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DISCLAIMER — I do not take any responsibility for your actions if you go and try this on your friends machine!!
- Reboot the system and when lilo/grub boot loader get to the point where you select the various installed kernels on the system, type the letter “a” for “append”.
- You will get a prompt like this to add boot options to the boot string found in your lilo/grub conf file: Continue reading »
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Apr 07
Samsung Galaxy S II gets upgraded to 1.2GHz, delayed until May or June? [UPDATE]
Posted by Vaibhav Gera in mobile, SamsungNo Comments »
Well, it looks like there’s some good news and some bad news for those holding out for a Samsung Galaxy S II. GSM Arena is reporting that Samsung has decided to upgrade the phone’s dual-core processor from1GHz to 1.2GHz, something that was first revealed on Samsung Estonia’s Facebook page and has apparently be confirmed by GSM Arena itself from an “internal source.” The bad news is that it seems you’ll also have to deal with a bit of a delay. Some UK retailers are now listing a release date of May 6th, while Samsung India has tweeted that the phone’s global launch has been delayed by “at least” a month, and that it won’t roll out before June.
Apr 06
Indian Launch of Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 this Month too
Posted by Vaibhav Gera in gadgetsNo Comments »
The month of April in 2011 is likely to be a very big one. For the first time in 28 years, India won the Cricket World Cup, but there’s other stuff going down in the country as well. It was only yesterday that LG announced the launch of their Optimus 2X and Optimus Blacksmartphones, the Xperia Play and Xperia Arc are expected to be made official by Sony Ericsson tomorrow, Samsung brought the Google Nexus S to India and are expected to do the same with the Galaxy S2 as well.
Mar 31
Samsung reportedly installing keylogger software on laptops (update: official response)
Posted by Vaibhav Gera in gadgetsNo Comments »
We’ll start by saying that we’ve reached out to Samsung for a response here, but as of now, no reply has been given — neither a confirmation nor a refusal of truth. Why bother mentioning that? If this here story proves true, Sammy could have a serious problem on its hands — a problem that’ll definitely start with a rash of negative PR, and a quandary that could very well end the outfit up in the courtroom. According to a report by Mohamed Hassan over at Network World, Samsung allegedly took the initiative to install a keylogger into his recently purchased R525 and R540 laptops. The app was noticed right away after a security scan on both systems, with StarLogger popping up with the c:\windows\SL directory. Where things really get strange is on the support line; reportedly, a supervisor informed Mr. Hassan (after an earlier denial) that the company did indeed install the software at the factory in order to “monitor the performance of the machine and to find out how it is being used.” Unfortunately, it’s difficult to say if this is a widespread issue, or if the tale is entirely correct, but we get the feeling that Samsung will have little choice but to respond in some form or fashion here shortly. Naturally, we’ll keep you abreast of the situation — meanwhile, you may want to reconsider that hate-filled comment you’re about to bang out on your Samsung laptop, and instead, feast your eyes on the video just past the break.
Mar 31
Google +1
Posted by Vaibhav Gera in googleNo Comments »
Google +1 is yet another attempt to make Google more social. It’s Google’s version of the Facebook “likes”, a simple feature that’s very powerful because it’s part of a social network.
Jan 07
Google has accidentally made public a YouTube video that shows Android 3.0 in action. It’s a completely new interface for tablets that borrows a lot of ideas from BumpTop, the 3D desktop software acquired by Google last year.
