Category: software

Still under testing, but Pocket Rendezvous will bring network auto-discovery to PPC which is a very cool idea! If you read through on the Gizmodo page you can learn how to get in on the testing.

Using Pocket Rendezvous, users can set up a personal, auto-discoverable web servers for a variety of purposes, such as matchmaking services (think broadcasted business cards or personal ads), private music streaming (be the mysterious F train DJ!), or anything else a crafty developer can build on top of the Rendezvous setup (iTunes, for instance, uses Rendezvous to do the quick-sharing of music libraries). [Gizmodo]

Sandro just pointed me to the Cordless Collector which is a combination database hardware solution for tracking your books, DVDs, CDs and Games. You can use either the bluetooth! or USB scanner to catalog what you’ve got and let the software take over from there filling in all the key details…It’s $299.

I have actually been thinking about replacing my Apple Airport (Gray, second one) and Linksys Router with a single device and the Linksys WRT54G seems like the way to go for 802.11G capabilities at a price much lower than Apple’s Extreme base station. I’d heard of hacking the thing, but had no idea that the firmware you could load was this sophisticated… whoa.

If you have a WRT54G, here’s what you can use it for after less than an hour’s work. You get all the original Linksys functions plus SSH, Wonder Shaper, L7 regexp iptables filtering, frottle, parprouted, the latest Busybox utilities, several custom modifications to DHCP and dnsmasq, a PPTP server, static DHCP address mapping, OSPF routing, external logging, as well as support for client, ad hoc, AP, and WDS wireless modes.

If that last paragraph meant nothing at all to you, look at it this way: the WRT54G with Sveasoft firmware is all you need to become your cul de sac’s wireless ISP. Going further, if a bunch of your friends in town had similarly configured WRT54Gs, they could seamlessly work together and put out of business your local telephone company.

That’s what I mean by a disruptive technology. [PBS | I, Cringely]

Even if he’s stretching, it’s a very cool box, for not so much money and let’s you really take advantage of your connection.

Thinking about a Blackberry, but were hesitant as a Mac user… worry no more! This changes everything! SyncAgain seems to be the first Mac based solution for Blackberry sync and installation — including wireless updates!

Epicad, a wireless application software developer and services provider, is pleased to announce the upcoming availability of SyncAgain, the first solution to enable Macintosh synchronization with the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM; TSX:RIMM). SyncAgain operates wirelessly offering the synchronization of contacts, events and to-dos. SyncAgain also allows remote viewing and selection of Mac address books and calendar folders using the BlackBerry browser as well as installation of third-party applications on BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds. [O’Grady’s PowerPage]