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Is this the SDN Blog that we need?

Ivan Femia — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:46:25 +0000

This would be a collection of most unnecessary blogs on SDN (this is absolutely IMHO). I will update this post… Posted on Mar. 08, 2010 Selecion screen with tabs and its issues (60 SDN points) Posted on Feb. 26, 2010 How to search OSS NOTES that are relevant & applicable ONLY to your system Posted on Jan. 11, 2010 How to create [...]

Update Amon RA’s Recovery Image for HTC Hero

Ivan Femia — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:54:55 +0000

Recently Amon RA recovery for HTC Hero was updated to 1.5.3.1, in this short blog I will give a step by step guide in order to update it without any problem. Any action on your device is your choice, I’m not responsible of any damage! First of all what’s new in Amor RA 1.5.3.1? Change Log v1.5.3.1 Fixed ext restore [...]

Android PMoney – Currency Converter released

Ivan Femia — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:35:15 +0000

After some days I finally released the first version of my first Android application PMoney – Currency Converter. PMoney is a very simple currency converter that allows you to convert between more than 100 currencies. Many new features are planned to be available in the next releases, any comment and improvement request is welcome. Features: Online and Offline conversion More than [...]

Hard Disk disaster data recovery

Ivan Femia — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:02:02 +0000

Some months ago I published a guide to recover lost data on an unaccessible partition Easy HD data recovery with TestDisk. This week end I got an other issue on an other PC, home partition (ext3) was no longer readable (on boot I got ata1.00 DRDY ERR UNC what it’s this? ). I tried testdisk but [...]

To buzz or not to buzz?

Ivan Femia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:39:35 +0000

Yesterday, 9th February 2010, Google released its news social application Google Buzz. What is Google Buzz? It is a kind of Twitter with some Wave and Facebook features ready for Mobile The idea seems to be really good, better that Wave, because it is more compatible to our current habits and needs. Google defined five [...]

HTC Hero Android 2.1 official update on March?

Ivan Femia — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:42:53 +0000

New rumours on HTC Hero Android 2.1 Update; march could be the official month. On Meteor forum (an Irish mobile operator) an Administrator said on 19th January: “We’ve been in contact with HTC and they have said that version 2.0 will be available in and around March of this year. HTC sense UI will be tightly integrated [...]

How to install Eclair 2.1 on HTC Hero

Ivan Femia — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:47:13 +0000

Hi everybody, I was wondering if I have to wait for HTC official firmware update for Hero or install a custom ROM in order to use the new Eclair Android System and I choose to install a new custom ROM, the AOSP Eclair 2.1. What is AOSP Eclair 2.1? The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is the public, [...]

Android 2.1 for HTC Hero will be released in February

Ivan Femia — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:16:45 +0000

As reported by android.com.pl seems that HT planned to push out the new HTC Hero 2.1 on February 15th “Just as the topic is clear, has always been neglected by the owners of Hero HTC finally get an update. Why so late? Because it will not be updated for the Android 2.0 but straight to 2.1. [...]

How many lines of custom ABAP code are inside your system? Part2

Andrea Olivieri — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:19:00 +0000

Intro This is the continuation of the previous blog How many lines of custom ABAP code are inside your system? published at the beginning of 2009 by Sergio Ferrari, my colleague and SAP Mentor. The SLOC, the number of line of ABAP code of custom objects, is one of the most interesting indicators provided during a software [...]

Available today in beta: Google Chrome for Linux!

Ivan Femia — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:53:38 +0000

Finally after Chromium here it is Google Chrome for Linux This is the email received from google team: Google Chrome is go for beta on Linux! Thanks to the many Chromium and WebKit developers who helped make Google Chrome a lean, mean browsing machine. Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for [...]