Archive for: June 2007

30 June 2007

Cross-Site Request Forgery And You

Filed under: security - 30 Jun 2007

What is a Cross-Site Request Forgery? Quoting from the Cross-Site Request Forgery FAQ:
Cross Site Request Forgery (also known as XSRF, CSRF, and Cross Site Reference Forgery) works by exploiting the trust that a site has for the …

29 June 2007

How Not To Get Me To Blog About Your Product

Filed under: blogging, phoneboy - 29 Jun 2007

You know, it’s funny. I’ve spent my whole life getting my first name misspelled and/or mispronounced by anyone and everyone. I’m pretty much used to it, to the point that I hardly bother correcting it anymore. But when my name …

TalkPlus S60: Not Just Cheap, Easy Calls

Filed under: voip - 29 Jun 2007

I have been playing with a new software client for S60 3rd Edition by TalkPlus which allows you to make cheaper calls from your mobile phone. That’s the main draw, but it does a bit more than that. In …

27 June 2007

Some Feedback on Hictu!

Filed under: blogging - 27 Jun 2007

Hictu! has certainly evolved from what it used to be. Now it has turned into Abbeynet’s answer to Twitter and Jaiku, albeit without a mobile-specific client (though they do include a mobile website). It aggregates …

Why The iPhone Is Good For Nokia

Filed under: gadgets - 27 Jun 2007

I want to be up-front here. Yes, I work for Nokia, but I don’t have any real inside information related to this. These are just my own rambling thoughts and are not endorsed by anyone.

I could sit here and write …

New S60 Blog Coming

Filed under: blogging, nokia, phoneboy - 27 Jun 2007

The marketing guys behind the S60 Blogs decided I should have my own S60 blog to write my stuff in. I’m currently holding off on blogging on the S60 Blogs until that new blog has been created. Meanwhile, I’ll …

26 June 2007

Get Your SightSpeed Down Under!

Filed under: voip - 26 Jun 2007

The folks at SightSpeed are putting some servers up in Australia to make the video experience that much better. While much of the traffic between callers is peer-to-peer, there are some services that flow through SightSpeed’s servers. Mutli-party video conferencing is one such example. Having servers located in Australia helps makes SightSpeed a great choice for the Aussies and Kiwi’s (New Zealand) alike.

Press release after the break.

25 June 2007

Windows 0wn3d

Filed under: windows - 25 Jun 2007

Well, it looks like I was a little too careless on my Windows XP installed via Boot Camp and use via Parallels. I installed a program that turned out to be malware, thus causing the installation to be 0wned. I …

Now It’s Official: Nokia Eseries Broadly Available

Filed under: nokia - 25 Jun 2007

While I personally would like to see Nokia phones in more physical retail stores, I’m happy to see that our phones are more widely available in the North American market. Here’s the official press release announcing it. While this …

24 June 2007

GrandCentral Now Part of Google?

Filed under: voip - 24 Jun 2007

According to Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch, Google is to acquire GrandCentral. The URL to the story says $50 million USD, which is chump change to Google, but the story text says they are trying to confirm the exact …

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