Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI use textalyser.net at times. It offers some good features and a very light homepage.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThis is bad. An online payment company thrives on trust. If PayPal carries around this “I don’t give a shit” attitude, it is only making a sore loser out of itself.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetNice find. I run into lots of trouble running Internet on my phone. Even now, my Internet from Nokia 7210 supernova is not working on windows but it works on Linux. I hope this application can fix that.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetMy best guess is that the video is deleted from the cache if you close that window. And even if it remains, the temp files will be named in some sequence. So, no absolute way of knowing which temp file is for which video, but you can guess something from the numbers there.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetNice post. I found it inspirational and a lot different from mainstream “5 ways to become a blah blah blah blogger”…It was intriguing.
BTW, I am really happy Three Idiots is making a record at IMDB.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI think they did not believe the %change, so left it blank! Must have been way above 200%. I already see a 200% there..
Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet@Abhishek, It is all over Google and Twitter! It first appeared at Computerworld I guess. Linuxworld also wrote about it. So, simply put, this is valid news, not any attempt to grab eyeballs!
Do you have any more information on this?
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetYes, Exaile works on Gnome. But Amarok has got great features. One downside is, it depends on many kde packages. So, the download for Amarok is comparatively larger.
I use both exaile and Amarok.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetUbuntu Tweaks has released the version 0.5.0 of the software. Ubuntu tweaks is a revolutionary software which takes customizing Ubuntu to totally new heights. This betters our experience of using Ubuntu. It has got many new features like syncing data from the web, a better UI and lots more.
The new version supports only the latest full release of Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala. Given that, it also supports other Ubuntu based distros like Linux Mint 8, but has no support for older versions of Ubuntu.
The version 0.5.0 has made many major changes like:
Dropped support for any Ubuntu version before 9.10Used native system icons in UIA redesigned sidebar and title barImproved third party source, with data sync enabled.Improved update managerA show desktop buttonThe new version of Ubuntu tweaks will also allow automatic updates of the software list and this will keep the software list up-to-date, always. Also, the add-remove software which has been replaced by the application center is much better in usability and updates the data from UTCOM, that is, the ubuntu-tweaks.com website.
Download Ubuntu tweaks at this launchpad page.
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThe plasma desktop effect of KDE is mouthwatering. It not only looks beautiful, but also has a good amount of usability. But, the interface is available(by default) only on the KDE desktop environment.
Here is an easy way to get the plasma effect on Gnome along with Emerald and Gnome. The tutorial works on Ubuntu Karmic Koala.
Steps:
Go toSystem >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers, select the latest driver for Graphics and activate it.Go toSystem >> Preferences >> Appearance >> Visual Effects, activate the extra mode.Press Alt+F2, bring up xterm. Install required packages with the commandsudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager emerald fusion-icon kde-minimal compiz-kde kdeplasma-addons plasma-scriptengine-python gtk2-engines-qtcurve, this installs the packages named here.Save the given code into a file, say “GnomeDesk.sh”,#!/bin/bash
killall fusion-icon
killall gnome-panel
killall plasma-desktop
gnome-panel &
fusion-icon &
This will create a launcher for Gnome desktop.Save the given code into a file, say “PlasmaDesk.sh”,#!/bin/bash
killall fusion-icon
killall gnome-panel
killall plasma-desktop
plasma-desktop &
fusion-icon &
This will create a launcher for Plasma desktop.Now, run these commands:chmod +x ~/Desktop/plasma-desktop.sh ; chmod +x ~/Desktop/gnome-desktop.sh
This makes the files executable.Opengconf-editorby typing in in the terminal. Go to the locationdesktop >> gnome >> session >> required_componentsand remove thegnome-panelvalue in thePanelsection. This prevents Gnome panel from being reborn each time.Install any Emerald theme.Run the PlasmaDesk script you just created.From Compiz Fusion icon, select Window Manager as Compiz and Window Decorator as Emerald.In KDE menu, selectFavorites >> System Settings >> Style, and setGTK+inWidget style. Use the Humanity Icon set for best results.Share: Comment on This | Tip Techmeme | Tweet This | Share on Facebook | Save to Delicious |Stumble This | Digg This |Reddit ThisTAGS: gnome eye candy, KDE plasma on Gnome, plasma effect
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetSplashtop is one of those application which makes eye-candy out of low power, low memory and small laptops, namely the netbooks. Netbooks seem to be the next big thing. We saw it with the fast paced development of netbook OS last year and now with netbooks stealing the show after smart-phones, everywhere.
This seems to be a ripe time for the launch of Splashtop 2.0. Splashtop 2.0 will now officially feature on all major netbook releases ranging from Asus to acer and to HP, naming a few.
