There are a lot of funny names for Wireless Network. I saw this one and tried to get in, but I don’t know what the password is. I’m unable to join the “therearesomewhocallmetim” wireless network.
Monty Python would be proud.
iPhone Software 2.0: Airplane Mode with Wi-Fi On
Yet another feature from iPhone Software 2.0 confirmed. The Wi-Fi can be turned on in Airplane mode.
What is the practical use of having Wi-Fi on in Airplane mode? Maybe now the iPhone can be used for browsing the internet on the airplane during flight. But the obvious use is to have the iPhone functioning just like an iPod touch, all the Wi-Fi without the phone signal.
If you recently replaced your original iPhone with iPhone 3G, you can now use it as an iPod touch by switching to the Airplane Mode with Wi-Fi on. It saves some battery life not having the iPhone still looking for the GSM signals.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
Release date: July 16th, 2008
The good folks at Mozilla.org has just released Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 to address a few security and stability issues.
Mozilla Firefox is available for Linux Mac and Windows.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 release notes.
Get Mozilla Firefox from:
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July 15th, 2008.
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 is also available for download.
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 release notes.
Google Mail Mysteriously Fails
UPDATE 2008.07.16 17:30 Pacific Time
Email services has been restored to the particular accounts.
I was first notified in the morning about the problems with Goggle Mail. Apparently some Google Apps accounts are unable to access their email. The accounts can still access all Google Apps with the exception for email.
In addition to that, the accounts are unable to access mail through Gmail POP and IMAP. The particular accounts cannot access Gmail SMTP server either. Meanwhile other accounts can access Gmail without any problems.
As usual, it is almost impossible to contact Google. All I can find is some web-forms to contact Google Technical Support team.
Apollo 11 39th Year Anniversary
July 16th, 1969.
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land* on the moon. Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr. braved a new frontier and head to the moon. Both Armstrong and Aldrin had the privilege to land on the moon while Collins manned the module orbiting above.
It took four days for Apollo 11 to reach the moon.
to be continued on July 20th, 2008.
* Thx Bryan for pointing out the missing two words.
Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.6.0
Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.6.0 was released on July 8th, 2008.
Spybot – S&D is one of the first Anti-Spyware softwares that work effectively. Best of all, it is a free software with no string attached. Even though it is free, users can make donations to the developers through Spybot or through the website.
Spybot – Search & Destroy supports most Windows OS.
Get it here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
Installing WordPress 2.6
WordPress 2.6 has just been released, and I hastily upgraded the self-hosted blog from version 2.5.1 to version 2.6 after I backed up the database first.
The upgrade process took about 10 minutes to complete, including the uploading new WordPress 2.6 files to the server. It could’ve been faster, but for some reason the web-host incoming FTP is pretty slow.
Before upgrading, I turned of any caching plugins.
Overall, the upgrade process is painless. Don’t forget to clear your browser cache after upgrading to WordPress 2.6.
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p.s. WordPress Apps for the iPhone is coming soon, but there’s no ETA given yet.