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How to generate strong passwords in linux
How many times have you bothered about creating a strong password to your account? Be it an email account, server login, ssh or anything and everything that requires authentication. Usually, people create passwords that are easier to remember. But there are cases like database account, ssh accounts and other sensitive type of accounts where you [...]
How to install and configure vsftpd
This tutorial focuses on how to setup vsftpd server on your linux based VPS or a dedicated server. The vsftpd stands for “Very Secure FTP Daemon”. It is not just secure as the name suggests but also delivers excellent performance by consuming less memory. The tutorial also teaches you how to configure by adding ftp [...]
How to start, stop and restart MySQL in Ubuntu
There are times when you will be forced to start, stop or restart your MySQL server, be it on your VPS or on your localhost. And like every other linux distribution, Ubuntu also comes with a shell script that lets you to do this. All you need to do is to login as a root [...]
How to start, stop and restart Apache in Ubuntu
There are times when you will be forced to start, stop or restart your Apache web server, be it on your VPS or on your localhost. And like every other linux distribution, Ubuntu also comes with a shell script that lets you to do this. All you need to do is to login as a [...]
Canon slahses EOS 550D DSLR price in India
Canon is one of the major contender in Indian DSLR market with toe-to-toe competition with it’s rival Nikon. Usually, canon DSLRs are quite expensive than others simply because they bundle more features and capabilities. Ever since EOS 60D stepped into market, there was slight reduction in mid-range models like 500D and 550D. Canon 550D in [...]
HTC Incredible S now available in India for pre-order
Finally HTC Incredible is now available in India and can be pre-ordered at Rs. 26999. The phone was officially announced by HTC at the Mobile World Congress last month.
How to fix the wordpress stats issue
Recently, many users reported to have issues viewing their wordpress stats. Even I was one among those to face the similar issue. The error message was something like this: “Your WordPress.com account, [username] is not authorized to view the stats of this blog.” Later I tried asking my friends to see if they face the [...]
Samsung Galaxy S is now ‘again’ available in India
Ever since Samsung launched its Galaxy S mobile phone in India, it was sold like hotcakes and was a major hit among the geeks in the nation. While resellers and distributors cashed-in, Samsung ran out of stock and was temporarily unavailable for sale. Incredibly, Galaxy S price did not fall to an considerable extent. We [...]
Microsoft Zune is now dead!
Finally after quite a long run, Microsoft’s Zune has hit a roadblock. Microsoft is now planning not to release any further versions of their Zune devices. They are now rather considering on development of Zune software for smartphones. Zune was initially launched back in 2006 and it had not much of failures till now. One [...]
How to install ‘Unity’ Netbook environment on Ubuntu 10.10
Say hello to the new Unity user interface. In short, Unity is a lightweight desktop environment which is used in Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 as the default shell instead of Gnome shell. Unity is developed to make day-to-day work easier on Netbooks. Since netbooks have small screens with relatively smaller resolutions, this interface is tailored to [...]
