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Phoneless iPhones

we just received the two 8gb ipod touch that we ordered as experimentation devices for the ischool isd program. neat little toys with all the mobile safari goodness and Wi-Fi access. they run software version 1.1.1, so i am very... Read more →

BlogRush Experience Report

after trying BlogRush for about a week (hosting it on my blog), i can now say with certainty that they never even got close to serving any links that looked even remotely like relevant links to relevant blogs. basically, they... Read more →

MIME Type Matters

recently, microsoft tries to attack adobe's dominating Portable Document Format (PDF) with its own version of a print format, called XML Paper Specification (XPS). this obviously is a dumb name, but most people will never know what the full name... Read more →

Anti-Spam Spam

this was probably not the first time ever, but the first time i noticed. in the flood of spam that we all of have to somehow deal with, i just spotted an anti-spam spam, an email advertising a product for... Read more →

E-Books for the XO Laptop

it is getting close! orders for the One Laptop Per Child computer, now officially called the XO Laptop, will start soon. from november 12 to november 26 you can order two laptops, one will go to somewhere where it is... Read more →

SMS URIs (or SMS URLs)

we just released a a new draft of the URI Scheme for GSM Short Message Service (the idea is to define sms: URIs, and when you click on them, you can send an SMS message). the goal is to better... Read more →

And the Winner is: Not Landis!

instead of heroically standing up against sloppy procedures and dubious tests, floyd landis has now earned the distinction of being the first tour de france winner to be officially stripped of the tour title because of doping. well, this came... Read more →

Stone Age Apple

since apple did come up with their wonderful Apple Software Update (introduced in itunes 7, i think), they more or less continually ship updates of the updater itself (!), and itunes. and every time they ship the whole product of... Read more →

iPhone in Europe

more and more details about how and when the iphone will be introduced in europe are becoming available. the latest news are: UK: phone sold for £269 ($538), 18 month lock-in contract with O2 Germany: phone sold for €399 ($555),... Read more →

Yahoo! Spam

today i received an email from a friend switching email addresses, claiming he really wanted to start everybody using his new Yahoo! address right now! i found that a bit annoying, but that was it. as it turns out, Yahoo!... Read more →