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Browsing Files On Server Or Network Share In Ubuntu

For browsing files on a server you need to connect to that particular server/network share. After connecting to server/network share present on your local machine or in any external device you can easily download-upload and share different files with different users on your local network.

Browsing files over the network:

  • Open File Manager
  • Click Network in the side pane
  • Now File manager will find all machines on your local area network which are having ability to serve files.

If you are connecting to an Internet server or in-case the machine you are looking for is not visible then you can manually connect to a server. Follow these steps:

  • Open File Manager
  • click File
  • Connect to Server
  • Enter address of the server
  • select server type
  • enter other information if required
  • Click Connect

Details on server types are listed here:
Servers on internet usually use domain name
Computers on your local area network use the machine’s numeric IP address.
If any othe machine is running Ubuntu use machine’s internal IP address. Otherwise, check the help on that computer.

This will show you the files on the server.  Now you are free to browse those files and folders easily.

Dell Has Announced Its Re-entry In Linux Based Laptops

Today Dell announced its re-entry in Linux based laptops. These laptops would be coming  pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux and the good thing is that there is no dual boot of Windows which increases the speed of your machine and you work in the best operating system. If you require dual booting then you would have to buy Windows version laptop and install Linux manually. The configuration of XPS13 Laptop has 4GB of RAM with Intel Core i7 processor and 256GB solid state hard drive.

Google+ Increased At The Rate Of 43.1% Reaches To 31.9 Million Unique Visitors

The June social network traffic numbers from Compete.Com confirms that Google+ got huge traffic increase in June. It got 31.9 million visitors in June whereas 22.3 million visitors in May, Increased at the rate of 43.1%. Google+ gained 14.2 million visitors this year. According to Experian Hitwise Google+ had 0.85% of the visits to US social networks in June, compared to 0.63% in May.

Since the year started, Google+ has gained 14,2 million visitors, from 17,6 million visitors in December to 31,9 million visitors in June. For the first time, according to Compete statistics, Google+ is now larger than Linkedin, who had 24,6 million visitors in June. Linkedin had a 6,5% decrease in visitors in June compared to May.

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Linus Torvalds Got His Nexus 7

After all Linus Torvalds got his Nexus 7. Although he has absolutely nothing to report. He updated his phone immediately upon getting it.

Linus spent all initial time just updating the one-time passwords he has for all his toys and browser sync etc. However he is sure that there is some smart way to sync two different phones with google authenticator. It’s somewhere in the settings, He bets but hasn’t got yet. So the “obvious” way to update 2-step verification was to disable and re-enable it, which seems to invalidate all old authentication tokens.

He kept his experience open to world since he ordered it. That is a very good thing about him and may be to nexus 7 also. Wait for more of Linus Experiences about Nexus 7.

Bypassing Social Reader Apps In Facebook

Many Facebook stories that appear on your newsfeed require Social Reader App to open access so you can read them. The main problem with the Social Reader App is that it broadcasts your profile activity to newsfeed of other sites hence each of your friend know what you are reading on Internet. If you don’t want your friends to know what you are reading then you should bypass the Social Reader App:

  • In most cases Facebook offers cancel button whenever you click any link that require Social Reader App. Clicking cancel button redirects you to the article without publishing it on other networks.
  • Some Social Reader Apps like Yahoo when posts links on newsfeed doesn’t give cancel button and immediately posts the link on your Timeline. In such condition move to: Privacy Settings >> Ads, Apps and Websites >> Edit >> Apps you use >> Edit Settings >> Select your App >> Click Edit And Now select “Only Mean” on Posts on your behalf . This manages who can see posts this app makes for you on your Facebook Timeline.
  • Now the easiest way to read any article that requires Social Reader without letting anybody know is to copy the heading of that article and paste it on Google search and read it. Actually all those articles that require Social Reader on Facebook are open on the web so you can read them from somewhere else.
  • If you need to block Social Reader App permanently then open App Menu present on your Facebook’s Homepage, look for Social Reader and click [x]  to remove it.

