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Blogging again
Some of my old readers would have noticed that I’ve stopped blogging for quite a while now. Thing in my personal life, kept me busy and off blogging.
However, I am very much here, and dying to start blogging again. While I was in hibernation, the world has moved ahead leaps and bounds. MOSS is getting [...] -
Swarm Bots: The Future of Robotics?
Instead of a solitary super-intelligent robot how about a swarm of fairly mindless robots cooperating with other swarm-bots to solve tasks? The BBC reports that swarm robots may someday be used for dangerous Mars missions or dangerous jobs here on Earth. The swarm-bots were recently featured at the Artificial Life XI conference.
Demonstrated at the conference [...]
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How to convert PDF files to HTML or XML files in openSUSE
Converting a PDF file into an HTML or a XML file has been made easy by a small useful utility called PDFTOHTML. PdftoHTml is a Xpdf based tool which can convert PDF files to HTML or XML format. PDFTOHTML also supports encrypted files and support for images in the PDF file by converting to PNG [...]
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InstallPad
Als de pc waarmee u nu werkt niet uw eerste is, dan kent u het probleem wel: naast Windows staan er een heleboel vaste programma’s op uw computer zoals Adobe Reader, QuickTime, Google Desktop, enzovoort. Koopt u een nieuwe pc of installeert u Windows opnieuw dan moet u al deze programma’s ook opnieuw downloaden. InstallPad [...]
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Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office
Microsoft Corp. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by expanding the range of document formats supported in its flagship Office productivity suite.
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The 2007 Microsoft Office system already provides support for 20 different document formats within Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel [...] -
How to Add RSS Feeds to Outlook 2007
Microsoft Outlook 2007 allows you to easily add RSS feeds. Here’s the step-by-step procedure.1. Start Outlook 2007.2. Go to Tools, Account Settings, and click on RSS Feeds tab.3. Click New, and enter the address of the feed. For example, to add this blog, type in the address: http://www.techgalaxy.net/blog/rss.xml as shown below.4. The RSS feed is [...]
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Testing AJAX applications with Fiddler
Testing AJAX web applications is very difficult. Ajax relies mainly on requests to the server ( and responses received from them). We can’t test what is sent and received from the server. The way to solve these problems is to use HTTP Proxy.
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The SEO Rapper: Design Coding
The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) is back with a new marketing rap. In this rap he describes how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site.
Here’s an excerpt from the rap’s lyrics.
tag your look and feel on a separate style sheet
better results with xml and [...]