What is great about this news is that Microsoft actually asked the community in the first place, and then worked with the Firefox team to make it happen.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Microsoft using FireFox Icon!
Microsoft is planning to use the FireFox RSS icon in IE7 and OutLook 12.
What is great about this news is that Microsoft actually asked the community in the first place, and then worked with the Firefox team to make it happen.
What is great about this news is that Microsoft actually asked the community in the first place, and then worked with the Firefox team to make it happen.
Monday, November 28, 2005
The best Linux Desktop for Business: UBUNTU
ZDNet has been testing Linux for business, trying to work out what the best distro for small businesses. After testing Mandriva, Novell Linux, Red Hat Desktop, SUSE Linux and Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu came out as the winner.
Friday, November 11, 2005
BreezyBadger
Finally, the waiting is over... I received 5 copies of the newest version of Ubuntu (v 5.10) a couple of days ago. I tried the Live CD first and decided to install it in my home PC. The installation is same as I explained in my previous post. It comes with the latest versions of OpenOffice and FireFox which is great. Other than that, it is more or less the same thing as before...
Monday, October 31, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
My Desktop Thermo
I made this cool desktop thermo using DS1820 which is plugged into DS9097U – DB9 Com Port adapter. I got these samples from Maxim Dallas Semiconductors a long time ago but couldn’t find enough time to play around. The program is done using C# after so many trial and error efforts. It is based on the OneWireAPI.dll which can be downloaded here. The program nicely sits inside the system tray and displays the temperature when the mouse pointer hovered on to the icon. (the icon is made by me which is not in great shape…).
I have two units of DS1820s at home which are plugged into the same port, one is on the CRT (it heats up a lot; so that I can turn on the fan) and the other one lying on the desk monitoring the room temperature. The one shown in the picture is the unit in my office. (otherwise, how could I be at 23.94 Celsius; normally it’s 28-30 Celsius outside). If anyone interested about this, I am willing to share my knowledge. (even the software).
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005
Ubuntu wins best Distribution Award.
At the UK Linux & Open Source Awards dinner held on October 5th, Ubuntu was awarded the Reader Award for best distribution. Debian and Red Hat were also on the short list.
Ubuntu was also nominated in the embedded/mobile solution category (with HP for the custom Ubuntu/HP work) and the corporate contribution category.
Not only that, it was among the best 100 products of 2005.
Ubuntu was also nominated in the embedded/mobile solution category (with HP for the custom Ubuntu/HP work) and the corporate contribution category.
Not only that, it was among the best 100 products of 2005.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
Ubuntu Linux
I think most of the people are now tired of using Microsoft products specially their lousy OS and IE. That's why everybody jumps into other products when they get a chance. A very good example is FireFox. I think now it's the turn of OS. Linux is there for some time but is still limited to enthusiasts and Pros. I could remember how I installed Linux in my 486 in 1999. It took more than a week to get the job done compiling some of the drivers manually. The monitor gave me the greatest headache since the X windows system didn't recognize it. I couldn't play around much since my knowledge was limited and the applications were rare. After that, I have used random versions of RedHat Linux in couple of times but it didn't hit the spot.
I heard about Ubuntu Linux by accident when I was searching for Debian Linux. I read a couple of reviews about Ubuntu and thought of giving it a try. So I downloaded the version 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) and installed it in my home PC which already has two windows versions; Windows XP (for gaming) and Windows 2003 Server (for development). The installation process was quiet and took around 30 minutes. It recognized all my hardware including AC97 surround sound card, GeForce 440MX video card and on board LAN which was a bit surprise.
Ubuntu really impressed me. It's very very simple. Good for a beginner who is shifting towards Linux from Windows. This installation comes with several applications like Open Office 1.1, several games, multimedia applications and networking tools. But it didn't recognize my existing NTFS partitions which was sad. I had to mount them manually and are read only which is a downfall. Overall, I am happy about Ubuntu and waiting to see the next stable version 5.10 (BreezyBadger) in October.
