Get set for October 18th when the new Ubuntu will be released. Are we about to experience a major breakthrough? Not from the start, if you ask me. Still, we should note that Dell is now part of the Ubuntu ecosystem, and who knows what are they planning to pull. Suddenly, that Sony Ericsson P990i running Ubuntu clip doesn’t look too far away…

[Via: Engadget]

A crash is coming, folks. But this time it’s not financial — it’s personal. 

Despite the proliferation of email management gizmos such as the BlackBerry, some users are finding their growing inboxes so insurmountable they have been forced to declare bankruptcy. Read more on Under siege, users declare ‘email bankruptcy’.

The attention crisis is an epidemic. There’s no more room at the inn. People will cut back.
The key question is: What will they trim? Ad-supported media, or content from peers?

[Via AdvertisingAge]

According to the article Why stand-alone GPS devices are doomed, “by 2012 there will be 42 million mapping and navigation mobile phone subscribers…”

So, knowing that, doesn’t it make sense to jump on board with the Coolest GPS technology at WHERE ?

“The Swiss State Council has voted 25-4 to ban the sell of X-rated films and pictures on cell phones. The councilors argue that the ban is necessary to protect minors under 16 from easy access to disturbing material. The series of recent gang rapes involving minors is said to have weighed heavily in the decision.”

[Via textually]

I don’t know. But you do.
Here‘s how to share your knowledge and your preferences with the world: check out the ten Webware 100 categories. There are 25 services listed on each. Vote for one service in each category. The 10 services per category that receive the most votes will be the Webware 100….

Do we find here the Web 2.0’s 25 Hottest Sites? not really ….

Rather than building locked-down versions, the designers of these systems are „shipping“ hacked up systems and constantly morphing them depending on how people used them.

So we can say we are using beta versions on the net?

Here some of the key design values of the social software movement, described:

• Hack it up, get it out there
• Learn from your users and evolve the system with them
• Make your presence known to your users and invite them to provide feedback
• When you make mistakes, grovel for forgiveness; you’re human too!

You can read his description of the project, or visit his web site.

The resulting semacode is about 160 meters square, and his image overlay blends very well with the base imagery. Also, I recommend checking out his Flickr photo journal showing the project in progress.

[Via Google Earth Blog]

Your email address is precious to you. Anyone who gets their hands on it can use or abuse it. Every time you give your email address to someone, you run the risk of being spammed. Every time you post to a newsgroup, or use a discussion board, the same applies. And, once you get onto a spammer’s list, it’s very hard to get off.

You can’t just keep your email address a secret either. What’s the point of having email if nobody can write to you?

One of the best tricks to stop spam e-mail from reaching your inbox is by creating a disposable e-mail address. A temporary inbox is a disposable email address, which doesn’t require registration and can be used to avoid spam. Here a list of some temporary emailz provider:

• TrashMail
  Block spam with an anonymous secure email spam blocker.
• Temporary Inbox
  FireFox extension to generates random disposable email addresses.
• 10 Minute Mail
  The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.
• Mailinator
  It’s like super-instant, always-ready, any-email-you-want email.
• Guerrilla Mail
  Disposable temporary e-mail address
• …

The project using Prototype, Script.aculo.us, and xajax.

Do we need local installations in the future?

[Via ajaxian]