How to share a folder with Read/Write access using Samba on Linux

Here’s my setup. I’ve got a large network that’s accessible by hordes of people. On this network I have an Ubuntu box acting as a file server. I want a limited number of folks to be able to put files on it, take files off of it and access it from a [...]

Linux: Boost application performance using asynchronous I/O

Learn when and how to use the POSIX AIO API under Linux to boost application performance.
Linux asynchronous I/O is a part of Linux kernel 2.6.. The basic idea behind AIO is to allow a process to initiate a number of I/O operations without having to block or wait for any to complete. At some later [...]

Legal Music Downloads with SpiralFrog

SpiralFrog is coming out of the streets of New York City to prove that free legal music downloading is where its at. The service will stay in business by offering ad-supported downloads of audio and video.
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Legal Music Downloads with SpiralFrog
Originally from Download Squad by Chris Gilmer

Windows Live QnA: Answers care of Microsoft

Microsoft has launched Windows Live QnA, an ask-a-question-get-an-answer site in the style of Yahoo! Answers and Google Answers. The site, currently in beta, relies on a reputation system whereby good answers (as determined by the question’s original poster) increase your “score.” It’s got plenty of Web 2.0 trappings, including tags and integration with Windows Live [...]

How Password Crackers Work (Video)

In this nine-minute video, LiveSecurity Editor-in-Chief Scott Pinzon, CISSP, talks about the tools and techniques used by malicious hackers to crack encrypted password files.
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How Password Crackers Work (Video)
Originally from [Geeks are Sexy] technology news by Kiltak

Converting Photo to Sketch

Converting photo to sketch? That would be fun especially for those who fancy playing with photos of famous celebrities If you are that kinda person or you just want to convert family photos to amuse your kids, download the Photo to Sketch . It’s a free and easy to use software but available [...]

Infosys takes to corporate blogging…..trying to get noticed in the Web2.0 world

If you happened to visit popular Web2.0 watering holes like TechCrunch, Gigaom etc in the past few days, chances are that you would have noticed ad banners from Infosys on those sites. I don’t recall seeing these ads earlier. This looks like a concerted effort by India’s top IT services company to get noticed in [...]

Guided Help for Microsoft Knowledge Base articles

The Microsoft Knowledge Base (MSKB) is a very large collection of articles about Microsoft products. It is the primary source for much of the information about Windows. Although the articles are often written in Microsoft-speak and require translation, it is a treasure-trove of ways to tweak or configure your system. Many of the procedures [...]

Writely for Bloggers

Writely now supports posting to several blogging formats including Blogger, MovableType, LiveJournal, SquareSpace, Wordpress, BlogWare, BlogHarbour and MetaWeblog. There’s also support for privacy options, tags, online publishing and collaboration tools for team blogs, RSS feeds, plus a whole slew of…
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Writely for Bloggers
Originally from Technophilia by noemail@noemail.org (Abdul Jaleel) [...]

10 Bookmarking extensions for Firefox

Few of the best firefox extesions for Bookamarking your favrourite links: add a bookmark-here link in the bookmarks tree : Add Bookmark Here bookmark at del.icio.us : Bookmark with Del.icio.us bookmark at furl.net : Furl Tools bypass/customize the add-bookmark dialog…
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10 Bookmarking extensions for Firefox
Originally from Technophilia by noemail@noemail.org (Abdul [...]

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