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Call for free to regular phones with VoIP using the Sipura SPA3000.

Step 1 - Look in the box. As I’m located in Europe I got an European power plug, lucky me. Except for that you’ll get a very brief instruction sheet on how to connect the SPA3000 with the telephone and network cable that’s also in the box. It’s a very neat box but what I miss is some kind of solution to attach this to the wall. You know the kind of holes you can find in the back of certain devices to allow a screw to slide in so that the device can hang on it. Big deal… Below you see two pictures of (left) the power and network port and (right) the telephone port and the line port.

Step 2 - Connecting the SPA3000

I think the picture to the right speaks for itself. Move the cable that is connected to your phone to the line outlet on your Sipura. Then connect the thin cable that came in the box between your phone and the outlet marked phone. Connect the bigger cable (also in the package) between the outlet marked Ethernet and your network (switch, hub or router), then connect the power adapter.

Another good thing is that the SPA3000 will not interfere with your phone line right now, but it will simply bridge your phone with the phone line. This means that if your wife (maybe I should stop taking my and your wife as the example person?) picks up the phone at this time then it will work just as normal.

In this setup I will assume that you have a NAT router or firewall setup as this is what most people have today. I’m also assuming that that device will hand out a DHCP address. If you can connect a new computer to your network and it ‘just works’ then you have this. Again, most people do have this today.

To be able to connect to the administration web interface of the Sipura you first need to disconnect the incoming line. Just unplug the cable from the line port and lift the phone off the hook. You should get a dial tone. Now press four stars (****) and you should here a voice telling you that you’re in the Sipura configuration menu. Now press 110# and the voice will tell you the IP number of the SPA3000.

Here is an example recording from my own setup. First I pick up the phone and press **** then after the voice is done I press 110# and the voice tells me 130.144.42.224 which is my IP number. Tip. If you don’t hear the voice after pressing start four times, then press several stars more until you hear the voice.

Step 3 - Don’t get intimidated, let’s log on to the web interface

Now when you have the Sipura’s ip address we can log onto the web interface. Simply open your web browser and type http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/admin/advanced, and in my case it would be http://130.144.42.224/admin/advanced. You will get directly into the Info page of the Sipura where you can see what is currently going on.

Don’t get intimidated by all the options, there are actually only two screens we need to edit to get it up running. I won’t go into detail over what each and every option mean, let’s just leave it at what I describe as this is the most common and easiest setup.

Click on the SIP tab and scroll down to the end of the screen. This tab tells the SPA3000 the general options for how it should handle SIP. SIP is in essence VoIP. When you’re there you need to change the following options:

Handle VIA received: YES Insert VIA received: YES Substitute VIA Addr: NO STUN Enable: YES STUN Server: stun.fwdnet.net:3478

Handle VIA rport: YES Insert VIA rport: YES Send Resp To Src Port: NO STUN Test Enable: NO EXT IP:

Then click on Submit all changes. for more.. click here

skype for mac and windows cool

Jason has a sweet Skype hack...

Jaanus Kase posted instructions over on Skype's developer site for enabling higher quality 640x480 video. You need to upgrade to the latest Skype release (2.5.0.85 or later for mac and 3.0.0.216 for PC), quit Skype, and then edit the config.xml file in your settings directory ("~/Library/Application Support/Skype/[skypeusername]/" in OS X).

You should see an entry that looks similar to:

Modify that to read:

When you've finished, your contacts will be seeing you in glorious 640x480 instead of the standard 320x240. There are some tweaks and hardware requirements that might be required for the PC version, so check up on the links below for the nitty-gritty details.

Use regular phones with Skype

The VIVOphone VoiceKey lets you plug in a regular phone / cordless phone to your computer and use Skype (or VIVOphone)

At the Skype site they have other ones, but post up what you're using for VoIP too in the comments too.

iRiver Wing

Another noteworthy product is Full QWERTY keyboard and touch-screen simultaneously, the network mounts a full-scale portable device Wing (WING).

The iriver Wing is a cute little UMPC with a touchscreen and 4GB of flash storage. It’s got Wi-Fi, obviously, and supposedly is instant-on. No word on the battery life. The Bads: It runs Windows CE Pro for the OS, and the keyboard looks like it could be difficult to pound on.

Wing is multimedia features with VoIP (Internet telephony), instant messaging, webmail, widgets, including Wi-Fi network through a variety of features. The ability to work quickly through inseuteonteuon can, 4.0-inch touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard to apply WVGA, anyone can use it easily. A small notebook and similar forms of the same design, using the fold and there can always be a mobile multimedia entertainment business and satisfy both the product of two factors.

