Usually, WLAN is mostly used for connecting end user devices to an
existing WLAN. But what if you have two rooms in your home and do not
want to lay cables in order to connect them. This is where WLAN bridges
or Network distribution kicks in.

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With iOS6, the UI hasn’t changed much. many bugfixes have been made,
some new features have been added. But with the release of the iPhone 5,
the resolution of the screen has changed but the iOS ap hasn’t. So some users
took their ideas together and made an impressive video.

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One thing we like about Amazon is the uncomplex way of ordering things
on the internet and have them delivered home. No more walking around
in the rain no more waithing at the cash register and easy browse&search
on the homepage for specific items. But in Germany there’s grey clouds.

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Facebook has planned to bring out an own smartphone which puts
facebook in the center of the smartphone apps and OS. However it seems as
if these plans were too expensive or too ambiguous and thus Facebook has
now officially stated to bring out a special App: Facebook Home.

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You know, I was complaining about winter in the past. The temperature
has already risen over zero although 3 degrees Celsius aren’t that warm
either. But what bothers me most is the everyday-gray that is dominating
the whole weeks for the last three months. Where’s spring and the sun?!

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Sweet jimminee… the day started at 7 a.m. for me today and before you
can look, the day’s over. No time for anything. Hurrying home to fetch my
dart gear and fight another tournament today. So there’s noting much
to see here today except a funny video a good colleague mailed me earlier.

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As posted last month, here’s now this months’ Garfield Top 15.
Again here are 15 assorted strips from the various garfield comics over
the years! Have fun and good laughing minutes while watching/reading
them. For more comics, simply scroll down this page.

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Of course new styles tend to be imitated in no time. But when ridiculousness and
bad accident happen together, the laugh is always on the loser! And besides this,
the principal of that school wouldn’t have looked happy either when seeing one
of the showcases’ glass doors broken. If the principal has seen this video also?

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And some time for Netsspark to relax and gain Power for the upcoming work
time. Wish you a nice easter holidays and relaxing days. Enjoy the days off and
don’t forget to set your clocks tonight one hour forward! Summertime’s coming!
At least from the calendar side as the weather isn’t spreading any warm feeling!

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CCTV often captures strange  moments in everyday life. This video has
captured a near-death accident not caused by the busdriver but by other
drivers. The scenes you see show how lucky the busdriver was. Thanks to
his quick reaction, he was able to hop off devil’s shovel!

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It seems as if there are some rogue divers around who want to take Africa
offline. The Egyptian coastguard has captured 3 divers who were about to
cut the underwater line connection. As the repair of such a cable is often
very complex and expensive, the avoidance of such incidents is crucial!

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…or when trains fly by with 400 km/h (250 mph)! The red arrow (the
translation for “frecciarossa”) as the new italian high-speed train is called
is supposed to reach 400 km/h albeit the operational speed is 360 km/h.
(215 mph). But as you can see the development never stops.

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Okay, so I have now purchased a new gadget and am trying it out right now. A
mobile companion is often used for quick sharing of information these days. As
my iPhone is rather small for ergonomic typing, I decided to go biggie and here
we are with the new iPad 4 LTE which is supposed to compete with today’s tech.

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So there we have it. The new SimCity didn’t have a lucky start. Time for EA to act
and give all loyal buyers a free game for the initial problems, SimCity was prone
to. Okay, the mail from EA tells it is very easy to claim the free game. Just log in
to origin, launch the “Featured tab” and grab the desired free game.

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Ever wondered how these huge freight carriers, which have a length of more
than 1000 feet, are built and then watered? Then you should watch this 75
seconds timelapse and your question should be answered. Maersk and a
shipyard in Korea have built the largest freight carrier, recording the result.

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This must have been the question of this taiwanese truck driver when he
arrived at the desired spot with a tonload of bamboo sticks and no one felt
responsible to help him unload the truck. So he fund a way to unload the
stuff at the material cost of the back axis of his truck. Thanks to Physics!

