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Entries for November, 2008

Fedora 10 Review - Desktop Emphasis

Introduction
Since the days of 10.1, I have been an openSUSE fan. I have been trying out new distros regularly, finding some to be very good, but always in the end rolling back to SUSE for one reason or another.
And then came Fedora 10: I wanted to see if it could finally win me over.
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I am [...]

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Google’s SearchWiki - it’s not all that bad

Ever since the introduction of Google’s SearchWiki for iGoogle users, there has been a lot of hue and cry about cluttering, spamming and what not.
What is worse is that many people have been griping about the non-availability of an opt-out option.
The truth is that SearchWiki isn’t all that bad. You can simply turn off the [...]

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How to speed up a computer as it gets slow over time

Introduction
It’s true, computers do get slower over time, specially if they’re heavily used. There are two major reasons for that: hardware and software.
But hardware is much less of a problem. Most computer hardware nowadays is solid state, which means there are few moving parts that slow down from wear and tear. The hard disk is [...]

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Google’s spread into competitors’ domain

It seems just like everyday that Google is bringing up new products and ideas. And more often than not, we hear that it has to do with something that the other Tech Giants of the world are already kings in. That means Microsoft, Apple, Intel, etc.
Google is spreading beyond search, that is obvious. The question [...]

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Anonymity services, what they are, and why you may want them

My readers may have noted a recent drying up of posts - well, that is mainly because I have been very busy. I am still a university student, and that takes up a lot of my time.
Anyhow, I am back. I bring to the board a review of some anonymity services - services that allow [...]

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