Archive for June, 2008

30Jun

Set up bluetooth in Ubuntu

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This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Bluetooth toolsSetting bluetooth in Ubuntu needs some prerequisite. I guess all of you people are aware about Ubuntu package manager `apt`. I am using this package manager to install bluetooth.
We have to install 2 package
1) bluez-utils
2) gnome-bluetooth
Open a terminal window type the commands below.
sudo apt-get [...]

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28Jun

Bluetooth OBEX :- What is it?

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This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Bluetooth toolsThose who have bluetooth enabled mobile phone, are using file transfer service to exchange files between different bluetooth enabled mobile phones. Anyone can send any kind of files to nearby bluetooth device. The file may be either a image file or video file or [...]

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27Jun

Top-level domains to be live in late 2009

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Top level domain name (TLDN), is the last part of domain name ie letters after the final dots of the web address. For example com, in, gov, mobi, org these are some of the extensions. These are handled and managed by the non-profit organization called ICANN. The latest development in this domain suffix is organization [...]

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27Jun

BlogcampKerala in Houseboat?

My thoughts

Yes that is true the blogcamp kerala is about to happen in houseboat. This is going to be the first unconference to happen on boat. The Event is hosted by Kerala Tourism.

Date and venue are 16th August 2008 and Alappuzha respectively. Open registration is available for 80 participants on first come first serve basis. If [...]

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26Jun

Pictures in gmail chat

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This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series gmail tricksGmail web chat is the coolest chatting application I have ever seen. But I had some bad experience while using google web chat. The google web chat shows that status of the online user by displaying the name. In my messenger list I had [...]

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25Jun

Add your business in google maps

My thoughts

Google maps is getting popular these days. So its a good idea to create your own local business entry in google maps. So whenever some one search about your business you will be appeared on the top level. This will definitely increase your business. In addition google maps include the geographic factors that determine the [...]

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24Jun

Insert inline image in gmail

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This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series gmail tricksGmail is one the coolest email client available. But it lacks an important feature. We can attach files but we are not able to add inline images in editor.
I will suggest a work around for this. But this is not much friendly moreover we [...]

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23Jun

Yahoo messenger invisible mode checker

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This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series yahoo seriesYahoo messenger had a cool feature called invisible mode. Sometime people misuse this functionality which so annoying. There are couple of solution to hack whether the invisible one are actually online.
Let me explain few methods to check whether invisible one is actually online or [...]

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20Jun

Superstars in gmail

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This entry is part 8 of 13 in the series gmail tricksAll of us need to flag some of the important emails, thats why email clients provide the facility for flagging or starring. But what will do if we need to prioritizes the starred emails?
Team gmail recently enabled a feature called superstars, which provide [...]

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19Jun

Proximity tracking using Bluetooth

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This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Bluetooth toolsAs I mentioned in my earlier post that I am mainly concentrating on programs in Ubuntu. I am going to explain about a proximity tool called BlueProximity. This tool allow us to lock our desktop when we are away from the PC. We don’t [...]

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