I heard about Ubuntu Linux by accident when I was searching for Debian Linux. I read a couple of reviews about Ubuntu and thought of giving it a try. So I downloaded the version 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) and installed it in my home PC which already has two windows versions; Windows XP (for gaming) and Windows 2003 Server (for development). The installation process was quiet and took around 30 minutes. It recognized all my hardware including AC97 surround sound card, GeForce 440MX video card and on board LAN which was a bit surprise.
Ubuntu really impressed me. It's very very simple. Good for a beginner who is shifting towards Linux from Windows. This installation comes with several applications like Open Office 1.1, several games, multimedia applications and networking tools. But it didn't recognize my existing NTFS partitions which was sad. I had to mount them manually and are read only which is a downfall. Overall, I am happy about Ubuntu and waiting to see the next stable version 5.10 (BreezyBadger) in October.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Happy B'day...!
Google's official Birthday is September 7, 1998. Amazing, it's my wife's birthday too. Happy Birthday to both of you.
Monday, August 29, 2005
GoogleNet
Google is planning to develop a parallel internet called GoogleNet.
Google already knows enough to blackmail enyone through it's programmes.
1) Knows what we think -- through Blogspot.
2) Knows what's on our hard drives -- through Desktop Search.
3) Knows who we talk to and what we say -- through GMail and Google Talk
4) Knows where we are or where we plan to go -- through Google Earth
5) Knows what we're interested in -- through Google Search
The list will complete when they develop a web browser and an OS.
Google already knows enough to blackmail enyone through it's programmes.
1) Knows what we think -- through Blogspot.
2) Knows what's on our hard drives -- through Desktop Search.
3) Knows who we talk to and what we say -- through GMail and Google Talk
4) Knows where we are or where we plan to go -- through Google Earth
5) Knows what we're interested in -- through Google Search
The list will complete when they develop a web browser and an OS.
Lazy and Dumb programmers...
If you want to be a GOOD programmer, you must be dumb and lazy. Here is the reason.
10th Anniversary
Yes, today is the 10th anniversary of Windows 95, the first version to include a START button. Hereis a list of Start buttons from Windows 95 to Windows Vista to commemorate this date.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Google Wildcard Search.
Another Google thing...! Wildcard search...
A wildcard in a Google search query can be indicated by an asterisk and will match one or more entire words of text so that the query matches a contiguous sequence of words.
For example, a search for [ cooking * classes ] will match the phrases "cooking school classes" and "cooking and wine tasting classes."
One common use of the asterisk is to fill in the blanks for a query that corresponds to a question: [the parachute was invented by *].
Also, more than one asterisk can be used, such as [vitamin * is good for *].
A wildcard in a Google search query can be indicated by an asterisk and will match one or more entire words of text so that the query matches a contiguous sequence of words.
For example, a search for [ cooking * classes ] will match the phrases "cooking school classes" and "cooking and wine tasting classes."
One common use of the asterisk is to fill in the blanks for a query that corresponds to a question: [the parachute was invented by *].
Also, more than one asterisk can be used, such as [vitamin * is good for *].
Monday, July 25, 2005
Longhorn -> Windows Vista
The official new name for the Longhorn OS is going to be Windows Vista but the path seems to be not yet cleared.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
"Terminal"... Can this happen in real life?
When I saw Tom Hanks movie "The Terminal", I didn't think it could happen in real life. But I was wrong. Read this
Friday, July 08, 2005
Blog Image
Blogger.com now supports Image uploading for its bloggers upto 300mb. I uploaded all my images via various image hosting sites before. So, this is kind'a bonus...
This picture is completely irrelevent for this post but I couldn't find anything else to demonstrate...
This picture is completely irrelevent for this post but I couldn't find anything else to demonstrate...
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Windows Timeline
Visit this site to see screenshots of windows from windows v.1 to windows xp. This is the first time I saw Windows V.1 and V.2. Surely it has come a long way...
Lost in Sri Lanka? Use Google Maps...
Google Maps has Satellite images of Sri Lanka now. Check this out. They might have higher resolution maps in the future.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
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