Wow some people can seriously do alot with technology! “Over the last few weeks I’ve built myself a mobile access point for my car. It’s based on a Soekris net2421 embedded Linux box and uses Verizon’s 1xRTT/EVDO network as its uplink, resharing it over 802.11b. Wherever my car goes, my Internet link goes! I finally put some webpages together on how I built it. The components are pretty cheap and anybody with basic Linux skills can build their own just as easily. I’ve also got it interfacing with Google Maps to do live vehicle tracking via gpsd. It also uploads...

Today I discovered a new feature of Google: “My Search History”. Google now saves the things you search (of course only when you activate the feature) and has therefore added a login button on it’s front page [scr shot]. Looks like Google is evolving in a portal… You can activate the feature in Google Labs, or go directly to the My Search History page here. The My Search History page contains a ‘calender’ like most blogs have these days with the days in bold on which you searched something. If you click a day you get a list with clicked results and searches without...

Well its nice to see animals can help? The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it’s looking to a monkey. “Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it,” said Mesa Officer Sean Truelove, who builds and operates tactical robots for the suburban Phoenix SWAT team. “It would change the way we do business.” Truelove is spearheading the department’s request to purchase and train a capuchin monkey, considered the second smartest primate to the chimpanzee. The department is seeking...

Well this came as a bit of a shocker…! Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe’s and Macromedia’s closing prices on Friday April 15, 2005, this represents...

“Paul Thurrott has posted a review of Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ on his SuperSite for Windows. He gives it a score of 4 out of 5. Interesting to get a Microsoft Windows journalist’s take on Tiger, especially one as hardcore as Thurrott. In the article, he actually confesses that he has ‘been a Mac fan [his] entire life.’ Interesting, considering some of his criticism of Apple’s work in the past.” Allow me to make a confession that may surprise you. I’ve been a Mac fan my entire life. Back in 1987, when my house burned down after a Christmas tree mishap...

Firefox 1.0.3 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.0.3: * Several security fixes. * Fix to improve update process. MFSA 2005-33 Javascript “lambda” replace exposes memory contents MFSA 2005-34 javascript: PLUGINSPAGE code execution MFSA 2005-35 Showing blocked javascript: popup uses wrong privilege context MFSA 2005-36 Cross-site scripting through global scope pollution MFSA 2005-37 Code execution...

It seems the release date of GMail is coming closer and closer: GMail is now available in other languages than English. English is just another language… Use Gmail in the language you want! The interface is now available in 12 more languages: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, simplified and traditional Chinese. And UK English. We like choices. Learn more Although I speak Dutch, I think I’ll stick to the English version for now, that will ensure me that I get the new features as they arrive… plus: I had a look at the Dutch one, and...

So Messenger Plus! is up to its latest amazing updates: The new version of Messenger Plus! -for those who’ve been cryogenically frozen for the last four years, that’s the world’s most popular plugin for Messenger- takes care of a couple of bugs with emotion sounds, the quick emoticons panel and startup problems alongside visual and general improvements. The most prominent changes in build 3.51.128 include: - Alternate mode (Plus! > Preferences > General Options > Miscellaneous) for people with startup problems. - The custom emoticon problem for the Quick Icon panel...