10 Android Apps That Bloggers Should Have

1. WordPress

WordPress App for Android is available at Google Play Store. Using this App bloggers can maintain their blogs from their Android Device. This App is useful for both self-hosted blogs and blogs hosted on wordpress.com

Download WordPress App

2. Tumblr

If you maintain a Tumblr micro-blog then you should try this App. Using this app you can post content, read and write messages, schedule post activity, manage multiple Tumblr blogs and view contacts of Tumblr blogs in your address book etc.

Download Tumblr App

3. Google Drive

It helps you to store all kinds of documents, audio, video, images, pdf etc in cloud and also sync all documents across multiple devices connected to your Google account.

Download Google Drive App for Android

4. Blogger

Try this App if you blog on Blogger. Functionality of this app is still very limited as compared to the WordPress App.

Download Blogger App

5. Writer

Writer is a simple text processor that provides you distraction-free writing environment on your smartphone which is very useful while writing long posts.

Download Writer App

6. Disqus

Disqus commenting system for WordPress is getting very popular these days because its integrated community features brings people back and keep them engaged. Using this App you can access all commenting features of you blog from your smartphone.

 Download Disqus App

7. Tape A Talk

Tape A Talk is a voice recorder App. Bloggers use this App for recording interviews etc. This App can upload audio-recording to many online services and blogs.

Download Tape-A-Talk App

8. GAnalytics

GAnalytics is mobile version of Google’s famous service ‘Google Analytics’. This App gives a good account of your blog traffic, usage statistics and bounce rates etc.

Download GAnalytics App

9. Flipboard

Flipboard allows you to open Facebook, Twitter and Google+ streams. Using this App you can browse your blog’s Facebook Page, social news, comments etc

Download Flipboard App

10. Photo Editor

Using this App you can crop, edit, resize, add effects, texts and drawings to your photos before posting them to your blog.

Download Photo Editor

Security Flaw In Amazon’s Kindle Touch

The H’s associates at heise Security demonstrate a proof-of-concept exploit for the Kindle Touch which causes the kindle to reboot. There is a security flaw in web browser built into Amazon’s Kindle Touch eBook reader. Whenever any user navigates any specially crafted webpage the kindle executes arbitary shell commands as root that allows attackers to access the eBook reader’s underlying Linux system and potentially steal the access credentials for the Amazon account linked to the Kindle, or purchase books with account of Kindle’s user. Check this report and this video.

Bitcoin Vending Machine – Exchange Euro Coins For Bitcoin (Wallets)

Bitcoin Vending Machine is a mechanical vending machine which exchanges 1€-coins for Bitcoin. This machine works with the service of easywallet.org which provides a Bitcoin wallet with web interface similar to online banking. One can only access the account through a secret link which you get in exchange of 1€-coin. Using this link a customer can send 1€ to another Bitcoin user.

Here is an announcement on bitcointalk

[iframe][/iframe] THU JAN 05 2012 14:53 EST: Stuart W. Card, PhD of Critical Technologies Inc. made the first ever purchase (a bag of popcorn) from a vending machine using a QRcode and a smartphone Bitcoin wallet, in the laboratory of Upstate Networks Incorporated (developers of BTCVend [tm] and DroidVend [tm]).
The payment portion of this historic transaction can be viewed in the Bitcoin blockchain at http://blockexplorer.com/tx/71d1ff84da409e6a6c57cb81d6c27f2c664d66cafcbce1817… a transfer from Bitcoin address 1JN8zzT9nPU5DMBHvN3na8Bjb8cWwUyKjd to Bitcoin address 136qBUojeTBR6Y5XYQjHvtm4WSqAamwk1c in block 160776

How Everybody Reacted On Breaking Bad Season 5, Live Free Or Die

“Live free or die” is the name of Breaking Bad’s fifth season premiere. Series is one of the most serialized in American television history created and produced by Vince Gilligan. It is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) who is a struggling high school chemistry teacher is diagnosed with lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to secure his family’s financial future before he dies.

Look how people are reacting and what they are guessing for Breaking Bad, Season 5:

Mike was the one who used the balloon to mess up the electrical wires, not Walt. Great start to the season. Starting the season with a scene over a year into the future was great (again). It makes me want to know what happens so much more.

