Archive for 2010

  • Which is better - Intel core 2 duo or dual core?

    2010
    21
    Aug

    Intel core 2 duo vs dual core compare Intel Dual core vs core 2 duo


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  • Sony Vaio F and CW series recalled due to heat problem VPCCW26FG

    2010
    01
    Jul

    Sony Vaio CW Series recalled

    Sony is to recall over half a million laptops of its CW and F series due to a potential overheat problem. This problem is due to a bug in the firmware of the Sony Vaio CW series and Sony Vaio F series laptops. Sony has released a new firmware update to fix this issue that results in overheating and deformation of the laptop casing.

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  • Turn on Bluetooth/Wifi on Sony Vaio CW Series

    2010
    17
    Jun

    Sony vaio comes preloaded with a utility called Vaio Smart Network, which controls the power status of the Wifi and Bluetooth radios. This is enabled only when the Wireless button on the laptop is turned on. So in order to turn on Bluetooth or Wireless, first slide the button on the front of the laptop towards the right hand side.

    Now you can enable the Wireless or Bluetooth as shown in the screenshot below. The Wireless green icon is present in the task bar. (Right bottom of the screen) .

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  • Installing Putty SSH Client on Nokia E63

    2010
    12
    Jun
    1

    Installing E63 sshThis post is about installing an SSH client in Nokia E63 (E63 ssh) with a Symbian S60 OS (3rd edition).

    Download the Putty client for Symbian S60 from SourceForge at this link, download it from your E63 mobile browser or transfer it to your Nokia E63 handset using bluetooth or usb connection.

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  • Compare Nokia E71 vs E63 Smartphone

    2010
    02
    Jun
    2

    Nokia E63, E71, E72 etc are business type phones (or blackberry like) introduced by Nokia. Main features are full QWERTY keyboard and a long battery life. However there are some key differences in between Nokia E63 and the E71. These are

    Feature Nokia E63 Nokia E71
    Size & Weight Dimensions (WxHxD) : 113 x 59 x 13 mm

    Weight : 126 g
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  • Select random rows from a table in MySQL

    2010
    12
    May

    In order to select a random row from MySQL, we can order the rows by a random number and then pick the first row.

    SELECT * FROM node ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1;

    The above query randomly selects a row from the table node.



  • Google search goes social with Social Search Results - The Facebook effect ?

    2010
    11
    May

    The following is the screenshot of Google Search result page when searched for something my friend has blogged on.

    Google Social Results

    Is google moving towards a social networking side ?
    Google is slowly adding the "Social" aspect to all its products. After launching Buzz on Gmail, "Social Results" aspect in "Google Search" results too reveals this trend.

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  • Perl Script to check Google pagerank

    2010
    11
    May

    In order to find out a Google Pagerank of a webpage, we can use the WWW::Google::PageRank module in Perl.
    Click WWW::Google::PageRank to download the Google Pagerank module. Here is a simple script that takes the Website URL as a command line argument and prints the Google PageRank.

    #!/usr/bin/perl
 
$webpage = $ARGV[0];
 
use WWW::Google::PageRank;
my $pagerank = WWW::Google::PageRank->new;
print scalar($pagerank->get($webpage)), "\n";



  • Change or Increase font size on Eclipse IDE

    2010
    06
    May

    I have a Sony Vaio CW Series laptop, and it supports a high resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels in a small 14 inch screen. The pros of this resolution is to have more screen space for editors or IDEs such as Eclipse. The bad part is you have to strain too much to read whatever is on the screen which is bad for your eyes.

    So in-order to ease your strain, increase the font size on Eclipse editors.
    To increase font size,

    • Open Eclipse.
    • Goto Window > Preferences
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  • Django SocialAuth Fix Google Email Open id attribute exchange

    2010
    28
    Apr

    Django Social auth is a package that enables login to your django website with Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Twitter. Allowing authentication from 3rd party websites which supports open authentication helps users easy to register to your website without filling too much details. Easier signup makes more registrations and helps you cover your django web hosting charges Grinning . The package is managed at github here, but it does not have a stable release yet.

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