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Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Samsung PCS Phone with Bluetooth and Camera

Ahhhh!!!!!!!   

This is just a little snigglet of information, but I thought it might brighten the last day of 2003 for you PCS users - it looks like Samsung is releasing the SPH-E3700, a CDMA (PCS) phone with Bluetooth 1.1 support, a "megapixel" camera (1.0 megapixels? 1.3?), and MMC support. It also has a rich set of Bluetooth profiles, including dial-up networking, hands-free, LAN-DT, OBEX, and a few others. One would hope that the carriers who carry Samsung phones in North America would be adopting this phone soon enough. Finally, a cool Bluetooth CDMA phone! That is, if it's CDMA. I've spent the last 10 minutes doing Google research and talking to smart people, and technically PCS can refer to GSM or CDMA, although in North America we're used to thinking of PCS being the same as CDMA. I'm going to bet that this is a CDMA phone, which is great news for you two-device folks that want a Bluetooth phone.
[Pocket PC Thoughts]

Toyota's new robot

I can see the ad now.  Can’t wait on grandma any longer?  Need help with the kids?  Just buy a JohnnieBot!  All joking aside, if I could afford one I would get it. J  I wonder if it would wear a maid’s outfit though? 

It's still a while off, but Toyota's planning to introduce a new humanoid robot at the Aichi World Exposition in 2005 that will be able...
[Gizmodo]

First external USB HDTV tuner

oooooh 

In a way we're amazed it's taken this long, but the first external USB high-definition TV tuner for PCs is coming out. The OnAir USB...
[Gizmodo]

If you are not reading SlashNOT you just don't know what's really going on in...

Funny stuff.  I need a stuffed penguin!

 

 

And a new spatula! J 

If you are not reading SlashNOT you just don't know what's really going on in the world of technology:-). The following is quoted from SlashNOT, the best tech amusement on the net: "ForwardSlash: 2004 Predictions. Matthew writes: At the beginning of each year, SlashNOT predicts the top 10 tech trends. The 2004 predictions are:

  • Anti-spam software will finally become useful, allowing you to blame it for not getting e-mail from people you don't want to talk to.
  • Every tech job in America will be outsourced to India. Americans will still be fat and rich, but even less deservedly so.
  • SCO will go down in flames after a federal court rules that they don't actually own the rights to UNIX. Linux users worldwide will break out in celebration, scaring the crap out of the 99% of the world who have no idea why geeks are running naked in the streets and dancing with stuffed penguins.
  • Microsoft will cut the price of Office in half as it's hit with four consecutive quarters of its first-ever decreasing sales numbers. Microsoft will put X-Box on the street in smeared makeup and wobbly heels in an attempt to make quick money.
  • Opteron will destroy Itanium, forcing Intel to launch a "64-bits is 32 bits too many" ad campaign. The new era of 64-bit computing will usher in a lasting age of brotherhood, peace, and global harmony.
  • Republicans will begin to purchase Apple computers for the first time.
  • Dell commercials will suck so badly that a few people will actually die watching them.
  • iPods will outsell traditional Pods.
  • Voice over IP will flounder as corporate America realizes that it doesn't really need phones to be as reliable and expensive as computers.
  • Microsoft will announce that Windows XP Service Pack 2 fixes the major security holes. One month later, the "Reaper" worm will take down every Windows XP machine that isn't behind a firewall. [SlashNOT]"
    [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]

Astronaut's little helper

This sounds neat!  I wonder how much they cost? 

NASA is working on a canteloupe-sized "Personal Satellite Assistant" for astronauts designed to follow them around during space walks and record their activities via streaming...
[Gizmodo]

Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Samsung PCS Phone with Bluetooth and Camera

Ahhhh!!!!!!!   

This is just a little snigglet of information, but I thought it might brighten the last day of 2003 for you PCS users - it looks like Samsung is releasing the SPH-E3700, a CDMA (PCS) phone with Bluetooth 1.1 support, a "megapixel" camera (1.0 megapixels? 1.3?), and MMC support. It also has a rich set of Bluetooth profiles, including dial-up networking, hands-free, LAN-DT, OBEX, and a few others. One would hope that the carriers who carry Samsung phones in North America would be adopting this phone soon enough. Finally, a cool Bluetooth CDMA phone! That is, if it's CDMA. I've spent the last 10 minutes doing Google research and talking to smart people, and technically PCS can refer to GSM or CDMA, although in North America we're used to thinking of PCS being the same as CDMA. I'm going to bet that this is a CDMA phone, which is great news for you two-device folks that want a Bluetooth phone.
[Pocket PC Thoughts]

Toyota's new robot

I can see the ad now.  Can’t wait on grandma any longer?  Need help with the kids?  Just buy a JohnnieBot!  All joking aside, if I could afford one I would get it. J  I wonder if it would wear a maid’s outfit though? 

