Category: Technology

Ever heard of Laconi.ca? If not, it’s time to look it up. Its a decentralized microblogging system, basically Twitter with one million different communities where the different community-members can follow each other. There is no need to actually sign up to site X if you which to follow person Y on site X. Which makes this system very interesting.
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While Microsoft continues to laud the advantages of its latest Windows Vista operating system, reports are starting to filter across the Net that suggest a new SP3 (Service Pack 3) heading for Windows XP actually leaves the stalwart OS running faster than its glamorous successor.

http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1376687.php 

According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the digg trademark is in opposition by Lucasfilm Entertainment Company’s game “The Dig”.

Opposition here:
http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91175510

Viacom Inc and Joost™ (www.joost.com), the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service, announced today that Viacom will be a key content partner and will offer a full range of brands and programming for free to consumers on the innovative Joost distribution platform. Under the agreement, Viacom’s divisions – MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures – will provide television and theatrical programming on the Joost platform.

More at pressrelease:
http://www.viacom.com/view_release.jhtml?inID=10000040&inReleaseID=227591

Pipes is an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator. Using Pipes, you can create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant.

Check it out at:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/

So, now i’m cruising the Internet on 100mbit, on my home-connection … do i really need this big pipe? Oh well, at least those linux distros will take about 5 minutes to download now … 🙂

My current speed-record is 83.58 Mbit/s, which i’m pretty sure i could beat if i just got some better network-gear and a proper router.

Not a big shocker here, rather a question of time. Google has announced Google Talk, their instant messenger application which features voip functionality. Google Talk is said to be based on the free Im-protocol called Jabber, which makes it really interesting since its a open protocol and should be rather easy to interface from other applications. The VOIP functions are custom though.

Sources

http://www.google.com/talk/

http://www.jabber.org/

It was a matter of time, and now it’s done.

Justin Nolan of 360hacker.net, has found a way to natively install osx tiger onto a regular PC. This is something i definitely will try when i get to work on Monday, got some computers standing in a corner, might as well use them as tigers … 😉

Source;

http://www.uneasysilence.com/

The official new name for the Longhorn operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista. Beta 1, targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by August 3, 2005.

Source;
http://www.microsoft.com/

Claim to be taken for the magazine “Teen Beat”, which was proved to be false. Bill Gates really make these Microsoft-computers look good, don’t he? Don’t miss the Macintosh in the background.

Source:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/bill_gates_teen_idol/