SynApps The Open Source and Gadget blog

... if the data formats involved are really what the cloud manufacturers are using - which they don't. Everybody runs their silos, open source or not. And data is bound to them. Read more ...

Cloud computing will be hard without open source. And distributed systems like the Googleplex or Yahoo's servers that run in house are all the more reason for that. And only an open cloud environment can counter the likes.

Let's take one step after the other: Read more ...

The industry is preparing for the next wave in hardware - Netbooks. If this is a new buzzword to you or if you're simply curious about it a good recent piece about it can be found at www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/technology/21pc.html

Netbooks are the perfect device to access hosted services, leverage SaaS-type offerings. With offerings like MailXchange (http:/www.1and1.com) it is possible to Read more ...

Apple has done it. They have entered the hosted collaboration market, joining Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. With the most exciting technology amongst all the clients out there (the iPhone. And Mac Books. And ... yea, I am a fan. Kick me!), probably the most advanced - read deeply integrated into OS X, consistent and quite mature - user interface (Apple Mail, Addressbook and calendaring apps), and enough money to make it work, Apple has become yet another reason for hosters and telcos to look for other solutions, fast! Read more ...

1.1.3 made easy

There is a new unlocking tool out there for OOTB (out of the box) 1.1.3 and 1.1.2 iPhones. It is dead easy and it worked like a charm on my 1.1.3 iPhone that had already been jailbroken before. It consists of a package you can simply install. To do so s.apfelphone.net needs to be added to the sources for Installer. Details can be found at apfelphone.net.

There is another inroads to the same end for not-yet-jailbroken iPhones detailed at Read more ...