Archive for November, 2009
Ubuntu: nVidia card slow? Monitor flickers? Try this fix and boost graphic card performance!
Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by Dragos.
Switching from an ATI card to an nVidia one was not so simple, as X was configured to work with an ATI card. What I had to do was to boot in Safe Gnome, download the nVidia drivers to my desktop, then enter the command line screen (pressing CTRL+ALT+F1), delete and reinstall X, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf [...]
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Ubuntu: Karmic Koala 9.10, should I buy you an nVidia or ATI video card?
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Dragos.
Definitely an nVidia graphic card. Why? Because AMD is very frivolous when it comes to support its legacy video cards. I don’t think that a 3 years old video card should be considered obsolete, and dropped being supported. I am an unlucky ATI card user (Radeon x1950 GT) that runs only on 10% of this [...]
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WordPress: Version 2.8.6 is out. Make sure to update your blog!
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Dragos.
Hey, WordPress 2.8.6 is out! Make sure to update your blog from the administrative panel. WordPress urge you to make sure your website is up to date with the latest version, as it has some improvements and critical fixes: 2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have [...]
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Funny: Total Logos Failure
Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by Dragos.
Masterpiece compilation of logos. Total failure!
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Programming: Google programming language is now real! Go GO Google!
Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by Dragos.
First the Google Browser (Chrome), then the Google mobile operating system (Android), Google is getting really close to launching its own (and hopefully open source) operating system for computers. But before that, we needed to expect a “default” programming language from the Goliath of all technological times. And it’s here! GO is the name of [...]
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Mobile Comparison: HTC HD2 vs Motorola Droid
Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by Dragos.
I have chosen to compare HTC HD2 and Motorola Droid, 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.