Filed in archive Misc
by Rom Feria on July 31, 2008
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch! At OSCON last week, Mark Shuttleworth, of the Ubuntu fame, was quoted as saying "Can we not only emulate, but can we blow right past Apple?" Whilst this may...
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Uploaded with plasq's Skitch! Two years in the making and Sun Microsystems finally unwrapped a preview version of the JavaFX SDK to allow developers to start playing with it and developing cool...
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Filed in archive Hacks
by Rom Feria on July 31, 2008
I mentioned SplashTop before and whilst it looked like it was safely locked to the motherboard, the folks at Phoronix just demonstrated that it can be hacked. This is both a good and a bad thing....
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on July 26, 2008
Fring is a mobile service that provides VoIP and chat services for Windows Mobile and Symbian-based mobile phones. Today, Fring releases two new versions, JavaME and Linux. Whilst I do not have the...
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on July 26, 2008
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch! CherryPal just announced their CherryPal Desktop C100, a small book-sized desktop computer that runs on just 2W of power at peak performance. This Linux-running...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Paul Vasarhelyi Tips are often little hacks that are passed on from one user to another. In this case, it is passed on from one admin to another, with hopes that it will...
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Filed in archive Misc
by James Koopmann on July 25, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dan Moore A very nice read out on Linux.com about a veteran developer, often with and for Microsoft products, decides to totally drop all ties to Microsoft products. And...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Geoffrey Holman What do you think Linux, your computer, your life will look like in the year 2016? I really haven't given it much thought. Will you rely on Windows,...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Jozsef Szasz-Fabian We all hate waiting for systems to boot. I have grown acustom to either keeping my systems on 24x7 (not very green) or making my pot of tea AFTER I...
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by James Koopmann on July 15, 2008
© cvander A new Linux kernel was released over the weekend by Linux Torvalds. Summary states: 2.6.26 adds support for read-only bind mounts, x86 PAT (Page Attribute Tables), PCI Express ASPM (Active...
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by James Koopmann on July 14, 2008
The SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards is open for your vote. In keeping with the community atmosphere, these awards are chosen by you an me. Categories include: Best Project » Best Project for...
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Filed in archive Hacks
by Rom Feria on July 12, 2008
Apple's MobileMe recently launched rendering the .Mac services obsolete. Whilst the new MobileMe web apps work perfectly on Safari and Firefox on Mac and Windows, it does not work on Firefox on...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6405862 IPv6 will soon be the standard for IP addresses on the internet. There are services (sites) that are now connected to the IPv6 network but inaccessible...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Kirby Hamilton WINE, the Windows Emulator, has just released the 1.1.1 development update with the following improvements: - Fixes for Photoshop CS3 and Office 2007...
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Filed in archive Hacks
by Rom Feria on July 12, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6213133 We all want our systems to be quick and responsive and with every new distribution comes new applications and new tools. So, with the new Ubuntu version,...
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The Blender 3D open source community is highlighting the power of their software by producing Apricot, an open source Blender game. By the looks of the various sample videos (see one below), it shows...
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Filed in archive Securing
by Rom Feria on July 12, 2008
Ratproxy is described as a " semi-automated, largely passive web application security assessment tool", by Google. This tool was released by Google to help developers and system...
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How many Linux distributions are there? Do you know? I've never counted. All I do know is there seems to be so many things going on that it could make your head spin. If you're like me, you...
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Wubi is an official installation of the popular ubuntu linux distrobution. The cool thing about Wubi is that it is installed/integrated with Windows. You can basically install Wubi just like any...
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© re-ality Here is an interesting write-up on how to find the right Linux distribution. Well, not quite. But it does take you through quite a few things to look for when you read those linux reviews....
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