Archive for December, 2010
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Good news for Homeopathy
Six months after the British Medical Association rubbished homeopathy as witchcraft with no scientific basis, IIT scientists have said the sweet white pills work on the principle of nanotechnology. Read more: IIT-B team shows how homeopathy works – The Times of India This is good news for people practicing Homeopathy. Many Homepaths just give medicines without telling you […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Prakash
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Changing default application/open with Gnome/Ubuntu
I accidently set my default application for PDF to OpenOffice, it was a royal pain, you know where..:) After googling, I came across many articles which explained how to setup a default application, but none of them explained how to change it. Here is a simple way to change it. You may already know this, […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
London Stock Exchange smashes world record trade speed with Linux
The London Stock Exchange has said its new Linux-based system is delivering world record networking speed, with 126 microsecond trading times. The 126 microsecond speed is “twice as fast†as its main international competitors, the London Stock Exchange said. BATS Europe and Chi-X, two dedicated electronic rivals to the LSE, are reported to have an […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
What Indian insurance companies don’t know about the Internet
In the recent past many of the Indian insurance companies have launched websites that offer term insurance at very lost costs. They are able to offer low costs, as they have bypassed the insurance agents as you purchase them online. What they don’t realise that the agents do all the running around for the customer […]
6 Comments » - Posted in General,India by Prakash
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Nginx gives Apache a run for its web requests
Nginx (pronounced as engine-X) is beating Apache as a web server in terms of performance. Its being used by WordPress, Hulu and SourceForge. As per recent Netcraft survey, its already the number 3 web server after Apache and Microsoft with 6.62 percent marketshare. In a test carried out by Linux Journal, Nginx beat Apache by […]
