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Inrupt: Tim Berners-Lee's planning to decentralise the Internet away from corporates who have been controlling it for profit "This week, Berners-Lee will launch Inrupt (https://www.inrupt.com), a startup that he has been building, in stealth mode, […]
Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 Cindy Final Release – Here is an overview of the instal process and a short overview For those of you love the ease of use of Linux Mint but are […]
LA Times Features Anthropologist's US Government-Funded Study Of How Virtual Worlds Affect Disabled Users Good LA Times write-up of Tom Boellstorff, the UC Irvine Anthropology professor who's been exploring Second Life since 2004 (and full […]
How To Backup And Restore Linux (System files like Windows Restore) With Timeshift Be it a beginner or an advanced coder, A Linux user will, at some point find the need for a backup solution. […]
How to Replace One Linux Distribution With Another From Dual Boot [Keeping Home Partition and Your Data] If you have a Linux distribution installed, you can replace it with another distribution in the dual boot. […]
My Yaesu FT-60R VHF/UHF Dual Band Transceiver radio arrived today It will receive in the 144, 250, 350, 430 and 850 MHz bands and will transmit in the 144 and 430 MHz bands on either […]
Beware of Bid or Buy sellers in South Africa with competitive prices in Rands which exclude customs duties in the fine print This is something I have recently come up against since my allocated quoted […]
Vodacom can charge South Africas R10 per MB for WhatsApp calls = R4 per minute They're not actually doing it but they applied to ICASA for it and it is included in the terms and […]
The Very First Social Network – How a 1979 chain email about science fiction spawned the internet we know today The crux for me out of this article is: "Fortunately for all of us who […]
Play 'Assassin's Creed Odyssey' for Free by Beta Testing Google's Cloud Streaming Service – using just Chrome browser and 25mbps Internet Rumors of Google’s entry into the game-streaming space have circulated for ages, but today […]