Asterisk 1.2 is now available for download. This is the second major release of Digium’s open source PBX and telephony platform since the 1.0 release in September 2004.
technorati tags: pbx, asterisk, telephony platform
More VOIP: YakForFree, PC2PC SIP and Video Conferencing
“In a crowded and competitive VoIP marketplace, yakForFree is distinguished by its free video capabilities and ease-of-use. By downloading the free Virtual VideoPhone, which takes less than a minute, users can make free calls over the Internet using a high-speed connection.”
Slashdot | Yak Launches Free Video and Voice Service
This has been in the making for most of the year with CounterPath (formerly XTen) providing the eyeBeam softphone that handles SIP and video. The feature set offered in the various Yak products suggests an Asterisk backend. There is at least one report of configuring Asterisk to use the Yak service. I’m going to try this out, so if anyone wants to test, drop me a note.
technorati tags: yak, yakforfree, sip, voip, xten, counterpath, cooltool
UntitledLinux Clustering Made Cheap and Easy
So you need a lot of computing power but don’t want to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a commercial cluster? Or maybe you just have a lot of machines sitting idle that you would like to put to good use? You can build a powerful and scalable Linux cluster using only free software and off-the-shelf components. Here’s how.
Linux.com | Condor: Building a Linux cluster on a budget
Step by step guide for building a Linux cluster suing Fedora, DRBL, and Condor. Uses commodity parts, so this won’t cost a fortune.
The Ultimate Disposable PDA
The PocketMod is a small book with guides on each page. These guides or templates, combined with a unique folding style, enable a normal piece of paper to become the ultimate note card. It is hard to describe just how incredibly useful the PocketMod is. It’s best that you just dive in and create one.
PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer
This is wild. And it works. I’m forever making lists of stuff, so this sort of thing is just what I need. There’s even an offline version for you to download. Via MAKE
Google Base Launched
As announced on the Google Blog, Google Base has finally launched. According to Google, Google Base enables content owners to easily make their information searchable online. Anyone, from large companies to website owners and individuals, can use it to submit their content in the form of data items. We’ll host the items and make them searchable for free.”
Slashdot | Google Base Launches
I’ve got an idea for throwing something in here to see what happens. I’ll update this later after I give it a try.
technorati tags: google, google base, web2.0
As Wex Spreads…
Our friends at L&C find out about Wex from the CALIopolis blog.
technorati tags: wex, lii, boleyblogs, caliopolis
OPML Community Server Released
I’m getting ready to release the new OPML Community Server, which will make it possible for people to host their own OPML weblogs, directories, instant outlining networks, etc.I’ll release the full source code of the server under the open source GPL, so you’re free to make changes, add features, and share those features with others. It could be the beginning of something pretty cool.
OPML Editor support: My new OPML Community Server installation
Dave Winer release a cool new toy. I may give it a whirl, but I do wish it ran on Linux since I’m short on Windows and Mac boxen at the moment.
technorati tags: opml, community server, dave winer
Things to Watch Out for in Deploying VOIP
InformationWeek > Voice-Over-IP > VoIP Gotchas > November 14, 2005 – Doesn’t actually say ‘Danger, Will Robinson’, but it is pretty close. Worth the read as a good HowNotTo on deploying VOIP in your org. Sure VOIP is scary, it ain’t all this bad, especially if you keep your wits about you.
Evil Blogging Hacks
Recently Steve Rubel had a few good ideas. We have a few others. But this time its all about how to get get around the rules and not get delisted on Google, or banned by Technorati, and or booted from Google Adsense. First rule of BlogClub don’t talk about BlogClub.
The Ten Evilest and Mostly Unethical Blogging Hacks » Jack of All Blogs
Followon to an earlier piece.
Urchin Customers Reactly Badly to Google Analytics
I don’t know how many other people like us there are – people who paid for hosted Urchin before today’s announcement. But I bet that all of them are pissed.
OnoTech – Google: Start acting like a real business or you’re doomed
There are other stories like this beginning to float to the surface about the change Google made shutting done the paid Urchin service and giving it away as Google Analytics. Looks like another case of Google doing what Google wants without much input from customers. Not much of a conversation I guess.