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Arrested after rec. a 20 sec. clip “Transformers”

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

piraatJhannet Sejas, a 19 year old girl was immediately arrested by the police after she recorded a 20 second clip from the movie “Transformers” that she wanted to show to her little brother. She now faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

Teen Arrested for Recording 20 Second Movie ClipSejas was celebrating her 19th Birthday with her boyfriend in a local theater in Arlington. A few minutes after she taped the short clip the police came rushing in and took her into custody on the charges of “being a pirate”.

Full story @ torrentfreak.com: Teen Arrested for Recording 20 Second Movie Clip

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    Open Moko

    Posted on July 30, 2007 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

    Just recently released as the first fully open phone and the first fan boys are showing the goods. The price is around the €300 mark. Here’s a short introduction. The mobile market just got more competitive, great! Roomware anyone?

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      Bluesnarfing

      Posted on January 4, 2007 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

      Ah, phone hacking, yet another way.
      Best tip: turn off when not using it ? Other Scams.

      Update: ‘bluejacking’ of ‘bluehacking’ of ‘bluesnarfing’ ?

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        Roomware – working server + application running

        Posted on October 30, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

        Another month, another DevHouse. Part two has come to an end yesterday, and i guess you can say we ended with a bang. On sunday evening around nine o’clock we had a working server + application running on the local network! Work will continue in the coming month(s) so we can have a more stable & polished version of the server and the different modules running at the next event.

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          Roomware

          Posted on October 23, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

          ROOMWARE

          RoomWare is a software application running in a defined space. The people in a RoomWare enabled space can use the services running on a local server through their mobile phone (Bluetooth), laptop (Wifi) or other means (RFID). Possible services range from live interaction with the music or video screens to introducing parts of an online profile into the local space.

          This project is aimed at providing developers, artists and other interested parties with a plug and play server installation that they can use to jumpstart the development of their room based mobile installations.

          The second installment of the Roomware project is this coming weekend. Join in!

          English info & related previous post.

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            Less PDA more Smart Phone

            Posted on October 12, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

            pda

            Right now, smartphones are the new hotness and PDAs are old and busted. At least that’s what a new report from research firm Gartner says. During the first half of 2006, shipments of PDAs and smartphones grew 57 percent over the same period in 2005, totalling 42.1 million units. 34.7 million of those were smartphones, with the remainder PDAs.

            If we don’t count the TomTom (navigational options) of PDA, would this be the trend?

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              RoomWareDevHouse september 30th

              Posted on September 12, 2006 by Vincent Barnhard

              roomware.jpg

              At RoomWareDevHouse we intend to investigate possible applications, host discussion and do some hacking while enjoying a tasty beverage. The event is free and anyone interested can attend as long as you intend to participate.

              Loosely styled after SuperHappyDevHouse we hope to talk about and even build some of the applications that we will display at a later RoomWare event. Furthermore we intend to start development on an open source RoomWare platform that anyone can build on to provide RoomWare applications at their own event or location. The event is on Upcoming too…

              Website: http://blog.pussycatlounge.nl

              Join us:

              RoomWare is software applications running in a defined space. The people in a RoomWare enabled space can use the services running on a local server through their mobile phone (Bluetooth), laptop (Wifi) or other means (RFID). Possible services range from live interaction with the music or video screens to introducing parts of an online profile into the local space.

              Website: http://roomwareproject.org

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                Drive Around Movies

                Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                movcar

                Forget the come back of Drive-in Movies, the latest unreleased movie is driving around in your street, LOL! Maybe traffic jams become less boring soon?

                Ps. If you don’t plan to watch the World Cup on your mobile, win a ticket with it.

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                  Real-Time Mobile Vlogging (2)

                  Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                  icemobil

                  I found a Dutch company, Icemobile, who does something quite similar as the previous mentioned Comvu services. Their website nicely illustrates the previous mentioned benefits of real time vlogging.
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                    Real-time Mobile Vlogging

                    Posted on May 9, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                    video callAllthough people roughly since 2004 can imitate CNN video reporters in Afghanistan with their videophone as citizen real-time tv-reporters, it isn’t happening. Already in 2000 this was noticed (in 2003 some initiatives) but now 2006 with barely 28% of video phone users, it hasn’t caught on very quick.

