Google Android: The First Open Source Mobile Platform

Rai    Gadgets     google android, htc, mobile, phone, qwerty, t-mobile, touch screen

Google Android is the world’s first complete, free and open source mobile platform developed by no other than Google. It consists of the main operating system, middleware and key applications – all free and open. Applications use Java programming language which runs on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use. The applications run on top of Linux kernel.

To see the Google Android in actual usage, watch this video:

Google Android is partnered with T-Mobile as its carrier and HTC as the hardware maker. The phone has an intuitive touch screen and QWERTY keyboard all packed in a portable phone. But as always, first generation devices are as buggy as they always are. To add to the excitement that I might have flooded on you, here is another image:

PinoyTux Reaches 30K Visitors!

Rai    Linux     blog, Linux, milestone, PinoyTux, visits

You have no idea how proud I am to have reached this milestone in my PinoyTux Weblog. Just yesterday, PinoyTux reached 30,000 visitors since March 30, 2008.

Keeping Up with Windows Registry

Rai    Random    

Windows Registry is a location in a operating system that stores settings and options of hardware and software components. In layman’s term, the registry is like a library of computer data. Mess with your registry and you mess with the operating system and might be doing a disk format eventually.

Registry errors might result from virus or malware infection or just plain curiosity. I have once done a wrong move of editing my computer’s registry and eventually came up with a freshly installed Windows XP.

Instead of doing the messing around yourself that might trash your system, it is always advisable to use software to assist in keeping your registry in place. Software like windows registry cleaner are easy to find when you search the Internet. Registry cleaners do the hard work and makes it safe to remove virus and trojans that are infecting the system. They also keep the registry in top shape and prevent unauthorized editing of the registry keys.

Uniblue is one of Microsoft Gold certified partners that provides safe registry cleaner that scans and analyzes your system for errors. Uniblue also offers free system scan for site visitors.

Always remember to keep your registry in top shape to help optimize your system’s performance.

PinoyTux Earnings for the Month of August

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This may mean nothing to you but my blog earned me $200 for the month of August

PC Port Numbers

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I am not going to talk about Math here, I barely passed my Math subject back in school. But being a system administrator, I have encounters with port numbers every day. And I admit, there are thousands of port numbers today, and how do you know which one is which?

In comes pc-library.com where every port like TCP Port 445is defined and explained. With its extensive information about ports, system and network administrators like me can get information about port numbers. Knowledge of how a port is used can help provide a secure computing environment for everyone. A little security implemented a user can use a port safely without fear of being compromised.