22 July 2002

Time Out in Kilkenny: Cafe Sol for Lunch KILKENNY, Ireland -- Just finished paging through the lunch menu at Cafe Sol, equivocated over the soups, and couldn't decide so had both a lovely mushroom soup (kinda spicy where the back of your tongue stays hot even after a large Coke) and the vegetable soup (much the same, suggesting too many shakes of the cayenne pepper).

Sighting: riteMail PARASCRIPT -- The Pen&Internet(TM) division of Parascript(R) announced the release of the final beta of riteMail(TM) multi-platform handwritten e-mail software and service for multiple platforms, including the Palm OS, Pocket PC, and Windows. riteMail now works with Microsoft Outlook or any default e-mail program, and all wireless connection methods for any devices using these platforms. riteMail is an electronic ink e-mail application that allows users to create and send their own handwritten notes and drawings - to any e-mail address, in any language.

ORiNOCO Hot Spots KILKENNY, Ireland -- We're toying with some ORiNOCO systems from Lucent, trying to create public wireless hotspots. Lucent, Agere Systems, HP, iPass, ipUnplugged and Sierra Wireless are jointly developing Lucent's Secure Mobile Data Solutions.

Real Networks Challenge Microsoft in Media Desktops NEW YORK TIMES -- My Real One Player casually updated itself today. Now it can play Microsoft's own proprietary Windows Media formats. RealNetworks are targeting large media companies and other corporations that need to send audio and video data to customers and employees in a variety of different formats. RealNetworks could face legal action from Microsoft. RealNetworks released a bunch of technology under their "community license" and it included RTSP/RTP/RTCP/SDP network playback, UDP support, local file playback, data type interfaces, file format interfaces and some AV code support. This means developers get some network protocols that go on top of IP and UDP. RealNetworks' technology gives quality continuous playback on my desktop, despite the fact that the Internet doesn't guarantee the kind of latency needed to smoothly play back large files.

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