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The Top 9 Linux Stories in 2009

Wrap your head around this: In a couple of hours, the 90′s will be 20 years ago! Yup, its scary I know. But hey think of it this way: in 1990 we didn’t even have Linux, and in 2000 Linux looks like a crippled OS compared to today’s Linux. So its all good. Here I »

Geeks Partying Like It’s 1234567890

On February 13, 2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC), geeks around the world celebrated Unix time hitting the unique 1234567890 timestamp. Hell even Google celebrated it :

Google’s Voice Search and Latitude Now on Android G1!

A lot of G1 users were disappointed when Google’s voice search was first introduced for the iPhone but not the G1. It seemed almost scandalous. While Google’s most recent innovations, Latitude, was promised for the G1, but on my modded RC30 phone all it said was “coming soon”. Luckily JesusFreke released the new RC33 image »

Howto: Multitouch + Tethering + Task Manager for Android G1

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Google Seriously Broken

Around 3:30 GMT I was googling something, and noticed that ALL search results were labeled with “This site may harm your computer.” Initially I brushed it off, and assumed that my company’s IT were up to something, didn’t really put much thought into it. 30 minutes later I went back home, and found the same »

7 Cool (and Functional) Android Applications [Video Tour]

Its been almost a month since my 2 brothers and I received our G1 phones from ebay, and truth to be told, it really exceeded our expectations. True we have our gripes, which we will detail in a future blog (stay tuned), but our final vote is, that its the best phone we had the »

7 Google Tools For A Better Linux Experience

Google has changed our lives permanently, no one can deny it. The amount of innovation it brings to the table is almost dizzying. Just a decade ago, if someone told you that a company would offer street views, 5 GB of email storage, satellite pictures of the whole globe…etc you would have been laughed at. »

Ubuntu Dominating Google! Or is it?

Google is a wonderful tool. No I am not talking about how it helps us locating the information we seek, unearthing valuable gems. But rather how it reveals trends. It’s only logical, the more people are searching a keyword the more revealing of current trends.  a pretty simple and straightforward hypothesis. So it’s only normal »

Chromium: Google’s Browser on Linux and Mac!

I am sure a lot of Linux and Mac users were a bit disappointed on September the 2nd, they were shut out in favor of their more popular counterparts; Windows users. Google’s browser, Chrome, took the Internet by storm. Everybody was talking about it, Digg got swamped with Chrome submissions, Tech blogs were buzzing about »

Goosh: Bringing The Command Line To Your Google

In a previous blog of mine, I have explained how you can Google straight from the comfort of your command line. Well now, why don’t we do the opposite? Bring the command line to Google? Well, my friend and colleague Adnan tipped me on goosh.org, the Unofficial Google Shell! When you first visit the goosh.org, »

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