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  • Jun
  • 28
  • 2008

The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines

Ask anyone which search engine they use to find information on the Internet and they will almost certainly reply: “Google.” Look a little further, and market research shows that people actually use four main search engines for 99.99% of their searches: Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask.com (in that order).

If you guys plan to continue the search research, I have a 1000+ search engines that I have noted and I am sure you guys have more. I would actually like to see someone create a Search Engine Database similar to the functionality of Alexa. It…

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  • Jun
  • 25
  • 2008

13 Tips for Using Memory Cards

Learn how to keep your memory cards happy and content and keep your data safe.

My recommendation is to never format or delete images from a memory card on your computer. I believe most camera manufacturers will echo that. You should always delete images from the camera, not the computer. Digital cameras are fairly touchy…

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  • Jun
  • 23
  • 2008

QuickTime native support for many Popular Video Formats.

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.

Why does it take so long for MKV to load? QuickTime expects to know about the entire movie when playing it, but that's not possible with many formats, including MKV and MPEG. Ask Apple to support seeking without an index if you'd like this…

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  • Jun
  • 13
  • 2008

Why GNU/Linux Viruses are fairly uncommon ?

Charlie Harvey explains mysterious reason behind this.

Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to gnu@gnu.org. There are also other ways to contact the FSF. Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to webmasters@gnu.org.

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  • May
  • 17
  • 2008

FreeMat

FreeMat is a great numerical analysis tool that's an excellent alternative to MATLAB if you don't have thousands of dollars to spend. It's still a work in progress, but it already has an impressive feature set: it can run most existing MATLAB scripts, plot figures (including 3D), PDF support, and more. Check it out.

FreeMat is a free environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing. It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks, and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source. FreeMat is available under…

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  • May
  • 17
  • 2008

Graffiti art to boost your inspiration [PICS]

A great collection with awesome graffiti art. By looking at them and studying the details, you could boost your (Photoshop) design inspiration. If you're not in to design, just sit back and enjoy this amazing form of art.

Every once in awhile, you'll hear a statistic so striking you can hardly believe it's true. For example, you swallow 8 spiders a year. Cracked.com explains the truth behind these quotations.

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  • Apr
  • 19
  • 2008

O’Reilly Network: The CSS Anarchist’s Cookbook

I kept telling myself that CSS should never be used for evil. That in the wrong hands, it could wreak havoc upon the face of the Web as we know it.

Most of the examples in this article will use Mozilla M16. This is because, of the three browsers mentioned, it's the most standards-capable rendering engine, and it typically downloads quickly. Also, it has the same designation as a…

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  • Mar
  • 31
  • 2008

iLounge

iLounge is an independent provider of information about Apple Inc.'s iPod and iPhone digital media players, accessories, and related software.Full of news gossip etc.
well worth a visit if you like gadgets.

FlyTunes, a free mobile Internet radio service with a dedicated streaming interface for the iPhone and iPod touch, has announced it has expanded its offerings to over 160 channels that cover “all genres of music, as well as talk, sports,…

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  • Mar
  • 31
  • 2008

Learn Python in 10 minutes | Poromenos’s Stuff

So, you want to learn the Python programming language but can't find a concise and yet full-featured tutorial. This tutorial will attempt to teach you Python in 10 minutes.

well I think there is some mix up here, object references are values, that is the variables are like normal primitive types so when u pass the reference in a function the reference is passed by value, but remember its pointing to an object. so if…

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  • Mar
  • 28
  • 2008

22 things that you can do in Linux but not in Windows or OSX

Here are 22 things but in reality you can do much more in Linux…don’t be afraid it’s free and harmless to your computer ;)

1. Upgrade to the newest version legally and without paying money 2. Have the latest version of the operating system run faster than the previous version on the same hardware 3. Easily install and run different graphical interfaces if I don't…

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  • Mar
  • 23
  • 2008

50 Great Widgets For Your Blog

Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether youd like to display the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets.

Now Playing - if you got to share your current playlist contents with the world, Sigamp will do the trick. Works with most popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp, iTunes and others.

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  • Feb
  • 28
  • 2008

How to Install Ubuntu (gusty) on eeepc

the lowdown on installing ubuntu on the Asus EeePC. If you haven’t checked out these mini-laptops you’re missing out

#/etc/X11/xorg.conf - copied from the same file of the original OS and adjusted for Gutsy. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Xandros" Screen 0 "Screen1" InputDevice…

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  • Feb
  • 28
  • 2008

The Linux Command Directory Index

Click on any of the 687 commands below to get a description and list of available options. All links in the command summaries point to the online version of the book on Safari Bookshelf.

Sites Beautiful Code Databases Digital Media Emerging Telephony Inside Aperture Inside Lightroom InsideRIA.com LinuxDevCenter.com MacDevCenter.com ONJava.com ONLamp.com Apache BSD MySQL PHP Python Perl.com Ruby SysAdmin What Is……

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