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[31 Jul 2009 | One Comment | 1,272 views]

When Mosso opened up it’s doors for the “Cloud Servers” I moved my server from Slicehost to a Cloud Server. Since then Mosso (part of Rackspace) has renamed itself to The Rackspace Cloud. Cloud Servers are very similar to Slices which are offered by Slicehost, however their billing structures are very different. Slicehost bills $20/mo for a 256 “slice” where Rackspace bills 1.5 cents per hour for a Cloud Server. The main difference is that Slicehost’s slice includes 100GB of bandwidth per month, where Rackspace’s Cloud Server does not come …

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[8 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 155 views]

The announcement just came at WWDC that the iPhone 3.0 software will be released on June 17, 2009. It will be free to all iPhone users, and iPod Touch users will be able to download the 3.0 software for $9.95. The iPhone 3.0 software will include more than 1,000 new API’s for developers to use.
The iPhone 3GS (the “S” stands for SPEED) was also anounced at WWDC today. The new 3GS will have a 3 megapixel autofocus camera, as well as a VIDEO camera (30fps VGA video camera with sound). …

Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tutorials »

[7 Jun 2009 | 12 Comments | 1,897 views]

Now that you have Ubuntu 9.04 installed, we are going to add all the basic programs, codecs, and customizations that you may need on Ubuntu.
Services
Your new install probably has some services running that you don’t need. Let’s remove those to free up some system resources. To do this select System > Administration > Services. Unlock the services tab by entering your password. Then remove the services you do not need.

Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tutorials »

[4 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 310 views]

We are going to go over how to install Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope onto your computer.
1. Creating bootable media
Download the software and create in installation disk. You can download Ubuntu 9.04 from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download After downloading Ubuntu, create an install CD.

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[4 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 15 views]

Wanting to know when the new iPhone 3.0 software will come out? I just got off the phone with an Apple iPhone support representative trying to troubleshoot a problem that I was having with restoring my iPhone. The support rep told me to expect the iPhone 3.0 software to come out within the next week. This would put the software release right in line with the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) which is June 8-12. I don’t know if it is true or not, but I had this conversation about …