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Today’s Joke

A blind man is standing at the corner with his seeing eye dog waiting to cross the street, when his pooch lifts his leg and pisses down the side of his nice herringbone tweed trousers. The guy immediately reaches into his jacket pocket and retrieves a doggie biscuit which he starts to offer to Fido. [...]

One shortcut per day

Today I am going to start an idea I had . I guess everybody knows some basic shortcuts like CTRL + S for saving a file or CTRL + C for copying. But there are so many more, and every one of them can save you a lot of time. No one knows all of [...]

Samba Configuration

Samba provides file and print services for various Microsoft Windows clients and runs on most Unix and Unix-like systems, such as Linux, Solaris, AIX and the BSD variants, including Apple’s Mac OS X Server. Samba is an implementation of dozens of services and a dozen protocols, including NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT), SMB, CIFS (an enhanced version [...]

Windows 7: the Official Name of Windows 7

Drum, roll... Microsoft has announced that the official name of Windows 7 would be... get ready... Windows 7. The Redmond giant is moving away from its traditional development process where the Windows client is built under a codename, and then labeled with the general release label. With Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice Presiden...

Ubuntu 8.10 Has a Brand New Wallpaper

Mark Shuttleworth promised a new and breathtaking theme for the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system, but until now we saw a dark and ugly one (NewHuman, also know as DarkRoom) introduced in the first alpha release, which disappeared in Alpha 4 and was replaced by an

Google Android Market Will Offer Free Trials

The Android Market is designed to be for Google's Android phones (or, better said, for T-Mobile's G1 since it is the only Google Android phone on the market right now), what the App Store is for iPhones, meaning the place where users can download applications for their mobile devices.It is already a known fact that the

Ubuntu 8.10 Beta Screenshot Tour

The beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, arrived a few minutes ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the sixth alpha, which brought Firefox 3.0.2, Samba 3.2 and GNOME 2.24 Beta 2, this version c...

My new theme

I hope you like my new theme designed by Infocreek.com. I think this history based design merges perfectly with the new age information technology topic of my site. Or if you believe otherwise please comment…

Happy birthday Google!!!

Today Google turns 10. It was officially born in 1999 but in 1998 the official Google logo came to life. Happy birthday!!!

How Ubuntu Server Edition Is Used

Yesterday, Ubuntu's commercial sponsor, Canonical Ltd., initiated a survey with the purpose of finding out in what way exactly Ubuntu Server Edition is being used. Jointly sponsored by Canonical and Red Monk, the study is carried out to learn more about the community organization types within which Ubuntu Server Edition is made useful. Today, Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux d...