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Open Source Virtualization solution for OSX
Today, VirtualBox announced the release of their product in the open source, using the GPL: Jan 15, 2007. InnoTek today released VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), marking an important milestone in the development of PC virtualization software. Vi... 		15-Jan-2007
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Killer app for Palm : Google Map
I have been using my treo 650 for a couple of years now, and I must say that the early days were really bumpy. Lots of reset, freeze, and so on. However, recently, it has been really reliable (after exchanging it 3 times). Few months ago, Google relea... 		06-Jan-2007
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Hat off to Bryce, the king of concept maps
If you want to see an excellent way to represent complex concepts graphically, look at the work of Bryce on flickr .This diagram represent, after heavy Gobbledy Gook, the concepts introduced during a project I was leading. I must say that this work re... 		05-Jan-2007
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Running Solaris 10 in Parallels on Macbook
I have been trying for the past few days to run Solaris 10/11 in parallels on a new macbook. The main issue I had was the JDS/gnome resolution adaptation with the 1280x800 resolution of the macbook. Here are my steps : I installed the new parallel... 		17-Dec-2006
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Wi-Spy: 2.4Ghz Spectrum Analyzer for PC
Metageek has a nice product, Wi Spy, a combination of an USB dongle and a Windows Software that let you analyze frequencies around 2.4 Ghz : Wi-Spy™ is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer*. Wi-Spy is perfect for troubleshooting inte... 		21-Aug-2006
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Quercus (PHP implementation in Java) is faster than the C version
Interesting piece of information from this post on PushToTest : Caucho told developers that they are seeing an astonishing 4 to 6 times performance improvement over the C-version of PHP. Quercus runs with JVM thread safety - something not available t... 		21-Jul-2006
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ILoad products: IPod without a PC
A friend sent me a link to the Iload products, it sounds very cool, there are three model : ILoad allows you to load CDs directly on the IPod without a PC ILoad-v connect to a cable or satellite box and allow you to record video shows directly o... 		13-Jul-2006
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Brainiac playing in the US
You might have seen this show in UK, or in the Google videos , like this one : I found recently that the G4 channel Cool ... explosions, and silly experiments ... Technorati Tags: hacks, TV 		13-Jul-2006
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Fast input/output sound device switch for OSX
I you have an USB headphone,used on a laptop, you end up having to switch back to your USB headphone after reconnecting your headphone. This is king of annoying since you have to go in the preference/sound panel to do the operation. I found SoundSo... 		12-Jul-2006
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Ken Robinson at TED 2006
Ken Robinson gave a very interesting talk at TED 2006 about the role of education in innovation. Ken is also adding a good dose of humor in his talk. Highly recommended video. 06-Jul-2006
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Wladawsky-Berger on SaaS
Irving Wladawsky-Berger is IBM's VP of Technical Strategy and Innovation. He said in a recent interview with AlwaysOn about the Software as a Service (SaaS) share of total Software sold : Wladawsky-Berger: In 10 years I would be surprised if it's muc... 		22-Jun-2006
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Garmin Mobile 20
Garmin announced last March that they will release a new mobile phone based GPS, the Garmin Mobile 20. The web page about this product is here Garmin Mobile 20: Garmin Mobile 20 supports Nokia, Windows Mobile and Treo smartphones, and its integrated... 		20-Jun-2006
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.mac or .google
Yesterday, Google announced in their blog that they are creating a tool to exchange, or synchronize, multiple Firefox browser through an online service. That is looking a lot like Apple's .mac value proposition, if we couple that with the availability... 		08-Jun-2006
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Breadcrumps : Unconferences -> Mashup Camp -> Microformats
Following some links I went from unconferences to the Mashup Camp to one of the discussions hosted last year on microformats . Microformats are basically data formats built on top of XML/XHTML. They are used to represent contacts, calendar, resume, .... 		07-Jun-2006
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Asus WL500g Premium
The new router/Access Point from Asus, the WL-500g Premium is packing a load of interesting features, like : Two USB ports to connect web cams, or hard drivesapparently, based on Linuxwith a download manager which uses the hard drive to take care of yo... 		30-May-2006
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What are the motion sensors in Macbooks Pro for ?
You may not know, but all MacBook Pro have a motion sensor that is used to save your hard drive in case of a fall. It seems that it can be used also : To switch screens in a virtual Desktop (watch the video, it looks almost like playing a pinball)A c... 		29-May-2006
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Solaris 10 Manifest file for Exim
The file provided on the Exim web site seems a bit too simplistic. An alternative version (under CDDL 1.0) can be downloaded here 		16-May-2006
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I want one ...
I just saw a cool video of all the effects that the Logitech Quickcam Orbit can do. It's very cool. Notice the computer fan starting to pickup during the demo ? I'm sure that this require some serious CPU to achieve. 		05-May-2006
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building your own Ambient Orb
You might have seen ads for the Ambient Orbs . They are basically a pager on the FLEX protocol with a bunch of leds attached, changing colours with the weather forecast, the phase of the moon, the traffic or the NASDAQ. The interesting thing is ... 		05-May-2006
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Deploying Pebble 2.0 with Apache/Tomcat
I could have choosen a simpler path to run a weblog, like subscribing to a hosted version of a PHP based software, however, being what some people might refer to as a powerpoint architect, well, more exactly an openoffice architect, I want to make su... 		28-Apr-2006

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