Tether your iPhone: EDGE internet on your laptop

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Instructions for tethering your iPhone 3G or iPhone with 2.0 firmware are here

Recent developments have allowed iPhone hackers to compile background applications for the iPhone - among the most interesting so far is srelay, a SOCKS proxy server.

srelay running on your iPhone opens up a very exciting possibility - you can use your iPhone's EDGE connection with a laptop or other Wifi-enabled device.

A note of caution: Accessing your EDGE data plan through a laptop may be against your AT&T terms of service. Even modifying your iPhone to enable this service may be a violation. Please check before attempting this procedure.

Currently these instructions only work for Windows - as I don't have a Mac I can't really test anything on that side. I was hoping a...

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Advantages of Installing a Dimmable LED Bulb

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The LED bulb is one of recent developments that have transformed household lighting.
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Techcrunch: Yelp’s CEO On Google: We Were Suprised…I Don’t Think It’s A Permanent Situation

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Yelp's CEO Jeremy Stoppelman deserves credit for trying to play nice with Google, even appearing onstage at the Social Currency CrunchUp with John Hanke, a Google VP of Product Management. As expected the tension was palpable, as Hanke and Stoppelman discussed Google Places and the goliath's heavy reliance on Yelp's content. Beyond the professional veneer, there's no question that Stoppelman feels burned. The recent developments, he says, were unexpected:
"Well I think we were surprised because we hadn't participated in Place Pages over the years. Like we were in sort of the precursor to Place Pages back in something like 2006 and then we left because we weren't really happy in the direction it was going ... And then yeah, we found our content was showing up there and it is ranked dead last right now. I don't think that's sort of a permanent situation from what we gather from talking to Google, they are sort of headed in a new direction that which hopefully will be more positive."
Full video ahead, along with Stoppelman's thoughts on taking on Foursquare and Groupon.
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