Category: Uncategorized

Be Your Own Phone Company. SlashDot points out an article by George Ou that explains how, with the help of open-source VOIP server Asterisk, you can start your own telecommunications company for under $6000. “…You can build a phone system that can support 72 analog telephones or fax machines, 100 IP hard or soft phones… Continue reading Be Your Own Phone Company

Microsoft rules out new Exchange data store. “Microsoft has long talked about moving its Exchange messaging software to a new database technology, but it has now decided that the next major version of Exchange will not adopt a new data store. … [MS Exchange Blog]

Amazon, Web Services, Sharing Economy. Harry Chen blogs for eBiquity Research Group about an article in Technology Review (subscription required) that describes the way Amazon has prospered by opening its API to more than 65,000 developers. A great example of a “sharing economy” — Amazon prospers by making it easy to partner with them and… Continue reading Amazon, Web Services, Sharing Economy

Mac Quest: Contemplating the Switch. It suddenly dawned on me: Mary, my lone Mac daughter, has never asked for my help! I was so stunned by this revelation, I called her on the phone to verify it. “That’s right, Dad. I just don’t ever have any problems.” No crashes. No pop-ups. No viruses. Just a… Continue reading Mac Quest: Contemplating the Switch

IdeaBlade taking time out of SmartClient development cycles. I had a meeting yesterday with IdeaBlade. They build corporate applications and sell a .NET-based toolset that enables such. Showed me how their toolset is shortening development times for building Internet Applications. They gave me case after case of corporations switching away from browser-based applications to SmartClients.… Continue reading IdeaBlade taking time out of SmartClient development cycles

Software marketing essay. Here's an entry from 2002 on a weblog by Scott Johnson, the founder of Feedster, titled 'Marketing Software When You Are a Small Company'. A few of his suggestions are contrary to some of the ideas that have been talked about recently, such as “Looking Big When You're Small” … [microISV]

Special Report: Jobs Keynote: Steve Jobs introduced iLife '05, Final Cut Express HD, iWork, a $499/$599 “Mac Mini” and the “iPod Shuffle” at $99/$149. Source: MacInTouch *  [Archipelago]

Open source documentation. On Christmas day, after the potlatch subsided, I headed out for a run. But when I flicked on my MP3 player, I heard…nothing. Glancing down at the display of the Creative Nomad MuVo TX I saw an unwelcome message: “File system error.” Grrr. Back inside, I dug into the problem. The Creative… Continue reading Open source documentation

Microsoft Pushes Hosted Messaging and More for SMBs. While service providers have long offered hosted Microsoft Exchange, today's announcement of Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.0 means small businesses can now also tap collaboration and instant messaging as a service. [Datamation Product News]

New: Elektron. Corriente Networks introduced Elektron, its RADIUS/802.1X server software for securing Wi-Fi networks. [MacInTouch]