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Follow this guide and you’ll get to enjoy Spotify’s Linux client. Note that it’s a preview release and is unsupported. Create a new source file for the Spotify repository. # sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list<br /> Add the following line into the source file. Add Spotify’s public key so that you can verify Spotify’s packages. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59 deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free<br /> Update your sources #sudo apt-get update<br /> Install Spotify...

Putty has a feature to log your sessions to log files. This is a handy and I use it a lot. Comes in handy when you want to roll back what you did or to simply remember a command you ran. Session logging is not enabled by default but if you want logging enabled by default for all your sessions then here’s how. Fire up Putty and go to the “Logging” tab....

For some stupid reason my Google hangout and voice calls stopped working on my Windows machine. Removed the Google voice plugin and tried reinstalling it and got hit with a new error “Installer error 1603”. After some digging around the issue was narrowed down to either permissions or the windows installer service having some hangover files or registry entries from previous installs. The fix was to run Window’s FixIt to clean up the installer....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZkNrh4Bn7NM&w=450] Malaysia finally gets it first GPS based taxi booking service, Unicablink. Its part of the Sunlight Taxi group of companies. You have 3 ways to book a cab. Call the call center at 1300-800-222, book online or through the mobile app. The mobile app is the best way and is available for both the Android and iPhone. When a booking is made, the nearest taxis will be notified and they can then bid on the job. Just like the cabs in SG. The company claims booking time has dropped from 20 minutes to only 5 minutes. The next phase will be to introduce alternative payment methods. Credit / Debit cards and Touch n Go. This is something many of us are waiting for! Especially travelers. Go grab the app on Google Play or the AppStore and take it for a spin. What about Taxi Monger you ask? If I’m not wrong, that’s sms based and the response time is slightly longer. I’ve yet to book a cab through Unicablink, hopefully soon. Have you tried Unicablink yet? ...

Quickly set the current date and time in Archlinux. Check the current time. [root@atom ~]# timedatectl status<br /> Local time: Mon 2013-01-21 08:57:21 MYT<br /> Universal time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:57:21 UTC<br /> RTC time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:57:21<br /> Timezone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (MYT, +0800)<br /> NTP enabled: no<br /> NTP synchronized: no<br /> RTC in local TZ: no<br /> DST active: n/a Set the correct date and time. [root@atom ~]# timedatectl set-time "2013-01-21 00:59:00"...