Breaking: VOIP on iPod touch  —  Remember Marian, the guy who’s building a preamped mic [mike] for the iPod touch?  Today he writes that touch hacker eok has ported Samuel’s SvSIP to the iPod.  SvSIP uses the SIP protocol to connect to other participants and to allow you to talk over WiFi.

Source:   The Unofficial […]

Dutch government threatens to sideline Microsoft  —  Proposed legislation that would mandate the use of the Open Document Format (ODF) across the entire Dutch government has infuriated Microsoft.  A group promoting open standards sees no threat, however, and has invited Microsoft to join its ranks.

Source:   Macworld
Link:   http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/12/10/dutch/index…

Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searches Ability To Search Anonymously  —  Ask.com has launched AskEraser, giving searchers the ability to search anonymously.  Ask.com told us about this tool back in July, and six months later, it’s now live for all searchers to use.

Source:   Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Author:   Barry […]

‘Digital locks’ future questioned  —  One of the world’s largest hard disk manufacturers has blocked its customers from sharing their media files online that are stored on networked drives.  —  Western Digital says the decision to block sharing of music and audio files is an anti-piracy effort.

Source:   BBC
Author:   Darren Waters
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7136069.stm

VoIP confirmed!!!  —  Amazing news, guys!  I have no words!  We all knew it will come.  —  So here it is:  —  eok did manage to make the Nintendo DS-based SIP app from Samuel running on the iPod Touch!!  —  Samuel’s page here: svsip.free.fr  —  His SW does use pjsip from pjsip.org.

Source:   iPod Touch […]

“Cloudbook” UMPC to run Googlish Linux  —  Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus’s EEE PC.  A source close to the company revealed that the device — codenamed “Cloudbook” — will ship with the Google Apps-oriented “gOS” Linux distribution early next year.

Source:   LinuxDevices.com
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Apple Confirms iPhone Sales Limit Raised from Two to Five  —  The rumor late last week was that Apple had quietly bumped up the sales limit on iPhones from two to five both here in the U.S. and U.K.  —  After much speculation over the weekend, an Apple representative told EPICENTER on Monday morning that […]

Nobel Laureate Says The Internet Makes Us Dumb, We Say: Meh  —  Newly awarded Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing has used her acceptance speech to tell the world that the internet makes us dumb.  —  According to Lessing, who was too old and ill to make the speech herself and instead …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   […]

Are You a Video Sensation?  YouTube Wants to Give You Money  —  After a long period of soul searching, YouTube has expanded its partnership program to allow anyone in the United States and Canada to apply for acceptance.  The partnership program, launched in May, allows users to earn a share of ad revenue on the […]

Apple Ultra-Portable MacBook Rumor Roundup  —  As rumors start to build for Macworld San Francisco 2008, the most consistent rumor appears to be one of an ultra-portable Apple notebook computer.  —  These rumors started back in March 2006 by MacScoop who indicated that “very reliable” …

Source:   MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Author:   Arn
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