74 Open Source VoIP Apps & Resources Posted in Features When a body of independent auditors and experts recommended that the State of California consider open-source software and Voice over Internet Protocol telephony (VoIP) as two measures to cut costs in 2004, that was the signal that open source and VoIP should unite. After all, what’s better than free software? Open source projects in other fields like medicine have revolutionized the tools used in ultrasound, x-rays, surgery, radiology and even data. Why can’t the same happen with communications? (Hint: it can.) Open source is better, because you have access to the code. What’s better than open source? Open source that’s focused on VoIP. That’s what you get here — 74 open source apps tucked into categories that you can use “as is” or change to fit your specific VoIP needs.

Asterisk® Asterisk is the world’s leading open source PBXi, telephony engine, and telephony applications toolkit. Offering flexibility unheard of in the world of proprietary communications, Asterisk empowers developers and integrators to create advanced communication solutions…for free. Learn more

Notebook Hardware Control helps you to: - control the hardware and system power management - customize the notebook (open source ACPI Control System) - prolong the battery lifetime - cool down the system and reduce power consumption - monitor the hardware to avoid system failure - make your notebook quiet

Five-Dimensional DVD Could Store 1.6 Terabytes By Prachi Patel First Published May 2009 Data is held in multiple layers, wavelengths, and polarizations

PHOTO: James Chon/Swinburne University of Technology

20 May 2009—To cram more data on DVDs than the high-density Blu-ray format allows, manufacturers will have to go three-dimensional and stack data in multiple layers. Researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology, in Hawthorn, Australia, have now found a way to add two more dimensions to optical-disc recording: wavelength and polarization. The technique could pack 1.6 terabytes of data on a standard-size DVD, the researchers say—the equivalent of 30 Blu-ray discs. What’s more, it could be compatible with today’s disk-drive technology. [for more follow link]

Some 16-bit DOS-based Programs and the Command Prompt will not run in full-screen mode in Windows Vista View products that this article applies to. Expand all | Collapse all SYMPTOMS You may find that some 16-bit DOS-based programs do not run in full-screen mode… You may find that some 16-bit DOS-based programs do not run in full-screen mode in Windows Vista. You cannot set a Command Prompt (CMD) window to display in full-screen mode. Note This symptom only applies to 32-bit versions of Windows Vista. 16-bit programs are not supported on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista. Back to the top CAUSE The issue occurs because the Vista device drivers do not support running all of… The issue occurs because the Vista device drivers do not support running all of the DOS video modes. The Vista device drivers are based on the Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM). Back to the top WORKAROUND You may be able to work around this problem by installing the Microsoft Windows… You may be able to work around this problem by installing the Microsoft Windows XP version of the video drivers for your video adapter. Contact the manufacturer of your video adapter for more information about how to obtain the Windows XP version of the video drivers for your video adapter. For information about how to contact the manufacturer of your video adapter, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 65416 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K 60781 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P 60782 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z Back to the top APPLIES TO * Windows Vista Business * Windows Vista Enterprise * Windows Vista Home Basic * Windows Vista Home Premium * Windows Vista Starter * Windows Vista Ultimate Back to the top Keywords: kbtshoot kbinfo kbprb kbexpertisebeginner KB926657 Back to the top

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Sony X-Series Walkman

Price: £TBC
Link: Sony

Sony invented the portable music player, but has spent the Mp3 age playing catch-up to Apple, Creative… even Microsoft in the States. But now, the gnarled old champ is back to reclaim its crown.

The X-Series comes in 16GB and 32GB sizes and has a button-bright, pin-sharp, three-inch OLED touchscreen. Wi-Fi means you’ll be able to download podcasts and browse the web.

There’s even support for iTunes’ AAC tracks now they’re DrM-free, and video downloads from BBC’s iplayer. it goes without saying that the sound quality is impeccable, bolstered by built-in noise cancelling.  The Walkman legend lives again.

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Sony Reader PRS-700BC

Price: $400
Link: Sony

The latest incarnation of Sony’s Reader improves on the original with a six-inch touchscreen and faster internal processor. Flick your finger to turn a page, highlight and annotate text with the stylus and search for prose via pop-up virtual keyboard.

