PocketMagic

A tutorial on how to build a custom adapter for an Android Listview control, and how to catch the onClick event correctly.
Includes source code.

by Radu Motisan | August 28th, 2010 | Tags: adapter, Android, control, custom, development, dynamic, listview, onclick | Category: Android, Software | Leave a comment

See how to configure Android NDK with Windows and build your JNI project in a few easy steps.

by Radu Motisan | August 24th, 2010 | Tags: Android, java, jni, native code, ndk, Windows | Category: Android, Software, Windows | Comments (1)

A homemade/DIY security system using a webcam, a low power server and a surveillance software.

by Radu Motisan | August 20th, 2010 | Category: Electronics, Hardware, Security, Software | Comments (1)

See the real limit for receiving a SDP bluetooth device attribute in the SDP_DISC_ATTTR_VAL structure for the Broadcom Bluetooth Stack.

by Radu Motisan | August 13th, 2010 | Tags: 256, bluetooth, broadcom, SDP_DISC_ATTTR_VAL, Windows Mobile | Category: Research, Software, Windows Mobile | Leave a comment

Skype opens the TCP port 80 for unknown purposes. It doesn’t ask for user’s permission. This “feature” however creates problems when running legitimate software like an apache server. Think twice when installing “bells and whistles” software like Skype, Messengers, and others.

by Radu Motisan | August 10th, 2010 | Tags: apache, port 80 conflict, skype | Category: Software | Leave a comment

Some details on the ‘Not a valid Pocket PC application’ error resulting from calling the IsStackServerUp API in Windows Mobile Bluetooth Broadcom stack applications.

by Radu Motisan | July 22nd, 2010 | Tags: bluetooth, broadcom, critical error, IsStackServerUp, Windows Mobile | Category: Software, Windows Mobile | Leave a comment

See how to fix Grub Error 17 on Ubuntu.

by Radu Motisan | February 28th, 2010 | Tags: development, error 17, grub, Linux | Category: Linux, Software | Leave a comment

Learn to create a tab control on Android, without the XML layout. Add an image to the tab control in a few easy steps.

by Radu Motisan | January 26th, 2010 | Tags: Android, control, custom, development, dynamic | Category: Android, Software | Comments (11)

Understand what a random number is , how important the chaos is, and how to understand a sequence of numbers that seems to have no meaning.

by Radu Motisan | January 17th, 2010 | Tags: exploit, numbers, random | Category: Research, Security, Software | Leave a comment