It's still a while off, but Toyota's planning to introduce a new humanoid robot at the Aichi World Exposition in 2005 that will be able...
[Gizmodo]

First external USB HDTV tuner

oooooh 

In a way we're amazed it's taken this long, but the first external USB high-definition TV tuner for PCs is coming out. The OnAir USB...
[Gizmodo]

If you are not reading SlashNOT you just don't know what's really going on in...

Funny stuff.  I need a stuffed penguin!

 

 

And a new spatula! J 

If you are not reading SlashNOT you just don't know what's really going on in the world of technology:-). The following is quoted from SlashNOT, the best tech amusement on the net: "ForwardSlash: 2004 Predictions. Matthew writes: At the beginning of each year, SlashNOT predicts the top 10 tech trends. The 2004 predictions are:

  • Anti-spam software will finally become useful, allowing you to blame it for not getting e-mail from people you don't want to talk to.
  • Every tech job in America will be outsourced to India. Americans will still be fat and rich, but even less deservedly so.
  • SCO will go down in flames after a federal court rules that they don't actually own the rights to UNIX. Linux users worldwide will break out in celebration, scaring the crap out of the 99% of the world who have no idea why geeks are running naked in the streets and dancing with stuffed penguins.
  • Microsoft will cut the price of Office in half as it's hit with four consecutive quarters of its first-ever decreasing sales numbers. Microsoft will put X-Box on the street in smeared makeup and wobbly heels in an attempt to make quick money.
  • Opteron will destroy Itanium, forcing Intel to launch a "64-bits is 32 bits too many" ad campaign. The new era of 64-bit computing will usher in a lasting age of brotherhood, peace, and global harmony.
  • Republicans will begin to purchase Apple computers for the first time.
  • Dell commercials will suck so badly that a few people will actually die watching them.
  • iPods will outsell traditional Pods.
  • Voice over IP will flounder as corporate America realizes that it doesn't really need phones to be as reliable and expensive as computers.
  • Microsoft will announce that Windows XP Service Pack 2 fixes the major security holes. One month later, the "Reaper" worm will take down every Windows XP machine that isn't behind a firewall. [SlashNOT]"
    [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]

Something from Technodaddy

I am soo sorry I missed this one when you posted it.  I almost wet myself.

Be warned, extremely funny content.

 

 And finally, 15 things to to while bored in Wal-Mart. (#15 is my fave)

Cool site of the day

http://www.mbuzzy.com

 

Leave it to the sales reps.  The Sprint guy was here and suggested that I try the above site for ringtones and such.  Some good stuff out there (if you are on Sprint). 

Mars Crater Theory Tries To Explain Missing Beagle

Some Martian must have an awesome collection of remote control toys! J 


[Slashdot]

Monday, December 29, 2003

Something from Technodaddy

I am soo sorry I missed this one when you posted it.  I almost wet myself.

Be warned, extremely funny content.

 

 And finally, 15 things to to while bored in Wal-Mart. (#15 is my fave)

Dell has integrated 802.11g mini-pci cards!

I found this wile browsing the other day and it slipped my mind… 

Now if I could just find a place on the Dell site to buy one….  Of course, then I would need to go get a G router…

Studios Fight Piracy With Education

If you read this article you can see that the main problem is overseas where folks in China are mass producing pirated movies.  How does spanking a kid in Kansas for using Kazza to get a cam of “Return of the King” help them?  It hasn’t really worked for the RIAA as you can still just as easily get just about any album off the internet before you can get it in stores.  The bottom line is that folks are only going to pay for stuff that’s worth it.  I know a few folks out there that already have copies of Return of the King on CD but I bet they have the DVD from Wal-Mart when it comes out.  Make crap, loose money.  Now don’t get me wrong, I think what the folks overseas (and even those that do it over here) are doing is wrong, but with money being tight as it is these days how can you blame folks for downloading something before they fork over $30 for something that they might not watch all the way through the first time? 

