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Microsoft – Simple instructions for securing IE !!!!???

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According to MS, this will protect your computer against the Chinese Google attack: Microsoft tells us that you can try to block the IE attack vector by setting “Internet and Local intranet security zone settings to “High” to prompt before … Continue reading

XSplash Background Settings comes with .deb package for ubuntu

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Now you can easely change the XSplash and the login screen (GDM) with XSplash Background settings , so if you like to keep xsplash and gdm backgrounds consistent with the desktop wallpaper this is the right program for you.Install XSplash … Continue reading

GIMP 2.8 Scheduled For Release 27 December 2010

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For those interested in the next major update to the GIMP graphics editing application (GIMP 2.8), it now has a tentative release date. GIMP’s Martin Nordholts has announced on his blog that GIMP 2.8 is scheduled for release on the … Continue reading

How to update old extensions and make it work with a new Firefox build

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Whenever a new Firefox version is released, almost always a handful of extension goes down because most extension developers aren’t able to keep up with Firefox’s update schedule. An old, tried and tested workaround to this problem is to force … Continue reading

Openoffice.org 3.2 RC2 is out

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Announced today the release of Openoffice3.2 RC2, the new release comes with new features and improvements. Note that the final release of Openoffice 3.2 is planned for XX January 2010.

OpenOffice.org in internet cafes threat to Microsoft

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Another week, another example of how Microsoft is being forced to react to the increasing adoption of OpenOffice.org as the 2010 office software of choice. Clearly worried by OpenOffice.org’s increasing market share, Microsoft has been forced to change its licencing … Continue reading

Openofficeorg in internet cafes threat to microsoft

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Another week, another example of how Microsoft is being forced to react to the increasing adoption of OpenOffice.org as the 2010 office software of choice. Clearly worried by OpenOffice.org’s increasing market share, Microsoft has been forced to change its licencing … Continue reading

Ubuntu Privacy Remix9.04r3 released

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Announced today the release of Ubuntu Privacy Remix 9.04r3. All software packages including the kernel were updated to their newest version to close security holes and fix bugs. USB creator was added to allow creating a bootable USB drive from … Continue reading

Make your Linux Online via Nimblex

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Creating your own OS can be quite a daunting task that requires a lot of computer knowledge. I found a site that may interest you, Custom NimbleX2 is an open-source project that allows even newbies in computing to create their … Continue reading

10 days under attack

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Unixmen was under hackers attack the last 10 days, actually we are working to repair the damage, we lost the articles of the month of January because the backups  was corrupted . You can still read articles before the 01-01-2010. … Continue reading