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The internet grows, the internet offers much more media than ever before.
Games are no longer delivered on physical media. Programs run off the
cloud service. Everything gets based on the internet more and more. What
sounds good for us, may be bad for users of T-Online. The reason: Cutbacks!

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So iOS 6.1.3 is out for a couple of days and many users have cheered that
the security flaw where you could bypass the lockscreen was fixed. But
now there’s another security flaw which allows access to the iPhone and
it’s contacts and photos. However it ain’t as simple as with the old iOS.

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It is now over a month since the security leak is known that allows thieves
On March 6th, 6.1.2 has been released but not adressing the issue yet. Now
iOS 6.1.3 shall do, what two other releases haven’t done yet. Stop access to
sensitive data without having to deal with the device code.

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You asked for it? Then you’ll get it! This female postman from Singapore
has specialized in delivering adverts (or Information?) in a very effective
and efficient way. So when you thing, not having an E-Mail saves you from
SPAM, then you’d better reconsider your thoughts. Incredible!

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Many of you have probably seen Minority Report, an interesting Sci-Fi
movie about police units using future-telling individuals to predict crime
before it happens. What is base for a good Sci-Fi movie in 2006 seems to
become real in Seattle, WA. Predpol, that’s the name of the software used.

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Lions are known to be wild beasts that can rip a fully-gron man into pieces
with ease. But what happens if a lion grows up in a human family and then
released into wilderness after many, many years? This video shows: Even
wild beasts have a memory and remember whom they can trust!

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There are things in life one should remember: Even if someone is “lifeless”
it is no free ticket for teasing him or even annoying him to death. In this
case, a tourist has teased a street performer who made the “still statue”
act. The street performer just waited for the right moment…

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Nope, this is no April’s fool (and it’l be 15 more days ahead!) but you have
read right. For once, Apple itself got victim of being sued for some patent.
In this Case, THX (Lucasfilm) has sued Apple for violating a patent of THX
involving speakers used in various iDevices.

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Well… nowadays, servers don’t produce as much heat as their older
pendants which had to be cooled using water. Yet the Microsoft data
center in Ireland hat to stutter when the air flow has shut down for an
unknown reason with a firware update recently successful applied.

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Things you don’t do: A cowfence has not a high voltage but lots of Ampère!
And thus an electric bash of the cowfence still can hurt you. In Physics we
have learned, that our body can be powered with thousands of volts
without any harm… as long as we’re not grounded.

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At 7:13p.m. the wait was finally over. The Vatican has a new pope! Pope Francis I.
has officially been elected as the new pope of the catholic church. Jorge Mario
Bergoglio (⁕17.12.1936) is the official successor of Pope Benedict XVI who has
officially receded from office on February 11th, 2013.

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Returning from CeBIT not only brought me new knowledge about today’s
technologies but also took me down for some cold… Now I have to hit the bed
for some another days to get well again. I am sorry for the missing posts of
March 9 to 11 – they’re queued as they’re not yet ready. Will work on them later!

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Ever wondered what the world in 7 miles depth of water is looking like?
With a water pressure of 110’000’000 pascals there should be no life
ever possible. But you’ll be surprised what kind of water animals you’re
seeing down there. Impressive and thrilling also.

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Samsung doesn’t like Windows 8 – They see Windows 8 as the culprit for
stagnating PC-sales in the last months. They also see Windows 8 on the
same level as Windows Vista which was also not THAT successful. And
who can blame them for saying, users don’t like tiles on a desktop?

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Gaming consoles get smaller and smaller. While the WiiU is currently the
smallest of them all. The new Xi3 Piston seems to be a new goalgetter. Only
equipped with some flash RAM, a decent processor and graphics unit, it
makes use of Steam. With 999 US$ MSRP it is extremely expensive!

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The first day at the CeBIT was a huge success for a technician like me. All the
stuff dealing with IT and the server techiques around are an El Dorado there. I
could gather a lot of information for my job, too and it’s no surprise that I found
the companies of the software used at my employer.

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