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NTP Sync On Startup How To | Linux Howto | Redhat and CentOS

2012-01-25T20:45:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on forcing your NTP service running on Linux Redhat and CentOS to sync during start up of the ntpd daemon, instead of doing ntpdate command is by adding -x on the option below is the howto on doing this[poiuGo to cd /etc/sysconfigvi ntpdYou should see something like the below entry, take note of the 2nd line(OPTIONS)====================# Drop root to id 'ntp:ntp'

Torrent Magnet Link and Google Chrome Howto

2012-01-15T00:20:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on associating your Google Chrome browser and Vuze with magnet link, since The Pirate Bay will soon stop hosting torrent files but will only provide magnet link, it will be wise for your convenience to make sure your browser associate the magnet link with your torrent client.On Windows VistaGo to run -> type regeditFile -> Export (to backup before you edit, in

Share Videos from Windows to PS3 DLNA Howto

2011-09-02T11:14:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on sharing your videos or music from your Windows computer to any network media player including your Playstation 3 over your LAN, for Dvd ripped and 480p or less videos you will no lag problem streaming the movies to your media player using wireless G, however to be able to stream 720p and 1080p you are required to have at least a Wireless N connection or use

How to Mount filesystem - read/write

2011-08-30T10:59:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on mounting filesystem in Linux To mount # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt /dev/hda2 is the disk/partition you want to mount, /mnt is where you want it mounted. If you want to remount an already mounted drive as read only # mount -oremount,ro /mnt If you want to remount an already mounted drive as read write# mount -remount,rw /mnt

Root Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - Gingerbread Howto

2011-08-29T15:51:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a simple howto on rooting Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Gingerbread, if you have recently updated from Froyo on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 i'm sure you have notice that your Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 is no longer rooted, the only way to root Gingerbread on Galaxy Tab is to install CF-Root kernel from Chainfire. Requirements: Download Odin Download the Kernel CF-Root-TAB7_XX_OXA_JQ1-v3.3-

Upgrade Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - Howto

2011-08-28T15:26:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on upgrading Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 from Android Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3 using Samsung Kies. Step 1 - Install Samsung Kies and follow the onscreen instruction, you can download latest version from their Samsung website Step 2 - Once installed plug in your Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 P1000 to your PC USB port, make sure your Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 is fully chargeStep 3

Best New Mobile Phones of 2010

2010-11-24T21:15:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Where would we be without our mobile phones? A recent study of mobile phone users found that more people in the UK would rather have their wallet or purse stolen than their mobile phone. This is mainly due to all the everyday necessities they now seem to have lurking inside their printed circuit boards and solid state disk drives. It is now easier and cheaper to cancel a bank card

A Basic Laptop Buying Guide

2010-11-10T11:35:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Searching for the best and most cost-efficient laptop can be simple once you know what to look for. Before choosing a laptop, consider what purpose the computer will serve. A computer should fit the needs of each user. Personally tailored details include the physical design of the computer as well as technical aspects.If you're purchasing a laptop for casual use, you can keep it

Apple iPhone 4 | Mini Review

2010-09-22T22:33:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a mini review of the much awaited Apple iPhone 4, the key features of the much-desired Apple iPhone4 include engineered glass panels and a casing with a stainless steel edging. The unique Smartphone also offers a 3.5 Inch Multi Touch 16 Million-Colour Screen which is of 960 x 640 Pixels. The handset enables WiFi Technology and is compatible with YouTube and offers a

Buffalo LinkStation Mini - LS-WSXL/R1

2010-09-14T20:24:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Network Attached Storage drives (or NAS) are just about one of the most important devices these days in anyone’s computing arsenal. NAS solutions provide you with a convenient way of taking backup of your critical data in event of any PC problems, NAS allows you to backup or store data from any computer on the network that the NAS is attached to.There are many NAS suppliers, but

Optimizing VLC Media Player for h264 Playback

2010-08-31T19:31:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a simple howto on configuring your VLC player to play h264 or MKV files(720p and up) without lagging or with minimal lagging, for this howto I'm using VLC Media PLayer 1.1.4 running on Windows Vista.Below is are thing need to be selected on your VLC media player, this configuration are base on my experience I dont guarantee it will work for you, however if your experiencing

Nokia 5230 | Phone Review

2010-08-15T18:47:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - The Nokia 5230 is good looking and easy to navigate. It has a large 3.2 inch screen, which although slightly smaller than the iPhone comes with a higher resolution of 640 by 360 pixels. The touch screen is resistive and therefore not oversensitive, and also comes with a useful stylus. You can take photos on the 5230, but as the camera is only 2 megapixels it is best suited for quick