KendoVT

Walt is a bad man, but i cannot stand mike. he criticized walt and called him the “answer man” but mike always seems like he thinks he is above everyone else, and he has all the answers. mike is just such a smug jerk. walt is too, but i like walt. i feel bad for skyler though. she gets so much crap. but mike, man i officially find him more irritating than tyrus.

David Gueirlla

Mike’s great! “I can imagine a lot of outcomes, but none of them end with Miller time.”

Somebody

Jesse doesn’t have a piercing down there…otherwise a lot more than that lap top would have been ripped away from him.

Ejnewcomer

Skyler will start attempting to kill Walt

Ricl

I think as walt has become the antagonist, Jesse role has switched he now is turning into the protagonist, which might end in walts ultimate demise.

Tisha

I think the laptop will be repairable I wont be surprised if later in the series we hear from Hank about it being repaired, I really can not stand Skyler her up and down moods and blank facial expressions are annoying she had her chance to run away but the money attracted her. Knowing the clip we seen from the end of the series it will no doubt be some unrelated reason why he is there maybe picking up a gun for one of his new henchmen just like how we waited all season to see his house burn to realize it was a plane crash.

Frosty

I think the bank account info will possibly lead the DEA to Saul who is now more susceptible to turn in Walt over fear over his own life given Walt’s intimidating gestures in the meeting the had during s5e1.

Frank Asaurus

— Arielle Vandenberg (@shmarielle) July 16, 2012

 

 

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Also: Click Here To Checkout The Best Review of Breaking Bad on Internet.

Cloud Based Scripting Language For Light-weight Application Development In Google Apps Platform

Google Apps Script is cloud based scripting language for light-weight application development in Google Apps platform. It is based on JavaScript, gets executed in the Google Cloud and provides easy ways to automate tasks across Google products including third party services.
Google App Script is based on JavaScript like syntax. It uses Google Web Toolkit (GWT) for creating and displaying elements of user interface. GWT is easy to learn, and completely abstracts the complexity of AJAX/HTML from the developer. It is a Cloud based debugger for debugging App Scripts in the browser. It can be used for creating tools to perform simple system administration tasks etc.

Limitations: Currently it doesn’t allow connection to internal (behind-the-firewall) corporate databases, which is key to building business apps. Lacks other connectivity like LDAP connectivity and limits the level to which GAS can be used in the enterprise.

Website | Tutorials

Linus Torvalds Bought Nexus 7 So Why Not You ?

If you are confused between Nexus 7 & New Samsung Galaxy Note Sporting 5.5 Inch Screen or any other smartphone and unable to take decision then you must know:

  • Linus Torvalds pre-ordered Nexus 7.
  • Linus Torvalds is checking delivery date of Nexus 7 again and again.

Now you would be saying that you don’t take your decisions by watching what others are doing. What do you think? You are wiser than Linus Torvalds? You think Linus Torvalds comes in ‘others’ category.

It is good if you don’t watch others and make your decisions but truly this is what you really do but you don’t know. You see adds, you watch movies and you buy stuff.

Many of you purchased Sony Xperia after watching Spiderman but are you really satisfied with Sony Xperia? If you say yes then you are very lucky because others who purchased it realized that the most important feature (seeing what they purchased Sony Xperia) actually don’t works. Hence it is much-much better to watch Linus Torvalds and buy Nexus 7 instead of watching Spiderman and buying Sony Xperia.

Everybody experiences some hardware-software conflict in such smartphones because developers are different. If you are willing to experience this conflict everyday then don’t buy Nexus 7.

Facebook Announced SPDY Support

Facebook has announced SPDY support. Here is Facebook’s response to the call for expressions of interest in HTTP/2.0. Providing faster and more secure online services to users, the features in need for HTTP/2.0 are:

  •  Multiplexing
  •  Transport layer encryption
  •  Zero-latency upgrade
  •  Per-request flow control
  •  Server push

Check Details Here.

What is SPDY ?

SPDY means speedy. It is an experimental networking protocol developed primarily at Google for transporting web content. Its main objective is to reduce loading time of any web page. It modifies the way HTTP requests and responses are sent over the wire.

