Xubuntu Optimal Performance in Low Memory Tweet

Selection of appropriate operating system and in accordance with the hardware it needs to be considered. We have many options that the operating system can be used, but whether the computer hardware we can support that operating system, and now I see a lot of applications that consume memory programs so wasteful, especially those running on microsoft's operating system. I have long been using Windows XP and often made me wait a long time when running some applications that will be used.

Today I have switched to Linux operating system that offers a fast loading and memory consumption smaller. Choice of operating system I use is Xubuntu 9:10 (Karmic), where Xubuntu has a good performance with a short loading time. Xubuntu does not consume so much memory and can run on 128 MB memory.

Xubuntu packages on Debian-based packages maintained by Debian xfce team. Xubuntu is a part of the release 9:10 (Ubuntu Karmic) which uses the Linux Kernel 2.6.31.-20-generic and GNOME 2.28.1. Xubuntu has a good performance and fast to run on low memory when compared to Ubuntu which requires a minimum of 256 MB of memory.

Speed of loading of the Xubuntu operating system is faster when compared with windows xp I have been using. Before I have been using ubuntu but not so good performance on my laptop, so long loading and maximum performance less. Hardware specifications requested ubuntu higher when compared with Xubuntu.

Linux operating system is very fast growing and a lot to give us options such as Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, Min Helena and many more. For those of you who want to use linux distro you should use an operating system according to the size of available memory, especially for those of you who have the hardware with low memory, and xubuntu is the right choice for low memory minimum 128 MB.

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Peak Solar Activity Beginning in 2012 until 2015 Tweet

Peak solar activity that is expected to occur in 2012 that can cause solar storms, and the center of the solar activity is expected to occur between the years 2012 to 2015.  "The storm is the impact of the sun peak solar activity.'s Worst impact of this phenomenon is the disruption of satellite technology, communications, navigation and induction electric transformer," the scientists said.

This is a normal phenomenon as part of the cycle peak of solar activity that occurs once every 11 years. Although the need to watch out, the storm was not to destroy the earth. The impact of solar storms that most felt was the extreme climate change.  Usually, extreme temperature changes in the northern hemisphere of the earth. In the suspect, extreme weather changes lately is the impact of minimum solar activity is expected to take place in 2006 until 2007. But in fact this minimum activity continued until 2009.

"Simply put, the astronomers describe as gravity activity is very strong sun and once every 11 years which continue to rise. When the gravitational attraction is so strong and unbearable, this will cause a hydrogen explosion," as scientists say. Peak activity of the sun throwing billions of tons of particles, high-energy plasma, and electromagnetic wave radiation. Hurl particles and radiation that leads to the earth affects the atmosphere, technological systems, as well as human activities in space and the earth.

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Windows 7 sold 90 million copies in less than 6 months Tweet

SEATTLE - Only in less than 6 months, Microsoft claims to have successfully sold 90 million copies of Windows 7. Microsoft's latest operating system that went into production in July 2009 and released to the market in October 2009.

Achievement is reported by Peter Klein, Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft, last week, when delivering a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Technology Media and Telecom Conference and San Francisco, USA. Previously, Microsoft had never reported the sale of 60 million copies of Windows 7 in January 2010.

However, the businesses users of Windows 7 are still not satisfactory. As reported by the Telegraph, Klein admitted that it might happen because of the attitude of prudence IT managers to make changes. However, Microsoft believes that Windows 7 adoption among businesses will increase the launch of the service packs that fix some weaknesses and new features. Service packs are planned out this year.

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Sex.com site Auctions From 1 Million U.S. Dollars Tweet

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Ready to 9,000 TNI Securing Obama's Visit to Indonesia Tweet

Regional Military Command IX / Udayana has prepared 8,000 to 9,000 personnel to secure the United States President Barack Obama during a visit to Bali, Indonesia. Regional Commander IX / Udayana Major General Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan, stated that he was preparing security for Obama's arrival in Bali. Related to the arrival of President Obama's plan to Bali, the Udayana Regional Military Command IX, ready to secure the President who had spent his childhood in Jakarta is. "Yes 8 to 9 thousand personnel we prepared to secure President Obama during his stay in Bali," said Regional Commander.

Security is certainly comparable to the security of international standard activities. "Until now I have found no confirmation, but if true then he would come here, we've got a maximum of 8,000 to 9,000 personnel," she said again. Although there is no certainty, however, the information obtained in the field indicate if state officials and the American consulate is coordinating with the local police and the Indonesian National Army (TNI). Even the upper echelons of TNI also has had time to come to Bali to further coordinate security measures related to Obama. President Obama planned to visit in Indonesia around 20-22 March 2010, he will visit the capital city of Jakarta, is also going to visit the island of Bali in Indonesia.

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Review Smartphone Nokia N900 Tweet

The world's largest mobile phone producer Nokia launched the latest smartphone products type Nokia N900.

