EQO Mobile

A New EQO Mobile IM client for your phone, no skype support though. Java based.

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Turn Your S60 Phone Into A Hot Spot

JoikuSpot, a new piece of software for the Symbian S60 smartphones, might be the best thing that’s ever happened to web workers, though it is likely to raise the ire of mobile operators.

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Nokia Audiobook software beta for S60 available

Here's a nice little freebie if you're a fan of audiobooks and have a Symbian S60 device: Nokia has a beta Audiobook application ready and waiting for you to download.

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Instant Collaboration Software Solution

KonoLive is the instant collaboration software that is defining the future of knowledge sharing.



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Open Handset Group announces Linux based mobile phone

The open handset consortium, the LiMo Foundation has announced the on-schedule availability in March 2008 of the first release of the LiMo Platform - a Linux-based software platform for mobile handsets-together with the immediate public availability of the application programming interface (API) specifications.

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8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make

"An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often find designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at design..."

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4 Tools to Backup your Mobile Phone

Some services to backup your mobile phone [contacts list, calendar entries, text messages, browser bookmarks, phone settings, notes etc]

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101 Design Patterns & Tips for Developers

An excellent collection of useful tips on design patterns, refactoring and other programming tricks

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Nano (this is really cool)

I have no idea how to explain this...almost like an interactive timeline thing.....it's pretty neat....

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50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on

If your business limits its online presence to advertising banners and blogging, it's missing out. The Internet provides powerful networking opportunities that allow users to effectively target their audience by logging on to social sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and more. Take advantage of these tools by asserting your company's presence online ...

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World's First Phone With Fold-Away Screen

New phone is the size of two business cards. This gadget is no bigger than other mobile phones by making a screen that folds up when not in use. The 5-inch display of Polymer Vision's "Readius" is the first that folds out when the user wants to read news, blogs or email and folds back together so that the that the device can fit into a pocket.

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Twitter Opens Their Messaging Platform

In the first post on the new Twitter Technology Blog, Alex Payne announced that Twitter is releasing their underlying messaging platform, which they call, “Starling”, to the community.

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Adobe Flash Tutorials - Best of

This article provides hand-picked professional Flash tutorials which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your works. Most sources can serve as the entry point for further tutorials.

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Digg-like navigation bar using CSS

This tutorial explains how to design a digg-like navigation bar using a liquid design with rounded corners for links.

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IBM to launch Lotus Notes for iPhone & iPod touch

E-mail software from IBM will be made available on Apple iPhones and iPod Touch devices under a new partnership that brings together two big rivals of Microsoft.

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Sink or Swim? The Top Moving Sites Of 2007

With 2008 now more than two weeks old, it’s a great time to look back at last year and see how the web has changed. What sites experienced a surge of traffic in 2007? Has anyone fallen off the map? We compared the top 1000 sites in December 2007 with those in December of the previous year to find out.

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Sign Of The Times: Web 2.0 Outsourcing Humor

Something that you don’t often see a lot written about in new media is the strong trend by startups to outsource a lot of their work. Digg for example was originally designed by Kevin Rose outsourcing the job on elance... "doubtsourcing" is a webcomic exploring the lighter side of "Outsourcing 2.0"

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Ultra-mobile future beckons for PCs

The desktop PC's days of dominance could be numbered as laptops and ultra-mobile PCs begin to reap the benefit of ever greater, and more efficient, computing power."Soon you will be able to have a connected experience everywhere you go," said Mr Moore.

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New sun-spot activity threatens mobile phone networks

A new 11-year cycle of heightened solar activity, bringing with it increased risks for power grids, critical military, civilian and airline communications, GPS signals and even mobile phones, showed signs it was on its way late Thursday when the cycle's first sunspot appeared in the sun's Northern Hemisphere.

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Building a .com in 24 hours

This is about how I spend 24 concentrated hours spread out over 4 days during Holidays to build the online service Wigitize.com. What I tried to do for this project is use some new methods/tools out there to solve practical problems in my weakness area: design, frontend coding, system administration and SEO.

