Google has launched Google Code, a website for external developers interested in Google related development, and where they will publish free source code and their APIs to their various services..
Check it out code.google.com
Location. Location. Location – its a retailers mantra.
Getting prime shelf space in high street shops is a big deal for a manufacturer. And if we use this a measure of the success, Apple are really on a roll.
Its seems every phone shop and digital Photo shop in Dublin are stocking the Mac-Mini, the iPod (and many accessories and even the full iMac.
Those lovely white machines are pride of place in these stores, not sitting on a back shelve somewhere.
To put this in context; they are not stocking PCs, just the Macs.
So Vodafone are selling linux and non wintel machines to Joe Bloggs.
Now that is a mini-revolution.
There are 3 little things that Com Reg could insist phone companies do to improve transparency and competition.
Using these 3 things, 3rd parties, like me, could really do some interesting things.
For example, I could write a web page where you put in your mobile number, and password, and then it would display how much your last months bill would have cost across all the mobile providers, with all the various options.
It could recommend which number you should set as your “phone a friend for free” number. And if they let you change account options via a webservice, you could change to the suggested number there and then.
It could sample your bills for the last 6 months and suggest which carrier would give you the best options.
Once you have the data and power over your account, the options are endless.
A public Phone in San Franciso - August 2004
Here is a list of things I’m not/sure about with my Suse Linux Install, that I haven’t got answers for yet….
When I log out via the System Menu -> Log Out Username, the dialog prompts with a choice to shut down, Restart or Log out. If I choose Shut Down the machine doesn’t. It logs out to the login prompt. I can shut down from there.
Please answer in the comments if you can cross something off the list! Thanks
I finally got my linksys WRT54G router to play nice with my Zyxel P623R-T1 modem.
I wanted to use the Zyxel *just* as a modem and let my Linksys do everything else. Took a little figuring out.
The key is to the get the Zyxel into Bridge mode. Via telnet
I also installed the Sveasoft firmware on my WRT54G. Signal seems better..
With all the buzz about google possible entry into calendars Jemery has a good list of requirements for same..