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How Twitter got its name....
Ever wondered how "Twitter" got its name? Apparantly the name Twitter was picked out of a hat. A small group of employees from Odeo, the San Francisco podcasting startup where Twitter initially began, had a brainstorming session. They were trying to come up with names that fit the theme of a mobile phone pushing an update in your pocket. After narrowing down the options (which included Jitter and Twitter), they wrote them down, put them in a hat, and let fate decide. And as we know now: Fate decided on Twitter.
WNR3500L Open Source Router
This is a real nice router for home use, install open-wrt, dd-wrt or tomato on it and you have your own home linux server.
Imagine the power of open source combined with the newest in Wireless-N enabled technology, and you've just come up with NETGEAR's latest and greatest entry into the world of routers: the WNR3500L. Incorporating many of the features of its close cousin, the WNR3500, the WNR3500L adds the additional ability to customize your router with third party open source firmwares such as DD-WRT, OpenWRT, and Tomato - along with gigabit port speeds.
The Nokia N900 shipments have started
Espoo, Finland. – The shipments of the Nokia N900, Nokia’s latest mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software, have now started. The Nokia N900 will be available in retail stores in November with an estimated retail price of EUR 500, excluding sales taxes and subsidies.
Uitstel release Nokia N900 Linux (Maemo) Smartphone
Nokia stelt release Linux-smartphone N900 uit
Door Arnoud Wokke, donderdag 22 oktober 2009 18:17, views: 10.860 (tweakers)
Levering van de door ons beoogde Nokia N900 mobile internet smartphone als primary remote login-phone voor onze dedicated services (draaiend op Linux open source OS Maemo) is met +/- een maand vertraagd. Lees hieronder:
Nokia heeft de release van de N900, een smartphone op basis van Linux-variant Maemo, uitgesteld. De release stond op de agenda voor oktober, maar de smartphone komt volgens de fabrikant pas in november op de markt.
SSD promises!
Here's a youtube link to an interesting demo of what 24(!) SSD's could mean in terms of.....computer SPEED! The promise is inevitable. Ofcourse we are there for you to engage in any professional SSD project you desire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&eurl=http://mightygadget.co.uk/