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Archive for December, 2009

1934 ASCII ART – The Dream Ship

By • Dec 2nd, 2009 • Filed under: Extras

A typewriter drawing dated 1934 via [Boing Boing]

Thunderbird 3 RC 2 Update Available

By • Dec 2nd, 2009 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Thunderbird 3 RC1 gets four last minute bugs fixes to become Thunderbird 3 release candidate 2. One of the four bug had a critical rating – developers had to deal with Thunderbird shutdown hang, high CPU usage and no open IMAP connections. If you’re using Thunderbird 3 RC 1 then you’ll certainly want to update […]

Single Key Shortcuts in Opera and Firefox Browsers

By • Dec 1st, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Ubuntu, Windows

Single key shortcuts in Opera 10 and previous versions remain a fascinating but uncovered feature. No keyboard combinations, a single key is just enough. Single key shortcuts were part and parcel of Opera 9.2 and previous versions but are disabled in Opera 9.5 and higher version. To enable them launch Opera browser and check the […]

Download National Geographic’s Wallpapers with a Command-Line Script

By • Dec 1st, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu

Lovers of kick-ass wallpapers can grab a whole bunch National Geographic’s professional background photos without even visiting the website. You can download National Geographic’s wallpapers one-by-one from the website or use this simple script to a get a whole-them-all in one move.

VirtualBox 3.1.0 comes with Teleportation (live migration) and 2D Video Acceleration Support for Windows guest

By • Dec 1st, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For windows, Linux and Mac: Not long after the beta release, Sun Microsystems has released version 3.1.0 of the open source visualization application VirtualBox. As already explained in the beta release VirtualBox 3.1.0 is a major update that brings Teleportation (aka live migration) to VirtualBox. This makes it possible to transfer a running virtual machines […]