Friday, September 13, 2002

Wireless rebel offers drive-by Wi-Fi. A man in Boston is battling commercial wireless access using his 1997 Saturn outfitted as a mobile Web access point to distribute free Wi-Fi. [CNET News.com] 3:29:33 PM    comment []

Dalai Lama envoy visits Tibet. A senior Tibetan exile makes a historic visit to the region amid signs that China may be relaxing its opposition to the Dalai Lama's cause. [BBC News | WORLD] 1:45:58 PM    comment []

One Glimpse Of The Wireless Future [Slashdot] 11:37:36 AM    comment []

Frontier and Radio tip:  Here are some links to resources for integrating Frontier/Manila and Radio with 3rd party databases (Frontier and Radio include an integrated database).  So, if you have an existing database that you want to make avaible via a Manila site, this should make it possible. 1) Filemaker Pro (Greg)  Also, a demonstration service using Frontier and Filemaker.  Ranchero's list of resources. 2) ODBC compliant databases (Steve Tallent) such at Oracle, Sybase, MS SQLServer, Access, mySql, or anything with an ODBC driver for your platform.  It works on Mac OS 8/9, OSX, and Windows.  3) PostgreSQL (Andre). [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 11:30:40 AM    comment []

First "smiley" shows its face. A Microsoft researcher apparently rediscovers the first known computerized instance of the combination of characters used to signify a smile in e-mail and on bulletin boards. [CNET News.com] 9:18:01 AM    comment []