo.

Fuente: adn.es

Carta de Microsoft a Yahoo (en ingles)

Aca la supuesta última carta enviada a yahoo de parte de microsoft. En ingles pero para que esta google: traducción con google

April 5, 2008
Board of Directors
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Dear Members of the Board:

It has now been more than two months since we made our proposal to acquire Yahoo! at a 62% premium to its closing price on January 31, 2008, the day prior to our announcement. Our goal in making such a generous offer was to create the basis for a speedy and ultimately friendly transaction. Despite this, the pace of the last two months has been anything but speedy.

While there has been some limited interaction between management of our two companies, there has been no meaningful negotiation to conclude an agreement. We understand that you have been meeting to consider and assess your alternatives, including alternative transactions with others in the industry, but we’ve seen no indication that you have authorized Yahoo! management to negotiate with Microsoft. This is despite the fact that our proposal is the only alternative put forward that offers your shareholders full and fair value for their shares, gives every shareholder a vote on the future of the company, and enhances choice for content creators, advertisers, and consumers.

During these two months of inactivity, the Internet has continued to march on, while the public equity markets and overall economic conditions have weakened considerably, both in general and for other Internet-focused companies in particular. At the same time, public indicators suggest that Yahoo!’s search and page view shares have declined. Finally, you have adopted new plans at the company that have made any change of control more costly.

By any fair measure, the large premium we offered in January is even more significant today. We believe that the majority of your shareholders share this assessment, even after reviewing your public disclosures relating to your future prospects.

Given these developments, we believe now is the time for our respective companies to authorize teams to sit down and negotiate a definitive agreement on a combination of our companies that will deliver superior value to our respective shareholders, creating a more efficient and competitive company that will provide greater value and service to our customers. If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate of directors for the Yahoo! board. The substantial premium reflected in our initial proposal anticipated a friendly transaction with you. If we are forced to take an offer directly to your shareholders, that action will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company from our perspective which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal.

It is unfortunate that by choosing not to enter into substantive negotiations with us, you have failed to give due consideration to a transaction that has tremendous benefits for Yahoo!’s shareholders and employees. We think it is critically important not to let this window of opportunity pass.

Sincerely,

Steven A. Ballmer
Chief Executive Office
Microsoft Corp.