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–by Andrew McCaskey
Week number one of the contest sponsored by Tech Podcast Network and U3, with over $800 in cash prizes. Some comments from listener’s – interesting contest, but I’m not a hard core developer – Well, that’s what the whole idea of community is about. Take some time, and let your colleague or brother in law know that you heard about the contest on Slashdot Review. You could generously agree to waive your normal finders fee plus commision, and offer to let him keep, say 2/3 of the prize if his application is judged to be one of the top three submissions to the contest.
U3 is one of the pioneers in portable computing, where a USB thumb drive contains storage, applications, data, passwords and preferences that can be accessed from any Windows based PC. Favorite Open source application suites such as Open Office and Mozilla, Thunderbird and Gaim, as well as favorites such as Winamp and Skype. And, best of all, pop the drive, and there is no trace left on that machine at the library or hotel.
To enter, just download the Developer Kit from U3, register at Techpodcasts.com, and submit your application to U3 by May 15th. Complete details are available at SDR or at Techpodcasts.com
U3,as you know, enables USB drives like the GeekSquad Series from Best Buy to contain applications, data, configurations and passwords. As you know, we have a new contest for developers who port applications to U3, with prizes totaling $850 ! These prizes will be awarded to TPN listeners who download the U3 SDK and port their application to the U3 environment and are selected by a panel of judges.
Go to U3.com, register, and download the U3 Deployment Kit, which includes the SDK and other Developer information. You will receive a confirmation email from U3 with a Username and Developer Company ID number. Cut and paste that into an email along with your contact information and email it to contest@techpodcasts.com .
That’s it – you are officially entered in the contest, and officially equiped with the tools you need to port your application to the U3 environment. You can submit up to three entries, one per category by email at any time prior to May 15, 2006.
The complete rules and entry detailsIt’s going to be fun !
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You can download the Iotum.com Voice 2.0 whitepaper that was summarized the week of March 27 linked on SDR.
A Monthly Newsletter called ‘The Filter” : The public-interest Internet news and commentary from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Here is the newsletter signup link for the Filter
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The audio and recorded versions of the TechPodcast Roundtable from March 11. The video of the event contains both the U3 and Podtrac presentations.
CES CD Now Available
The official package of the entire SDR coverage for the CES Convention available in data CD form at the SDR CD Store page.
The book that I spoke about on 3/2 is called “Amusing Ourselves to Death” .
The preface to the book gives a good idea of the basic premise, and specific comments on television. (Remember, this was in the early 1980′s .. the hundred channel universe was not yet revealed )
A more lengthy summary is found at WikiPedia.
Interactive Touchscreen Demo: a video of a really cool touchscreen interface – about ten times better than the Bill Gates demo at CES. Hard to describe, about three minutes long.
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Now a really useful guide to Fixing Windows with Knoppix has appeared online, a reprint of a chapter in the book Hacking Knoppix from Scott Granneman . You might want to plan ahead, print out the chapter and put it alongside a fresh burn of Knoppix STD when you get the call.
I came across Google SMS again today- a way to pull all sorts of useful stuff from Google with the fast SMS from your cellphone.
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