They are trying to ban IM

Ever since my co-worker started talking about the upcoming ban on IM clients in the office I set out looking for away around it. Even though I am one of the IT guys here and I could just ignore the nonsense my co-worker was talking about and go on my merry way I figure I had better be nice. So being nice is to continue to use IM but just use it in a way that any eyes peering over my shoulder wouldn't know what in the world I was doing.

I ran into Meebo in its early stages but my attention span then jumped to some other new shiny tech gadget, so I forgot all about it. I can't remember how I stumbled upon it again but I'm glad that I did. If need be I can talk on Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, or GTalk all from the comfort of my tabbed browser. What it lacks in fancy icons, audibles, and animated emoticons in makes up for in the This-is-just-really-cool department...not to mention useful for those who need ways to get around the ban of IM clients wherever they are at. If you need help with that just check out their forums for some advice.

So don't just try it because I say its cool, try it because you want to stick it to the man!!!

Play more than 10,000 Nintendo and Sega games !

NES, GameBoy, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, Colecovision, PC Engine are all here ! Playable straight in your browser without any install !

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25 Reasons to Convert to Linux

25 reasons why many institutions, companies and governments are changing to Linux.

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Color Photos taken 96 years ago!

Color film was non-existent in 1909 Russia, yet in that year a photographer named Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii captured hundreds of photos in full, vivid color. His photographic plates were black and white, but he had developed an ingenious photographic technique which allowed him to use them to produce accurate color images

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Set up Linux and OSX to login using Active Directory

The Big Nerd Ranch has posted a blog on how to setup Linux and OSX so that you can login using your AD user name and password settings.

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VOIP No Longer for the Underdog

This is a good eWeek commentary on how VOIP "telephony" has progressed and where it's running into trouble.

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Start your own GeekSquad

Put GeekSquad out of business. Here are some helpful tips on how you can set up a remote support website to make extra money fixing people's computer problems using One Click VNC servers.

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Dreamcast 2.0?

Is the Xbox 360 the second coming of the Sega Dreamcast? 1up.com lists 23 parallels between the consoles that spell doom, and 10 reasons why the 360 could succeed where the Dreamcast failed.

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Could Not Parse File

I had an issue this morning when I tried to do an update with yum

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repos
dag 100% |=========================| 0 B 00:00
//var/cache/yum/dag/repomd.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
//var/cache/yum/dag/repomd.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: dag
Error importing repomd.xml from dag: Error: could not parse file //var/cache/yum/dag/repomd.xml

I did a search and found out that it pretty much had to do with the file "repomd.xml" that it was downloading from the DAG mirror, so I just switched mirrors in my /etc/yum.conf and everything started working as it should have.

Slashdot is losing its edge to digg.com

Digg.com is quickly reaching Slashdot when comparing daily visitors according to Alexa's Traffic Rankings (see link). Slashdot isn't as cutting edge as it used to be: stories get barely 200 replies. Maybe that CSS update was too little and too late.

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Make Ubuntu usable in few minutes

Easy Ubuntu allows you to Add extra repositories, Activate the "audio preview" feature in Nautilus, Active the num lock at system startup, Replace the GNOME foot logo with Ubuntu's logo and Install: multimedia codecs, Firefox plugins, support for RAR and ACE, P2P software, Skype, AMSN cvs with webcam support, NVIDA or ATI driver for 3D support.

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Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger Has Been Released!!!

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Microsoft, others teach kids to code

A story about a new kids-oriented Web site by MS dedicated to teaching kids about computer programming. Includes a roundup of other kids' programming resources we've discussed in the past.

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Geek goes popular on Myspace

Looks like this guy really wanted to be popular on myspace. Actually kind of interesting when you read it, heh.

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Hacking the hackers

Take a look at this video profiling the world of computer hacking -- it's not just for nerds anymore.

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Ingenious $100 Laptop at MIT

Not only is this laptop cheap, but its design is very well thought out. The battery doubles as a handle and the shoulder strap is the power supply and plug. I would definitely buy a few of these.

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How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password

This article describes how to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or your password expires and you cannot create a new one.

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Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality

A decade ago, Microsoft worried that the Internet could become a software platform that threatens Windows. Ten years later, that amorphous nightmare has a name: Google.

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Hacking the Linksys WRT54G wireless router

Pretty much everything you need to know about hacking the Linksys WRT-54G.

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Tutorial: Setting up a server with SuSE 10.0

this is a very detailed tutorial about how to use the new SuSE 10.0 to set up a web, mail, and ftp server.
It covers every aspect of the installation and demonstrates the setup process with the help of 50 screenshots, allowing even beginners to follow this guide. Experienced system administrators will benefit from this tutorial as well.

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