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Shutter 0.86 Released


Shutter is a great application to take screenshots for the linux desktop. The new version of Shutter that is Shutter 0.86 has been just released. Shutter allows you to not only take screenshots but also gives you a lot of features like, taking screenshots of specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a…

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By Ricky
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How to enable a Ayatana-type notification in KDE SC 4.4 [Ubuntu]


How to enable a Ayatana-type notification in KDE SC 4.4 [Ubuntu]

In KDE SC 4.3 [Ubuntu], we had a wonderful notofication system avaulable called the Ayatana notification. For some reason unknown to me, it has been removed from KDE SC 4.4. Having used Ayatana, I cannot stand the default notification system that KDE SC 4.4 provides and had to change it. So, here is a how-to…

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By Ricky

How to Sync Nexus One with Rythmbox Music Player


How to Sync Nexus One with Rythmbox Music Player

The Ubuntu One Music Store is coming in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx in Rythmbox. This means that Canonical is planning to have Rythmbox as a the “iTune of Ubuntu”. With iPhones/iPod Touch now working out-of-the-box in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, it seems all good for Rythmbox. However, there is still a problem with Rythmbox not being…

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By Ricky

How To Build A Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application Using Silverlight?


How To Build A Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application Using Silverlight?

We told you about Microsoft unveiling it’s all new Windows Phone 7 Series and the World Mobile Congress. Now lets get down to some fast app development work on the Windows Mobile 7 Platform using the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP. Here is a link to two quick how to guides for building a Hello…

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By Debjit
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How To Set A Proxy In Google Chrome Separately? [Not Using Internet Explorer Settings]


How To Set A Proxy In Google Chrome Separately? [Not Using Internet Explorer Settings]

Google Chrome does not have any browser specific proxy settings. When you try to set a proxy in the Google Chrome browser, you are shown the system wide proxy – settings dialog, the one which is used by Internet Explorer to detect change in settings. For example, you won’t be able to browse the Web…

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By Debjit

Debian and RPM packages available for Opera 10.501 Alpha


Earlier, we wrote about how you can try out Opera 10.50 Alpha for Linux from the source. Now, there is no longer to test it from the source as .deb and .rpm files are now available. It is recommended that you backup your ~/.opera folder if you are already using opera as the alpha will…

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By Ricky

How to shift the windows button to right in Ubuntu’s new Light theme [Workaround]


The new Ubuntu Light theme has the windows control buttons on the left rather than the right, where it traditionally is. This has resulted in many users voicing their opinions how they do not like the change. Mark Shuttleworth has meanwhile said that the buttons on left is here to stay. So, here are two…

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By Ricky

How to use Freenet in Ubuntu


Freenet is a decentralized, censorship-resistant distributed data store. Freenet aims to provide freedom of speech through a peer-to-peer network with strong protection of anonymity. Freenet works by pooling the contributed bandwidth and storage space of member computers to allow users to anonymously publish or retrieve various kinds of information. (via Wikipedia)

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By Ricky

How to fix problem of Google Chrome hanging in KDE (but working in GNOME)


In some new builds of Google Chrome a bug has been reported which makes it the browser hang when it is used in KDE but it works fine in GNOME. In Google Chrome, the bugs results in the tab hanging after a page has been loaded. After sometime a pop-up usually comes saying some thing…

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By Ricky

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