This is a smartphone with a very good ability and performance. The difference Nokia N900 with other Nokia phone was Maemo 5. Nokia N900 not use Symbian operating system, but would prefer to use linux-based operating system, Maemo 5 with multi-tasking abilities better.

Maemo 5 previously used on Nokia Internet tablets. With the launch of the Nokia N900, Maemo 5 made its debut on the mobile chassis size.

Besides Maemo 5, the Nokia N900 also brings with it the Mozilla web browser complete with full support for Flash version 9.4. Nokia N900 with sliding QWERTY keyboard model (slides out). To accommodate the ability Maemo 5, the Nokia N900 using the processor ARM Cortex-A8, OpenGL ES 2.0 and 256 MB of RAM. The front of the Nokia N900 is 3.5 inch WVGA screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixels with support for a more responsive touchscreen dianding previous nokia phone.

With such hardware support, run any application would be more comfortable. The entire application is currently running will be displayed continuously on the dashboard, homescreen can also easily via personalized shortcuts, widgets and applications. Nokia N900 has a 32 GB storage and can be added up to 48 GB via microSD card.

Other features that complement the Nokia N900 is a GPS receiver with Ovi maps, FM transmitter, a standard 3.5 mm audio jack equipped with TV Out function, bluetooth and support for DivX / XviD. Nokia N900 is also equipped with a 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics label that can be used to record video with a ratio of 16:9 with a resolution of 848 x 480 pixels @ 25 frames per second. Tag cloud interface is also added to make it easier for users taging and sharing photos or video. And here are the complete data specification of the Nokia N900 smartphone:

DISPLAY: 3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display, WVGA 800 × 480 pixel resolution
CONNECTIVITY: 3.5mm AV connector, TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable, Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets, Integrated FM transmitter, Integrated GPS with A-GPS
BATTERY: BL-5J 1320mAh
PROCESSOR & 3D ACCELERATOR: TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support
MEMORY: Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)
SIZE: Dimensions 110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mm, Weight Approx 181g
STORAGE: 32 GB internal storage, Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality vide
Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card
KEYBOARD: Full QWERTY tactile keyboard, Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard
FREQUENCY: Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz
DATA GPRS: class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL) HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g

CALL FEATURE: Integrated hands-free stereo speakers, Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Call timer, Logging of dialed, received and missed calls, Speed dialing via contact widget, Virbrating alert (internal), Side volume keys, Mute/unmute, Contacts with images, Conference calling with up to 3 participants, Internet calling

EMAIL / MESSAGING: Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Support for email attachments, Support for rich HTML, SMS and Instant Messages as conversations, Support for Nokia Messaging service, Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts, Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images, Support for assigning images to contacts

WEB BROWSER: Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology, Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
Full screen browsing
GPS: Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers, Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
Automatic geotagging
CAMERA: 5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels), CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, 3 × digital zoom, Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key, Dual LED flash
Full-screen viewfinder, Photo editor on device, TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP, Landscape (horizontal) orientation, Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action

VIDEO: Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA), Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4, Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps, Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263

MUSIC & AUDIO: Maemo media player, Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a; Built-in FM transmitter, Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a, FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR, Digital stereo microphone, DLNA

PERSONALISATION: Background pictures, Widgets on your desktops, Intelligent contact shortcuts, Shortcuts to your favourite websites, Shortcuts to applications, Themes

OS: Maemo 5 software on Linux
APPLICATION: Maemo Browser, Phone, Conversations, Contact, Camera, Photos, Media Player, OVI Maps, Clock, Notes, Calculator, PDF Reader, File Manager, RSS Reader, Sketch
Games, Widgets, Application manager for downloads, GAMING Bounce, Chess, Mahjong

IN THE BOX: Nokia N900, Nokia Battery (BL-5J), Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10), Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205), Video out cable (CA-75U), Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
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Hijacking Tankers in the Indian Ocean Tweet

The Norwegian owned tanker taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean region. According to the ship owner, tanker was hijacked after sailing from Madagascar. UBT tanker named Ocean is carrying cargo of oil from Saudi Arabia in order to Tanzania. Svenn Pedersan of Brovigtank officials who have stated tankers, this hijacking certainty obtained after the captain told directly to the owner of the ship.

"Not long after we lost with the ship, the captain reported if tankernya plowed," said Pedersen. Ocean UBT registered in the Marshall Islands, now sailing into unknown waters of Somalia. This is confirmed by the ship owner based on information from the ship's captain to make sure if the tanker was hijacked. Incidents of piracy in the waters of Africa continues to bloom these days, the attack on ships passing through the region usually occur between March and May, when sea wave conditions in a state of calm.

Piracy has occurred two days after a group of pirates holding a tanker-flag Saudi Arabia and its crew in the Gulf of Aden. The ship was brought to the city known Garacad, Somalia. Business international patrols in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, until now have not succeeded completely prevent attacks by ships from Somali pirates group.

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