LG Pop GD510 | News and Reviews

2010-08-14T22:21:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Have a recently released their all new smartphone, the LG Pop GD510, a touchscreen device that demonstrates how handsets can be loaded with features, yet still retain a sleek and lightweight aesthetic. The phone is essentially following on from the highly successful LG Cookie, another fairly cheap yet stylish looking smartphone from the people at LG, and the new POP model will be

onemanga.com is Closing

2010-07-23T23:34:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - I don't usually blog about websites or manga, but this one is very close to my geek heart since it has entertained me in a lot of late night work and boring days, the website is onemanga.com the site is virtually a treasure trove of scanlation of manga, if it manga has been scanlated you will find it there, anyway yesterday they announce that the site will have too close, as quoted

Explorer.exe High CPU Utilization on Vista | Fixed

2010-07-17T22:50:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently I run into a problem on one of my laptops running Windows Vista, the problem was explorer.exe is using up 40% to 60% of the CPU resources when it is idle and up to 100% when it is not, anyway I search Google for solution for this problem and I have only found one that actually work, apparently Windows attempt to show video thumbnail on large media filed is using up all the

ACER LIQUID E | Mobile Gadget

2010-06-17T17:39:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Acer is now presenting Liquid E, the latest version of the well known Liquid smartphone. Acer Liquid E features the latest Android 2.1 Operating System (or Eclair). It has a high-definition TFT capacitive touch screen measuring 3.5 inches; which means, the user can enjoy watching videos and photos. The handset has a 5 MP camera and allows users to capture moments in high quality

Nokia X6 | Mobile Phone

2010-05-29T00:01:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Nokia, the world's leading marketer of phones, has launched another of its latest handsets which is the Nokia X6. It measures about 111 x 51 x 13.8mm and weighs 122 grams. Music-wise, the Nokia X6 has a built-in FM tuner, and the same features of the Nokia N-series like the stereo widening, bass booster, and loudness. This phone supports such audio formats like .mp3, .aac, .wma,

Sony Ericsson Vivaz | Mobile Phone

2010-05-28T01:29:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is the high definition video shooting successor to the Satio model. Now, you can experience real entertainment through HD videos and downloading applications through Play Now and Symbian with the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. A person can avail services of leading network providers like O2, Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Three, Virgin on the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. It

LEEDS ELEMENT WATER POWERED CLOCK

2010-05-19T16:58:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Compared to other devices the clock is way too small to pay attention to. Insignificant as it is, it still uses energy and power to function. Thus, clocks can also be switched into eco-friendly and renewable power user.The Leeds Element Water Powered Clock, as the name implies, pulls its energy from water, and this makes it possible to run in poorly lit rooms deficient in solar

Dreamate Sleep Induce | Gadget Review

2010-05-06T16:46:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog -Some people suffer unusual sleeping patterns. And they would do anything just to fix their screwed body clock. Fortunately, there is one gadget that can induce sleeping and be able to bring back the normal sleeping patterns. This is the Dreamate Sleep Inducer.The Dreamate Sleep Inducer uses accupressure methods to massage the so-called "golden sleeping triangle" pressure point on

Apple iPad 3G for Sale Now!

2010-04-30T20:16:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - The Apple iPad 3G is now available to purchase at the Apple store of course US Apple store only order will shipped by May 7th, iPad 3G boast the same features as the regular iPad Wifi, except for the additional 3G and Assisted GPS capabilities on the iPad 3G as well as some cosmetic changes as can be seen on the image below of the Apple iPad 3G.Below are some howto on troubleshooting

ACL Permission on Unix | Howto setacl and setfacl

2010-04-30T00:22:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - What is ACL or Access Control List on Unix - Access Control Lists extend the standard Unix permission model. This feature will allow administrator more flexible control over permissions. most modern Unix file system support ACL, below are some basic command for adding, modifying, querying ACL on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX.Linux and Solaris ACL commandAdding modifying users or

iPhone Pebble Portable Charger Review

2010-04-29T00:10:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - Most people nowadays carry phones with them - to school, to work, to anywhere. And 'anywhere' doesn't guarantee you of having a full battery all the time, neither does it have sockets to cater to the needs of your phone whenever it runs out of juice. We depend on these gadgets in order to be able to communicate with the world. If they run out of batteries, they would become

Shape Collage Review | Free Software

2010-04-09T08:57:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - I have been looking for a collage software recently to be used for my fiances project and been searching on Google for a full feature collage software that is of course free :) then I found Shape Collage the software is very good that allows you to collage images in various shape, it gives you a lot of control over how your collage will look like such as randomness, transparency,

Etymotic HF5 In-Ear Earphones Review

2010-03-18T15:52:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - I just purchase a new in-ear earphones after my old one an Etymotic ER6i earphones cable came loose after 6 years of use, I decided to go with Etymotic HF5 after looking around for several other in-ear earphones including Sleek Audio SA6 and Ultimate Ears, on of the factor for me on choosing Etymotic is due to past experience with the product which impressed the durability of the

Apple iPad up for Pre-Order now

2010-03-12T23:23:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Apple iPad is now available for pre-order here , that is if you live in the US or have US based credit card and shipping address, the pre-order is US only both Wifi only Apple iPad and Wi-Fi + 3G Apple iPad is available for pre-order.

