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RoundCube Mail November 10th, 2005

Finally something to shout about, while I was doing some random searching I stumbled upon this GoodBye squirrelmail, Hello RoundCube

After reading that It lead me to the RoundCube
Basically it’s a Web based IMAP client and unlike Squirrlemail it has a fantastic interface.
In terms of web IMAP clients there is little choice out there and kudos to Squirrlemail, they do have a good product but something needed to be done about the interface it just didn’t hold up.

I think that we might have Google to thank but probably more specifically Gmail with it’s AJAX interface and then Yahoo following suit with it’s interface and the Yahoo Photo Mail (need internet explorer)

I’m just happy that there is something else out there to try, and considering that it’s still in alpha release i’m estatic with it, i think that it’s fantastic.

There is one more webmail client that i will try out, ilohamail seems promising but we will see how it goes.

The internet has been a buzz about RoundCubeMail as well and rightly so, I think that this is defiently one opensource product to keep and eye on. I certainly will be.

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Web’s never-to-be-repeated revolution November 6th, 2005

I think that this article : James Boyle: Web’s never-to-be-repeated revolutionv is important to note.
It makes some extremely relevant comments such as:

…there are three things that we need to understand about the web. First, it is more amazing than we think. Second, the conjunction of technologies that made the web successful was extremely unlikely. Third, we probably would not create it, or any technology like it, today. In fact, we would be more likely to cripple it, or declare it illegal.

and

…The lawyers have learnt their lesson now. The regulation of technological development proceeds apace. When the next disruptive communications technology – the next worldwide web – is thought up, the lawyers and the logic of control will be much more evident. That is not a happy thought.

The Internet is augubly the greatest engineering feat we have created to date, it has and will continue to change lives in ways that we are yet to imagine as it did 15 years ago.

We can only be greatful that 15 or 20 years ago corporations did not have the control that they do today.

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iTunes Australia October 25th, 2005

Finally it’s here

iTunes Music Store comes to Australia

and

iTunes Store

It took forever, and still Sony BMG isn’t on board, from stories a few months back Apple have been saying that Australia have been the hardest to deal with in terms of getting iTunes online.

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More about me….. October 4th, 2005

Thanks to Vivi for passing these my way.

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Google Talk? August 24th, 2005

With articles such as this
Google Talk

What else could google come up with, I hadn’t expected this at all, but then it makes sense.
Considering what else is on offer, you email list could sync with your google IM list and send email while searching and locating them on google earth.
Then there is google sms, which is only available in the US and UK, but being able to send or recieve and SMS through you IM.

But wait there is more
gogle video search

I just keep thinking…..what will they come up with next?????

I can’t wait to see

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