Mac Web Browsers
Interestingly but Mac OS X platform has much more web browsers than I have ever used on Windows.
Let us see – on Windows I used Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox and Opera. Well, there are some other, less-known ones but I have never used them.
Now, on Mac I have used Safari, OmniWeb, Firefox, Camino, Flock, Opera and Shiira. Wow!
Blogsome vs WordPress
It turns out it is the same… 
Blogsome is a free blog hosting service which is running WordPress, apparently. At least, this is how I understand it.
It has very similar admin interface (surprise!). Few differences with WordPress that I have found are: a) different set of templates and b) some plugins come preinstalled (but not activated) in Blogsome but not in WordPress.com
Oh, and Blogsome is based in Ireland, for what it worth…
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Bug in Nokia E61i SMTP Client Software
I was troubleshooting a strange problem recently. A brand new Nokia E61i smartphone could receive but not send any e-mail. The server configuration has not changed and other mail clients are working fine, so it must be the server.
It is very basic and straightforward configuration – a FreeBSD server running Qmail with SPAMCONTROL patch as SMTP server and BincIMAP as IMAP4 server. This configuration worked perfectly until the client asked to add this shiny new Nokia phone to the mix.
Receiving e-mail via IMAP4 did not pose any problems – it just worked (sans the self-signed SSL certificate which I figured out later) but sending mail via SMTP protocol just did not work at all.
Detalized Phone Bills
I always thought detalized mobile phone bill I get monthly from MTS is very detailed but I changed my mind when I saw what bills iPhone users in the U.S. are getting from their provider – AT&T. Check this out:
A bill that comes in a BOX? 300-400 pages long? Unbelievable…
Talk about saving rain forests in Amazonia…
Microsoft Announces zunePhone
An exclusive sneak peek at the soon-to-be released zunePhone from Microsoft!
I cannot wait to get hold of this new phone. It looks much more promising than the Apple iPhone
(via Sean Chittenden)
Microsoft Surface Parody
Excellent parody on the Microsoft Surface initiative. ROTFL. 
Check out SarcasticGamer’s other parodies on YouTube.
Crazy Mac Collection
or “The Man with One Hundred Macs”
Well, I would even call it an obsession – Jeremy Mehrle has 100 (!) Macs in the basement of his house in Missouri. It looks like he has every model Apple has ever manufactured – starting from the original Macintosh. He even has the famous 20th Anniversary Mac which had the $10,000 price tag at the time (but he bought it for $800, apparently).
Not only he has that many Macs but he keeps it neatly organized, well-lighted and powered. A perfect Apple museum, or Mac fan heavens!
Watch it at CNN.com
Apple Signs iPhone Deals for Europe
Apple has signed its first deals with mobile phone operators to offer its iPhone in three of Europe’s largest markets – O2 in the UK, T-Mobile in Germany and Orange in France.
Read the full PC World article.
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Security Now! Named Best Tech Podcast
One of my all-time favorite technical podcasts – Security Now! – just won the Best Technology/Science Podcast award this year!
Congratulations to Steve and Leo! Keep up the good work!
Find more information about Security Now! at Leo Laporte TWiT and Steve Gibson GRC.com web sites.
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Blogging services – initial impressions
As I am just starting to blog, and I did not have my own blog yet, I went ahead and created a blog on a blogging service. Now, to make it even more interesting, I have created accounts on several of them… So, let’s see what we have here:
So, I thought 5 blogs, all on different services is enough – otherwise I would go crazy. Now, I have specifically avoided LiveJournal as I do not like for some reason.
- Blogger is nice free service, now part of the Google family. It has a nice clean interface, some additional features like ads via Google AdSense program, etc. I was suprised to see there are only about 10 or so templates to choose from, and I did not find much room for customizations. Nonetheless, it is a very nice service and the one I am using most right now. I am not sure if I would be using it for long as this service clearly has its ceiling.
- WordPress is another nice free blogging service, although they have paid Pro accounts. Cleaner (compared to TypePad) interface, a lot of features, a lot of templates. Free accounts are limited to 50 MB of storage.
- Typepad is a “professional”-level blogging service – i.e. they charge you for using it (starts from $4.95/month). It has a LOT more features and room for customizations, but its interface is a bit overloaded and much more confusing, especially for beginners like me.
- Blogsome – never heard of them before, actually. It has somewhat minimalistic look and it is not as slick as, say, Blogger or WordPress. I would need to play with it to make my mind.
- Vox seems somewhat simplistic, although they do have a lot of “community” features – like adding information about your favorite music, books, etc. Plus – they put ads both at the top and the bottom of the page. Well, a free service has its price. I believe it is clearly geared towards non-technical beginners.Interestingly enough, Vox is also a part of a family of blogging services by Six Apart company, which includes LiveJournal, Typepad and Movable Type. The former two are free, while the latter two are paid “professional” services.
