Ubuntu Karmic Koala has been released on Thursday. The latest version of the open source operating system developed by Canonical—Ubuntu 9.10—comes soon after Microsoft launched Windows 7.

The latest version of Ubuntu focuses a lot on cloud computing or Internet-based computing. It also provides users free 2GB online storage. It should also attract those who play a lot of games on computers. Ubuntu has made installing free games easier. It also promises to make sharing of files between two computers easy.

Canonical has also launched a netbook version of Ubuntu 9.10.

Apart from these, it comes with OpenOffice 3.0, Firefox Web browser 3.5, Evolution email client, Empathy for chatting, etc.

How to get/upgrade/install Ubuntu 9.10?
One can get Ubuntu Karmic Koala free of cost by downloading an .iso image (CD image) of the open source operating system and then burning it on a CD.
One can also buy Ubuntu DVDs from Amazon.If you are willing to wait for 6-10 weeks, you can also request free CDs of Ubuntu 9.10 from its ShipIt website.
All existing Ubuntu users can upgrade to the new version by running Update Manager (System-> Administration-> Update Manager). Before upgrading to the latest version, make sure to update your current Ubuntu version.

Learn about Ubuntu installation, applications and other things in these previous posts aggregated on one page to help you switch to Ubuntu.

Do you find yourself checking Facebook very often, may be every hour or even frequently? Yes. You are suffering from Facebook Compulsive Syndrome. Just kidding, but, yes, you are surely addicted to Facebook.

Are you addicted to Facebook?
Here's a list of some basic symptoms of Facebook addiction. If your answer is in affirmative for most of the questions, it's a clear case of addiction.

If your Airtel cellphone's message tone beeped, it could be a tweet.

A few minutes ago my cellphone beeped once, alerting me that I had a message. Who could it be, after 12 at night? I didn't expect it to be a tweet from one of the persons I was following on Twitter.

According to Downforeveryoneorjustme BlogSpot's image servers are down. BlogSpot blogs are, however, down only for me. That means I was correct when I earlier said Blogger's image servers were facing problems. That's the reason why several images are not available on this site. (Updated at 14.00 GMT)

Update (10.13 GMT): Downforeveryoneorjustme says BlogSpot blogs are down only for me. That means I need to check with my Internet service provider. Deleting the content of this post. Sorry for the trouble.

When everyone in Brazil is excited about Rio de Janeiro getting to host 2016 Olympics, how could have Google Brasil missed the celebration? It was quick to have the statue of Jesus Christ looking over Rio on its Brasil homepage.

Getting featured on Google homepage has become a yardstick for importance of events and personalities. On 2 October, Google had Mahatma Gandhi on some of its sites.


I have always been fascinated by the magnificent Jesus with his open arms eager to hug the city of Rio. Will you sponsor my trip to Rio, please?

Digital Inspiration

On 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Google decided to put Mahatma Gandhi on its Google logo doodle to mark the special day.  So where all did Google use the Mahatma Gandhi doodle?

On 2 October, Gandhi Jayanti, Google used a doodle using on Mahatma's caricature on the homepage of some of its regional sites including India, South Africa and the UK. But Gandhi wasn't there on search results pages.



In case of Google.com, it was just the opposite. Mahatma wasn't there on the homepage but was on the search results pages.


In Google China, Mahatma was neither on the homepage nor on results pages. China had a very different doodle with a violet fairy.


In the Google site of other Indian sub-continent countries, Mahtma Gandhi was only on the homepage of Bangladesh. Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka Google did not have Mahatma anywhere. Mahatma didn't make it to Afghanistan either.

What about other Google sites? Who knows.

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Do you have an old PC or laptop in your home that's no one wants to use? It's so slow. OK. So what are you planning to do with it? Dump it in the garbage? Why not make some good use of it and save out planet from the increasing burden of toxic ewastes.

Overhaul and rejuvenate your computer 

Dusting the box: If your laptop or PC has become very old and shabby, give it a scrub. Dust and dirt affect the performance of the system adversely. Open the box and use a vaccum cleaner to remove all the dirt and dust. Also, clean the disc drive using any good CD lens cleaner available in shops.