tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:05:00 +0000Inspiring Technologyhttp://techespot.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (propulsar)Blogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-1453730375240489110Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:51:00 +00002008-04-09T09:51:48.774-07:00huge offerHere is a good offer for my readers.If anybody need rapidshare accounts,itunes giftcards,amazon giftcards etc for low price, contact sellser@yahoo.com.You can get products at nearly half of original price..Enjoy the offer!!http://techespot.blogspot.com/2008/04/need-giftcards-or-rapidshare-accounts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-3634251853494425894Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:41:00 +00002007-11-09T22:41:49.704-08:00LINUXThere's nothing quite like command-line tools for handling large batches of tasks, and image manipulations are no exception. Web developers and administrators will appreciate the ability to handle large numbers of files easily, either at the command line or in scripts. The author presents more examples of the ImageMagick suite, this time demonstrating how to put curved corners, logos, or frames http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/tips-and-tricks-for-using-imagemagick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-5978243294280108322Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:29:00 +00002007-11-09T22:33:33.469-08:00LINUXGo to the source to learn Linux basics and build the right Linux for you. Linux From Scratch (LFS) and its descendants represent a new way to teach users how the Linux operating systems work. LFS is based on the assumption that compiling a complete operating system piece by piece not only teaches how the operating system works but also allows an independent operator to build systems for speed, http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-build-your-own-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-5082749977813349826Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:47:00 +00002007-11-08T01:50:06.396-08:00timemachineLINUXApple's Time Machine is a great feature in their OS, and Linux has almost all of the required technology already built in to recreate it. This is a simple GUI to make it easy to use."Apple's 'Time Machine' is cool, but I use Linux, not MacOSX. So here is a Linux implementation (built off of rsync, of course). No fancy OpenGL, but quite functional none-the-less."screenshot:http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/apples-time-machine-now-for-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-7626298367476846963Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:40:00 +00002007-11-07T23:19:24.521-08:00xboxAs part of a new marketing blitz to promote the Xbox 360 as a "family friendly" video game console, Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a new feature called Family Timer, which will show up in the Family Settings Screen.The Timer will let parents limit the number of hours their kids can play the Xbox on a daily or weekly basis. When the time limit is reached, the console will automatically shut offhttp://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-parental-controls-limit-xbox-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-7076740470586781246Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:25:00 +00002007-11-07T19:28:19.676-08:00cssDigital entertainment download service CinemaNow has announced a partnership with Sonic Solutions' QFlix, to develop a system which enables burning of protected DVDs that promise to be identical to those available off the shelf, with one very big catch.CinemaNow holds protection of DVD copyrights high in its list of priorities. It had previously offered a download-and-burn service, though copied http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/cinemanow-and-sonic-try-dvd-copying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-8502287920339015760Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:29:00 +00002007-11-06T04:30:34.158-08:00macUnity Technologies has announced the release of Unity 3D 2.0.1, an updated version of their 3D game design engine for Mac OS X. The free update for registered 2.0 users is ready for download.The software runs on Mac OS X but enables developers to deploy across multiple platforms, including Mac OS X, Windows and the Web. It incorporates an integrated editor, asset importing, shadow and light http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/unity-game-engine-updated-for-leopard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-4558235727950640444Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:06:00 +00002007-11-06T04:15:30.801-08:00appleA visual created to show the evolution of most all Apple products created over the past 30 years. This was created to show the evolution of the form factor and industrial design of the products, not to show every single model or upgrade Apple has launched.Click here to view a “really” big imagehttp://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/visual-created-to-show-evolution-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-6099922284053623728Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:59:00 +00002007-11-06T04:06:26.512-08:00IPODThe back of the Ipod.Critical update***********************I have talked to Kevin and he has told me the real story of getting shot in the iPod. The Armor stopped the bullet. Kevin didn't know he was shot. The iPod was how he found out.The full story:iPod tells soldier he was shot - the real story-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Photos sent to me by my http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/ipod-saves-soldiers-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-912526956997980207Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:47:00 +00002007-11-06T03:53:55.642-08:00MOZILLAThe Mozilla Prism project, which seeks to more closely integrate desktop and web applications, made its first release on 24 October, but only for the Windows platform. The Linux community reacted as one would expect. Mozilla has now announced the availability of a Linux version. Mac OS X support has been added as well.http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/mozillas-prism-now-available-for-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-31103923260092049Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:38:00 +00002007-11-06T03:41:25.012-08:00GOOGLEGoogle and 33 other companies have announced an ambitious industry alliance that will maintain a completely open source mobile phone stack. The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) says phones based on its Linux-based "Android" stack will reach market in as soon as eight months.The Android stack is based on "open Linux kernel," the group says. It also includes a full set of mobile phone application http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/google-rallies-allies-in-open-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-3784445859872090737Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:27:00 +00002007-11-06T03:31:56.498-08:00LINUXTo understand the markets you have to know something about magicians, and how they work.The magician will typically flourish something or gesture expansively with his right hand, while surreptitiously moving his left hand inside his jacket to remove or hide the next object to be palmed, so the trick with magicians is never look at what they want you to look at, and all of a sudden everything http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/truth-about-linux-desktop-market-share.