Another change I noticed from the Beta releases (I havent tried RC) is that the Administrator account was not given a password and we had to manually set it, but now, after installation, the first thing you are supposed to do is to set your Administrator account password
Read MoreNokia launched an experiment that gave 100 drivers with GPS-enabled N95 mobile phones and test tried them on highways, enabling them to see the live condition of the highway (slow movement of the phone would mean slow traffic etc.)
No more need to watch live videos or listen to radios - this would be great in Auckland!
"Nokia turns people into traffic sensors" - http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9868169-7.html
Related video - http://www.news.com/1606-2_3-6229829.html
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Yahoo has been having a few problems the last few weeks have to lay of 1000+ people.
Now Microsoft is saying, here is $44.6billion us for Yahoo. Will it happen? Quite a few people have been predicting that Microsoft was going to buy them back in 2006.
They are a good match, I wish them well and hope they can both learn from each other. Like everyone.
Could this mean a change back for Xtra from Yahoo back to Microsoft. I don't think so mate.
I have had a thing with Yahoo, ever since they broke flickr. I use to be able to generate Slideshows based or a group of TAGS ie user+tag1+tag2 It was great for working with alot of data, But they changed it to just one tag. meh useless
http://news.google.co.nz/news?q=microsoft+buying+yahoo
TechCrunch had a great repot on the numbers.
Oh I was impressed with a few threads on Geekzone this week, ok sometimes my mental illness become very noticeable and have have to sit back and remove my feet from my gob. But the read profecional jurno's entering into a debate was a thrill and then to cap it off for being there, in the public, Malcolm Dick, Co-founder of CallPlus talking. Wow, I think I had a bit of a reality shift on that one. For Mal to come into a public like was strangely cool. Great PR for the opening to the Slingshot/CallPlus Geekzone forum. Nice One Stu
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If you are in New Zealand and use Vodafone live! services, check the Mobile Wikipedia, developed by Instinct.The service is a WAP interface to Wikipedia and can be accessed from Vodafone live! > Communities > The Answer Is Here.
A few comments though:
- I tried it using a Palm Treo 500v (screenshot) which is the first Windows Mobile Vodafone live! compatible handset. It all worked ok but the articles themselves were not showing any formatting If you test this with other handsets (Nokia, Sony Ericcson, etc) please leave a comment how the experience goes.
- Why didn't Vodafone use something like "Mobile Wikipedia" in the link, instead of "The Answer Is Here"? It would probably attract more attention.
Good luck with the new service.
Read MoreAnd not just any N-AMPS phone, but a Phillips ISIS! (You can't get much info on it as well... so it has to be old!)
(Yep, I previously said D-AMPS, but found out it's N-AMPS)
Featuring:
- 20 Phonebook Contacts
- 3 Subtle Tones
- 1 Line LCD Monitor
- Backlit Keys!
- Runs on 4 AA Batteries! Perfect for those who are always on the move!
I've kept everything (except the box) and it still works, even all the contact numbers have been stored there... from 2000!
Ah, I can still remember how my dad used it. He would go into Settings, crank up the volume and play one of the mono tones, waking me up in the morning.
My mum still remembers how much he paid for it: $99.
Read MoreWell we all love the classic favourite "Brick phone"
(bad pics teken with Nokia 6275 as I cannot find real camera's charger! I'm buying a camera that takes regular AA's next time)
SEE! it's just massive.
Motorola brick sitting in intellicharge. (thanks NZBNW)
Wells it's just TOO portable.
This beast would give you a very sore arm rather quickly.
(1987 Mitsubish "Transportable") with Motorola brick on top. (thanks NZBNW)
Not big enough huh?
If there was one phone that makes any phone look "ultra sleek" then this is it.
(1967 Motorola Car Telephone that runs on a 16 channel Full Duplex system IMTS)
it's not the "brick" it's the original PAVING SLAB!
Circuitry is fully discreet! it was "fully transitorized" as most systems back then were still valve based.
This sucker is built like the Apollo 11 stuff, It's all shock mounted, through-hole eyelet and double redundancy PCB. The foam and casing has deteriorated over time but the internals look brand new.
This beast is Pre-cellular, but it was the first system to support direct dialling and full duplex operation just like a "real" telephone. Motorola have a sole old yellowed stock picture of one on their website but I'm wondering if there are any other actual devices around anywhere?
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During the last weekend at Kiwi Foo Camp I came across a very interesting project called The Free Net. Rod Drury went as far as saying this was one of the Best of Foo.The whole idea is to use accessible wireless mesh repeaters to extend a wireless LAN (wi-fi) network and cover Wellington with free wi-fi. The Meraki solution was adopted by the project because they manufacture a few hardware options including an indoor version (pictured), an outdoor version and an upcoming solar battery-powered outdoor version.
Individuals and companies would "donate" part of their bandwidth to the project. Companies could subsidise this through advertising shown in a narrow bar on top of the webpages visited (I saw that and it's really not a problem).
The project is being initially sponsored by Webstock 2008 and Govis, who are creating a fund with their donations of NZ$5,000 and $9,000 respectively to purchase those devices and donate to individuals and companies who want to start sharing their networks.
This will be a lot of devices, since the Meraki indoors costs only US$49 and the Meraki outdoor costs US$99.
The whole thing is based on a "pay forward" concept where you don't charge others to use your bandwidth while you can use someone else's bandwidth for free.
The project established a 1 GB limit that any MAC address can use during the month which is a lot in a shared model aimed to be used only when you are away from your own network.
Hopefully with more people joining in all the traffic won't be going throug a handful of companies and individuals.
You don't need to donate your bandwidth though. You can donate the space and power required for these devices to run. Providing they are in range to another device then the network will be extended and Internet access will be provided through the shared gateways in the system.
At the end of the day you will be hard pressed to find individuals who can afford sharing their bandwidth in th current New Zealand broadband landscape. In this country there's no concept of "unlimited" bandwidth. People are still being charged in plans that go from a minimum of 1GB (yes, believe me), going through 5GB, 10GB and so on.
We are here on a 80 GB plan, for example, and only use about 60 GB a month. I would be happy to share the other 20 GB but there is currently no way to limit this on the project. You can limit the bandwidth throughput (to say 512 Kbps instead of the native 10 Mbps on my cable conneciton) but you can't limit the number of users.
There are other projects and products that allow people to share their Internet connections around, but none incorporate the mesh aspect of this project which means it does not require every single node to be directly connected to the Internet. You can have a look at FON (not available in New Zealand), Tomizone or Zenbu (both New Zealand-based businesses).
FON allows you to share your connection for free, while using other people's connections for free as well. Or to make it available for free to other people who share their connections, while charging "visitors" that do not share their own connections.
Tomizone and Zenbu both work on the same commercial view. You purchase a router with a modified firmware and can then establish your own hotspot service, charging people for access.
I would be much more inclined to use the FON model for example, to cover the basic connection cost, but wouldn't mind going completely commercial to cover all the costs.
What do you think?
Read MoreA couple of days ago I received a press release from one of the companies exhibiting at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona... In the middle of the text there was this:
"Including Microsoft's new mobile notebook initiative solutions."
Believe me or not, I haven no idea what they are talking about - and I haven't got a reply through my channels.
So exactly what is this new thing?
Any ideas?
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