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Jan31	Nuvvo launches great Skype blogging feature Colbert Low January 31, 2006 Know More: Integration, News 2.0, Integration I was surfing around for some Skype news and found this great site. Sort of reminds of me of the time when elearning was something big and Skybiz made a lot of people rich until the Feds came down hard on them as it was turning into a uncontrollable pyramid scam. I'll be setting up my shop soon on how you can tap into the world of income generation with blogging. So stay tuned. Nuvvo is a free, on-demand, e-learning platform that gives users the ability to teach courses online for free, with tools for content creation and integrated e-commerce. Nuvvo is now integrated with iCal, allowing the user to create and monitoriCal format feeds. Developed on PowerMacs and PowerBooks, Nuvvo is Safari-friendly and includes many Mac-centered features. Nuvvo now has 40% more Skypey goodness. This comes in the form of SkypeWeb, an awesome new feature from Skype that allows you to display your Skype status on your blog, webpage, or web service. Rock. What this means for us Nuvvo types is that instructors and students will be able to display their Skype status in Nuvvo, so students will know if their instructor is available for a chat and vice versa. We’re very happy with the Skype/Nuvvo integration; it brings a synchronous element to a course that gives Nuvvo content a human touch. Nuvvo launches great Skype blogging feature source Posted at 3:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan31	Hello from Netherlands Colbert Low January 31, 2006 Yes....That's right. I am right now in freaking cold Netherlands. What am I doing here in winter. God knows. Netherlands is on GMT +1 time. And the coldest wind I've felt was about -4 celsius... But I love the food... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan30	Skype in Ringtones Deal with Warner Music Colbert Low January 30, 2006 I use Skype frequently now that I am in Netherlands until April 2006 and I need it to get in touch with my wife for a cheaper price. So basically a call from Skypeout to a Malaysian mobile numbers cost around... Continue Reading Posted at 2:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan29	Gates defends Google Colbert Low January 29, 2006 (Source: katoler.cocolog-nifty.com) In a weird day where the media scrutinized Bill Gates' humanitarian contributions against that of Steve Jobs', the Microsoft founder came out in defense of Google's selective censorship in China.In the Times Online article, Gates... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Yahoo Buying Spree Colbert Low January 29, 2006 I've been seeing some recent rumors that Yahoo is in talks with Digg to be bought out for a rumored $30 billion. However, the rumors were denied by Kevin Rose in a recent blog post saying: So, just to set... Continue Reading Posted at 2:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan26	Steve Job's intentions Colbert Low January 26, 2006 Steve Jobs - The Incredible (Source: Newsweek Magazine) A lot has happened between yesterday and Macworld 2006. I discussed Steve Job's intention in my article, "Why didn't Apple go with AMD?", 2 weeks ago, and I think the picture... Continue Reading Posted at 1:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan23	2006 - The Year TV became Omnipresent Colbert Low January 23, 2006 DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) gave TV viewers the ability to watch TV programs at convenient times, "Time-Shifting." With that feature already in place for some time now, the next logical evolutionary step for TV technology would "Location-Shifting," the ability to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan19	PC Sales - U.S. v. The World Colbert Low January 19, 2006 Appropriately following yesterday's article, "America - The not-so High-Speed and Mobile," is today's report from Red Herring: US Losing PC Pace. It is important to note that I'm not dissing America (after all, I live here). As a concerned... Continue Reading Posted at 9:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	50 milliseconds to Judge a Website Colbert Low January 19, 2006 It takes longer to blink than to decide if you like an Internet page or not. Given a 50 millisecond glimpse of various Web sites, test subjects were fast to decide on the Internet website's appeal. This finding is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan18	America - The not-so High-Speed and Mobile Colbert Low January 18, 2006 Colbert blogged about a certain free information service via Text Messaging yesterday, "Free Mobile Search Service from 4INFO." In his article, he lamented that the FREE service is only available in the U.S. I feel obligated to provide some... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Mobile Search service from 4INFO Colbert Low January 18, 2006 Getting free SMS services is quite a rare thing nowadays. Most of the telcos are making tons of money from SMS, MMS and even video calls from consumers nowadays. So when I chance upon this free mobile service offered... