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Archive for March, 2009

Never knew Google Search is afraid of Automated Requests

By • Mar 6th, 2009 • Filed under: Extras

… till I saw this [Click to enlarge]

Looking for a Simple Scheduler and Reminder – Get ReminderFox

By • Mar 6th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox

If you’re looking for a way to recall important dates like anniversaries, new application release, job interviews etc and ToDos without running a huge calender application in the background, then grab ReminderFox. If you browse daily and have Firefox as your default browser, then you’re half way done. ReminderFox is a Firefox extension that sits […]

Linux.com Becomes The Linux Foundation

By • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Filed under: Open Source Advocacy, Open-Source

Changes were expected at Linux.com and those changes have come. The Linux Foundation takes over the Linux.com domain and SourForge will give the same support it gave to Linux.com to The Linux Foundation. Effective today, the Linux.com domain, which saw 21% growth in traffic in 2008, will be transferred to the Linux Foundation. SourceForge will […]

Flegita: Gnome Scan – A Simple Scanning Alternative to XSane

By • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Packages, Open-Source, Ubuntu

Ubuntu: Before getting too frustrated with XSane, the in-built graphical front-end of SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) why not try Flegita, also called Gnome Scan. Originally launched as a proof of concept during the 2006 Google Summer of Code, Gnome Scan has no real back-end support, but its a good alternative to the XSane UI […]