Twitter feed of CPAN updates

http://twitter.com/cpan_linked

Perl add-on modules are managed on CPAN. Now rjray ( http://rjray.org , http://use.perl.org/~rjray/ ) has created a twitter-bot to track the changes. Very cool! Plus there is a feed automatically from twitter, so now you can get the updates in an RSS reader too!

Mobile Microsoft Office upgrade

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4b106c1f-51e2-42f0-ba32-69bb7e9a3814&displaylang=en&tm

Seen at http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6934.html ...

Internet Explorer cache setting on Samsung i760

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/samsung-sch-i760/93453-free-ram-size-i760.html

"...
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet\Settings\5.0\Cache\Content

Change the DWord "CacheLimit" from a whopping 32768kb (32 megs!?!?) to a more manageable 2048 (2 megs) or 3072 (3 megs).
..."

I am copying this from pdaphonehome because this is really good info we don't want to lose!

New Google Maps Mobile locates you without GPS

http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6932.html

Download the newest Google Maps for PocketPC - turns out it can locate you by your cell tower. Very cool!

Verizon to open their network to any device

http://slashdot.org/palm/21/07/11/27/1818251_1.shtml

Well this is the knee of some curve of the future rushing at us for sure. Vzw opening their network? Wow! The crown jewels put to work.. risky, but the payback could be huge for everyone.

Internet Explorer for Mac and Linux

This for testing web development against IE, from Mac or Linux machines...

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

Seen here:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Webworkerdaily/~3/189386647/

Vista Folder Template Views

One of my main complaints with Vista (the other is search) is that if Vista suspects there is a picture or an audio file anywhere around it changes the folder view from the familiar columns (Name, Date Modified, Type, and Size) to some freakish star-based columns. I have been searching for almost a year for a foolproof way to fix this. After Googling this for the millionth time I happened on http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/720912.html . The advice is contradictory and confusing, but I was able to put together the following method for finally resolving my problem (hopefully). YMMV:

• Pick a folder under C:\, and left-click it in the left explorer pane to bring up a view of it on the right.
• Right-click and choose Customize - set to first view template, click ok.
• Set DETAILS view and NAME, DATE MODIFIED, TYPE, and SIZE headers, sort on TYPE.
• Choose Tools/Folder Options from the Explorer menu.
• From the view tab, choose "Apply to folders".
• Go back and do the same for all other view templates.

Update for Google Maps for Windows Mobile

http://www.google.com/gmm/whatsnew.html?hl=en
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6898.html

Google maps for Windows Mobile has been updated.

Kindle ebook reader from Amazon

http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/97620/windowspaulthurrott_97620.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA

Watch the video on Amazon's page. This thing is amazing. This whispernet network has a lot more applications too... Groundbreaking device, wow!

Evernote for Windows Mobile

http://www.evernote.com/products/evernote/technology_preview/

Finally! After literally years of waiting (for me and others) Evernote has heard our whining and complaining and made some strides on getting a PocketPC and Smartphone version of Evernote out. It's not even a beta, but at this point we're just happy to see anything! Way to go EverNote!

i760 MMS issue and possible new today screen

http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/board/2120/implement-the-new-htc-touch-interface-to-your-pocket-pc.html

http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=4618

This is a today screen replacement hacked from HTC that looks nice - but seems to be causing looping reboots for some people - perhaps when it gets more stable...

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/samsung-sch-i760/93850-mms-2.html

So lots of folks are having the messy MMS problem. Doesn't look like there is a clean solution either. From our experience do not call Verizon on this - they will whack you!

i760 combo cable now available

http://www.thepocketsolution.com/PSI-42998.html

So there are several configurations, but the basic idea is data and power over one cable like it should be.

Tubes

http://www.tubesnow.com

This so reminds me of Ray Ozzie's (think Lotus Notes and now Microsoft) Groove - peer to peer "containers", kind of like a content VPN with some application handling built into it.

Good info on Open Social

http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/10/open-social-a-n.html

Here's a good explanation of the Google API "Open Social" for apps on social networks, from Marc Andreessen.

Black Friday

http://bfads.net/

A site that aggregates flyers for upcoming Black Friday, before they come out. Basically industrial espionage, but for consumers. How helpful! Now you know whether to strike on that Woot (http://woot.com) or not...

The perfect PC for almost everyone these days

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614

A sub-$200 pc running Ubuntu with a lot of links to Google online apps. The future is here - perfect for everyone except gamers. I wouldn't be surprised if these flew off the shelves for Christmas - if not this year the next.. Thanks Paul!

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/11/02/pcs-break-the-200-barrier.aspx

"formerly called the cellphone"

The title is a quote from Elizabeth Corcoran at Forbes from the article http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/11/02/apple-google-iphone-tech-cx_ec_1105innovate.html . Google has certainly done it again with the twin left hooks the "Open Handset Alliance" (formerly the "Googlephone" :)) http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/05/gphone-google-phone-tech-cz_qh_1105gphone1.html (thanks for the link Pete), and the "OpenSocial" toolkit http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/10/31/google-facebook-networking-technology-cx_rr_1101social.html .