A vendor of Linux-based WiFi arrays is finally releasing a version of its WiFi Monitor utility for Linux desktops. The open source, widget-like Xirrus WiFi Monitor for Linux enables users to monitor, secure, and troubleshoot WiFi networks, says Xirrus.
Category: Technology news
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Overclock world record: Q6600 2.4GHz run at 5.1GHz
What a ridiculous project! But how awesome would it be to be the hardcore system building nerds they asked to do this? A couple months ago, a French Tom’s Hardware-related superteam got together to overclock an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz as far as it would go. They just put up the pictures and everything yesterday.
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New tab switching added for Firefox 3.1
Press Ctrl + Tab (or Shift + Ctrl + Tab) and you are presented with tab thumbnails and titles with the most recently visited ones first so you can more easily determine which tab you want to go, have the one you most probably want to go closer, and as a result get to it faster. Hold Ctrl pressed and keep pressing Tab to see the thumbnails ..
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Improve system performance by moving your log files to RAM
The Ramlog project lets you keep your system logs in RAM while your machine is running and copies them to disk when you shut down. If you are running a laptop or mobile device with syslog enabled, Ramlog might help you increase your battery life or the life of the flash drive on your mobile device. As a side effect of using Ramlog,
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WIndows XP expires on June 30
XP will spell eXPiry. Microsoft will stop selling the XP version to retailers and PC manufacturers from June 30.
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MS To Become Open Source Friendly Post Gates
“Now that Gates has ‘retired’ from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, ‘We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji’s group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,’ said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a fo
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Microsoft To Let Other Companies Build, Release 360 Consoles
We’ll tell you what’s up with Microsoft: new hardware options. It may sound totally insane, but word has it that Microsoft may begin allowing third-party manufacturers to create Xbox 360 hardware. And we’re not talking about peripherals, people; we mean hardware that runs 360 game discs created by someone other than Microsoft.
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GeForce 177.40 beta drivers ready for download
These new drivers are dated June 16 and come with support for the GeForce 6, 7, 8 and 9 series cards, the recently-introduced GeForce GTX 280 and 260s and a few more, yet unreleased, 9 generation and GT200-powered cards.
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Chrysler To Turn Vehicles Into Wireless Hotspots
People who buy Chrysler vehicles next year will have the option of turning their cars and trucks into wireless Internet hotspots. The wireless Internet will come as a dealer-installed option and will work over cellular telephone links. It will come with a monthly fee which has not yet been determined.
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Google Sued For Stealing Outlook Migration Tools
Chicago-based company LimitNone is claiming Google’s partnership with them, as a third party developer brought on to enhance Google products, went awry when they decided to just steal the small software company’s technology. This technology was rolled into a Google Apps product that basically allows users to migrate their MS Outlook email and cont