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The whole Wikipedia in your pocket (on ipod)

Posted in All, Apple, Software by digg on the February 28th, 2006

You can now store the whole wikipedia on your IPod!!!!

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Putting Your DVDs on a Video iPod

Posted in All, Apple, Software, Technology by digg on the February 27th, 2006

Sure, you could fill your video iPod with episodes of Knight Rider from iTunes for $2 a pop. Or you could save some cash - and your soul - and fill it with files you convert from your DVD collection using freely available software.

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Next PSP to get built-in camera, PS3 video streaming

Posted in All, Software, Technology, Hardware by digg on the February 24th, 2006

The next version of Sony’s PSP will sport an integrated digital video camera that will allow users to stream live video to the PlayStation 3. The feature, which will take advantage of the PSP’s Wi-Fi support, will be targeted at younger users as the new way to chat with friends while on the go.

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Videolinux…. A New Linux Distribution

Posted in All, Linux, Software by digg on the February 19th, 2006

Downloads working, alot of great stuff in one cool wrapper..A New Linux Distribution Focused on DVD Backup, Video Encoding, Editing & Authoring

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Running Asterisk on your router!?!

Posted in All, Software, Hardware, Mods, WRT54G (linksys) by digg on the February 19th, 2006

No, really! You can do it. This story explains how to install (very easily) Asterisk on OpenWrt, and how to configure it to end up with your very own personal PBX. Includes a download of the infamous “has been carried away by monkeys” greeting.

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Enable XP Pro features on xp home

Posted in All, Software, Mods by digg on the February 1st, 2006

This hack allows xp home (oem or upgrade) to have all features of xp pro. This includes remote desktop. Finally making xp home worth something.

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CableCARD certs rule out home-built Windows MCE boxes, other DVRs

Posted in All, Software, Hardware by digg on the January 31st, 2006

This is bad news. Those planning on upgrading their media Center PC to take advantage of Vista’s CableCARD support had better sit down for this oneâ��you’re going to need a new computer, and you can forget about building it yourself. This could also be a big problem for MythTV and BeyondTV, as well.

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Web development tools

Posted in All, Design, Software, Programming by sw on the January 22nd, 2006

Here are a couple of web development tools all firefox extensions
Web Developer Extension

The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools. It is designed for Firefox, Flock and Mozilla, and will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Another one is great for making sure your site looks right in firefox and IE without having to open IE.

IE Tab

This extension uses your IE rendering engine to display the html page in firefox.

If you need firefox…

Thumbnails in Firefox like in IE7

Posted in All, Software by digg on the January 22nd, 2006

This is a cool little extension which lets you view thumbnails of all the open tabs with the click of a button. This feature was promoted as being a new feature in IE7, and you can use it in firefox right now. If you need firefox then get it here.

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How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL

Posted in All, Linux, Software by digg on the January 16th, 2006

This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL. MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync.

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