Boris de Souza

Last week at CES 2010, Ford made headlines by unveiling the successor to their SYNC communication and entertainment platform, called MyTouch. The new MyTouch user interface will incorporate turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance on all new vehicles that are equipped with it.What's more is that the MyTouch system, which comes with a twin panel display for the driver, is also said to include features like Wi-Fi and Apps to the Car. Sounds like true American ingenuity. Look out Toyota and Honda!

For those of you who don't know it, Skype and other Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software’s are blocked in the Middle East (Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar..etc), China and several other countries. Reason? VoIP technology has affected the local telecom market here. So, in order to salvage what's left and consolidate market shares in the region, these countries have decided to block VoIP.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BLOCKED?

It's simple, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) in some countries block access to certain websites that allow people to download or buy credit from VoIP providers like Skype, MSN, Yahoo..etc. They then disable any outbound traffic on port 6050...the default VoIP port. Some ISPs are a little more advanced and make use of packet shaping tools to analyze the contents of each packet and filter them accordingly.

Having installed a fresh copy of WordPress and then dabbling in the template section, I was compelled to write about the template development in the popular Open Source CMS Joomla! in contrast to that of WordPress. I make my observations after having worked on Joomla! templates for over 4 years.

JOOMLA! vs. WORDPRESS

Good Bye 2009 and Hello 2010!
This year I decided to start the new year with something new...a personal blog! Yes indeed, I finally jumped on the blog owners band wagon. And it's about time too!