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Last time I reviewed Philips 192EL2 and gave moderate feedback; but after looking at this Dell monitor, I think I forgot to praise it's ...

This's a virtual FS to browse through archives. It can even browse through block devices (like cd/dvd drives, PD etc...

What I mean here is that the disk will not contain any traditional disk FS like iso*, UDF etc.. but will contain a raw file at block level; ...

First argument -- from date, format yyyymm, second argument, to date format -- yyyymm Third argument -- no. of parallel fetches e.g. -- ....

These images cant be extracted from any part of the video. You have to search for parts in which the camera is moved from left to right on...

As you know, for a 3d picture, you have to take 2 images both of which will represent the views of both your eyes. But that doesn't mean...

These 32 Ohms headphones are cheep yet, it's quality is fabulous. If you ain't deaf (i.e. wont hear so load so as to damage your e...

This propitiatory program called nanozip has internal ties with http://compressionratings.com which posts false and ambiguous compression re...

Software patents are commonly misused by companies to kill competition; practically there're just 2 companies (apparently protected by ...

This may be apparent if you've been using a kde install for years (an impossible deed with Windows) with many upgrades. Solution is...

This scenario is specially true for mobile Internet connections where you may loose connectivity cause of bad network as a consequence, the...

This's commonly the problem with old games which use legacy OSS sound system. This issue is 100% reproducable in KDE cause phonon i...

This script is intended to be placed in device notifier, i.e. when you click on a FS (aka 'drive'), this script should be present w...

(dated 1st aug, 2012) I'm talking about the average 12 V fans you'd find at $1; it appears their reliability is pretty good, and l...

When you think about disks -- thousands of complications come to mind: starting from the disk itself (+/-, DL, RAM etc...) to doubt about th...

Starting point – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download Wiki allows downloading of their databases for offline ...

It works perfectly. All of the VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs work with multi monitor setups. The mic input also works; but I've not tested ...

I didn't find any info on this, so I decided to test it on my own. I ran mksquashfs with just 1 thread (-processors 1) with HT trun...

By perfect I also mean permissions. Privacy Guard (also called Block SMS & calls in play store) is a simple app with professional g...

Well, not exactly sold, but 'at the mercy of'. You should always keep in mind the disadvantages of relying or learning too much...

 Download from - http://minus.com/mlUGvWe6m Contains one minute clips of frequencies from 15hz to 25Khz. Although the sounds are ...

This's a fairly common problem which people are facing with Android. Apart from more common solutions like resetting the phone and ...

Debian always got this criticism of long release cycles. 2 years in development of GNU software is revolutionary, but still Debian continues...

I don't own many Philips products around; this must have been the first few, and I'm not having a good impression on Philips's Q...

This's one of the cheapest Android phones around and is good value for money. At this price range you really can't complaint ab...

Run netstat --numeric --numeric-ports --program | grep ^tcp To list them, this'll also show the port via which they're connected...

Tired of QT related UI bugs in libreoffice[kde]? In the same libreoffice build, you can force the GTK UI as such -  OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=g...

Nokia 7210's screen size is 320x240 and supports the same video resolution (don't know about the max and the mins yet). It can ...

Pioneer DV-610AV dvd players support xvid/divx/mpeg4 in avi container with mp3 audio. It can stand a max resolution of 700x700. Winff pres...

If you believe the online reviews, t his earphone has a fantastic base, good noise isolation and is great value for money. Considering ...

I'm writing here to share my personal experience with both these technologies; although there are a lot of scientific claim and tests s...