Google Chrome logging file downloads to Google servers. Is this to stop piracy?

The Google Chrome browser is reportedly logging all downloads to users computers. Google has added some new security functionality to Chrome. Every time that the user downloads a file, the browser will compare it against a white-list of known-good files and publishers. If the file is not in the white-list, its URL will be transmitted … Read more

Xvideo Service Thief. A good video downloader for Linux.

Xvideo Service Thief. A good video downloader for Linux. This application allows you to download online videos from a variety of sources such as the popular video-sharing website Youtube. You click the add video button and paste a Youtube URL and the video will be downloaded. I found that this does not work with the … Read more

Ubuntu 12.04 downloads available.

The downloads for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin are available at the following links. precise-desktop-i386.iso 12-Feb-2012 07:59 719M Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download) precise-desktop-powerpc.iso 12-Feb-2012 07:59 726M Desktop CD for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (standard download) precise-desktop-amd64.iso 12-Feb-2012 07:58 717M Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download) These … Read more