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-5240582831109611134Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:03:00 +00002007-11-05T17:06:39.963-08:00LINUXI converted from Vista to Ubuntu a little over 2 months ago and am soooooo happy with it, best decision of my life. I am going to tell you my top 10 advantages of it over Windows Vista. Please remember these are my own opinions, if you have more advantages and indeed any disadvantages (if you can find any) then please post them as comments.1) Eye CandyIf I am completely honest, the biggest reasonhttp://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/10-advantages-of-ubuntu-over-vista.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-4752549745901966794Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:59:00 +00002007-11-05T17:02:27.392-08:00macFollowing shortly after installation issues, more problems are arising about Apple’s newly released OS X upgrade. Leopard, which came hailing hundreds of new features apparently has some features Apple failed to disclose. Heise Security, a private UK security firm, has found multiple leaks in the Leopard firewall that may give viruses and other malware direct access to your system.One major issuehttp://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/leopard-spotted-with-more-problems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-4483298187751175668Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:32:00 +00002007-11-05T04:37:18.562-08:00LINUX Recently I've been working with the transport synchronization capabilities of the JACK audio server. This article is a report on those capabilities as tested with a variety of Linux audio applications under the JAD and 64 Studio distributions.JACK: The 1-minute ProfileBy now everyone in the Linux music and sound world has heard about Paul Davis's JACK audio server and transport http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/jack-sync-primer-for-linux-users_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-8247425280559441197Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +00002007-11-05T04:02:10.813-08:00LINUXIt takes years maybe decades to master the commands available to you at the Linux shell prompt. Here are 10 thatyou will have never heard of or used. They are in no particular order. My favorite is mkfifo.1.pgrep, instead of:# ps -ef | egrep '^root ' | awk '{print $2}'1234520213839...You can do this:# pgrep -u root1234520213839...2. pstree, list the processes in a tree format. This can be VERY http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/10-linux-commands-youve-never-used.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-8441800358197825562Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:19:00 +00002007-11-03T04:21:46.465-07:00htopAs it comes from htop’s manual page, htop is free (GPL) ncurses-based process viewer, that is similar to top, but allows to scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and their full command lines. Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs.I found this utility very useful and powerful in my everyday working process. Here is the http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/htop-new-generation-linux-processes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-1633238330771386179Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:17:00 +00002007-11-03T04:18:43.958-07:00LINUXAs it comes from name of the post, here is interactive Linux kernel map I recently came across. It’s available as web application as well as html version. I think you understand who it may be useful for… Good luck in programming...full pic herehttp://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/interactive-linux-kernel-map.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-5212344414966016797Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:49:00 +00002007-11-03T04:01:40.923-07:00LINUXIt was started with Linus' announcement:Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/linux-distro-timeline-1992-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-5590206119942671258Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:28:00 +00002007-11-02T18:29:25.044-07:00rumorsLinuxDevices.org:"Google’s first mobile phone will run a Linux operating system on a Texas Instruments "Edge" chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008, according to unconfirmed reports. "GPhone" call minutes and text messages reportedly will be funded by mobile advertising…News of the so-called "GPhone" or "G-Phone" broke quietly about two weeks ago in http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/google-phone-gphone-rumors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-4767030809152613431Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:21:00 +00002007-11-02T18:25:23.126-07:00LINUXAs part of Sun Microsystems' first CommunityOne, Ian Murdock, Sun’s chief operating system platform strategist and a self-described "Linux guy", hosted a noteworthy session that explored a curious question: How can we make Solaris a better Linux than Linux? Murdock has a storied history in relation to Linux. A Linux user, developer, and advocate since 1993, he founded Debian in 1993, with the http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-is-linux-guy-doing-at-sun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-2343490882339001727Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:18:00 +00002007-11-02T18:34:19.982-07:00halloweenour friendly neighbourhood pengiun strikes again!digg ithttp://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/linux-halloween-pic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-1091564451437357588Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:44:00 +00002007-11-01T20:46:28.616-07:00The Future of Underwater RobotsComputer, electrical, and mechanical engineering students at the University of Florida have built a fully automated underwater vehicle. Driven by five thrusters and controlled by complex electronics, the bathyscaphe can locate the source of sounds, investigate leaking pipes, and perform other civilian and military tasks that would be too dangerous for manned submergibles, especially during an http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/engineering-students-build-next.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-5990291129934368271Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:38:00 +00002007-11-01T20:41:59.760-07:00GOOGLEMySpace, the world's largest social network, and Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that they are joining forces to launch OpenSocial— a set of common APIs for building social applications across the web. The partnership spearheads an initiative to standardize and simplify the development of social applications. Today's announcement underscores MySpace's commitment to supporting http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/myspace-and-google-join-forces-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849770591228298352.post-2997006058953904930Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:35:00 +00002007-11-01T20:36:25.484-07:00softwareEcological engineers have developed software that can model the path of a toxic spill in waterways anywhere in the United States. The system can predict if and when a contaminant will reach a drinking water intake, and whether its concentration will be high enough to be a threat. The data base covers more than 300 potential water contaminants, and can be used to alert first responders of http://techespot.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-software-helps-track-path-of-toxic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (propulsar)0