(A Blogzine by Gurudev)

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Ubuntu – Fix for Slow Wireless Internet Connection Speed after upgrading to 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Posted by Gurudev on May 26, 2011 in Software | 92 comments

Solution for Slow Wireless Internet Connection Speed Problem in Ubuntu

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Is your operating system safe? The Story of FBI adding secret backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC Code

Posted by Gurudev on Dec 21, 2010 in Software | 0 comments

Did FBI insert backdoor code inside the OpenBSD’s cryptography framework? The details of an allegation made public about the open source code of one of the most secure operating systems being manipulated at the insistence of FBI.

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CyberFunda – World’s First Multi-Lingual Q&A Website

Posted by Gurudev on Oct 4, 2010 in Software | 4 comments

CyberFunda – The world’s first multi-lingual Question-Answer website – alpha version launched in over 14 Indian languages. Ask and Answer in your own language now.

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Quantum Computing and the Future of Internet Security

Posted by Gurudev on Mar 31, 2010 in Software | 20 comments

What would happen when all the secure transactions, RSA algorithms, encrypted data would fail with the arrival of the first quantum computer? How would securely transmitting sensitive information and encrypting data be handled in an Internet full of Quantum Computers? Read about the wonderful world of Quantum Computing and Quantum Security in the most non-technical form possible.

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Reverse Assignment Operator in Programming Languages

Posted by Gurudev on Dec 20, 2008 in Software | 4 comments

I came across this scenario more than a year back, and again today the same scenario is back, but no answers yet, and hence posting the same thoughts again While writing a piece of software I got this thought about a feature that could be provided in programming languages (at least I am not aware [...]

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Reverse assignment option

Posted by Gurudev on Apr 10, 2007 in Software | 9 comments

While writing a piece of software I got this thought about a feature that could be provided in programming languages (at least I am not aware of any language which has this feature) Usually when we want to assign a value of a variable “a” to another variable say “b” all we do is write [...]

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The Power of being open

Posted by Gurudev on Mar 16, 2007 in Software | 1 comment

The power of open source is that it is not proprietary and is available to all, modifiable by all which constantly increases the quality of the product and moreover is a symbol of independence from monopolistic proprietary standards. Moreover, in the commercial software you have to upgrade as and when new releases are available else [...]

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C# and Garbage Collection

Posted by Gurudev on Jul 23, 2005 in Software | 0 comments

Implementation of IDisposable interface in C# to call the Dispose method which should be used to deallocate all allocated objects by the class. Use of SuppressFinalize to prevent calling of Finalize method.

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Garbage Collection and .Net Programming

Posted by Gurudev on Jul 22, 2005 in Software | 0 comments

Garbage collection in Microsoft.Net. Memory allocation for managed objects in the heap. Strong and weak references.

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Difference between ADDR and OFFSET

Posted by Gurudev on Apr 12, 2003 in Software | 0 comments

The difference between ADDR and OFFSET in assembly language programming is the scope of the variables referred ie local or global.

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