Monthly Archives: December 2008

Happy New Year!!!

Wish everyone a wonderful New Year!!!

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Happy Holidays!!!

My office is closed for holidays from 25th to January 04th. I may not be able to blog quite often during the holidays. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!

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How to install Samsung CLP-300 laser printer in Ubuntu

Note: This post was written for Ubuntu 9.04 and older version. I bought the Samsung CLP-300 color laser printer few months back. It’s quite compact and energy star compliant. It’s a decent printer for home use. You can’t print photos … Continue reading

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Hybrid Blu-Ray / DVD Disc Announced

Infinity Storage Media has released the first Blu-Ray/DVD hybrid disc in Japan. According to My Digital Life, The new technology, which embeds both Blu-ray and DVD compatible contents on the same disc is believed to be able to smoothen the … Continue reading

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Enabling USB in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

If you are trying to install a driver for your USB printer or trying to enable USB support in Virtualbox in Ubuntu 8.10, you are in more trouble than before. Ubuntu removed support for /proc/bus/usb starting with Ubuntu 7.10, but … Continue reading

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Mineral capable of supporting life discovered in Mars

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found an important mineral on Mar’s surface that leads researchers to believe the planet once was hospitable to life. According to Reuters UK: Deposits of carbonate, formed in neutral or alkaline water, were spotted by … Continue reading

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How to get Skype microphone and sound work in Kubuntu

I did this in my laptop with Kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, KDE 4.2 beta and HDA Intel sound card. It might work with other sound cards, but I’m not sure. Here is what I did to get the microphone and … Continue reading

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Going home, bye!!!

Going home, bye!!!

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Yet another proof of global warming

Between 1.5 trillion and 2 trillion tons of ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted at an accelerating rate since 2003, according to NASA scientists. The losses amounted to enough water to fill the Chesapeake Bay 21 times. In … Continue reading

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Amazon.com running sweatshop in Britain

According to Times Online, Amazon.com, one of the largest online retailer, was running it’s warehouse like a sweatshop. An investigation by The Sunday Times at Amazon’s enormous warehouse in Bedfordshire has found that workers were: Warned that the company refuses … Continue reading

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