Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Nexus One
I’ve decided to start posting here again. Lets see how much longer I keep this up. A random fact, I have an AT&T Nexus One with ClaroPR. I bought it full price and it’s awesome. If anyone has any questions about it or android, feel free to ask. Right now I have it rooted and [...]
KDE 4.3 “Caizen” is out!
The KDE team has released the latest iteration of their famous cross platform desktop environment. KDE 4 is a desktop environment that has great potential as it has embraced some really powerful and state of the art technologies as its pillars e.g. nepomuk, akonadi, Plasma, Qt4 and others. Also its creators have a really good [...]
In: Linux, Technology, Uncategorized · Tagged with: desktop environment, foss, kde, relase
Learning Japanese with Firefox
Like I had mentioned before I’m once again in a quest to learn Japanese, but this time its for real, I promise Anyway I’ve been looking at the different resources and methods to train oneself in Japanese and found a couple of Firefox add-ons that can help you learn Japanese while surfing the net. [...]
In: Internet, Technology, Uncategorized · Tagged with: firefox, japanese, learning, mozilla, online, reading
For all those Windows 7 fans – We have RTM
It was only yesterday that we said when various people would be getting the final RTM copy of Windows 7. Well today, Microsoft has announced via the Windows Team Blog that Windows 7 has been Released to Manufacturers (RTM) and that the final build is 7600.16385.090713-1255, one build version up from the leaked copy of [...]
In: Windows · Tagged with: windows 7
The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit has begun!
If Microsoft wanted to destroy the FOSS desktop it would bomb Gran Canaria right now as the top hackers of both leading FOSS desktop environments, KDE and GNOME, are meeting there right now. But we all know Microsoft is no that evil, or are they? For the first time ever both GUADEC, the annual GNOME [...]
In: Linux, Technology · Tagged with: con, foss, gnome, gran canaria, hackers, kde, nokia
New Internet Explorer 8 Ads
It may seem that Microsoft is scared of losing even more market share to Firefox and Chrome. They have resorted to blatant lies; and dirt trowing at the competition. A good product should be able to stand on it’s own, just like a good politician should talk about his plans, achievements and ideals for making [...]
In: Internet, Technology, Windows · Tagged with: ads, Funny, internet explorer, lies, microsoft, puking, Windows
The top 3 programming news sites
These are my top 3. I try to visit them everyday Proggit Hacker News Slashdot As a bonus there is oursignal which is basically a cool digest of these three sites and also del.icio.us, yahoo buzz and digg. Which are your favorites? Know of another great link? Be sure to let us know. Next post, [...]
In: Technology · Tagged with: news, online, programming, sites, top
Firefox 3.5 has been released
The Mozilla community has announced the immediate availability of Firefox 3.5 codenamed “Shiretoko”. This browser is jam packed with new features and improvements. Also there are some new exciting addons from Mozilla labs like Mozilla Weave and Mozilla Jet Pack. Although Firefox is no longer the fastest kid in the block it is still pretty [...]
In: Internet, Technology, web2.0
Your own Linux file server for 150$ or less
Have you always dreamed of having your own Linux file server but were worried about hardware or energy costs? Well with 150$ or less you could build your own portable, energy efficient and powerful Linux file server. All you have to do is buy a Western Digital MyBook World Edition and perform some hacker magic [...]
In: Linux, Technology · Tagged with: cheap, d.i.y, file server, hack, hardware, Linux
Goodbye Google Pages… Hello Google Sites!
Of all the seemingly useless technology name changes in the world (Microsoft Bing anyone?), I bring you one of the more recent ones to hit my Gmail inbox. Google Sites looks cool… but so did Google Pages (Actually, the themes on Google Sites aren’t as nice as the ones on Pages). There’s really no huge [...]
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