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Zimbra Announced Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0

Fuad NAHDI — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:25:37 +0000

The Zimbra development team has announced Zimbra support for Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0 will be generally available with the release of Zimbra Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 6.5 (ZCB 6.5). It is planned to be released in the first half of Q4 or around October this year. By releasing this connector, it will be the first alternative to offer full support for the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

According to the announcement, the main goal of ZCB 6.5 is to offer a better alternative to frustrating traditional email platforms, adding platform support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 and BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express 5.0, providing native synchronization of mail, address book, calendar and tasks in BlackBerry devices. ZCB 6.5 will also provide support for Windows Server 2008 (32- and 64-bit).

Zimbra is committed to continue support of the latest and greatest BlackBerry platforms and to be the first alternative email and collaboration platform to offer customers native integration with BES 5.0 and BES Express 5.0.

About Zimbra

Zimbra, as part of VMware, Inc., is the leader in open source, next-generation email and collaboration software. Zimbra is simplifying IT and setting the standard for web and cloud based collaboration with innovative user experiences, such as a rich AJAX web interface. Streamlined administration, advanced mobility and both on-premises and hosted cloud deployment options have quickly made Zimbra a preferred collaboration platform for businesses, service providers, government and educational institutions. With more than 55 million paid mailboxes worldwide, Zimbra is one of the largest and fastest growing email providers.

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RedStar Unveiled Linux-powered Tablet named Shogo

Fuad NAHDI — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:43:15 +0000

The Japanese manufacturer, RedStar, just started to receive pre-orders for its Linux-powered tablet, Shogo. The price is about 56,800 yen (US$665) including tax and shipping.

According to the official RedStar website, the tablet has dimension 268 mm x 168 mm x 16 mm with 0.8 kg weight. It is also powered by ARM processor: FreeScale iMX-37 (iMX-51 Cortex A8 2H2010), 256MB DDR, 4GB (NAND-Flash), and of-course the Linux operating system.

Here is the complete hardware specifications:

CPU: ARM processor: FreeScale iMX-37 (iMX-51 Cortex A8 2H2010)
Display: 10.1 LCD Inchimaruchitatchipaneru (capacitive resolution of 1024 × 600)
Memory: 256MB DDR
Internal Storage: 4GB (NAND-Flash)
Wired LAN: Ethernet 10/100
Wireless LAN: Wi-Fi (Atheros) b / g
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0
Accepted for 3G (USB dongle separately required.)
Accepted for Zigbee (separate USB dongle required)
External Storage: SDHC
USB port
Audio input
Audio / Video output
Light sensor
Sensors work
Acceleration sensor
2-megapixel camera
2W +2 W (RMS) Speaker
Built-in microphone
Driving time: 3 to 8 hours (depending on usage)
Button 5 (on / off, + / -, home, menu)
Murphy stand up every body
VESA compliant
Installing anti-theft Kensington lock port

Watch the video below. Enjoy!

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AlphiMAX Point-To-Point Estimator beta get updates

Fuad NAHDI — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:37:13 +0000

AlphiMAX has announced new updates for the Point-To-Point Estimator beta version to support estimations in high frequencies; Integrated 3D views of your wireless link; Adding TrangoLink Apex to list of products.

According to the release announcement, the additional new features include integrated with worldwide interactive map view, data bases of temperature, terrain data, gasses and other parameters that affect the availability of high frequency propagation, AlphiMAX is now providing real time accurate estimation of your wireless link solely based on the location and tower heights you provide.

With the integrated 3D map and view of the link, it allows an easy bird’s eye view of your site, 360 site tour and full automatic fly the path mode. All making it easier to see the terrain your link is going through.

The Point-To-Point Estimator is a free web-based tool with registration that will enable you to compare manufacturers, simply and accurately, while taking into account the terrain of your area, products’ performance and more. You can just get started by trying this nice tool in the Point-To-Point Estimator web page.

About AlphiMAX

AlphiMAX is unique software and hardware system solutions development company focused on the Broadband Wireless Access market. With core expertise in WiMAX and LTE technologies we create specialized tools and products which enable and enhance the design, installation, provisioning, operation and optimization processes of complex IP based wireless networks.