If you do not already know what Splashtop is,
Splashtop is a software-only solution that requires no additional hardware. A small component of Splashtop is embedded in the BIOS of the PC – that’s the part that runs as soon as you press the power button.
It is basically a Linux environment which loads up when you press the power button of your laptop and takes around 10 seconds to boot up. It allows you to connect to the Internet, chat on IM, use Skype and do a lot of other things online.
The version 2.0 of Splashtop bring new features like,
3G connectivity for better speed of web-surfingTouch interface which has been enhanced unlike earlierFaster startup time of just 10 secondsVisual navigation of historyCustomizable look and feelSplashtop 2.0 will first appear on the Lenovo Ideapad S10-3t which is a touch enabled netbook. Splashtop has won numerous awards like:
PC World top 25 most innovative products(2007)100 top products of 2007 by Hardware ZoneAlwaysON onDC Top 100Popular Science, best of whats newWith the release of version 2.0 in early 2010, Splashtop has marked just another beginning.
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetZack Whittaker is a student at the University of Kent, Canterbury, known for his insight into the next generation and is the youngest in the ZDNet authors network.
He has taken the bold step of breaking away from the bonds of using paid and costly closed source software, especially the ones from Microsoft. This, as he writes, is a part of his New Year’s resolution and he is keen on making it work.
He is doing this on an experimental view. Zack is currently studying Criminology and thinks about using computers from the point of view of a general non-technical student like he is now, although, he has studied Computer Science earlier.
He will start using Ubuntu 9.10, starting Monday, the 11th at Midday London time and even better, will live blog his experience. This event if successful, can help Ubuntu reach even more of audiences who are still afraid to use it. The live blog can be found at the post on ZDNet. Apparently, this is not the first time Zack is doing one of these 48 hours experiments. He did a similar 48 hour cloud test on an earlier occasion. We expect him to have a wonderful overall experience this time, as this will help Ubuntu by bringing in more users. If you need any help Zack, you can always refer to our Ubuntu posts at Techie-Buzz for help.
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetMozilla Firefox, has moved up the browser market and has set up many new records. It has taken huge market shares from Internet Explorer and the ending of 2009 has been breathtakingly profitable for the browser. The browser of choice for billions across the web has seen a growth of 40% around the last quarter 2009. All over the world, we can see varied levels of rise with Asia recording a 73% rise in Firefox users. The growth in Africa was above 80% and it is reported that most of this growth occurred recently, at the latter half of the year.
Reportedly, Firefox added 22.5 million users daily in the last four months to the browser’s user base, as against 16.4 million of the previous year. This is a marvelous growth and has proved to be beneficial for the beta release as well, which provides the developer community with more people who are ready to test the beta releases and provide feedback of their experience.
Not only this, the browser also expects a big rise in the next year as well. Firefox is a really good browser and has kept attracting more and more users from five years now, but the development over the last few days has paced up. Going by those statistics, we can expect a bright year ahead for Firefox.
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetMozilla Firefox, has moved up the browser market and has set up many new records. It has taken huge market shares from Internet Explorer and the ending of 2009 has been breathtakingly profitable for the browser. The browser of choice for billions across the web has seen a growth of 40% around the last quarter 2009. All over the world, we can see varied levels of rise with Asia recording a 73% rise in Firefox users. The growth in Africa was above 80% and it is reported that most of this growth occurred recently, at the latter half of the year.
Reportedly, Firefox added 22.5 million users daily in the last four months to the browser’s user base, as against 16.4 million of the previous year. This is a marvelous growth and has proved to be beneficial for the beta release as well, which provides the developer community with more people who are ready to test the beta releases and provide feedback of their experience.
Not only this, the browser also expects a big rise in the next year as well. Firefox is a really good browser and has kept attracting more and more users from five years now, but the development over the last few days has paced up. Going by those statistics, we can expect a bright year ahead for Firefox.
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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetMozilla Firefox, has moved up the browser market and has set up many new records. It has taken huge market shares from Internet Explorer and the ending of 2009 has been breathtakingly profitable for the browser. The browser of choice for billions across the web has seen a growth of 40% around the last quarter 2009. All over the world, we can see varied levels of rise with Asia recording a 73% rise in Firefox users. The growth in Africa was above 80% and it is reported that most of this growth occurred recently, at the latter half of the year.
Reportedly, Firefox added 22.5 million users daily in the last four months to the browser’s user base, as against 16.4 million of the previous year. This is a marvelous growth and has proved to be beneficial for the beta release as well, which provides the developer community with more people who are ready to test the beta releases and provide feedback of their experience.
Not only this, the browser also expects a big rise in the next year as well. Firefox is a really good browser and has kept attracting more and more users from five years now, but the development over the last few days has paced up. Going by those statistics, we can expect a bright year ahead for Firefox.
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