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Ginger Bread (android 2.3) on Droid 1

Image via Wikipedia Just tested LGB on my Droid 1. This is a nice ROM – responsive and fun. The most impressive feature is the built-in SIP capabilities. I had countless lost calls with Sipdroid on my Froyo (android 2.2) … Continue reading

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Video call coming to Skype on iOS

The latest skype update in itunes app store brings video call capabilities to iOS devices. Now, you can do video calls among your iOS device and desktop. It is better than Facetime because: Facetime supports iOS and Mac OS X … Continue reading

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Push notification for Google Voice 0.3.2

The most recent update of Google Voice for Android (0.3.2) brings real-time push notification to the phone. Previously it was a pull rather than push from the server, and Google Voice client needed to poll the server every 5 minutes. … Continue reading

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When not to put debug info on your production site

Title says it all. http://outlet.lenovo.com/report/?id=-528847430&s=public SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 5 Out of memory (Needed 25165796 bytes) Trace: #0 /chroot/home/lenovoco/lenovo.com/html/lib/Zend/Db/Statement.php(283): Zend_Db_Statement_Pdo->_execute(Array) #1 /chroot/home/lenovoco/lenovo.com/html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(457): Zend_Db_Statement->execute(Array) #2 /chroot/home/lenovoco/lenovo.com/html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php(230): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query(‘SELECT COUNT(DI…’, Array) #3 /chroot/home/lenovoco/lenovo.com/html/lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php(281): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract->query(‘SELECT COUNT(DI…’, Array) #4 /chroot/home/lenovoco/lenovo.com/html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(761): Varien_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql->query(Object(Varien_Db_Select), Array) #5 /chroot/home/lenovoco/lenovo.com/html/lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Db.php(162): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->fetchOne(Object(Varien_Db_Select), Array) … Continue reading

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Using Confluence Office Connector in Mac / Firefox

A lot of you have been using Confluence from Atlassian, which is a great tool for content collaboration. In order to get users involved in the process of collaboration, the system has to be made simple enough to use. Cumbersome … Continue reading

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Restful Web Service for Java

RESTEasy, CXF, Jersey, or Restlet?

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yuan, yen, and won

Image via Wikipedia Sometimes people are confused over the currency names from east Asia – Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen, and Korean Won. These names sound similar. They do sound alike for a reason – they came from the exact same … Continue reading

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Chrome for Mac beta (4.0.249.30) is out

Google Chrome for Mac‘s recent dev update 4.0.249.30 was promoted to Beta today. This means you can directly download Chrome for Mac from Google’s main Chrome site instead of dev channel. I have been using the dev version since it … Continue reading

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Gizmo5 now part of Google

According to TechCrunch, Gizmo5 is part of Google now. That implies Google Voice will have more features. Yes, it also means I might be able to make VoIP calls on my Droid soon.

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Verizon Wireless Droid Test Drive

This morning I picked up a Droid from my the local VZW store. My iPhone was out of contract and I have been looking forward to an android phone. Overall, I like this phone It seems to be more responsive … Continue reading

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