Remember my rant about Software Patent few months back? Dealing with ‘non-bogus’ patent are tough, especially if it is held by non-OSS-friendly company, like Microsoft. (Microsoft have huge patent portfolios btw, but so far, they have not use it aggressive against competition yet). This is where we need a ‘Cold War’ in software patents – […]
Category: Technology
Skype insecurity
Okay, let me be join the echo chamber regarding the problem with Skype voicemail. I called a colleague using skype, not knowing he was in another skype session. His Skype Answering Machine picked up and I left a message. First the parties on the call with him heard me. Secondly, I heard them. Both calls […]
Looking for Power outlets
Have you been in situation where you hunt around for power outlets? (via Slashdot) Every day, millions of people are finding themselves scurrying about in search of wells of electricity they can tap so their battery-powered mobile devices can remain mobile. Dependence is growing on laptops, cellular telephones, digital music players, digital cameras, camcorders, personal […]
DoCoMo achieves 1Gbps in 4G trials
From Telecom.com The operator said the 4G equipment employs variable-spreading-factor spread OFDM radio access and multiple-input-multiple-output multiplexing techniques, achieving 1Gbps data transmission with 100MHz bandwidth in the downlink. DoCoMo said it achieved 100Mbps and 20Mbps data rate transmission in the downlink and uplink respectively in outdoor tests moving at speeds of about 30km/h.
Bluetooth Virus
Oh yea, I caught a bluetooth virus on my trip thru Malaysia. We were stopping at a small town in Malaysia for food and drink when my N-Gage notify me of an incoming bluetooth message. I rejected it (suspecting foulplay) but it just refused to go away until I click ‘Ok’. I did and a […]
Chinese IDN in the news
[Update 21st Dec: This article is also syndicated to CircleID] News.com published a well-research article on the Chinese Domain Names by Winston Chai. This approach works fine in the English-savvy world. However, for non-English speakers, they could be faced with the unenviable task of rote-learning numerical IP addresses, which is highly improbable, or the English […]
IPv6 migration problems
Last year, I blog about a problem with Microsoft IPv6 implementation? So after you installed the v6 stack on XP and unable to connect to 6bone for any reasons, you would also lost your ability to talk to any of the dual stack site, even though you can reach them via v4. This should not […]
Google suggest beta
Google Suggest is now in beta testing. As you type, Google will offer suggestions.. Cool stuff!
Fight Goliath
One of the common phrase we hear often in tech business is ‘Competitive Advantage’ which usually means some sort of technology/patents and/or cheaper pricing, perhaps due to new disruptive technology. Many worship the ‘disruptive technology’ story and how it would kill the market goliath eventually. But I’m convienced we’re mixing up the cause-and-effect. A goliath […]
Long Distance Long Calls
In the last few days, I would use Skype to call home talk to my wife from my hotel. But what’s interesting is that we don’t hang up anymore when we done. We would leave the session on whole night while I go bath, watch tv, sleep while she will be doing her own stuff. […]