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Cyber Attacks Explained: DoS and DDoS
With this article, we begin a new series on the major kinds of cyber attacks that weaken the IT security infrastructure within organisations. With...
Reflections — Open Source India 2010 CXO Summit
Gone are the days when Open Source Solutions were considered the play-tools of geeks. Over time, open source tools and technologies have emerged as...
Taming Beamer
This article introduces LaTeX and the Beamer extension class, which is ideal for creating professional-quality documents and presentations.
The OpenOffice.org suite, and even the new...
Exploring Software: GNOME and the Semantic Desktop
Currently, this is a work in progress. So will it mature fast enough
and meet user expectations?
The state of the semantic desktop in the GNOME...
Kerala State Electricity Board Saves a Whopping Rs 8 Crore, Using...
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) switched to open source solutions only a few years back, and now, not only manages the accounting and billing...
VMWare Player, VirtualBox, KVM: Finding Virtualisation Software that Fits
This article is intended to guide users in choosing the best virtualisation solution for themselves.
According to Wikipedia: "Virtualisation, in computing, is the creation of...
Recover Deleted Files in Linux
Have you accidentally deleted an important file because you have the habit of using Shift+Del instead of only Del? Well, don't panic. I had...
Spicing up the Console for Fun and Profit, Part 1
Command-line terminals and the shell have been an integral part of all *NIX systems from the beginning. The shell is the universal interface between...
Connecting to MySQL with Python and PHP
We all know the power of MySQL -- one of the most used open source databases and a challenge to proprietary products of the...
Build Android Apps Using HTML with PhoneGap
With all the hubbub around Android, it's tempting to make an app yourself. But considerations like, "I don't know Java," or "I'm just a...
