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Savory hacks the Kindle for ePub and PDF support

Jesse Vincent is doing Amazon's work for it. Vincent has put together an app called Savory that runs natively on the Kindle to convert ePub and PDFs dropped into the Kindle 2 document folder. If you're feeling adventurous enough to hack your Kindle, you can read PDFs and ePub documents...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Amazon.com Inc., Jesse Vincent, Vincent, E-mail, Online Communications, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-04-10

New Treo 755p (Sprint) - I want one

New Treo 755p Sprint - I want oneWe've reviewed itVincent has written up the results of his fondlings over at SlashGear: http://www.slashgear.com/palm-treo-775p-initial-hands-on-review-085145.phpPersonally I'm still not convinced by the Palm OS.Thanks for that linkThanks Chris. I'm a big fan of both the Palm and Symbian mobile operating systems. I can be...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Treo 755P, Palm Treo, Sprint Communications, Vincent

Discussion threads 2007-05-09

OnlineRS 1 (Windows)

OnlineRS is a simple user-friendly freeware. With OnlineRS you can listen to radio stations all over the world. Easy Design. No advertisement. The program is very small only 900 kb, System Tray function included. Artist and song title is available in the full mode.

Tags: Vincent, OnlineRS, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-05-02

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Snoop on your own network with ntop

Vincent Danen recommends ntop if you want to know more about the traffic passing in and out of your network. This powerful network monitoring tool will keep you informed about network load throughput, active connections, which hosts are connecting to what sites, the amount of bandwidth sent to a particular...

Tags: Vincent Danen, Network, Network Monitoring, Networking, Network Administration

Download resources 2009-11-05

Keep IMAP email messages locally using OfflineIMAP

Vincent Danen discusses the uses of OfflineIMAP for synchronizing local and remote IMAP mailboxes and providing a good method for backing up your email.

Tags: Vincent Danen, E-mail, Online Communications

Download resources 2009-10-26

Google Voice mails exposed for all to see and hear

If you believe the "explanation"then no problem, though honestly, I think we just witnessed another reason why "living in the cloud" is not for those with anything of importance that needs protecting.I doubt that Google intended for all of those private voice mails to be made public.RE: Google Voice mails...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Voice mail, voicemail

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Setting up a Cisco VPN connection with Network Manager

Vincent Danen introduces the vpnc plugin for Network Manager that helps you manage the client connection to a Cisco VPN.

Tags: VPN Connection, Vincent Danen, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking

Download resources 2009-10-12

Using Corkscrew to tunnel SSH over HTTP

If you are in an environment that disallows the use of SSH and forces the use of an HTTP proxy, it is possible to use that HTTP proxy as a transport for SSH. Vincent Danen explains how to use the Corkscrew program to do it.

Tags: Vincent Danen, HTTP, SSH

Download resources 2009-10-05

Get network versatility with SSH tunneling and netcat

Vincent Danen explains how to use netcat with SSH tunneling when you need to create a secure connection to a server from a remote location.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Network, SSH

Download resources 2009-09-25

Vincent Van Gogh Screensaver - 220 Paintings 2eb (Windows)

Van Gogh (1853-1890) was a master of the Post Impressionist period. His artwork is simultaneously complex and naive, passionate and innocent, vibrant and subtle, tender yet honest. His heavily laid brushstrokes indicate an almost physical engagement with his art. His paintbrush and pallette have come to touch a resonant chord...

Tags: Art, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-25

Post-Impressionism Art Screensaver - 900 Paintings 2e (Windows)

Over 900 Paintings by more than 100 Post-Impressionist artists in one screensaver. Post-Impressionism encompassed several art movements, such as Expressionism, Fauvism, Les Nabis, Pointilism, Primitivism, Naivism, and Synthesism, among others. What they all agreed on was an emphasis on form and vivid color. Artists in this screensaver collection include Vincent...

Tags: Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, Image

Software downloads 2009-09-21

Configuring VOIP in Twinkle

If you need a reliable and capable SIP softphone for Linux, Vincent Danen suggests using the feature-rich Twinkle to configure its use.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Linux, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Operating Systems, Emerging Technologies, Software, Networking

Download resources 2009-09-18

Save time on downloads with delta RPMs in Fedora 11

Vincent Danen introduces a new feature in Fedora 11 that creates delta RPM packages.A delta RPM will only download the files that have changed compared to the previous RPM package.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Fedora Project

Download resources 2009-09-03

Mirroring Web sites with wget

Vincent Danen demonstrates the basics of wget for mirroring entire Web sites.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Mirroring

Download resources 2009-08-27

Monitor your system for threats with rsec alerts

Vincent Danen gives an overview of the monitoring and reporting tool rsec, which can help you keep a close eye on your system's security without having to pore over log files.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Monitor, Business Intelligence, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Components

Download resources 2009-08-24

Vincent van Gogh Painting Screensaver 2.1 (Windows)

Vincent van Gogh Painting Screensaver displays 27 vincent van Gogh paintings. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist, a predecessor of Expressionism, whose revolutionary paintings had an enormous influence on 20th century art. Many of his paintings including his numerous self portraits, landscapes, portraits, starry night painting and sunflowers...

Tags: Screensaver, Van, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-20

Tweeting from the command-line

Vincent Danen shows you a simple script that will allow you to send tweets from the command line. Whether you're sharing your personal thoughts or project announcements, the script gives you the convenience of automation.

Tags: Vincent Danen

Download resources 2009-08-17

How to use Virtual Machine Manager on Fedora 11

Vincent Danen covers the basics of virt-manager, a user interface for managing virtual machines in Linux. KVM and virt-manager will be the default virtualization solution in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, so it will be solid and well supported. Here's how to get started.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Fedora Project, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2009-08-10

Secure remote firewall administration via SSH

Most firewall systems contain a Web-based component that allows you to configure the firewall, but it's not very secure. Vincent Danen shows you a method via SSH that has the advantage of authentication and strong encryption.

Tags: Vincent Danen, Administration, SSH, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking

Download resources 2009-08-04

A brief history of complex event processing

Confused about the CEP market?  Join the club. Paul Vincent has prepared an excellent timeline of the growth of the complex event processing CEP market, documenting the entree of major vendors. And, as Paul says, it will be interesting to see how the chart continue to evolve over the coming...

Tags: Paul Vincent, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-03