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  • OpenMoko Back on the Horizon

    From “User-modifiable Linux phone upgraded“:

    Open source phone company OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year. The “Neo FreeRunner” resembles OpenMoko’s original Neo1973 model, but with WiFi, 3D accelerometers, and a faster processor, as well as a consumer market focus, according to the company.

    OpenMoko (com, org) had kind of fallen off the map after not meeting their October 2007 deadline for launching the consumer version. Gladly, they now seem to be back on track with their newly announced FreeRunner, a Samsung 500MHz SoC-based device.

    I did win an iPhone in the meantime, but I still love OpenMoko. Even though Android and Nokia are now arguably also riding on the Open tagline.

    Via Digg.

    Update: Ouch… It’s supposedly priced at US$600… Hopefully, they’ll get enough volume to lower prices with the new consumer market focus.

  • Getting Things Done with Things

    From “Things public preview released“:

    Things provides a unique and flexible way to handle tasks that can be refreshing for those who didn’t quite get the whole GTD thing the first time around. Of course, you can adhere to strict GTD principles with it, but you can also forge a system that works for you using its tagging system and flexible project management tools.

    For those not familiar with the concept, what distinguishes GTD from other time- or action-management systems is the idea of grouping tasks by the context (defined as a place or set of available resources) in which they are to be performed.

    Update: Marc-André pointed me to Thinking Rock as a FOSS and cross-platform alternative. It’s not looking half bad. Gotta try it out too.

  • Firefox Dialog Spoofing Vulnerability

    From “Yet another Dialog Spoofing – Firefox Basic Authentication“:

    Mozilla Firefox allows spoofing the information presented in the basic authentication dialog box. This can allow an attacker to conduct phishing attacks, by tricking the user to believe that the authentication dialog box is from a trusted website.

  • Spread OpenID

    From “Welcome to Spread OpenID“:

    Spread OpenID is a platform helping to spread the idea of OpenID and make it more known among users. It’s mainly focused on end users who have read or heard about it but don’t know where to start. It is not a competing site to OpenID.net or any other site. Spread OpenID works alongside the OpenID community wherever possible.

    Amen brothers! Spread it. Spray it. Loud and clear!

  • Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted

    From: “Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted“:

    Several users have written to tell us that notorious spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of spam-related illegal activity.

    Good: 11 down.
    Unfortunate: still 3,245,098 to go.

    Linking to Slashdot for their extra reference links.

  • PHP4 Funeral March Resounding

    From “PHP 4.4.8 Released“:

    This release wraps up all the outstanding patches for the PHP 4.4 series, and is therefore the last normal PHP 4.4 release. If necessary, releases to address security issues could be made until 2008-08-08.

    So long old friend. You’ve served us well, but it’s time for you to die, die, die!.

  • Blekko: Rich Skrenta's Next Venture

    From “The Next Google Search Challenger: Blekko“:

    Rich Skrenta, who created the first computer virus (Elk Cloner), co-founded the Open Directory Project, and co-founded online news site Topix, may have bitten off the biggest challenge of his career – taking on Google. In search.

    Taking on Google is a statement that is now so cliché, but this is one guy (and team) who might actually have a shot at it.

  • Root DNS Servers Soon to Be Full of IPv6 Goodness

    From “IPv6: coming to a root server near you“:

    Just before year’s end, ICANN/IANA sent out a short message saying that “on 4 February 2008, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers whose operators have requested it.” […] That means that as of February 4, 2008, it will (theoretically) be possible for two IPv6 hosts to communicate across the IPv6 Internet without having to rely on any IPv4 infrastructure. It’s been a long journey to get to this point.

    W00t! No pun intended. Well, maybe a little. 😉

    Via Slashdot.

  • I Can Hear My Own Echo… Echo… Echo…

    Nothing’s like having our three kids spending the week at my mom’s to make the house feel eerily huge and empty. That’s quite a parenting catch 22: you’re glad to have a semblance of peace and quiet for the first few hours, then you start missing them like crazy. 🙂

  • International New Year's Eve VR Panoramas

    New Year 2008 Panoramas: always an awesome destination of choice when the new year starts. Maybe I’ll realize one of my dreams and attend Rio’s massive celebration one of these days.