Fedora Core 6 Tips and Tricks

I’d like to introduce for all who use Linux Fedora this excellent set of Fedora Core 6 Tips and Tricks. I found very useful for me tips about installation of mplayer, Macromedia Flash, IEs4Linux and MS TrueType Fonts. I spent only a few minutes to setup good looking, functional work space. There is a similar manual for Fedora Core 5.

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Howto shutdown Windows PC in specified time

Probably, the easiest way is this: Go to Start –> Run and run command cmd to open command line window Run this command shutdown -s -t 1800 That’s it. Your PC will be shutdown after 30 minutes. The same way you can reboot/shutdown Windows PC via remote desktop.

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Amusing application of Nokia770

Nokia770 is the best Nokia’s product. It might be used in different manner. For example, as a head of Puppybot: This latest bot that we’ve spotted combines the utility of a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet with the personality (and body) of a robot puppy dog. Apparently you can control its movements by using another tablet, and it’ll even update its facial expressions to reflect whatever […]

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Bluetooth Hub and Cardreader

ThinkGeek announced a cool and useful gadget – Bluetooth Hub and Cardreader. Bluetooth hub allows to connect your phone, PDA, printer, headset, mouse, keyboard, or whatever you’ve got that supports Bluetooth 1.2 to your PC. The range of hub is about 20 meters. The cardreader supports up to 52 types of memory cards. It should be more than enough. The gadget supports USB 2.0 with […]

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Quick Capture with YouTube

YouTube has introduced a new service on their website called “Quick Capture” which allows the user to record video directly to the YouTube website: The new service utilizes Adobe’s Flash Player API to connect to the video capture device. Everytime you go to the Quick Capture page, you’ll have to give permission to the Flash Player to access your video capture device and your microphone. […]

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Nov 20, 2006 4:42 PM LG VX9900 in Verizon

This cool mobile communicator is available now in Verizon with full retail pricing at $320.00, one year contract is $200.00, and a two year contract is $149.99. LG VX9900 features a 2.0-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, miniSD card slot, and a host of productivity applications. [via TechEBlog]

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Smart Search Beta

I’d like to introduce a new service in Smarthome blog – Smart Search. This search engine is proudly powered with Google Coop and allows to search smarthome relasted hardware and software. Currently there are more than 40 selected (by me, of course) sites. But their number will be increased including your requests. So, do not hesitate to recommend interesting sites about smarthome technologies. The Russian […]

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New hosting for our photo album

Since I moved my blog to the new hosting out photo album is inaccessible. Initially I though to use Flickr. It’s the best place for photo sharing IMHO. Moreover, there is a WordPress pluging which allows to integrate your Flickr albums with design of your blog. But the problem with migration to the Flickr is a lack of time to process all my photos again. […]

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