Blogs and RSS

By now, most of you have figured out I really am addicted to reading news feeds for stuff I find interesting. Last year, this was cutting edge stuff. As of today, there are may ways to read news feeds in a consolidated manner, and probably more efficiently than a newspaper. Someone had once shown me [...]

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The continuation of the Spectrum Wars

The ongoing struggle over the 700MHz spectrum continues with hearings. Frontline made a compelling case, which Sen. Ted Stevens blasted the proposal.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/14/2141257&from=rss

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Advanced TCA

Usually hardware is not seen as cutting edge, but more and more it’s getting a second wind and there are signs of creativity.
From Wikipedia:
“Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture is the largest specification effort in the history of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), with more than 100 companies participating. Known as AdvancedTCA™, the official specification [...]

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iPhone: Disruptors on Kill, not Stun

iPhone. A slow data network. The iFanboy/iFangrrrl does not care.
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/969.html
 
The iPhone will do well after the peak of expectations is crossed with the trough of disillusionment. For right now, those Apple-Joosy adverts to do in the range of OK to Great. The lasting effect over the long term is probably greater usability and ease of [...]

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I love Transcoding

I luv Transcoding
Google does it. Telecoms do it. Everyone has to still get it right.
It’s transcoding, and it is the ability to convert “normal” web pages into something legible for the teeny screens on your handset. The iPhone tackles this with a zoom mentality right within the browser, but for the rest of us, how [...]

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Mobile Joos – 6/18

Chase the 3rd Screen
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/business/yourmoney/17mobile.html?ex=1339732800&en=5e00963ccd20816b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
 
Verizon goes after LBS Messaging
http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/06/15/location-enabled-messaging/
 
Faith West brings higher fidelity to mobile audio
http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/06/11/mobile-game-audio-needs-some-faith/
 
Motorola Mini H9 Bluetooth Headset
Nearly the size of a hearing aid, this little jewel may be the next Borg accessory to be assimilated.
http://www.popgadget.net/2007/06/motorola_mini_h.php
 
Good news for Clearwire: Signs contracts, stock back to the IPO price
http://gigaom.com/2007/06/16/for-clearwire-how-good-is-the-good-news/
 
More Bluetooth Watches
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9729795-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave

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Tech Joos – 6/18

First unclassified Scramjet reaches Mach 10
Yeah. That’s fast. Apart from allusions to the high performance spy plane “Aurora” no one has demonstrated a practical scramjet. Leave it to the Aussies and US scientists to make a really expensive and fast model rocket.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Scientists-launch-scramjet-in-Australian-Outback/2007/06/16/1181414574880.html

Juniper is rolling out a beast of a router.
There’s a claim of delivering [...]

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Wheatgrass Joos – 6/18

GOOG backs green computing
I saw a show where Google was powering a data center via a hydroelectric dam. Now GOOG signs a green computing pact.
http://gigaom.com/2007/06/12/google-backs-green-computing-too/

Texas Makes Computer Recycling Mandatory
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070611-texas-legislature-passes-dell-backed-computer-recycling-bill.html

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Skillz Joos – Web Cheatsheets and Ask a Ninja

Web Cheatsheats – if you ever wanted to program on the web.
http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/essential_html_.html

Ask a Ninja
Learn from the master. The MythBusters are joosy, but the combination of Ask a Ninja with the MythBusters is irresistible.
http://askaninja.com/

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Humanitarian Joos

Global Perspective
Let’s take just a little time to think globally with two views. The first I call “Pwned by Sodertalje”. Here is a quote and the article: “Mr. Lago is the mayor of this scenic Swedish town of 60,000 people [Sodertalje], which last year took in twice as many Iraqi refugees as the entire United [...]

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