jueves, 7 de abril de 2011

CHICAGO

Today, we had a speaking class about Chicago, one of the ost important cities of USA.
There are some interesting places to visit:
- Sears Towers
- Taste of Chicago
- Grant Park
-Chicago Theatre
There are some important teams in different sports:
-Chicago Bears
-Chicago Bulls
-Chicago Fire





viernes, 1 de abril de 2011

viernes, 25 de marzo de 2011

SOCIAL NETWORKS

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes", which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.

   Some important social networks are: Facebook, Tuenti, MySpace, RanRan...

jueves, 24 de febrero de 2011

TABLET PC's

TABLET PC's
A tablet personal computer (tablet PC) is a portable personal computer equipped with a touchscreen as a primary input device and designed to be operated and owned by an individual.

UTILITIES
Reading eBooks
Reading comics on screen
Web browsing
Games
Consultation office documents
Watching videos / movies
Playing Music
Videoconferencing

 

jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011

Google SketchUp

SketchUp is a 3D modeling program marketed by Google and designed for architectural, civil, and mechanical engineers as well as filmmakers,game developers, and related professions. The program, which is designed for ease of use, allows placement of models within Google Earth.
                                       

jueves, 10 de febrero de 2011

P2P LENDING

Person-to-person lending (also known as peer-to-peer lending, peer-to-peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is a certain breed of financial transaction (primarily lending and borrowing, though other more complicated transactions can be facilitated) which occurs directly between individuals or "peers" without the intermediation of a traditional financial institution. Person-to-person lending is for the most part a for-profit activity, this distinguishes it from person-to-person charities, person-to-person philanthropy and crowdfunding which also create connections between donors and recipients of donations but are nonprofit movements.

miércoles, 9 de febrero de 2011

INTERNET MUSIC

In my opinion, I think is really useful to people who haven't got money to buy some CD's, but I think that is really unfair for the musicians, because they lost a lot of money and it's unfair that they can't make his job, that it is sell CD's. Internet music is dangerous for all the world of music: singers, songwriters, record companies...




VIRUS

Today we talked about VIRUS.The virus is a program that can copy itself and infect a computer.
Somo exemple of viruses are:
-Trojans
-Worms
-Macro virus
The antiviruses are used to prevent, detect, and remove computer virusesworms, and trojan horses. It may also prevent and remove adwarespyware, and other forms of malware.Some exemples of antiviruses are:  McAfee, Norton and Panda.

martes, 8 de febrero de 2011

APPLE


APPLE is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers.
PRODUCTS:
-Ipod, Ipad, Iphone, Mac, Apple TV.





PRO'S & CONT'S
 

PRO'S:
-They almost never get viruses
-Long batery life
-Charges quickly
-Easy to use programs

CONT'S:
-It's too expensive.
-Some programs are full of bugs
-Some software has not been entirely made for an apple
-Complicated set up procedure