SPDY transports the web content using fewer TCP connections by multiplexing large numbers of transactions to one TLS connection. Read Mozilla Hacks: SPDY Brings Responsive and Scalable Transport to Firefox 11

Now 300 Million People From The Middle East & North African Countries Can Acquire Direct Access To BitCoin

About 300 Million people living in the Middle East and North African countries were not having direct access to bitcoin but today Bitcoin Nordic introduces cashU payment option. CashU prepaid cards can be bought at locations all over the Middle East and North Africa.

CashU prepaid card is way to top up a cashU account. CashU is trying to make itself globally available by cooperating with Ukash and some other payment mechanisms.

Lasse Birk Olesen, Head of Operations at Bitcoin Nordic says:

“We are very excited about introducing cashU as a payment option on Bitcoin Nordic. This will expose Bitcoin to a whole new region”

CashU prepaid cards are now available in the Middle East and North African countries with large presence in the countries like: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar and United Arab Emirates

Purchasing bitcoins with CashU  is MtGox 24h average + 15% at the moment but Bitcoin Nordic is looking forward to lower down this as soon as volume increases.

Bitcoins for CashU is now available at www.bitcoinnordic.com

Firefox 16 Now Supports HTML5 getUserMedia

Firefox 16 now supports HTML5 getUserMedia. It enables access to webcam without any plugins.

There is an entry in about:config, set that to true. In case you need to add a new entry then:

  • open about:config
  • Right click any entry.
  • Select ‘New‘ >> ‘Boolean

Add the following entry and set it true:

media.navigator.enabled

Remember to define callback methods right within the getUserMedia() method as shown below:

navigator.getUserMedia(gumOptions,
function successCallback(stream) {
// Replace source of video element with stream from camera
if(navigator.getUserMedia==navigator.mozGetUserMedia) {
video.src = stream;
} else {
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream) || stream;
}

video.play();
},
function errorCallback(error) {
console.error(‘An error occurred: [CODE ‘ + error.code + ‘]’);
video.play();
});

It won’t works in-case you defined it elsewhere. No need to use CreateObjectURL to pass the stream the video element. Pass the stream directly. video.src=stream

Paul Rouget of Mozilla, created a video tutorial demonstrating HTML5 getUserMedia:

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Copy Favicon Of Any Website

You can copy favicon of any website by using this URL:

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.yourdomain.com

Just replace the bold letters with the domain name.

For Example:

If you want to copy Favicon of www.sangkrit.net then write it like this in address bar and press enter:

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.sangkrit.net

You will be directed to a page showing favicon of the above given website.

Save it by Ctrl+S on your keyboard.

Use it wherever you want.

Create Your Own Proxy Website Using WordPress

Governments all over the world are trying to censor Internet. They are seeking ways to limit free speech by blocking content on the web. Here using RePress you will learn to get those websites online again for you and the world without any hassle. Your website will become a proxy for the blocked website, rerouting any traffic from a user, through your website to the blocked site.

Although there are already many proxy websites providing access to blocked content but you may have your own proxy website if you don’t want to submit your details to other website.

For example: When you login to a blocked website from a proxy; your details are submitted there so if you respect your privacy then you may own your own proxy.

Follow these steps:

  1. Visit your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Move to Plugins >> Add New
  3. Search RePress >> Click Install >> Click Activate.
  4. Now visit Settings >> RePress
  5. Add the Domain names you would like to access.
  6. Your Proxy Server is ready now.

Embed Flickr & Picasa Photostreams In Web Pages As A Flash Slideshow

Use PictoBrowser for embedding your Flickr – Picasa Photos in your website.

What is a PictoBrowser?

PictoBrowser a free web application that displays Flickr and Picasa images on websites and blogs.

How to get a PictoBrowser?

  1. Visit here
  2. If this link doesn’t work then visit http://pictobrowser.com/
  3. Click PictoBuilder at the top left corner of the page.
  4. Enter your Flickr/Picasa username.
  5. Choose images.
  6. Set Tag or Groups.
  7. It outputs some HTML code
  8. Copy that HTML code and paste it in your website or blog.
  9. If you use WordPress then you may paste it inside your posts and pages.