archive | January, 2010

Apple launched their new “iPad” media tablet device

The Apple iPad runs an operating system similar to the iPhone OS with a customizable homescreen and a full multi-touch interface on a 9.7-inch IPS capacitive glass screen.

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List of cPanel / WHM Inbound and Outbound Ports

This post lists Inbound and Outbound Ports used by the cPanel and WHM software that should be opened if you’re running WHM behind a firewall.

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Enabling additional multi-touch gestures on the Apple Magic Mouse

By default the Apple Magic Mouse offers only basic multi-touch functionality, but the free BetterTouchTool menubar plugin allows you to define additional custom commands.

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Geekology – One Year Later

Since 22 January 2009 Geekology published 200 posts and had 390,000 visits from 210 countries. Visitors posted 700 comments, and since May 2009 I’ve received my first AdSense Cheque with the second one on its way!

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Using Regular Expressions – Part 3 of 3 – Examples

Following on Geekology’s previous posts on Regular expressions (Regex Overview and Regex in PHP), the following is a list of regular expression examples for general use.

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The first Wheel of Time movie could possibly be released in 2011

Universal Pictures acquired the movie rights to Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series in a seven-figure deal, and the release of the movie adaptation of The Eye of the World is tentatively scheduled for 2011.

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3D TV Technology at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

3D TVs were one of the big hits at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). These high-definition television sets ship with 3D glasses that let viewers experience compatible movies and games in 3D.

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Checking kernel, architecture, and release (distribution) information on Linux

The ‘uname’ utility can be used to check a Linux operating system’s kernel and architecture, while the contents of the /etc/*-release file contains the release information.

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