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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…

A Survey of Java ME Today (Update)

I’ve updated the article A Survey of Java ME Today. This article surveys the state of the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME). You’ll find important background information and explanations of terminology that you need to understand. It complements Introduction to Mobility Java…

Verizon Open Move — the Google effect, or pure marketing push?

Catching up on my reading yesterday I read that Verizon Wireless announced that it will open its cellular network. “Executing a neat reverse-field, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless has declared that it will throw open its cellular network to third-party devices, applications, and software.…

Richard Monson-Haefel on Is Android Fragmentation Inevitable?

Richard Monson-Haefel (author of a number of books in Java, Web Services and JMS) and who is a Sr. Analyst at the Burton Group, wrote a good piece on Andriod vs. fragmentation… I agree with most of his points. Time will tell what…

Survey: Austin high on most-desirable list

Photo: Statue of “Stevie” Ray Vaughan, Austin musician — Source UT According to an article in the Austin Business Journal (that refers to a study co-sponsored by Monster.com), Austin Texas is the sixth most desirable city for relocation out of more than 30…

TWUIKtter — Twitter Mobile LIVE

Mika of Tricastmedia wrote that they will be releasing as a free download their Java-based (powered by the TWUIK UI framework) Twitter Mobile client. Not only functional Twitter client, but 100% eye-candy… Yes please, create a Jaiku version (for me!) :-) ceo [Via…

Carnival of the Mobilists #100

Wow, the Carnival of the Mobilists is 100 editions old! From the original concept by the MobHappy guys Carlo and Russell, to this week’s latest edition, it is wonderful to see the Carnival continue to make an impact on Mobility with its regular…

Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the Amazon’s Kindle, a new wireless reading device that is very impressive. But what makes this particular device different or better? It is not only about the device alone, but the complete approach: its always-on…

Google ZXing (“Zebra Crossing”) is open for business

Sean Owen of Google left a comment on my blog about ZXing‘s availability: We are open for business! I invite everyone to take a look at what we’ve got so far: http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ Neat, an open-source Java implementation for decoding visual tags such as…