It’s been a long time since I had connected my Ubuntu notebook to Internet. As a result when I connected it to internet after two weeks of gap, as all of us know that Ubuntu is quite fond of providing updates on a regular basis, I was expecting loads of updates to be provided by Ubuntu.
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How to Solve “The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG” Error in Ubuntu Updates
By | January 13, 2012 | 3 Comments
How to Fix Ubuntu Update Errors
By | December 16, 2011 | 13 Comments
It happens quite often that we encounter errors while trying to run an update in Ubuntu. There are several type of errors and in this post we will see how to solve some of the most common errors encountered during update of packages in Ubuntu.
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How to Prepare Your Mac For OS X Lion
By | July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Apples newest operating system, OS X Lion is expected to come some time in July. Just to tantalize us, Apple has not released a specific date, and that means that you should be ready to go at any time if you want to be the first one in your social circle to have the new OS. So, let’s go about getting your Mac prepared for the new operating system.
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How to Protect Your Mac from MacDefender
By | June 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
One of the advantages of owning a Mac over the years has been the extremely low chance of being affected by a virus. While PC users had this as a constant worry, Mac users escaped. This difference existed because for a long time, there were so fewer Mac users that it wasn’t worth the time of the evil-doers to create such a virus. Recently, however, a malware titled MacDefender has popped up with the ability to affect Mac users via Safari.
MacDefender isn’t a virus, but a fake antivurus that tries to get you to install it to your system. If it succeeds, it then either tells you your system has already been infected, or shows you fake evidence that your system already has a virus. It asks you to buy the full version of MacDefender with your credit card to fix all your problems and get your Mac running normally again.
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Deck.ly – Longer Tweets With Less Hassle
By | March 20, 2011 | 7 Comments
Depending who you ask, the 140 character limit imposed on Twitter is a good thing. If you are a blogger you can put the title of your post up with a link. If you are a copywriter you like the challenge of saying everything you have to say in one tweet. It helps you hone your craft.
If you are not trying to market something and using Twitter to be social, the 140 character limit can be a pain sometimes. Tweetdeck has added a feature called Deck.ly. The long and the sort of it (pun intended), is you can create longer tweets through Tweetdeck.
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Things That You Need To Know About Windows 7 Service Pack 1
By | March 12, 2011 | 2 Comments
Microsoft has recently released a service pack for its Windows 7 OS. In case you are not aware, the service pack is an update package issued by Microsoft to fix the bugs and to improve the performance of the OS. In some service packs, it might even add new functionality to the OS.
What’s new in Service Pack 1?
In short, there is nothing impressive in Service Pack 1. Unlike the service pack for previous version of Windows, this first Service Pack for Windows 7 only contains a collective of update and improvements that are combined into a single installable package. An addition to the functionality is the new virtualization capabilities with Dynamic Memory and Microsoft RemoteFX, which most of us, the casual users, will not have use for.
Nevertheless, it is still important to get your Windows update since it contains several fixes for the system.
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Mastering The Mac App Store, And Its Alternatives
By | January 27, 2011 |
Along with Mac OS X 10.6.6 update, Apple released the Mac version of App Store. The concept of finding, downloading, and updating applications from one place has been proven to be very successful with mobile applications, so Apple wanted to try this also on desktop apps.
Despite the controversy, Mac App is also a huge hit. If you are a Mac user but haven’t tried this app, let’s see how App Store can help you in finding great Mac apps and keeping them updated. We’ll also see on some of the alternatives.
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2ClickUpdate Maintains And Clean Up Ubuntu With A Single Click
By | November 24, 2010 |
We have previously came up with 8 ways to clean up your Ubuntu machine, but 2ClickUpdate manages to reduce all the steps to just a single click. If you are looking for a quick and easy way to update, maintain and clean up your *buntu machine, you have just found it.
By itself, the update manager in Ubuntu has done a really good job in performing regular check with the repository and prompts you when there are update available. What it doesn’t do is to remove junk files and clean up your system. This is where 2ClickUpdate comes in. In addition to the regular system update, 2ClickUpdate also removes junk files, cleans used space and optimizes RAM memory.
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Five Simple Ways To Increase Security Of Your iPhone
By | October 12, 2010 |
As much as Apple would like to make the iPhone the most secure device in the world, there are always people who love the thrill of breaking down the gate and hack into the device. That being said, you cannot be 100% sure that the iPhone you are holding right now is safe and secured. As an iPhone owner, the best thing you can do is to lower the chances of being hacked by increasing the security of your iPhone. Listed herein are five practical ways you can do for your own welfare.
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Snippet: How to Manually Upgrade Your Nexus One to Android 2.2 (Froyo)
By | May 23, 2010 |
Update: Google has stated that this version of Froyo firmware is not the official version for your phone. Therefore, this method of manual update is no longer valid.
Nexus one owner, in case you are still not aware, Google has released the latest version of Android 2.2 (Froyo) in the Google I/O Conference. Some of you lucky people should already have received the OTA update. For those who have not (like me), do not fret, here is how you can update it manually (without having to root or void your warranty).
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