It supports multiple text file formats, will let you leaf through 7,500 pages on one charge of its battery and there’s space for around 300 books, or thousands if you care to stick in an SD or Memory Stick. Fingers crossed for a UK launch very soon.

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Sony VAIO P-series

Price: £969
Link: Sony

With this premium netbook, Sony has run in and clean bowled a slowto-react Apple, first ball. The first of three Sony products in the top ten is its astonishing P-Series ultra-portable netbook.

Weighing just 638g and small enough to fit in the back pocket of your jeans – yes, we’ve tested this – Sony’s icily beautiful device nonetheless has a pretty-much full-size keyboard, up to 128GB of solid state storage and a luscious, eight-inch, 1600×768, LED-lit widescreen, while built-in 3G gives you high-speed web access anywhere.

10. Can’t stick their heads out of Windows ‘95

9. Too difficukt to “mark” every web site

8. Can’t help attacking the screen when they hear “You’ve got mail!”

7. Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they’re browsing www.penthouse.com instead of working.

6. Still trying to come up with an “emoticon” that signifies tail-wagging.

5. Three words: Carpal Paw Syndrome

4.’Cause dogs ain’t GEEKS! But cats on the other hand…

3. SmellU-SmellMe still in beta testing.

2. Saliva-coated mouse gets mighty difficult to manuever.

& the #1 reason dogs don’t use computers…

1.TrO{gO DsA[R,bN HyAqR4tDc TgrOo TgYPmEWeIjTyH P;AzWqS,. …Hint read caps

Windows computer users can share files among them with the “Sharing” function but I bet some people may find that the process is not easy enough for end users. To make file sharing easier for friends and families to download / upload files and folders among them, thus I wrote this post - a beginner’s guide on how to setup your own home network file server with a freeware called HFS (HTTP File Server).

Firefox Extension

• httProxy:
  A firefox extension for proxyfing the sites. Also included pkblogs.com along with other options.
• Dilettante via pkblogs or Dilettante:
  A Greasemonkey script to use Coral Cache to rewrite Blogspot URLs. It’s at the bottom of the post.
• Blogspot2Inblogs:
  A Greasmonkey script to use the service at InBlogs to rewrite Blogsport URLs.
• browseatwork.com FireFox extensions A couple of FireFox extensions that can be used to bypass the ban.

Proxy server list

One way to visit a blocked site is through another site, generally called a proxy site or proxy server. Some proxies are listed below.

• Shady Proxy
• http://www.SkunkRox.com
• A-Z Proxies
• http://www.proxy.org
• http://www.proxy.biz
• A wml proxy site from Google. This proxy can access all pages no matter where you are. Its very useful on WAP enabled mobile handsets. All contents from web are available without any ads. Courtesy Harshad Joshi.
• www.boreproxy.com ((below the link for favourites you will find an edit box; enter URI there)
• Shadow Surf
• Proxy Unlimited
• Shy Surfer
• Dave Proxy - UK Based
• Access Blocked Sites
• Ninja Proxy
• SFAP Proxy
• Anonymouse Proxy (cookies are not stored, so you cannot submit comment with saved Username & Password.)
• Unipeak
• Cheetah Rox
• Cybersyndrome
• Search in google for nph proxy.cgi, you’ll get lots of free proxies.
• Information on JAP proxy which has a huge list of proxy servers and one could easily setup a PEERING point within India too if one wishes to.

[edit] Using TOR to bypass the block

• Onion Routing for the Paranoid
• Tor and the FoxyProxy extension for Firefox
• Torpark

 

[edit] By Using Google Web Accelerator

Downloadand install Google Web accelreator and bypass the BAN. When using GWA, you actually access the blogspot pages from the Google Proxy server, where they are cached and not directly from the blogspot server.

For sites blocked by domain names

• Using google translate, e.g., if the blog is “blogyouwanttoread.blogspot.com”, then use

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=blogyouwanttoread.blogspot.com

or try http://my.opera.com/libertyfreedomtruth/blog/index.dml/tag/HOW%20TO%20BYPASS%20BLOG%20BAN