For those guitar player, editor, composer who can't seem to let go of GuitarPro, you now have a great open-source alternative in Linux – TuxGuitar. TuxGuitar is an open source tab multitrack tablature editor and player that allows you to compose songs with various instruments. After 2 years of testing and development, it has finally reached [...]...

This small guide will show you how to use VMware Server on your Ubuntu 8.04 installation, in case you encountered some issues. This will also work for VMware Workstation 6.5 beta. 1. Download VMware Server 1.0 to your home folder 2. Download the patch file vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz to your home folder. 3. Extract the Vmware-server-1.0.6-xxxxxx.tar.gz to your home folder [...]...

Adobe launched its second beta of Flash Player 10, codenamed "Astro," last Wednesday. Astro adds a bunch of helpful new features including Linux support, 3D animation and embedded photo editing tools (called Pixel Bender). New features in beta 2 include sound APIs and advanced layering of DOM elements (JavaScript pull-down menus appear on top of Flash [...]...

The Radeon HD 4870 uses a slightly faster RV770 core than what's used by the Radeon HD 4850. The HD 4870 has a reference core clock of 750MHz (compared to 625MHz with the HD 4850) and 900MHz memory clock (compared to 993MHz with the HD 4850). While the memory clock is slightly slower with the [...]...

Home Automation is anything that your home does for you automatically to make living there more enjoyable or productive. It covers many areas, including remote and timed control of lights and electrical home appliances, distributed media services, and communication. Over the last 10 years, many hardware manufacturers have presented their own proprietary solutions to these [...]...