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Try your hand at embedded programming with this projectDemand for embedded programming is growing like crazy, so anyone looking for some job security might consider becoming an ace embedded programmer. It helps to have some programming experience, but even raw beginners can get started inexpensively and learn on their own. One of the friendliest introductions to embedded coding is Arduino. Arduino...

Linux comes with a host based firewall called Netfilter. According to the official project site:netfilter is a set of hooks inside the Linux kernel that allows kernel modules to register callback functions with the network stack. A registered callback function is then called back for every packet that traverses the respective hook within the network stack.This Linux based firewall is controlled...

Packet capture is one of the most fundamental and powerful ways to do network analysis. You can learn virtually anything about what is going on within a network by intercepting and examining the raw data that crosses it. Modern network analysis tools are able to capture, interpret and describe this network traffic in a human-friendly manner. tcpdump is...

I love this app and let me tell you I rate this a 5 Android of the top. When I had my 1st Android phone the G1 this was one of the first 10 apps I downloaded, and it been on every android devices I had. My favorite feature of this app is the offline download. You can download the Bible version you want to keep for offline. So in case you are in a area were there is no data for you device, or forgot...

The new YouTube app for android is looking better with the added Google+ button aka +1. Along with the new +1 there is a playlist option were you can create, and view you favorited video you favorite. Last but not less for the people who love uploading, Uploading while editing video info. This option will make me do more video uploads on the YouTube android app, and move a way from the web upload....

OK along with Amazon apps store new UI with looks a hole lot better. You also may have notice the new notification for Amazon letting you all know that there is a new "Free App of the Day". The upside is Amazon is hearing what we Android lover want in a app. The down side. There is no way to control the notification it just show up when it does. Never the less it is a great app to grace any android...

I found this game but wait it not in the Android Market no more, Duck Hunt. Yes Duck Hunt. The old school Nintendo game, you know the one that came with the games system for free. Well I am telling my age but it was in the Android Market until Nintendo pulled the plug from what I heard. I was able to get my hands on this app, and I love it better on my Androids, on the 7" Galaxy Tab it full screen....

Audio Manager Free and Pro got a new look, the look for Ice Cream, I nickname it AM 4.0. Way better UI look from the old app. Under the app its fully optimized for 4.0 ICS Android tablets and phones, The setting have been move around a little bit, but more easier to save and access you save profiles. In the Android market it had over 1,000,000 downloads. the links for Free and...

There have been apps in the Apple Market for iPhone that you can buy add-ons for in game apps. Like wise in the Android Market. If you link you credit cards or debit cards to you Google account, you are the people I am talking to. If you let little ones play games on your Android device make sure you do this to safeguard you and your account. The new Android Market has a pin settings on their Market....

Move over Google Image there is a powerful app out gaining ground. Vimage is a free app that is a powerful search engine that you can put on your Android device. It searches HD wallpaper anywhere on the world wide web. You can share, save as wallpaper or got directly to the source. Only 500 installs this app is rated 4.5 stars. I myself give it 4.5 Androids only if I can download the wallpaper to...

Here is a how to on how to play your media from your HTC Sensation to your computer using XBMC media player.  First get XBMC from (Here). Xbmc is a open source media player. Then you put your HtC Sensation on WiFi, note the Sensation and computer must be on the same router. Then open Xbmc Settings and under Network check off; Share video and music libraries through UPnP, and Allow control...

This is one of the best chat apps I ever used, eBuddy XMS. Over 500,000 downloads with 5 Stars in the Android Market this app is very under rated. This app is a cross platform app means you can find it on iphone and Backberry. First let me tell you what it can do: You can group chat, send and share pictures and videos, real time messaging, it even has a bot to help you getting started. It...

This is on cool application, I first seen this app was online to test out your Internet speed. It been here in the Android market for a while. Yes you are able to test 3g and 4G providers. But a lot don't know the you can test you wifi as well. I yes wifi. If you really want to know how you are running Speedtest is a App you should get. Here is the link http://market.android.com/details?id=org.zwanoo.android.speedtest give...

In Android Land we have Amazon android app store, and the good old Android Market. If you want to buy apps for your devices, but on the other side of town the developers have their own site that you can buy apps that they have in these markets. With is good, but the BIG FAIL is when you buy off market apps, some developers on their sites they don't sent you updates like the Market has. That sucks!...

If you have a tmobile prepaid data for your galaxy tab, and we'll hat sucks but you are not alone. Here are some great way to save your data if you have the $10 100mb or $30 1gb plan. Adjust your refreshing. Manual refreshing is safer and better. Take the sync of your gmail. If you have facebook of friendcast raise you refreshing to 6 hrs or twice a day. If you want to see what's need go to the app...

It seems strange to me that my Droid Charge didn't come with a note taking application.  I've been sending myself text messages instead.  Here is a very quick comparison of 3 popular note taking apps across several devices.1. Post-it notesI'll start with the most popular note taking application ever: the post-it note + a pen.  Prerequisite: knowing how to write.  Beyond that, learning...

Android has a really cool, very detailed battery life indicator.  As a software engineer, I have no idea how it is even possible to do this, so I question the accuracy.  Charting CPU use is just not enough to really do this.To see it, press the settings button then select Settings - About phone - Battery use.  Screenshot bel...

This is a follow-up to Battery Life Problem: Part 1.After uninstalling Fring and rebooting, the battery life today seems good... a little too good.  Take a look at this screen shot:How is my battery at full power at 5pm?  So I look at the system status screen (Settings - About phone - System Status) and the discrepancy becomes clear: Aha!!  The battery indicator shows full, but the...

Update: See part 2 of my battery life saga here.Yesterday my phone's battery life suddenly dropped from about 30 standby hours to about 4 standby hours. According to the nifty meter that tracks what is using battery life (how do they do that!?!?!?), the display was using 60% of it - even though it was locked the entire time.  Reducing the screen brightness was ineffective.  It just kept...

Here is an example of some bloatware that came on my Samsung Droid Charge:The application is "City ID" and notice that it cannot be stopped, uninstalled, or otherwise manipulated in any way.  This alone makes me want to unlock my phone.This programs job is to periodically get in your way by asking if you want to pay a fee to lookup the area code of a call if the caller is not in your address...

I love the reminder options on my Android phone.  I would love them more if they worked.  My phone sends me reminders at seemingly random times.  Here is one example:At 11:53 on the 13th, I get a reminder about Artscape.  It tells me that Artscape is Thursday the 14 through Sunday the 17th.  Oops!  That should be Fri 15th through Sunday the 17th.  Did I enter it...