Linux is one of the open systems which are dynamically evolving. UKUUG (UK’s Open Systems User Group) which is a group that cares and implements open IT standards and systems. This coming 7th to 9th of November 2008 the group would have their annual Linux conference and workshop at the Manchester Conference Centre, Weston Building, […]

I have upgraded my Firefox to the latest stable version, but it seems that most of my favorite plug-ins is not working. Checking on the add-ons window under tools menu has this error “This add-on will be disabled when Firefox is restarted. Not compatible with Firefox 3.0.3”.
The productivity of my browsing is greatly affected without […]

Most modern website are powered by JavaScript to interactivity. JavaScript have been a driving force for many web applications. Having a fast JavaScript engine to render the web application could benefit the user. No more need for waiting when opening up JavaScript rich Internet pages.
Download the new Mozilla FireFox 3.1 Beta Internet browser with a […]

A free and open productivity suite which is a strong challenger of Microsoft Office Suite is the OpenOffice. This open source project is marking its eighth year anniversary this month of October 2008. The OpenOffice desktop application productivity suite is a good open-source free alternative to Microsoft Office.
There are new features in version of 3.0 […]

Google recently have released the Chrome browser. I have tried it, but there are still many things to improve on it. Google search is doing great, as we all know, in searching for somethings on the Internet. On the other hand there is this FireFox browser which happens to be my favorite when it comes […]

Are you an Apple Mac user? You might not be aware of some of the best free open source applications for your Mac. I have bumped into a website 10to1.com which shows some listing and ranking. It would let you interactively rank the listed applications.
Apple’s Mac OSX Open Source Application Top ten voting lists.

Quicksilver - […]

Web 2.0 technology is a tech buzz word now a days. Developers are looking for a newer form of browser that could handle web applications. Thus, Google have released Chrome web browser which is purposefully built for web based applications. Chrome is unlike the content viewer concept of traditional browsers as it’s designed to be […]

Web hosting are very common concern for a web developer. Whether the website is a simple personal blog or a complex business e-commerce site hosting is a key factor. A vast list of available hosting to choose from when I started blogging. It’s difficult to immediately spot the best website hosting provider for my blog.
I […]

OpenExpo 2008 Zurich, is a two-day trade show and conference on Open Source Software. This will run on September 24 - 25, 2008. There’s been a growing number of participant from both open source community members and prominent vendors in every OpenExpo event. The participant could either attend a business or a technology track for […]

MySQL database have been growing with each release and more features are being added. As the database adds new features the database expands correspondingly. Before there was no trigger, views, stored procedures in MySQL database, but now it does have these functions which makes it grow in size.
People that are developing applications on the web […]

Yahoo has released the Zimbra Desktop which is based on the cloud computing concept of allowing people open their e-mail from any computer or mobile device. At first, I thought that Zimbra as a web-based email client would be accessible via a browser and just open a web address, but it’s entirely different. Zimbra comes […]

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing or Nascar is one of the most popular auto racing in the US. Avid fans get collectible Nascar Merchandise, but for me, it’s about the driving experience. Drive until you drop; you can only do it in your PC with Nascar auto racing games. Nascar is one of […]

Open source is a great inspiration for technology development. This proves that even communities can make a contribution to development. During a ceremony at the O’Reilly Group’s OSCON open source convention OpenOffice Productivity Suite made waves. It’s very encouraging to hear that OpenOffice.org was selected as the best over all project winner. The open source […]

FireFox is for me the best Internet browser due to the extensibility feature. I could customize FireFox the way I want it. Meaning with the use of FireFox Add-ons the possibility of customization is unlimited. Some of the extensions for FireFox have come dear to me. Thus, when there is a new upgrade of the […]

The number of lost laptop in airports are growing each year. The loss of valuable data could not be accounted for in terms of money. Battling this problem would take some tracking software installed on the laptop. There are even expensive program that could take the photo of the user of the lost laptop using […]

