Rafael Nadal wins Roland Garros. Again.

This is one of tennis’ paradoxes and it makes the Grand Slams this year, and I guess probably for some years to come, so much more interesting. Roger Federer (pictured left) is one of the best and most promising male tennis players in the world, and some argue one of the greatest, if not the […]

The Collaboration API

I just read that Apple might include a Collaboration API in Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”. I have seen no information about the technical aspects of this (and it’s just an unreliable rumour), so my critique will remain rooted in past technologies Apple has released and their general approach to sharing their technology with the […]

Integrating Skype and Asterisk

What is Skype? What is Asterisk? The Skype/Asterisk Link Some final words Technology is changing the telecoms industry (and market) so rapidly it’s sometimes easy to lose yourself in the chaos, especially if you’re not interested/involved in the technology field. Telecom companies are typically manned by ‘traditional’ engineers/salespeople/managers that have no clue about (and no […]

Υπότιτλοι στο πρίσμα+ μέσω DVB-TXT (Teletext)

Να και το πρώτο βήμα προς τον εκπολιτισμό της ψηφιακής. Στο πρίσμα+ πλέον μπορείτε να επιλέξετε αν θέλετε να βλέπετε υποτίτλους. Πλέον δεν εμφανίζονται (στα προγράμματα που δεν έχουν καμμένους τους υπότιτλους στο video track) παρα μόνον αν πάτε στο teletext σελίδα 888. Καιρός ήταν αν και η χρήση DVB-SUB θα ήταν προτιμητέα. Άντε και […]

Comparing Bluetooth GPS receivers

A few days after the debacle with the Holux GPSlim 236 and its faulty Bluetooth Radio (I returned the unit to Expansys France for a refund), I got another SiRF III unit to replace it. This time it wasn’t a Holux product, but the more ‘conventional’ (perhaps the ‘standard’) GlobalSat BT-338.