Archive for June, 2009
Friday, June 26th, 2009
Multiple users, one computer
Todays computer have more power than what is required by a single users. Thanks to the Gigahertz race, processors are getting faster and faster. The result is that an average Joe uses only 10% of the processing. The best way to harness this underutilised power is to get multiple users to share the resources of […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Linux by Prakash
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Finally a phone that charges it self
Nokia has developed a phone that charges itself using microwaves. It picks up waves from TV signals, radio and other mobile phones. Finally all the radiations that’s been cooking our brains is finally being put to some good use.
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Olympus E-P1 vs the Panasonic GH1
Olympus just released its Micro Four Thirds camera the Olympus E-P1. It was Panasonic which introduced this concept by doing away with the Prism, thereby reducing the size of the camera and now Olympus is following suit. Enough of technology, what does all this mean? This means that you can have a small camera with […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Amazon Kindle source code released
Amazon has released the source code for its e-book reader Kindle. And guess what it runs Linux. Have a look if you are interested in the source. Way to go Amazon!
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, June 8th, 2009
Routine check of drives
When I boot up my Ubuntu system, it often says Routine check of drives and takes forever to boot up. This is because the routine check is set to a number which is not very high if you don’t reboot often Which may be the case in a server but for a Desktop its an […]
