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October 31, 2009 in Uncategorized

  • Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of – Windows 7 guide – Gizmodo
    There is no one definitive Windows 7 guide—it's a sprawling OS with a decades-long legacy, so nobody can cover it all. But with our powers combined, you're in good hands.
    (tags: windows7 microsoft win7 computer guides windows tutorial guide linux)
  • Lifehacker Cookbook: Homemade Coffee Shop Addictions – Lifehacker cookbook – Lifehacker
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  • 10 Useful Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
    You’ve installed Ubuntu 9.10, now what? Here are my top 10 tips for getting a fresh install feeling your own…
    (tags: howto blog linux software karmic 9.10 koala sysadmin ubuntu tips hacks OS Flash installation)
  • The Silent Number: Top things to do after installing Ubuntu Linux 9.10 …
    his list of the top things to do immediately after installing your newly acquired copy of Ubuntu doubles as a general list of great software to try out and use, complete with links to any special instructions on how to set them up, Terminal commands for those who prefer a command-line interface (CLI), and when available, personal package archives (PPA), repositories to keep the applications at their newest version, not just the security updates provided for you by default.
    (tags: linux 9.10 desktop koala installation karmic ubuntu opensource tips tutorial applications howto tools)
  • Droid vs iPhone: The Comparison Chart [PIC]
    The Motorola Droid is certainly one of the most discussed new non-Apple smartphones to come out in some time. It launches November 6th on Verizon, but you can already pre-order it from Best Buy.

    Is it worth switching to if you already carry an iPhone or another device? To provide some guidance, BillShrink has produced a detailed chart looking at Droid, iPhone, Palm Pre, and MyTouch 3G.

    (tags: google mobile apple apps comparison iphone smartphone phones)
  • 20 Linux Server Hardening Security Tips
    Securing your Linux server is important to protect your data, intellectual property, and time, from the hands of crackers (hackers). The system administrator is responsible for security Linux box. In this first part of a Linux server security series, there are 20 hardening tips for default installation of Linux system.
    (tags: howto linux tips security tutorial guide hardening sysadmin)

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    For all the promise of user-generated content and contributions, one of the biggest challenges for journalism organisations is that such projects can quickly become victims of their own success. As contributions increase, there comes a point when you simply can’t evaluate or verify them all. One of the most interesting projects in 2008 in terms of [... […]
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    The Poynter Institute in the US hosted an online discussion asking if journalists are giving up on newspapers after high-profile departures there including Jennifer 8. Lee, who accepted a buy out at the New York Times, and Anthony Moor, who left newspapers to become a local editor for Yahoo. Moor told the US newspaper trade [...]
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  • News organisations miss opportunity to build community with online photo use December 11, 2009
    As Charlie Beckett, the director of the politics and journalism think tank POLIS at LSE, points out, the Daily Mail is getting a lot of grief for using pictures, mainly from photo-sharing site Flickr, without the permission of the users or in violation of the licencing on those pictures. Charlie’s post is worth reading in [...]
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