Odrakir

  • Root password in Ubuntu 5.10

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    It has been reported here that this file (/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat ) contains all the installation logs and included in the file are the default user and root passwords created in the install process in clear text. Can anyone check this out and see if it works? I’m running Dapper and it seems the bug is gone.

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  • Liquid Browsing

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    This is probably the best interface concepts I’ve seen in the last years. Still in beta but showing a lot of potential, the Liquid 2D Scatter Space is one of the many visual interactive spaces (ispaces) of the “iworld” visualzation modules being developed by Infoverse. You can check the flash demos, download the prototype of

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  • Ubuntu – Testing Dapper Flight 5

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    In case no one noticed, Dapper Flight 5 was released today. For what I read about it, it seemed stable enough for me to install it, but then again “appearances can deceive”. Every time I install an Ubuntu version, something happens, not quite the 1-2-3 install that I would like it to be, but then

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  • Still on Origami

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    Microsoft Channel 9 has this nice interview of Otto Berkes the architect (now general manager) behind the Ultra-Mobile PC / Origami Project, where some adicional info on the project is revealed. [tags]Origami, Microsoft, UMPC, Ultra-Mobile PC[/tags]

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  • Catching Up on Lost

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    Last week was a kind of Lost marathon for me. I’ve seen all Season 1 episodes on DVD and I’ve catch up the Season 2 airing on RTP1 and FOX… MAN! WHAT A RUSH! I don’t remember being so caught up on a series since Earth: Final Conflict aired on Portugal (Note to self: must

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  • Microsoft Unfolds Origami

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    Microsoft Website has been updated with new info on the Origami Project. Origami is not a single device but an architecture (UMPC) that brands like Asus and Samsung will use to build compliant devices. The Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) uses the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 OS and besides the standard features implied in the

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  • Walk or Drive

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    Microsoft’s Virtual Earth blows Google Earth with this new feature… [tags]Virtual Earth, Google Earth[/tags]

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  • Apple News

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    I’m following Steve Jobs Keynote from Engadget, so far we have a Mac Mini based on Intel’s Core Solo processor. First Model is 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo, 512MB RAM, 60GB hard drive, Combo Drive. $599. Second model is 1.67GHz Core Duo, 512MB RAM, 80GB drive Super Drive. $799 Now for the iPod Stuff iPod leather

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  • Microsoft Origami Revealed

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    I just have a question: Why there’s no camera included? (If you’re reading this post in Planeta Asterisco, you won’t be able to see the video embeded) [tags]Microsoft, Project Origami, Origami[/tags]

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