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Ten Common Objections to Social Media and to Respond

here is a list of the Top 10 Objections to New Online Tools and What You Can Say in Response. surveyed nearly 1300 friends on Twitter and got all kinds of thoughtful replies. Below is that list;

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SlingPlayer 2.0, SlingModem, and SlingCatcher details

The makers of the Slingbox are updating their software making it easier to flip channels and record clips. They've also announced the SlingModem, a cable modem with SlingPlayer features built right in. And the SlingCatcher which lets you stream internet video to a PC gets an updated release date.
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Windows Mobile 7 Details Leaked--Multi-touch, Motion Gesture

This isn't Windows Mobile 6.1—which we've seen leaks of recently—but the next full version of Windows Mobile that fixes a bunch of problems we've seen with the platform. The huge changes are multi-touch gestures (including flicking, swiping and drawing on the screen), motion gestures (shaking the phone), Windows Vista-like redesign.

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Pointui Skins Windows Mobile phones, fixes the OS

Pointui, the app that sits on top of Windows Mobile 5/6 in order to skin it into something actually usable. It's so awesome that I actually made a movie out of it, including Jesus-style subtitles, so that you guys can see just how awesome it is. (Have I said that it's awesome?)

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5 Make it or Break it Characteristics of Web Designers 2008

The Independent Web Designer in 2008 | 5 Make It or Break It Characteristics2007 is almost over. Time to start thinking about the future.

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Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites 2007

Our 2007 picks are the best examples of what's new and exciting about the Web right now. Here we honor sites with exceptional style and smarts, sites that offer new and improved ways to access and share content, generate our own and otherwise enrich the online (and off-line) experience.

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Remote Desktop for Mobiles

Access your PC from your phone remotely. You can copy, cut, paste files or folders, send, receive e-mails, surf web and a lot of other things. Just download RDM+ to your PC

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New Digg Like Site for Designers

Check out this Digg like site for graphic designers, web designers, multimedia designers, interior designers, etc.

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Most Popular Content on Social News Sites

Ever wonder what kind of content is most popular on the various social news sites? Well wonder no more… We analysed over 500 front-page stories for Digg, Reddit, Propeller, StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us to try and determine what type of content is generally popular on each site.

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The Year of the New Mobile Operating System

The entrance of two new operating systems from well-known brands shakes up the plans of some mobile operators and indicates some fundamental changes in the mobile industry.

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Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike

IT’S a pickle of a paradox: As our knowledge and expertise increase, our creativity and ability to innovate tend to taper off. Why? Because the walls of the proverbial box in which we think are thickening along with our experience.

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5 Things I Had to Unlearn to Become Self Made

When I went into business for myself, I knew there would be an ‘unlearning’ process - and I was excited to discover just how deep the rabbit hole would go.

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3 down, 1 to go: Warner Music Group drops DRM

Warner is making all of its music available as MP3 files for sale at Amazon's music store.

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Video blogging from your mobile

btw my video blog i started today http://qik.com/

OPEN SOURCE GOD: 480+ Open Source Applications

Open source software is booming: here we round up over 480 open source applications for you to use or build upon.


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How to Build a Web App in 48 Hours

Do you have an idea for a web app? Looking to get it ramped up with a quickness? Here are some steps that will help you fly through a 48 hour development blitz.

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Chat Rooms Are Dead! Long Live the Chat Room!

Columnist John C. Dvorak's showing his age in his latest column, going way back to CompuServe's CB simulator from 1979 to make a point about today's dying chat rooms. The point of this column, which I kind of agree with, is that people still want to chat, but the current systems are a mess

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12 Lessons from Top Business Masters

Warren Buffet, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey and many more share their wisdom with you.

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Ars Technica: Who should Apple buy? Nintendo? Adobe? TiVo?

To put these spectacular numbers in a larger, more spectacular perspective, six months ago Apple was valued at some $100 billion. Today, it is over $170 billion, and will almost certainly break $200 billion by Macworld Expo next month.

