Linux By Knight: March 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

LBK Post They're Getting Ready To Really Swipe Your Credit Card.

Who?

Why The Credit Card Companies,

of Course...

CHARGE Anywhere Makes the Nexus S an NFC Terminal

The App That Lets

You Charge Anywhere...

Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/Charge_Anywhere_makes_nexus_s_an_nfc_terminal.php

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4nr8okz

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Friday, March 25, 2011

LBK Post About Laptops: MSI Ships Fusion-Based CR650 Laptop

15.6-inch CR650

First up, it's the 15.6-inch CR650, complete with a dual-core E-350 APU (which includes a Radeon HD 6310 discrete-class graphics chip), an HDMI port, 720p webcam and a downright luscious $499.99 starting price.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/25/msi-ships-fusion-based-cr650-laptop-wind-top-ae2050-all-in-one/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/67wgfks

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

LBK Post Google Chrome 11 Hits Beta with Voice - to - Text

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"From the basic IVR (Interactive Voice Response), to accessibility and beyond, the speech input API marks the evolution of the web as a human accessible platform.
"In a quick test (using the Google demo with Chrome 11.0.696.16 dev), I can vouch for the fact that the technology does work, though it's not perfect.
"It is something however that is really exciting. I'd love for Google to fully voice enable browser navigation as well. Heck why not enable Google Docs too?"

Link: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2011-03-24-006-39-OS-SW

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/49amx87

FULL Story:

Link: http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2011/03/google-chrome-11-hits-beta-wit.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6jlbhjv

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

LBK Post: Putting a Lock On A Cloud

From: http://www.zdnet.com

Hand, Key and Clouds

Microsoft's Windows

Intune Cloud Management Service:

10 Questions Answered

Except, Maybe......

This One:

Is It Safe?

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsofts-windows-intune-cloud-management-service-10-questions-answered/8981

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4kt4brt

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Monday, March 21, 2011

LBK Post Is Amazon Working on an Color Android Kindle?

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From: http://www.nytimes.com/chrome/

Although Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, has said in the past that a color Kindle is "multiple years" away, new job listings on the Lab 126 Web site, the division of Amazon that makes the Kindle, show that the company is building up its team of Android developers, which might involve developing software for a color screen.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/chrome/#/a/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/is-amazon-working-on-an-android-kindle/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/475b6ay

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Also From: http://www.nytimes.com
(on Chrome)

Nintendo's 3-D Players Are on Schedule

Nintendo's 3DS portable game player is expected to be available as planned on March 27, despite the destruction caused by Japan's massive earthquake."Business operations, including future product shipments, have not been significantly affected so far," Nintendo, based in Japan, said in a statement. A spokeswoman declined further comment.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/chrome/#/a/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/nintendos-3-d-players-are-on-schedule/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4tml3tw

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

LBK Post Sound Editing Advice from How-To-Geek

From: http://www.howtogeek.com

The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: Cutting, Trimming & Arranging

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/56264/the-how-to-geek-guide-to-audio-editing-cutting-trimming-arranging/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/5v9wyn7

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Friday, March 11, 2011

LBK Post Today's IRCJunkie Stories:

IRC-Junkie.org

from the iPod Touch/iPhone App:

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ngIRCd 16 has been released
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-05-03/ngircd-16-has-been-released/

