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What's new in skype
2008-04-30 23:29:00
Skype very often produces new releases and beta versions. Many times we wonder "Does it worth to spend time to download and install?" You can check at the following link what's new in each version and decide yourself! :) https://developer.skype.com/WindowsSkype/ ReleaseNotes
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What's new in Ubuntu 8.04 hardy - install or upgrade
2008-04-14 23:24:00
Ubuntu is an variant of linux (more specifically based on debian linux). Linux is a complete operating system, free, open-source, that can do for you anything that you from your computer for free. The new version of ubuntu 8.04 hardy is coming, If you are a Windows user, now it is easier than ever to try it: Wubi allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application. It does not require a dedicated partition, nor does it affect the existing bootloader, yet users can experience a dual-boot setup almost identical to a full installation. If finally the Windows users decide to make a normal install of ubuntu : umenu : a simple launcher that lets the user install Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi, install Ubuntu to a partition without having to make their CD-ROM the first boot device. What are the most important new feutures: Xorg 7.3 better autoconfiguration and new Screen Resolution utility to dynamically configure the resolution, refresh rate, and rotation ...
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) released! What's new.
2008-03-19 12:34:00
Today Microsoft released the much expected Vista Service Pack 1. A lot of people was waiting for this service pack before they migrate from XP to Vista. Other users had already vista installed and were expecting for this service pack to resolve their everyday problems. The most noticeable improvements : Better hardware support for : direct3d, flash memories, sd cards, Reliability Improvements : NTFS-formatted removable-media, drivers going to sleep, ad-hoc wireless, P2P connections, file backup, startup recovery tool Performance and Power Consumption Improvements : faster network browsing, power consumption and battery life , hard disk spin down, faster moving directories with a lot of files, faster copying of files either locally or remotely upto 50%(!), faster copy progress estimation, faster resume-from-standby time, reduced media playing glitches, faster (upto 60%!) RDP Security Improvements Support for New Technologies and Standards Desktop Administration and Management Setup a...
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New Pidgin version
2008-02-29 23:32:00
Pidgin version 2.4.0 has a lot of bug-fixes and new feutures (changelog). Pidgin is a lightweight instant messanging client, that let's you connect with many networks on the same time. MSN, Yahoo, Google talk, jabber (XMPP), ICQ, IRC and skype (with special plugin) are some of the networks it supports. It is very convenient to combine all the networks where you have accouts, at one light and clean-interface program. Now you can easier keep in contact with people in various IM networks, and organize your contacts in a more clean way.
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Lunar Eclipse February 2008 Greece
2008-02-20 19:02:00
Almost after a year from the last lunar eclipse, the same phenomenon is repeated this night. The whole phonemomenon will take place at the night between Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 February 2008 , 03.43 to 07.09. The full lunar eclipse (red moon) will be take place from 5.01 to 5.51 am. The sky will be clear and the temperature ok. The earth will be between the moon and the sun. Earth's shadow will cover moon, but moon still takes somes light from the reflection of sun from the earth surface. The color is red thought because the reflected light (that goes from earth to moon) has been filtered by earth atmosphere and blue color is missing.
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Thessaloniki at Lonely Planet
2008-02-20 06:21:00
Lonely Planet is a famous company for travel guides. It included Thessaloniki at Top 10 Pick Cities for 2008, describing as an energetic city and cultural center of Greece Have a look : http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bluelist/inde x.cfm?fa=main.viewList&list_id=...
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Greece True Experience
2008-02-19 06:17:00
The Greek tourist organization published its new campaign for year 2008. The motto of new campaign is "Greece the new experience". The ads are like personal videos taken from a tourist's point of view showing his personal experiences at Greece. For first time some aspects of Greek tourism are presented in such an international campaign, making complete presentation. It includes aspects such as countryside, mountains, agrotourism, cities, business. The General Video Culture Seaside Countryside Touring Nautical Routes Luxury Meetings Health & Wellness City breaks
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4.7R earthquake shakes Thessaloniki, Greece. Live Earthquake information si
2007-07-19 11:43:00
An earthquake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake ) shaked Thessaloniki, Greece around 10pm yesterday 18 July 2007. The magnitude was around 4.7 R and the epicenter almost next to the city. The feeling of the earthquake was very strange and different than other earthquakes. The earthquake... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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4.7R earthquake shakes Thessaloniki, Greece. Live Earthquake information si
2007-07-18 23:00:00
4.7R earthquake shakes Thessaloniki, Greece . Live Earthquake information sites Thursday, 19 July 2007 An earthquake shaked Thessaloniki, Greece around 10pm yesterday 18 July 2007. The magnitude was around 4.7 R and the epicenter almost next to the city. The feeling of the earthquake was very strange and different than other earthquakes. The earthquake moved the city up and down very strong just for around 5 seconds. The earthquake did nothing more than scare the citizens. No injuries, no damages mentioned. The following sites provide detailed information and maps for the earthquake. You can write also your report there, about how you felt the earthquake. Map at Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre EMSC Live Earthquake mashup U.S. Geological Survey USGS Live Earthquake mashup Map at Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
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Sending pictures over the net
2007-03-12 00:00:00
Save Bandwith and Time! You just took pictures with your digital camera. You want either to email them or to upload them to a web site. The email seems impossible to be sent out. The uploading seems to never end. Your first thought is that there is problem with the speed of your... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Sending pictures over the net
2007-03-11 23:00:00
Save Bandwith and Time! You just took pictures with your digital camera. You want either to email them or to upload them to a web site. The email seems impossible to be sent out. The uploading seems to never end. Your first thought is that there is problem with the speed of your connection. Before you call your ISP, for an upgrade at your internet connections, consider that images must be compressed before uploaded to the net. Not only you 'll send your email or upload to the web faster, but also your viewer will see your email faster, or will not get bored waiting your web page to download (probably he will exit your site, before your picture downloads) Anyway, all this extra size is useless for internet viewing and could be useful only in case of DTP, if you want to print some magazine or something. Also, do NOT expect that any upgrade, at the download speed of your ADSL connection, will eventually upgrade significantly your upload speeds! How to compress the pictures? You may us...
