A mobile computer that costs $10.
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 2nd February 2009
Developers in India have announced the demonstration of a mobile computer that will cost $10 only when mass produced.
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Get the sky in your PC.
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 14th November 2008
Would you like to stare at the night sky in the comfort of your home ? Stellarium will allow you to do that. A free and open source planetarium for computers, the software displays a realistic sky in 3D on your monitor. All you need to do is set your coordinates.
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Open Office 3.0 final, ready for download.
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 14th October 2008
If you don’t feel like paying for an office suite, the third version of the open source Open Office suite is available for download in its final, non beta, version. Beside many improvements, it’s fully compatible with Microsoft Office 2007.
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A low cost mini notebook from China.
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 20th September 2008
HiVision has launched its NB700 sub $100 mini notebook PC featuring a VIA 1.6 Ghz processor, a 7 inch LCD display, wireless connection, a card reader and a 30 GB hard drive. The computer ships with Linux.
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VirtualBox 2.0
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 9th September 2008
Sun Microsystems has released version 2.0 of VirtualBox. For those unfamiliar with virtualization software, the simple description is that it’s a tool that allows you to create a virtual computer inside your current physical computer.
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100 tools to bail you out.
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 6th September 2008
If you take the smooth booting of your computer for granted, then just keep in mind that sometimes things may go wrong and it can refuse to start causing you to scratch your head and search for a computer geek to help you.
Before you do so, prepare yourself by downloading The Ultimate Boot CD, a collection of around 100 tools and utilities. The package is provided as an iso file that you have to burn to make a bootable CD.
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A Multipurpose tool for Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop.
Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 23rd August 2008
For those interested in the open source Operating System, QuickStart is a utility that can be a great time saver for various tasks.
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