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ViewSonic ‘Viewpad’ will run Windows 7 and Android OS

Fuad NAHDI — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:44:46 +0000

The Californian-based manufacturer, ViewSonic, will show of an Intel-based 10-inch tablet that will run dual-boot Windows and Android at IFA. They will also show of an Android-powered 7-inch tablet called ViewPad 7.

The 10-inch tablet will likely run Windows 7 and not the Windows CE. The dual-boot term might mean that it is capable to run on Windows 7 and Android. A very cool gadget.

According to ViewSonic’s release, the ViewPad 7 will have 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, front and back-facing cameras, able to access to thousands of applications and will be previewed for the first time in Europe. The ViewPad 7 also features assisted GPS, a Micro SD card slot, Bluetooth, G-Sensor and USB connectivity, making the device a compact lightweight companion that has a lot to offer.

Source: TechRadar

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Toshiba SmartPad Tablet Pictured

Fuad NAHDI — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:43:04 +0000

The upcoming Toshiba Android-powered tablet, SmartPad, has been leaked and pictured today. The images firstly leaked by NotebookItalia and looks compact with a 10-inch touchscreen display, NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and rumored it will run Android OS.

The pictures also show ports include some sort of docking station connector on the bottom, together with power, 3.5mm audio, HDMI, USB, mini-USB and a memory card reader on the side, some of which are covered by a flap. Till now the pricing is still unknown but the tablet is expected to be released by the end of October.

Here are some of the pictures:

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Android Tablet Dell Streak to Hit Asian Market in Early 2011

Fuad NAHDI — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:53:50 +0000

Dell Android-powered Tablet, Dell Streak, is likely to hit Asian markets in early 2011.

“We have not yet announced the expansion plans for Streak in Asia. I suspect the early part of next year we’ll see that product,” said Steve Felice, president of Dell’s small and medium business unit, during a conference call with reporters.

The Dell Streak is already on sale in US and Europe. In the US, Dell is selling the Streak for only US$300 with two years service contract from AT&T and for US$550 without a contract.

Felice also said that Dell Aero, the other Dell’s Android-powered phone product, will be available in Asian market by the end of this year.

Some notable specification of Dell Streak are as follow:

Android OS, v1.6, upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo)
Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
5 MP Camera, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
5 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 800 pixels
microSD, up to 32GB

Sources: PCWorld

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The Upcoming Samsung Galaxy U Specifications Leaked

Fuad NAHDI — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:38:35 +0000

Samsung Galaxy U (click to enlarge)

The specifications of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy U has been leaked. But remember this is not confirmed yet.

According to SamsungHub Blog, the phone will be operable on J-CDMA and CDMA Rev.A network. A 3.7-inch 16M AMOLED Plus (480×800) display, 1GHz S5PC111 processor and Android OS.

Here are the detail specifications of Samsung Galaxy U:

Size: 119.5×59.6×12.4mm
Weight: 131g
Network: J-CDMA, CDMA Rev. A
Display: 3.7-inch 16M AMOLED Plus (480×800)
OS: Android OS
CPU: 1GHz S5PC111
Camera: 5 megapixel autofocus camera with 720p HD video recording
DMB: T-DMB
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth: 3.0
Video Formats: MP, 3GP, 3GPP, K3G, Divx, Avi, Mkv, flv, asf
Audio Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, AAC, MID, MIDI, FLAC
3.5mm headphone jack
MicroSD card slot: 8GB bundled, up to 32GB supported
Other Features: OZ Store, Kyobo e-book, Daum maps, Allshare, Live wallpapers, access to Google services
Battery: 1500mAh
Talk time: up to 7 hours
Standby time: up to 370 hours

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Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G will be officially released August 31st

Fuad NAHDI — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:34:06 +0000

Samsung Epic 4G (click to enlarge)

It is a good news, an official news that the Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G aka Samsung Galaxy S Pro will be released officially in August 31st, according to Sprint’s Epic 4G web site.

The price is for $249.99 on a two years contract after $150 instant saving and $100 mail-in rebate, I think it is a worth price because you will get a phone with a 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, Wi-Fi Wireless-N and Stereo Bluetooth connectivity, 4G Wimax and many more awesome features.