Microsoft Security Essentials Review | Free Antivirus

2010-03-05T10:00:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - Microsoft Security Essentials is a free downloadable antivirus and antispyware from Microsoft that was release last year, features of the Microsoft Security Essential are quick scan, full scan, realtime scanning, auto updates, customized action, customized scan, and scheduled scan, I found the Microsoft Security Essentials to be light and fast, what surprises me the most is that it

Bootleg Apple iPhone 3g Clone | China Made Phones | Review

2010-03-03T10:15:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Today out of curiosity I just bought a bootleg iPhone this thing is amazing, when I say amazing I meant amazingly bad but you have to give it to the pirate, you won't be able to distinguish the box from original and fake take a look at it, the quality of the packaging is exactly just like the real thing with all the markings.The package came with charger that resembes the Apple iPhone

Wireless Causing Windows XP Bluscreen BSOD | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL | Fix

2010-03-01T10:00:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently I have given away an old laptop that works perfectly I know this because I still used it hours before I gave it away, anyway after few days the person who receive the laptop gave me a call and is telling me that enabling the wireless card on the laptop gives out the bluescreen of death (BSOD) error on Windows XP, (see exact error below) the problem doesn't make sense at

IPtables Howto | Block China and Korean IP | Brute Force

2010-02-26T09:58:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently notice one of my home servers running Linux CentOS's SSH port is being attacked using Bruteforce almost nonstop daily, and a lot of the attack are coming from China and Russia, one IP logged 15445 brute force attempt on my SSH port, anyway I found a list of IP off at wizcraft which has various Asia/Asian countries IP that are known offenders, and I apply it to my servers

MP3 to Audio Book Converter | Free Software | Review

2010-02-19T23:57:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Ever thought of using the Audio Book function of your iPod or iPhone and have you ever wonder how to get your iPod or iPhone to recognize your MP3 formatted audio book as Audio Book so that you can se the features of audio book formatted file on your iPod, features such as "Remembering the last listening position" this feature help you remembers the position where you stoped listening

iTunes 9 Error 0xE8000065 on Windows 7 and Vista Unabl to Synchronization

2010-02-06T16:01:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - After several months of not using my iPod Touch 1st generation, I have decided to use it once again after reading about iPad Tablet which got me a bit excited as I could see that I would definitely be getting one probably the iPad 3g one, anyway this post is not about iPad Tablet, but my problem with syncing my iPod Touch using iTunes 9 on Windows Vista, I have searched all over the

Crontab: unexpected end of line | Unix Errors

2010-01-24T13:12:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - The error "crontab: unexpected end of line" is a very common error, and it usually just mean there is a blank line on your crontab file, fixing it is just a matter of opening your crontab file using "crontab -e" command and looking for the blank lines, or use the "crontab -l" below see the content of your crontab file.For example, in the following crontab file there is a blank line

No Terminal Authorization Granted | SSH Tectia Client Error | Unix

2010-01-12T19:50:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently I have been using SSH Tectia Client to connect to my Unix and Linux servers, however just couple of days ago I start encountering errors during after authentication when connecting to HP-UX boxes, the error that is show was "No Terminal Authorization Granted" a protocol error was detected this usually indicate a bug in the SSH application( either client or server) however I

Outpost Firewall Review | Free Windows Firewall

2009-12-11T23:23:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently I have just formatted my laptop that is running Windws Vista due to slowness and irritation of nag to reregister Avast antivirus, anyway it is also about time to reformat the thing as it hasn't been formatted for almost one and a half year, after reinstalling my Windows Vista I decided to look for another security software for it, it doesn't have to be free as long as it does

Using SNOOP on Solaris | Unix Howto

2009-12-05T00:18:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Snoop is an network sniffer tool for Unix, snoop captures all packets on you network in either real time or raw format that can later be loaded to analysis tools such as Wireshark, Snoop gives very detail of information.Note: Snoop must be run as root.Note: Try to snoop to output of file as opposed to STDOUT for performance reasons.$ snoop -o filename.outTo capture on verbose mode$

Clean Sendmail Queue | Ubuntu Linux Howto

2009-11-11T08:52:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - if you need to clear sendmail queue the following is some very usefull commands for doing the jobTo check how many pending mail you have use the "mailq -v" command.Manually removed pending mails$ rm /var/spool/mail/*.*$ rm /var/mqueue/*.*Delete pending mails using sendmail command$ sendmail -v -qYou can delete certain domain or user or recipient mail using the following command$

