Monat: Januar 2005

Too many DVDs, and CDs and not enough time to rewind? Are your DVDs running a bit too slow? The DVD rewinder is the perfect solution! (Danke, Peter)

According to The Register Siemens will close its mobile handset division unless it can find a last minute buyer. This is probably the next big deal after the IBM Lenovo story we will see in the electronics mass market.

„I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my baby; after all when you eat a can of beans you can’t be sure which one made you fart.“ One of the replies that British women have put on Child Support Agency forms in the section for listing father’s details. Here are some…

see you next week…

Der Modemacher Rudolph Moshammer ist heute morgen tot in seiner Wohnung aufgefunden worden, meldet SpON. Er wurde vermutlich mit einem Telefonkabel erwürgt. Update: Mein pietätloser Kommentar ist hiermit getilgt. Daisy lebt. Und Vermutungen zum Tathergang gibt es viele.

US analyst company Evaluserve predicts Skype stealing significant revenue from traditional telco providers. According to silicon.com there will be 140 million to 245 million Skype users by 2008, compared to about 15 million total today. Those numbers exclude enterprise users who might switch to future Skype business offerings, which could reduce telcos‘ revenues even further.…

The new Beta 3 will be released soon. Information about the new release here. And talking about the future of Notes, Ed Brill linked to the Ken Bisconti Interview: „Upcoming changes to Notes will mark the first significant steps in Notes‘ evolution from the premier client experience among IBM Lotus software offerings to the premier…

I recently mentioned the Stella Liebeck award. Another great award is the Wacky Warning Label Contest. It is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products. This years winner: A flushable toilet brush that warns users, “Do not…

Frisch zurück von meiner persönlichen DHL Packstation finde ich das hier bei argh!: (Deutsche Post, „Leistungen und Preise“ vom 1.1.05, Seite 3, Kapitel „Wesentliche Änderungen“)

Today I read this articel from the Boston Globe about Open Source projects entering the market – following the success of Firefox. And there I noticed for the first time the project called Chandler by Lotus founder Mitch Kapor: „At the same time, the Open Source Applications Foundation, headed by Lotus Development Corp. founder Mitchell…