Archive for June, 2009
Gnome’s Keyring Tip – How To Disable Keyring And Remove Password File
Some people complain how Gnome’s Keyring keeps asking them for password whenever they try to get connect to wireless router. Here is a trick of how to stop Keyring from bothering you for good. Go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications, disable the check box “Gnome Keyring Daemon.” That’s it, everything should go as [...]
When Linux Complains Umount Cannot Be Done, A Flash/USB Device Is Busy!
As any other operating system, Linux comes with its own problems. Today I like to talk about how to umount your flash/usb drive from your Linux box (Linux computer). When everything is fine as the sky is blueish, no rain, and the sun is out shining brightly, you find that umount is working without complaining. [...]
How To Hide Icons From Ubuntu 9.04 Gnome Desktop
I hate how my Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop gets cluttered with icons from various files and folders included the system generated icons. I rather use the terminal/shell to look up or open up files and folders. If you are using Gnome GUI on Ubuntu 9.04, then you’re in luck of getting to know how to hide [...]
What’s splog?
Splog is a term for spam blogs. A spam blog is different from a blog that is being filled with spam comments. Splogs are usually set up by the spammers to attract search engines’ crawlers and to generate ad revenues from ad networks like Adsense, Adbrite, and others. Many splogs contain unoriginal contents that were [...]
Best Buy’s Leaked Memo Unveils Windows 7 Prices
Someone leaked out Best Buy’s internal memo that contains information of the roll out plan of Windows 7. The memo states that Best Buy allows people to buy Windows 7 start on June 26th as pre-order purchases. Home premium upgrades start at $49.99, and the upgrades of professional version are $99.99. These are very affordable [...]
BrowserLab, A New Player In Browser Testing Field
Web designers know that it is tough to get a website to work with all browsers, and so it’s a daily procedure for web designers to test their newly designed websites with all browsers to see if things are in order. Instead of firing up different computers for different IE versions, or firing up different [...]
