JollysFastVNC

JollysFastVNC is a very fast VNC client for MacOSX. Still in alpha, but amazingly fast!

bear lamp at Kika

The Austrian furniture store chain Kika sells a bear lamp for 4 Euros.

Nokia Sports Tracker, user of the month, May 2007

Quote from Nokia Research Center: Nokia Sports Tracker team has been amazed due to unexpectedly high amount of great feedback, usage reports, statistics etc. we have received from user all over the world. Among all these great field reports one special case has caught so much publicity in our lab that we wanted to bring this up to the attention of the rest of the world too. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are proud to introduce you our first : Nokia Sports Tracker User of the Month: Vegas from San Francisco, California, USA.

Nokia Sports Tracker

The Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker that runs on S60 smartphones. Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary. To be able to use application for real, you need a Nokia S60 3.0 or 3.1 phone with Bluetooth GPS device or Nokia S60 3.0 or 3.1 phone with integrated GPS. Currently the application does not contain any map content; stay tuned for an update. If you want to see your recorded track on the map, you can export the workout to a file in KML format, that can be visualized using 3rd party applications, such as Google Earth.

Verzweifelte Jahre - Mein Leben ohne Natascha

Ueberreuter Verlag brought out the German language book Verzweifelte Jahre - Mein Leben ohne Natascha, written by the mother of Natascha Kampusch.

Apple expo in Paris, France

From 9/25 to 9/29 the annual Apple expo takes place in Paris, France.

baking cookies in your car

Great idea from BakingBites.com: instructions for baking cookies in your car.

Telnet 160 Bluetooth PBX

The Telnet 160 is a Bluetooth PBX, so you can use your Bluetooth capable mobile phones as analog handsets and vice versa. Includes voice/fax switch and 6 analog extensions.

Protest march: Liberty instead of fear

On 9/22 there will be a protest march Liberty instead of fear in Berlin, Germany.

online dictionaries

At LEO you find online dictionaries for English, French, German and Spain, including a small website suitable for mobile devices.

about the benefits of owning an Aston Martin DB5

At TopGear there is a great article about the benefits of owning an Aston Martin DB5. If you like special automobiles, give this article a look.

Paparazzi

Paparazzi is a small utility for MacOSX that makes screenshots of webpages.

Microsoft mobile memory mouse 8000

The Microsoft mobile memory mouse 8000 includes a 2.4GHz wireless transceiver with built in 1GB flash memory, is USB rechargeable with magnetic connectors and can be used via Bluetooth, too. All for less than 100$.

book about roof top living in Vienna

The book Ganz oben, leben am Dach/At the top, living on the roof gives an interesting overview about various apartments in Vienna, Austria, that have been constructed on the top of houses. Beautiful!

great idea for ringback tones

Found a great idea for ringback tones: instead of the normal ring tone, it would be a clever idea, if you could here a message when the called party is roaming right now or some other useful message instead of of the nice but quite useless music playing.

Schokov opening in Vienna

On 9/15 at 2pm the newest Schokov store is opening at Ringstraßen Galerien Top 67 in Vienna, Austria. If you like chocolate and happen to be in Vienna, then give it a look (and try)!

Schweizer Strassenpaesse

The German language book Schweizer Strassenpaesse covers all 131 alpine passports in Switzerland, that you can cross by car, motobike or bicycle.

my dream MacBook Pro

Hopefully Apple will fill their missing pieces in their product line soon by bringing out a MacBook Pro with the following features: 15" WUXGA LCD, eSATA ports, HDMI In/Out and eventually 2 internal SATA port with room for a second hard drive, even if it means no internal optical drive.

free iPhone unlock

It is here: the free iPhone unlock!

Wikipedia in MobiPocket format

At WPMP you can find MobiPocket versions of the Wikipedia in English, German and some other languages. The German snapshot is dated August 2007 and sized 1.3GB, so there should be 645877 articles in it. The MobiPocket ebook reader is available for PalmOS, PocketPC, Symbian60, UIQ, Blackberry and some older platforms, but not for Symbian Series 40, Nokia770/N800 and iPhone/iTouch.

CallerID for MacOSX

Apimac CallerID displays information about the person calling you before you answer the phone. Supports the Apple USB modem and various Bluetooth mobile phones. Caller ID uses your Address Book contacts to match and identify a phone number. You can also forward this information to other clients on your LAN. Alternatively you can setup Caller ID to receive the caller ID connecting to another running copy of Caller ID on your LAN. Cost is less than 15$.

secret MacOSX 10.5 Leopard feature

I guess this will be the secret MacOSX 10.5 Leopard feature, that everybody and his dog have been speculating about: Xcode with iPhone support.
Update: and possibly support for brand new hardware features, that haven´t been available before, e.g. multi-touch.

IBC in Amsterdam

From 9/7 to 9/11 the annual IBC takes place in Amsterdam.

Palm says thanks to Engadget, I say Palm is dead

The official Palm blog says: Thanks, Engadget. Dear Peter, Ryan and Joshua:, Thank you for the very thoughtful post about Palm. I really appreciate the fact that you guys and others care enough to take the time to write such a comprehensive list of actions. I forwarded it to our entire executive staff and many others at Palm have read it. Although I can’t say I agree with every point, many are right on. We are attacking almost every challenge you noted, so stay tuned. Let’s remember that it is very early in the evolution of the smartphone and there is enormous opportunity for us to innovate. We have only just begun to fight!, Thank you for taking the time to write. I really do take your comments to heart and I know the team at Palm is totally committed to delivering the best mobile computing solutions in the world., -Ed Colligan

Did I really read it there: "We have only just begun to fight!". I wonder, what Palm did in the last few years, since the Treo650 came out. A few years ago, I wanted to write an open letter to Palm, similar to the one from Engadget, but after evaluating, what Palm managed not to do for years I just gave up and decided for myself: Palm is dead!

Palm Foleo cancelled

Quote from the official Palm blog: Our own evaluation and early market feedback were telling us that we still have a number of improvements to make Foleo a world-class product, and we can not afford to make those improvements on a platform that is not central to our core focus.

new iPods

On 9/5 Apple announced new iPods.
shuffle in red and new colors
nano with 320*240 LCD, coverflow, various colors
iPod Classic with 80GB for 249$, 160GB 349$
iPod Touch with WiFi, MultiTouch, 8mm thin, 8GB 299$, 16GB 399$
iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
everything besides the iPod Touch available now, iPod Touch within a few weeks
P.S.: picture from the live coverage of MacWorld.
Basically, the iPod Touch is an iPhone without the mobile phone, email, Google maps, camera, microphone, speaker, microphone port and Bluetooth functionality.
Update: iPhone now available only in 8GB for 399$. 4GB models selling now for $299 while they last. Refurb 8GB for $349.
Quote from JKonTheRun: won't our most fanatical and loyal customers who stood in line just 2 months ago get pissed? SJ- you said it yourself, they are the fanatical ones who will love us no matter what. Screw them! Let's drop the price.

MAKE volume 11 available

The newest issue of MAKE (volume 11) is available right now.

IEEE PIMRC 2007 in Athens, Greece

From 9/3 to 9/7 the 18th IEEE PIMRC 2007, the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications takes place at the Hilton in Athens, Greece.

Drahdiwaberln live concert in Vienna, Austria

On 9/2 the Austrian band Drahdiwaberln had a live concert/performance at the annual Volksstimmefest at Jesuitenwiese, Prater in Vienna, Austria. If you have ever seen them, you know, what you missed, if have haven´t been there.

HDMI cable for less than 2$

Amazon sells a 2 meter HDMI cable for 1.15$.