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan17	Perks for today's High Tech Workers Colbert Low January 17, 2006 We all know that working for Google is every geek's dream.But it's not so easy to get into Google, is it? The Google Recruitment Math Problem on Highway 101 (Source: MathWorld.wolfram.com) Google is famous (or infamous) for its technically challenging... Continue Reading Posted at 5:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan16	Internet Karma Colbert Low January 16, 2006 Phone Company/Internet Service Executives must have a tough time sleeping at night the day Broadband Services and Network Equipment (e.g. routers, switches, hubs) became affordable. And it is not going to get any easier for them from here onwards. Today,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan14	Technology stressing you out? Drink up! Colbert Low January 14, 2006 Those who have a thing for "THE DRINK" will thank me for the justification. The BIG THREE (Budweiser, Miller, or Coors) can hire me to be their next spokesperson. The best thing about working in IT is the many... Continue Reading Posted at 9:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan13	New 17-Inch LCD Rack Consoles fom Belkin Colbert Low January 13, 2006 Here's a review I seldom do. I normally write up on gadgets at The Gadget Blog but talking about IT hardware will seem weird as I deal with this kind of things almost every day. I'm... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A new Spyware and Keylogger called Spymaster.A Colbert Low January 13, 2006 PandaLabs, a developer of virus and intrusion prevention solutions has detected the appearance of Spymaster.A, a Trojan designed to steal all types of information from computers. It combines spyware and keylogger characteristics, enabling it to capture everything from information... Continue Reading Posted at 4:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan12	Mobile Phone Growth Expected to Decline Colbert Low January 12, 2006 Almost everyone in the civilized world has a cellular phone. Well, I take that back, even terrorists in the remotest part of the world have some form of mobile communication tools. So, this morning I did not spill my... Continue Reading Posted at 7:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan11	Why didn't Apple go with AMD? Colbert Low January 11, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox, Guest Blogger One would think that this would be the logical partnership for Apple. After all, AMD has consistently produced the highest-performing CPU (the Athlon 64 FX-60 was released yesterday) in the market for... Continue Reading Posted at 2:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan10	IT Security Influence Growing Colbert Low January 10, 2006 Information technology and information security has long been regarded as a business expense to many organizations. This view is slowly changing over in the US market where businesses are now using various areas of IT as a revenue generator but... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	You want HOW MUCH for Broadband Access? Colbert Low January 10, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger Broadband Internet access is so accessible and affordable (well, affordability is debatable) these days that many take it for granted. Like any public utility (e.g. power, clean water, and natural gas), one would... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 9	CES 2006 v. Macworld Expo Colbert Low January 9, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger Unless you had no contact with the civilized world this past week, you would have known that North America's largest Consumer Electronic Show, CES 2006, was held in Las Vegas. CES 2006 opened... Continue Reading Posted at 9:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 7	What can we learn from CES 2006? Colbert Low January 7, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger CES 2006 is here, in a tornado of new gadegts, portable media deivces, CPUs, ultra-humongous Flat Panel HDTVs, multi-functional phones, and enough hot-air from IT Big Shots to fill three hot-air balloons.And if... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 5	The Changing Landscape of TV Advertising Colbert Low January 5, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger The landscape for TV advertising is rapidly changing. And this is not just due to TiVo, RePlayTV, and DVRs (either home-brewed or provided by Satellite/Cable Companies), although they played a huge... Continue Reading Posted at 2:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Security Analysis Tools for Windows and Linux Systems Colbert Low January 5, 2006 InfoWorld magazine recently selected the Fortify Software Source Code Analysis suite as the "Best Security Analysis Tool" in the magazine's "Technology of the Year 2006" issue. With so many security breaches, viruses, spyware prevalent out in the wild, it's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 4	The Google PC Colbert Low January 4, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger As the Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2006) in Las Vegas draws near (January 5 - 8, 2006), speculations about who's doing what is rife in the "Soap-Opera dramatic" IT Industry. Most of us... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 3	IT Skills v. Managerial Skills Colbert Low January 3, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger You may be the best and fastest 'Code-Slinger' in the West, literally, but all that don't mean Jack if you don't have LEADERSHIP and PEOPLE skills, according to a report by TechRepublic. For... Continue Reading Posted at 7:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 1	Windows Live - Free Beta Trials Colbert Low January 1, 2006 Windows Live Ideas (Source: www.tecnocino.it ) By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger Microsoft is accepting Beta Signups for the 'Windows Live' Service . According to the Redmond, WA company, 'Windows Live' is a new set of Internet software... