While at the Chaos Communications Camp I purchased a SIMtrace card.
Osmocom SIMtrace is a software and hardware system for passively tracing SIM-ME communication between the SIM card and the mobile phone.
I've already got it set up and running, and played around with it a bit. Hopefully I'll have some time to do some true SIM-sniffing soon.Read more »»
I'm going to the Chaos Communications Camp in Germany August 9th - 15th. Feel free to get in touch if you want to meet up there. I'll be holding a workshop for the openLOC-project based on my master's thesis, and I'm really looking forward to getting in touch with other GSM-hackers, so don't hesitate to say hi!
I just released version 1.1 of FlicServ. This version fixes a race condition that could cause the linebreak to be inserted before or somewhere in the barcode itself. More here.
I forgot to post this here before now. A couple of months ago I finally got a new quick to post to blog up and running, since I hardly ever seem to update this one other then when I write tutorials and guide.
To make a long story short: I created a blog using emacs, org-mode, jekyll and git/gitosis.Read more »»
I've finally got gsmblog.net up and running on a new CMF. It's really a relief to get rid of the old crappy Joomla the site was running off previously. The new site has been up and running for a bit more than a week, and so far there seems not to be any major problems. I still have to do a lot of tweaking here and there, specially on the Norwegian version of the site. Unfortunately I've been knocked out with a fever for a few days, so I'm rather back-logged at the moment.Read more »»
Some polish geek has managed to run Windows 3.11 on Nokia N95 using dosbox.
Vincotechs new GPS-board A10801 based on the SIRFSTAR III chipset reduces power consumption by 50% compared to major competitors:
Yesterday I received a Neo Freerunner in the mail. I've spent a little bit of time installing the newest OpenMoko and also the latest QT Extended. So hopefully I'll soon start to write some apps for the Freerunner, and start writing some guides.
Other stuff going on in my life (I finally finished my exams this semester, so now I have time to start updating my sites, and start doing all of the stuff I had planned for this fall that I never got around to). Anyhow.Read more »»
I have a couple of Flic barcode scanners that have been collecting dust on the shelf for a couple of years. Last time I used these I was using Windows XP as my primary operating system. Just the other day I installed Tellico and decided to catalogue my huge collection of books. A barcode scanner sure would make my life easier. So now I needed a Linux driver for these fine devices. It took me about 6 hours to conclude that the only software wedge available for the Flic on Linux is closed source payware and only supports tethered connections not BlueTooth.Read more »»
A couple of days ago I finally received the Holux GR-240 I ordered ages ago. I've now run it through a couple of short test, so it's time to write my first review on this new fancy device.
Before I get started there are a couple of things I have to mention. First of all my previous GPS was the Holux GR-230, a non SIRFIII GPS, so my comparisons might not be quite fair. For the second I live in Norway, located quite far north compared to the GPS satellites orbits, so all GPS units perform worse here than further south.Read more »»