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Extreme Home Engineering: How To Build Your Own TiVo

Building your own TiVo—or FreeVo, as some call it—is more than a dream. It’s more than a trend. It’s the new cool way to stick it to The (TiVo) Man while impressing your friends.

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Three Communication Tips that Will Take You to the Top

A handful of core assets that are consistently sought out and rewarded.

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Career Matches by Personality Type

Do the test then see what career is your type..

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Vodafone AUS data plans 3 dec 2007

looks like we will see 5gb for $39.95 from voda this year... looks good

How to take a course at MIT free -- at home

"You may not have the grades, the money or even the means to get to a physics class with one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's best lecturers."

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20+ Public Domain E-Book Sources

"...list of 20+ sources for e-books for your use."

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Top 4 Most Compelling Theories of Everything

There have been numerous theories of everything proposed by theoretical physicists over the last century, but as yet none has been able to stand up to experimental scrutiny, there being tremendous difficulty in getting the theories to produce experimentally testable results. So here are the top 5 most important Theories of Everything nowdays

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49 Open Source Projects in the Spotlight

Open source projects that deserve a round of applause, from the desktop to multimedia to games. Even one called "Gramps." Who names a GPL project Gramps?

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An early look at Google's Android (photo slideshow)

Here's what you, the consumer, would really want to know: An Android phone will most likely support a webkit-compatible browser, Wi-Fi, GSM technology (like EDGE and HSDPA), 3G, threaded text messaging, a photo gallery (with a filmstrip plus grid album view), plus a touch screen.

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What Web Writers Can Learn from the Writer’s Strike

The point for you is this. If you’re freelancing for online producers or blogging for hire, you’re setting yourself up to be exploited. No wait… you are being exploited

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Why I don't go to the movies

This says it all! Too much to comment here... check out the post!

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Top 10 Mistakes of Rookie Filmmakers

Nobody can can cover everything you need to know in a short article, but I can point out the ten most common mistakes I see over and over. Make sure the time you invest into videography is time well spent and not time wasted.

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Picture: Yahoo vs. Google 1996 to 2005

The power of simplicity versus the portal mistake.

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gOS: Where Computers Are Headed

We reported Thursday on the gPC going on sale at Wal-Mart, a $199 bare bones PC that runs a Linux package by the name of gOS. Unlike some initial reports suggested, this isn’t the long fabled Google Operating System, but the folks behind it most definitely had Google on their mind.

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60 Advanced Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

The techniques shown are advanced level and require more than just technical knowledge of Photoshop, they actually require talent and knowledge of design, layout, balance, color theory, subtlety, etc. If you are an advanced user, I hope you find these techniques inspiring and helpful.

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6 ways to create lightning fast php scripts

a great must read for any php developer!

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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Slingbox

The Slingbox (not as famous as the TiVo) has a new version that is cheaper, takes up less space and is more flexible than the original.

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10 Effective Ways to Increase Your Energy Levels

Here are 10 simple (and unique) exercises you can use to increase productivity and energy levels. If you are in search of a boost, consider implementing a few of these recommendations over the next few weeks, and see how you feel:

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12 Beautiful Javascript Image Galleries

A nice round-up of Javascript and Ajax based image galleries, complete with screenshots for each one. Worth a look for anyone looking for an image gallery solution.

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Visuwords: a very cool graphic way to explore words

Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.

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How to Organize the Web

Microsoft proposes a simple solution to the problem of information overload: lists.

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Blockbuster Essentially Admits Defeat to Netflix

"The company will no longer be narrowly focused on its online subscriber count but instead will concentrate on the growth of, and report on, its total membership." In other words, Blockbuster Total Access=fail.

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Hulu Review: What It Is and What It Should Be (Good, and Better)

We've been playing around with News Corp. and NBC's answer to internet video, Hulu, for a couple of days, letting the low-traffic, buttery smooth launch day stretch out more into real time and real traffic conditions before we let loose with our judgment. Let's get this out of the way: YouTube killer it ain't. Same genus, different species.

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Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes

Usually format PC need 40min to 1 hour, this method take you less then 10 min, is another easy way from ghost. It is easy and not require much IT knowledge to make it.

