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Jan/11

Siemens Gigaset 685IP Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Linux, PBX at 12th January 2011 16:47 by

Overview The two cordless phones that we have were fine till we moved into a house. The two phones suddenly became too far from room to room. It was time again to look for a phone which was scalable and … Continue reading →

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Oct/10

Onkyo TX-SR508 Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Music at 26th October 2010 0:13 by

Overview I wanted a separated surround sound set up because it modularises the “home cinema system” rather than going with a Blu Ray / DVD cinema system where the speakers are tied to the player which has a built in … Continue reading →

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Jun/10

Western Digital Essentials 500GB Portable Drive

Filed Under Hardware at 23rd June 2010 11:27 by

I was shocked when I plugged the drive into my Windows 7 machine when 2 dialogues appear asking me what I want to e.g Open the folder, run the start up program… But why was there 2!? A quick look … Continue reading →

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Jun/10

SPA3102 Username And Password

Filed Under Hardware at 14th June 2010 0:01 by

For some reason I tried to gain access to my Sipura 3102 but it was asking for a username and password. I did not remember setting one but in the Whirlpool forum it says do the following: http://[host]/admin/advanced where [host] … Continue reading →

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Jun/10

Linksys SPA3102 And FreePBX On Ubuntu 10.04

Filed Under Hardware, Linux, PBX at 11th June 2010 0:01 by

Overview I wanted to setup a Private Branch eXchange(PBX) system using Asterisk server at home. As I already had a traditional land line (PSTN or POTS line) I needed something to bridge the computer to the land line. My idea … Continue reading →

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Sep/09

Antec Mini P180 – New Linux Computer

Filed Under Hardware at 16th September 2009 0:01 by

I have finally collected all the parts to build my new computer. Spanning over 3 months and costing just over £400 (including swapping my Alienware PC’s 2GB RAM sticks for 4GB). The goal was to build a budget PC which … Continue reading →

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Jul/09

Windows 7 64 bit Distorted Sound With Creative X-Fi Card

Filed Under Hardware, Windows at 26th July 2009 0:01 by

Since I’ve upgraded to 4GB RAM I was unable to use my sound card because it had static / distorted noise coming from the speakers. No matter how many times I un-installed and re-installed the drivers. I gave up and … Continue reading →

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Jul/09

Current Cost CC128 Envi Review

Filed Under Hardware, Houseware at 9th July 2009 0:01 by

Overview A home automation article popped up in my RSS feed and lead me to this cool device. It’s a combination of a display and sensor which allows you to monitor and track the amount of electricity is being used … Continue reading →