Apache SSL and Certificate Authority(CA) | Howto

2009-11-09T08:34:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a simple howto on creating your own CA or Certificate Authority unders Cent OS 5, this howto would also work on other Linux distribution with modification to path where the command could be found, this howto covers creating a certificate authority using OpenSSL and setting up a secure website using Apache with mod_ssl module.For Cent OS 5, you will need to have Openssl, Apache

Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS System

2009-11-08T10:04:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Magellan is fast becoming a leader in the market of providing navigation solutions. They do marketing for GPS solutions in different areas like automotive markets, consumer electronics and recreation. They have recently introduced a GPS device of model name Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS System with diversified features.It is a hand held device with weight of about 0.3Kg and dimension

Panasonic UF8100 fax machine

2009-11-05T16:34:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Established in 1972, Panasonic is becoming a leading supplier of consumer and business related electronic products. Its parent company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. also has a number of manufacturing plants in UK. Among other electronic equipments, it manufactures fax machines that are widely used in busy offices all over the world.It supports plain paper laser monochrome

Sonos ZP100 Zoneplayer HiFi System

2009-11-03T08:08:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Sonos is a well known company manufacturing music systems for music lovers. Among several other models manufactured they have recently come up with the latest model in music system, Sonos ZP100 Zoneplayer HiFi System.Sonos ZP100 Zoneplayer HiFi System is available with stereo sound system having the facility of playing and amplifying the digital music and Internet radio. Connection to

How to Kill Defunct Process in Unix

2009-10-31T20:49:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - A "defunct" process or a zombie process is a process that is actually finished which depends on a parent process, which for some reason usually due to error did not terminate.You can usually see defunct process using the ps -ef command, this process mostly are harmless and can be left alone, however they are annoying in my opinion so I often want them removed, the catch is you can't

Olympus WS-300M MP3 Player

2009-10-31T20:44:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Olympus is one of the famous companies manufacturing imaging and audio products, medical, scientific and industrial solutions. Olympus WS-300M MP3 Player is the latest model introduced into the world of music.Olympus WS-300M MP3 Player is a flash based player with WMA audio formats. The interfaces that come in this model MP3 player are USB direct and 2.0 full speed. The output sound

E-mail Attachment | Ubuntu Command Line | Howto

2009-10-15T11:30:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a very usefull command on sending files as attachement on Linux/Unix command line, this is specifically very usefull when using it in script to send daily report, or just for mailing client certificate directly from the server, there are two ways I know that you can use to send a file as attchemnt using command line, one is using uuencode utility with the "mail" command and

How to Monitor RAID Devices on Linux

2009-10-07T08:10:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a simple howto on using mdadm to alert you of failing array Linux Software RAID. this is important becasue failed or failing devices needs to be replaces as diffrent RAID level have different capabilities when it comes to dealing with disk failure.Lets us try to send a test e-mail to make sure that mail is working on your server$ mdadm --monitor --scan --mail=

VSC Manually Editing Configuration File | Howto

2009-10-03T23:28:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick guide in manually editing Varitas Cluster configuration file main.cf, Veritas Cluster is a High-availability cluster software, it provides application cluster capabilities to systems running databases and applications.Veritas HA config file can be found in /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/configSteps in editing the main.cfFirst we stop all the cluster with the hastop command$ hastop

Google Chrome Frame | Internet Explorer Plug-in

2009-09-23T03:30:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - If your sick and tired of being stuck on using Internet Explorer, you might want to check out Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome Frame is an open source plug-in that brings Google Chrome's open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explore. * Start using open web technologies - like the HTML5 canvas tag - right away, even technologies that aren't yet supported

Smart Bro | Smart Bro Broadband | Review

2009-09-19T23:15:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - This is an update review of Smart Bro Broadband Service I did last year which can be found here, After subscribing to their service for one and half year I have finally decided to discontinue their service, my primary reason is their pathetic customer service and long down time period, for the first year of my subscripton down time and customer service are in acceptable level meaning

Mafia Wars Autoplayer | Facebook Apps

2009-09-18T11:36:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Mafia Wars is a very addictive multiplayer browser game created by Zynga, it is available on Facebook as a Facebook Apps, if you are like me and you have been bitten by the Mafiawars bug, and wish you have more patience in waiting for the energy to be filled up so that you can do more job or your just plain lazy and want to have all those things like fighting and harvesting cuban

Console "debug" Prompt

2009-09-16T08:40:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently I encountered and error on one of my servers it reported that the host is down when i logged into the ALOM console, I found it in debug prompt anyway If you find yourself having an ALOM on debug prompt believe me there is something very wrong on your server :) probably hardware related issue, a screen shot of my terminal screen below I also discovered that send breaks to the

ERROR: Inconsistent password files | Ubuntu Howto

2009-09-14T11:00:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a short how to on fixing "ERROR: Inconsistent password files" when adding or modifying user account on Ubuntu Linux or Unix operating systems, usually the cost of this error are there are some error entries or on the passwd line such as missing GID or other credentials.Attempt to add user get the error below$ useradd ironman UX: useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files.

