I find it amusing when some people use fictitious email addresses during the registration process on this secure site but have absolutely no qualms in signing their names (and email addresses) to some online petition or forwarding to a string of people one of those endless office junk mails. But why the fear? Why are…

There's been so much talk about the impending demise of Nokia's Symbian platform, the operating system powering almost all the phones in the Nokia range. The Symbian operating has come in a lot of iterations over the years but the relevant ones today are; SYMBIAN S40 - Introduced in 2002. It is regarded as the…

It is common place in most offices to have administrative priviledges removed from end-user PCs. This is usually done to prevent unauthorised installation of softwares or hardwares on such PCs. Unauthorised software installation is usually a primary source of introduction of malicious softwares that may cripple a computer network. This write-up may seem like a…

There are indications that there is going to be a ban on some blackberry services in the UAE effective October 11, 2010 because of the inability of authorities there to monitor blackberry's encrypted services. Services affected include blackBerry email, messaging and web services . The UAE ban will also cover foreign travellers passing through Emirate…

Ebooks and ebook readers are becoming increasingly popular these days, so much that only very few books or magazines are published without consideration for an ebook format version. Ebook readers come on different software platforms and devices. Many come in form of  dedicated devices like Amazon's KINDLE and Barnes & Nobles (B&N)'s NOOK. These happen…

With this write-up, we conclude our series on Virtualization. To toggle between full screen and minimized screen in Virtualbox, you press the key combination RIGHT CTRL-F. But by default, your Ubuntu installation can not be displayed at full screen without the installation of VIRTUALBOX GUEST ADDITION. This software improves the performance of Guest OSes and…

This is a continuation of our series on virtualization. Read part 3 if you have not. This series would address installation of Ubuntu as a Guest OS in a Windows PC Host. Follow the steps as shown below and you won’t go wrong. It is very easy.

STEP 1 Read Parts One and Two of this series if you have not. STEP 2 Ensure you have the Linux DVD/CD in your DVD Drive. We are using Ubuntu 10.04. Get one for free if you don’t have one. STEP 3 Launch the Virtualbox icon from your desktop or the Start menu.

My intention was to give you guys some time to download the Virtualbox software, as most internet connections in Nigeria may not permit downloads of that size. But the unexpected happened. I almost lost the site and all my blogs! And worst still, i had no back-up! My less than one week blogging experience would…

We would be continuing from where we left off. To continue in the second part of this series, i will be making the following assumptions; - You have read the first part of this series. - You are curious to know what Linux is all about - You have a fairly modern laptop with a…

In my last post, i introduced some of us to the world of Linux, the advantages it offers and the status it confers. Understandably, it is still a Microsoft world, so i wouldn't expect you to just clean out your Windows operating system and install Linux. If you do that, trust me, you will definitely…

Imagine switching on your laptop in the midst of your friends and UBUNTU boots up, it confers an immediate geekiness status on you. What can be more cool?! You can even use it to score a point or two with dem babes. Some fantasy ehn? The first time I tried my hands on Linux was…