Problem solved.
GOgroove BlueGATE RXT Wireless Bluetooth Receiver & Transmitter with 3.5mm Stereo Output & Included RCA Adapter
http://www.walmart.com/ip/GOgr...
I've already been testing a handset that lets me hop on an 802.11b network... Only thing it's missing is a web interface to permit me to click the "I Agree" button on some captive portals, and I've been told its "in the next release" (snicker). It's decent, but still B. I'm looking forward to the G version I can give my boss instead of his desk phone (since he's prone to wandering the office instead of sitting in a chair).
I'd be curious to see how this does with consumers, though I think most of us are going to opt for a headset and softphone while at Starbucks, if we even bother using VoIP on a shared connection like that.;-)
Besides, with mobile carriers like MetroPCS (South FL and some of NC) offering no-limit use for $40, and carriers like Nextel offering unlimited incoming calls for $59, why would I wander around looking for a hotspot? I don't like coffee shops *that* much.
Yes, the copies are already in the stores and will be available as of 6pm this evening. Most Apple retail stores will close from 5pm to 6pm to prepare for the release.
Before you ask:
There is no "upgrade" price, only the regular retail price
The single license is $129, and a 5-license "Family Pack" is $199.
There is a "bundle" package, which includes a single license for Tiger, iLife '05 and iWork '05 for $249. This may not be available in stores.
Tiger is being released on a DVD. The stores DO NOT carry a version on CD. If you would like it on CD, Apple Support and your local Apple retailers will have information on how you can get it.
Further information can be obtained at your local Apple Store, online or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753)
The Snom 190 has a full duplex speaker phone with echo cancellation. They typically go for about $195 when purchased in quantaties of 5 or more, though being Monday morning, I can't remember where I bought mine from at the moment...
It's a great phone with some interesting toys, including the ability to initiate a call via its web interface, which I rolled into a click-to-call page for our sales department's client info page (mostly because I was sick of hearing them misdial a number or sit there with dialtone on speaker while they tried to find the phone number...)
It also supports wave file ringtones, so your ringer is fully customizable (8 bit stereo if I remember correctly), along with the standard 8 built in tones. It's definitely worth a look.
Besides buying the "right" to manage the TLD, you would be responsible for providing a robust server infrastrucutre capable of resolving massive amounts of DNS queries, WHOIS responses and referrals, provide customer support for domain owners, an interface for existing registration service providers to manage domain services, among other things. My previous employers looked at becomming a separate ICANN-accredited registrar -- the specs alone for service redundancy left them outsourcing the technical side of the process to Tucows.
Yes, a small group of geeks could manage the technical side of it by dedicating their life to running the systems (wait, don't we do that anyway?), but the financial requirements alone probably preclude anyone but a pre-existing multi-million/billion dollar company from taking this on without destroying the system. (That's not even considering the legal considerations -- and no, http://www.freeadvice.com probably wouldn't cut it).;-)
Wonder if Tucows / OpenSRS will make a bid -- though I haven't seen anything on their reseller resource center. I'd trust them over MS or Verisign - they listen to their customers and actively support the Linux platform (heck, even their site is PERL and PHP)./me wanders off to call his Tucows rep...
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Oct 01 11am - VIDEOS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
(sorry slashdot.org visitors, overloaded...start a bittorrent feed?)
So instead of just everyone jumping all over their site directly, why not use FreeCache first, especially when you know the video is 5.7 megs and it'll be popular...
They're definitely not the first to use SVM for blocking spam, unless they've been sitting on this thing while developing a full blown set of products and companies to market them...
ProofPoint has had this in their spam appliances for a while, and Aladdin has been using it in their eSafe service since at least their press release in June of 2003...
The only time you'll EVER find my phone set for something other than vibrate is when I'm at home and the lil bugger is plugged in and charging. You'll never see me searching frantically for my phone in a Starbucks when someone's phone rings:
...because I dont like Starbucks (but that evil empire is for another post);-)
my phone *can't* play anything by half talented Half Piece (Nextel)
my ego isn't so needy that I have to have EVERYONE around me know I'm getting a phone call. My little silver box vibrates on my belt, I quietly walk outside and take the call.
