Archive for October, 2009
Ubuntu – Change Download Server and Fix Slow Updates
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23 Oct 2009In India, the default download server selected is an Indian server ftp.iitm.ac.in which is very slow and causes very slow download speeds even if you’ve a 2 Mbps broadband connection. This was very obvious when I tried to upgrade to the Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate. I was getting download speeds in the range of 10 [...]
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Hello! my name is Hafees. Living in Kerala, India. I've been working as a web developer for almost 4 years. At present, I am working in Flip Media, the leading independent interactive media agency in the Middle East.
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- Samsung Application Store Finally Supports i8910 Omnia HD
- Proud Owner of a Samsung Omnia I8910 HD
- Ubuntu – Change Download Server and Fix Slow Updates
- Live Writer tips for offline blogging
- Look, who is tweeting… it is Microsoft
- Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from today
- Firefox 3.5 final version released
- Most useful search tricks for Google and Bing
- Manufacturing cost of iPhone 3G S and the price of iPhone 3G in India
- Iphone 3GS – More hidden than revealed?
- Samsung Application Store Finally Supports i8910 Omnia HD
- Most useful search tricks for Google and Bing
- Windows, Linux and Mac - A comparison
- Proud Owner of a Samsung Omnia I8910 HD
- Windows Live Writer – Surprisingly good!
- Manufacturing cost of iPhone 3G S and the price of iPhone 3G in India
- Mac4Lin 1.0 - The easiest way to dress up your Linux desktop to look like a Mac
- Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from today
- MSN Search improved a lot!
- Firefox 3.5 final version released
- Proud Owner of a Samsung Omnia I8910 HD
- Live Writer tips for offline blogging
- Five free Mac applications for Web developers
- Opera promises to fulfil Internet’s unfulfilled promise through Opera Unite
- Bing – is it a google killer?
- Windows Live Writer – Surprisingly good!
- 5 things I like most in Mac OS X
- Windows, Linux and Mac – A comparison
- Mac4Lin 1.0 – The easiest way to dress up your Linux desktop to look like a Mac
- Smart Computing – Desktop Searching Tools
- Iphome 3G – Read it again. No, I didn’t made a typo !
- Bing – is it a google killer?
- Interesting Advertisement
- The Browser War
- Can I ever buy an iPhone (3G or 3GS) at a decent price in India?
- Five free Mac applications for Web developers
- MSN Search improved a lot!
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