Textually.org had a feature on a device that is used to chase away teenagers using a high frequency sound only audible by them. This product is called the Mosquito. This devices takes advantage of the fact that people get age-related hearing loss. Interestingly, the sound emitted by this device is now being used as a […]
In a WSJ article, it annouced the launch of the dotMobi Top Level Domain (TLD). The dotMobi domain is described as:
Mobile Top Level Domain aims to change that in part by setting up a new domain name specifically for wireless Internet Web sites called dot-mobi. Just as dot-com is the domain name for many Web […]
Developing nations remain especially vulnerable to a cyber assault because they haven’t built up defenses for their computer, banking and utility systems, said Yean Yoke Heng, deputy director general of the Kuala Lumpur-based Southeast Asian Regional Center for Counterterrorism.
In a strange move by Japan’s leading mobile phone provider NTT DoCoMo, TelecomAsia reports that they are planning to standardize on the Global Standard for Mobile Communications (GSM) for all their mobile phones for interoperability purposes. This in additional to their existing iMode system.
Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo plans to make all its models […]
There is some interesting discussing in Ask Slashdot about whether to use an IDE or not in teaching programming classes. This is a common question amongst instructors teaching programming courses. Some prefer using an IDE to allow greater productivity amongsts students and to have them focus on essentials instead of the nitty gritty of coding. […]
A lot of people emailed me asking if I could release the code for my PHP-based Google-powered Plagiarism Checker. Ok. I did not have much time to clean it up so please be kind. It can be downloaded from this link (Right click the link and save as). All you need is the Nusoap or […]
After much speculation and debate about Open Source Java, the Javalobby has covered about an annoucement made by Sun during the last JavaOne Conference in San Francisco. This annoucement involves the details of a new “Open Source Distribution Friendly” license called “Distro License for Java“. The DLJ will allow distributions like Debian, Ubuntu and Gentoo […]
In this Washington Post article, it is reported that Blue Security has surrendered to the spammers. However, what scares me is the collateral damage in this battle against spam:
According to information obtained by Security Fix, the reason is that the attackers were hellbent on taking down Blue Security’s site again, but had trouble because the […]
In the mobile world, there are a number of platforms to choose from when developing applications. In the Philippines, Australian and the United Kingdom, users are used to sending Short Message Service (SMS) keywords to short codes that are attached to applications provided by Content Providers (CPs) in the backend. This method does not require […]
Note: AIGLX and Compiz is so cool. I saw it running on one of my students Ubuntu laptop. I install AIGLX without any problem. I got the break window on minimize to work. However, when I build compiz (and rebuilt Mesa) I was not able get compiz to work properly. So, I stopped it for […]
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