Monthly Archives: May 2010

LONDON – Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, who is vying to stage a comeback on the country’s political stage for quite some time now, has said that he has a huge fan following on the popular networking site-Facebook, which … Continue reading →

SHANGHAI – President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who is on a visit to China, said on Sunday that unless market access for Indian pharmaceutical, engineering and information technology companies improves, trade relations between India and China, which is under strain at … Continue reading →

more images more images Pakistani court lifts ban on Facebook LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani court lifted a ban on Facebook on Monday after officials from the social networking site apologized for a page deemed offensive to Muslims and removed … Continue reading →

more images more images The first two tips should be used for heavily loaded MySQL databases using MyISAM storage engine. They are simple configuration options which can relieve your system to a significant extent. The third can be used for … Continue reading →

more images more images I am sure you have heard a lot of theoretical discussions on what is the best file systems to use, which IO scheduler and which storage device – ATA (obsolete), SATA, SAS, SSD etc. Today I … Continue reading →

A tad over? Under? Inaccurate scales can be costly AUGUSTA, Maine — A cover illustration from an old “Saturday Evening Post” shows a shopkeeper and woman standing on each side of a butcher-shop scale that holds a chicken. His finger … Continue reading →

more images more images 4G wireless: It’s fast, but outstripped by hype NEW YORK — Cell phone companies are about to barrage consumers with advertising for the next advance in wireless network technology: “4G” access. The companies are promising faster … Continue reading →

South African Govt is planning to ban digitally distributed pornography. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs has asked the Law Commission whether a change is possible. He also had talks with the Justice Alliance for South Africa (JASA),  who has written … Continue reading →

DHAKA – Close on the heels of Pakistan blocking access to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, Bangladesh has blocked access to Facebook after satirical images of the Prophet Muhammad and the country’s leaders were uploaded. Government officials termed … Continue reading →

Russia seeks EU’s help with visas, technology MOSCOW — Russia will press the European Union to scrap visas for its citizens and seek the EU’s help in modernizing its economy at a two-day summit beginning Monday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev … Continue reading →

Report: Orascom-MTN talks to end in a week CAIRO — The chairman of Egyptian mobile phone giant Orascom Telecom says he expects talks with South Africa’s MTN Group over the purchase of some of Orascom’s units will be wrapped up … Continue reading →

BANGKOK – Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday said in his Twitter page that he will not give up his Thai citizenship as he was born in Thailand and he loves the country. According to the Bangkok Post, … Continue reading →

Google rolled out its latest version of the Android mobile operating system, Froyo in the last weekend. Apple’s latest version of its OS – iPhonOS4, is expected to hit stores next week and it will be the next-generation version of … Continue reading →

There are three steps to this. First you need to unmount the RAID array if it is mounted, then stop the RAID array and finally change your configuration to prevent it from reloading in future. more images more images How … Continue reading →