Winamp is a multimedia player, for the platform Microsoft Windows created on April 21, 1997 and distributed free by the company U.S. Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of Time Warner. Its creator was the programmer and hacker Justin Frankel, although there is currently a team of programmers dedicated to the development of Winamp.

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Winamp is popular, among other things, to use fewer resources during its execution, having a user interface simple and easy to use, besides being one of the first Windows applications to adopt the concept of covers or skins, with which it is can completely change the look of the GUI. Despite not being the first application using this concept, Winamp was one of its greatest exponents and thanks to its initial popularity, many other applications also began to use covers for their interfaces. Currently, most media players for the Windows platform using covers, including the player Microsoft, Windows Media Player.

The program official text is in English, but there are Spanish translations are made by the users themselves, but from the 5531 version in the installer is the option to install in Spanish (International Literacy). Also you can add language packs for installing new languages (extension WLZ).

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Pidgin is an instant messaging client platform capable of connecting to multiple networks ( multi ) and accounts ( multiaccounting ) simultaneously. It was estimated that about 3 million people used Pidgin in 2007.

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The program was originally written around 1999 by Mark Spencer , a student at Auburn University , as an emulation of the instant messaging program for AOL (AOL Instant Messenger, AIM ) performed on Linux using the library GTK + . So called GAIM ( GTK + AOL Instant Messenger ). The emulator was not done by reverse engineering , but based on AOL’s own documentation published on the web and the development was supported by AOL staff. March 4 to support other messaging protocols will be added later.

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The company changed its name to Netscape Communications Corporation on November 14 of 1994. Microsoft released version 1.0 of Internet Explorer (IE) as part of Pack Plus for Windows 95, as Spyglass (the developer of Internet Explorer), this was not taken from Netscape as is commonly believed, but Mosaic was a part of it. After this, Microsoft released on a number of IE, and both Netscape and Internet Explorer were adding new features, although these did not always work correctly.

After the case in which Microsoft was found guilty of abuse of power monopoly and was sentenced to pay the U.S. $ 750 million to AOL and share some technologies, including leave AOL license and distribute Internet Explorer for free for 7 years. This was regarded as the “Death of Netscape.” On July 15 of 2003, AOL got rid of the Netscape brand, took the logo of your building and dismissed most of the programmers.

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The Netscape logo has undergone several changes ever since its induction. The first-ever logo was introduced in 1994 till 1997 and it has an emblem with letter ‘N’ inscribed in a square and the name of the company written below it. The company made minor changes in the logo keeping the theme and the color as it was first undertaken. The present logo had the same emblem ‘N’ with Netscape written on its right-hand side.

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The company uses very simple fonts in its log. The color of the font is black and the initial letter ‘N’ is in capital form and the rest of the letters are in small formation. The simplicity of the fonts makes the logo look elegant

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The Emblem of the Netscape logo is very simple it has a capital letter ‘N’ inscribed inside a circular ring. The emblem of the logo has two colors one is sea blue and the other is black and they both are divided by a white arc. The color of the letter ‘N’ is also white which makes it look stylish.

iTunes Logo – iTunes is a media player and store multimedia content developed by Apple to play, organize and synchronize iPods , iPhones , iPads and buy music. Compatible with PC-based operating systems Mac OS X , Windows 2000 , Windows XP , Windows Vista and Windows 7 . Some early versions of iTunes also work with Mac OS 9 . Statistically, it is the player most used by users of players iPod , iPhone , iPad .

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iTunes is a system based on SoundJam MP, a popular application for MP3 , the company created by Casady & Greene. Apple bought the rights to SoundJam MP and soon released the first version of iTunes, which was very similar to SoundJam MP. On December 13, 2011 the store was launched in 16 Latin American countries including Argentina , Brazil , Colombia , Chile and Peru among others.

Version 4 of iTunes introduced the iTunes Music Store from which iTunes users can purchase and download songs for a limited use of computers and an unlimited number of iPods. iTunes Store is fully integrated with iTunes and purchased tracks are protected by DRM system FairPlay digital rights management from Apple. On February 22 of 2006 more than 1 billion songs were downloaded since the service launched an April 28 of 2003.

Those who use other operating system other than Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows , such as Linux , can not use music purchased from the iTunes Store, and is not available for Linux version of iTunes. This has resulted in the development of a number of alternative players as well as different forms have been published that allow users of the iTunes Store using your own audio software or operating system. The most notable is PyMusique , which Apple has made ​​several attempts to block but has not succeeded. Programs like Hymn or Tunebite has also been developed to decipher the purchased music to be reproduced or shared with other programs. However, this software is illegal in some countries.

IPod owners in the U.S. market are taken only once, in the iTunes Store when you first connect to the service, to a page which currently offers free sample albums Lava and Atlantic Records and of which you can download the complete album or individual songs. A sample album of Universal Records was available and can still be accessed through a special link on the page.

