Monthly Archives: July 2006

My Birthday – and Welcome, Makers!

Posted on 30th July 2006 by G W

It’s my birthday today so I’ll be taking some time out from blogging – I promise! Also, welcome to the hundreds of visitors coming in via the Make: blog, after my antenna design got featured. Look at the spike in … Continue reading →

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How I got mobile phone reception where there was no signal

Posted on 29th July 2006 by G W

Note: This was originally posted on an older revision of this blog hosted at Blogsome (Link to original story), and it received quite a bit of attention… Unfortunately, all the comments on the post were lost in the import process … Continue reading →

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Spicy phone

Posted on 22nd July 2006 by G W

Just got my hands on my new phone, a Nokia E61. Very impressed with it! The new Series 60 3rd Edition operating system is much snappier than the previous incarnations. I’m still getting used to the QWERTY keyboard though- I … Continue reading →

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Gizmo Project makes all VoIP to landline calls free. Forever.

Posted on 20th July 2006 by G W

SIPPhone Inc, makers of the Gizmo Project voice-over-ip softphone announced today that all landline calls in most ‘northern’ parts of the world (and even mobile calls in some countries) will be free of charge to Gizmo users. The offer applies … Continue reading →

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Hacking Digital Rights Management

Posted on 20th July 2006 by G W

Ars Technica has posted a nice article on the current state of DRM circumvention, and its legal consequences. The depressing that it confirms a lot of my fears about DRM – that it doesn’t need to be totally ’secure’ to … Continue reading →

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