Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Page 2
Work

Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate Due Next Week

Thunderbird, oft-overlooked email client and Mozilla project, will see a “near-final” release candidate of its third version debut on the web next week, according to Mozilla.


Fix

Change Your iPhone’s Root Password After Jailbreaking It

From the files of the Worth Mentioning Again Dept.: If you’re jailbreaking your iPhone for whatever reason, be sure to change the root access password once you do. Besides hacker ransom attempts, it’s just good security sense.


Communicate

Bettween Displays Twitter Conversations In An Easily Read Format

Twitter has always been great for one-offs into the ether, but if you happen upon a dialogue that interests you it’s a bit of a pain to read. Bettween makes Twitter dialogues much easier to read.


Fix

Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable

You’ve ripped a movie on your laptop, and now want it on that fancy new home theatre PC next to your TV. If you’ve got the time, wiring your house with Cat-5e cable could make transfer times a distant memory.


Uncategorized

Customise Ubuntu 9.10′s Grub Boot Screen

Grub2, the new boot menu installed by default with Ubuntu 9.10, can still look pretty old-school ugly if your tastes don’t run with white terminal text on black. You can, however, customise its resolution, images, colours, and other aspects.