All articles from: December, 2009

How to install JDK (Java Development Kit) on Linux

This tutorial will guide you on how to install JDK (Java Development Kit) on Linux. Since I use Centos 5.4 x86_64 in everyday life, this guide is showing you how to install JDK in Centos 5.4 64bit. It must work in any other Linux distro

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Real-time search is really really real time (Bing and Google wars)

Bing, the Microsoft’s search engine to fight with Google, was bringing twitter search to you since October 21, 2009 to provide real-time search Twitter status update. It’s still in beta version

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How to enable or activate mail submission in Postfix

The conventional way for a mail client program to send e-mail is using TCP port 25, which is also the port used by mail servers to talk to each other. But port 25 is now widely abused by malware to spread worms and spam. As a result, many ISPs are restricting its use

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Trying out Google Wave

What is Google Wave? Google Wave is a self-described personal communication and collaboration tool announced by Google

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How to add MP3 support to Rhythmbox

If you want to play musics (MP3 files) in UNIX/Linux platform, you can choose to use XMMS, Songbird, Amarok ,Rhythmbox and others. Since I use Gnome window manager on my Centos 5.4, I use Rhythmbox to play MP3 music files

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Mozilla: The “the web will win” over app stores

(Blog.Zdnet.Com) Mozilla believes that its new Firefox Mobile browser could wean developers away from developing for platform-specific app stores and onto developing cross-platform apps powered by JavaScript and HTML. Mozilla is starting to take mobile seriously. It is set to release the first version of Firefox Mobile (codenamed Fennec) on Nokia’s N900 handset shortly, with [...]

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Google covets Yelp; Here comes the Borg of local content

(Taken from Blog.Zdnet.Com) Google is reportedly in talks to buy Yelp for $500 million. Sure, buyouts are a fine exit strategy for startups, but does Google (insert any other Web giant here too) have to buy everything that someday could be a threat? TechCrunch first reported the Google-Yelp talks and the New York Times is [...]

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How to install Huawei E220 USB Modem on Fedora 12

You have Fedora 12 installed on your laptop/PC and wanna use Huawei E220 USB Modem to access internet? On the previous posts, I had created tutorials of installing Huawei E220 on Slackware and Centos

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How to install Oracle x64 11gR2 on Centos 5.4 x86_64

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For the x64 platform you need to modify some settings in the /etc/sysctl.conf file and also the memory swap space.
I have 2GB RAM and set the swap memory to 2GB also, but in the installation stage the expected swap space is 3GB

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