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Nokia, Microsoft and Windows Phone
Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, has now famously been quoted for his “burning platform” memo, but with today’s announcement that Nokia will be taking up Windows Phone 7 as its leading smartphone operating system, what we are seeing is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, ballmer, capital, day, developers, elop, foundation, Google, Intel, Linux, markets, meego, microsoft, microsoft windows phone 7, N8, N9, Nokia, ovi, stephen elop, steve ballmer, Symbian, windows phone, windows phone 7, wp, wp7, wp8
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How to install tp_smapi and change battery charging thresholds on Fedora 14
In this article I will explain what battery charging thresholds are, and if you’re using a Thinkpad, how to install the tp_smapi kernel module (kmod), have it run at boot time, and automatically rebuild itself when you update kernel versions. … Continue reading
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Tagged akmod, automatic kernel module, battery, charging, Fedora, fedora 14, IBM, kernel, kernel module, kmod, laptop, Lenovo, Linux, module, smapi, Thinkpad, thinkwiki, thresholds, tp, tpsmapi, tp_smapi
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Using the OpenJDK Java Plugin With Firefox 3.6
You may have had problems with running the ‘open’ version of Java, OpenJDK, with Firefox 3.6 . Up until recently there was no ‘open’ solution for this, and one had to resort to using Sun’s Java. If you would like … Continue reading
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Tagged about:plugins, Fedora, Fedora 12, Fedora 13, firefox, Firefox 3.6, forum, iced, IcedTea, icedteaplugin.so, Java, libjavaplugins.so, mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.6, NPPlugin, open, OpenJDK, Sun, Sun Java, tea
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Missing or Corrupted Textures on Linux, with Intel Integrated Graphics
If you run Linux and are using the open source Intel graphics drivers, for their integrated graphics processors, have you noticed garbled / missing or white / corrupt textures? Do things just not look right, with the textures? This issue … Continue reading
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Tagged ATI, broken, cannot, cannot see, compression, corrupt, display, driconf, driver, Fedora, games, GM45, graphics, graphics driver, integrated, Intel, Intel graphics, Intel integrated graphics, Linux, mesa-libGL-devel, missing, no, problem, see, Spring RTS, texture, textures, white, xorg-x11-drv-intel
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Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Linux Review
I have just updated to the recently released version of Firefox, Firefox 3.6, I’m still running Fedora 12 and at present it is not available in the official Fedora 12 repositories. If you want to try it out you need … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.6, add on, addons, compatibility, extension, Fedora, Fedora 11, Fedora 12, firefox, Firefox 3.6, Linux, mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.6, Red Hat, Review
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NetworkManager PPTP VPN Connection Fails
My university uses PPTP for its VPN, luckily GNOME’s NetworkManager has a PPTP plugin available for it called ‘NetworkManager-pptp’ but despite entering the correct settings, username and password it used to try to connect and always fail. After much searching … Continue reading
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Tagged aborts, connection, error, fails, GNOME, Manager, Network, NetworkManager, plugin, PPTP, private, virtual, VPN, wifi, wireless
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Missing GRUB Splashscreen On Fedora Linux
I recently upgraded from Fedora 11 to Fedora 12 and still encountered this issue which is detailed in this bug report. Basically, when booting up the GRUB splashscreen that asks whether you want to boot the default entry or select … Continue reading
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Tagged 11, 12, back, background, boot, boot-loader, bootloader, corrupted, Fedora, Fedora 11, Fedora 12, ground, GRUB, Linux, loader, missing, screen, shortened, splash, splashscreen, verbose
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The Smartphone Operating System War
In between History essays I can’t help but get distracted about technology, and my friend’s dilemma about which smartphone to plump for, now, with a year left on his contract, has made me think. He is very enamoured with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5800, 5th edition, Android, Apple, Google, Hero, HTC, iPhone OS, Maemo, N900, N97, Nokia, Palm, Palm Pre, phone, pre, smart, Smartphone, Symbian, Symbian OS 9.4 5th Edition, WebOS, Windows Mobile, XpressMusic
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Optimoz Tweaks 0.4 Updated for Firefox 3.6
Optimoz Tweaks no longer appears to work with Firefox 3.6 despite me making my usual alterations. At present I do not have the time nor ability to attempt to fix this, so I do apologise. Download it anyway and give … Continue reading
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Tagged 3, 3.6, 6, add, add on, add ons, extension, firefox, Firefox 3, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.6, fixed, mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.6, on, Optimoz, Optimoz Tweaks, Optimoz Tweaks 0.4, Tweaks, update, version
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