Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Microsoft to Debut 'Istanbul' Application. Microsoft introduced a desktop computer application that aims to seamlessly integrate e-mail, instant messaging, video conferencing, traditional phone service and Internet-based calling. By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [The New York Times > Technology] 10:30:15 PM      Google It!.

VoIP Gets a New P2P Routing Protocol (DUNDi) [Slashdot:] 10:28:40 PM      Google It!.

Jet Engine on a Chip [Slashdot:] 10:24:25 PM      Google It!.

Hacker Hits California University Computer. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A computer hacker accessed names and Social Security numbers of about 1.4 million Californians after breaking into a University of California, Berkeley, computer system in perhaps the worst attack of its kind ever suffered by the school, officials said on Tuesday. [Reuters: Technology] 8:26:35 PM      Google It!.

A Tapeless Digital Camcorder For Your Pocket [Slashdot:] 9:51:03 AM      Google It!.

Inventor Rejoices as TVs Go Dark. Tired of blaring TV sets at shops, bars and waiting rooms? A new universal remote called the TV-B-Gone lets users turn off virtually any set. A trial run in the streets of San Francisco shows the device to be quite effective. By Steven Bodzin. [Wired News] 9:48:37 AM      Google It!.

UK tech specialist school pioneers open source switch. Thin client, app servers make the grade [The Register] 9:36:16 AM      Google It!.

Announcing: Audio.Weblogs.Com. It shows the newest podcasts, in reverse chronologic order, the same way weblogs.com shows the most recently updated weblogs. Now you can sample the work of the podcast community before installing an iPodder app. You can ping via XML-RPC, the same way you ping weblogs.com (all the major weblog apps are compatible) or through a Web form. There's even an RSS feed that contains the most recent 100 podcasts, and if your desktop aggregator is enclosure-aware, you'll even get all the podcasts (but watch out it adds up to quite a bit of space). [Scripting News] 9:09:36 AM      Google It!.