                    Yes Youtube is booming, yes complete films are made with mobiles, viewed and broadcasted. Still, mobile video reporting/vlogging is not adopted by the masses.

                    So what could change that? Here are some developments…
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                      Asian Humor ?

                      Posted on May 9, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                      World’s Worst Ringtone

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                        Mobile Wiki

                        Posted on April 27, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                        miki

                        While in Finland complete cities skip landlines and go pure mobile, a new mobile wiki platform has launched, miki. Although I think eventually mobiles are going to be so powerful that they don’t care if something is built for mobiles or not it does amplify the focus on more publishing that is more mobile-minded.

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                          Open Source phone has arrived ?

                          Posted on April 11, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                          sigSIP has been around for a long time. Moreover, its a fundamental part in the 3G phone plans, which is all about using your phone more over the internet (which is much more than just website browsing). The good news is that with SIP your phone can become as open source and adjustable as the computer is at the moment and its becoming standard soon!
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                            Don’t Fly and Call

                            Posted on March 20, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                            Don't call and flyCarnegie Mellon Researchers Find Cell Phones Pose Greater Risk to Airplane Navigation Than Previously Believed

                            “We found that the risk posed by these portable devices is higher than previously believed,” said Bill Strauss, who recently completed his Ph.D. in EPP at Carnegie Mellon. “These devices can disrupt normal operation of key cockpit instruments, especially Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, which are increasingly vital for safe landings.” Strauss is an expert in aircraft electromagnetic compatibility at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Patuxent River, Md.

                            Website: www.cmu.edu

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                              Every phone WiFi

                              Posted on March 15, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                              dgf

                              There is now little reason why not.

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                                Virtual Keyboard rules

                                Posted on March 10, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                mobilekeyboard

                                Finally, a HUGE mobile keyboard, I don’t even think this is restricted to just the mobiles. Can’t wait.

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                                  Exit PDA?

                                  Posted on March 3, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                  pda

                                  Great, just when I got one...

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                                    What did you say?

                                    Posted on October 24, 2005 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                    acting

                                    Much sooner than you might expect, it will be possible for an American in New York to pick up a cell phone and have a conversation with a Chinese co-worker in Shanghai — with both people speaking their native languages. Cell phones, using sophisticated translation technology, will translate the conversation in real time.

                                    smartmobs.

                                    Now just hope we won’t get misunderstandings..

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                                      iPods, mobile phones and community

                                      Posted on October 12, 2005 by Vincent Barnhard

                                      IpodBarry Wellman Net Lab Director of the Centre for Urban & Community Studies of the University of Toronto was interviewed for a thoughtful long feature of Kenneth Kidd in Sunday’s Toronto Star about how iPods and mobile phones are affecting public/private boundaries of community.

                                      So the whole notion of a strong, controlling neighbourhood community “has factually not been true” since at least the 1960s. What has replaced it — with the accelerating help of cellphones — is what Wellman calls “networked individualism.”

                                      “The big change has been this shift from groups to networks,” he says. “They’re less formally structured, they’re more amorphous.”

                                      Those in anyone’s network don’t have to be physically close, just a cell call away, and it’s easier to opt in or opt out of a network than it is a group

                                      Source: Smart Mobs: iPods, mobile phones and community

                                      Must read: Barry Wellman & Net Lab
                                      Huge amount of publications about networking and online communities

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                                        Jeroen Elfferich – EXMachina

                                        Posted on July 27, 2005 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                        Razor game

                                        Enabling mobile multiplayer gaming since 1998

                                        If you’re a games designer for mobile phones, we’re sure you’ve thought about the next level: true multiplayer concepts, based around live competition or cooperation between multiple players.

                                        Deus+ is the leanest & meanest multiplayer platform available. It comes equipped with full community modules yet is efficient enough to power live multiplayer games on common phones, with nothing but MIDP1.0 and HTTP!

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