So why you wait for getting the ‘magical’ phone? You can reserve it now here.

Just for your consideration, here are some features of the Samsung Epic 4G:

4G with the ability to switch to 3G on the fly
4” super AMOLED capactive touchscreem
Touchwiz 3.0
5MP rear camera and a VGA front facing camera so video calling is going to happen
720p video recording
1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor
Mobile hotspot for up to 5 WiFi devices
Android 2.1 with Android 2.2 promised as available shortly after release
Samsung AllShare media hub
1GB ROM
512MB RAM
16GB MicroSD which can be bumped up to 32GB
Built in WiFi b/g/n
Bluetooth
GPS
1500mAh battery

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How to add or create swap file on Linux and FreeBSD

Fuad NAHDI — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:05:40 +0000

Sometime you need to increase swap memory to run softwares that need more swap as the requirement or to improve the system performance. In this article I will show you on how to add more swap by adding a swap file on Linux and FreeBSD. We will create 1 GB or 1024 MB swap size.

1. Adding swap file on Linux

dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap1 bs=1M count=1024

For example, my result is as below:

bash-3.1# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap1 bs=1M count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 28.3646 s, 37.9 MB/s

Run ‘mkswap’ to set up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file, in this case in the /swap1 file.

mkswap /swap1

For example:

bash-3.1# mkswap /swap1
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1048572 KiB
no label, UUID=e501fc72-f731-4624-ab45-ee898f6cf1c5

After setting up the swap area, now we need to enable / activate the swap file by using ‘swapon’ command.

swapon /swap1

You are done. But the swap file will be disable if you reboot the system. To make it enable at boot, you need to add the swap file in the /etc/fstab file like below:

/swap1         swap             swap        defaults         0   0

2. Adding swap file on FreeBSD

Login as root or change to super user then run the following command to create 1 GB swap file. The same as in Linux but the swap file stored under directory /usr because this folder has more space in my system configuration.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap1 bs=1M count=1024

For example, mine is as below:

root@freebsd# dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap1 bs=1M count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes transferred in 42.351062 secs (25353362 bytes/sec)

Then change the proper permission of the file:

chmod 600 /usr/swap1

Enable the swap file in /etc/rc.conf to activate it at boot:

swapfile="/usr/swap1"

The last thing is enable or activate the swap file immediately by running the following command:

mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/swap0 -u 0 && swapon /dev/md0

References:
1. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-add-a-swap-file-howto
2. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/adding-swap-space.html

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How to set static or fixed IP address using DHCP

Fuad NAHDI — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:59:04 +0000

DHCP, stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, is an autoconfiguration protocol used in IP network. Computers/Notebooks that connect to IP network must be configured first to be able to access internet/intranet. The configuration of IP network can be static or dynamic. The DHCP allows computers to be configured dynamically/automatically so the network administrators do not need to manually configure computers statically one by one.

However, by using DHCP you can set the computers to be static or fixed IP address. You might want to do IP-based policy for some of workstations inside you Local Area Network (LAN) and it makes easier to do IP-base policy this way. This tutorial shows you how to set static or fixed ip address using DHCP.

Basically it is already in the dhcpd.conf(5) manual page. In your Linux/Unix system, you can read the manual by executing ‘man dhcpd.conf’ assuming you already installed the TCP/IP network related packages of your system. One thing, you need to have the MAC / physical address of each network interface card (NIC) inside the LAN. We will set static or fixed address based-on the MAC address.

Let’s start to the configuration

Open / edit the dhcpd.conf file using your familiar editor. In your existing dhcpd.conf configuration file, append the lines below:

host client1 {
	hardware ethernet 00:1A:80:D9:33:6F;
	fixed-address 172.16.17.249;
        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
	option routers 172.16.17.254;
        option domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;
}

You can also point the router to others gateway (if you have more than one router)

host client2 {
	hardware ethernet 00:1A:80:D9:3A:6F;
	fixed-address 172.16.17.250;
        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
	option routers 172.16.17.1;
        option domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;
}

That’s it. Then restart the DHCPD service. Once client1 or client2 connect to the network, they will get IP address 172.16.17.249 and 172.16.17.250 respectively.