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PING is a live Linux ISO which can be burnt on a CD and booted, or integrated into a PXE / RIS environment.
Several tools have been added and written, so to make this ISO the perfect choice to backup and restore whole partitions, an easy way. It’s similar to Symantec Ghost(tm), but has even better features (as site describes), and is totally free.
The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies.
Acid3 is the third in a series of test pages written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.
As per the site details Acid3 will focus on ECMAScript and DOM
Recently found new open source media center suite for Linux. As per the site details it supports
One of the design goals of the Java is to make the language “Simple, Object Oriented, and Familiar”. As Dr.James Gosling stated in his “The Java Language Environment” white paper and I quote “Even though C++ was rejected as an implementation language, keeping the Java programming language looking like C++ as far as possible results in it being a familiar language, while removing the unnecessary complexities of C++”. One such unnecessary complexity of c++ is the way it solves Diamond Problem, an ambiguity that arises as a result of using multiple inheritance of classes. The name Diamond comes from the shape of class inheritance diagram.
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Always curious about removing iPhone’s sim card:
Here you go:
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Are you tired of root@localhost this hostname??
Best way to change hostname on Linux system:
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more /etc/sysconfig/network file. You will see entry stating something like HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain.
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Edit that entry & modify it to something like HOSTNAME="your preferred name".
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To activate it instantly do service network restart. Open a new Terminal window, to test the changes.
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To add this entry permanently do sysctl kernel.hostname="your preferred name". And you are done... ;)
I love the VI editor & used to miss it’s strong text manipulation abilities on Windows. But I found out VIM (Vi Improved with syntax highlighting) port for Windows.
VIM For Windows
Best VI Tutorials/ Best VI Resources:
Recently I had problems with the iPhone video format. I wanted to add new videos to my iPhone without downloading it from iTunes store & obviously with the less hassle ;).
After researching for long time, finally I came up with a best free utility with well designed GUI – Videora iPod/iPhone Video Converter
That’s it is best tool for converting video formats for iPhone
Are you worried about browsing at your workplace….worried about ‘someone’ watching you…then chill..there is free utility called Hide My Browser which makes sure that you will not be caught by your boss or your girlfriend, wife or children when you visit different web sites. It has support for all major browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera. Currently it supports only Windows platform.
Hide My Browser Free is free hide windows & minimize windows software (hide windows & minimize windows freeware). Using Hide My Browser Free you can easily hide/show certain browsers windows by hotkeys or with mouse-click or from the program toolbar.
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CE Info Systems, a New Delhi based company designed MapmyIndia navigator, a in-car Global Positioning System(GPS) navigation system.
The device comes loaded with maps of Indian roads, both state- and national- highways, linking together 55,000 towns and villages, complete with landmarks. It can be placed on the dashboard or windshield of a car, and functions via a satellite system.
MapmyIndia navigator has real-time voice support for each and every road turn that instructs the driver about current location as well as locations to be arrived at.
The device offers entire details of streets, localities, landmarks, ATMs, hospitals, and cafeterias, based in 18 major cities, including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Mohali, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Thane, and Pune.
Presently, CE Info Systems is outsourcing the MapmyIndia navigator device from Delphi and Amax. It’s available in two variants; Delphi NAV 200, and Amax 06GP5A with built-in GPS (SirfStar III) having 3.5-inches color touch-screen backed by Samsung 400 MHz processor. The touch-screen even allows playing music, games, and viewing movies and photos.
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