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Truphone releases v4.0 with capability to place low cost VoIP calls without the need for WiFi

I first started using the Truphone VoIP solution over a year ago on my S60 devices. I had the opportunity to chat with James Body, Truphone Director of Research, today to discuss the lastest version of their software for S60 devices, Truphone v4.0. The major change in Truphone v4.0 is...

Tags: VoIP, Call, Wi-Fi, Truphone, Call Back Feature, Internet, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-28

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Why does Safari stink?

I started my day with several calls from our Special Ed folks who suddenly couldn't access their student information portal (e-Sped). I could access it without problem, our Special Education administrators could access it, but several teachers and counselors were discovering (since this was the first student day back...

Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browsers, Portals, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated

News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the service quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-28

First images of Google-powered HTC Dream

It was rumored that the HTC G1 Dream would be the first Google powered phone on the market, and if everything pans out, those rumors will end up being true with a launch date sooner than later. Android Guys have the first mock-up drawings of the Dream, and it's...

Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Bluetooth, Digital Media, Digital Video, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Perot: Making Sure "Everybody Has Access To The Truth"

He doesn't "do a lot of Internet work." He's not on Facebook, Linked In or MySpace. He's not an iPhone guy. He prefers to get "instant feedback from the people,'' from face-to-face contact and phone calls. But Ross Perot, now 77,...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Nominee, Ross Perot, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-28

GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...

Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tr/downloads/home/dl_access_return_record.pdf

If you get interrupted while working on a record in an Access form, finding your way back to it can be time-consuming. Here are two ways to bookmark the current record so that you can hop straight to it when you reopen the form.This download is also available as an...

Tags: Record, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Office, Blogging, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Download resources 2008-08-28

Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated

The Irregulars draws its 'crew' from a wide and varied group of technology interests. One is Charlie Bess, an EDS Fellow. These are the brightest of the brightest among EDS thinkers and we are honored to have Charlie's insights. Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated, Charlie felt free...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Investment, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Tweetrush for enterprise?

Much has already been said about Tweetrush, the service that allows you to get statistics on your personal Twitter usage. I particularly liked Bernie Goldbach's commentary where, among other things, he says: Tweetrush is Sweet Infoporn. I like stats. I like comparing like to like....

Tags: Analytics, Twitter, Tweetrush, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Nokia N79 and N85 announced for October 08 release

My trip to Singapore threw me off of my schedule a bit and I missed the official announcements for the new Nokia N79 and Nokia N85 that were made yesterday, along with the announcement that the N96 would be coming to the U.S. to support our 3G networks (actually AT&T...

Tags: Device, Nokia Corp., Nokia N79, Engineering, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-27

It must be a rough day in Cupertino

They just keep coming, one negative headline after another after another. At least that's how it must feel today over at Apple. In the last 24 hours or so, there have been at least four separate events that have put the company in a negative light. The widespread problems with...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TechMeme, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, 3G, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?

Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...

Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?

Since tomorrow is the first day of school and I'm going completely out of my mind, I figured I'd just give you a quick link to an NPR feature on the One Laptop Per Child program that aired on Morning Edition today. As the piece points out, ...

Tags: NPR, One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Suddenly, Android is hot again

After months of silence, the double-whammy of new software and hardware has gotten everyone talking about Android again. Earlier this month Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch was wondering if anybody cared about Android any more. Now TC is practically gushing over the mobile platform. What happened? Two things:...

Tags: Phone, SDK, Shout-out, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The Gammima Strain

Photo: NASA Is the International Space Station just another bot in a botnet? Are criminal hackers tapping away in some dark warehouse now in control of critical command-and-control systems on board? No, that would make a good Michael Crichton novel, though. It seems some...

Tags: NASA, Password, Board, Laptop Computer, Virus, SpaceRef, Cyberthreats, Corporate Governance, Viruses And Worms, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The role of media in the Internet age

Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, a fake news show that has acquired a huge following a group among whom I include myself, is attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. As a result, he had the chance to meet with members of...

Tags: Newspaper, Internet, Media, News, Jon Stewart, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs

With computers growing smarter by the day, why would anyone want to step back more than a decade and fill office cubicles with dumb terminals? The answer is simple - to keep cubicle computers in service longer, uncluttered and free of malware, viruses and hacking programs. At...

Tags: Software, Dumb Terminal, Virtualization, Network, Information Technology, IT Cost, Virus, Computer, Virtualization Software, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Security, Viruses And Worms, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw

Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were...

Tags: Black Hat, Hypervisor, Motherboard, BIOS Update, Intel Corp., Flaw, System Management Mode, Level Privilege, BIOS, Virtualization, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-27

AMD/ATI Catalyst 8.8 downclocks GPU on detecting FurMark

Interesting piece over on Geeks3D - it seems that the latest Catalyst 8.8 drivers released a few days ago by AMD have a built-in feature that detects when the user has the FurMark OpenGL benchmark running and downclocks the GPU on the Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870 to...

Tags: Cisco Catalyst, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Radeon, GPU, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-27