Archive for October, 2009
OMG: Sony Playstation 3 smahed into a Bravia TV
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
“OMG, dude, they’ve smashed a PlayStation 3 into a Bravia TV!” “OMG, that was cool!”, and so the video spreads at viral speeds. This is the marketing technique that Sony Australia makes use of, trying to promote their new Bravia TV set. Tested on a car-smashing zone, the PS 3 was launched at 80 km/hr [...]
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Mobile comparison: HTC HD2 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia x3
Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
I have chosen to compare HTC HD2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia x3, because these are 2 new mobile phones that are very similar in terms of phone specifications and features provided.
For maximum convenience, I will present the differences/similarities of these two mobile phones in a table.
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Acquired: WeFollow.com is now part of the Digg experiment
Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
Yesterday a change in the page’s footer of WeFollow.com has caught our attention and rumors spread around the Internet about Digg acquiring WeFollow. We have now a proof that WeFollow is now part of the Digg company. [ad] From Digg the Blog: As some of you may have read overnight, Digg and WeFollow (a Twitter [...]
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Warning: You might be at risk! Microsoft’s .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 plugin for Firefox is the cause
Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
Last February, Microsoft released an update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 via Windows Update. It turns out that along with the update, a plugin was automatically installed in the Firefox browser. Moreover the plugin was practically impossible to uninstall or delete through Firefox Add-ons manager. A method to escape the threat was [...]
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Ubuntu: How to check hard disk healthiness based on SMART data (Karmic Koala)
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
I remember that a good application on Windows was HDD Doctor, which gave a plenitude of useful information about the hard disk status. Now in Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 there is a similar application which shows important information about the status of the hard-disk installed on the system (such as hard disk temperature,model number, total [...]
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OS: RAM difference between Ubuntu x86 (32 bit with physical address) and Ubuntu x64 (64 bit)
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
The first ever version of Ubuntu I have installed on my computer was Hardy Heron 8.04 (x64/64 bit). As time passed and new versions appeared, I have upgraded to the latest version of Intrepid Ibex 8.10. As a web developer, It happens sometimes to run an excessive number of simultaneous applications at a time, which [...]
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Ubuntu: How to upgrade from Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
In order to upgrade your Ubuntu operating system from the 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) version to the latest (but still in beta) version 9.10 (Karmic Koala) you’ll have to open the Run Application window (ALT+F2) and enter update-manager -d in the input field. Hit enter. [ad]You’ll be asked whether you’d like to update to the latest [...]
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Facebook update: All statuses posted since thursday disappeared. Facebook hacked again or unexpected maintenance work?
Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
One minute ago I have posted a message on my wall, refreshed the page and whoa! the first messages to appear are from Thursday. I am not sure what happened to Facebook (might it be another attack, or just maintenance work), but there’s surely something happening out there. If you are experiencing the same thing, [...]
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PHP: How to download a webpage (aka web scrapping) with PHP
Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
There are many ways of downloading web pages, or web content. Personally I like to use cURL for my web scrapping needs, but sometimes I also use fsockopen and file_get_contents. Here are 3 different functions that will allow you to download web content. cURL: function getData($url) { if($url!=’localhost’ && $url!=’http://localhost’) { $ch=curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); [...]