A friend of mine owns an AWS(Amazon Web Services) account and wants to run an EC2(Elastic Compute Cloud) instance for his domain. But the problem is, he is not much technically sound to handle the Ubuntu server himself. A solution like cPanel is much better for him because then he can just click and have stuffs done, without writing a single line of command. But sadly, cPanel aint free. So is there any free alternative? I searched a bit and found that Webmin and its derivative Virtualmin matches the criterion perfectly. 

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An infographic on the world of programming. How it began and who all carried it to where it is now.

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Ever since I came from Yahoo! Open Hack India, I’ve been craving for more nights like the one I had in Bangalore. Couldn’t just shake that excitement off. It was too much to ignore. So I have been looking for a way to do that again.

To those who are new to this idea of Hack-nights, No this is Not the usual meaning of the word “Hack” you come across. To us, “Hack” means - to build something in a very short time with whatever tools you have with you, breaking them apart and fixing them in an unique way to solve a certain purpose.

As a developer, no wonder I found it pretty interesting and was looking for a way to bring it to the town, our Kolkata, where a tech event is as rare as a Pink moon. :-/

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I never knew that Apple didn’t always have the “apple” as the logo. This is their first logo -

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This post is to the most exciting two days I had in years. Kudos to Yahoo! for screwing the first half and Kudos to the hackers to rock the whole time. :)

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Tickets - Check. Camera - Check. Direction and stuff - Check. Laptop - Check. Hack Idea - Errr..

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I know there are hell lot of people out there(like me) who are too lazy to open http://reader.google.com every time for latest news, yet want to stay updated of the news instantly. I made a simple solution for myself.

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So you think Osama is dead. Eh? Read this status message from Obama. :D

4 days left for exam. So don't blame me if I'm making stuff like this instead of studying. :P (Inspired from a friend's SMS though) :)

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To modify MySQL databases using C#.NET or any language using .NET framework, you must first install the MySQL Connector for .NET. You can download it from here. Avoid v6.3.6 for now, as I’ve discussed in a previous post, that version might have some bugs. Go the the previous versions section and download v6.3.4 instead. After you’ve downloaded it, install.

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There was a time when a domain name was enough for any business or product for their web presence. We were happy with www.McAfee.com or www.Amazon.com .. But the scenario is different now. It seems we can’t be satisfied with just the domain name now. We also want @McAfee or @Amazon. Or rather those brands need them even more than a website now.

I recently tried out a forum website AndroidHelps.com and someone referred me to WooRank.com to check some rank and stuff about the website. So, there I noticed that they also check the twitter handle on the given domain name for calculating rank! I immediately went to twitter and registered the handle @AndroidHelps .. And now I’ve ensured that when (and If) my site (ever) become popuplar, i’ll have the web covered with a website, a blog and a twitter account.

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