Archive for March, 2010

TiPAB Featured in USAToday

By Matt Sawyers - Last updated: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Over the past few weeks we have been working with Marco R. della Cava and his article – It’s an app world, and it could swallow all computing. We were asked to pick some of the best and worst apps to exist in the iTunes app store, specifically for the USA Today audience. [...]

How to repair an Ubuntu system if it fails to load boot up files?

By Daki - Last updated: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Tweet Sunny asked: How to repair an Ubuntu system if it fails to load boot up files?kuapp.com/

Can I use Mac Driver to install to FreeBSD?

By Daki - Last updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Tweet mvu8912 asked: I have a Network card driver which I have a Mac driver, and I know Mac and FreeBSD is also Unix Base Operating System. Can FreeBSD use Mac driver?kuapp.com/

FatBurner2K

By Matt Sawyers - Last updated: Friday, March 26, 2010

Firstly, this is one of the worst apps in the store. Secondly I was a sucker & purchased it. Why? Mainly because I was waiting for DailyBurn to release their highly anticipated iPhone app . I saw it and bought the app without even reading the description. FAIL.

Pros:
-You get to make fun of people that [...]

RedLaser (Updated)

By Matt Sawyers - Last updated: Friday, March 26, 2010

Red Laser is a super simple application. The apps allows you to scan barcodes with the iPhone’s camera and it gives you prices, details & reviews about the product associated with the barcode.
Pros:
-Easy to use
-Quickly scan barcodes
-Ridiculously accurate
-Find “local results” for a product
-Detailed search results
-Reviews from http://alaTest.com
-Food allergen info (if scanning foods)
Cons:
-Mobile websites do not [...]

Download: GNU/Linux Advanced Administration HandBook

By Daki - Last updated: Thursday, March 25, 2010

Tweet The Free Technology Academy had recently launched their new book “GNU/Linux Advanced Administration” which is mainly based on system administration skills. You will learn how to install and configure several computer services, and how to optimise and synchronise the resources. Additionally the FTA has developed a study guide and learning activities which are available [...]

PortableVPN: a portable PPTP VPN client

By Daki - Last updated: Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tweet PortableVPN is the first application which allows you to take your pre-defined PPTP VPN connection with you, without configuring everything on every computer. VPN connections are very popular these days and for most people it’s too complicated to install and configure all these settings on a computer or to drag your computer with you, [...]

How much disk space is recommended for Ubuntu?

By Daki - Last updated: Sunday, March 21, 2010

Tweet Freedom fighter asked: I want to know how much disk space does Ubuntu 9.10 x64 need to run fastly and smoothly, putting into account that I may need to download packages and install software afterwards.. They say that the minimum is 4 GB, but I know that this wont stand too long after installing [...]

Evil Oven

By Matt Sawyers - Last updated: Saturday, March 20, 2010

This was a review I wrote a while back, but forgot to post it. Fortunately, the app is no longer available.
I have no idea why I bought this app, must have been one late night…
It’s adds another tally to the pointless/worse app category. the app is a virtual stove-top at you finger-tips..!
There are two buttons [...]

Download: Microsoft Silverlight for Symbian [Beta]

By Daki - Last updated: Friday, March 19, 2010

Tweet Silverlight, a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework for building media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web on desktop computers, is also available for Nokia S60 5th Edition devices such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini. I have always been a big exponent of the .net runtime [...]

Bitvise Tunnelier : Free SSH file transfer, terminal and tunneling

By Daki - Last updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Tweet Bitvise Tunnelier is a SSH and SFTP client for Windows which incorporates: * one of the most advanced graphical SFTP clients; * state-of-the-art terminal emulation with support for the bvterm, xterm, and vt100 protocols; * support for corporation-wide single sign-on using SSPI (GSSAPI) Kerberos 5 and NTLM user authentication, as well as Kerberos 5 [...]

Solaris 10 CDE for FreeBSD?

By Daki - Last updated: Monday, March 15, 2010

Tweet bishop_raven1989 asked: Does anyone out there know how I might be able to put CDE from like Solaris 10 and Implement it into FreeBSD?kuapp.com/

What is a good simple, preferable open source, reporting tool?

By Daki - Last updated: Sunday, March 14, 2010

Tweet voss001 asked: I’m looking for a simple (*easy* to install and use) reporting tool to generate some simple reports. I need the ability to automate report generation and reports will need simple graphics (pie chart, bar graph) and ability to include logo graphics. Open source or free wold be best, but cheap would be [...]

How do i uninstall ubuntu? I have xp as the master and ubuntu as slave?

By Daki - Last updated: Friday, March 12, 2010

Tweet fl1prox asked: I dual booted Xp and ubuntu but i feel thta i dont want ubuntu anymore. I have them installed on different harddrives, and a want to remove ubuntu and the boot loader that comes with it.kuapp.com/

How do I reset my password in Ubuntu without knowing it?

By Daki - Last updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010

Tweet Spencer asked: I recently installed Ubuntu on a virtual machine. When I made the account while installing, I made the password 2251, but now when I type the password in for installing updates, etc., it doesn’t work. It’s possible that I’m wrong, but I’ve tried every other password that I would use, and none [...]

Packrati.us: sync link in tweets to Delicious

By Daki - Last updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tweet Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious This site provides a simple bookmarking service. It follow your twitterfeed, and whenever one of your tweets contains URLs, we add them to your delicious.com bookmarks. Optionally, bookmark URLs in @replies to you. They well even add a delicious tag identifying the sender if you like. Link: http://packrati.us/

How do you check the current codepage of a unix terminal?

By Daki - Last updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tweet bull asked: I know that Windows has command “chcp” to do it. Is there an equivalent command on Unix? If not, how to get this information? I am using FreeBSD.kuapp.com/

Emoze Pro Goes Free, Brings Push Messaging Sans Subscription for S60v5 Users

By Daki - Last updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tweet Chances are you haven’t heard of this little app till now, as was the case with us till today. Emoze is an alternative to Nokia Messaging, offering push email and messaging services to Nokia devices. It used to be a paid service till yesterday but they just made it free and honestly it’s a [...]

Symbian: Bikini Clock for s60

By Daki - Last updated: Monday, March 8, 2010

Tweet What do you get when you combine 6 beautiful girls in bikini with a clock and then hook it up to the phones motion sensor? Well, we had a blast making this app and we hope you will too. Unfortunately it was banned by Ovi Store, so now One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s [...]

Twerpscan: a Twitter following and followers management tool

By Daki - Last updated: Monday, March 8, 2010

Tweet Twerp Scanis a follow management tool where you can review 100 followers and then follow, unfollow or block with a single action. The drill down feature lets you review each user in greater detail to decide if you want to follow or not. Link: http://www.twerpscan.com/en