Update Kobo Mini firmware
The old firmware on this Kobo Mini is 2.1.5. Today I did an update, it is 2.4.0 now. Here is the guide to make update. 1) Make sure you’re within range of an available Wi Fi network, and that your...
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Calibre released 0.9.19
Calibre has released new version 0.9.19. I did not update 0.9.18. So just install 0.9.19 to update old 0.9.17. New Features of 0.9.19 New tool: “Polish books” that allows you to perform various automated cleanup actions on EPUB and AZW3...
Update Kindle Touch firmware to 5.3.2 from 5.1.2
Amazon released the new firmware of Kindle Touch. Firmware 5.3.2. Update procedures are clearly described at official site here. Three steps: Download the firmware 5.3.2. It is 50MB. File name is Update_kindle_5.3.2.bin Copy the file to Kindle root. Press Menu...
How to Install a Mobile Style on phpBB 3
It is based on phpBB 3.0.11. I checked the Google Analytics report. There are about 20% users using cellphone or iPad. To accommodate these users, I installed a mobile style on it and added the Mobile device detection facilitate. There...
Windows Updates 2013-02
Microsoft monthly Security updates of Feb. 2013 released today. There are five critical updates Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2797052) Vulnerability in Media Decompression Could Allow Remote Code...
Error code 0x490 after updating BIOS
My desktop motherboard has a new BIOS released. Current one is E7786AMS v1.6; the new one is v1.7, which fixed some USB problem. So as my habit, I like to keep things updated. I downloaded the BIOS zip file from...
How to install Linux Malware Detect on CentOS 6.3
Linux Malware Detect is a malware scanner for Linux released under the GNU GPLv2 license, that is designed around the threats faced in shared hosted environments. Here is a HOWTO to show you the installation on CentOS 6.3. 1) SSH...
Domain for Sale
I have 5 domains, which I am holding for more than five years. Some with Google PageRank 3. All dot com domains. Here is the list. whatalamp.com For Lamp industry? universalsportsins.com For Sports Insurance? Recreational Insurance? casinopokermagic.com Good for Casino...
Webmin 1.620 release
I have VPS and Webmin on it. I use Webmin as control panel. Webmin just release 1.620. Upgrade my Webmin as noticed. Click the button, Upgrade Webmin Now, to upgrade it.
Folding@home make my CPU run on full speed
It is the screenshot of my CPU clock when running Folding@home v7.2.9. What is Folding@home? It is a program running on home computer, working on a the protein folding project. All the computer participated work on one project, and share...
Give your help to Alzheimer by donating your computing time
Here is a program called Folding@home. It is pretty simple. Just download a program and install it on your computer. It will run in the background. The main job of it is to help scientists studying Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and many...
Calibre released 0.9.17
Calibre has new release 0.9.17 just few days ago. New Features Allow adding user specified icons to the main book list for books whose metadata matches specific criteria. Go to Preferences->Look & Feel->Column icons to setup these icons. They work...
KB2481109 fails to install on Windows XP SP3
I installed a testing Windows XP in Vrtualbox. When I do updating, I got an error on KB2481109. I tried restart and reinstall, all failed. Google the error and get the answer. I did it and solve this problem. Steps...
Calibre released 0.9.16
On Calibre 0.9.16, New Features added as below: News download: Add support for logging in to sites that require javascript for their logins. News download: Do not convert all downloaded images to JPG format. This fixes the problem of PNG...
How to install SugarCRM ce on Dreamhost
Here is the guide to show you how to install SugarCRM Community Edition on Dreamhost share hosting plan. Step 1: Set up a new domain, subdomain, or folder for Sugar. Step 2: Set up a new MySQL database in Dreamhost...