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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); [...]
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Browsing errors: пщщпду or пщщпдуюсщь
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
пщщпду and пщщпдуюсщь is the typed equivalent of google and respectively, google.com with a russian keyboard layout. In most of the cases this occurs accidentally and you shouldn’t be surprised to see another page, instead of Google’s homepage. Go to Google.com
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Ubuntu hacks: Extend visual effects in compiz. More settings, more fun
Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
If you want to work on a fancy Ubuntu operating system, all you have to do is enable Extra visual effects from Appearance preferences (System->Preferences->Appearance preferences->Visual effects). However, by default you will get only some basic visual effects. To get access to all extra visual effects (including the Compiz Desktop Cube and more), you will [...]
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OS Hacks: Installing Mac OSx 10.6.1 on Toshiba Satellite A300
Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Unfortunately not all Toshiba A300 models are supported by Mac. The only thing that you will not find is the kext for the graphic card (in case it’s integrated Intel chipset). If your card is nvidia, you have more chances of finding a kext for your video card. I suggest you visit hackint0sh.com for more [...]
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Web news: Mashable hacked? or WordPress vulnerability
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
I’ve just noticed a strange issue on Mashable.com . If I go page by page, starting with page nr 1 till page nr 5, when I hover my mouse on the other page links, some strange text is appended to the url. I don’t think my machine has been hacked or virused, as I work [...]
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Webhit: Find reviews/testimonials written by real people. Share your opinion about different topics
Posted on 12. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Trustler has added a nice feature yesterday. It is now possible to add @mentions when posting a status message, which will be automatically treated as a review message. The @ operator means “about” and is mandatory for a post to be treated as a review message (instead of a status one). Even more, a # [...]
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Web hosting: Website hosted on Hostmonster is slow? It’s because CPU is being throttled
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Hosting problems with Hostmonster? Website inaccessible? Hostmonster has got powerful servers, but in order to avoid overloading and hardware failures, they have recently implemented a new way of dealing with high traffic websites hosted with them. They won’t suspend such websites, but instead will throttle the CPU for these accounts, so the website looks like [...]
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Define notions: What is CPU Throttling/Processor Throttling?
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
CPU throttling/processor throttling is the process when the CPU tries to avoid overheating and getting damaged. So if the temperature of the CPU exceeds some specified limits, the system will throttle down the CPU, allowing it to cool down and avoid damage. This process may also take place when the computer is idle or no [...]