Archive for January, 2009

Next Qt release will available with LGPL

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

This piece of news is a week old now but I somehow didn't notice until today: LGPL License Option Added to Qt

My laptop is back from service

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

After the RAM failure I procrastinated for two weeks before sending the laptop to service and then it took a month (including Christmas and stuff) to get it back. After service they tried to return it to the wrong address by changing the first letter in the street name from ...

I found a compatible USB memory stick!

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Yesterday I mananged to jailbreak the Xbox with a Splinter Cell save game found in a file called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip! I used a 2 GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro without U3 support. (USB vendor id and product id 0781:5151.) Let's see when I get time to install XBMC and connect a network cable ...

Another future Xbox project: replace HDD with Compact Flash

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The idea is not new, but I want to jailbreak the Xbox first.

Problems connecting USB storage device to Xbox

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

I've been looking for a media center to get rid of the rising pile of DVD movies belonging to my 2.5 year old son. I was pretty close to buy a Popcorn Hour A-100 but a friend suggested XBMC Media Center and it sounded like a fun project. On Monday I ...

PC Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal are going web-only

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Or: web killed the paper star? From The 2008 Media Inflection: Meet Dr. Web, the New Gorilla by Herb Sutter: As of January 2009: PC Magazine is going “digital only.” After the January issue, the print magazine will disappear. Instead, the content will appear exclusively on the web. As of January 2009: Dr. ...