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VOIP client for iPod Touch

December 6th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

Truphone is a VOIP client that can save you money on your mobile phone calls. Using Truphone over WiFi (WIreless) connectivity your iPhone can make phone calls to landline and mobile numbers. The BBC technology website comments that the Truphone developers plan to implement the ability to also receive phone calls on iPhones. Wi-Fi calls [...]

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Tags: Applications · Mobile · Technology



Thinkpad T60 wireless not working after windows update

October 27th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

The wireless card Intel Pro 3945ABG on a Thinkpad T60 stopped working after the latest Windows XP Update.  It showed as “working properly” in my hardware profile but neither the Windows Network Tool or the IBM / Intel Network Manager could pick it up and the Fn+F5 combination couldn’d switch the wireless back on. If [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Laptops · Networking · quick & easy tips

MM_XSLTransform Error

October 1st, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

MM_XSLTransform error. [RSS URL] is not a valid XML document.  Non-static method DOMDocument::loadXML() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in file
I recently came across this error and took me a lot of searching to find out the right fix for it. Here is where you can find the [...]

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Tags: Applications · Programming · Web Design · quick & easy tips



Windows XP Error Reboot loop

August 30th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Got this error a couple of times already on Windows XP. The system goes through the startup and then shows a blue screen for 1/2 second and reboots. I’ve then been to a few forums in order to get it fixed so I decided, for personal reasons to post here the route that worked [...]

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Tags: OS & Servers · quick & easy tips

Free Vista and Sharepoint compatibility help by Microsoft

August 5th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support has been made available for all worldwide customers using Windows Vista SP1 until March 18, 2009. Telephone support is available worldwide. Chat and Email support is available in US and Canada only. Why mention this on a SharePoint blog?? Well, if you are having any compatibility issues with Vista [...]

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Tags: Applications · Citizen Journalism · OS & Servers

USB Modem on Linux (mobile broadband)

August 4th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

I have just acquired a 3 Skypephone in the UK and am looking for a way of using its broadband internet capabilities on my Linux OS. Unfortunately, and as usual, the connectivity is only available for Windows so I was looking for some clever way of connecting. I then came across this solution in a [...]

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