Movie industry executives are struggling to come up with a policy to thwart the illegal distribution of bootleg copies of movies on the Internet.
[New York Times: Technology]

Hootenanny Phun


The only thing scarier than this picture is the fact that I got the picture to actualy work. :)

Boy we shure had phun at the Hootenanny! At least I *think* we did....


Did I sing country?



Why is Robin pouting?


I had wondered where those teeth marks came from...

There are more pictures but I won't post them here... :)

Sunday, December 28, 2003

Dell has integrated 802.11g mini-pci cards!

I found this wile browsing the other day and it slipped my mind… 

Now if I could just find a place on the Dell site to buy one….  Of course, then I would need to go get a G router…

Thursday, December 25, 2003

I ate too much

Uuuugh, Christmas time means gathering with friends and family to do the one thing that Phil can’t do much of any more….  Eat.  Gifts have changed hands, stories told and now we all sit in the post-engorging time festivities.  I can hardly move but thank goodness Santa brought 802.11b to my Grandpa!    

Get ready for 802.11n wireless networking

Alphabet soup!  Just when I was thinking about upgrading to G…  I wish they would make one where you can just upgrade the firmware of the device to go from B to G to N…  Oh well, I guess they wouldn’t be able to make the $$. J 

Just at the point when most of us were getting used to saying 802.11g rather than 802.11b, we're already starting to look ahead to 802.11n,...
[Gizmodo]

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

I ate too much

Uuuugh, Christmas time means gathering with friends and family to do the one thing that Phil can’t do much of any more….  Eat.  Gifts have changed hands, stories told and now we all sit in the post-engorging time festivities.  I can hardly move but thank goodness Santa brought 802.11b to my Grandpa!    

Get ready for 802.11n wireless networking

Alphabet soup!  Just when I was thinking about upgrading to G…  I wish they would make one where you can just upgrade the firmware of the device to go from B to G to N…  Oh well, I guess they wouldn’t be able to make the $$. J 

Just at the point when most of us were getting used to saying 802.11g rather than 802.11b, we're already starting to look ahead to 802.11n,...
[Gizmodo]

Monday, December 22, 2003

Is it just me?

Or does the new Winamp 5.0 sound better than Windows Media Player 9?  Playing the same files from the same source I get a much richer sounding environment with Winamp… Are they doing something or am I just weird? 

RetroTechno: walkie-talkies?

 Seems that nothing is immune to the retro-cool phase that all other areas of our culture has fallen prey to.  Is it “push-to-talk” or is it a subliminal realization that half-duplex conversations are better than always asking people to repeat themselves over poor analog cell conversations?  Besides picture sharing it seems that P2T is starting to become the next “in” thing.  I wish they would get on with it and make those cameras to full 30fps video and let us have video calls!!  The Samsung A-600 even comes with a swivel so that you can easily see the screen and have the camera see you too.  This would make it seem that they are preparing for an application that would let you do this (provided the other user is using a camera phone too).

 

Some obscene percentage of the population of Hong Kong have cellphones (something like 99%, according to the Office of the Telecommunications Authority there), but apparently...
[Gizmodo]

Sober.C spreading rapidly

Great…  At least I know what I will be doing this week. 


[Neowin.net]

Sunday, December 21, 2003

Is it just me?

Or does the new Winamp 5.0 sound better than Windows Media Player 9?  Playing the same files from the same source I get a much richer sounding environment with Winamp… Are they doing something or am I just weird? 

RetroTechno: walkie-talkies?

 Seems that nothing is immune to the retro-cool phase that all other areas of our culture has fallen prey to.  Is it “push-to-talk” or is it a subliminal realization that half-duplex conversations are better than always asking people to repeat themselves over poor analog cell conversations?  Besides picture sharing it seems that P2T is starting to become the next “in” thing.  I wish they would get on with it and make those cameras to full 30fps video and let us have video calls!!  The Samsung A-600 even comes with a swivel so that you can easily see the screen and have the camera see you too.  This would make it seem that they are preparing for an application that would let you do this (provided the other user is using a camera phone too).

 

Some obscene percentage of the population of Hong Kong have cellphones (something like 99%, according to the Office of the Telecommunications Authority there), but apparently...
[Gizmodo]

Saturday, December 20, 2003

[Phil's NewsPhlash] New Comment Posted to 'Vonage goes to Iraq'

Is this my first Blog SPAM?  Should I feel honored or offended?

