‘Mercy Corps’ new education center goes high-tech’

July 26, 2008

The relief agency will use whiz-bang interactivity to “inspire a generation of young people” Tuesday, July 08, 2008 STEPHEN BEAVEN The Oregonian Staff “When Mercy Corps opens its new headquarters next year in Old Town Chinatown, visitors will enter on Southwest Ankeny Street to find 3,500 square feet of technological wizardry aimed at engaging them […]

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The world’s happiest VSAT customer

July 26, 2008

A sincere tribute, praising Telecom Namibia’s recent efforts. 25 Jul 2008 Time, Ladies & Gentlemen, to deliver a deserving eulogy. Four of your staff, or sub-contractors, made the effort, and took the time, to visit my particularly remote farm office today. John Human, Desmond Fick, Markus Ipangelwa (from the commercial side – oh, dread!) and […]

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A word on export compliance for all of those gizmos

July 26, 2008

All of you logistics officers that are frantically shipping technology to the ends of the earth should realize one thing – the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security owns you!  You may not know who these bad boys are and if you don’t you better start making a list for your in-house counsel for their […]

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WIRED’s Gadget Lab is certain this time that the Nokia E71 is an iPhone killer

July 25, 2008

With a bright and shiny pic WIRED‘s Gadget Lab posts their verdict on the Nokia E71.  Wow, people really like this thing.  Here’s a bit of the juice: “The E71 looks more like a Blackberry Killer, but don’t be fooled: This great white hope from Finland is a smart device that gives the iPhone a […]

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‘Télécoms Sans Frontières Celebrates 10th Anniversary’

July 25, 2008

From the Télécoms Sans Frontières site: Pau, 3 July 2008 – Ten years ago, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), the first humanitarian organization specialized in emergency telecommunications was born. The idea for Télécoms Sans Frontières was the result of a simple observation made after many years’ experience with general humanitarian charities, based on listening to those […]

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UNHCR’s Flickr Photostream

July 25, 2008

For those of you forgot what the field looks like, and for those of you have never seen it, there is a great UNHCR photostream over on Flickr.  Click the pic or HERE to be taken there. Tweet

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Ubuntu’s bleeding edge – Intrepid Ibex Alpha 3

July 25, 2008

Wow, these folks just don’t slow down.  If you are already fed up with Hardy Heron head on over to Ubuntu‘s Intrepid Ibex site for the Alpha version. Tweet

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Nokia N95 + Qik + Chad = not happening

July 25, 2008

Ok, here’s another one from WIRED magazine’s DangerRoom.  Sorry to pitch two of their posts in the same week but the guy is in Chad and I start getting all sentimental when I read his dispatches.  I sure do miss Guereda and the French MRE’s. David Axe has a story about his attempt to use […]

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Who doesn’t want a waterproof phone?

July 25, 2008

Now I admit this is about as far out there as you can get with a gadget review but what else are you going to blow your hard earned cash on?  You know you already dropped $700 at the Nokia store in the Frankfurt Airport Duty Free on your way home from your last gig […]

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Xobni – Outlook on steroids

July 24, 2008

Some folks I know are mighty impressed with Xobni.  Apparently, it makes keeping track of all those contacts much easier.  You can follow conversation threads and find all your LinkedIn connections at the same time.  Here’s the demo video: If you are sold on the product and want to use it for free click HERE. […]

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