IBM Open Source Software For Supercomputers Has Launched

Posted on August 7, 2008
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IBM open source software for supercomputers has launched their first IBM certified open source software package for supercomputer that based on linux machine. According to vnunet.com, this new package is specifically designed to ease the burden of deploying supercomputing clusters.

“As more and more computing tasks migrate to supercomputer style clusters, there is a need for software that can effectively utilise and manage the large number of processors found in these systems,” said Dave Turek, vice president of Deep Computing for IBM.

Vertu Knurled and Checked Ascent Ti

Posted on July 20, 2008
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vertuVertu mobile handset maker lately have announced their newest cellular product called as Vertu Knurled and Checked Ascent Ti models. The main features of knurled ascent ti models is on its knurled side panels and its metallic grey leather. While the main features of the checked ascent ti models is on the helix shaped checked detailing on the side panels combined with deep purple leather. As you can see on the image, the side panel of this mobile phone seems to have inspired by an interior component of luxury sports cars.

Critical Updates For Firefox 2 & 3

Posted on July 19, 2008
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It’s a good news, Mozilla last two days ago has issued some critical updates for both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 browser. The updates itself contain of several patches. For the first patch is about malformed GIF file for affects for Mac OS X users. For the second patch is about URI [Uniform Resource Identifier] handling code which allows the external applications accessing the browser. Then for the third patch is about the fix which address the way of Firefox handles the CSS code. For those who need this patches can directly check and download it at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/.

4 Reasons Why Choosing Linux OS

Posted on July 19, 2008
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linux osWhy we are choosing linux OS? Below I will try to tell you about 4 reasons why people choosing linux operating system according to my personal opinion

  1. Linux is a freeware or gratis, so we don’t have to spend anymore money to use it
  2. Linux has a large community which able to support each other on the internet.
  3. Linux has a large of varety of distros, so we can easily choose which one that fit to our need
  4. Linux has a cheap price for trustable support if you want it, besides that, Linux are famous about their strong security, so we don’t need to worry being infected by virus, malicious program, etc.

I guess that’s all the main reasons why people choosing linux OS. If you have one, please add it here. Thanks.

Addons In My Firefox

Posted on July 13, 2008
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Mozilla FirefoxUndoubtedly, there are millions people using Mozilla Firefox as a main browser. It’s not surprisingly since Firefox is very fast, custmizable and free. Other than that, there are so many addon that available for this browser. For the usage of the addons, each people may have differences. Usually it depends on what they need. Just for a share, here let me show you what’s addon that I used to install in my firefox.

  • Adblock Plus [ABP], This addon amazingly able to block any advertisement that we don’t need appear on each page visited.
    [ download: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 ]
  • Alexa Sparky, This addon help to see Alexa data in the status bar.
    [ download: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5362 ]
  • Google Toolbar, this addon is important to see the valid PageRank on each page visited.
    [download: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/FT3/intl/en/index.html ]

I think that’s all the firefox addon I used to install in my Firefox browser. For other addons, I just install sometimes because having a lot of addon used to cause memory leak, and I don’t want it. Now, would you mind to share yours? :D

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