 

A new comment has been posted on your blog Phil's NewsPhlash, on entry #123
(Vonage goes to Iraq).
http://www.intrasection.com/moveabletype/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=123

IP Address: 24.228.72.252
Name: bbphone
Email Address: broadband_telephone@yahoo.com
URL: http://solarice.typepad.com/packet8/

Comments:

For more info on Packet8 and to get $20 off Packet8 service, visit http://solarice.typepad.com/packet8/

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[Phil's NewsPhlash] New Comment Posted to 'Vonage goes to Iraq'

Is this my first Blog SPAM?  Should I feel honored or offended?

 

A new comment has been posted on your blog Phil's NewsPhlash, on entry #123
(Vonage goes to Iraq).
http://www.intrasection.com/moveabletype/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=123

IP Address: 24.228.72.252
Name: bbphone
Email Address: broadband_telephone@yahoo.com
URL: http://solarice.typepad.com/packet8/

Comments:

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Friday, December 19, 2003

Free PSTN calls via FWD

I got this in my email this morning:

 

When you use your Free World Dialup account, today through the end of the year, you can now place calls into the USA and Canada, for free, by dialing *1 and the areacode and number.

 

We hope you are able to take advantage of this special promotion and take the time to tell others about it as well.

 

Best Wishes for the Holiday season,

 

The Free World Dialup Team 

Vonage Goes Portable

Woohoo!!!  I guess they really to listen to the suggestions of the customer!!

 

<snip> 

Om Malik breaks the news that Vonage will soon have laptop and PDA-based software client for its service: It's not news that Vonage has tens of thousands of subscribers, nor that they offer a high-quality, full-featured hardware-based broadband voice-over-IP service that allows you to map multiple incoming real phone numbers to your virtual line. It also not news that you can get high-quality software VoIP clients; I'm personally enamored of Xten's suite, which work with Windows, Mac OS X, LindowsOS, and Linux. They're beautiful and come in free and paid flavors, including a multi-line conference version. The Xten clients can interface with any standard SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server, and many of the VoIP providers who offer long-distance over the Internet use standard SIP gateways. But getting from Xten outbound to the VoIP provider is a pain: I had to have the CEO of Xten provide me the details for a couple of VoIP services; those details aren't on the VoIP long-distance service sites. Then there's the question of inbound service. Even though you can use Xten as the default client with Addaline.com, it's unclear whether you can receive inbound calls via their service. Most of the VoIP in software is focused on making calls to the PSTN and receiving calls from other folks using services like Free World Dial-up, which provides you with a free non-PSTN VoIP number and SIP gateway. Om's scoop is certainly that Vonage is going to package the software and PSTN offering into a no-configuration package that will be as easy to use as their hardware service. Vonage's hardware solution is pretty simple: open the box, plug it in, wait a minute. You're done. Voice mail calls can be alerted via email, and other features can be enabled through the Web site's dashboard for your account. Because Vonage works over broadband, a Pocket PC or a laptop equipped with their soft client in turn connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot or access point means free phone service everywhere -- it's another incentive to lower cell phone plans (for roaming purposes) and increase the number of hot spot locations. [Update @ 3.45 pm: Andy Abramson of KenRadio wrote in to note that this is a public beta for existing Vonage users as of Dec. 8, which they reported on, and that there's no Pocket PC beta nor one that's in the works, as far as he's aware.]...
[Wi-Fi Networking News]

Thursday, December 18, 2003

Vonage Goes Portable

Woohoo!!!  I guess they really to listen to the suggestions of the customer!!

 

