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Skype on Droid over 3G

Posted by Erixun in Communications on November 5, 2010

Droid Forums has posted links to a tip on unlocking your Droids Skype power to skip the (US) ban on 3G calling. No word yet from the carriers.

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Adium – Push to iPhone with Remodium

Posted by Erixun in Communications on September 1, 2010

I finally found what I have been looking for…. a mobile solution for chatting. I have BeeJive and IM+ but this requires I log off my desktop sessions and re-login to my portable. If I forget to do this, sometimes Adium tries to renew lost sessions when I force interrupt by logging on my portable while logged in to my Desktop. I have mulled getting 2 separate accounts, one for desktop and 1 for portable, but thats insanity to match chats and who knows where I get my messages. Another time is when Im in bed away from my desktop, it would be pointless to have a separate account just for bed.

Enter Remodium: An awesome and soon to be elegant solution to my problems. It acts as a remote control to my current Adium session and after pairing on Wifi it works over 3G as well. It requires a plugin on Adium to work.

I say soon to be elegant as its missing a few features to really make it the shiznikle:

  • No iPad version
  • No unread message counter on iPhone homescreen icon
  • Push sequence is highly latent (can be 20 minutes…)
  • No buddy icon support
  • No status switching utility

But for a work in progress it rocks hard.

 

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Fring update: Video chat

Posted by Erixun in Communications on August 3, 2010

Why do people latch on to whatever Apple makes? LOL. All of a sudden Fring can do ‘facetime’! Granted its 2 syllables shorter than ‘video chat’, but ‘vring’ is even shorter. I have not tried to call a Droid yet but my friends swear the 3GS can broadcast video if communicating with a non iPhone 4. Comments and findings welcome. HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE Related Websites
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KisMAC: Kiss the Germans

Posted by Erixun in wifi on February 18, 2010

I just noticed KisMAC moved from http://kismac.de/ to http://kismac-ng.org/. Now there is some message about it being banned in Germany. A quick trip to WIKI turns up: (quote from Wiki)

The project was created and led by Michael Rossberg until July 27, 2007, when he removed himself from the project due to changes in German law (specifically, StGB Section 202c) that “prohibits the production and distribution of security software”.[3] On this date, project lead was passed on to Geoffrey Kruse, maintainer of KisMAC since 2003, and active developer since 2001. KisMAC is actively being developed. Primary development, and the relocated KisMAC web site are now based in the United States. The KisMAC project can be found at http://kismac-ng.org/ .

As of August 6, 2007, the former homepage now denounces the new German law.

WARNING: IF YOU LIVE IN GERMANY BE CAREFUL ABOUT VISITING THIS SITE. There is some text in German with the icon of a surveillance camera that says:

Aktion UBERWACH!Der Zugriff auf diese Seite wurde von der Aktion “ÜBERWACH!” nicht protokolliert. Über die Aktion “ÜBERWACH!”

Babelfish translates this as:

That access to this side was ” by the action; SUPERVISE! ” does not log. Over the action ” SUPERVISE! “

So whatever that means. I have always condoned obeying the laws of the land you live in.
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I groan for the iphone :)

Posted by Erixun in Apple / Mac, Communications, Hardware, Hosted, Mac / Apple, Phones, Software, Technology on December 1, 2009

So after a slight hiatus, I am back with my first post in 4 months. I purchased an officially unlocked iphone 3GS (about a grand) and forced myself to carry it as my primary phone. Previously I have shied away from “pull your pants down” devices and opted to carry smaller trendy PHONES and a laptop in the car for computing needs. I have used the Nokia N900 as a mobile device but never carried it as my primary phone (N900 doesn’t have a SIM slot anyways, so used my Phone tethered via BT for internet). The first 2 weeks were interesting, but after that I am amazed I have been able to function without something like the iphone in the past. My friends refer to me as a gadget junky and a nerd, so I have had and tried many devices over the years. The iphone scores very high on many factors: - The app store. On other devices, finding, installing and operating software, whether released by the device developer or a third party, was/is a shifty experience. You need experience in modding/tweaking software and some of it is just plain garbage. The app store shines in bringing a plethora of content in an easy to use and install experience. Don’t get me wrong, there is some grade AAA garbage on the app store too, but the process of finding, installing and trying apps is awesome. I have yet to jailbreak my phone (and I don’t know that I will unless I buy a second one for this very purpose for fear of bricking my primary com device) but I hear there is a wealth of unapproved apps to further improve the mobile experience. ===== Updates to come!! HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE Related Websites
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Ooovoo…. ooo boy

Posted by Erixun in Communications, Software, Technology on March 23, 2009

I LOVE free apps and services that actually work as advertised. Oovoo is what we would call Skype on steroids for the simple fact that its multi-user video chat actually works…. WELL!!!! Its free to download and use and supports Windows and Mac so far. Give it a whirl and you will be impressed. HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE Related Websites
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