The Dongle - a case study in evolution
It is a privilege and a joy to be called upon to serve one's friends and family, as anyone with technical knowledge will confirm. Mostly, this takes place within normal protocols of...
[11 May 2008]
Saturday 10 May 2008, 8:38 PM
Hitch with the audio system
From killswtch's Home Automation and Media Projects | Homebrew Blog | Add a comment
killswtch Today I started development of the software to control the whole-house audio system. It’s written in C# and based on the MiniHttpd project - a small but powerful implementation of a web server in C#. However, when it came to testing the first... more
Saturday 10 May 2008, 8:37 PM
Successful test of audio over CAT5
From killswtch's Home Automation and Media Projects | Homebrew Blog | Add a comment
killswtch I have just successfuly tested transmission of near-line-level audio over the cat5 cables I’ve recently finished installing. The amplifiers and matrix switcher have been installed for a while, but until now I’ve not performed any tests... more
Saturday 10 May 2008, 2:54 PM
CONGRATULATIONS Skype you have done it again.
From Skype what a total waste of time and money. | Add a comment
a1gjv CONGRATULATIONS Skype I see you have done it again with this statement Change devices easily. Change your headset, headphones or microphone without having to touch your settings which can be found here. Yet again another operation that is... more
Friday 9 May 2008, 3:39 PM
Citrix launch faster web delivery controller
From Barker Bites Back | News Blog | Add a comment
Colin Barker Citrix has given something of a boost to the performance of its web application delivery controllers with the addition of two NetScaler MPX controllers. The 17000 and 15000 slot in above the 12000 range and offer what the company is claiming... more
Friday 9 May 2008, 3:26 PM
IPv6 hype suggests real problems
From Open Sauce Software | News Blog | 5 comments
PeterJudge IPv6 is getting the kind of support that, in my experience, usually goes with a failed standard. ICANN is trying to scare us into adopting it, saying that "the people using new network applications are using IPv6". As far as I know that... more
Friday 9 May 2008, 1:25 PM
BBC in international spam shock scandal
From Mixed Signals | Not Safe For Work | Rupert's Diary | 1 comment
Rupert Goodwins Last week saw the plausible 30th anniversary of the creation of email spam, an event marked by the arrival in journos' inboxes of large numbers of unrequested press releases from security companies. These even reached the BBC, which decided... more
Friday 9 May 2008, 11:00 AM
3G iPhone confirmed, for Italy at least
From Mixed Signals | News Blog | Rupert's Diary | Add a comment
Rupert Goodwins Over at David Manners' blog, there's confirmation -- if it were really needed -- that the 3G iPhone is launching next month, in Italy at least. Manners is one of the world's most venerable tech journalists (he interviewed Marconi after the... more
Thursday 8 May 2008, 6:33 PM
Memristor - everything changes
From Mixed Signals | News Blog | Rupert's Diary | 1 comment
Rupert Goodwins At least two or three times a week, we get a press release about some fundamental breakthrough in nanotechnology, silicon engineering, wireless or similar. Normally, the story is rather less exciting than the PR would have us think: after... more
Thursday 8 May 2008, 11:28 AM
How many headshots does one chairperson need?
From Recycled Green Tech News | Sentry Posts | Add a comment
andrewdonoghue We got a strange request last week from the head of PR from Russian security experts Kaspersky. It seems although the company was very happy with the interview we recently carried with its chairperson Natalya Kaspersky, Natalya herself wasn't... more
Thursday 8 May 2008, 12:13 AM
JavaOne: notes from the classroom
From Thoughts on the code from the frontal lobe | Add a comment
Terry-Lynn This blog continues the reports I’m making on perceptions of JavaOne which I am attending this week in San Francisco. ' TS-6623 More Effective Java Following my session experience previously detailed in my husband Adrian Bridgwater’s... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 11:55 PM
JavaOne: the ‘best of the rest’ awards
From Software application development | Add a comment
Adrian Bridgwater If you’ve been digging into ZDNet.co.uk’s coverage of JavaOne in its entirety by now you’ll know that alongside news, there has also been show blogs (such as this one), video content, technical session overviews, Q&As and a variety of images... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 11:37 PM
JavaOne from the inside
From Software application development | Add a comment
Adrian Bridgwater In addition to my general reports and news on Sun’s JavaOne developer conference this week in San Francisco, I also have the chance to feature some comment from inside the technical sessions. Although I am not attending these myself, I’m able... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 4:55 PM
Ignore Gartner, social networks ARE ready for commerce
From The Business Web 2.0 | Add a comment
wecando.biz Industry researches and analysts Gartner claims with its latest research document, entitled "Top 10 Things Retailers Should Know About Social Networks, and What to Do" that the medium is NOT yet ready for commerce. The report (visit http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=633007&subref=simplesearch... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 4:45 PM
Video Chat on the Move!
From Jamie's Random Musings on Video IM | On The Road | Add a comment
J.A. Watson I've just had a fascinating and pleasing experience. I had a 15-minute video chat on ooVoo while riding on a bus through the Swiss countryside! First the summary - the quality was good, in fact on my end it was generally excellent, with a... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 12:59 PM
Could Novell kill OpenSolaris?
From Open Sauce Software | News Blog | Reviews Blog | Add a comment
PeterJudge Sun's just opened its developer conference with the long-delayed launch of OpenSolaris, the open source version of its Solaris operating system. But after all this time, will it live? It's taken Sun since 2005 to turn OpenSolaris into a... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 12:15 PM
WiMAX USA: $3.2 billon and counting...
From Mixed Signals | Rupert's Diary | News Blog | Add a comment
Rupert Goodwins After much secret dealing and many, many rumours, potential alliances and posturing, WiMAX is finally getting going in the USA. The Wall Street Journal is saying that Sprint Nextel and Clearwire's joint venture is finally shaping up, with a... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 9:36 AM
Microsoft Innovation Day 2008
From Chris Hocking | Add a comment
chrishocking Yesterday I went to Microsoft Innovation day. There were some excellent key note speakers on how the UK can be and needs to be more initiative. But the best thing about the day was what was on show from the Microsoft’s Cambridge labs.... more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 1:20 AM
Adding flavour to the Java brew
From Software application development | Add a comment
Adrian Bridgwater Although Sun clearly takes on the role of lead ‘barista’ at the Java coffee brewing pot, it would be hard not to notice the small army of partners, sponsors and industry ‘friends’ that comprise the total offering that is JavaOne. Given the... more
Tuesday 6 May 2008, 11:51 PM
Keep on rocking in the free code world
From Software application development | Add a comment
Adrian Bridgwater It’s not everyday that you get to meet a rock legend. It’s certainly not everyday that you get to go to a software development symposium and meet a rock legend. But after covering some general session keynote highlights this morning I got dragged... more
Tuesday 6 May 2008, 9:28 PM
Completing the data wiring
From killswtch's Home Automation and Media Projects | Homebrew Blog | Add a comment
killswtch Today I added the final 4 network points - there are now a total of 24 around the house. The wiring project started about 14 months ago, with the plan to have at least 2 network points in all rooms except the bathroom. The final distribution... more
