http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:45:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You probably don't remember it, but way back in January, at CES, a little company called Ooma unveiled its next-generation phone system, the Telo, which combines DECT 6.0 cordless-phone technology with Internet-based (VoIP) calling. Well, after nearly 10 months of waiting, the Telo is finally landing in stores and is ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/09/04/oomas-next-gen-free-phone-system-the-telo-is/ (Credit: Yahoo SearchMonkey) I was just monkeying around with Yahoo's new SearchMonkey Developer Tool and it seems to be the closest thing to helping users build a "blog-wiki-mashup-with-video-share" application so far. It also has the simplest interface I have seen to create data services and publish them for broad (or narrow) ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/29/yahoo-searchmonkey-opens-up-for-developers/ David Ko "Our goal is to become a contributor to Yahoo's bottom line in 2009," Boerries said. In other words, to make Yahoo overall more profitable, not less. The company on Monday named David Ko to be senior vice president of the mobile group, which handles software, advertising, and partnerships in the ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/24/yahoo-revamps-mobile-group-for-profitability-plan-2/ Check out the latest Digital Home video where I ask a simple question: is killing avatars OK? http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/the-digital-home-video-is-killing-avatars-ok/ Whatever happened to that chummy Wintel alliance? You know, the Microsoft Windows/Intel chip cartel that has long helped to cement Microsoft's hold on the industry? Meanwhile, companies like IBM are actively exploring Windows alternatives like the Mac. Microsoft has competition on its hands for the first time, and it only has ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/will-intels-snub-of-vista-be-the-first-of-many/ (Credit: 8Tracks.com) Team Teamwork produced the mix, which features unique tracks by Spank Rock, Common, Aesop Rock, Clipse, and my personal pick: MF Doom. Most of the songs fit well with the background score; for example, in "Fumbling Over Words," artist Edan Portnoy's intensity melds seamlessly into the rumblings ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/princess-zelda-spits-hot-fire-in-debut-album-oca/ Entitled "Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)," this bulletin affects users of Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Office ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/microsoft-fixes-a-dozen-office-flaws-in-four-patch/ This week CNET's Robert Vamosi spoke by phone with Roel Schouwenberg, senior antivirus researcher at Kaspersky, who happens to be based in the Netherlands, about the Shadow botnet. What's unusual here is that the crime unit then asked Kaspersky Lab to provide the identified victims, people who had unknowingly allowed their ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/security-bites-112-out-of-the-shadows/ Apple is getting set to host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco the week of June 9, where we might learn more about the yet-unnamed Mac OS X 10.6, assuming they aren't skipping ahead to Mac OS XI, or Mac OS 11, or whatever naming convention gets ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/apple-releases-mac-os-x-1053/ How would YouTube determine the ownership of a small independent film or Ecuadorian soap opera? Employee data easier to get than users' The two companies are in the discovery phase of their litigation, when each is supposed to turn over relevant information to the other. On Monday night, the two ... http://www.williewmsyouthfdn.com/2010/08/23/why-it-matters-what-chad-hurley-watches/