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Weekly Link Collection for 19/11/2005

Lots of Software links this week, enjoy! Please check out the e-Document Forum 2005 tomorrow.

Linux

• vshnu a new Linux shell great shell to deal with files and directories
• Condor: Building a Linux cluster on a budget
• The Complete Concise History of GNU/Linux a good read
• Linux Podcasts Collection
• Setup the SSH server to use keys for authentication
• XFCE Screentshots never heard of it? its a Linux interface like KDE and gnome
• Make your files immutable in Linux which even root can't delete
• New Linux live CD for security professionals
• How many Linux viruses are there? only 7...

Security

• Disposable Email Address Services
• Microsoft Warns Of New Windows Exploit, No Patch Available
• WPA Password Generator very powerful password generator
• Reset Windows XP password
• Why do people still use plaintext network protocols with networks
• VPN flaw threatens the Internet
• An Overview of Cryptography

Apple

• Laser etched Powerbook!
• Set up Linux and OSX to login using Active Directory
• The famous "Welcome IBM, Seriously" Apple Ad
• iPod nano now does video too
• What are Macs doing when they start up?

Design

• Colors that Match
• The 8 Steps of Image Editing
• Web Creme web design inspirations

Games

• Intellectually Stimulating Game ( How Fast Can You Think? )
• How To Disassemble The "Screwless" XBOX 360
• 29 no-nos for gamers over age 30

Hardware

• Pics of Negroponte's $100 Laptop
• Intel's new P4s allow multiple OSes to run simultaneously
• Tutorial: How to re-calibrate your Laptop Battery!
• 4GB of ECC ram in one large DDR stick!

Useful/Interesting

• Google Maps Web Cam Locator
• Windows Genuine Advantage now supports Firefox
• Scarface poster created using the entire script from the movie...
• Google Base OFFICIALLY Launched [via GoogleBlog]
• How to Clean Anything...
• HowTo: Homer USB Drive
• Fix your dead LCD monitor
• It's true! Drinking cold ice water burns calories!
• The Mathematical Magic of the Fibonacci Numbers
• Top 25 Inventions of 2005
• Google stock tops $400, worth $117 billion
• Draw in 3D and Spin the Project (FLASH)

Programming/Development

• Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
• Creating a MySQL connection with PHP/AJAX
• Sun non-Java development tool now free
• See what Google knows about your site with Google Sitemap
• How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary
• HOW TO: Create a secure PHP login script
• Manipulating XML at the command line with xmlstarlet
• How to: Apache/Perl/MySQL/PHP for windows
• The Ten Best Ajax Links: Tutorials and Examples
• Math and the Computer Science Major

Software

• Unix in JavaScript Unix made with JS!
• Firefox 1.5 Coming on the 29th of this month!
• FlashVNC Released
• Finding The Keys To Your Computers
• Microsoft's upcoming releases will be 64-bit only
• Repartition Your Drive Without Reformatting
• Quicktime Alternative 1.66 Final Released! now with H.264 support!
• Daemon Tools 4 released
• Avid Free DV DV video editor
• Keep Track of TV Torrents with TVTAD
• Google Analytics is live now

Technology

• Democrats want High Speed Net Access for All Americans!
• Setting up your router/firewall properly
• Bluetooth Stumbler
• Microsoft Delays Windows Vista Beta 2 to 2006

Related posts:

1. Weekend Link Collection
2. Link Collection for Today
3. Khaled’s weekly Links!
4. My Links Collection for this week!
5. Apple Bootcamp and the Links collection