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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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Thinkpad T60 wireless not working after windows update

October 27th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

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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Keyboard Shortcut to change tabs in Firefox

October 4th, 2008 by dcouper · 8 Comments

I have been frustrated for some time – having to click to change tabs in firefox as opposed to using a alt-tab like solution for changing tabs. However today whilst using my wifes laptop – with a slightly different keyboard layout than mine, i accidently discovered that Ctrl + tab will change the tab you [...]

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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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Secure Firewall for OpenVPN

September 23rd, 2008 by Skilla Repok · No Comments

Creating a secure firewall is essential for any openvpn configuration.
First of all, I’d strongly recommend grabbing a copy of Linux Firewalls.
Its got a great section on iptables, with a look at all the commands available to you
as well as an example firewall configuration.
I have setup an openVPN which has a configuration where there are three [...]

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wxpython Segmentation Fault

September 19th, 2008 by Skilla Repok · No Comments

In some of my wx python apps, I have come across this error.
It usually appears like this on the command line
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
The most common reason for me getting this error, has been when a non-main thread tries to directly manipulate something in wx. Be it to Hide() a window, or ShowModal() a dialog.
The [...]

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