http://robaldred.co.uk cars, f1, bikes, tech tips, symbian guides & what ever i'm interested in this week Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:37:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our beloved chancellor has decided to increase the number of road tax bands from 7 to 13. Basically this means a lot of the everyday cars we see and use on the roads will be re-banded For example my Toyota Celica current Band E for which I pay £170 per year for ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/07/car-drivers-hit-hard-by-new-road-tax-rates/ I might not be Hamilton's biggest fan, I don't really know why, but I am not denying he is proving himself as good driver. Winning Silverstone by over 68 seconds in the wet. This week he posted an impressive lap of 1m14.872s at Hockenheim which remained unbeaten throughout the two days testing. I ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/07/hockenheim-tests-dominated-by-hamilton/ The disappointing race from Massa at Silverstone allowed both Raikkonen and Hamilton the opportunity to join him at the head of the driver standings leading up to Germany next week. Massa 48 Raikkonen 48 Hamilton 48 Kubica 46 Heidfeld 36 Kovalainen 24 Trulli 20 Webber 18 Alonso 13 Barrichello 11 Rosberg 8 Nakajima 8 Coulthard 6 Glock 5 Vettel 5 Button 3 Bourdais 2 Piquet 2 Sato 0 Davidson 0 Sutil 0 Fisichella 0 http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/07/driver-standings-leading-up-to-hockenheim/ The British Grand Prix will make a surprise switch to Donington Park from 2010, the FIA has announced. Rumours about a possible Donington bid for the race had circulated in recent weeks amid the continuing uncertainty over Silverstone's future as a Formula 1 venue, but this morning's announcement that a 2010 ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/07/donington-gets-british-gp-from-2010/ Fernando Alonso has revealed he will make a decision on whether to stay at Renault into 2009 towards the end of the season. The Spaniard returned to Renault in 2007, he has yet to achieve anything close to the previous stint in which he won his two world championships. This year ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/06/alonso-to-throw-in-the-towel-already/ The latest promotional video released show us more of how you can interact with the S60 touch UI. I am personally looking forward to the release from Nokia with this on, I really thought the N96 might get the eagerly awaited software as it certainly looks the part but... I guess ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/06/a-preview-of-the-s60-touch-ui/ You can now freely install unsigned applications without the need for self signing, in this post I will explain how to achieve this. First you'll need the following: A permission hacked S60 phone, follow my previous guide, hack S60 file permissions If you have a Symbian 9.2(feature pack 1) device, download installserver92 file. ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/06/freely-install-unsigned-applications/ In this post I will describe how to give full write permission on your Symbian S60 smartphone, this will enable you to install UNSIGNED applications. Freedom! First off, a couple of things you will need: You need to be running windows XP/Vista Nokia PC Suite 6.85 or earlier Nokia have patched newer versions of ... http://robaldred.co.uk/2008/05/allow-installation-of-unsigned-applications-on-s60/