Cell Phone As USB Modem

Well, I don't know if you already know this or not but you can use your cell phone as a USB Modem so you can have Internet Connection wherever there is a network coverage for your cell phone.

I discovered this by mere concidence, I plugged my Nokia 5200 to my laptop and was copying something from the memory card and after I finished the Data Storage mode I clicked quit then every thing happened !!!

My nice Ubuntu 8.10 notified me that it can connect me to the broadband that it provided by my cell phone so I clicked yes and I choose Mobinil as my service provider (the list included Vodafone and Etisalat), after that a network was added to the available networks so I turned off my router and wireless device on the lap and connected to the broadband.

I couldn't believe that I was able to go to Google and search with a keyword using the broadband Internet, I can't deny that it was slow actually very very slow but I think if you have a better cell phone than mine (something of the N series) you can do good browsing especially if you disable images and Java Scripts.

Try it and tell me how it went with you ...

First Day

At last Software Freedom Day (SFD) has started !! to day we the organizing team went to college early to prepare thing, we had to get tables, stands and chairs, we also prepared registration lists and hanged the posters. The great thing that people came early and they were excited, actually the number was larger than we expected, we had about 500 registration and about 300 people showed up today, some of them were registered but some made on-site registration.

The day started with an opening that was delivered by Eng.Hamdy Khalil from eSpace, he explained what is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and everyone liked it, then they had a 30 minute break to get the program, register their attends and claim their prizes: bags, CDs and pens.

At 12:30, Eng.Mekkawy also known as linuxawy from EGLUG started his session about the Free Software explaining the Main Four Freedoms, he also gave them his email and asked their questions.

Well after that people made some inquiries at the stands and registered for the study groups which actually have so many registered attendees (almost everyone!!).

If you haven't been there today, you missed alot but don't worry you still can come and join us even if you haven't yet registered.