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Lunar Eclipse 4 march 2007 in Greece
2007-03-04 02:37:00
Moon eclipse as seen in Greece 4/3/2007 11.30pm to 5/4 1.30am. The view is amazing and it looks like you see planet mars from earth, like scenery from sci-fi movie. Look how from full bright it become dark bloody red. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Lunar Eclipse 4 march 2007 in Greece
2007-03-03 23:00:00
Moon eclipse as seen in Greece 4/3/2007 11.30pm to 5/4 1.30am. The view is amazing and it looks like you see planet mars from earth, like scenery from sci-fi movie. Look how from full bright it become dark bloody red. Explanation for the phenomenon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar _eclips e
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Promotional videos for Greece
2007-03-03 17:39:00
Promotional videos of Greek Tourism Organisation. See the nice videos! Click the following links for small preview windows or see the normal-size videos below (read more). Greece . Explore your senses! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5GhixeLg 9k) Live your myth in Greece!... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Promotional videos for Greece
2007-03-02 23:00:00
Promotional videos of Greek Tourism Organisation. See the nice videos! Greece . Explore your senses! Live your myth in Greece!
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Hamachi. VPN for the masses
2007-03-01 13:59:00
Hamachi (http://www.hamachi.cc) let's you setup very easily your own home or business based vpn. You can use it to make a VPN with the members of your company, member of your family, maybe with your friends, or just other gamers. Why use hamachi for making VPN? Simply because it is very... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Hamachi. VPN for the masses
2007-02-28 23:00:00
Hamachi let's you setup very easily your own home or business based vpn. You can use it to make a VPN with the members of your company, member of your family, maybe with your friends, or just other gamers. Why use hamachi for making VPN? Simply because it is very simply and it can be setup in seconds. Second, because you do not need a central server from your part. Hamachi free version cannot be run as a service, but there are utilities in the market, like firedeamon, which can start hamachi as a service. Why to do so? Simply said, a service can be started even without logging on, so imagine that u let your computer at home open and after a power-cut and restarts, hamachi starts again, without your physical presence there. What is a VPN? A VPN (virtual private network) uses public infrastructure to setup a private network. Imagine it like your local LAN, but over internet. It uses security and encryption protocols. All the traffic is encrypted and nobody can trace what happens insi...
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OpenDNS
2007-02-28 01:02:00
OpenDNS and enhance your DNS DNS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS) is the internet service that resolves URLs like www.google.com to ip addresses like 64.233.161.147. Till now i was using the dns server of my internet provider. If i connected my laptop to another network (ethernet or wifi... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

OpenDNS
2007-02-27 23:00:00
OpenDNS and enhance your DNS DNS is the internet service that resolves URLs like www. site. com to ip addresses like 64.233.161.147. Till now i was using the dns server of my internet provider. If i connected my laptop to another network (ethernet or wifi spot) i was using their own DNS servers. This was done automatically since that's my settings at my own computer network configation. I discovered a new service called OpenDNS . OpenDNS lets you use their own DNS servers. You may ask "why you opendns, since i'm already doing my job with my current configuation?". Well you are doing your job, but you can do you job even better. :) How? OpenDNS is amazing fast. Whereas, it takes some 2-3 seconds to query your ISP's DNS server, quering opendns servers is done instantly due to the huge size of its cache. That is because millions of people are using these servers. Second, OpenDNS is secure because it protects you against fake (phishing) sites that may try to steal your personal info....