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Monthly Archives: December 2007

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The Google Effect, Part 2 — at&t

First it was Verizon (see Verizon Open Move — the Google effect, or pure marketing push?). And now at&t is opening their networks. Starting immediately, AT&T (T) customers can ditch their AT&T phones and use any wireless phone, device and software application from…

Congrats to Lonestars 97G Blue soccer team

Congratulations to my daughter’s team, the Lonestars 97G Blue, who had a fantastic season… (my daughter is the one standing 2nd from the left)… ACCOMPLISHMENTS Classic Elite Riverwalk National Cup — Runnerup Austin Labor Day Cup — 1st Place Dallas Texans Fall Festival…

The killer Mobile-Desktop combination

We know that mobile is not about replacing the desktop, but it is about leveraging the desktop in ways that enhances the mobile experience. This include finding content, and sending such content to the handset (over wireless or wire). I bet this will…

Anniversaries: SMS turns 15, and the transistor 60

Important technology-related Anniversaries… SMS turns 15 (160Characters) The transistor turns 60 (News blog) ceo

NetBeans 6.0 final/gold is out

I’ve been using NetBeans 6.0 throughout the beta/RCs, and now it has gone final/gold… The IDE continues to get better and better. ceo

Bubble 2.0 Video

Hilarious… [Via FSJ] ceo

Best meteor shower of 2007

Mark your calendar… the Geminid meteor shower, the best meteor shower of 2007 peaks on Friday, December 14th. For more information see the Science@NASA article Asteroid Shower. ceo

Motorola CTO Padmasree Warrior steps down

Update: Padmasree has joined Cisco as CTO… Padmasree Warrior no longer works for Motorola… I really enjoyed getting to meet Padmarasee, and I enjoyed her blog Bits at the Edge (blog is no longer up). I like her way of thinking with respect…

NASA’s new cool website presence

NASA’s new redesigned website breaks off the traditional, old fashion (government looking) look and feel, with support for new AJAX’ish flashy behavior, a new MySpace tab, and cool graphics. Check it out. ceo

BMW Testing the Internet Protocol Inside Cars

This announcement of BMW testing IP networks on cars is interesting… If you have spent time looking into the networking used in automotive you know of technologies such as Controller Area Network (CAN). A BMW research group has tested the Internet Protocol to…