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Jan31	Nuvvo launches great Skype blogging feature Colbert Low January 31, 2006 Know More: Integration, News 2.0, Integration I was surfing around for some Skype news and found this great site. Sort of reminds of me of the time when elearning was something big and Skybiz made a lot of people rich until the Feds came down hard on them as it was turning into a uncontrollable pyramid scam. I'll be setting up my shop soon on how you can tap into the world of income generation with blogging. So stay tuned. Nuvvo is a free, on-demand, e-learning platform that gives users the ability to teach courses online for free, with tools for content creation and integrated e-commerce. Nuvvo is now integrated with iCal, allowing the user to create and monitoriCal format feeds. Developed on PowerMacs and PowerBooks, Nuvvo is Safari-friendly and includes many Mac-centered features. Nuvvo now has 40% more Skypey goodness. This comes in the form of SkypeWeb, an awesome new feature from Skype that allows you to display your Skype status on your blog, webpage, or web service. Rock. What this means for us Nuvvo types is that instructors and students will be able to display their Skype status in Nuvvo, so students will know if their instructor is available for a chat and vice versa. We’re very happy with the Skype/Nuvvo integration; it brings a synchronous element to a course that gives Nuvvo content a human touch. Nuvvo launches great Skype blogging feature source Posted at 3:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan31	Hello from Netherlands Colbert Low January 31, 2006 Yes....That's right. I am right now in freaking cold Netherlands. What am I doing here in winter. God knows. Netherlands is on GMT +1 time. And the coldest wind I've felt was about -4 celsius... But I love the food... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan30	Skype in Ringtones Deal with Warner Music Colbert Low January 30, 2006 I use Skype frequently now that I am in Netherlands until April 2006 and I need it to get in touch with my wife for a cheaper price. So basically a call from Skypeout to a Malaysian mobile numbers cost around... Continue Reading Posted at 2:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan29	Gates defends Google Colbert Low January 29, 2006 (Source: katoler.cocolog-nifty.com) In a weird day where the media scrutinized Bill Gates' humanitarian contributions against that of Steve Jobs', the Microsoft founder came out in defense of Google's selective censorship in China.In the Times Online article, Gates... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Yahoo Buying Spree Colbert Low January 29, 2006 I've been seeing some recent rumors that Yahoo is in talks with Digg to be bought out for a rumored $30 billion. However, the rumors were denied by Kevin Rose in a recent blog post saying: So, just to set... Continue Reading Posted at 2:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan26	Steve Job's intentions Colbert Low January 26, 2006 Steve Jobs - The Incredible (Source: Newsweek Magazine) A lot has happened between yesterday and Macworld 2006. I discussed Steve Job's intention in my article, "Why didn't Apple go with AMD?", 2 weeks ago, and I think the picture... Continue Reading Posted at 1:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan23	2006 - The Year TV became Omnipresent Colbert Low January 23, 2006 DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) gave TV viewers the ability to watch TV programs at convenient times, "Time-Shifting." With that feature already in place for some time now, the next logical evolutionary step for TV technology would "Location-Shifting," the ability to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan19	PC Sales - U.S. v. The World Colbert Low January 19, 2006 Appropriately following yesterday's article, "America - The not-so High-Speed and Mobile," is today's report from Red Herring: US Losing PC Pace. It is important to note that I'm not dissing America (after all, I live here). As a concerned... Continue Reading Posted at 9:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	50 milliseconds to Judge a Website Colbert Low January 19, 2006 It takes longer to blink than to decide if you like an Internet page or not. Given a 50 millisecond glimpse of various Web sites, test subjects were fast to decide on the Internet website's appeal. This finding is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan18	America - The not-so High-Speed and Mobile Colbert Low January 18, 2006 Colbert blogged about a certain free information service via Text Messaging yesterday, "Free Mobile Search Service from 4INFO." In his article, he lamented that the FREE service is only available in the U.S. I feel obligated to provide some... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Mobile Search service from 4INFO Colbert Low January 18, 2006 Getting free SMS services is quite a rare thing nowadays. Most of the telcos are making tons of money from SMS, MMS and even video calls from consumers nowadays. So when I chance upon this free mobile service offered... