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Java 4-Ever

Posted on June 25th, 2010 at 20:22.

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I have just seen the funniest and geekiest online video ever (via a buddy who sent me the link from the original site). Forget about Intel’s last advertising campaigns. Carefully watch the following one. DISCLAIMER: You must have some basic knowledge about Java, .NET, Microsoft, Linux and open-source. Otherwise you might fail to get the [...]

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iOS4 on iPod Touch 2nd generation

Posted on June 24th, 2010 at 0:15.

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Yesterday I have updated the OS on my iPod Touch 2nd generation to the latest release: iOS4. Because I have an “outdated” model I cannot enjoy the most appealing new features: multitasking and custom home wallpapers. While I can live well without the latter, the former would have been tremendously useful. The UI has changed [...]

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Automated cPanel backup

Posted on May 7th, 2010 at 3:07.

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A great man once said: Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;) While it works for him, for us pure mortals this trick doesn’t get the job done. That’s why we have to use backups. Protecting your data is [...]

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Securing WordPress from the ground up

Posted on April 30th, 2010 at 19:39.

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My move to HostGator was partly due to the fact that on my old host this blog got hacked. And judging by the impact, I suspect this was a server-side security breach because my DB was intact. Since then I’ve spent some time to secure my WP instance as much as I could given the [...]

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Hosted by HostGator

Posted on April 28th, 2010 at 12:55.

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From Sunday, April 25th, this blog is hosted by HostGator.com due to some problems I have had with my hosting provider from Romania. Therefore I am sorry for the hiccups and downtimes you might have experienced that day and until Monday evening EET (UTC-2). From now on the downloads available from my Codebin (codebin.cotescu.com) are [...]

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OpenX Ad Server: Beginner’s Guide

Posted on April 14th, 2010 at 0:10.

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UPDATE: You can find the review here. Recently I’ve been contacted by Packt Publishing to review one of the books they published last month: OpenX Ad Server: Beginner’s Guide, by Murat Yilmaz. The book focuses on teaching web site administrators how to use and configure OpenX Ad Server, the largest publisher-side ad server in the [...]

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How to install Canon LBP printers in Ubuntu

Posted on March 20th, 2010 at 11:06.

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UPDATE 1: The currently used CAPT driver since version 2.0 is 2.00 which adds support for Canon LBP6300dn and Canon LBP9100Cdn. Also a new script has been added to the archive to handle the driver uninstall process. After I bought Riker , when it came to installing Ubuntu I had two options: either install the i386 [...]

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Geeks and their computers

Posted on March 16th, 2010 at 23:48.

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13 days ago I’ve bought another computer, thus reaching to number 3. My home network architecture is pretty simple: As you might have noticed, my computers are named after Star Trek: The Next Generation characters. Let me describe them in their chronological order. Picard is my former desktop which is now used primarily by my [...]

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Linux Identity Office – OpenOffice.org 3.2

Posted on March 16th, 2010 at 17:41.

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Launched almost one month ago, OpenOffice.org 3.2 will be available by default in Ubuntu in the 10.04 release. Of course, if you are eager to put your hands on it faster, you can check this article I wrote a few weeks ago. Anyway, this post is about the latest issue of Linux Identity Office, a [...]

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Apple, tablets and the rest of the world

Posted on March 11th, 2010 at 16:29.

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I’ve promised to myself a few weeks ago that I wouldn’t talk about Apple’s iPad because a lot of bytes have been wasted for this subject by so many others (what about the ink levels?!). Although the subject isn’t new any more, the online journalists still talk and write about it like it’s the only [...]

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Chat on Facebook from Pidgin

Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 15:06.

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After Facebook announced its XMPP chat protocol support I decided to give it a try and use it since I already used Pidgin as my instant messaging client. The settings are simple but somehow the average user finds them after some tedious Google searches. Here are the steps you should follow for setting up Facebook’s [...]

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Save power when using your PC with MicroMiser

Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 23:52.

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Some of you might know that the CPUs available these days adjust their frequency according to your computing needs, allowing you to save power by not using the maximum capacity of your processor if there isn’t such a need. Of course, this happens only when your operating system includes the software needed to access this [...]

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Our jokes aren’t like your jokes

Posted on January 7th, 2010 at 22:25.

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Here’s another one from Intel’s “Sponsors of tomorrow” which I think is actually the geekiest from the series.

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