Software

Canada blocks outgoing email

25/08/2008

Few weeks ago I was in Vancouver for a few meetings, while in this company that produces routers, they told me that they also offer a mail service that can come within the router, making absolute non-sense for me, I asked: Q: “why?” A: “Most ISPs in Canada blocks port 25″ *sigh* Q: “Why?” A: “They think this way they will block spam” *sigh* It’s incredible how from time to time you can hear incredible ideas like this, how come no one ever realized that blocking port 25 would reduce spam, uh? Because of this fantastic solution this company has…

iPhone 2.0 is now boring

02/08/2008

And suddenly after upgrading to 2.0, iPhone got boring. Almost all my applications came from installer which is now cydia and is basically empty. So why did I upgrade then? Well, I really wanted to have mobileme working, actually, I wanted to have wireless syncing of contacts and schedule, but apple is smart and didn’t add this resource to charge you with mobile me. Fortunately it is free for the first 60 days, so I didn’t spend any money at all, and it is working well for me, differently from what people is saying, but if you have push enabled,…

McDonald’s needs a megaphone?

30/07/2008

McDonald’s POS system are pretty simple, they have in their database all products, numbers, sides, with all possible configurations. When you start asking, the gentleman or lady in the cashier start hitting the right spot for what you ask in a touchscreen lcd monitor, whenever they choose something with multiple choice, a sub list appears, for example, when they hit number one, they have to choose the drink you want, and it can be sprite, coke, guaraná, juice, whatever, pretty simple and easy. Some times I like to ask their top sunday with caramel and since it’s pretty big I…

TickTack Podcast

26/07/2008

If you can understand portuguese, there is this new podcast TickTack about technology, it still in beta, but it’s worth it.

Mandriva is lost

19/07/2008

“Lately it’s hard to avoid the buzz about netbooks — the small, cheap laptop systems that were popularized by the Asus Eee PC. Mandriva is providing the innovative operating system for the upcoming GDium netbook system, produced by Emtec. The first GDium will be a netbook with a 10″, 1024×600 resolution display and a battery life of four hours, weighing in at 1.1kg. The innovative G-Key system stores the Mandriva operating system and all the user data on a USB key — nothing is permanently stored inside the GDium. You can use your own desktop and data by plugging the…

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