http://www.2robots.com Inside the robot's brain Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:57:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A colleague recently asked me who I thought would win the mobile phone wars: Apple or Google. He suggested that Android is a better horse to bet on because Google has virtually unlimited resources to spend until Android dominates the mobile phone market. From reading around the Internet, this seems ... http://www.2robots.com/2010/02/25/4-reasons-the-android-vs-iphone-deathmatch-will-never-be/ Once Oracle completes their Sun puchase, who wants to bet that the first thing they do is shut down MySQL? http://www.sdtimes.com/ORACLE_TO_BUY_SUN_PENDING_APPROVAL/About_ORACLE_and_SUN/33425 http://www.2robots.com/2009/04/21/oracle-buys-sun/ This is the company that is going to transform commercial space travel. What do I like about them? You can download the user manual for the Falcon 9 heavy lift rocket. http://www.2robots.com/2009/02/28/spacex/ I received some positive feedback from my last post -- enough that I'm willing to give it a try. So, check out the site http://speaksecret.net! The site is written at an introductory level, and will focus on simple instructions to get encryption working in your favorite applications. There will also be ... http://www.2robots.com/2009/02/06/speak-secret-dot-net/ I find it interesting which sorts of things get encrypted on the Internet. Most people know to encrypt their Wi-Fi router, for example. That's because there's been lots of press about it, and many people like to tell stories about how they bum internet service from their neighbors. A few people know ... http://www.2robots.com/2009/01/23/encrptonomicon/ Six months ago I took my iPhone into a hot tub with me. It wasn't on purpose - I had it in my bathing suit pocket (because, where else would you carry it?). I immediately realized my mistake, and rushed to dry it off. If you search the Internet, you'll ... http://www.2robots.com/2008/12/23/the-submerged-iphone-6-months-later/ The VOX External Hard Drive (v1) is a solid is a great and near-silent external hard drive for almost any purpose. Like other external hard drives, it will work with all the major operating systems: Linux, OS X, Windows XP, and Windows Vista without any problems. It comes pre-formatted as ... http://www.2robots.com/2008/08/16/vox-external-hard-drive-v1/ A Telnet client for your iPhone or iPod Touch! This client can be used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol. It implements a simple terminal emulator, and can be used to connect to any standard telnet server including Linux, BSD, Solaris, OS X, Cisco, or even Windows ... http://www.2robots.com/2008/07/30/telnet-client-released-for-iphone-ipod-touch/ Space Wormy is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch! You can play a free demo online. The online version has simpler graphics and gameplay than the full version. It works both on a PC web browser and from the iPhone. You can get the full version through the iTunes Store. It ... http://www.2robots.com/2008/07/10/space-wormy-available-now-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/ I'll admit it. When I was younger I used to pirate music, movies, games, and software. I was a poor high school and later college student. I had no money. I couldn't afford to buy those things. If I didn't find a way to get it for free, I just ... http://www.2robots.com/2008/06/24/bsa-mpaa-riaa-try-again-but-with-data-this-time/