Howto Create Restore Point on Windows Vista

2009-09-10T21:19:00.009+08:00

Tech Blog - We all have experience installing certain drivers or application then after the installation our system starts to act up, I have experienced this problem with old daemon tools that i didn't know doesn't support Windows Vista which causes my Windows to constantly do a reboot after installation the old Daemon tools, so the next time your not sure what the effect of a certain application

Using Find Command | Ubuntu Howto

2009-09-08T16:53:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick how to using the find command in Unix, Ubuntu and other Linux distribution operating system, the find command is a very useful command, find will search any set of directories you specify for files that match the supplied search criteria. You can search for files by name, owner, group, type, permissions, date, and other criteria. The search is recursive in that it

Combined Community Codec Pack | CCCP | Review

2009-09-01T11:34:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - If your looking for a good codec pack for your Windows system I would suggest you look into CCCP, it will probably play any media files you have and will probably the only medi player you will need, it is a very good alternative to Windows Media Player and even VideoLan(vlc.org), howver make sure that you do not install CCCP as well as VideoLan on the same system, base on experience

Reboot and Shutdown Linux | Ubuntu Howto

2009-08-13T14:59:00.004+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on rebooting and shutting down Linux systems using the command line.To properly reboot system immediately, to add a grace period replace "now" with +(number of minutes)$ shutdown -r now To reboot a system immediately and do filesystem (fsck) check during bootup$ shutdown -rF nowTo shutdown and halt the system immediately$ shutdown -h nowTo shutdown and halt the

IPREDator! - Ready For Beta Testing!

2009-08-12T20:00:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - IPREDator is a new Internet anonymity VPN service for a small monthly fee, I have just received my BETA invitation and have signed up, the cost of using the service is about $20 to $22 for 3 months which is pretty reasonable for your privacy, check out pics and link for more information below.According to IPREDator IPREDator does not store any personal details about its clients.

Diagnose Driver Problem on Windows Vista Howto

2009-08-11T13:56:00.008+08:00

Tech Blog - If you encountering blue screen of death(BSOD) after installation of new hardware, have been experiensing BSOD, and you suspect that it is a driver problem you probably know how time consumming it is to determine which driver is causing the problem and what is the issue and the solution for it, good thing with Windows Vista Microfot has included a tool for verifying and diagnosing

XSCF Command - Console Howto

2009-08-08T10:11:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is my simple quick and dirty guide on navigating through XSCF shell on your console, we don't often navigate through the console so it thought its a good idea to keep notes about it :) this is quick guide on some basic stuff like check hardware compnent, check domain status, power up and down as well as reset of the domain.To Connect to a domainXSCF> console -d domainhereTo Show

Check Veritas Licenses - Howto

2009-08-01T07:54:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on checking Veritas Licenses their features and validity.To check Veritas License validity do:$ vxliccheck -pv vrts:vxliccheck: INFO: License 98 validvrts:vxliccheck: INFO: License 100 validvrts:vxliccheck: INFO: License 95 validvrts:vxliccheck: INFO: License 96 validTo check Veritas license feature and details$ vxlicense -pvrts:vxlicense: INFO: Feature name

Yahoo New Look!

2009-07-23T16:15:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Check out Yahoo's new homepage, I find it less clustered than the old Yahoo look, text are bigger and generally much cleaner, you also have the option of customizing your homepage if you have logged in to your Yahoo account, for some reason the new look reminds me of google.com/ig page :), check it out Yahoo's new homepage.

Partition Recovery Software Review

2009-07-09T14:28:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - I recently was sent a Partition Recovery Software by Stellar Phoenix, anyway I was able to test some feature of this software particularly "Cloning" feature and "Deleted File Recovery", so far both feature have worked well for me, I was able to recover recently deleted file that has been deleted from the recycle bin, Stellar Phoenix Partition Recovery Software is a comprehensive

Proxy Hosting Guide and Review

2009-07-01T20:20:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - If you plan on creating your own proxy site this proxy hosting and web hosting guide is for you, on this guide I will talk a lot about what you should look for in a choosing proxy host this is very important as your proxy sites' success depends on them, I currently own small network of proxy sites I have been running my proxy sites for almost 1 year now, this guide is based on my

The Video Bay Site in Beta Now!

