November 22nd, 2008
I have another issue in Ubuntu that has been driving me batty: updated DNS servers. When I set up a vpn connection using Network Manager, I can connect to the vpn tunnel, but the DNS settings are not updated. This means that pretty much nothing can be done. I don’t go around remembering IP addresses [...]
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July 3rd, 2007
Well, it took a while, but Google has finally released their desktop search program Google Desktop for Linux. While this sounds like great news, I get the feeling that Google might be in the wrong market with this product. Don’t get me wrong: I love that Google is no longer ignoring Linux. I love [...]
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June 26th, 2007
Hmmm… Apparently I’ve been hanging on to an article that I wanted to link to here. The article is “Suddenly, the Paranoids Don’t Seem So Paranoid Anymore by Tony Long (via Wired). Long is writing about Google’s Street View team and their willingness to take photos of anyone, anywhere:
But just to be safe, Google [...]
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October 12th, 2006
All about Linux takes a look at Google Docs & Spreadsheets and find some good stuff there. But the most interesting thing that I read in the article is this:
3) Post to Blog - This is the most interesting one. It is possible to post your document to your personal blog. At present Google docs [...]
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