Chess Thinking Table

A series of works that explore the invisible, elusive nature of thought. Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you.

The Thinking Table is an interactive table with a built in chess board and an AI program that predicts the probable moves the player may be planning. As the computer ‘thinks’ of various moves, it sketches them out in colored lines on the board.

Nike ONE Concept Car

At the much anticipated Tokyo release party for the driving simulator Gran Turismo 4, Polyphony president Kazunori Yamauchi stunned the attendees with the surprise announcement that GT4 and Nike had collaborated on the Nike ONE, signaling a new era in product development. Nike co-president Mark Parker joined Kazunori on stage for the ceremony, along with designers Phil Frank and Takuya Asano.

The Nike ONE was designed by a small team led by Phil Frank, www.phil-frank.com, for the GT4/Nike collaboration. Frank is also responsible for the design of the legendary Saleen S7.

Nike ONE is an undeniably sexy single seater. The Nike ONE design team was led by legendary car designer Phil Frank, who designed classics such as the Saleen S7 and the new Mustangs.

Google Sites steps up website publishing

Google Sites is finally launched. Another new service from the Google Apps stable, users can make use of Google Sites to develop/create websites online and no knowledge of programming is required to use this service. With different templates to choose from and a storage space of 10GB supported with a rich text editor, this application is a breeze to use.

USB FILM SCANNER __ FEEL EASY

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Now here is an interesting gadget which will interest a lot of people who used the film camera before the digital camera took over. A gadget that can scan your photo negatives. So if you are one of them who have a stack of old films in your cupboard then its time to dig them out and convert them to possitives digitally. The USB Digital Film scanner will give life to your good old negatives by scanning them at high resolution and then having them converted to useful digital formats like jpegs etc.

Vectips: Quality tips and tutorials for Illustrator

In line to the recently famous resource blog psdtuts, here comes the new one "vectips". Vectips has come out with quality tips, tricks and tutorials for Adobe Illustrator. The site targets on professional visitors with medium level skills in the illustrator. The categorizing of the TIPS, TRICKS and TUTORIALS makes the user to reach articles quickly and the apple green color used for the design gives an overall pleasant look. My favorite tutorial from the blog: http://vectips.com/tutorials/creating-halftone-effects/ http://vectips.com/tutorials/quickly-add-grunge-to-text/

MARUTHI WITH A CONCEPT

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Yes! this machine will be launched here in India. Yet another showdown from Maruti Suzuki with the Splash and the Concept A-Star. With the runaway success of the Maruti Swift the company is expecting the A-Star to do the same for them again. So when do we see this car? Expected to launch in India around Oct 2008 and before that the Splash will make an entry into the market. The Suzuki A-Star will have India as its export hub catering to the global market. The cars are being showcased at the Auto Expo held in Delhi. Hope some of the Motorheader readers are lucky to have a glimpse of the car and share some pictures of the car. How is it going to be priced and placed in the Indian market, well thats something which we all need to look for. The pricing strategy should be just right to hit the big market share. Mods for this car? We shall see we shall see.

The TATA Nano

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The TATA Nano is launched and the world's cheapest car is creating waves across the globe with many critics and fanatics sharing their views out on forums and media. So how many of you have decided to push the bikes aside and go for these 4 wheels with a hood over your head. So what does this people's car has to offer? Its a Hatchback with a top speed of 90kmph and a mouth watering fuel efficiency of the claimed 26kmpl on a highway and 22kmpl in city driving. The powerhouse of the car is a 624cc/3cylinder rear positioned engine which generates about 33bhp. On the handling and braking department, it has a front disk and rear drum kit with a 4 speed manual transmission. With the engine postioned at the rear the boot is pushed to the front of the car. Lets wait and see how our masterpeice works out in the market.

Lower or Higher? Coilovers are here! Hotbits speaks!

Racing cars shod stiffer suspension for better handling at high speeds on race tracks. The cars are also lowered for better dynamics at high speeds. We can do the same setup on our road going cars as well, but with bad roads you will feel your behind upto the bone making it very difficult for a daily use car. Here we have a product from HotBits DT1 series that allows you to adjust the damping and also lower the car upto 2" from stock position and increase height upto 1" from stock position. This is an all in one product which is applicable for both Street(regular use) and Track configuration. The multi adjustment feature of this kit is wonderful and apart form the primary comfort that you get out of this kit you can also improve the complete outlook of your ride by lowering the car itself. Something Iam sure most of us would want to try out on our cars.