Category Archives: Technology

Twitter’s new feature was not requested by their users

Posted on 29 January 2012 by johannes

Twitter’s latest addition to its feature list is its ability to censor tweets that run afoul of a country’s restrictions on speech. Why is this being touted as a feature? To answer this question, one must look at the wider … Continue reading →

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Why I got an Acer Iconia tablet

Posted on 19 July 2011 by johannes

For quite a while now, I have been taking my trusty Macbook Pro everywhere I could. I always felt that there might be a time when I would need to pull my Macbook Pro out of my STM backpack in … Continue reading →

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Connecting Android Tablet to the TAFE wireless network

Posted on 08 June 2011 by johannes

Well, I must say that working with an Android tablet poses a lot of challenges. Firstly, to get my tablet to connect to the corporate Wifi network at a TAFE college was a serious challenge for my sanity. For the … Continue reading →

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Getting an Android tablet

Posted on 08 June 2011 by johannes

Ever since the idea of an Android tablet started floating about on the internet, I decided that I was going to get one. First there were the cheap and nasty Android tablets coming out of some previously unheard of Chinese … Continue reading →

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Which Tablet?

Posted on 07 May 2011 by johannes

For someone who wants to buy a tablet right now, especially in Australia, the choices in the market are far from clear. If you fancy an Apple Ipad 2, you are guaranteed a great user experience, a good selection of … Continue reading →

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Samsung galaxy s problem with juicedefender app

Posted on 20 March 2011 by johannes

Having recently acquired a samsung galaxy s android handset, I proceeded to install all the apps that I had installed on my htc legend. One of them was the juice defender app, which worked quite well on the legend. Soon … Continue reading →

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Updating Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S to Android Froyo 2.2

Posted on 13 February 2011 by johannes

I recently acquired a Vodafone-branded Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 phone. Since I purchased it second-hand, it was not part of any contract with any carrier. However, I found out that it was locked to the Vodafone network as it would … Continue reading →

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Thinking about vodafone egypt and facebook tunisia

Posted on 06 February 2011 by johannes

Looking at the contrast between the use of Facebook in Tunisia and the complete internet blackout in Egypt. Continue reading →

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It’s official: anyone can crack GSM encryption

Posted on 30 December 2010 by johannes

Using four feature phones and a computer, a pair of researchers demonstrated that it is possible to sniff and decrypt a session across a GSM network in as little as a few minutes. The researchers used a custom firmware loaded … Continue reading →

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Experience using Logitech Harmony 300

Posted on 25 December 2010 by johannes

Scenario: I bought a Logitech Harmony 300 programmable universal remote as a christmas gift for $28.95 from Officeworks. Due to the recipients of the gift being non-technical people, I had to set up the gift myself to work with the … Continue reading →

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