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Hosted Zimbra Email Catches On With Managed Service Providers
Saturday, 19 July 2008
MSPmentor: "When it comes to hosted email, why zig when you can zag? That explains the strategy at EtomicMail, a managed service provider that’s hosting Zimbra — an open source email platf
An Open Source Seeing Eye Dog for Web Surfers
Saturday, 19 July 2008
LinuxInsider: "WebAnywhere is an open source, Web-based application that acts as a screen reader of sorts for blind people. Its developer, a student at the University of Washington, designed it so tha
Perl and Bash Versions Of Binary To Decimal Conversion Script
Saturday, 19 July 2008
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "As promised, in yesterday's post on converting binary values to decimal in C, today we're going to follow up with straight-up ports to Perl and shell. Actually, they'll
E4X: JavaScript on Steroids
Saturday, 19 July 2008
IBM Developerworks: "E4X is designed to simplify the task of writing JavaScript code for XML. It is an efficient, powerful tool that you can use to interact with XML nodes and attributes. The primary
Linux 2.6.26 Kernel Benchmarks
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Phoronix: "Over the weekend the Linux 2.6.26 kernel was released. This quarterly update to the Linux kernel introduced Kernel-based Virtual Machine improvements, new One Laptop Per Child support, a ne
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getting ctrl-forward/backward working on cygwin and sles console
Tuesday, 7 November 2006 10:04 P GMT
Ever frustrated with 2D and 3D appearing on the screen when you want to jump words using ctrl-left or ctrl-right on the console?
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Maximising Apache httpd in low memory
Thursday, 19 October 2006 11:41 A GMT
Squeezing as much out of Apache as possible is critical if you have limited memory dedicated to the process.
tags: apache
Putting a MySQL query to sleep
Tuesday, 10 October 2006 8:05 A GMT
There are a number of reasons why you would want to put a MySQL query to sleep, here is how.
tags: mysql
How to convert a string to upper or lower case in bash?
Monday, 2 October 2006 2:46 P GMT
How to convert a string to upper or lower case in bash?
tags: linux command line
How can I start a Java process and retain its process id?
Monday, 2 October 2006 2:41 P GMT
How can I start a Java process and retain its process id?
Using Fetchmail to forward email
Monday, 2 October 2006 2:29 P GMT
Fetchmail is a remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility. This article describes how it can be set up to forward emails from a particular folder to another mailbox.
Handling different Java runtimes on a single machine
Thursday, 14 September 2006 10:48 A GMT
This entry takes a quick look at how you can best utilise different Java JVMs on the linux using a couple of techniques.
How to stop /etc/resolv.conf from being changed by DHCP?
Thursday, 7 September 2006 3:55 P GMT
Show how to keep /etc/resolv.conf unchanged when using DHCP.
How do can I tell if my network is receiving/sending multicast packets?
Tuesday, 5 September 2006 2:51 P GMT
If you are coding a multicast network application and want to make sure you are receiving muticast udp packets you can use the tcpdump linux utility. This entry shows you how.
How to clear shell command path cache?
Tuesday, 5 September 2006 1:57 P GMT
Way to clear the cached paths for various commands on bourne-like shells.
tags: command line linux
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We [IntoMobile at least] love a good Google conspiracy
Saturday, 19 July 2008
How is Sergey funding family members from Google? What is Google up to with their Android development? All under the covers stuff. Well not quite, but we do love a good conspiracy don't we?Leave
Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N810
Friday, 18 July 2008
Running Windows3.1 within your nokia N810 internet tablet, and if thats not enough, how about Linux inside an applet inside your browser?Leave CommentRelated Entries:Speaking at CloudCamp LondonA simp
Speaking at CloudCamp London
Monday, 7 July 2008
If you are going to be in London next week, then pop along to the CloudCamp meet up, to discuss all the latest going on's in the world of cloud and ondemand computingLeave CommentRelated Entries:Windo
A simple Java API class for Amazon SimpleDB
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB doesn't require a huge amount of complicated classes or libraries. Building upon a single class, I have added some helper methods that lets you put data in and out
java.lang.InternalError at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getResource()
Monday, 23 June 2008
After chasing down a bizarre class exception, that was very little to do with the exception being thrown, Grizzly once more roars into success.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N810S
Coolest toy ever, a remote controlled car with camera
Sunday, 22 June 2008
How do you fancy a remote control car but with camera! Just think of the fun you could get up with!Leave Comment
... if Doctor Who got remade in the US, what would change?
Friday, 20 June 2008
What if the BBC Doctor Who got remade in America, what would they change? And would it be for the better?Leave CommentRelated Entries:With the UK Analogue TV switch off do we still need a TV licence
Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB through CFQUERY
Friday, 20 June 2008
We've just released a new feature set with OpenBD allowing you to get access to Amazon's SimpleDB service from within a CFQUERY tag.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Speaking at CloudCamp LondonA simple Ja
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