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Windows XP on Ubuntu using VirtualBox

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Nimal

Hi, Problem: I got my Compaq Presario V6211AU, preloaded with Windows Vista Basic. As I have never used a legal version of Windows and this is the first time getting a legal version for me, I decided to stick with … Continue reading →

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Read/Write NTFS partition in Ubuntu

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Nimal

LinWins, Little background of this story: I have installed Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on my laptop this week. And I had whole lot of issues coming around, but I’ll write about those in a later post, and I’ll keep this … Continue reading →

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PayPal now in Sri Lanka

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Nimal

PayPal the e-commerce business which allows payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet, has now arrived to Sri Lanka. PayPal did not allow registrations from Sri Lanka till very recently, which many of us wanted to do … Continue reading →

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SeagullSoftwares.com – A Ponzi-style fraud!

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Nimal

NEWS A Ponzi-style fraud that was masquerading as an Internet based outsourcing company, shut up shop Wednesday (25-10-2006), leaving thousands of Sri Lankans defrauded of millions of rupees. Two Indian nationals (we all know Indians are ever famous for their … Continue reading →

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Advantages Unix-like OS over Windows for virus protection

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Nimal

We being the unfortunate from this part of the world, Sri Lankans; even though we are always very much keen in using a Genuine Windows, which Mr.Bill puts up at Microsoft Corp, USA, as he claims it is THE best … Continue reading →

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