Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?

Read e-mail safely on travel

The holiday has been started, you love to check your e-mail, Facebook or WhatsApp at your holiday location but can you trust the provided Wi-Fi-connection? The answer is: NO. Never trust these kind of Wi-Fi-networks. Maybe somebody has set up a wireless access point (AP)/WLAN-hotspot with the same name as the access point of your… Continue reading Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?

Compileren software voor Dreambox

Je wilt meer uit jouw Dreambox halen? Zelf een image bakken of een programma schrijven? Lees dan dit artikel. Eerder heb ik al een artikel geschreven over het Compileren van software voor een device waar OpenWrt op draait. Nu is de Dreambox dus aan de beurt om zelfgeschreven software te ‘draaien’. De Dreambox is een… Continue reading Compileren software voor Dreambox

Android: Use ADB wirelessly via Wi-Fi

In this post you will learn how to connect Android Debug Bridge (ADB) wirelessly via Wi-Fi instead of using a USB-cable. Assumptions Your Android-device has a Wi-Fi connection; Your workstation has a TCP/IP connection which is routable to the Android-device; Your Android-device is connected with your workstation using a USB-cable; ADB is installed on your… Continue reading Android: Use ADB wirelessly via Wi-Fi

Navigation and Audio Menu gone from MFA after upgrade of RNS-510

By Plani (own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Recently I upgraded the firmware of the RNS-510 Navigation System in my Volkswagen Passat B7 (Type 3C) from software version: 3970 to version 5218. Everything went well: Inserted the CD with new firmware, waited 45 – 60 minutes till the upgrade was finished by resetting the device. After this upgrade however, there was something gone… Continue reading Navigation and Audio Menu gone from MFA after upgrade of RNS-510