With version 7.0 ( September 12 , 2006), was renamed to iTunes Store , as they are offered, as well as audio content: games for the iPod 5th generation, movies (currently only Disney and Pixar ) and TV ( Now in more countries). The store currently operates in 22 countries around the world. Among them: Germany , Australia , Austria , Belgium , Canada , Denmark , Spain , United States , Finland , France , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Luxembourg , Mexico , Norway , the Netherlands , Portugal , United Kingdom , Sweden and Switzerland .

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MiniStore function was added in version 6.0.2 of iTunes. Add a small window in the bottom of the main window, which can be enabled or disabled. When a user selects an item in the library, information about that particular item is sent to the iTunes Store and the MiniStore shows videos and songs on. At first, the MiniStore caused controversy because people thought it was a spyware . 13 Apple made ​​it clear that the MiniStore not collect any information from users and then became optional. 14 On Wednesday, May 30, 2007 is released Itunes version 7.2 in which for the first time you can download DRM-free EMI record company and launched the iTunes Plus songs from higher quality encoding to 256kbps at $ 0.99 dollar a song. On January 15, 2008 introduced the iTunes version 7.6 that includes the feature movie rentals from different studies (Warner Bros., Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox) with the option to rent high-definition (HD).

On August 4, 2009 launched the first Lationamericano iTunes Store in Mexico , which has 4 million songs. The prices are the lowest of all iTunes Store and range from $ 9 MXN (0.71 USD) per song and $ 24 USD per music video, also the cost of the album is $ 120 MXN, on average, but you can find albums from $ 80, $ 90 and $ 110 USD. Currently still lacks the purchase of TV programs. The payment can be by credit card, debit card or with iTunes Gift Cards are available in department stores, supermarkets and distributors at a cost Apple $ 200, $ 300 and $ 600 USD. On November 9, 2010, was released for sale and rent movies for $ 10, $ 25 and $ 40 MXN rent and sale at $ 25 (short films), $ 35 (short films HD), $ 50, $ 80, $ 100 or $ 150 MXN .

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iOS Logo – iOS (until June 2010 iPhone OS ) is the standard operating system of Apple products, iPhone , iPod touch , iPad , and the second generation of Apple TV . iOS based on Mac OS X and provides a link to the iTunes Store and App Store .

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The original operating system iPhone OS was on 9 January 2007 presented in conjunction with the newly released iPhone. It was a custom on the iPhone and is used on the ARM processor ported derivative of Mac OS X. Because the operating system as the iPhone and the iPod Touch and the iPad was used, the operating system, Apple on 7 June 2010 officially iOS renamed. Apple has renamed the corresponding brand names of Cisco Systems licensed. Cisco has since the 1980s, the naming rights for the Internetwork Operating System (IOS), which in their routers and switches will be used. The transferred license, however, refers only to the IOS name, not the particular technology.

ICQ Logo – ICQ ( “I seek you” in Castilian seek you ) is an instant messaging client and the first of its kind to be widely used in Internet , through which you can chat and send instant messages to other users connected to the network ICQ. It also allows sending files, video and voice chat. ICQ was created by the company Israeli Mirabilis in late 1990. On June 8, 1998 the company was acquired by AOL for $ 407 million. Today ICQ is used by over 38 million users worldwide. According to Time Warner , ICQ has over 50 million registered accounts.

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The communications protocol used by ICQ is known as OSCAR , also used by AIM . The ICQ network users are identified by a number which is assigned when registering a new user, called UIN ( “Universal Internet Number” or “universal number of Internet”). Due to the large number of users of ICQ, the most recent user IDs are above the number 100,000,000. In some cases, the numbers simple and easy to remember are sold on Internet auction or kidnapped by other users.

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Google Talk Logo – Google Talk is an instant messenger client and VoIP protocol XMPP (like Skype ) developed by Google . The beta version of Google Talk was released on August 24th of 2005 . Google Talk supports under the interoperability protocol Jabber / XMPP , being configurable in programs such as Psi , Miranda IM , iChat and Pidgin (formerly Gaim), among others. For a client XMPP can connect you need encrypted TLS and authentication SASL PLAIN over port 5222.

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The service is available for users of Gmail . Currently registration is open, and you can get an account going to gmail.com . The fact that Google has used XMPP as the protocol has been great news for many people who think that this will serve to extend XMPP and increase performance. The protocol that Google has developed for voice communication, Jingle , has been released from the start, so that any client can include. Psi and Pidgin plan to include it.

