freshmeat.net: Project details for Palantir
Palantir is a client-server streaming system designed to transmit live video, audio, and data over a TCP/IP network. The server runs on a Linux box. The supplied Java client can display the live video stream as well as interact with hardware devices connected to the server. A native Windows client also allows full-duplex audio communications with the server.
AOL Adds Podcasting to Portal
BetaNews | AOL Launches Podcasting Site, Search
AOL on Wednesday unveiled a new podcasting section on its AOL.com portal, which highlights the best podcasts and a Podcasting 101 guide on how to get started with the emerging technology. Along with its hosted podcasts, AOL offers a search utility powered by iPodder.
Flock: A Browser for Social Web
Wired News: Killer Buzz Flocks to New Browser
Flock advertises itself as a “social browser,” meaning that the application plays nicely with popular web services like Flickr, Technorati and del.icio.us. Flock also features widely compliant WYSIWYG, drag-and-drop blogging tools. The browser even promises to detect and authenticate all those user accounts automatically. It’s a clear attempt to be the browser of choice for the Web 2.0 user.
MySQL Stored Procedures
MySQL Stored Procedures: Part 1
A stored procedure is simply a procedure that is stored on the database server. MySQL developers have to date unthinkingly written and stored their procedures on the application (or web) server, mainly because there hasn’t been an option.
Google Blog Search Beta
Slashdot | Google’s Blog Search
“Google BlogSearch beta is out. Clean UI, fast responses, not yet such a great index, but it is getting there. That’s what you should find in the much-awaited new Google service. Some say Technorati and friends have been having nightmares about this very day.“
Anyone Remember PhoneBlogger?
Phillip @ MAKE:Blog linked to PhoneBlogger, which reminded me that there was a bit of activity in the getting voice on your blog a couple of year’s back (the PhoneBlogger code is almost 2 years old). Well to all of that you can add Classcaster. I think that CLasscaster may be among the few tightly integrated telephony/blogging/podcasting systems out there. Now if I could just get some folks to come and play…
MAKE: Blog: Post to your blog with PhoneBlogger and VoiceXML…
PhoneBlogger is a tool for publishing to a blog via a phone call. PhoneBlogger is an automated voice application that first asks you for info about which pre-configured blog you wish to post to. After collecting the necessary information, PhoneBlogger records your audio message. Finally, it posts a blog entry that links to the recorded audio.
MSFT Bags Sept Patch Day Update Due to Quality Issues
Microsoft Cancels September Patch Day Update
Microsoft Corp. late Friday cancelled plans to roll out a solitary bulletin with patches for a Windows flaw, citing an unknown “quality issue.”The software giant announced on Thursday that a single “critical” bulletin would cover a wormable vulnerability.
During last-minute testing, however, researchers at Redmond flagged some problems with the update.
“Late in the testing process, Microsoft encountered a quality issue that necessitated … additional testing and development [of the update] before it is released,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Ziff Davis Internet News.
NYLS Announce 3rd Annual State of Play Confab
Third Annual State of Play Conference on Law and Virtual Worlds to Examine ‘Social Revolutions’
Participants will explore social interaction, collective action in massively multiplayer online games on October 6-8, 2005 at New York Law School
eBay Buys Skype 4 2 Much Money
When I heard these rumors last week I assumed that it was just somebody’s idea of a bad joke. What does eBay get for its money? A non-standard geek infested VOIP phone system? Why? I getthat eBay could build all sorts of nifty VOIP apps to helps its business, but come on $2.6 billion? Just download Asterisk and go to town. I hope thgere is more to this story.
Slashdot | eBay To Buy Skype For $2.6 Billion
“It’s not a rumour anymore. BBC News online reports that eBay will pay ‘half the amount in cash and the other half in stocks to create an unparalleled e-commerce and communications engine’.” The $2.6 billion purchase would give eBay access to the VoIP market, of which Skype claims it has 2 million users online at any given time. BBC speculates that eBay will use Skype to allow sellers and bidders to communicate via voice; I have also heard that live auctions a la Sothebys might also be a possibility. Also reported at Wall Street Journal (registration), New York Times.“
PHP Voice – Classes for dealing with voice in PHP apps
I wonder if I can break this?
freshmeat.net: Project details for PHP Voice
PHP Voice (formerly known as PHP VXML) contain four classes that assist in developing voice application using PHP. It supports Speech Synthesis Markup Language 1.0, Speech Recognition Grammar Specification 1.0, Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML 1.0, and Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.0.