android osm apps

just discovered two new android apps that use openstreetmap (OSM)

• RainAlarm OSM
• OSM Mobile Signal

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World IPv6 Day

The Internet Society, in conjunction with Google and other major websites, is launching World IPv6 Day – a 24-hour test period for the IPv6.

• http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/01/13/world-ipv6-day-june-8th-2011-24-hours-of-global-ipv6-testing
• http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day
• http://test-ipv6.com
• http://test-ipv6.com/ipv6day.html
• http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/how-to-join/

Upcoming

• http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/7690381/DC/Washington-DC/World-IP-V6-day/Everywhere

 

 

LibreOffice 3.3 Final

LibreOffice 3.3 Final is now available from http://www.libreoffice.org/download

• LibreOffice 3.3 Calc can handle spreadsheets with 1 million rows
• LibreOffice 3.3 Writer can edit SVG images

google apps and email now free for all smbs and smes

google apps and gmail email are now free for all entrepreneurs, groups, organisations, smbs, smes and startups with under 50 employees !

• http://www.google.com/apps/index.html
• http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

see also

• http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/google-apps-marketplace-gets-an-education-category/

android 2.2.2 for google nexus one

you can manually upgrade to android 2.2.2 on your google nexus one mobile

• http://androidandme.com/2011/01/phones/update-your-nexus-one-to-android-2-2-2/
• http://www.dkszone.net/google-nexus-one-2.2.2-android-update-download

Digital Living Network Alliance

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a collaboration of the world’s leading consumer electronics, PC and mobile companies. DLNA has created design guidelines for a new generation of DLNA Certified products that can work together — no matter the brand.

See

• http://www.dlna.org/digital_living/faq/
• http://www.dlna.org/about_us/roadmap/DLNA_Whitepaper.pdf

sainsburys tech

this weekend at sainsburys i picked up an adsl router & usb stick for £16 and a 7″ photo frame for £20 !

and even a blu-ray iptv player for £99

OSM Open Plaques

OSM based Open Plaques is a service that aims to find and provide data about all the commemorative ‘plaques’ (often blue and round) that can be found across the UK and worldwide.

• http://www.openplaques.org/colours/blue
  
• http://www.openplaques.org/about
• http://blog.openplaques.org/
• http://www.openplaques.org/photographers
• http://twitter.com/#!/openplaques

and now pardus 2011

the pardus 2011 gnu/linux distro is now available in live and install DVDs for 32 bit and64 bit PCs

Pardus is funded by the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey, which is a governmental agency that manages, funds and conducts research in the areas of education, Science, and technology in Turkey.

• http://ostatic.com/blog/pardus-2011-independent-distro-releases-latest-and-greatest
• http://www.pardus.org.tr/indir/
• http://twitter.com/#!/pardus

pardus includes clementine and risk apps

• http://www.ozgurlukicin.com/paket/clementine/
• http://www.ozgurlukicin.com/oyun/risk/

internationalised domain names

internationalised domain names that handle both ascii and unicode characters

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name
• http://www.nunames.nu/Local-Language.cfm
• http://www.nunames.nu/eu-lang-test.htm
• http://www.nunames.nu/lldemo/default.htm