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Rush came to town, when I wasn’t in town due to business. Rush, one of my favorite bands, I’ve missed. Life is not fair! ;-) Their U.S. tour is almost over; I wish I could make it to Chicago on September 8th, or New York on the 17th before they are done. They will be … Read more

IE is WWW. But in this case WWW means World’s Worst Web (browser experience). …but you already knew that. IE is the browser the behaves differently from all others… It is so out of whack with respect to other browsers that is just funny. Opera, Safari, Mozilla, Firefox, others all work/render content similarly… but IE … Read more

Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced in his blog about the The Rise of JAVA – The Retirement of SUNW. Many reactions on this can be read on the web, including the comments on Jonathan’s blog; too many for me to read. But below are my observations… Two very important and critical messages are embedded within … Read more

Last June I posted here in this blog and in other places the call for mobility panelists for the 2008 SXSW interactive festival with the goal of promoting mobility at the festival… well the results are in. This year 38 sessions on mobile and wireless were submitted! That is awesome, thank you! And just announced … Read more

We live on a global ecosystem, and I have been thinking that I should spend time learning new spoken languages. According to a great summary by the Saint Ignatius HS titled The World’s Most Widely Spoken Languages, the top languages are in order: After weighing six factors (number of primary speakers, number of secondary speakers, … Read more

RIAA’s expert witness, Carlos Linares, says: “users of P2P networks can be identified by their IP addresses because each computer or network device (such as a router) that connects to a P2P network must have a unique IP address within the Internet to deliver files from one computer or network device to another.” …but we … Read more

ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT to register early and receive the $100 discount for the Texas Wireless Summit held on October 18th and 19th. Early bird registration ends September 1st. Use discount code TWS07100 to receive $100 dollars off your registration. CONFIRMED KEYNOTES Greg Delagi Senior Vice President and General Manager Wireless Terminals Business Unit Texas … Read more

A new startup company in Austin Texas, eZee inc. (http://www.eZee.com) is looking to fill permanent positions with experienced server developers, mobile developers, quality assurance engineers, and product owners, to help create the next generation of mobile commerce and payment software products and services. If you have the experience, and the passion for mobile technologies, and … Read more

While the majority of us use emoticons to express emotions while typing computer messages, others use HTTP return codes… Yes, that is a Facebook group I encountered, which promotes the use of HTTP return codes as a “better emoticon”. From the group’s description: HTTP return codes are a powerful way of expressing your inner emotions … Read more