<snip> 

Om Malik breaks the news that Vonage will soon have laptop and PDA-based software client for its service: It's not news that Vonage has tens of thousands of subscribers, nor that they offer a high-quality, full-featured hardware-based broadband voice-over-IP service that allows you to map multiple incoming real phone numbers to your virtual line. It also not news that you can get high-quality software VoIP clients; I'm personally enamored of Xten's suite, which work with Windows, Mac OS X, LindowsOS, and Linux. They're beautiful and come in free and paid flavors, including a multi-line conference version. The Xten clients can interface with any standard SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server, and many of the VoIP providers who offer long-distance over the Internet use standard SIP gateways. But getting from Xten outbound to the VoIP provider is a pain: I had to have the CEO of Xten provide me the details for a couple of VoIP services; those details aren't on the VoIP long-distance service sites. Then there's the question of inbound service. Even though you can use Xten as the default client with Addaline.com, it's unclear whether you can receive inbound calls via their service. Most of the VoIP in software is focused on making calls to the PSTN and receiving calls from other folks using services like Free World Dial-up, which provides you with a free non-PSTN VoIP number and SIP gateway. Om's scoop is certainly that Vonage is going to package the software and PSTN offering into a no-configuration package that will be as easy to use as their hardware service. Vonage's hardware solution is pretty simple: open the box, plug it in, wait a minute. You're done. Voice mail calls can be alerted via email, and other features can be enabled through the Web site's dashboard for your account. Because Vonage works over broadband, a Pocket PC or a laptop equipped with their soft client in turn connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot or access point means free phone service everywhere -- it's another incentive to lower cell phone plans (for roaming purposes) and increase the number of hot spot locations. [Update @ 3.45 pm: Andy Abramson of KenRadio wrote in to note that this is a public beta for existing Vonage users as of Dec. 8, which they reported on, and that there's no Pocket PC beta nor one that's in the works, as far as he's aware.]...
[Wi-Fi Networking News]

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Ding, fries are done

I found this program called Xingtones that lets you take any .wav, .mp3 or .mid file and turn it into a ringtone.  It’s kind of neat in that you don’t need any wires to transfer the song from the PC to the phone.  You load your music, trim it till you get it just right, push upload and you get an SMS message on your phone.  From here it may differ on different providers but for Sprint you have to follow the URL by pushing “go” and then download the ringtone.  Of course you get a warning stating that the ringtone is not from Sprint and blahblah but it works like a champ.  So far my favorite is the “Rock and pool” song that Gollum sings followed closely by the “Ding fries are done”… 

Toshiba Readies Coin-Size Drive: Sub-one-inch Hard Drive Will Offer up to 3GB of Storage

 Here is another posting about the small hard drives about to hit the market.

 

<snip>

"Toshiba plans to begin sample production next year of a coin-size hard drive that can hold up to 3GB of data, the company says. The new drive contains a disk platter that is 0.85 inches in diameter and the whole drive is about the size of a coin. It has a data capacity of between 2GB and 3GB, says Midori Suzuki, a spokesperson for Toshiba in Tokyo. Toshiba will demonstrate a prototype of the drive at the CES show that takes place in Las Vegas in January 2004 and plans sample production from the middle of 2004. Commercial production could begin as early as 2005, Suzuki says." Hard drives keep getting smaller and smaller, but where are the devices adopting these new, smaller drives? Sure there's the super-cool Rio Nitrus, but what else? In order to achieve the "take all my data with me anywhere on any device" nirvana, I'd need at least 20 GB, and that's not including any of my music. And never mind the fact that synchronization software is still a mess - there's no clean way to keep multiple data stores updated yet without ugliness. But I digress...how about those tiny hard drives? ;-)
[Pocket PC Thoughts]

Packet8 / FWD Update

This new info from Mr. Pulver. If you haven’t tried FWD you should. 

For those of you looking forward to being able to call to/from the Packet8 Network into/from Free World Dialup, my expecation is that this is something that will be going live in January, 2004. Last week we were successful in...
[The Jeff Pulver Blog]

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Nokia testing cellphone TV next year

 Near the bottom of this article it talks about a hard drive the size of a nickel with 2-3 Gig storage.  That’s way cool.

Nokia is teaming up with television networks and cellular carriers in Finland to launch a commercial TV broadcasting for cellphones using what's called Internet protocol...
[Gizmodo]

Got Hormones? Not This Dairy

What is that strange taste?  Oh it’s the growth hormones!

<snip> 

Monsanto hopes to settle its lawsuit against a small Maine dairy that labels its milk as hormone-free. The agricultural giant says the labels hurt its business for Posilac, a hormone that increases milk production. By Kristen Philipkoski.
[Wired News]

OK/Cancel

 Hehehe, that’s funny.


[MS Exchange Blog]

Talk about blogstipation

I don’t know what I was thinking.  I had so much in my newsfeed list that every hour I was receiving more than 100 entries.  If you go more than a few days without checking it you are totally backed up..

I weeded out some that I found I don’t really do much but “mark as read” and things are much better now.

 

-P 

EMC eyes the server with $635 million VMware buy.

