August, 2009
Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People – The new feature called “flagged revisionsâ€
Wikipedia, one of the 10 most popular sites on the Web, was founded about eight years ago as a long-shot experiment to create a free encyclopedia from the contributions of volunteers, all with the power to edit, and presumably improve, the content. Now, as the English-language version of Wikipedia has just surpassed three million articles, [...]
South Korea Launches Satellite – The first rocket from its own territory
South Korea launched the first rocket from its own territory on Tuesday, putting a satellite into orbit one week after its initial attempt was scrubbed at the last minute because of a technical malfunction. The nationally televised launching came four months after a North Korea launching that was widely denounced by the international community. United States [...]
How to Report CPU utilization using sar command
You can display today’s CPU activity, with sar command:# sarOutput: Linux 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp (dellbox.xyz.co.in) 01/13/2007 12:00:02 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %idle 12:10:01 AM all 1.05 0.00 0.28 0.04 98.64 12:20:01 AM all 0.74 0.00 0.34 0.38 98.54 12:30:02 AM all 1.09 0.00 0.28 0.10 98.53 12:40:01 AM all 0.76 0.00 0.21 0.03 99.00 12:50:01 [...]
How to Display the utilization of each CPU individually using mpstat
If you are using SMP (Multiple CPU) system, use mpstat command to display the utilization of each CPU individually. It report processors related statistics. For example, type command:# mpstatOutput: Linux 2.6.15.4 (debian) Thursday 06 April 2006 05:13:05 IST CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 05:13:05 IST all 16.52 0.00 2.87 1.09 [...]
Nokia is going to Make Laptops
The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make small laptops, netbooks, entering a fiercely competitive, but fast growing market. The first netbook, Nokia Booklet 3G, will use Microsoft’s Windows software and Intel’s Atom processor — offering up to 12 hours of battery life, and weighing 1.25 kilograms, Nokia said [...]
How to get memcached status
It is very importent to get the real time status of memcached, By getting it we will be able to know the memmory usage and caching status of the memcached. This will hel us to fine tune the memcache. This is also really helpful in getting the configuration of memcache Here’s an easy “top” emulator for [...]
Top 10 Web sites for students
If you want to a see a blank look on a student’s face, ask him about the Dewey Decimal library classification system. For better or for worse, the Internet often becomes an alternative to a library’s card catalogs. But how can you trust what you read on the Web? “Frankly, this is my main concern, [...]
Dolby Laboratories has showcased the first netbook computers that incorporate ‘Dolby Headphone’ technology.
Lenovo Netbooks Get Dolby Surround Sound Dolby Laboratories has showcased the first netbook computers that incorporate ‘Dolby Headphone’ technology. Among the first netbooks to use the technology are the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 and the S10-2. The new Lenovo IdeaPad S12 and S10-2 are lightweight, ultraportable PCs that offer an equally enthralling surround sound experience as [...]
Acer has announced the new Veriton N260G-U2802CP
Acer has announced the new Veriton N260G-U2802CP, an ultra-compact nettop for the U.S. professional market. Due to its small size and flexible design, this practical nettop is well-suited for small offices, reception areas, classrooms, libraries, showrooms, call centers, hotel front desks or airline check-in kiosks. It is designed with a retractable stand that allows it [...]
Asus unveiled its new Formula series graphics cards in India
Asus unveiled its new Formula series graphics cards in India. The two Formula Series graphics cards are based on ATI Radeon HD 4770 and HD 4890 cards. The cards are designed as per aerodynamic design of the Formula One car. Inspired by Formula One racing cars, Formula Series graphics cards have an aerodynamic design that [...]
Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart?
Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. hope that by joining forces, they can tilt the balance of power in Internet search away from Google Inc. First, however, Yahoo and Microsoft have to convince regulators that their plan won’t hurt online advertisers and consumers. As the U.S. Justice Department reviews the proposed partnership, approval figures to hinge [...]
Intel may launch Nehalem architecture based Intel Core i7 750 and 850 processors on September 6
Intel Core i5 750 is quad-core processor with clock speed of 2.66GHz and 8MB L3 cache. This Core i5 CPU is actually based on Nehalem Core i7 design but the third memory channel has been removed and QuickPath Interconnect will be replaced by Direct Media Interface. Some insiders in the motherboard manufacturing companies said that [...]
Taiwan Mobile launched Samsung’s Android-powered i7500 smartphone in Taiwan
This also means that the device is headed for other markets in the near future. In fact, according to some sources, the device might just land in India by the end of this month. We do not have any information regarding the price at which the phone will retail in India though. However, it would [...]