Wordpress fans are happy about the recent final release of Wordpress 2.6. It makes Wordpress not just a blogging application, but more of a CMS (Content Management System). There are many security fixes and some improvements on the new features added in the previous release.
Here is a brief video (about 3 minutes) to show what’s […]

Many Windows PC users are wanting to run Mac OS X on a PC, but it was only recently that Apple have made available its Mac OS X run on Intel’s CPU architecture. In my search, I have run some theme solutions on having Windows PC have a bit of Mac OS X environment. Never […]

There was a news lately that Symbian mobile OS platform will go open source. This implies that open source technology is widely becoming a mainstream option even for established commercial business like Nokia’s. It is slowly being considered in manufacturing electronic devices to include mobile phones. This is a good news for open technology backers […]

Mobile devices have increased rapidly in the recent years and the technological development of these devices is also tremendous. Smartphones are very revolutionary trend as they offer advanced capabilities, often it has features like a PC. Another new thing is the touch screen display which is becoming ordinary. Notable also is the GPS  (Global Positioning […]

It’s been a long wait for the latest release of Firefox 3.0 browser. The wait is over, the final version of Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is finally available for download. The new version promises a faster, safer, and better browsing experience.
What I like from the Firefox 3.0 is the improvements in the JavaScript engine which translates […]

Maintaining multiple blogs is not an easy task to do. In consequence of the frequent vulnerability found in blog platform software; frequent updates are also inevitable. If your blog is powered by Wordpress then you are lucky as there is a Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin. The plugin automates the manual process of upgrading a script.
The […]

In our office we have lots of machines that run on different kinds of operating system. Some machines especially the desktop computers run on Windows line of operating system like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, etc… while the server machines that we have mostly run on Windows 2000 Server and Red Hat […]

Firefox 2.0.0.13 is the latest update version that I am currently using. I don’t know, but I have encountered this strange error when opening a second instance of the browser. I noticed this after a power failure.
It says:
Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the […]

I started up Firefox lately and was greeted by the software update.

Yup, that’s the message window that popped up.
Firefox 2.0.0.13 Update Details:
MFSA 2008-19 XUL popup spoofing variant (cross-tab popups)
MFSA 2008-18 Java socket connection to any local port via LiveConnect
MFSA 2008-17 Privacy issue with SSL Client Authentication
MFSA 2008-16 HTTP Referrer spoofing with malformed URLs
MFSA 2008-15 […]

I am using Oracle PL/SQL to create web applications and I would like to use the power of JQuery JavaScript framework. Since, I only have access to stored procedures. I plan to convert the JavaScript file to an equivalent stored procedure. Copying and pasting the content of the script inside a stored procedure produced a […]

One of the popular web browser that I like is Mozilla FireFox. Though not really perfect as it have bugs like getting more system resources than usual , but it’s getting better. The latest release though not yet for end users is the FireFox 3 Beta 2. This is intended as a developer preview […]

The open source community brought about great talents and good software. How does an open source project especially a small sized one gets on going without any funding? I was looking into various projects in sourceforge.net and the list numerous.
I have seen that the trend for an open source programmer to get something out of […]

On account of high cost of maintaining IT systems, businesses are looking into possible integration of open source into the current proprietary system. It might be obvious to say that implementing open source systems are significantly less expensive than proprietary systems in initial cost. Open source software is freely available for commercial and non-commercial use, […]

Laptops are getting cheaper and cheaper. Various programs like One Laptop Per Child pushed the limits to have a $100 US laptop. This is a feat in itself which is slowly becoming a reality. I was asked on which laptop would I recommend for an on the move blogger. Thinking of my experience with a […]

Firefox browser release 2.0.0.10 was a bugy one. I experience not being able to open password protected WordPress pages. I have also experienced the browser just close while loading up a gmail after login. Web pages that have some scripting on it hangs up to oblivion. This might be some of the reason why a […]