Valve’s first entry into hardware has been hailed as the console that will kill off consoles. Although, the Steam box is technically not a console, rather it is a full powered gaming PC server. With the current major consoles getting … Continue reading →

Here is a script that, when executed, will draw a Christmas tree using the characters chosen by the user on the linux terminal. The script will prompt the user to enter the character using which the tree has to be … Continue reading →

No it’s not a new Android update. If you own a Raspberry Pi, you’re probably either thinking of some practical uses for it or you just like to play with it and see what you can do. Either way installing … Continue reading →

How Do I Do That? Project Byzantium is a project set up to give us communication lines during natural disasters, zombie apocolypses, severed communication lines etc. It is named after the Byzantium fault tolerance engineering mechanism, that is a mechanism … Continue reading →

When configuring network settings for an ubuntu server, you simply edit the /etc/network/interfaces with the correct information. If you make changes there, then you need to add the DNS manually, in the /etc/resolv.conf file. Nice and easy right? Canonical has … Continue reading →

On a fresh install of owncloud I came across a problem – trying to share a file to someone over email came up with the following error: “Error mail Invalid address: August 17, 2012, 13:44” My first check was … Continue reading →

Even though ISPs were forced to block access to thepiratebay.org UK broadband providers have said that peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic had reduced only slightly and was back to “just below normal levels” within a week. In fact thepiratebay found that there … Continue reading →

Who Is Linus Torvalds? For those that don’t know, Linus Torvalds was the creator of the original Linux kernel in 1991, which he created for his own uses and never intended for mass uptake. The Linux kernel is now used … Continue reading →

A new law is coming in soon that will make websites get your express permission before storing cookies on your computer. This law, which comes into effect on 26th May, will bring UK firms in line with EU law on … Continue reading →