Funky Penguin Blog

Archive for July, 2007

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

According to Google Operating System, Google is indexing many weblogs in (near) real-time, which makes finding the latest and greatest information on a topic or breaking news story that much more…
Link to In Brief: According to Google Operating System, Google …

Firefox Tip: Take charge of your tabs

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

If you love tabbed browsing but your tabs tend to get a bit out of control, the Friedbeef’s Tech weblog offers 10 suggestions for how you can better manage your Firefox tabs. Some of the suggestions…
Link to Firefox Tip: Take charge of your tabs

Featured Mac Download: Add file versioning to your Mac with TimeDrawer

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Mac OS X only: A lot of us are excited about Time Machine, the new feature set to launch with Leopard that adds built-in file versioning to OS X. However, until Leopard is released (or until you…
Link to Featured Mac Download: Add file versioning to your Mac with TimeDrawer

Featured Windows Download: Embed Outlook on the desktop

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Windows only: Freeware app Outlook on the Desktop embeds the Outlook calendar directly into your desktop. Outlook on the Desktop creates a semi transparent layer that pins the Outlook Calendar on…
Link to Featured Windows Download: Embed Outlook on the desktop

Linux Tip: Schedule tasks in Linux with Gnome-schedule

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Linux users: You can turn your Linux machine into an automated masterpiece by wrapping a GUI around cron. The Ubuntu Geek weblog introduces Gnome Schedule which cuts the command-line out of the…
Link to Linux Tip: Schedule tasks in Linux with Gnome-schedule

64 Studio 2.0: Linux for digital content

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

64 Studio has released version 2.0 of the multimedia-focused GNU/Linux distribution built on Debian and available as both an install and a live CD version.
Link to 64 Studio 2.0: Linux for digital content

Microsoft Building The Ultimate Spyware System

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Microsoft “software plus services” sounds innocent enough, it isn’t. MS plans to lure users into dependency on MS servers, while at the same time giving MS unfettered access to all information stored on user’s computers. MS could track all user activity, from their purchases to their contact lists. Think I’m exaggerating? Read the article.
Link to […]

How To Use Firefox

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

A pretty good guide to dressing up Firefox for any occasion and the plugins that you should use to do it.
Link to How To Use Firefox

Linux.com :: Software Freedom Day: Taking open source to the streets

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Software Freedom Day 2007 is shaping up to be the best yet. There are only three days left for registrations to be eligible for the free goodies kit, so register NOW!
Link to Linux.com :: Software Freedom Day: Taking open source to the streets

Build WINE on OS X, and it WORKS!!!

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

It takes a bit of fandangling, but i’ll be darned if i’m not playing SkiFree right now!!! The guide is vague on a few steps, but if you know your way around Unix/Linux on a moderate level of understanding, it can easily be done!!
Link to Build WINE on OS X, and it WORKS!!!

Recent Forum Posts

Archives

You are currently browsing the Funky Penguin News weblog archives for July, 2007.

Categories