Due to yet another Internet Explorer bug, the US computer emergency readiness team (CERT) released US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#713878 which advises among other things to “Use a different web browser.”
Yet another reason to use Firefox.
Below is a review of Voom from Dave Farber that he posted on his IP mailing list.
About one month ago, I switched from Comcast cable to Voom
(www.voom.com). The reasons for the switch were multiple. Comcast
Pittsburgh cable quality was fair to poor with little attempt to
improve even after many complaints. Also my HDTV set was not getting
very much HDTV.
The installation of the Voom went very well. Good local installer who
understood the local over the air availability of digital stations (the
Voom set box does not handle non-digital yet). I get 4 local stations
and would get our NPR station if they ever fix their digital
transmitters (they seem to have been down since January). That gives me
more than adequate local service.
The human interface of the Voom system was actually better for me than
the Comcast. I have had little problems with the unit except one freeze
that were easily fixed by a simple re-power (I had problems with the
comcast box also).
My Tivo interfaced well and TIVO carries Voom schedules. I am waiting
very patiently for the HD model of either TIVO or Voom to be really
available.
I get about all the channels I watched on Comcast via the Voom sat and
get 30 ish HDTV channels with rather decent programming and very good
picture. Only channels I don’t get that I would like is BBC America
(coming soon) and National NPR.
All in all a very good switch and one I wish I had made earlier.
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Dave
ps more as time goes on.
Haven’t seen much press on the JDesktop Network Component.
From the website: “Sun has launched the JDesktop Network Component (JDNC) open-source project on javadesktop.org. The primary goal of the JDNC project is to make it significantly easier to construct rich, data-centric desktop clients by providing shortcuts for many of the required design and coding tasks. This project currently contains a suite of high-level “data-aware” UI components, Java language API, and a high-level XML markup language that enables developers to get clients off the ground more quickly. Sun seeks to involve developers in the evolution of JDNC at this very early stage to ensure it that it fulfills its goal of simplifying enterprise desktop client development.”
I don’t think that I would say I’m Mad as Hell, but the new G4techTV is much worse than TechTV. The thing that bothers me the most is that it is text TV — the program production is amature. TechTV was much more professional. In addition, g4techtv.com is a nightmare…I can’t see through the ads to the content. My only hope is that they don’t touch The Screen Savers…those folks do a great job.
Another reason to love Tivo and Apple: iLife On Your TV. The biggest disappointment is that, according to the article, the Tivo Desktop won’t play AAC files. The lack of this feature will cost me an extra $129 for an Airport Express. If I could play AAC files though Tivo, then I wouldn’t need an Airport Express because my stereo is connected to my Tivo/TV. Although, being a guy that can never have too much geek gear, it won’t kill me to buy an Airport Express.
I’m trying to decide if I want to switch from Verizon Wireless to Cingular. As I mentioned previously, I really irritates me that Verizon doesn’t have a Bluetooth capable phone. I noticed that most Bluetooth capable phones are for GSM networks, e.g. Cingular. Don’t know why, but in researching the pros and cons of GSM and CDMA, I found this article: Review On GSM Mobile Technology Vs CDMA Mobile Technology. It’s a good explanation of the two technologies and their strengths and weaknesses.
MacWorld has a great article titled How AirTunes Works. Just this weekend, I was using iTunes to listen to music at home and wished that I had a good way to connect my powerbook to the stereo and still surf the web. Add my name to the long list of people that’ll be buying one.
In Sun pushes to innovate and disrupt IBM, Dan Farber describes Sun’s attempt to use a “disruptive technology” to counter Big Blue. I’ve been reading The Innovator’s Solution in which Clayton Christensen proposes a solution to the problem of disruptive technologies, which he describes in his first book The Innovator’s Dilemma. I recommend them both.
…attention to detail. I don’t really buy the “metabranding” marketing because this is such a minute detail, but I do think it is evidence of Apple’s design (both hardware and software) sophistication
Apple Store: Jobsian Details
As many people have noted, Robert Cringely has a great article on the capabilities of the Linksys WRT54G, The Little Engine That Could. In addition to the efforts by Sveasoft, a /. reader notes that “Sveasoft isn’t the only game in town (though it is one of the top ones). Others include: EWRT, from Portless Networks (a fork of Sveasoft) Wi-Fi Box.”
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