Tutorials
Phishing: A Real Scam
A couple weeks ago I received my first ever genuine Nigerian phishing message. If you don’t know what phishing is, it is exactly what it sounds like. Fishing. Someone emails you, or casts our their line, to see if they can get a bite. The bait? Usually a large sum of money that just seems
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News
Google voice has been updated for Blackberry and Android. No visual changes to the app, but noticeably faster connect times when making calls. http://www.google.com/mobile/voice/
If you enjoy movies or just like to hear what other people think of movies, check out my other project http://spilledpopcorn.com. We just launched a podcast and posted the very first episode. At this time it will be a bi-weekly podcast and we it will be something people can enjoy. The first episode is always
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I wrote my first Linux application. It is a application which will count down from a preset number of seconds. I have tested it on Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 Beta 2. Other than that, I have no guaranty. It is a pretty basic application. You enter the amount of seconds to countdown, select Set, then
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OpenShot OpenShot is one of the newest non-linear video editors for Linux. When it comes to video editing in Linux, there are not many choices. OpenShot came out of the gate with a bang and their latest release, 1.1, this project shows no signs of slowing down. Linux has always fallen short in the video editor
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Linux Mint 8 Linux Mint Helena was finally released, new theme with the same good style. Linux Mint has been a favorite Linux distribution of mine for the past couple of years now. This group takes Ubuntu and dramatically improves the visual style to give a this distribution an eye catching look. They have also improved some core
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Wubi Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way. Do you want to try Ubuntu without removing Windows or partitioning a dual boot
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Conky Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. This is a nice tool for monitoring your system usage. You can customize it to fit your current theme and display just about any information you want to view. This application really helps to keep a minimalistic desktop. In
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