2009-06-29T10:46:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - Tired of having Youtube muting your video or just removing your video without notice due to some copyright issue? The Pirate Bay a very popular torrent tracker site has been developing their own video streaming site called Video Bay, of course following the Pirate Bay tradition no video will ever be removed because of copyright reason, Video Bay is now up for very early beta you can

Damn Small Linux Auto-start Howto

2009-06-27T10:03:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Here is a quick howto on setting up auto-start of application during start up on Damn Small Linux, for example you want to have Firefox load and opened to particular page during start up, here is how to do it.Setting up Auto- Start- On boot up login as user or root, if as user do "sudo su" on the terminal- Once on the desktop click on terminal - On the terminal screen type the

Installing Damn Small Linux To Hard Disk

2009-06-25T18:27:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - I recently been installing Damn Small Linux on old computer which which will be used as log in terminal, for those of you who doesn't know what Damn Small Linux is, DSL is a small Linux distribution about 50mb in size, DSL let you run Linux off CD/DVD like any live Linux distributions but unlike many live CD's and because of its small size DSL can also be installed and run on USB

Huawei E160 and Ubuntu | E160 Linux Howto | Sun Broadband

2009-06-21T01:00:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - I have been a subscription of Sun Broadband for couple of months now its a 3g Internet service in the Philippines, anyway with the subscription it came with a SIM and Huawei E160 3g USB modem dongle, the problem is I have couple of laptops that is running Mepis Linux and Ubuntu Linux as you might have known the program that came with the dongle doesn't work on Linux, another problem

Samsung PS63P76FDX Review

2009-06-16T10:24:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Samsung has introduced a massive display plasma television with 63 inches which is mostly intended for movie lovers. Samsung PS63P76FDX Plasma Display is integrated with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This massive display helps the users to display unmatchable picture quality with excellent clarity and sharpness. The resolution is capable of offering superior image quality with

Archos Android Smartphone Review

2009-06-10T10:46:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - Due to the greatest advancement of the technology, the manufacturers have started to integrate new technique each and every day to attract their potential customers. To fulfil, the need of the customers, the mobile phone manufacturers have started to introduce new and amazingly featured mobile phones in order to fulfil the need of the customers. On that part, Archos Android Smart

Asus EEE PC T91 Netbook

2009-06-05T09:02:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - The design of the laptops is highly changing based on the user’s interest. On that part Asus EEE PC T91 Netbook, is a new model that is available in the market, making the users feel at ease in handling the model. Also there are various other impeccable qualities are embedded in this model. This device is designed with a display of 8.9 inch which is definitely a heart stealer.

Google Squared Live

2009-06-04T10:59:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - Google squared is now live. so far I find the interface is way much better than Wolfram Alpha actually almost the entire thing is way better than Wolfram Alpha, it understand query better and from what I can see right now it pull and organize data in much wider source than Wolfram Alpha does, you can almost type anything on the search box and something related to the subject will come

Sony DSLR Alpha A300K Digital Camera Review

2009-06-03T13:33:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - Each and every individual in this world is bonded with best amenities for them to excel themselves in their life. For some photography seems to be a passion and for those who fall under these category, the all new Sony DSLR Alpha A300K Digital Camera stands as a great partner for their life. When this is compared with other models from Sony, it consists of really outstanding features

Humminbird PiranhaMax 220 Fishfinder Review

2009-06-02T20:25:00.001+08:00

Tech Blog - This is an easy to use satellite navigation system with cute design and attractive features. The design of the model is highly sophisticated making the users to feel at ease in using the device. Cute and simply designed Humminbird PiranhaMax 220 Fishfinder, definitely attracts all the users. It comes with easy installation and other operational features. The display of this satellite

UX: useradd: ERROR: Cannot update system files - login cannot be created | Ubuntu Linux Howto

2009-05-28T14:45:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently while creating bunch of account on a bunch of Sun Unix and Linux server I encountered the error below, this is not the first time I have encountered this error, but in my experience troubleshooting it a bit tricky as this error could mean a lot of things, it could be corrupt passwd or shadow file, wrong permissions, it could be missing password, shadow file or both, it could

Login Banner | SSH Banner Howto

2009-05-21T22:05:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - This is a quick howto on adding a login banner to your ssh session before the password prompt during interactive session using SSH, Warning banners are necessary at all access points in the event an organization wishes to prosecute an unauthorized user.To add a warning banner to SSH, create a banner first$ cd /etc/ssh/$ vi ssh-bannerType in the Warning message you want such as the

Software Raid | Raid Arrays | mdadm on Linux

2009-05-15T11:10:00.009+08:00

Tech Blog - here is a quick howto on creating software RAID arrays on your Linux system using mdadm tool.mdadm is a Linux utility that is used to manage software RAID devices on Linux, previously known as mdctl. it can create, delete, or monitor Linux software RAIDs, mdadm can perform (almost) all of its functions without having a configuration file and does not use one by default, mdadm can

Windows 7 Release Candidate | Download Now!

2009-05-05T20:03:00.003+08:00

Tech Blog - Microsoft has officially made Windows 7 Release Candidate Available today, you will be able to use Windows 7 Release Candidate for free until June 1, 2010, for more information regarding the Windows 7 Release Candidate check out the download site hereRecent Tech Blog Gadget ReviewGadget review - of Garmin GPSMAP 292C Colour GPS ChartplotterSony Ericsson W902 Mobile Phone Gadget

Wolfram Alpha | The Future of Search?

