September, 2009
How to Change The Default Editor in Linux
Linux provides a system tool called alternatives, which allows us to have multiple tools installed that each provide the same functionality. Using this tool we can tell the system which one we would like to use as the default, leaving the others available but not primary. To use the alternatives tool to change your default [...]
How to Compressi the backup file in Linux
The file can then be compressed to reduce its size and make it easier to move around with the following. # bzip2 –best <filename>
Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0 Launches
Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0 Launches Yahoo’s Zimbra enterprise collaboration software division Sept. 30 formally released Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0, which borrows features from Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Calendar. The suite’s e-mail client adds a three-pane view and multiple compose tabs to make it easier to click between e-mail messages and calendar content. The latter feature [...]
Facebook took its Translations application and made it available free to developers.
Facebook took its Translations application and made it available free to developers. Facebook is extending an olive branch to the 15,000 Websites or apps that work with Facebook Connect. Facebook regularly offers new features for end users, which number more than 300 million and comprise the lifeblood of the social network. But Facebook CEO Mark [...]
Yahoo has opened its new homepage to developers to build applications
Yahoo has opened its new homepage todevelopers  to build applications to be featured in the Yahoo homepage gallery; the company also has released a new version of the Yahoo User Interface, YUI 3.0 “Now, you can build apps that run on the new Yahoo homepage, which gets over 330 million unique visitors per month worldwide. By [...]
Oracle released an updated version of its personnel-management platform
Oracle released the latest version of PeopleSoft Enterprise, a handful of applications designed to help manage workforces and the services they deliver, on Sept. 30. Those applications within PeopleSoft Enterprise include PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) 9.1, PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50, PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management 9.1 and PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 9.1. The tweaks to [...]
Internet Inside Your TV – Internet TV to an actual TV
The dream of taking Internet  TV to an actual TV seems a no-brainer to consumers: a screen’s a screen, and a monitor’s just another screen, after all. However, there’s more to the technology than meets the eye or fits the couch potato’s view. Even so, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)  made a huge step toward plugging the Internet TV play [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials – A free basic anti-malware service from Redmond
MSE monitors the file, registry, network and kernel mode actions taken by unknown programs to look for suspicious behavior according Microsoft. When a program initiates unexpected network connections, tries to modify privileged parts of the system, or downloads known malicious content, this triggers MSE to request updates from the Dynamic Signature Service. Further, MSE uses the [...]
Dell’s newest addition to the Latitude line, the Z600
Dell bills the 4.5-pound , 0.57-inch thick unit with a “black cherry” finish as the lightest, thinnest 16-inch unit on the market, as well as the world’s first laptop with wireless docking as an optional accessory. It also features inductive charging, eliminating the need for power cords with use of a charging stand. It’s also [...]
Google is sending out more than 100,000 invites to preview Google Wave.
Google is sending out more than 100,000 invites to preview Google Wave. Recipients will be developers who participated in the developer preview the Internet  search giant launched in June, as well as people who signed up at a Web site to use the product and volunteer their feedback, and select customers of Google Apps. Google will also [...]
Dell laptops to feature Arm chips and Linux
Dell, the number two personal computer maker, will announce today a high-end line of laptops that include microprocessors designed by the UK’s Arm Holdings, a first for the company. The machines will run Microsoft’sâ€*s new Windows 7 operating system on an Intel chip most of the time. But the Arm chip and a version of [...]
Malware worldwide grows 15 percent in September
A rise in malware has caused the number of infected PCs worldwide to increase 15 percent just from August to September, says a report released Tuesday from antivirus vendor Panda Security. Across the globe, the average number of PCs hit by malware now stands around 59 percent, an all-time high for the year. Among 29 [...]
Banking Trojan steals money from under your nose
Researchers at security firm Finjan have discovered details of a new type of banking Trojan horse that doesn’t just steal your bank log in credentials but actually steals money from your account while you are logged in and displays a fake balance. The bank Trojan, dubbed URLzone, has features designed to thwart fraud detection systems [...]
Apple Preps New iMacs with Blu-ray?
Apple is already working on the production of redesigned dual-core iMac (all-in-one) desktops with a Blu-ray drive by year end, reports Apple Insider. Apple is being speculated for pushing redesigned iMac models in their Taiwan-based production line. Earlier this year, Apple was rumored for prepping new iMacs with low-cost dual-core Intel processor and high-end quad-core [...]
Palm has made the webOS 1.2 update available
Palm has made the webOS 1.2 update available via over-the-air download and brought a slew of new features in this update. Earlier this month Palm webOS 1.2 update was leaked with better copy-paste, remote App approval, LED notifications and other features. A major feature in this update is the app purchases support from App Catalog [...]