Jumpin’ Jehosiphat!!!!  I wonder what this will do to VMWare the product as I use it just about every dang day. 

The Register: EMC eyes the server with $635 million VMware buy.
[Hack the Planet]

Use a cellphone, get suspended from the NFL

Seems kind of harsh but kind of funny. 

The NFL is thinking about fining or even suspending Joe Horn, that football player for the New Orleans Saints who in the middle of a...
[Gizmodo]

HP's iPAQ 6000 Pocket PC Phone?

Better than a SmartPhone?  I don’t know… Technodaddy might though. 

One online store is already taking pre-orders for what purports to be HP's long-rumored iPAQ 6000 Pocket PC Phone, which would combine quad-band GSM/GPRS with...
[Gizmodo]

Navy Tries Out Vocera

Can you say “Kirk to Enterprise?”, good. 

Crew on the USS Coronado are trialing Vocera's Wi-Fi badges: I know that hospitals and other organizations are already using the system from Vocera but I just don't see it. Depending on what the Navy wants to use them for, this sounds like a recipe for disaster. What if it's noisy and the badge can't pick up the user's command to dial someone? I'm still very cautious about anything that uses voice recognition because I've yet to see anything that works well....
[Wi-Fi Networking News]

CompactFlash USB Host Adapter card for Pocket PCs

Now, the thing I want to figure out how to do is this….

 

With the USB card in my PocketPC, connect the FutureDial USB cable to my SprintPCS phone and get on the internet. J 

From Twin Paradox and Cypress Semiconductor, a new CompactFlash USB Host Adapter card for Pocket PCs with two USB ports for connecting peripherals like keyboards,...
[Gizmodo]

New Gun Shoots Around Corners

This seems kind of odd… 

Need to nail a bad guy without exposing yourself to unfriendly fire? A new weapon -- soon to be in the hands of Israeli fighters and maybe U.S. police teams -- could change the rules of urban combat.
[Wired News]

bloggidy

Blog blog.. 

Monday, December 15, 2003

OK/Cancel

 Hehehe, that’s funny.


[MS Exchange Blog]

Talk about blogstipation

I don’t know what I was thinking.  I had so much in my newsfeed list that every hour I was receiving more than 100 entries.  If you go more than a few days without checking it you are totally backed up..

I weeded out some that I found I don’t really do much but “mark as read” and things are much better now.

 

-P 

EMC eyes the server with $635 million VMware buy.

Jumpin’ Jehosiphat!!!!  I wonder what this will do to VMWare the product as I use it just about every dang day. 

The Register: EMC eyes the server with $635 million VMware buy.
[Hack the Planet]

Use a cellphone, get suspended from the NFL

Seems kind of harsh but kind of funny. 

The NFL is thinking about fining or even suspending Joe Horn, that football player for the New Orleans Saints who in the middle of a...
[Gizmodo]

HP's iPAQ 6000 Pocket PC Phone?

Better than a SmartPhone?  I don’t know… Technodaddy might though. 

One online store is already taking pre-orders for what purports to be HP's long-rumored iPAQ 6000 Pocket PC Phone, which would combine quad-band GSM/GPRS with...
[Gizmodo]

Navy Tries Out Vocera

Can you say “Kirk to Enterprise?”, good. 

Crew on the USS Coronado are trialing Vocera's Wi-Fi badges: I know that hospitals and other organizations are already using the system from Vocera but I just don't see it. Depending on what the Navy wants to use them for, this sounds like a recipe for disaster. What if it's noisy and the badge can't pick up the user's command to dial someone? I'm still very cautious about anything that uses voice recognition because I've yet to see anything that works well....
[Wi-Fi Networking News]

CompactFlash USB Host Adapter card for Pocket PCs

Now, the thing I want to figure out how to do is this….

 

With the USB card in my PocketPC, connect the FutureDial USB cable to my SprintPCS phone and get on the internet. J 

From Twin Paradox and Cypress Semiconductor, a new CompactFlash USB Host Adapter card for Pocket PCs with two USB ports for connecting peripherals like keyboards,...
[Gizmodo]

New Gun Shoots Around Corners

This seems kind of odd… 

Need to nail a bad guy without exposing yourself to unfriendly fire? A new weapon -- soon to be in the hands of Israeli fighters and maybe U.S. police teams -- could change the rules of urban combat.
[Wired News]

bloggidy

Blog blog..