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On the web

Beijing: Biggest cheat ever….

So you rushed out to get that new DSTV HD-PVR to enjoy the opening ceremony of the Beijing olympics: but a few days later we all realise that the Olympics already started with a cheat: Part of the elaborate Olympics...

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On the web

The Friday Picture: Dirty Mind

The Friday Picture will provide you with inspirational and (de)motiviational guidance to make the approaching weekend so much more appealing:

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PS3

PS3: Trophy whore

Ever since the release of the 2.40 PlayStation 3 firmware, PS3 gamers everywhere have been clamoring for titles beyond Super Stardust HD to earn Trophies in. While a slew of new titles coming later this year will offer support for...

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Gadgets

How to hack your Belkin router

It innocently (like many cool things) started off with the replacement of my current modem router with a Belkin N1 Vision gigabit router: I would have gone with a Airport Extreme base-station instead, but the local Apple stores have been...

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iPhone

iPhone 3G: Sheit – it’s broked

So you got yourself one of those beautiful new 3G iPhones like the one below: BUT…. WTF???? Yeah, no photoshopping this one. If you head over to the official Apple iPhone forum you will notice dozens of posts like this...

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Gadgets / Life in RSA

DSTV – High-definition – WTF?

DStv operator MultiChoice announced at a press-release last week, that they will (finally) launch O-N-E high-definition channel on August 1. The channel, which will be available in a resolution of 720p, will be used to broadcast the Olympic Games from...

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Synology

NAS: Enable SCP and password-less SSH login

DISCLAIMER: I am not going to educate about the risk of doing this with your root userid. This works for me, as I am behind a secure network. Once you have followed the instructions below, you will be able to...

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PS3 / Synology

Streaming 5.1 surround sound to PS3

Update (2008-12-23): I have discovered an alternative to the method below, which works equally well (although not as fast as the DVD is ripped and re-encoded) – details are posted here. Wow – it has taken me nearly 8 weeks...