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Identify Your Mac AirPort Extreme Chipset

Do the following: Go to "About This Mac" (top left under the Apple logo) Click "More Info..." Choose "AirPort" on the left-hand side (in the "Network" section) On the right-hand side look for "Card Type = AirPort Extreme" The "Firmware Version" underneath should indicate what chipset you have. E.g. "Broadcom BCM43xx"  Hopefully this will help you out. Maybe you want to know this because you're hoping to use Aircrack to do some WEP cracking :). This page lists compatible aircrack chipsets .

Make Your Blog Mobile-friendly!

This is a quick heads up for Blogger bloggers that may have missed it. Blogger now lets you easily switch on an option to present your mobile readers with a special mobile formatted version of your blog. If you've ever read stuff on a mobile device that's not formatted for mobile you'll know how annoying it can sometimes be navigating a non mobiel-friendly web site, even with mobile browsers like Opera doing a good job at solving that issue. To switch on the mobile template view in Blogger, just Go to your blog's "Settings" tab Click "Email & Mobile" Then where it says "Mobile Template (beta)" choose "Yes" and your done! You can hit the "Mobile Preview" button to see what your blog will look like too.

Quickly improve your Facebook security

There's nothing ground breaking here. But if you haven't got these Facebook setting switched on you should do so now! In Facebook click Account in the top right corner. Click " Account Settings ". On the My account page click "Account security" Check all the boxes and click the "Save" button. By the way, if you haven't given your mobile number to Facebook yet you'll need to do this before you can get SMS alerts, or you can just leave the "Send me a text message" box unchecked. Also! - once you turn these security settings on your iPhone Facebook app might be messed up. But don't worry! Just follow the 3 steps in my previous post here  to sort that out.

Fix your iPhone Facebook app login problems!

If you are getting an error every time you try to login to the Facebook app on your iPhone, try this solution. Go to http://www.facebook.com/iphone On the left-hand side (you may need to scroll down) click "Remove app" Now try logging in again on your iPhone. Source I found the solution here: http://goo.gl/LPYEu So what caused the problem?.. Not exactly sure, but this started happening right after I update my Facebook security setting. I had turned on HTTPS and had activated alerts for when a new computer or mobile device logged in to my account. One of these settings must have caused it.

Fictional tweeting could enhance viewing figures

What do you think folks, if the main character from your favourite series (think Hawaii Five-O, CSI, Criminal minds) was tweeting like a regular person and maybe had a Facebook page to boot, would this add a new dimension to the show? Just to be clear I'm talking about Twitter and Facebook accounts that are professionally scripted to present the person as they are in the series in a real-life way. They would actually interact with the world around them just like a real-life tweeter would. You'd need to have a clever little team, including the people who write the script of the actual series to create a realistic character, but if done well it could be really fun for people that enjoy the series and could even increase the popularity of the series. Has anyone seen this being done professionally yet? If not I kinda bet that we'll start to see this in the near future. It may not be suitable for every type of series, but it could be really cool for suitable ones. Imagine ...