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Feb 5 2012
6:52pm
Automatically Detect File Changes on Your Server
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is the Open Source version of Tripwire. AIDE takes a snapshot of every file on your server, records it and then will notify you of any changes. This tutorial will show you how to create a script that wi... more
Feb 5 2012
5:55pm
What The New Linux Game Publishing Will Look Like
Clive Crous, the new CEO of Linux Game Publishing following the resignation of founder and CEO Michael Simms, has issued a message to Linux gamers concerning the future of LGP...... more
Feb 5 2012
4:19pm
Adventures in Self-Publishing, Ch. 9: How to Price your Book – and Does it Matter?
[i][I wanted to be sure you saw this, as you've already run the first 8 chapters][/i]This week we’ll talk about how to come up with the “right” price for your book in each of the formats in which you plan to make it available (eBook, soft, and/... more
Feb 5 2012
3:22pm
How to create facebook application using PHP and graph api
This tutorial will explain how to create a facebook application using Graph api and PHP.For those who are new to Facebook platform you need to learn the basics of Graph api.We are about to build a facebook application you can see a demo here... more
Feb 5 2012
2:25pm
Wine 1.4-rc2 released
The Wine development release 1.4-rc2 is now available.... more
Feb 5 2012
1:28pm
Is Compiz On Its Deathbed?
Sparked from a posting earlier this week about Compiz likely being dropped from Fedora 17, some are wondering whether Compiz is effectively dead...... more
Feb 5 2012
12:30pm
The Humble Bundle for Android
It is time for a brand new "Humble Bundle" release!But this time, it's a bit different... Why? Simple: the games included in this bundle will not just work on Mac (ahem...), Windows (boo this OS), Linux (i shake my own hands) but also on... ANDROID!... more
Feb 5 2012
11:33am
How to : Download Google Maps for Offline Purpose in Android
This post will show you how to Precache any area in Google Maps for future use . Let’s assume you are going to a new place as tourist ,where you don’t have any network connection to access internet ;then it’s very difficult for you to find the route .... more
Feb 5 2012
10:36am
How to Jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on Linux
The following tutorial will teach all Linux users how to jailbreak their Apple iPhone 4S and Apple iPad 2 devices.... more
Feb 5 2012
9:39am
Bordeaux 75% off sale
The Bordeaux Technology Group is proud to announce a 75% off sale on Bordeaux for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, PCBSD and OpenIndiana.... more
Feb 5 2012
8:42am
Radeon R600 Tiling Patches Are Ready
Jerome Glisse, the Red Hat developer commonly working on the open-source Radeon graphics driver, has announced that he believes the R600 Gallium3D tiling support is complete...... more
Feb 5 2012
7:33am
Sprint's seven-inch tablet is just $100 on contract
Sprint says it will offer a seven-inch tablet featuring a dual-core Snapdragon processor, 3G, and Wi-Fi for just $100 -- with a two-year service agreement priced at $20 to $80 per month. The ZTE Optik includes Android Market support, GPS receiver, Bl... more
Feb 5 2012
6:36am
Bouncing malware from Android Market
From the description, Bouncer is like a security agent that scans the marketplace for malware, relying on signatures of known malware to do its job. Besides looking for malicious applications, Bouncer also analyzes “new developer accounts to help p... more
Feb 5 2012
5:38am
LinuxDevices acquired ...
LinuxDevices' publisher, Ziff Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company -- as yet undisclosed, but rumored to be Foster City-based QuinStreet. Future plans for the site have not yet been announced ......... more
Feb 5 2012
4:41am
DesktopLinux.com acquired ...
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Feb 5 2012
3:44am
Synergy! as many PCs as you like with just one keyboard and one mouse!
If your desk is like mine: you have multiple PCs and Laptops spread over two square meters, but do not worry I have the solution for you! Install Synergy and you’ll just say goodbye, once and for all to the mess! This software, which I emphasize is... more
Feb 5 2012
2:47am
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released Video, Screenshots
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin alpha 2 is available for download, we'll do a recap of all the changes since the previous milestone (alpha 1). The latest Unity, available in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin alpha 2 feels very smooth and is actually qu... more
Feb 5 2012
1:50am
Linux 3.3 Will Let You Boot Into Android: Greg-KH
The 3.3 kernel release will let you boot an Android userspace with no modifications, but not very good power management. The 3.4 kernel release will hopefully have the power management hooks that Android needs in it, along with a few other minor miss... more
Feb 5 2012
12:52am
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Updates: Unity 5.2 Is Available to Update
One day after the official release of Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 LTS Precise Pangolin, Unity 5.2 user interface is available to update from Precise repository. The last release brings several changes to Unity Dash and Compiz improvements to decrease Ubuntu Unity plugin crashes.... more
Feb 4 2012
11:55pm
Microsoft Loses US Mobile Market Share -- Again
Another set of comScore US smart phone market share statistics and once again Microsoft lost ground. Maybe it's time to rethink this whole consumer approach to the market and take a hard look at the enterprise.... more