Monthly Archives: March 2008

Gateway GT5628 Quad Core Desktop

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Arun

I bought a Gateway GT5628 Quad Core Desktop (refurbished) for a good deal from buy.com. The desktop’s configuration is Intel® Core 2 Q6600 2.4GHz Quad Core 3072MB RAM 500GB 7200 SATA II HD DVD ±RW 18X multi dual 256MB NVIDIA … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s demise started?

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Arun

According to the CoreBrand Power 100 2007 study, which polled about 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers, Microsoft dropped from number 12 in the ranking of the most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004 to number 59 last year. In 1996, the … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.5

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Arun

WordPress team has released WordPress 2.5 2 days ago, after 6 months of development. Here are some of the new or changed features in WordPress 2.5. Dashboard was redesigned for WordPress 2.5. The dashboard home page is now a series … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice.org 2.4 released

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Arun

OpenOffice.org team has released OpenOffice 2.4 today. OpenOffice 2.4 includes lots of new features and bug fixes. Here are some of the new features added to OpenOffice 2.4. General: Connect to WebDAV servers via HTTPS Custom icons for toolbars are … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0.0.13 released

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Arun

Mozilla has updated Firefox web browser with few security fixes. Firefox 2.0.0.13 contains the following security fixes. XUL popup spoofing variant (cross-tab popups) Java socket connection to any local port via LiveConnect Privacy issue with SSL Client Authentication HTTP Referrer … Continue reading →

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Magellan Roadmate 760 – Magellan Maestro 4210 review

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Arun

I had a Magellan Roadmate 760 GPS unit. It was good, but it was pretty bulky and the mounting cradle was unstable. I ordered the new maps ($80) for the Roadmate 760 unit. Once I received the map DVD, I … Continue reading →

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India to vote against OOXML

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Arun

India will vote against Microsoft’s OOXML being adopted as a standard by the Geneva-based international standards body, ISO, where representatives of member countries are slated to decide on the matter by March 29. The decision was taken at a standards … Continue reading →

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SUN Microsystems offers Ubuntu Servers

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Arun

SUN Microsystems has started offering Ubuntu Linux in their small and medium business server lines. Source: thevarguy. Technorati Tags: SUN Microsystems, Ubuntu, Linux

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Google spreadsheets gets new features

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Arun

Google spreadsheets has got some cool new features. Here is the list: Revisions highlights – You can now highlight the changes of revisions for easier references. Notifications – You can set notification rules like automatically setting it to send you … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.04 beta released

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron beta. This beta includes lots of bug fixes. A couple of old caveats carry over from alpha into beta with a new addition. The newer bug is related to resizing partitions using … Continue reading →

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