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan17	Perks for today's High Tech Workers Colbert Low January 17, 2006 We all know that working for Google is every geek's dream.But it's not so easy to get into Google, is it? The Google Recruitment Math Problem on Highway 101 (Source: MathWorld.wolfram.com) Google is famous (or infamous) for its technically challenging... Continue Reading Posted at 5:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan16	Internet Karma Colbert Low January 16, 2006 Phone Company/Internet Service Executives must have a tough time sleeping at night the day Broadband Services and Network Equipment (e.g. routers, switches, hubs) became affordable. And it is not going to get any easier for them from here onwards. Today,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan14	Technology stressing you out? Drink up! Colbert Low January 14, 2006 Those who have a thing for "THE DRINK" will thank me for the justification. The BIG THREE (Budweiser, Miller, or Coors) can hire me to be their next spokesperson. The best thing about working in IT is the many... Continue Reading Posted at 9:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan13	New 17-Inch LCD Rack Consoles fom Belkin Colbert Low January 13, 2006 Here's a review I seldom do. I normally write up on gadgets at The Gadget Blog but talking about IT hardware will seem weird as I deal with this kind of things almost every day. I'm... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A new Spyware and Keylogger called Spymaster.A Colbert Low January 13, 2006 PandaLabs, a developer of virus and intrusion prevention solutions has detected the appearance of Spymaster.A, a Trojan designed to steal all types of information from computers. It combines spyware and keylogger characteristics, enabling it to capture everything from information... Continue Reading Posted at 4:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan12	Mobile Phone Growth Expected to Decline Colbert Low January 12, 2006 Almost everyone in the civilized world has a cellular phone. Well, I take that back, even terrorists in the remotest part of the world have some form of mobile communication tools. So, this morning I did not spill my... Continue Reading Posted at 7:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan11	Why didn't Apple go with AMD? Colbert Low January 11, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox, Guest Blogger One would think that this would be the logical partnership for Apple. After all, AMD has consistently produced the highest-performing CPU (the Athlon 64 FX-60 was released yesterday) in the market for... Continue Reading Posted at 2:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan10	IT Security Influence Growing Colbert Low January 10, 2006 Information technology and information security has long been regarded as a business expense to many organizations. This view is slowly changing over in the US market where businesses are now using various areas of IT as a revenue generator but... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	You want HOW MUCH for Broadband Access? Colbert Low January 10, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger Broadband Internet access is so accessible and affordable (well, affordability is debatable) these days that many take it for granted. Like any public utility (e.g. power, clean water, and natural gas), one would... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 9	CES 2006 v. Macworld Expo Colbert Low January 9, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger Unless you had no contact with the civilized world this past week, you would have known that North America's largest Consumer Electronic Show, CES 2006, was held in Las Vegas. CES 2006 opened... Continue Reading Posted at 9:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 7	What can we learn from CES 2006? Colbert Low January 7, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger CES 2006 is here, in a tornado of new gadegts, portable media deivces, CPUs, ultra-humongous Flat Panel HDTVs, multi-functional phones, and enough hot-air from IT Big Shots to fill three hot-air balloons.And if... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 5	The Changing Landscape of TV Advertising Colbert Low January 5, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger The landscape for TV advertising is rapidly changing. And this is not just due to TiVo, RePlayTV, and DVRs (either home-brewed or provided by Satellite/Cable Companies), although they played a huge... Continue Reading Posted at 2:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Security Analysis Tools for Windows and Linux Systems Colbert Low January 5, 2006 InfoWorld magazine recently selected the Fortify Software Source Code Analysis suite as the "Best Security Analysis Tool" in the magazine's "Technology of the Year 2006" issue. With so many security breaches, viruses, spyware prevalent out in the wild, it's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 4	The Google PC Colbert Low January 4, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger As the Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2006) in Las Vegas draws near (January 5 - 8, 2006), speculations about who's doing what is rife in the "Soap-Opera dramatic" IT Industry. Most of us... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 3	IT Skills v. Managerial Skills Colbert Low January 3, 2006 By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger You may be the best and fastest 'Code-Slinger' in the West, literally, but all that don't mean Jack if you don't have LEADERSHIP and PEOPLE skills, according to a report by TechRepublic. For... Continue Reading Posted at 7:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jan 1	Windows Live - Free Beta Trials Colbert Low January 1, 2006 Windows Live Ideas (Source: www.tecnocino.it ) By YC from the Technocrat Soapbox,Guest Blogger Microsoft is accepting Beta Signups for the 'Windows Live' Service . According to the Redmond, WA company, 'Windows Live' is a new set of Internet software... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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