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- December 30th, 2009
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One fine day
All was fine until that day came. Earlier,I have been using pirated softwares in my system(just as every other user in India does) and i had to pay for all that on one fine day. I had downloaded Avas…
- December 4th, 2009
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IE issue: The back button and the HTML form
Recently, while working on my first JSP project i noticed that, while testing a form in Internet Explorer8, i noticed that when you navigate back to a form using the back button(either the one you cod…
- November 20th, 2009
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JavaBean in JSP : a simple tutorial
Hi ! Purpose of this tutorial : To give the reader a better understanding of using Java beans in JSP. Advantage : This tutorial serves as an instant learning tutorial for those who would want to learn…
- November 15th, 2009
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Quicksort-better explained
A picture speaks a 1000 words, but a video speaks more than 1000 pics. And yes the above video is a perfect example to that statment. Quicksort better explained visually!
- November 13th, 2009
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Xournal
Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions) and other GTK+/Gnome platforms. It is simi…
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Linux for the aged
A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and the internet has been unveiled. An interesting news by BBC on the new Linux fork designed specially for old aged people and…
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UniConvertor : universal vector graphics translator
What is it? UniConvertor is a universal vector graphics translator. It is a command line tool which uses sK1 object model to convert one format to another. Development of the import/export modules for…
- November 12th, 2009
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Create a logo from command line
Here is a simple tip to create a logo from Linux terminal. This tip has been contibuted by Mr.Girish to iLugc mailing list. Here we go now! $ convert -size 800×120 xc:white -font Times-Roman -poi…
- November 10th, 2009
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Mavizen TTX02 : The Linux motorcycle
TTX02 is the world’s first production electric supersport bike. So what is so special about it? Well,the heart of this 130mph racing machine is a Linux system. Other features include : First mot…
- November 8th, 2009
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars {reviews and screenshots}
Grand Theft Auto review <here> . . . . Download Grand Theft Auto
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Whats hot in the grey market? Windows7 !
. Software piracy is the biggest concern for top software makers in countries like India and China. The former loses about $2.8 billion every year because of piracy. The current hot sale in the softw…
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No room in the cyberworld
A survey conducted by the European Commission across Europe has revealed that just 17percent of organizations and institutions have upgraded to IPv6. And that means there would be a shortage of IP ad…
- November 5th, 2009
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- October 30th, 2009
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Ubuntu 9.10 complete download links
Features of Ubuntu 9.10 ISO image for 32 bit ISO image for 64 bit If the above mirrors dont work then download from <here>
- October 24th, 2009
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Right to High speed Internet
Broadband Internet has been drawn up as a legal right in Finland and it is the first country in this world to have done this. It means that the Finland telecome companies need to provide the 5 millio…
- October 22nd, 2009
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Keep your tenses perfect
We all make mistakes, especially in English! Here are some commonly made mistakes — see if you can identify what’s wrong with these sentences… “I’m going walking about once a day.” “I a…
- October 19th, 2009
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Photo editing made easy thru’ PhotoSketch
Some Chinese students have come out with a new image manipulation program that has created curiosity among the Photoshop users. This new software named PhotoSketch has been developed by Chinese stude…
- October 18th, 2009
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The week that could have been good, better, best (8-10-2009 to 11-10-2009)
Tamilnadu gets its third Nobel laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has proved how antibiotics cure various diseases by blocking functions of ribosomes in bacteria. 11 run over by trains in a s…
- September 27th, 2009
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Installing Netbeans IDE in Vista
This is a solution to an issue encountered while installing Netbeans IDE in Windows Vista. First you should have the JDK and JRE versions required by the version of Netbeans you are going to install.…
- September 24th, 2009
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Make your sentences interesting
Last week we looked at compound and complex sentences. But you’ll find that sentences have much more that you should know about. The first rule should be not to use loose sentences as they will conf…
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figlet
How do you draw a cat? Take a pencil and draw on a paper. How do you draw a chair? You pull it and sit down. Similarly you draw ASCII art with figlet. But only ASCII characters, not arbitrary lines an…
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xrandr
We are going too look at a pretty useful command in Linux/Unix: xrandr The xrandr command, which is expanded as Xrandr – X Resize, Rotate and Reflection , is useful in the following ways : Spec…
- September 20th, 2009
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Linux in Movies
In <this> article , the blogger/author shows instances of where OpenSource tricks have been displayed on big screen. From Fair Game (1995) to Antitrust(2001) many movies showed us a bite of O…
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slang
Does the number 1661 mean anything to you? In American slang it refers to woman said to look 16 years old from the back and 61 years old from the front! In other words,an older woman, who dresses in…
- September 18th, 2009
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presuppositions
The famous dramatist, Bernard Shaw, is noted for his brilliant wit. But many don’t know that he was a not too handsome bachelor. A beautiful lady once approached him and said, “Mr . Shaw,…
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compilation error : undefined reference to ‘main’
I have been learning C back from basics. Recently i tried out a simple program myHello.c , which contained the following code : 1. //myHello.c 2. #include”hello.h” 3. int main(void) 4. {…
- September 10th, 2009
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Windows 7 : SMB problem
In computer networking, Server Message Block (SMB) operates as an application-layer network protocol mainly used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communicat…
- September 7th, 2009
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M.E. Software Engineering (Anna univ) syllabus
Download the syllabus for M.E. Software engineering(full time and part time) for Anna university affliated colleges. download link < here > source : http://annaunivportal.blogspot.com…
- September 4th, 2009
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Windows Media Player 11 installation hack
This simple trick will help you bypass the “Microsoft Genuine Validation” that takes place during the installation of Windows Media Player 11. The trick is to install it in parts. Follow t…
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How is the word ‘conscientiously’ pronounced?
