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>Firefox Hack
> Here is a simple Firefox hack to introduce backward and forward compatibility into your Firefox Browser. Problem Statements : 1 : Recently, I tried to install Google Gears ( Used to run applications offline ) on my Firefox Browser … Continue reading
>Pioneers on the Web
> Inventors of TCP/IP protocols Father of Internet ( Vint Cerf ) Robert Kahn Inventor of the World Wide Web Sir TimBerners Lee Father of Information theory Claude Shannon Proposed DNS Architecture Paul Mockapetris Inventor of the Ethernet Robert … Continue reading
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>Pioneers in Programming Languages
> Inventors of C Programming Language Dennis Ritchie Brain Kerninghan Father of C++ Programming Language Bjarne Stroustrup Father of Java Programming Language James Gosling Father of Python Language Guido Von Rossum Father of Perl Programming Language Larry Wall Father of … Continue reading
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>KDE in OpenSUSE 11.4 – Screenshots
> Here are the Screenshots of my KDE desktop in OpenSUSE 11.4 . The theme is Ghost Rider .
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>KDE or Gnome ? ?
> The two most Popular desktop Environments in GNU/Linux OS are the KDE and the GNOME . Both are intuitive in there own ways . Recently I had the opportunity to attend KDE India Conference held at RVCE, Bangalore and … Continue reading
>Google’s +1 Button
> Google.Inc recently released the +1button ( still in it’s experimental stage ) which is very similar to the Facebook’s Like button which revolutionized the social networking domain on the internet . The +1 button appears in your search results , and … Continue reading
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>404 Error
> 404 Error is the most famous error known among the Web masters. This article is dedicated to my experience on Google search Engine during which I came across this error. Today ,during my normal Google search activity , I … Continue reading
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>Gnome 3.0 : First Looks
> Install Gnome Shell 3.0 on the Ubuntu 10.10 $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/testing && sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell Then press Alt+F2 , then type the following command gnome-shell –replace To Restore the Old Gnome Hit Alt … Continue reading
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>Android SDK Installation in Linux
> Android as we all know is a Mobile Operating system platform developed by Android.Inc which was later acquired by Google in 2005 . Android is completely Open source and built completely on the Linux Kernel . Android is the … Continue reading
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>Tour to IISC CSA Open Day 2011
> Indian Institute of Science organised Open day for 2 days on 4th and 5th of March . I got the opportunity to attend the activities being held there on 4th of March at Computer science and Automation department at … Continue reading
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