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Pulse web-based cash flow management

Pulse is a web-based cash flow management tool that allows you to easily monitor the heartbeat of your small business – your cash. Say goodbye to unmanageable spreadsheets, and hello to an intuitive interface with the power to quickly manage and evaluate your income and expenses. Pulse makes tracking the health of your business simple, accurate and efficient. Have a look.


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Hulu Launches! Should YouTube Be Worried?

While it may not live up to its billing as a “YouTube killer,” Hulu is as different as a web video service could possibly be from the market leader.

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The 10 Biggest Web Annoyances

The new, improved Web won't deserve that name until sites make clear what they do with your private data. And online tech support gets a lot better. And...

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How a BlackBerry Works

When the BlackBerry debuted in 1999, carrying one was a hallmark of powerful executives and savvy technophiles. People who purchased one either needed or wanted constant access to e-mail, a calendar and a phone. The BlackBerry's manufacturer, Research in Motion (RIM), reported only 25,000 subscribers in that first year.

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Know latest versions of apps YOU use!

Have you ever want to know about latest versions of all the softwares installed on your computer but don't have time to waste on searching in every software official website then get relief of this because updatestar is out there for you!


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What If Apple TV Were a Web App?

A web based application that allows users to have the same experience as they would when purchasing a Apple TV device. Features such as a History and Favories list have been implemented plus utilizes RSS feeds from the top web sharing sites such as YouTube,Google,MySpace,Digg,BlipTV,MetaCafe,iFilm,Pornotube,DailyMotion,Break,Grouper,Heavy and Guba.

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8 Little-Known Ways to Think More Effectively

Whether you’re having trouble concentrating at work or you just need an extra mental kick to make it through your finals, there are some easy tricks that can improve your memory, concentration and focus.

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Five Fixes for Apple’s iTunes Video Woes

There’s no point in tucking in your turtleneck and waiting for the networks and studios to come around to a better way of being. Here are five ways Apple should make their video catalog bigger and their service better, right now.

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How to turn a php script to an exe..for free

Turn your php scripts into windows apps!

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Small plans: NVIDIA and the future of smartphones

The latest battleground for the powerhouses of the PC and embedded spaces may be your pocket. Ars looks at NVIDIA's plans for smartphones and more.

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A List of Some Killer Amazon S3 Backup Tools

To have backup a server with Amazon's S3, here is a list of Amazon S3 compatible backup tools to look at.

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4G technology with 3.6 GBPS speed - Download 2000 songs in 10 seconds

The newly developed mobile communications technology by Korea can transmit a file big enough to hold the entire Encyclopedia Britannica (4.7GB DVD) in less than 10.5 seconds. The new technology would reduce the time it takes to download a movie to just two seconds.

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Top 100 .edu sites every Entrepreneur should Know about

Why not learn from the people who do learning best? Check out these .edu blogs and other informative sites for strategies, theory, and concrete resources for building and growing your business.

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Pownce Lessons Learned from Leah Culver

Pownce Lessons Learned - Leah Culver's presentation at the Future of Web Apps conference in London.

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How do you learn

Have a look at the type of student you are, it may help you to learn more.

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TV-Links.co.uk Was Earning $80,000 a Month

Before TV-Links.co.uk was shut down for linking to pirate TV shows last week it was making at least $80,000 a month from advertising revenue and was the 182nd biggest site in the World! If left to its own devices TV-Links.co.uk could have become a very big company (maybe as big as digg).

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i-mate's Ultimate 8502 and 9502: Kaiser who? [PICS]

Almost identically-spec'ed to what is now the AT&T Tilt (save for the, um, tilt), the quad-band GSM / tri-band HSUPA Windows Mobile 6 handset manages to step up the game by featuring a VGA display along with video out, LED "flash," and standard 2.5-millimeter audio jack

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A Hacker's Holiday Shopping List

Bad guys looking for shiny new botnets, Trojans, rootkits, and spyware this holiday season have plenty to choose from.

