Features of Firefox 3.5, How to run firefox on Ubuntu Linux and What is new in Firefox 3.5

July 1st, 2009 by Giridhar | 3 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools

Features of Firefox 3.5, How to run Firefox on Ubuntu and What is new in Firefox 3.5

firefox-35-logoFirefox 3.5 is released with a whole bunch of exciting features , Firefox 3.5 has number of changes and support for HTML 5 Audio/Video tag and will be available in 70 language and it is much faster than 3.1. It was codenamed ‘Shiretoko‘ (more…)

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Top twitter user ranking and stats tools – Analyze your Twitter Statistics

June 22nd, 2009 by Giridhar | 4 Comments | Filed in Blogging Tips

Top twitter user ranking and stats tools – Analyze your Twitter Statistics

twitter bird tips and tricksTwitter helps bloggers in different ways
It helps to get you more readers
It helps to build a community around your niche
It helps to build your network

But how to count the performance of your twitter account, example how will you find how good your tweets are performing, how many tweets do you do daily on an average, (more…)

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How to publish post on a future date / time – scheduling post

June 15th, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Blogging Tips

clockSome days it is so dry and I don’t have much to write where as other days may be bombarded with ideas and I have a lot to write. But I need to give a consistent performance which will give a nice feeling to my readers and search engine bots. WordPress gives an option for us to schedule posts for future dates so that if you have more to write just prepare the article and follow the steps below. (more…)

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What is Google squared, A review , explained in simple english

June 8th, 2009 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Reviews

google squaredYet another initiative from Mr G of internet – it is Google squared. When I heard this name for the first time, I was wondering,what again Google is going to do new with internet search. This time it is going wild and wide. (more…)

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What is new in windows 7 | Windows 7 feature list reviewed

May 29th, 2009 by Giridhar | 3 Comments | Filed in Windows

windows7 features reviewedAs per Microsoft, Windows 7 is build around the feedback, so we can expect many of the features which were missing in earlier versions.

Windows 7 Features

Improved Taskbar

Taskbar had gone thru a major makeover. We can place any programs to taskbar so that it would be just a click away. Icons are of bigger size now. On mouse over it shows the thumbnail too. It got a fancy look now. (more…)

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How does LDAP works , What is LDAP , Practical use of LDAP

April 20th, 2009 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Linux

what is LDAP

what is ldap LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. As it says LDAP is Lightweight protocol used to access directory service.
So what is a directory service?
Directory service is something similar to a database but with some major differences as follows (more…)

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Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam preparation | RHCE dumps | Exam questions, guide | RHCE free resource | Verify RHCE certificate

April 13th, 2009 by Giridhar | 4 Comments | Filed in Linux

rhce | free resource | exam structure | exam guideThis article is a pointer for those who are planning to take a Red Hat certification. This includes , books to refer , Jobs for Red Hat Certified Engineer ,  Prerequisites, Exam structure, Free resource, Paid brain dumps to make your exam easy. (more…)

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Basic unix commands for day to day use

April 13th, 2009 by Giridhar | 6 Comments | Filed in Linux

man cmd #display how to for a commandlinux-penguin

grep pattern  filename #searches a text file for a pattern
grep onwer *jil #search all jil files for owner

ps -auxwww | grep j2se #display if process is running

echo $SHELL #dispplay your current shell
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20 Tips for writing professional email | Email Tips – How to Write Email

April 3rd, 2009 by Giridhar | 10 Comments | Filed in Howtos, Windows

email-tipsI would like to discuss about few tips to keep in mind while dealing with corporate emails, but I want to to make clear that I am not talking about writing a marketing email, but a professional corporate email and that too keeping newbies in mind. (more…)

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How to secure and harden Linux | 7 topics to take care while hardening unix

March 31st, 2009 by Giridhar | 2 Comments | Filed in Linux

How to secure and harden Linux

linux hardening and securing stepsOnce Linux installation is over and planing to move it to a production environment, following are the quick checks which we may need to perform to harden and secure your linux boxes.This article is been written for newbies and also to  remind experienced administrators about the simple steps which may be left unnoticed. (more…)

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