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Entries from September 2007

Reload (override cache) on Firefox and IE

September 10th, 2007 by Alex Costa · 2 Comments

I came across this very useful shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+R) by accident. I was working on a ship, where I setup a small network with a Mobile Broadband connection. I noticed that all the graphics where downgraded to a lower resolution, which in some aspect is good as it saves bandwidth usage, but sometimes I wanted to [...]

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Tags: Applications · quick & easy tips · Web Browsers



Skype installation on Suse SLED

September 9th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

I’ve just installed the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED 10 on my Laptop and had a hard time trying to install Skype on it. It come up with a whole load of dependency problems and even after installing all the required libraries it still didn’t work. I then went to the Skype website and downloaded [...]

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Tags: Applications · OS & Servers · quick & easy tips

The New IPod Touch

September 6th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

The new IPod (Touch) released by Apple has the look and feel of an IPhone. It comes with either 8 or 16GB, which is not much really, but for the early adopters (aka gadget enthusiasts) it’s a must have. I have collated some of the features of the IPod Touch from the apple website onto [...]

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Tags: Lifestyle · Technology



Linux Commands

September 5th, 2007 by Alex Costa · 2 Comments

I did a search on google search for “Linux Commandline” looking for some simple linux commands to do some work on my home Debian based (Kurumin) linux distro, and I came across this list of usefull commands. Interesting fact that a lot of other sites I visited also list this same site http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html . Some [...]

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Tags: OS & Servers · quick & easy tips · Tutorials / Training

Sony confirms USB stick security problem

September 4th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Electronics giant Sony has confirmed a recently discovered security flaw in some of its products that could leave PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers. The firm said that the fault, which affected software packaged with memory sticks, was developed by a third-party. Sony said it was conducting an internal investigation into the problem and would [...]

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Tags: Security · Technology

Xerox Error Code 016-781

September 4th, 2007 by Bill Hutchison · 5 Comments

Ever since changing over our mail server our Xerox printer had been giving us Error Code 016-781. We have also not been receiving e-mails from our Xerox printer during this time. The error code 016-781 means: Cause – Could no connect to the server during the file forwarding by Scan Services Remedy – Ask the [...]

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Tags: Peripherals