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20 Tools for Web Application Development

So you want to know what your web development arsenal would consist of if you want to build an application from scratch in one month or less? Well here it is.

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Google, Apple and the future of personal computing

At this very moment, in a building somewhere in Silicon Valley, I guarantee you that a team of engineers from Google and Apple are designing a set of devices that, hooked up as terminals to Google's "supercomputer," will define how we use computers in the future.

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So, One Week Later, Is The Album Dead Yet?

A week later, the “sales” numbers for In Rainbows are starting to leak. By my calculations, Radiohead made out with a ton of money. In Rainbows has “sold” approximately 1.2 million copies as of October 12th. In comparison, that’s more albums sold in the first week than Radioheads’ last three releases combined!

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What the Google Phone Needs to Beat the iPhone

Although rumors of a Google Phone have been making the rounds really hard lately, any such phone will have to be amazing to steal both end-user and media attention away from Apple's iPhone—the current champ. Expectations are high, but we're dreaming. Here's our wishlist for the Google Phone, and what we think it needs to beat the iPhone.

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22 Natural Ways to Prevent Colds and the Flu

Now I can’t promise you’ll never get hit with another cold or endure another bout of the flu, but you can increase your odds of staying well with these natural strategies. If you do get sick, I’ve also included some great tips for getting better faster.

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Record Companies vs iTunes: A Fight Of Deeply Flawed Logic

I’ve heard continuously over the past few months of growing friction between Apple, its iTunes marketplace, and the major record companies. Yes, the one’s that have been selling their content through iTunes. And at quite a fast pace, as of late. (What is the count of tracks sold now? 3 billion? 3.5? 4? Somewhere in that area, I presume.)

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Nokia's S60 Touch Interface demonstrated

Nokia is showing off their new S60 Touch Interface at the Symbian Smartphone Show today. Unlike their last attempt, this effort was demonstrated on a more Nokia-like concept device. The touch-interface supports haptic feedback and accepts both finger and stylus inputs depending upon the display technology used.

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Nokia's N810 makes first appearance, drops jaws

Sexy..And as engadget says.."Sexy is an understatement"

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How To Use VMWare To Survive A Computer Crash

I love the idea of a virtual back up. Sounds like something that can't be broken by dropping your laptop on the floor!

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Get Answers to All Your Questions with These Very Helpful Websites

Here are a bunch of websites to help you find answers to all your questions!

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How to Influence Powerful Social Media Users for Traffic and Attention

Social news/voting sites are community sites which allow the audience to determine the value of the content through the use of up or down votes. Within these communities, there are several active individuals which are well connected with other users and in tune with the preferences of the community in question.

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The Memory Toolbox: 75 Tips and Resources to Go from Amnesic to Elephantic

Many people expect increasing memory loss as they age, but this memory loss can be reduced or stalled with some simple memorization techniques, physical exercise, and a reduction of stress.

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The Top 10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT

Most of these secrets are aimed at network administrators, IT managers, and desktop support professionals. This list is not aimed at developers and programmers — they have their own set of additional dirty little secrets — but some of these will apply to them as well.

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NYT Bestselling Author Says YouTube Better Than Books

In another blog to the book, Seth Godin says most concepts could be communicated better by short videos.

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Sniping Security Cameras

"The project: How to remotely disable security cameras nondestructively from quite a distance. Another thing that got me to write this article is the abundant usage of surveillance cameras everywhere which makes me want to burst the bubble about security of surveillance cameras by exposing their weakness."

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Water-powered phones by 2010?

New development on the liquid-powered battery front. Samsung’s apparently "developed a micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on H20.".

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10 Terrific Troubleshooting Tricks and Tools

When bad tech stuff happens, fight back with one of these PC life-savers.

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Sanity check: Will WiMAX be a 3G killer, or is it vice versa?

Fierce competition can bring out the best and the worst in businesses, and it also makes for great theater. In the technology world over the past three decades, we have watched commercial empires rise and fall with amazing swiftness and drama. New competitors have arisen out of nowhere and trumped...

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Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery

Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for (30 years without a single recharge)

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