I've happily been a Nextel subscriber for the last 5 years. None of my phones have ever had more than 9 basic rings, much like your average cordless phone at home, and while everyone scrambles for thier phone when they hear some cutesy version of Fur Elise, I know it's not MY phone. (Yes, there are a few new Nextel phones that *CAN* use MIDI and wave files, but they all have basic phone etiquette abiliites -- VIBRATE -- which I've made sure my roommate's phone is set to.):)
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Problem solved. GOgroove BlueGATE RXT Wireless Bluetooth Receiver & Transmitter with 3.5mm Stereo Output & Included RCA Adapter http://www.walmart.com/ip/GOgr...
I've already been testing a handset that lets me hop on an 802.11b network... Only thing it's missing is a web interface to permit me to click the "I Agree" button on some captive portals, and I've been told its "in the next release" (snicker). It's decent, but still B. I'm looking forward to the G version I can give my boss instead of his desk phone (since he's prone to wandering the office instead of sitting in a chair). I'd be curious to see how this does with consumers, though I think most of us are going to opt for a headset and softphone while at Starbucks, if we even bother using VoIP on a shared connection like that. ;-)
Besides, with mobile carriers like MetroPCS (South FL and some of NC) offering no-limit use for $40, and carriers like Nextel offering unlimited incoming calls for $59, why would I wander around looking for a hotspot? I don't like coffee shops *that* much.
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Microsoft-Free Home Part 4: The Linux HTPC--ExtremeTech Build It
The page URL:
www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1814924,00
Yes, the copies are already in the stores and will be available as of 6pm this evening. Most Apple retail stores will close from 5pm to 6pm to prepare for the release.
Before you ask:
Further information can be obtained at your local Apple Store, online or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753)
The Snom 190 has a full duplex speaker phone with echo cancellation. They typically go for about $195 when purchased in quantaties of 5 or more, though being Monday morning, I can't remember where I bought mine from at the moment...
It's a great phone with some interesting toys, including the ability to initiate a call via its web interface, which I rolled into a click-to-call page for our sales department's client info page (mostly because I was sick of hearing them misdial a number or sit there with dialtone on speaker while they tried to find the phone number...)
It also supports wave file ringtones, so your ringer is fully customizable (8 bit stereo if I remember correctly), along with the standard 8 built in tones. It's definitely worth a look.
Besides buying the "right" to manage the TLD, you would be responsible for providing a robust server infrastrucutre capable of resolving massive amounts of DNS queries, WHOIS responses and referrals, provide customer support for domain owners, an interface for existing registration service providers to manage domain services, among other things. My previous employers looked at becomming a separate ICANN-accredited registrar -- the specs alone for service redundancy left them outsourcing the technical side of the process to Tucows.
Yes, a small group of geeks could manage the technical side of it by dedicating their life to running the systems (wait, don't we do that anyway?), but the financial requirements alone probably preclude anyone but a pre-existing multi-million/billion dollar company from taking this on without destroying the system. (That's not even considering the legal considerations -- and no, http://www.freeadvice.com probably wouldn't cut it). ;-)
Wonder if Tucows / OpenSRS will make a bid -- though I haven't seen anything on their reseller resource center. I'd trust them over MS or Verisign - they listen to their customers and actively support the Linux platform (heck, even their site is PERL and PHP). /me wanders off to call his Tucows rep...
- Videos -
... is that sag?
Oct 01 11am - VIDEOS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE (sorry slashdot.org visitors, overloaded...start a bittorrent feed?)
So instead of just everyone jumping all over their site directly, why not use FreeCache first, especially when you know the video is 5.7 megs and it'll be popular...
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They're definitely not the first to use SVM for blocking spam, unless they've been sitting on this thing while developing a full blown set of products and companies to market them... ProofPoint has had this in their spam appliances for a while, and Aladdin has been using it in their eSafe service since at least their press release in June of 2003...
The only time you'll EVER find my phone set for something other than vibrate is when I'm at home and the lil bugger is plugged in and charging. You'll never see me searching frantically for my phone in a Starbucks when someone's phone rings:
I've happily been a Nextel subscriber for the last 5 years. None of my phones have ever had more than 9 basic rings, much like your average cordless phone at home, and while everyone scrambles for thier phone when they hear some cutesy version of Fur Elise, I know it's not MY phone. (Yes, there are a few new Nextel phones that *CAN* use MIDI and wave files, but they all have basic phone etiquette abiliites -- VIBRATE -- which I've made sure my roommate's phone is set to.) :)