Navigating the internet, such as visiting a website or downloading software, requires one or more domain names to be resolved.
These domain names are resolved by domain name service (DNS) servers – and most likely the DNS servers, offered by the internet service provider (ISP).
Unfortunately, DNS servers at the ISP might support other hidden features as [...]

Netbooks, also known as mini notebooks, are a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers, that are perfect for general computing and web based applications on the go. Popular examples of netboks are the Asus Eee and the Asus Aspire One. The operating system on a netbook should support encrypted files and [...]

Transferring address books from a mail client or computer to another can be a problem. Converting it between different mail client software can be an even bigger problem. There are lots of conversion add-ons, tools and Unix oneliners available. However, this can be a time consuming task.
The solution is to convert using the standard address [...]

In this example, we want to make files, that are stored within a directory on a web server, available to users by making the Apache web server list these files in the absence of an index file.
We are using the Apache 1.3 web server on a FreeBSD operating system.
We create the directory, that we will [...]

Sometimes it is necessary to process one or more of the same changes to a number of filenames at once. This is a tidious task for a human, but, a perfect task for a computer.
Here are some examples of Unix oneliners, used on a FreeBSD operating system.
In this example, all filenames will have their spaces [...]

In this example, we want to add a number of free fonts to our desktop computer with the Ubuntu operating system.
There are numerous sites, that offer free fonts. We can recommend freefonts.dk, which offers thousands of TrueType fonts (TTF), that can be browsed, downloaded and used directly and free of charge.
We browse and download the [...]