Monthly Archives: July 2009

Read the following stories on 2009-07-24

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Arun

New telescope is world’s largest – http://bit.ly/13aErM #fb # Eye of cosmic storm blazes with black hole – http://bit.ly/1TUdFL #fb #

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Make your wordpress blog look like facebook

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Arun

If you are a Facebook fan and if you want to change your WordPress blog to appear like Facebook, then here is the theme that I came across today, that can do that. I didn’t try the Smells like Facebook … Continue reading →

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Going to Seattle and Oregon

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Arun

I’ll be on vacation, starting next week, to Seattle, WA and from there to Portland, OR, Oceanside OR (stay in a beach cottage for few days), then to Crater Lake, back to Portland, then to Mt. St. Helens and back … Continue reading →

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Read the following stories on 2009-07-23

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Arun

First USB 3.0 Motherboard out – http://bit.ly/VXQJJ #fb # iPods on fire and Apple trying to hide it – http://www.kirotv.com/money/20089894/detail.html #fb # Wal-Mart beats Best Buy with $298 laptop – http://bit.ly/DzjHR #

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 relased

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha of next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, code named Karmic Koala. Kubunt 9.10 alpha 3 is also out. I found few interesting features in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu that might appeal to end … Continue reading →

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Auto-unsubscribe feature in GMail

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Arun

Google team has introduced auto unsubscribe feature in GMail. When you mark a message as spam, GMail will offer you an unsubscribe tool which, when selected, would send a request to the sender that your email address be removed from … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 3 beta 3 released

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Arun

Mozilla Messaging team has released the 3rd beta of Thunderbird 3.0. According to Mozilla, Thunderbird 3 Beta 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1.1 platform including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, web compatibility, and code simplification and sustainability. There … Continue reading →

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Read the following stories on 2009-07-22

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Arun

Coalition Formed to Promote Benefits and Adoption of Open Source Software in Government -http://bit.ly/x0wIK # Fox News producer gets 10 years for child porn – http://tinyurl.com/foxnewsabuser # New ‘Google’ phone an impressive upgrade – http://bit.ly/hyjCA #fb # Exposed: the PC … Continue reading →

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Controlling your computer with hand gesture – available for Linux too

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Arun

Taiwan’s publicly funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) developed a software that lets users control their computer with simple hand gesture. All you need is a webcam and Air Cursor software. ITRI developed the software to work with common computer … Continue reading →

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Read the following stories on 2009-07-21

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Arun

Comet may have hit Jupiter – http://bit.ly/2tBQUw # Police to patrol streets looking for unsecured wifi – http://tinyurl.com/wifipatrol #fb # Leaks lead to new Hadron Collider delay – http://bit.ly/28MF1 #fb #

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