Date: 09/02/07     Keywords: linux

In Linux, unlike Windows, multiple users can simultaneously connect to the same machine and get a full GUI using windows managers like VNC. However when one of the login has Firefox opened, others are prevented from bringing up firefox which can be very much irritating. The solution is to bring up firefox with the following [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-multiple-firefox-instance-from-different-logins-in-linux/

Date: 09/02/07     Keywords: linux

In Linux, unlike Windows, multiple users can simultaneously connect to the same machine and get a full GUI using windows managers like VNC. However when one of the account has Firefox opened, others are prevented from bringing up firefox which can be very much irritating. The solution is to bring up firefox with the following [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-multiple-firefox-instance-from-different-accounts-in-linux/

Date: 09/01/07     Keywords: no keywords

eBox platform provides a mini-debian installation along with its modules to allow you to provide and manage network services on your corporate network. The key capabilities includes support for multiple external network interfaces with load balancing, traffic shaping, transparent proxy, firewall, content filters, DNS (domain name server), NTP (time server), mail server, Jabber Instant Messaging [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/experiences-with-ebox-platform-total-network-solution-for-small-business/

Date: 09/01/07     Keywords: mysql, sql

Working with replication systems is not easy. Learning and testing different kind of MySQL replications and fine-tuning it to your specific needs is a time-consuming endeavor. Also you need to have several MySQL servers at your disposal. To overcome these limitations, Stardata created a MySQL 5 Replication Playground, a painless installation of 4 replicating nodes [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-test-master-master-master-slave-standard-circular-replication-on-mysql/

Date: 09/01/07     Keywords: mysql, sql

Try: mysql -e status|grep ‘Server version’ If that doesn’t work then use: mysql -u root -p -e status|grep ‘Server version’ Provide root password when prompted. Default root password for MySQL is empty string, so just pressing enter when prompted for password will suffice by default. Windows users should simply run: mysql -e status or the equivalent with login specified and then look [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tip-how-to-find-mysql-version/

Date: 08/31/07     Keywords: no keywords

Tata Indicom now allows you to pay your bills online using your credit card or using your net banking account. As a Tata Indicom Broadband customer this is a big convenience for me. Read the details below. How can you pay your Tata Indicom bill online? You can pay your Tata Indicom Broadband bill by the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tata-indicom-enables-online-bill-payment/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: no keywords

Metz Fresh LLC of King City issued the recall of 8118 cases of spinach on Wednesday, after salmonella bacteria was found during a routine test of spinach it was processing for shipment according to company spokesman Greg Larson. Metz Fresh spokesman Greg Larson said more than 90 percent of that amount was identified before it reached [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/no-more-spinach-for-popeye/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: security, microsoft

Vista Service Pack 1 is likely to be released to manufacturing in the first quarter of 2008, will not be as significant a feature release as Windows XP Service Pack 2. It will roll up many of the incremental performance and security updates Microsoft has been making since last November. “SP1 will contain changes focused on [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-vista-service-pack-1-in-q1-2008/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: no keywords

He Ling from China has the best solution. Jiang Ming of Chengdu city promised his dear wife, He Ling, that he would not go on the Internet anymore and would spend more time at home to take care of their newborn son. But after a short time he started to sneak again into nearby Internet [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-cure-internet-addiction/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: no keywords

Imagine that you have received a notification from a Bank that you are the lucky recipient of a beneficiary fund. What would be the bank you can absolutely trust, even with your life? You guessed it… it would be the Central Bank of Nigeria. Today I received this amazing offer: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/most-trusted-bank-informs-me-as-recipient-of-beneficiary-fund/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: no keywords

For 75$ a blogspot blogger hopes to increase his blog readership. Guess where he is looking for help. Oh and I have an advice for him pro-bono. Here is his project description on RentACoder: Title:Increase the readership of my blog. http://[removed to protect] Description: Mission: Increase the readership of my blog. http://[removed to protect] Search engines, Technorati, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cheapest-shortcut-to-increase-blog-readership/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: java, seo

WordPress team has released version 2.3 after 3 months of “feverish” work. It is obviously targeted for the adventurous and savvy to test and provide feedback for the final release. Some of the features of 2.3 include plugin and core update notification, built-in tags support, faster javascript, and SEO-friendly URL redirection. You can download the beta here. We [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-23-beta-1-released/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: web, google

I came across an interesting project in RentACoder which is obviously taking advantage of RentACoder to do its dirty job - pushing its critic / competitor to page 2 of Google. The project specification is as belows: THE SOLUTION: We NEED this persons website to be “pushed down” to page 2 on google when our [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/abusing-rentacoder-for-black-hat-seo/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: spam

We have deployed Comment Guard Pro across all our blogs. It has been extensively tested for this internal release and we don’t expect any problems. However if you do find problem(s) submitting your comments (and you are definitely not a spammer) then I would very much appreciate if you could let us know the problem(s) [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/problem-commenting/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: no keywords

By default, Windows Vista uses Live File System to incrementally add files to your CD. Live File System is a file storage system that can be used to create CDs and DVDs. Discs formatted with Live File System allow you to copy files to the disc at any time, instead of copying (burning) them all [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-burn-cross-platform-readable-cds-in-windows-vista/

Date: 08/30/07     Keywords: spam

We have the Comment Guard plugin on all of our blogs with the latest version. Comment Guard is our fool-proof solution to eliminate comment spam from automated bots, which constitute over 90% of comments. It protects against normal comment spam as well as trackback & pingback spams too. This version takes care of the occasional complaints [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comment-guard-plugin-updated-with-new-features/

Date: 08/29/07     Keywords: no keywords

Singapore Airlines always stands out in in-flight entertainment services. KrisWorld, Singapore Airlines’ in-flight entertainment system, offers on-demand movies in multiple languages (pretty good collection of latest movies in my experience), television shows, games and music to passengers. Singapore Airlines rolled out a new version of KrisWorld, at least as early as May 14th, that [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/singapore-airlines-provides-linux-network-pc-in-every-seat/

Date: 08/28/07     Keywords: technology

Mempile from Israel has developed a removable optical storage technology allowing for the storage of 1 Terabyte (1,000 Gigabytes) of information on a single inexpensive disc. The device builds on the existing know-how attained through the development of CDs and DVDs, extending it so as to write layers upon layers of stacked information. This quantum [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/terabyte-data-storage-on-inexpensive-removable-disks-in-3d/

Date: 08/28/07     Keywords: no keywords

This is a news to me! I am using LayeredTech dedicated server for over a year and just today while browsing their new encompass console I found they have three nice buttons labelled Reboot, Power On & Power Off. Obviously I tried and it worked. Side effect: My backup got screwed up and I had to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/layeredtech-dedicated-web-hosting-provider-now-provides-remote-reboot/

Date: 08/27/07     Keywords: no keywords

Here is the list of blog ping servers I use. Ping servers are services which are automatically notified after a blog post is published. They help to increase the exposure of your blog to a larger audience. The list below is filtered from various online lists after I checked their current availability. I also removed [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/blog-ping-server-list/