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This is my top favorite list of joomla themes/templates. The list consists of only free templates so this is a great way to spice up your Joomla! site. It has themes like, Jamba, Novus, RedEvo, JP, Trentco and more. This is a great source for a budgeted web designer looking for a way to spice up the look of their site, without breaking the bank. What is joomla? Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
Reports of overheating and discoloration on the new white iPhone 3GS have been circulating over the past week or so, but a new report [Google translation] from frenchiPhone (via Hardmac) claims that the discoloration is due to contact with some third-party cases and not associated with overheating. The discoloration reportedly can be removed by wiping the back of the iPhone with alcohol.
- After numerous calls to Apple technical service and maintenance of contact with a level 3 (engineer) the problem seems to come not from a hot 3GS but contact with some covers! This was evident by ourselves on a device with a small sticker (a warning not to listen to music too loud) remained stuck, part of the hull below remained white.
- A simple solution to the problem is to clean the back of the iPhone with alcohol, tested by myself I can confirm that it works and reassure you it is safe for your precious
No details have yet been revealed on which third-party cases may be responsible for the discoloration.
Apple is reportedly buying a boatload of camera modules similar in type to those already used in the iPhone 3GS, according to a recent report in TechCrunch. Citing a source in Asia, the report notes that Apple is paying $10 a piece for each module, and that the order size is so large that the only feasible explanation for the order is that the cameras will be used in an upcoming iPod refresh sometime this fall.
While the iPod Touch is largely expected to receive an updated camera with video recording capabilities during the next refresh, the large order adds even more credence to earlier reports that the smaller iPod Nano will soon receive point and shoot camera functionality as well. Less than 2 months ago, both iLounge and Hardmac reported that the next iteration of the iPod Nano will sport a camera on the back in an effort to yet again keep customers interested in the latest and greatest from Apple. While analysts have been claiming for years that the iPod market is saturated, Apple has consistently defied expectations and has been able to increase Pod sales by adding new features that have kept consumers upgrading their devices season after season.
And adding even more credence to the above reports are two case designs for the iPod Touch and iPod Nano that were found on accessory websites. The two images below, which are apparently upcoming case designs, show holes in the back of each case in locations where a camera would presumably be placed.
Windows only: Free application Portable Ubuntu for Windows runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application. As if that weren't cool enough, it's portable, so you can carry it on your thumb drive.
Built from the same guts as the andLinux system that lets you seamlessly run Linux apps on your Windows desktop, Portable Ubuntu is a stand-alone package that runs a fairly standard (i.e. orange-colored, GNOME-based) version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. It just doesn't bother creating its own desktop, and puts all its windows inside your Windows, er, windows.
The coolest parts about Portable Ubuntu are:
It actually works (in most cases, on most systems).
It fits on a (larger) thumb drive and can run entirely from it.
It can work on, and save to, your Windows folders and files.
It's persistent, so changes you make and apps you install are carried around with you.
It's easily manageable from Windows, and works great on dual monitors.
Wanna give it a go? Grab the latest Portable Ubuntu package (about 438MB as of this writing), then double-click to unpack it to a folder. On Vista or Windows 7, you'll have to open your command prompt as an administrator (hit Windows key, type in cmd, then right-click on the "Command Prompt" option that appears and select "Run as Administrator"); on XP, you'll probably just have to launch a command prompt. Head to the folder where you extracted your Portable Ubuntu, and enter run_portable_ubuntu and hit Enter to launch the .bat script.
Your machine will whir and decompress for a while, and you'll likely get a few prompts to "Unblock" coLinux and a few other apps' abilities on your system. Unblock all of them, and you'll eventually get a small, move-able menu bar on your desktop, as seen in the top screenshot. Drag this wherever it's comfortable to keep it, and you're on your way.
Helmer is one year old now. Been working fantastic good, and rendered more the a half million frames. Going to rebuild the network from a normal switched to a direct bus. Now network is througha a normal consumer gigabit swithc that handle about 25 MB/s.
Now I'll use a Gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard for the new Intel i7 cpu as the backbone. I insert 3x2 gigabit network cards so all motherboards in helmer get a separate gigabit cable direct to the board. The new drives are 4x1TB enterprise WD in a raid-0 just for speed.
Speed rocks. Safety is for wimps :) This all will in theory increase network bandwith from 25MB/s to 750MB/s!!! Now I can do video/large data processing and not just small hard crunshing stuff.
The future is always one step ahead, and tomorrow is never today. But seeing what is possible with the technologies used in our modern day gives us a glimpse at the progress humans can experience in the classroom, in business, and in our own homes in the very near future.
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