2009-05-04T18:34:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - Wolfram Alpha has announced their official launched date of May 18, Wolfram Alpha is an web service that answers queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, unlike Google it does not show a list of website that it found that matches a query, Wolfram Alpha instead tries to understand the query and present you with the data your looking for, instead of a long list

iPredator | Stay Anonymous Online

2009-04-30T21:15:00.006+08:00

Tech Blog - iPredator is a new Internet anonymity VPN service The Pirate Bay will be introducing and offering for a small monthly fee , as more and more file sharers will be harass in the future, both by the entertainment industry and ignorant corrupt politicians passing laws forcing ISP to comply with their demands of monitoring their customers activies, iPredator will be a valuable tool in

3 Most Usefull Windows Vista Gadget

2009-04-29T11:55:00.007+08:00

Gagdet Review - I know that a lot of people is not fond of Microsoft Windows Vista however a lot of people are stucked using it, so we might as well make the best of it and enjoy it here 5 sidebar gadget that I found to be most usefull on Windows Vista I hope you find it as usefull as I do.Speed Test (Monitor CPU, RAM, Internet) - I recommend you to get this gadget which I found to be most useful

Dreamhost Free Hosting Promo | For Soon to be Displaced Geocities User

2009-04-27T18:43:00.008+08:00

Tech Blog - I'm pretty sad that Geocities is closing as I learned howto code HTML in notepad and building my first site with Geocities back in 97', I'm also sad that one of the first 5 sites I made almost a decade ago still exist and will soon be unavailable, I never expect it to live forever nor do I expect it that Yahoo will actually close down Geocities a site which have started personal sites

Swine Flu | Protection Against Swine Flu

2009-04-25T22:51:00.003+08:00

I know this is not tech related post this is just something I need to share think of it as spreading information and hopefully help prevent it, as Swine Flu continuous to spread it would be a good idea to update ourselves with some simple tips on protection against Swine Flu, its also good to know that there has been no reported cases of the Swine flu in the Philippines and the Philippines

Ubuntu 9 Released | Download now!

2009-04-23T22:30:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Canonical has announced the released of Ubuntu 9 Desktop Edition, today you can download Ubuntu 9 Jaunty Jackalope for free here support, also released simultaneously with Ubuntu 9 desktop was Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR), according to Canonical's press conference Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition delivers a range of feature enhancements to improve the

Twiter | Twitter | Twitpic Photo Service | Twitter Apps

2009-04-22T12:10:00.014+08:00

Tech Blog - Everybody seems to be twitting these days, a lot of my colleagues and friends are crazy with twiter (twitter), its such a fun thing to do and very convenient as you can post anything very quickly, but have you every thought that twittering would even be better if you can upload pictures accompanying the post you just made, imagine taking an image using your phone then posting it with

Ubuntu Howto | Understanding Shadow file

2009-04-19T11:35:00.003+08:00

Ubuntu Howto - What is the "/etc/shadow" file - the file stores the actual password in encrypted format for user's account with additional properties related to user password, fields colon as a delimter.Not all Unix systems uses the shdaow file, as some traditional Unix systems still uses the /etc/passwd to store one way encrypted password, one way of finding out if your system uses a shadow file

EASUS Partition Master Review

2009-04-16T14:36:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - Back in January I was asked to review EASUS Partition Manager, anyway after a couple of month EASUS have release a new improve(feature) partition tool called EASUS Partition Master, I received a copy of EASUS Partition Master Server Edition, this release still contain the same features and problems I found with the previous version, let talk about some important features on the new

A Free Standlone Anti-Virus ClamWin

2009-04-15T09:51:00.007+08:00

Tech Blog - With all the worm and virus going on this month, first with the Conficker worm and lately Mikkey worm that is affecting twitter users, I thought it would just be great to do another post about free anti-virus for your computer's protection, ClamWin is a free standalone anti-virus program it comes with an open source code and it is based on ClamAV engine, which I use on my Linux/Unix

Conficker Worm Panic Scare!

2009-04-11T07:20:00.002+08:00

Update - April 10, 2009Since conficker worm is coming on April 1, you might want to arm yourself with knowledge on how to get rid and protect yourself from it, below are some information about conficker worm from Microsoft website, also note that Microsoft have patched the vulnerability exploited by Conficker worm way back in October, so if your using genuine Microsoft Windows product you should

Playing Downloaded Roms on NDSi

2009-04-06T11:14:00.002+08:00

Tech Blog - Nintendo NDSi has just been out for a week or so, after they took their time making sure you won't be able to play downloaded NDS roms on the new NDSi with your existing R4 or Suprcard here comes another tool that would do the things R4 and Suprcard does on your NDS lite, it is called Acekard 2, it will play all NDSi and NDS roms on your NDSi and NDS lite unit without conversion just

