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Category Archives: Broadband
Android WEP/WPA useless login features
I have come to the conclusion that if Android encounters a WiFi point that does not have WEP/WPA security, but instead, uses some corney web based HTML login code or password, Android goes bonkers. Because Android is a very connected … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Broadband, General IT issues, Information, Internet, N900, telecommunications
Tagged Android, authentication, Internet, N900, WEP, WPA, WPA2
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Browser Stats – Internet Exploder
I have been observing a vast increase in traffic, traffic without apparent purpose, over the last several weeks. And I didn’t give it much thought. However I now know that its MSNBot a Bing Robot that is deeply scanning all … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Conspiracies, General IT issues, Marketing, Microsoft, monopolies, Statistics, Windows
Tagged Browsers, Internet, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Statistics, Web
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Kindle as the fire of Fahrenheit 451
In the science fiction book Fahrenheit 451 I often wondered what the catalyst was. In the current age, that has become apparent, control, with government leaders demanding ‘controls’ over the Internet, and most other communications media the books presented in … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Android, Broadband, Conspiracies, DRM, Education, Google, government, History, Information, Internet, Politics, Psychology, The Future, World Events
Tagged Amazon, Android, Burning Books, DRM, eBooks, Kindle, Science Fiction
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Sync Me Up
How do you keep your connected devices connected? How many different services do you depend on to keep your ‘stuff’ safe and available from anywhere? Could you imagine a better way? I can, and I almost have it working with … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Broadband, Internet, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Microsoft, Nokia, Projects, Social Networks, telecommunications, Windows
Tagged connected devices, Internet, Sync me up, sync-me-up.com
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Eircom Speedup
We received a letter in the mail recently informing us that our DSL connection was scheduled to be upgraded to 8Mbits from the current 3Mbs, and without charge. Last weekend it happened, however they are doing it in stages, or … Continue reading
‘an chuid eile’ of the world
I have been having discussions all over the net about smartphones and feature phones and the vast marketplace for non smartphones in the third world. A market that Nokia is big in, but is not well supported with things like … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Facebook, Information, Internet, iPhone, lifestyle, Nokia, Social Networks, telecommunications, Twitter, World Events
Tagged GPRS, Nokia, Nokia Listings, SMS, Third world
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N900 3G speed test
I have been in Stockholm this past week on a bit of a holiday, and while I was nursing my pay-as-you-go Vodafone account I tried out both the GSM Edge and 3G speeds while in the Stockholm Arlanda Airport Disregard … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Internet, Ireland, N900, Nokia, telecommunications
Tagged 3G, Nokia N900, Sweden
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Internet freedom of speech and Irish Neutrality.
While reading this article 5 Reasons Why Online Freedom of Speech Does Not Exist I was encouraged that a person of Arabic decent wrote it. And is spot on about the real lack of freedom on the internet. And a … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Economy, Google, Information, Internet, Ireland, Politics, Social Networks, telecommunications, The Future, Twitter, World Events
Tagged Facebook, Freedom of Speech, Google, Internet, Ireland, Linkedin, Skype, Smart Economy, Twitter
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Vodafone Speedtest with Nokia N900
Vodafone speedtest Originally uploaded by Branedy The first time I tried this I was getting better than 1.2Mbs but I forgot how to do a print screen, this is what I got the second time, too bad that it showed … Continue reading
Ireland offline, as in no broadband.
If anyone wants to know the benefits of having an Internet connected population only needs to skim this article Economic Benefit of Getting Everyone Online in the UK – Digitally excluded households are missing out on average savings of GBP560 … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Economy, Education, government, Information, Internet, Ireland, Politics, Recession, Statistics
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SEO and the Robot Races
If you have been paying attention to this site and my attempts to join the ranks of the super wealthy. I created a DIY Server which sets under my desk at home, connected to a modest DSL line with crappy … Continue reading
Kindle in Ireland
I was in the Kingdom this past weekend with genealogy tourists from the States and was amazed that they did not have mobile phones, but that they had brought a Amazon Kindle. They were told that it would work anywhere … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, DRM, Funny Things, Ireland, lifestyle, telecommunications
Tagged eBook, Kerry, Kindle, News
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The distributed Internet
A posting from Bernie Goldbach Powering the Information Age reminded me about the nature of the Internet. The underlying structure of the Internet is distributed, fault tolerant networking, initially intended to continue operating after a nuclear war. In the current … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, DIY server, Energy, General IT issues, Internet, The Future
Tagged Energy, Green, IT
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Bed Breakfast and Broadband
The wife and I came up with the perfect new tourist promotion, All B&B’s in ireland ought to begin advertising B&B&B, Bed, Breakfast AND Broadband. What do you think?
Give a man a fish…
Everyone has heard the old saw: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Lao Tzu But no one seems to think that it … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Economy, Education, General IT issues, government, Ireland, Recession, Science, The Future
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