Sunday, March 06, 2005

New Free VoIP, Video & P2P IM Client using Open Standards. ineen is new P2P IM software with VoIP and Video that's easy and free to use. The client was built using Xten's eyeBeam SDK and makes use of SIMPLE for P2P IM and Presence. VoIP is supported by SIP and the Video media is H.263[+]. You can use ineen to call over other networks as well, including: Free World Dialup, SIPphone, & iptel.org. Xten will be demonstrating ineen at VON next week. [SIPthat.com] 12:41:46 PM          Google It!

Searching for weather, by web or phone As a kid, I would stare for hours at repetitious weather reports on TV. Boring, you say? Not to me - I love weather. And since I've worked here, I've wondered why Google doesn't do weather. It seemed like a perfect 20% project for me, so now I'm pleased to report that you can get current conditions and a forecast by typing [weather Chicago], or whatever your U.S. location is (zipcodes are also fair game). If you prefer, use Google SMS to send a text message to the U.S. five digit shortcode 46645 (GOOGL on most mobile phones) followed by your meteorological query. Ben Sigelman Software Engineer [Google Blog - Live] 12:40:12 PM          Google It!

Spring 2005 VON: In the News Today. Investors Business Daily - March 7th: Internet Telephone Service Buzz Comes Calling At Big Trade Show Mercury News - March 6th: Phone calls destined to be sent like e-mail, as packets of data (requires subscription) [The Jeff Pulver Blog] 12:34:59 PM          Google It!

SODA. A month or so ago, I was reading a Gartner handout for a conference, and came across an acronym they invented- SODA[1]. SODA (Service-Oriented Development of Applications), as Gartner defines it, consists of the following areas:... [] 12:32:57 PM          Google It!

Yahoo Web Service API. Yahoo joins the growing number of web sites exposing their API as Web Services. Their API is available from Yahoo Developer Network.... [] 12:31:44 PM          Google It!