Category: software

11 May 2008

PhoneBoy’s Week That Was 11 May 2008

PhoneBoyHappy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there!

This past week has been a busy week for posts, it seems like. I even managed a post on my internal Nokia blog this week. …

7 May 2008

VMware Fusion Goes 2.0 Beta, Free Upgrade For 1.x Owners!

Filed under: software - 07 May 2008

The folks at VMware have announced the availability of a new beta version of VMware Fusion, their virtualization software for Mac OS X. There are two reasons I immediately ran–not walked–to download and install this beta version:

Proper support for …

1 May 2008

AOL Allows SIP Clients To Make Calls. This Is News?

Filed under: software, telecom, voip - 01 May 2008

Voice over Internet Protocol, how it worksImage via Wikipedia

So let me get this straight. AOL is “opening” their telephony platform to allow …

30 April 2008

iSkoot for S60 Upgraded: Obscured by SSL

Filed under: security, software, voip - 30 Apr 2008

I will admit to not testing the “forced” upgrade aspect of this, but I did download and install the upgraded iSkoot for my Nokia N95 this …

28 April 2008

iSkoot Pulls S60 Build, Plans To Push Fix 30 April 2008

Filed under: mobile phones, security, software, voip - 28 Apr 2008

CIA Triad.Image via Wikipedia

While it was, admittedly, not very nice of me to hand iSkoot a …

27 April 2008

iSkoot Will Fix The Encryption Issue On Nokia S60 Client

Filed under: nokia, security, software, voip - 27 Apr 2008

Looks like iSkoot made a mistake with their Nokia S60 client and will make it right. Apparently a non-production version of the S60 client made it to the public web, which sends data in the clear. Other published versions of …

26 April 2008

iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear

Filed under: security, software, voip - 26 Apr 2008

Various people are thinking that Skype Mobile is basically an unbranded iSkoot, which does the same thing in much the same way. Generally speaking, …

VMware Fusion Rolls Out 1.1.2

Filed under: mac, software, windows - 26 Apr 2008

VMware FusionImage via Wikipedia

The latest from the Team Fusion blog is that VMware Fusion has rolled out version 1.1.2. This new version …

25 April 2008

Deconstructing The Skype Mobile Client for J2ME

Filed under: mobile phones, software, voip - 25 Apr 2008

Various people today on Jaiku and Twitter pointed me at the mobile Skype client for J2ME handsets. Several Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and SonyEricsson phones are …

23 April 2008

Tungle Is Meeting Scheduling Magic

Filed under: business, software - 23 Apr 2008

Lately, I’ve been using Tungle to make it easier for PR agencies to schedule briefings with me. It has cut down substantially on the amount of email. In some case, I don’t even get an email until a briefing is …

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