The download for ngIRCd 16 can be found here and the changelog is available here.
Link: http://ngircd.barton.de/download.php.en
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KDE IRC Client Konversation 1.3-beta1 released, adds DCC Whiteboard [Update]
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-05-25/kde-irc-client-konversation-1-3-beta1-released-adds-dcc-whiteboard/
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XChat 2.8.8 is available for download
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-05-31/xchat-2-8-8-is-available-for-download/
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IRC Bouncer ZNC 0.090 has been released
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-06-06/irc-bouncer-znc-0-090-has-been-released/
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Researchers develop “HoneyBot”, Social Engineer IRC Users automatically
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-06-11/researchers-develop-honeybot-social-engineer-irc-users-automatically/
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Anope IRC Services 1.9.2 released, adds InspIRCd 2.0 support [Update 2]
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-06-19/anope-irc-services-1-9-2-released-adds-inspircd-2-0-support/
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Atheme IRC Services 5.2.0 released
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-06-29/atheme-irc-services-5-2-0-released/
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KVIrc 3.x and 4.x Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-08-01/kvirc-3-x-and-4-x-remote-command-execution-vulnerability/
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Smuxi 0.7.2.1 is out, extends CTCP support & adds ignore filters
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-07-25/smuxi-0-7-2-1-is-out-extends-ctcp-support-adds-ignore-filters/
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Eggdrop 1.6.20 – now with TCL 8.6 support
Link: http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-07-30/eggdrop-1-6-20-now-with-tcl-8-6-support/

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Wingman, "Still Keeping one Eagle Eye on the IRC Channel News..."

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

LBK Post I Can Still Hear The Sound of SAMBA

Dealing with the basics of the SMB/CIFS protocol.

Link: http://www.samba.org/

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Ubuntu 10.10 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

A How-To:

Link: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-10.10-samba-standalone-server-with-tdbsam-backend

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4t32azz

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Ubuntu Linux 11.04: A Whale of Changes for Canonical's User Base

This Changes Everything....

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/ubuntu-linux-1104-a-whale-of-changes-for-canonicals-user-base/16125

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6ck8cdd

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

LBK Post Just What Apple Needs: A Little More Air Play

From: http://www.engadge

Apple finds Another AirPlay Partner in Pioneer's VSX-1021 AV Receiver

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/08/apple-finds-another-airplay-partner-in-pioneers-vsx-1021-av-rec/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4m3aahz

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Saturday, March 5, 2011

LBK Post A 13 Line Patch That Boosts Intel Sandy Bridge Performance

Intel Sandy Bridge MOBO

Motherboard

Link: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2011-03-05-003-35-MM-HW

"It is this Git commit from the 1st of March by Intel's Zou Nan hai that we are talking about. For Sandy Bridge / "Gen 6" Intel hardware, it bumps the VS thread count to 60. It is a relatively straightforward and simple patch, but how it affects the OpenGL performance is dramatic.

"In this article are the original Phoronix test results for the Intel Core i5 2500K "Sandy Bridge" from early February using the Intel Bearup Lake motherboard (the show-stopping problem with the ASUS motherboard remains unresolved) plus the already-published Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 results."

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Friday, March 4, 2011

LBK Post Dell Inspiron M101z reviewed by linuxuser.co.uk

Latest Linux Stories Culled by Wingman at MC2's LBK:

Link: http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/dell-inspiron-m101z-review/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4ea65lo

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

LBK Is The World Just Another Apple Gadget?

Apple Previews IOS 4.3

Apple gave iOS users a glimpse at what to expect from its forthcoming iOS 4.3 update today, when it previewed the mobile operating system at its iPad 2 launch event. iOS 4.3 promises improved Safari performance, wireless media streaming in the form of iTunes home sharing, AirPlay improvements, a Personal Hotspot option for the iPhone 4, and personal settings options for the iPad's side-switch.

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/221176/apple_previews_ios_43.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/67yknfc

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

LBK Post AMD Does Not Believe in Intel's Thunderbolt

AMD: Thunderbolt Is Just Another Proprietary Standard

Link: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20110228163206_AMD_Does_Not_Believe_in_Intel_s_Thunderbolt.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6gcwyc5

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Light Peak: A Tech Guide

Link: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/adapters/2010/08/05/intel-light-peak-a-tech-guide-40089748/

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Light Peak Card

From: http://www.windows7newsinfo.com

All the same, Light Peak has to be an early contender for the most exciting technology of 2011. I know I’ve been caught out by Intel before: last year I proposed the Larrabee multi-core graphics card as one of the top ten technologies of 2010, mere weeks before the project was shelved.