23 Dec, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in Firefox, Mozilla

Foxmarks is the first extension I install every time I setup Firefox.I never have to worry about loosing my bookmarks anymore and now my passwords too!

Recently it’s being acting up with a “unknown error occurred (411)”  error during setup. The workaround fortunately is quite simple.

Foxmarks-error

1. Go to Tools –> Foxmarks –> Foxmarks Settings –> Advanced
2. Change encryption to “Encrypt All”.

foxmarks-error2

That’s it.

23 Dec, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in Internet, Malaysia

internet-interruption-map

This from TM,

Dear Valued Customers,
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to announce that there is a disruption of its Internet services due to circuits fault on Southeast Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 4 (SMW4) submarine cable network between Palermo (Southern Italy) and Alexandria (Northern Egypt) linking Malaysia to Europe. Due to this, customers using Internet services may now experience slow browsing while accessing websites hosted in Europe.

In addition, customers using other IP services such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other critical business applications linked to Europe may also experience some service degradation.

To alleviate the problem, some of the links have been rerouted to alternate routes to ease the congestion.

Restoration works on the affected cables are already in progress. However, in the restoration process, traffic to Northern America may experience minor degradation while traffic to other countries is not affected. TM expects the complete recovery of its services by December 31, 2008. TM will make further announcements on the progress of the restoration works.

TM wishes to assure its customers that it is undertaking all necessary measures to restore communications services for its customers as soon as possible.

Customers can call TM at 100 and select “Internet Services” or e-mail us at help@tm.com.my for any Internet related problems.

Thank You.

TM released this notice to it’s subscribers notifying them of the current Internet service interruption experienced by many. The disruption was caused by 2 submarine lines (SE-ME-WE-4 and SE-ME-WE-3) in the Mediterranean being severed. These were the same cables that were severed earlier this year too.

Restoration work is being carried out by the “France Telecom Marine” team and is scheduled to be completed by end of year or sooner. 

To be frank, I can’t tell the difference because my Internet has always been bad. Instead of spending billions on fibre to home, I personally feel that TM to should invest in more international lines. A third world country, so we claim, the Internet is the best tool to elevate our status. don’t ya think?

Source: BBC

23 Dec, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in hacks, videos

Want a simple way to unlock you iPhone 3G? yellowsn0w is your answer. It’s a software based hack for the iPhone 3G from the iPhone Dev-Team and is scheduled for later this month.

Source: Mashable

22 Dec, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in Linux, openSUSE

Slapped openSUSE 11.1 into VirtualBox. Here are the install screenshots.

For full size images go to my flickr.

Update: My primary desktop is now back to openSUSE once again. I’m spoiled for choice with Linux!

19 Dec, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in Linux, Open Source, openSUSE

Suse11.1_Box
Woo Hoo openSUSE 11.1’s out!! Grab it here

What’s new?

Brand new license

GNOME 2.24.1

KDE 4.1.3

KDE 3.5.10

OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Support for ODF 1.2, better Excel integration,

Linux 2.6.27.7 -

Improved YaST - new printer module, new partitioner module, new security module

See full new features list.

openSUSE is available for download in multiple formats, something for everyone;
openSUSE 11.1 DVD 32-bit
openSUSE 11.1 DVD 64-bit
openSUSE 11.1 DVD PowerPC
openSUSE 11.1 GNOME 32-bit Live CD
openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 32-bit Live CD
openSUSE 11.1 GNOME 64-bit Live CD
openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 64-bit Live CD

Start downloading now! or if you prefer purchase the openSUSE 11.1 Box Set.

Don’t forget to share your openSUSE 11.1 experience through the multiple channels!