Ubuntu Tips n Tricks: May 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

Weekly Ten (5-31-2010)

Posted: 31 May 2010 03:15 AM PDT

10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:

1. New Ebola Drug 100 Percent Effective In Monkeys
The Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, striking fear with the uncontrollable bleeding it causes and mortality rates up to 90 percent. Ever since then, scientists have been struggling to find a way to treat the infection or protect against it.
More @ NPR

2. First 4G Android Phone Feels Like the Future
The new Sprint HTC EVO sports some of the nicest hardware you can find on any mobile device on the market and boasts some of the burliest specs we've ever seen in a phone (4G finally!). What's more, it's just drop-dead gorgeous; the kind of thing that compels others to ask about it when you take it out of your pocket.
More @ Wired

3. Google Targets Reader in Latest Phase of 'Kill IE6' Plan
Google expanded its anti-Internet Explorer 6 campaign Thursday by announcing that it will phase out support for the nine-year-old browser for its Google Reader service June 1.
More @ PCWorld

4. BAMF2010: Look sir, droids!

More @ HackaDay

5. Facebook Open Graph: A new take on semantic web
A few weeks ago, Facebook announced an Open Graph initiative -- a move considered to be a turning point not just for the social networking giant, but for the web at large. The company's new vision is no longer to just connect people. Facebook now wants to connect people around and across the web through concepts they are interested in.
More @ OreillyRadar

6. OLPC to Shoot For $100 XO Tablet
After meeting a significant number of setbacks with its original attempt to offer a $100 laptop to children in developing nations, the OLPC project will take another shot with a new tablet. The design will be provided by semiconductor manufacturer Marvell.
More @ LinuxInsider

7. Microsoft offers developers new Outlook tools under Apache open-source license

On May 24, Microsoft took a step along that path by making available for download two .PST interoperability tools. The pair — a .PST Data Structure View Tool and a .PST File Format Software Development Kit (along with the related technical documentation) –are available under the Apache open-source license.
More @ ZDNet

8. CTA Digital's Inflatable Kart for the Wii: at last you can be the coolest kid on your block

More @ Engadget

9. The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64
This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 13 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5/Ruby/Python, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Fedora 13, but should apply to the 32-bit version with very little modifications as well.
More @ HowtoForge

10. 11 Brain-Twisting Paradoxes
Paradoxes have been around since the time of Ancient Greeks & the credit of popularizing them goes to recent logicians. Using logic you can usually find a fatal flaw in the paradox which shows why the seemingly impossible is either possible or the entire paradox is built on flawed thinking. Can you all work out the problems in each of the 11 paradoxes shown here?
More @ Listverse

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Shogo Linux Tablet, a Potential iPad Killer

Posted: 29 May 2010 06:45 AM PDT

Shogo Linux Tablet, a Potential iPad Killer: There is a new tablet PC in town that runs Linux, and its name is Shogo. Made by realease, a Hong Kong-based platform provider, this device features a 10-inch capacitive touchscreen and will be available in two models: one has a Freescale i.MX37 (ARM 11) processor; the other model is loaded with a Freescale i.MX51 (ARM Cortex A8) processor.

The Shogo tablet has tons of cool and useful features making it a potential iPad killer. On the hardware side, it has 1 external USB, 2 internal USB, motion sensor, Ethernet connector, microphone and headphone ports, front-facing web camera (2-Megapixel), ambient light sensor, accelerometer, and more. On the software side, the device is running Linux but we don't have further details about it. It could be Android, or could be a heavily customized Linux distro. However, it's certain that it will rely on HTML5-based applications, it will have Flash support, and it will feature Android-compatible development platform.

Since the Shogo is 100% open, developers can easily tweak its interface and functionality to suit users' needs. Obviously, the device is not marketed for a particular purpose because it's highly flexible and can be whatever you want it to be.

Shogo Tablet Technical Specifications:

* LCD 10.1" resolution 1024×600
* Multi-Touch Capacitive panel (with coverglass)
* RAM 256MB DDR
* 4GB internal Storage NAND-Flash (1GB to 8GB)
* Ethernet 10/100
* WiFi (Atheros) b/g
* Bluetooth 2.1
* SDHC card reader
* Battery internal (8 hours+)
* 3G (with internal USB dongle optional)
* Zigbee (with internal USB dongle optional)
* Camera (2 Megapixel)
* 2 x speakers 2 W
* 5 buttons (on/off, + / – , home , menu)
* Foldable foot
* VESA mounting
* Kensington lock
* Size : 268 x 168 x 16 mm Weight : 800 gr.

Check out this video of the Shogo in action:

Cool, isn't it? For those of you who are interested, the Shogo will be available for consumers later this year and the unit price is at $500 USD.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

World's Funniest Windows Error Messages

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:57 AM PDT

World's Funniest Windows Error Messages: We all know how it sucks to see error messages. If you have been using Windows all your life, you have probably seen lots of them already.

Since some people have learned to look at the bright or should I say funny side of life, they have decided to create something out of those error messages. They have Photoshopped or edited some Windows error messages and made them look so realistic to try to tickle our funny bone.

I want you all to sit back, relax, and enjoy our collection of some of the world's funniest Windows error messages:

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