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GMail J2ME application for your mobile phone

We talked a couple of years ago about the Google J2ME (Java for Mobile devices such as mobile phones) application that you can download and install on your phone. With this application, you can run GMail on you mobile phone, and access your e-mails with your data plan (GPRS, EDGE or 3G). To install the …

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Playing with Git

Git is a version control system (VCS) software that is used for source code management (SCM). There are several examples of VCS software, such as CVS and SVN. What makes Git different is that it is a distributed VCS, that is, a DVCS. Being a DVCS, when you use Git you create fully capable local …

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Java plugin 64-bit, now available.

Sun Microsystems announced the 64-bit version of the JRE, which includes the Java Plugin. This means that if you have a 64-bit version of a Linux distribution, you can now have Java applets running in your Firefox. Download at https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6uNea.html You can install in /usr/local/ Then, you need to make a symbolic link, (it’s OK …

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Xubuntu (XFCE), startxfce4: X server already running on display :0

Έχω ένα πρόβλημα με ένα σύστημα Xubuntu, όπου δούλευε για πολύ καιρό ενώ τώρα ξαφνικά δε μπορεί να εμφανίσει στο γραφικό περιβάλλον το window manager μαζί με τα εικονίδια/κτλ. Καθώς ξεκινά το σύστημα, ο υπολογιστής φτάνει στο σημείο να δείχνει μόνο το παρασκήνιο της επιφάνειας εργασίας και τίποτα άλλο. Πρόκειται για Xubuntu 6.10 (ναι!) σε …

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Upgraded to WordPress 2.7

I used the WPAU (WordPress Automatic Update), found at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/ which lets you perform the upgrade from the UI (it’s not an unattended automatic upgrade, but rather Assisted upgrade). I am posting this using the QuickPress feature in 2.7. WPAU may not be good for you depending on what weird security features have been enabled …

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