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Nokia demos first mobile call using IPv6. - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Techskim - Tech news I'm reading Nokia Corp. has developed a prototype handset that supports Mobile IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), a version of the protocol that will help to improve the quality of VOIP (voice over IP), streaming video and other applications delivered to wireless devices, the company said Tuesday.
http://techskim.blogspot.com/2004/11/nokia-demos-first-mobile-call-using.html

Philly has big plans for Wi-Fi - (Found July 5, 2008 )

WISP Directory Wireless ISPWi-Fi Hotspot Industry News In September, the city of Philadelphia announced its plans to invest in a new wireless mesh network based on the current Wi-Fi 802.11b standard. By deploying Wi-Fi antennae on streetlights and other traffic control devices, city officials hope they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the worlds largest wireless Internet hot spot, according to a press release on the citys website. Between 8 and 16 Wi-Fi antennae will be needed.
http://www.wispdirectory.com/blog/index.php?p=2933

Mozilla envisage la recherche PC pour FireFox - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Marc Duval La fondation Mozilla vient de lancer la dernire version de son fureteur FireFox. Elle planche dj sur un logiciel de recherche sur PC. Cette annonce tmoigne de l'bullition dans ce segment de march. Plusieurs acteurs ont lanc cette anne leur propre logiciel de recherche sur disque dur dont Copernic et Google. Yahoo! et AOL ont avou travailler sur ce projet. AOL possdant le navigateur Netscape, le grand frre de FireFox, plusieurs pensent que cette socit le relancera.
http://www.dsi-info.ca/moteurs-de-recherche/2004_11_01_blog-archives.html#1100050558549464...

Firefox 1.0 - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Random Drivel The new version of firefox was released today if you havent downloaded and installed firefox (and tabbed browser extensions and adblock and any of the other extensions) then you dont know what youre missing! According to this article on infoworld and the United States Department of Homeland Security, continuing to use Microsofts Internet Explorer is hazardous to your computing health. Mozilla Firefox is an open-source browser that is continually updated to fix bugs and add new...
http://blog.monhaut.com/index.php?p=138

Mozilla considers desktop search integration for Firefox - (Found July 5, 2008 )

gemal's psyched site Having launched the much-awaited version 1.0 of the Firefox browser on Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation is busy planning future enhancements to the open-source product, including the possibility of integrating it with a variety of desktop search tools. The Mozilla Foundation also wants to place Firefox in PCs through OEM (original equipment manufacturer) deals with PC hardware vendors and to continue to sharpen the product's pop-up ad blocking technology.
http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/11/10/mozilla_considers_desktop_search_integration_for_firefox/

Note To Furl: should you be more del.ici.ous - (Found July 5, 2008 )

James Governor's MonkChips I have pointed to Furl a couple of times recently. i like the online bookmarking service. but i do admit to having a certain del.ici.ous envy. This post from by business partner didn't help. But i can't help wondering if some of the apparent momentum in delicious is down to the Udell effect. John is a blogosphere supernode and his interest in del.ici.ous is piquing others too. So am i envious of the buzz or the service itself and how come furl seems to be garnering...
http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000254.html

Book Queues - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Information Management Weblog Ted Lueng did a much better job describing the concept of a book queue than I did in this post. But we're talking about the same thing. From Ted: "We're not subscribers to Netflix, but I like their notion of an "interest queue". In addition to the queue, there's what I'll call you interest working set, which is 3 DVDs. When you return an item from working set, you get the next item from the queue. I'd love to have a queue like this for books, and I'd also like to...
http://www.karlnelson.net/weblog/000871.html

Quote of the week - Simplicity - (Found July 5, 2008 )

The Marketing Playbook Great set of articles from the recent Economist Technology quarterly, starting out with a great quote from Confucius: "Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Here are some highlights from these articles: The ABCs of complexity in the enterprise: 66% of all IT projects either fail outright or take much longer to install than expected because of their complexity; average firm's computer networks are down for an unplanned 175 hours a year; 15 years ago...
http://marketingplaybook.com/2004/11/08/quote_of_the_week_simplicity.html

Wikis for Enterprise Collaboration - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Dennis Arter Here's a good article by Chad Dickerson on using Wikis as an enterprise collaboration tool. I like the definition of Wiki, which he pulled from the Wikipedia: "A Wiki is a Web site that allows any user to add content, but also allows that content to be edited by any other user more easily than a blog. The term "Wiki" can also be used to refer to the software used to drive a Wiki." I'm trying out a test Wiki for the Customer-Supplier Division to use for our planning and management..
http://auditguy.blogspot.com/2004/11/wikis-for-enterprise-collaboration.html

Wiki. Stupid name, cool concept. - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Terry Storch Thank Chad for this stuff. However, I do have to say that this is pretty cool. I am sure that Bailey is all over it. "Occasionally when you're writing a regular column that is turned in a full week before it actually runs (for copy editing, etc.), a serendipitous intersection with real-time blog discussion happens. And so it happened with Tim Bray's post reinforcing the fundamental distinction between the blog and wiki concepts and my column that went online the same day ("Is the...
http://www.terrystorch.com/2004/11/wiki_stupid_nam.html