Author Archives: M. Zinoune

GNOME Activity Journal 0.3.3 is out!

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The second development release of GNOME Activity Journalis released, this release is codenamed “Patrick Star meets Lady Gaga”. The new release comes with some few new features ,so alongside the “Pretty layout”, “Pinning of stuff, “Calendar scrubbing” and the experimental … Continue reading

A Twitter phishing attack is spreading rapidly today |WARNING

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A Twitter phishing attack is spreading rapidly today, attempting to obtain Twitter logins via Direct Messages. If you receive a message reading “lol, is this you”, and linking to a site called “bzpharma”, do not click the link. Users who … Continue reading

Pino 0.2 released- Just another twitter client for Linux

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Pino is Twitter client for Linux desktop. It’s simple and fast.  

Howto enable password protection in Burg

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Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB. It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS. It also has a highly configurable menu system which works in both text … Continue reading

Openshot video editor now included in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid lunx

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OpenShot is now officially included in the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) repository. If you have an alpha version of Lucid, you can already find it in the Software Center. Just search for “openshot”. I consider this as a good news … Continue reading

Five nice and useful plugins for Gimp

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One of the big advantages of The GIMP is the fact that it can be easily extended with new functionality. So with sufficient addons (particularly plugins), you can achieve a lot of functionality found in other editors. Last month i … Continue reading

Canonical- Ubuntu single sign on service launched

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Canonical announced the launch of Ubuntu single sign on service, the goal of this service is to provide a single, central login service for all Ubuntu-related sites. This service will replace the existing Launchpad login service that is currently in … Continue reading

Howto Integrate reCAPTCHA antispam in Joomla contact and registration form

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This article is for peoples running websites using Joomla CMS. So if you are not a webmaster this article is not for you. Joomla contact component is not having anti spam protection feature. There is a nice plugin called JoomlaEZ’s … Continue reading

Bye bye Sun Microsystems- Commission clears Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems

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europa.eu : The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of US hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems Inc. by Oracle Corporation, a US enterprise software company. After an in-depth examination, launched in September 2009 … Continue reading

Do you know which more things VLC media player can do?

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VLC is the favorite media player for most people because it plays everything they throw at it without hiccups. No hunting for codec. But VLC can do a lot of other things as well. so lets see together which more … Continue reading