The frontpage of The Pirate Bay currently has this graphic:and is happily promoting a service to help Eircom users anonymise their internet usage.In case you're wondering why... Eircom, one of Ireland's largest ISPs, has announced that they will start cutting off filesharers using a "3 strikes" system in conjunction with IRMA.Due process? Forget it.The ISP will get to act as … [Read more...] about ThePirateBay Eircom and IRMA
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Facebook Connect Comes To Vbulletin
Image via CrunchBaseFacebook connect is now builtin to Vbulletin.Sure, you could have used one of several plugins to get Facebook Connect working, but the problem with 3rd party plugins is that they are not guaranteed to be supported. (ie. if Vbulletin releases a version that "breaks" the plugin you're snookered)Enabling the new features is pretty easy and they've provided … [Read more...] about Facebook Connect Comes To Vbulletin
Tethering iPhone on Vodafone Ireland (Part deux)
Image via CrunchBaseSince I first posted about iPhone tethering with Vodafone Ireland.. Vodafone launche the iPhone in IrelandThere's now a thread over on boards.ie about tetheringThere's also a couple of oldish posts about setting up tethering on unlocked phones .. And I still haven't had a proper reply from Vodafone on the subject.If Vodafone's reply is that there is … [Read more...] about Tethering iPhone on Vodafone Ireland (Part deux)
Upgrading Vbulletin 3.* to Vbulletin 4.*
Vbulletin 4 was released a couple of months ago and comes with a number of new features. It also comes in two flavours:Forum onlyForum + CMSA number of the forums I run / manage / catherd are still running Vbulletin 3.* and I wasn't in too much of a hurry to upgrade until I was sure that Vbulletin 4 was stable (ie. they'd found the big nasty bugs). The other thing that I had to … [Read more...] about Upgrading Vbulletin 3.* to Vbulletin 4.*
Ubuntu Gets A Visual MakeOver
Ubuntu, which is one of the more popular Linux distributions these days, has unveiled a completely new look.It's got a new logo:And a whole new range of styles for just about every other visual asset associated with the brand, both online and on the users' desktops.The new look is very slick compared to the "old" image of Linux distributions as being ugly, yet functionalFull … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Gets A Visual MakeOver