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December 1, 2009

VirtualBox 3.1.0 is Released.

VirtualBox 3.1.0 is released on November 30th, 2009.

VirtualBox is an Open Source Virtual Machine Host for x86 hardware just like Parallel Desktop and VMware. Available for Linux, Mac OS X, OpenSolaris, Solaris and Windows.

New features in VirtualBox 3.1.0:

Teleportation (aka live migration); migrate a live VM session from one host to another.
VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only the last one, and new snapshots can be taken from other snapshots as well.
2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion.
More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to an arbitrary IDE controller, and there can be more than one such drive.
The network attachment type can be changed while a VM is running.
Complete rewrite of experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts making use of the latest USB enhancements in Solaris Nevada 124 and higher.
Significant performance improvements for PAE and AMD64 guests (VT-x and AMD-V only; normal (non-nested) paging).
Experimental support for EFI.
Support for paravirtualized network adapters.

Download VirtualBox 3.1.0 from VirtualBox.org.

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December 1, 2009

Google Wave on the iPhone.

Google Wave does work on the iPhone, but it comes with a browser requirement warning.

Google Wave iPhone Browser Warning

https://wave.google.com/wave/

December 1, 2009

WordPress for iPhone 2.1 is Now Available.

WordPress for iPhone 2.1 is now available in iTunes App Store.

From the release notes:

New in version 2.1:

A post or page can be deleted by swiping across its title in the Posts or Pages list
Commenter email addresses are now visible
The app now supports HTTP authentication for password-protected self-hosted blogs. Big thanks to Jeff Stieler for the patch.*
Fix for link helper not working in mid-sentence
Fix for lost content after changing status of post containing a  tag
Fix for visual glitch with buttons in Comments section
Fix for problem recognizing valid URLs during set up

Get WordPress 2.1 from iTunes Store.

WordPress for iPhone 2.1

November 29, 2009

Google Wave Accounts.

Google has been sending more Google Wave invites. If you were on the waiting list you might be getting an invite about now.

https://wave.google.com/

November 29, 2009

Unofficial Announcement: RENO 911! Clementine Johnson to Visit Troops Overseas. (Corrected)

Think of it as an unofficial announcement, RENO 911! cast members are scheduled to visit The U.S. Troops overseas. The cast members will be reunited for the first time in character after the show was cancelled this past Summer 2009. Yes, the reunion will include Deputy James Garcia and Deputy Cherissa Kimball. No words yet if Deputy Clementine Johnson will partake in this reunion.

Thank You to all members af U.S. Troops. It’s a small Thank You for all of you.

Stay tuned for more news on this.

Apologies for those who read the post earlier, as I heard it wrong. What it’s supposed to say:

RENO 911! cast members to reunite in San Francisco this January 2010 sans Wendi McLendon-Covey. Wendi will not be joining the RENO 911! reunion because she will be visiting the Troops overseas at the same time.

Stay tuned for more.

November 27, 2009