Alice Fun Programming and Learning Tool

2009-04-03T07:13:00.000+08:00

Alice is a free and open source object-oriented educational programming language with an integrated development environment. It is developed over Java. Alice uses a drag and drop environment to create computer animations using 3D models. The software is developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Alice is a complete programming language, designed to teach the basics of programming using the

Fix Corrupted Volume and Directory /var/run on Linux

2009-04-02T07:00:00.002+08:00

I work on a host running CentOS 5 with SATA raid 1 mirror few days ago, After watching the boot up screen I discovered that one of the disk is not being detected, so I turned off and disconnect the main disk and configured the mirrored disk as main disk since it should have the same data it shouldn't matter, I don't know why the disk didn't detect the mirrored disk immediately when it failed as

Easy Crontab Howto

2009-03-29T21:13:00.001+08:00

Here is a quick howto on crontab, crontab is a text file that has a list of commands that are to be run at specified times, the command and their run times, are controlled by the cron daemon and are executed in the system's background, the system maintains a crontab for each user, you will be able to edit the crontab file by using the -e switch when using the crontab command like so:$ crontab -

EMC PowerPath - Removal Error

2009-03-29T14:04:00.000+08:00

Have been doing EMC Power Path upgrade for couple of weeks now and here is one error I have encountered a lot during Power Path removal on Sun Solaris Box with Veritas.During >pkgrm EMCpower command I get the error below, even though I'm on single user mode, anyway one of the reason I got that error was that my Veritas dump is using powerpath devices. EMCpower Removal:Error: PowerPath pseudo(s)

Sharing folder with Windows on Ubuntu using Samba

2009-03-26T08:51:00.005+08:00

Tech Blog - Recently I was asked by one of my friends that is trying to use Ubuntu Linux on how to share his files on the Ubuntu Desktop to the rest of the computers on his network which are mostly running Windows, so I told him to install and setup Samba on his Ubuntu desktop once installed and configure he would be able to share files and folder through the network with any Windows computer,

Garmin GPSMAP 292C Colour GPS Chartplotter

2009-03-25T10:30:00.000+08:00

Garmin has introduced a latest GPS system meant especially for marine chartplotting. Garmin GPSMAP 292C Colour GPS Chartplotter is a new model navigation system integrated with very fine navigation details and also it has a complete world base map with extra-detailed portrayal of seashores and the roads for easy navigational purpose. This is basically required for those who make most of their

Kidzui Safe Internet for Kids Review

2009-03-24T10:26:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - After accidentally running into a site called Kidzui I installed the addon for Firefox, Kidzui claims on their site that they provide internet(content) for kids, meaning KidZui uses filters to pre-screen content. After screening by filters, content is reviewed by paid teachers and parents using a set of content guidelines, anyway although I'm no longer am a kid nor do I have a kid, I

CDisplay Great Comic Book Reader

2009-03-24T09:46:00.000+08:00

Tech Blog - I have been collection comic book for a pretty long time now, and every month I buy a lot of comics but I'm still not able to afford all the books I want so for years I have been catching up with old comic books that I missed by reading a digital copy of this issue, usually you will be able to find and download them through mostly any torrent site such as Pirate Bay or Mininova, most

Howto fix iTunes Windows Vista DEP error

2009-03-23T11:22:00.003+08:00

Couple of days ago I encountered a problem with my iTunes that is installed on my Windows Vista laptop, after insalling K-Lite package I found that iTunes is unable to start due to DEP featue on Vista keeps on closing the application, I also found that the fault lies in "quicktime.qts_unloaded", below is a list of the thing I did to fix the issue.- Uninstall K-lite

Sony Ericsson W902 Mobile Phone

2009-03-23T10:56:00.001+08:00

Sony Ericsson offers a great gift to the mobile phone lovers. You will be surprised by the features admitted in this mobile phone. Lets cherish and proud to own this wonderful appliance. It support all your music needs. You never get frustrated if you are music lover. The 5 Mega pixel camera accomodated in this mobile phone offers a stunning clarity every time. Music Phone Enjoy rich music with

Madasafish Broadband Provider Review

2009-03-22T11:08:00.003+08:00

Madasafish offers the best broadband packages to meet the requirements of the home and business users and for the online gamers too. The features of the Madasafish are the unlimited email addresses, spam filtering and email virus protection, webmail, webspace, newsgroups, Static IP address and bullguard security suite absolutely for free. Moreover it is AppleMac and PC compatible. Like other

Howto cancel e-mail sent on GMAIL

2009-03-21T16:00:00.008+08:00

Here is a quick tip on canceling e-mail sent on Gmail, that later on you might regret sending you know how Microsoft Outlook has a feature that allows you to recall a e-mail taht you have sent, this feature of Gmail sort of works like that but you will only be able to cancel or unsend your e-mail within 5 seconds after pressing the send button, anyway to enable this feature on your Gmail account