The first syllable sounds like the ‘con’ in ‘concert’ and ‘conscious’; the ‘sci’ is like the ‘shi’ in ‘ship’ and ‘shin’. The ‘e’ that follows is pronounced like the ‘…
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thick and fast
The idiom is mostly used in informal contexts to mean that things are coming at you very quickly and in great numbers. Another expression which has the same meaning is ‘fast and furious’. During…
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even Homer sometimes nods
This is an expression which is not heard very often these days. Homer is the Greek poet who wrote two great epics: the Iliad and the Odyssey. The word ‘nod’ in this context means to ‘fall asleep…
- September 3rd, 2009
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May YSR R.I.P
Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow…. my condolences to the family of YSR and the people of Andhra Pradesh
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Top 3 Photoshop alternatives for Linux
1. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) homepage download 2. GIMPshop homepage download 3. Krita homepage download Additional readings : Top 5 Linux Video Editor Software
- September 2nd, 2009
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Top 25 domain name that registered when Internet came into existence
symbolics.com registered on : 15-Mar-1985 bbn.com registered on : 24-Apr-1985 think.com registered on : 24-May-1985 mcc.com registered on : 11-Jul-1985 dec.com registered on : 30-Sep-1985 northrop.com…
- September 1st, 2009
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Switching form Ubuntu to Windows Vista:the rare case
Now here is a rare case of Ubuntu to Vista migration. Mr.V.Ganesh writes a big explanation as how he took this daring decision to replace Ubuntu with Vista in his netbook(HCL MiLeap-L). He points out…
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Use your idioms right
The English language is full of phrases and idioms that we often use without understanding them. Here are some popularly used idioms and their meanings… Eager beaver: A person who is eager to work…
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GSOC 2009 ends well
Google has officially announced the wrap up of its 5th “Google Summer Of Code“. This year about 1000 students from 60 countries participated and were placed under 2000 mentors. About 85% o…
- August 29th, 2009
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Cross-site scripting(XSS)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability. The expression “cross-site scripting” originated from the fact that a malicious web site could load another web sit…
- August 28th, 2009
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Don’t take it literally
The English language is full of idioms which we often use without knowing their meanings. Here are a few popular idioms and their meanings… Bark up the wrong tree: Choose the wrong course of action.…
- August 27th, 2009
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Nanopaint technology to guard Church roofs
Most of the Churches in England ( about 33,000 out of 44,000) have implemented a new technique to deal with thieves , who strip of lead and other valuables from the roof of those ancient buildings. Th…
- August 25th, 2009
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manoj1987 is celebrating his birthday today!
- August 20th, 2009
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Installing w32codecs in Ubuntu 9.04
Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories due to licensing and legal restrictions.This packag…
- August 18th, 2009
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Learn to be precise
This article is published in the Tuesday issues of Deccan Chronicle . The two words that you should keep in mind when you are writing are precision and clarity. Avoid long words and sentences. Rem…
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Counselling procedure : The first day and my experiences
{ TANCET ME 2009 } Finally, i attended the TANCET ME 2009 counselling on 18th(first day of counselling for regular candidates) and i was quite observant of the whole procedure to blog it in here. On t…
- August 17th, 2009
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Conjunctions
This article is published in the monday issues of Times of India.This article was written by Dr V Saraswathi. Could you imagine the longest sentence in English ? You simply can’t , because…
- August 13th, 2009
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Playing .mp4 files in Linux
Now this is a problem which i was facing for a long time in both Ubuntu and Mandriva. I wasnt able to play .mp4 format files . Now i have a solution and i am sharing it with you. I stumbled upon thi…
- August 11th, 2009
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Pronoun perfect
This article is published in the Tuesday issues of Deccan Chronicle . Many of us are not clear about how to use the pronoun. But it is fairly simple, if you remember a few rules. Because a pronoun…
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The glorious days of IT industry have ended
The Information Technology industry is no more a business sector that would produce outsized returns. According to Thomas M. Siebel ,chairman of First Virtual Group, “ the promise of the post-in…
- August 10th, 2009
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2 mentionable pdf readers for ubuntu
There are a lot of pdf readers available for ubuntu; evince, kPdf etc. The 2 noteworthy pdf readers i will be mentioning here are : Foxit reader and Adobe reader. Each has its pros and cons and the…
