iPastelet Maker for iPhone

The iPastelet Maker from Tom King turns often used (and typed) text snippets, e.g. your username, website..., into a piece of JavaScript that you can bookmark and use as a paste tool on your iPhone, after you have synced the corresponding bookmark to your iPhone. Just great. Saves me from typing my username, email address... a few dozen times a day.

Time to go, Zeit zu gehen on DVD

The German language movie Time to go, Zeit zu gehen just came out on DVD. This documentary on dying in the Hospiz Rennweg in Vienna, Austria is a moving film on one of the greatest taboos of our time. BTW: there is an English language press kit at this link. Unfortunately the subtitles on the DVD are only available in German, not in English as in the original movie.

monochrom at Volkstheater Vienna

On 2/27 there is the premiere of Es war einmal die Medien from Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom in the the red bar at the Volkstheater in Vienna, Austria.

VMworld in Cannes

From 2/26 to 2/28 the VMworld Europe takes place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

Smart Scroll X

With Smart Scroll X you get iPhone-like kinetic scrolling for MacOSX for 19$.

WPMP, encyclopedias for the road

At WPMP you find offline Wikipedia files in MobiPocket format for various languages.

WIKAM at Künstlerhaus Vienna

From 2/23 to 3/2 the Vienna international art and antiques fair takes place at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Austria.

Hans Janitschek died

On 2/21 Hans Janitschek passed away. According to Austrian newspaper Krone he broke down in front of the UNO headquarter in New York. He was 73. I had the honor and pleasure to know him almost exactly 17 years now, since I met him the first time in New York city in January 1991. I will miss him.
Just found out about the funeral: it will take place on 3/12 at 2pm in St. Martin near Lofer in Austria. The "Seelenmesse" will be read on 3/13 at 11am in the Jesuitenkirche, Dr. Ignaz Seipel Platz in Vienna, Austria.
Update: the New York Times has a guestbook, that is open for at least one year and at iCastNews.com you find quite a lot of the interviews he did including his farewell message.

Bauen und Energie in Vienna, Austria

From 2/21 to 2/24 the Bauen & Energie takes place at the Messe Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Sony UX390 on sale for 1299$

At Buy.com you can get a Sony UX390 with 32GB SSD, 1 GB RAM and Windows Vista Business for 1299$.

PacketVideo brings mobile TV to any WiFi deviceMobile World Congress

From Engadget´s Barcelona Mobile World Congress coverage: PacketVideo brings mobile TV to any WiFi device. Right now it supports DVB-H and MediaFLO, but it could be easily expanded to DVB-T or even analog TV. Great idea!

install MacOSX to a different volume without rebooting

Another great hint from MacOSXhints.com on how to install MacOSX to a different volume without rebooting.

book on Hacking, the Art of Exploitation

No Starch Press just brought out the 2nd edition of Hacking, the Art of Exploitation with 488 pages and bootable CD for less than 50$.

Skype 2.7 for MacOSX

The new Skype 2.7 for MacOSX supports video calls with up to VGA resolution.

E-TEN Glofiish V900 DVB-T phone

E-TEN unveiled the Glofiish V900, a PocketPC phone with VGA screen, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and support for DVB-T broadcasts ( and DVB-H, TDMB, DAB). Availability second half of 2008.

iPhone SIP client for free.fr users

For customers of free.fr there is an iPhone SIP client available right now.

Ziphone, the one step jailbreak and unlock for iPhones

With Ziphone you can easily activate, jailbreak and unlock all current iPhones up to version 1.1.3. Update: sorry for using the warrior picture without credentials. I did the posting automatically via email to Flickr to Blogger, so it automatically used my, actually Zibri´s picture, on Flickr. Now I edited some of the HTML manually, so it links back to the original picture at Zibri´s Flickr account.

save websites to your iPhone

With iWebSaver you can save your favorite websites, apps and widgets to your iPhone or iPod touch through the magic of "data: URLs". You can view webpages and use many great WebApps even in Airplane Mode.

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

From 2/11 to 2/14 the annual Mobile World Congress, formerly 3GSM, takes place in Barcelona, Spain.

SonyEricsson unveils XPERIA X1

One day before the opening of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson introduced the XPERIA X1, a Windows Mobile phone with WVGA screen, slide out keyboard, HSUPA, 3 Megapixel camera with light, Bluetooth, WLAN, FM radio and a microSD slot. Available in the second half of 2008.

JoikuSpot

With JoikuSpot you can use the 3G connection of your Nokia S60 device from other devices, e.g. your iPhone, via WLAN. Free and highly recommended.

iPhone 1.1.2 OTB unlock available

GeoHot has managed the seemingly impossible: a software unlock for 1.1.2 OTB iPhones.

wine event at Bang & Olufsen store in Vienna

On 2/7 there was a wine tasting at the Bang & Olufsen store at Neuer Markt 9 in Vienna, Austria. Apart from the excellent buffet I got the chance to try out five different Rothschild wines and play around with the new Beo5 remote control. It is surprisingly small and convenient. In the base price of more than 500 Euros there is included the first programming of the remote by a store technician. Subsequent changes can be made at Bang & Olufsen stores, or you head to Beoworld, where there should be lots of information how to program it on your own.

Apple Braille Display Update 1.0

Apple just brought out Braille Display Update 1.0. MacOSX 10.5 Leopard includes a powerful screen reading technology for the blind called VoiceOver that supports a variety of refreshable Braille displays. When you have a supported Braille display connected to your computer, VoiceOver automatically detects it and sends it information about what is displayed on the screen. This installer adds support in MacOSX 10.5 Leopard for the following additional refreshable Braille displays:
GW Micro BrailleSense
GW Micro SyncBraille 20
GW Micro SyncBraille 32
HandyTech Easy Braille
HandyTech Braille Star 40
HandyTech Braille Star 80
HIMS BrailleSense
HIMS SyncBraille 20
HIMS SyncBraille 32
Nippon Telesoft Seika Version 3
Papenmeier Braillex Trio

16GB iPhone introduced

Apple introduced the new 16GB iPhone for less than 500$. It joins the 8GB model for $399. The iPod touch now comes in a new 32GB model for $499. It joins the 16GB and 8GB models for $399 and $299, respectively.

offline Wikipedia on the iPhone

Finally: an offline Wikipedia for the iPhone, available in German and English.

Ich, Hackl at Stadttheater Walfischgasse

Just saw Ich, Hackl at the Stadttheater Walfischgasse in Vienna, Austria. Hackl was great as always. So if you haven´t seen and heard him yet and understand and like Viennese, there are still some performances left. Highly recommended!

waiting for a new Mac to buy

As much as I would like to buy a new Mac, I guess I will have to wait another few months. Right now I am still stuck on my old PowerBook 15" with PowerPC chip, MacOS 10.4 and Classic, so I can run Hypercard. Hopefully, there wil be a new HyperCard soon, so I can finally switch to new hardware. But given the fact, that USB3, FireWire3200, WirelessUSB, eSATA and internal 3G communications are still missing from Apple´s lineup, I might use my old 15" PowerBook for another few months, eventually.

FileMaker Bento

FileMaker introduced Bento, which they call a personal database. In reality it is nothing more than a nice graphical front end to the built in AddressBook and iCal databases on MacOSX 10.5 with optional fields that stay invisible to AB and iCal. Compared to AB it has nice import capabilities, but the export currently allows only CSV right now.