The user must be aware that the program is in its beta version , and is still in development stages, without presenting all the features and functions of the final version. In addition to errors likely to occur in the latest features that can be added. One alternative is the Google Talk GMail Chat using the same network but this does not require installation or download of any program as the user speaks through the browser while viewing your mail. This original webchat has convinced all users and is already being tested in other mail such as Yahoo! Mail and Windows Live Mail is considering adding this option.

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Friendster Logo – Friendster is a website of social network. The Web site Friendster was founded in Mountain View (Santa Clara County in California to the United States) by Jonathan Abrams in March 2002. Friendster is based on the technical circles and networks of friends for contacting people in virtual communities and demonstrate the small world phenomenon. There are currently over 50 million users and is mostly used in Asia.

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Friendster was considered the number one social networking sites online until about April 2004 when he was overtaken by MySpace in terms of number of pages viewed, according to Nielsen Online. Friendster was also competition from sites “all in one” as Windows Live Spaces, Bebo, Yahoo! 360, and Facebook. Recently, new sites like hi5 represent new competition for Friendster.

Google offered $ 30 million (about EUR 20 million) to buy Friendster in 2003, which offer was declined. Friendster was founded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Benchmark Capital in October 2003, with then a value of $ 53 million (about 36 million).

In April 2004, John Abrams has lost its CEO Tim Koogle and took his place as a temporary CEO. Koogle was CEO of Yahoo! in the past. He was replaced by Scoot Sassa in June 2004. Sassa left his post in May 2005 to be replaced by Taek Kwon. Kent Lindstrom succeeded him, after a recapitalization of Kleiner and Benchmark who evaluated Friendster within one 21 th of its 2003 value. The decision to Friendster to remain independent instead of letting Google buy in 2003 is considered one of the biggest blunders of the Silicon Valley, according to the Associated Press.

eBuddy Logo – eBuddy is an instant messaging application for web and mobile devices that supports various instant messaging services including Windows Live Messenger , Yahoo! , AIM , Google Talk , MySpace IM and Facebook .eBuddy is a service of browser-based instant messaging, originally began as e-Messenger in 2003. Combines AOL, Google Talk, MSN and Yahoo! Messenger on a single web based interface. Also available via mobile phone, independent of operator or device through the internal browser. And eBuddy mobile IM application, which became the most popular.

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eBuddy is a privately held company backed by Prime Technology Ventures and Lowland Capital Partners. eBuddy is based in Amsterdam and has a second, local offices in London. The company launched a third U.S. office in San Francisco in April 2008. Paul Taylor is the inventor of eBuddy. The idea came when he made a bet with a friend, get MSN will work on a mobile phone. He worked full time at an internet company, Paulo spent hours working on a mobile application for MSN. After several weeks, won the bet and went to a server application. It was here where visitors asked if he could develop a web version. By stimulation of the users, Paulo decided to take the idea to the next level.

On September 9, 2003, Paul along with two partners created Everywhere-MSN.com. However, Microsoft claimed the domain name and shortly after the December 4, 2003, the domain was changed to e-messenger.net. On June 1, 2006, e-Messenger is renamed to eBuddy.

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Android Logo – Android is a mobile OS based on Linux , together with applications, middleware , is targeted for use in mobile devices as smart phones , tablets , Google TV and other devices. is developed by the Open Handset Alliance , which is led by Google . This system usually handles applications such as Market (Marketing).

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It was initially developed by Android Inc. , a company bought by Google in 2005 . is the main product of the Open Handset Alliance , a consortium of manufacturers and developers of hardware, software and service operators. units of smartphones sold Android is located in the first place in the United States , in the second and third quarters of 2010 , with a market share of 43.6% in the third quarter. A worldwide reached a market share of 50 , 9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, more than double the second operating system ( IOS iPhone) with more volume.

It has a large community of developers writing applications to extend the functionality of the devices. To date, we have surpassed the 400,000 applications (of which two thirds are free) available for official App Store Android: Google Play , regardless of other applications for Android unofficial stores, such as the App Store Amazon or the app store Samsung Apps for Samsung . Google Play is the online application store run by Google, although there is the possibility of external software. The programs are written in the programming language Java . However, there is a free operating system for malware , but most of it is downloaded from third party sites.

The announcement of Android was held November 5, 2007 along with the creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 78 hardware companies, software and telecommunications dedicated to developing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most Android code under the licenseApache , a license free and open source .

The Android operating system structure consists of applications running in a framework of Java object-oriented applications on the core of the libraries of Java on a virtual machine Dalvik with run-time compilation . The libraries written in C language include a GUI manager (surface manager), a framework OpenCore a SQLite relational database, a graphics API OpenGL ES 2.0 3D rendering engine WebKit, SGL graphics engine, SSL and Standard C libraryBionic . The operating system is composed of 12 million lines of code, including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C language, 2.1 million lines of Java and 1.75 million lines of C + +.