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USB hack connects Droid to printers video cams and other USB devices

The Register reports: A reverse engineering expert has disclosed a way to make his Motorola Droid host USB-enabled devices, a hack that allows the smartphone for the first time to directly connect to printers, video cameras, TV tuners, and a … Continue reading

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Webcam didn’t work with Virtualbox 3.0

You might have read my earlier post about Virtualbox 3.0. I thought the feature I was waiting for was fixed in Virtualbox 3.0. It was the webcam support. I thought the following changelog was to fix that issue:USB: Support for … Continue reading

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Enabling USB in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

If you are trying to install a driver for your USB printer or trying to enable USB support in Virtualbox in Ubuntu 8.10, you are in more trouble than before. Ubuntu removed support for /proc/bus/usb starting with Ubuntu 7.10, but … Continue reading

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BBC moves to Linux for TV production

BBC is moving to Linux for tapeless TV production. The current process of copying to digital tapes is expensive and error prone, so BBC research team developed Ingex for tapeless TV production using Linux. Ingex is used to get the … Continue reading

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DLink DWL-G120 usb wireless adapter worked with TIVO

I earlier had a DLink USB wireless adapter (802.11b) that I lost when I moved to my new house. I then looked at Tivo’s network adapter list and bought Netgear WG111 (US). Netgear WG111 works with Tivo only if the … Continue reading

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USB not working with Virtualbox in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

I first installed Virtualbox OSE (Open Source Edition) from Ubuntu repo. I didn’t see any option to load USB devices in the settings. The OSE version was 1.5 whereas the current Virtualbox version is 1.5.2. I thought, may be the … Continue reading

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