Samsung Galaxy Note buyers in India will get a free pair of Sennheiser headphones

I stumbled across an article on IBNLive that discusses the Pocket. At the end of said article they talk about the Galaxy Note:
“Samsung also announced an exciting consumer promotion on its premium Galaxy Note. Any consumer buying a Galaxy Note between today and May 31, 2012 can avail free Sennheiser headphones, download free music and games, download full version of Angry Birds Space free and get a free flip cover.”
Anyway, if you’re in India, and are thinking of buying a Galaxy Note, now you have more reason to snatch one up. And if you don’t need the accessories, then don’t bother picking them up, since you’ll probably just throw them away.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 --> London Olympics Official Phone

Reports have been appearing online that the Samsung Galaxy S III - to be unveiled in London on 3 May - will be the official handset of the 2012 Olympic Games. They point to the location of the Unpacked launch event and its timing (delayed from the universally expected date of February this year).

Pocket-lint has also had some indications that the new handset could well be stacked with exclusive Olympics content.
In June last year, during Samsung's Olympic campaign press conference, we were told by David Song, then managing director of UK and Ireland, that the company would be launching a special-edition Olympic Games handset - one that would be able to view live streams of the action.
"We are going to launch a smartphone that all the UK citizens can enjoy," Song teased. "Even if they are not in the stadiums, they will be able to see [the events] on their devices."
Additionally, Visa revealed at its own European security summit in Frankfurt that it was working with Samsung on an NFC-enabled device that would have "special Olympic content" and be an "iconic" Olympic phone. It also said the new device's "commercial availability" would be "global" - much like the latest reports of the Samsung Galaxy S III.
Added together, these statements suggest that the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S III will come with both NFC and a special dedicated portal for London 2012 Olympics Games live footage.
What is highly unlikely, however, is that Samsung will create an Olympic Games branded edition of the much-anticipated phone. Not only will its shelf life be restricted to the event's duration, but who wants to carry around a top-of-the-range Android handset adorned with the London 2012 logo on it?
Thankfully, tech site BGR says its sources report there will be only two designs of the Samsung Galaxy S III - one in blue and black, the other in white. The site also says there will be 16GB and 32GB versions and a 1080p HD display.
One thing's for sure, we don't have too long a wait to find out.

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Google Dive release gets delayed

A couple weeks ago we exclusively broke the news about Google Drive’s release date and that everyone will get 5GB of storage for free. Well, according to our tipster we are on track for the free 5GB of free storage but the release date has been pushed back a week and we should now see an open enrollment on the 24th of April. Once Google Drive launches, users will gain instant usability across many devices including Android, iOS, Windows and Mac. How the process will work on a Mac is still unknown at this point.
Just in case you wanted further evidence, The Next Web is also reporting the same thing, claiming to have an inside source as well. They recently reported something similar to what we heard, a launch next Tuesday or Wednesday, leaning more towards Tuesday. So barring any unforeseen delays, we should all be heading to www.drive.google.com on the 24th to sign up for what could be the perfect cloud storage integration for all Android devices. We’ll see you there!
source: The Next Web

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djbdns (TinyDns) not starting in Kloxo (Solved / fixed)

After switching from named to tinyDNS in kloxo. The djbdns is not working.
# /etc/init.d/djbdns restart
Stopping Djbdns:
Starting Djbdns:
# /etc/init.d/djbdns status
tinydns is stopped
Also tried to stop and start but still no luck.
 #service djbdns stop
Stopping Djbdns:
# service djbdns start
Starting Djbdns:
service djbdns status
tinydns is stopped

Check if the ip is entered correctly in the following file.
# echo "xxx.xxx.x.xx" >> /var/tinydns/env/IP; chattr +i /var/tinydns/env/IP
# cat /var/tinydns/env/IP
  xxx.xxx.x.xx

Also check if the path is correct in the files /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/file/djbdns.init and /etc/init.d/djbdns. Open each file and check the line
Qmailtcp=/usr/local/bin/tcpserver
In my case the location of tcpserver was /usr/bin/tcpserver. Hence i changed this to
Qmailtcp=/usr/bin/tcpserver
Note: Change this is both files.

Now login to kloxo and take Administration --> Servers --> localhost --> Services. Everything should be in green. :)

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Installing LAMP on Linux --> The easy way

What is LAMP? Its actually a short form the expansion of LAMP is
L --> Linux
A --> Apache
M --> Mysql
P --> Php {{ P can be perl or python too }}
These are the basic things which are needed for a web server to work. The steps for installation are for red hat flavoured Linux systems or servers.
Login as root to the server where LAMP is to be installed.

• APACHE

# yum install httpd httpd-devel
# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Now the apache will be installed and its running. You can verify the installation by giving the command.
# telnet localhost 80 which should give the output silimilar to this
--------------------------------------------------------------
telnet localhost 80
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
--------------------------------------------------------------
To configure apache you will have to edit the configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Please make sure to restart apache after editing configuration file for changes to take effect.
#/etc/init.d/httpd restart

• MYSQL

# yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-devel
# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
Now Mysql is started. We will perform a quick basic setup of mysql now.
Note: For fedora 16/17 users
systemctl start mysqld.service
systemctl enable mysqld.service
# mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 349034 to server version: 4.1.22-standard
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql>
Set the mysql root password now:
mysql>USE mysql;
(Replace 'yourpass with your required password' in the command below)
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('yourpass') WHERE user='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit
Bye
Now to login with new details:
mysql -u root -p
Enter Password:

• PHP

# yum install php php-mysql php-common php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-devel php-xml
# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
To verify the php installation type the command below:
# php -v
We can also create a php info page to test this.

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Playing With ISO File

An ISO file, often called an ISO image is an "image" of an entire CD, DVD, or BD. The entire contents of a disc can be perfectly represented in a single ISO file. An ISO image is an archive file of an optical disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical disc, including the optical disc file system. When using an ISO file you have three options:

Copy it to a CD/DVD
Mount it to a 'Virtual CD/DVD Drive'
Extract the contents of it to your hard-drive

In this post, i will show how to create an iso of a CD/DVD rom and also to burn a CD/DVD using an ISO image in linux.

CREATE AN ISO OF A CD OR DVD.

Insert the CD or DVD whose image is to be taken.
Do not mount the CD/DVD. You can check if its already mounted using the command mount. Som linux versions have auto mount which automatically mounts CD/DVD.
# mount

If the CD is mounted please unmount it.

# umount /dev/cd--rom  or  # umount /mount/cdrom

Now the final step, create iso by using the dd command.

# dd if=/dev/cd--rom of=/tmp/cdimage.iso

In the above command,

if=source --> /dev/xxx

of=destination  --> file name of ISO

                                                                                     

BURN ISO TO CD.

Requirement: Need a cd rom attached to the system and a plain cd .. lol

First step is to find the inquiry strings of the CD ROM. You can find it by giving the command below:

# cdrecord -scanbus

From the output of the above command find the line similar to this. This depends on the type of cd rom attached your pc.

1,0,0 100) 'LG' 'CD-Writer' '1.0g'

Hence the inquiry string of your device is 1,0,0.

Now we can use the cdrecord command to burn the disk.

# cdrecord -v -dao dev=1,0,0 file.iso

If you need to specify the burning speed then modeify the above command.

# cdrecord -v -dao dev=1,0,0 speed=16 file.iso

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