Just in time for Christmas. Santa, if you’re reading this……
Is that you need to have ubiquitous Internet to make it work.
Google OS: the end of the hard drive? – CNN.com.
This looks like a neat device. But if none of my data is stored on the device, it is useless for reading email or working on documents. Wifi coverage is sporadic and expensive. Cellular coverage is even more expensive. WiMax (aka Clear) is only available in a few markets. Having to attach a dongle for Cellular/WiMax to the netbook destroys the form factor and fast start-up time.
Plus there is the DANGER of storing all your stuff in the cloud.
I can’t wait for some time to play with this
After over six months of development and testing, ViaTalk is proud to announce the release of ViaTalk Mobile, a free application for the Apple iPhone that allows you complete control of your home phone service in the palm of your hand.
With this application, you can set up call forwarding, access your voicemail, set special routing options, control security and privacy settings, view call logs, and return calls right from your cell phone.
“We are happy to be able to provide the richest feature set, while maintaining the lowest price in the industry. Our new iPhone application adds to that, extending the accessibility and convenience of our online control panel to anywhere the customer desires,” commented Lucas Arduini and Eric Iversen, lead developers on the project.
Additional updates, including even more features, will be available within the coming weeks. For more information on the app, along with the free download, visit http://www.viatalkmobile.com or search for ‘ViaTalk’ in the Apple iTunes store.
We constantly strive to combine stellar customer service with industry leading innovation, with the goal of providing you with the best home phone service available anywhere. We thank you for your patronage and continued support along the way.
Sincerely,
The ViaTalk Team
I suspect this might be of interest to my political geek friends:
How to Make a US County Thematic Map Using Free Tools | FlowingData.
So about 20 days after I get my stuff (new HD, Snow Leopard, Fusion2) to upgrade my MacBook Pro (one of the first intel models) VMware goes and releases Fusion 3. I was just outside the free upgrade window. Bah!
I’d installed Fusion, created me an Ubuntu and XP Guest, and verified I had installed all the windows apps I might need in an emergency (ie VSphere 4 client). Fusion2 had some nice features. Unity mode, where I could have my windows apps running with my Mac apps using the same window manager was pretty nice. And being able to put windows apps in the OSX Dock was cool. It also had support for linking my iSight camera and bluetooth into my guest.
My problems were two fold. My old Mac was just slow and Fusion had a weird thing were I’d lose focus to my guest windows frequently. Fusion became something I ran when I needed Windows, not something I kept running all the time.
Well, after installing Fusion 3, the slowness and focus issues are gone. I’ve been working all day in my XP Firefox with no performance or other issues.
Fusion 3 has some nice enhancements too. My XP Task bar is now at the bottom of my second display. And if I turn off my XP taskbar, the system tray widgets appear in my OSX menu bar. The Fusion MenuBar menu tools is pretty nice too. From one easy to get to location I can launch new apps, connect/disconnect hardware devices, and do all the other guest setting changes.
The upgrade is definitely worth the $40. I only wish I’d waited. But I suppose if I had I’d not have seen what an improvement Fusion 3 is.
I’m cleaning out my office closet and have quite a few things listed on Craigslist:
- 27″ Sharp TV Forsale – $10 or free
- 2 input video capture card – $5
- VGA to TV (S-Video/Composit) adapter – $20
- Teac iPod Alarm Clock – $20
- Athlon64 Dual Core 4G, roomy Antec case – $300
- 13″ TV for Sale
- Christmas 20pc Dinner Set
The Athlon is a really nice system. The case alone cost me $200 and it has room for 4 5.25″ drives and 6 3.5″ drives. Perfect for a file-server/workstation.