Hey @htc, where did the Desire kernel sources go? Just 9 days after releasing, you removed them? Why? Afraid of people simply creating a 2.2 ROM out of the Nexus One Vanilla Rom and your sources? I am pretty confident, Sense UI needs little change for Android 2.2 aka Froyo. In case anybody wants the […]
Continue ReadingHTC Releases Desire Kernel Source Code
Breaking! This is big! HTC just released the source code of the HTC Desire kernel. Get it from the HTC Developer Center.
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For over 15 months I am using BackBlaze as an online backup system. Once installed and configured, it automatically backs up all my data in the background. No matter how many files or how large your backup is, everything is safe. BackBlaze currently backs up 38 GB of data in 634’244 files for me. Now […]
Continue ReadingVirtual Terminal for Chromium OS/Google Chrome OS
So I managed to get Chromium OS on a virtual machine running. Now I am playing around a little bit. I will document my progress here. First thing, you need to get the virtual console. Do this by clicking CTRL + ALT + T. More commands are on this shortcut list. Now you have a […]
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Microsoft Switzerland invited to a short presentation and discussion round with Hank Janssen from the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center (OSTC) in Redmond. He talked a little bit about their infrastructure (which is impressive and awesome by the way), projects Microsoft has contributed to and why they do it. I made a few notes and […]
Continue ReadingBreaking the Network: SSH Server as Proxy for Secure Browsing
Our university LAN is pretty restricted. You can only access the most basic ports like http (80), ftp (21), ssh (22), pop3, imap and so on. But what if you need another port like a port to manage a webserver? After some tuning and searching we came up with the almost perfect solution. And it […]
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