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Remove Unwanted Apps From Your Facebook Profile…

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Facebook might be a fun social networking site to meet new friends and interact with them but thanks to the unimaginable number of applications available on Facebook it makes it a hard task to keep tab of all the apps you have authorized. A lot of these apps have access to information like your photos, friends and personal details. It clearly seems like a good idea to keep an eye on the applications you have added on your facebook page.

One of the simplest ways to check on the applications you have added is by following the below steps.

1. Go to the Application Settings page from your Facebook home page. The link is available under Account

2. In the next page, click on the drop down box next to the text “Show:” and choose Authorized

3. Double check the list of applications you have added, to remove an application simply hit the x at the end of the line for each application.

Do this check once every few weeks depending you your Facebook usage.

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Open Source Web

JDownloader – Download Files From File Sharing Sites At Will…

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JDownloader is a free java-based program that completely automates the process of downloading files from popular file sharing sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload ect…

The problem with most file sharing sites is that the free accounts have a limit on the amount to data you can download and additionally it requires you to wait for a certain period of time before downloading the files. JDownloader is a beautiful application that automates the process making it possible for you to schedule downloads and even queue files to be downloaded.

JDownloader works on Windows/Mac/Linux and is simple to get started with.
So if you like to download a lot of files from file sharing sites then give JDownloader a try…

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Best DNS, Got Even Better…

A while back on this site we had mentioned about a DNS benchmarking tool called Namebench.   The Google Code project has been having some major updates since then and now lookes more jazzier and generates some lovely graphs after analysing your connection for you.

The tool can be downloaded here: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/

Screenshots:

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Getting Multimedia Working on Ubuntu

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If you are a newbie Ubuntu user then in all probability you have struggled to get the system setup to listen to your favorite music, watch your favorite movies and browse your favorite sites(video and flash).

Is there a quick simple way to fix these problems in one go? Yes there is 🙂

All you need to do is to install the Restricted Extras package for your distro and you are set to go.

For (K/X)Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

Based on your derivative of Ubuntu, install one of these packages:

(K/X)Ubuntu 9.04, 8.10, 8.04

  • Go to your system’s Application installer
  • Search for the package ubuntu-restricted-extras(Ubuntu), xubuntu-restricted-extras (Xubuntu) and kubuntu-restricted-extras (Kubuntu) and install it.

Or Alternatively open the Terminal, and execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

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Upgrading to the Latest Firefox – Ubuntu Hacks

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Heard a lot of wonderful reviews of the latest firefox? Want to try it out on your Ubuntu box?
Well unfortunately Ubuntu does not update its Firefox packages immediately after the release. To give a good test run for the latest and best you need to add the repository for the latest release of firefox. The steps are explained below: