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Monday, August 4th, 2014
Olympus TG-3 Waterproof Camera
Olympus TG-3Â is a new release of the popular TG series of waterproof camera. Here is what is interesting: Waterproof: you can go diving with it up 15m. Shockproof Crushproof: you can throw it around and literally jump onto it. Has GPS, so you can tag the location of your photos Also records altitude/depth and pressure […]
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Thursday, June 26th, 2014
LinkedIn: Top 4 cities with tech skills are in India
Top cities with Tech Skills are: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai. These 4 Indian cities are ahead of San Francisco Bay Area. Read the complete report:Â http://blog.linkedin.com/2014/06/24/indias-got-tech-talent-cities-in-india-top-list-of-cities-attracting-technology-talent/
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Friday, June 6th, 2014
HP to Invest $1 billion in Open Cloud Services
The company has pledged to invest $1 billion in open cloud products and services over the next two years, along with community-driven, open-source cloud technologies. “Just as the community spread the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, we believe OpenStack will do the same for the cloud,” said Hewlett-Packard CEO and President Meg Whitman, in […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Ubuntu 32-Bit or 64-Bit ?
I often get asked this question 32 or 64-Bit? In the past I have told people to stick to 32-Bit because of compatibility issues but things have changed now. Quoting for Phoronix which recently did a benchmark test between 32-Bit and 64-Bit. Going back years we have run 32-bit vs. 64-bit Linux benchmarks. While the […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Seven Out Of Ten People Don’t Use Microsoft Office Anymore
If your usage is not much, use LibreOffice and save on your licensing costs. If new data are true, Microsofthas a big problem. According to a study done by SoftWatch, seven out of 10 employees don’t use Microsoft Office to any extent. The three-month study involved 148,500 employees at 51 global firms. SoftWatch found that  most employees […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
11 years of blogging!
Thanks you, to all my blog readers. Today 3rd May 2014, I am celebrating 11 years of blogging! Wow, I too can’t believe it! I still remember, Rajesh Jain with whom I used to work then, encouraged me start a blog. And that’s when it all started. Before that I used to write articles, and found a […]
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Thursday, May 1st, 2014
ARM-based AMD Opteron A1100 processor
The global announcement of AMD’s first ARM-based server SoC (system-on-chip), otherwise known as the Opteron A1100, happened end of January 2014 with Suresh confirming that the first samples would be shipped by end of March 2014 with full production happening by the end of the year. Née “Seattle”, this part, which is part of the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
Is Ubuntu affected by Heartbleed ?
The Short answer is No. Ubuntu was patched on 7th April 2014 and the bug was widely reported on 8th April, 2014. If you are using other operating systems, Â you need to worry. Especially if its non-Linux based. Read More:Â http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dear-Ubuntu-Users-Stop-Saying-the-Ubuntu-Is-Unprotected-Against-the-Heartbleed-Exploit-437846.shtml The Heartbleed vulnerability that was discovered just last week took the world by surprise, but […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, April 28th, 2014
Tesla running Ubuntu ?
There aren’t that many Tesla Model S owners around, but those who are do seem to comprise of people who have a different way of seeing things. Apparently, some Tesla Model S owners have already tried to hack their ride by wiring into the Model S’ communications system. A forum user who goes by the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Cars,Linux by Prakash
Monday, April 21st, 2014
UK’s security branch says Ubuntu most secure end-user OS
The Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the group within the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) that assesses operating systems and software for security issues, has found that while no end-user operating system is as secure as they’d like it to be, Ubuntu 12.04 is the best of the lot. In late 2013, the CESG looked at […]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Ubuntu 14.04LTS (Trusty Tahr) download links
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is here.  Torrent is the preferred method for me. Ubuntu 14.04 Torrent Links Direct Downloads Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 64-Bit Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 32-Bit Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-Bit Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Server 14.04 32-Bit Torrent Main Server Other releases. http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server) http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/14.04/release/ (Ubuntu Cloud Server) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/14.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/14.04/release/ (Edubuntu) As […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Linux by Prakash
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Ubuntu to release LTS version in India tomorrow
Operating system Ubuntu is set to release another Long Term Support (LTS) version Ubuntu 14.04 in India tomorrow. “In April 2012, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS was launched and it is slated to release another LTS version Ubuntu 14.04 globally, including India on April 17,” Canonical Asia-Pacific Regional Manager Prakash Advani told PTI here. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ubuntu-to-release-lts-version-in-india-tomorrow-114041601243_1.html
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Thunderbird: Sending emails in the background
Mozilla Thunderbird is one of the most powerful email clients. However I used to find that it used to keep the active window open while sending emails. This was a bit irritating specially if the email has large attachments. On searching for background send, I found that the feature exists but doesn’t show up in […]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
11 Percent of Windows XP Users Will Switch to Linux
If you are still on XP, whats your plans ? 11% of the (admittedly small) 641 companies queried stated they intend to switch to Linux. The low-cost, robust security and growing reputation in enterprise use are likely key factors informing such plans. Perhaps more shockingly is that 37% of those asked intend to stick with […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Romanian Edu Ministry recommends Ubuntu for schools
Many schools in Romania today are using proprietary software like Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office — most of which are either unlicenced copies or old unsupported versions, for which the schools may face legal issues, according to the Education Ministry of Romania. To tackle this problem, the Ministry recommends the schools to either purchase newer, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, March 10th, 2014
Huawei MediaPad X1 interesting phablet
Huawei’s MediaPad X1 is not only a good alternative to an iPad Mini but also has phone capabilities. Announced at Mobile World Congress and expected to be launched in March 2014. Claimed to be the slimmest 7″ tablet, Here is what is cool about it: 3G with calling facility 4G LTE (optional) Quad Core Processor […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
5 things you probably don’t know about Google Cloud
 Google is currently in the best position to challenge Amazon because they have the engineering culture and technical abilities to release some really innovative features. IBM has bought into some excellent infrastructure at Softlayer but still has to prove its cloud engineering capabilities. Amazon has set the standard for how we expect cloud infrastructure to […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
‘Outernet’ Project Seeks Free Internet Access For Earth
Outernet will provide Free WiFi, across the globe. Will be accessible in all areas, including the difficult terrains and will bypass all the Censorships and Firewalls of different countries. Developers say they are less than a year away from deploying prototype satellites that could someday soon broadcast free and universal internet all over the globe […]
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Monday, February 24th, 2014
Demand for Linux Skills Rises with Cloud Computing
Demand for people with Linux skills is increasing, a trend that appears to follow a shift in server sales. Cloud infrastructure, including Amazon Web Service, is largely Linux based, and cloud services’ overall growth is increasing Linux server deployments. As many as 30% of all servers shipped this year will be cloud services providers, according […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp: Why Indians are not in the big idea space?
“Indians prefer to be in the services sector and would not want to get into experimenting on products business, which is a high-risk, high-reward proposition,” says Prakash Advani, Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Canonical. ‘It all depends upon the DNA. If you need to be in the space, you need to have the mindset of taking […]
