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  • What Facebook Is For?


  • KUMO, the next failure from Microsoft.

    ballmerWhen will Microsoft learn? They are simple light years behind google in search technology. No matter what they do they will never catch up, they are simply to far away.

    They are getting ready (for the fifth time, i think) to relaunch their search engine.  After the all failed, msn.com, start.com, live.com this time it will be Kumo.com.  From the screenshot below we can see they have done everything possible to copy google’s layout. (yes, Microsoft is really good at copying, never at innovating).

    Kumo, Kumo? Steve, how about buying the search.com domain? It should be a bargain for you.

    No need for a crystal ball here, this is Microsoft’s next failure. What do you think?

    kumo
    kumo

  • Company naming guides

    1. http://www.igorinternational.com/guide
    2. http://www.trizle.com/topics/684-how-to-name-your-company
    3. http://www.thenameinspector.com/10-name-types/
    4. http://thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/how-to-name-your-company/

  • Free blogging desktop clients for linux

    This will be an ever gowing list of blogging desktop clients

  • Using VNC with Terminal Server Client on Ubuntu

    The VNC client bundled with Ubuntu, Vinagre, works half the time. Fortunately, we can also VNC with the installed “Terminal Server Client”

    The “VNC” option with the default installation of Terminal Server Client is disabled or grayed-out.

    To enable it you need to install the xtightvncviewer package in Synaptic or with the following command on the terminal

    sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer

    Done!

    UPDATE: To also enable the XDMCP protocol option, sudo apt-get install xnest

  • Merge PDF Documents in Ubuntu, for free.

    If you are just looking for a quick solution, the online service “MergePDF” will be a good solution

    For a more permanent and local solution try PDFSAM.

    Via phorolinux.com

  • Remote virtual machines over RDP with VirtualBox on Ubuntu

    Once you have enabled the built-in VRDP server in VirtualBOX, the rest is a straight forward RDP connection using the “Terminal Server Client” found under “Applications>Internet>”, except for the following two conditions:

    1. The protocol used must be “RDP”, as “DRPv5” will not work.
    2. This is where everybody has problems. For the server address (Computer:) you should put the HOST’S IP address and NOT the guest’s ip as common sense would dictate.
    Terminal server client Configuration for VirtualBox's VRDP
    Terminal server client Configuration for VirtualBox's VRDP

  • Java plugin de 64 bits para Firefox en Ubuntu.

    Ya no hay mas razones para no instalar Ubuntu de 64 bits. Primero fue Adobe con Flash de 64 bits y ahora Sun ha sacado el plug-in de Java en 64 bits.

    Para instalar el java plug-in de 64 bits en intrepid 8.10:

    1. Baje el archivo bin aqui
    2. cd /opt
    3. sudo sh jre-6u12-ea-bin-b03-linux-amd64-22_dec_2008.bin
    4. cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
    5. sudo ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_12/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so
    6. Re-inicie Firefox

    Listo!