http://istumbler.net/ en-us Alf Watt alf@istumbler.net Alf Watt alf@istumbler.net Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:00:00 PST Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:00:00 PST 1440 iStumbler News and Releases http://istumbler.net/developer/ Developer Tue, 10 May 2005 11:30:00 PST Developer site now includes description of the iStumbler frameworks as well as clas model diagrams produced with Xcode 2.0. Pretty snazzy stuff, though getting the arrangement *just right* can take some time... http://istumbler.net/help/btgps.html Help Tue, 26 Apr 2005 8:00:00 PST First pass at a tutorial for setting up a Bluetooth GPS to work with iStumbler. Please let me know if it's helpfull and if anybody has gotten the GPS plugin working. http://istumbler.net/downloads/istumbler-93.tgz Release Sun, 20 Apr 2005 1:00:00 PST iStumbler says Hello to Bonjour! Apple's new name for the combination of multicast DNS and DNS Service Discovery which allows you to browse all the Bonjour enabled hosts on your network and connect to advertised services such as web servers or iChat sessions. The GPS Plugin is substantially updated adding the ability to put down virtual pins and record the location of Notes and AirPort Networks it also fixes a hanging bug for people with Bluetooth phones, Infared Ports and other serial devices. New icons throughout make Release 93 the best looking version of iStumbler yet. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/16/BUGJ1C9R091.DTL News Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:30:00 PST Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon's CEO, shows his true colors in this interview with the SF Cronic's Todd Wallack. I've always suspected that phone companies hated their customers, but it's something else hear a CEO acutally say it. http://istumbler.net/subscribe.html Release Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:00:00 PST iStumbler Release 93 is avaliable to subscribers. If you don't already have a subscription please visit our subscriber page and you'll get the latest version of iStumbler before it's public release on Wed, the 20th of April 2005. http://istumbler.net/ News Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:00:00 PST "Seattle's City Council has passed an emergency measure to ban free Wi-Fi access within city limits, following testimony from experts and fire officials regarding their investigation of last week's explosion at the popular "Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit" coffeehouse. The measure takes effect immediately; individuals or businesses found to be operating unregulated Wi-Fi access will be subject to misdemeanor charges, confiscation of Wi-Fi equipment, and fines of up to $5,000. Seattle will also create a Wi-Fi Testing Foundation (WTF) to assess and regulate Wi-Fi access within city limits. The WTF will consider a proposal in which users of Wi-Fi would be required by law to limit their use in coffeehouses to email and text-only Web sites (or Web browsing which images turned off)." http://www.macworld.com/ News Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:00:00 PST Brief mention, no review, no rating. Sigh. http://www.machome.com/issue/index.lasso News Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:00:00 PST They wrote us up for the April 2005 issue, and iStumbler is ON THE COVER of Mac Home this month, there's a great screen shot of Release 90 on page 28: "Alf Watt's iStumbler is a slick utility that sniffs out wireless networks in your immediate surroundings. [If] you are having intermittent connection issues with your own wireless network, you can troubleshoot the problem with your new best friend, iStumbler. It reveals the wireless channel each network is using, allowing you to choose a free [one.]" http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/24/technology/circuits/24blue.html News Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:00:00 PST NY Times has an article on Bluejacking today, worth reading. http://istumbler.net/help/bugs.html Release Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:00:00 PST Several users are describing bugs with the GPS plugin. There are two general issues: people with bluetooth phones or pda's will have trouble when quitting the application, they will also have trouble when trying to get the GPS plugin to work with their existing hardware. In both cases the culprit is a known bug in the GPS plugin: it can only select the first serial device. A fix is in the works, please stand by. http://istumbler.net/downloads/istumbler-92.tgz Release Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:00:00 PST Release 92 reintroduces the GPS plugin which works with any NMEA Serial or Bluetooth GPS device. This release also includes new preferences for setting the font size and toolbar style as well as improvements to the plugin system and better support for help. The new Subscribe plugin makes it easy to subscribe to iStumbler and get early access to new releases and help support further development of cutting edge wireless tools. http://istumbler.net/subscribe.html Release Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:00:00 PST Release 91 gives iStumbler a thorough face-lift. The AirPort, Bluetooth and mDNS plugins now display icons for various items. Menus for the AirPort and Bluetooth plugins have been greatly improved and resize behavior was tuned up. Behind the scenes improvements in stability, memory and processor usage make this the most reliable release of iStumbler yet. http://blackbox.istumbler.net/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=istumbler.net Stats Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:00:00 PST They come, they download, they leave... istumbler-90.tgz 15,052 downloads... http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ep Press Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:00:00 PST iStumbler Release 90 was named a Version Tracker Editors's Pick! http://istumbler.net/ Release Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 PST Release 90 introduces the mDNS (Multicast-DNS, AKA Rendezvous) plugin which allows you to browse published services on the local network and connect to them with a single click. The Bluetooth plugin enables the 'Pair' and 'Browse' features while the preferences have been updated for all plugins. http://istumbler.net/ Release Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:43:12 PST iStumbler 90 was released to subscribers today, general downloads will be available Monday Jan 24 2004. You can subscribe for as little as one dollar to get iStumbler now!