nexenta: Bringing Enterprise Storage to the Open Source World
This article discusses some of the challenges and technologies related to data storage, and introduces the Nexenta Core Platform, which is an OS based on OpenSolaris. Storage is arguably the most overlooked component…
What All’s Possible with the Android Dual-SIM Smartphone — MediaTek MT6516
A dual-SIM smartphone manufactured in China runs Android 2.2.1 Froyo. Geeks always find noteworthy products based on Linux! Today, people are rarely surprised to see a dual-SIM phone. Phone manufacturers have been thinking…
The Comperhensive LAMP Guide, Part-1: Compiling and Optimising Apache
These days, almost everyone needs a website. Online business is picking up, and an Internet presence is a must for firms wanting to expand their business. If you’re the freelance Web designer or…
Ease Your Ubuntu Experience
So you have made the leap, and are flying away from Windows… welcome to Ubuntu! You must have performed a few common activities like using the Ubuntu Software Centre, installing media codecs and…
Securing Apache, Part 8: DoS & DDoS Attacks
In this part of the series, we focus on DoS/DDoS attacks, which have been among the major threats to Web servers since the beginning of the Web 2.0 era. Denial of Service (DoS)…
Better Queries with MySQL, Part 2
Last month, we created a simple table with an index. The idea was to understand how indexes work in MySQL. For this, we populated the table with 100 rows, and ran EXPLAIN with…
Handling Interrupts
In my last article, we explored the concept of interrupts and how they catch the CPU’s attention. In this article, we will look at what happens after an interrupt occurs. Let’s start by…
Interrupts: Breaks that Make Your PC Run
Have you ever noticed how many times you press a key on the keyboard, or how often you click your mouse? Ever wondered how the PC is able to keep track of all…
May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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