XBMC Media Center (XBOX Media Center) is an award winning free and open source media center which is also multiplatform. It looks stunning and is also feature rich. Apart from being an excellent multimedia player, it has of features like visually appealing user interface, playlist playback, picture viewing, some really good skins, and even third party softwares and addons. XBMC media center is released under GNU General Public License.
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Dell Inspiron Laptops are well known for its solid build quality and its customization options. Dell laptops comes in various price range. Dell laptops bought from Zyxware will be pre installed with the GNU/Linux distribution of choice, at no extra cost. For the latest price range of Dell Laptops, please check our following post.
Acer Desktops are value for money product with lots of choice for the customers. Prices are comparitively low and is worth buying. We have updated the prices for Acer Desktops for the month of March 2009. Read our post below to know a detailed picture about prices and configuration.
Acer has released the latest prices of it Extensa series and Aspire series of laptops. Aspire is a series of laptops aimed at the casual household user or for small business use while Extensa series is a line of laptops are designed for business and professional users. Check out our post below to know the different models available and also their latest prices.
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Asus has relaeased the prices for their latest range of netbooks and laptops for March 2009. Asus, with its EEEPC range of netbooks, is hugely popular for its sleakness and functionality. For the latest prices of Asus laptops and Netbooks read our post below.
Toshiba announced the prices for their range of laptops for March 2009. Number of models has been increased and there is more variations for the customer to choose from. Take a look at our post below to know the March 2009 prices of Toshiba Laptops.
Any software development company which provides software service solutions to customers, has to enter into a contract with the customer, to deliver the agreed upon solution to the customer at an agreed upon price under some terms and conditions, for every project. This contract, called the Software Development Project Contract, binds the company and the customer for the period of the contract by its terms and conditions. As a startup we did not have a full blown software development contract initially and we relied on simple agreements that we conjured up on the fly. However as we grew and as we started dealing with bigger and international clients we had to get a full software development contract. We got this done by a third party and we felt we should share it with everybody and here it is.
Even though Open Office is a really good Office suite, newbie Linux users find it difficult to migrate from Microsoft Office 2007 to Open Office. There are other options as well, like KOffice suite among others, which are really good Free software alternatives. But for those who desperately need to use Microsoft Office 2007 in their Ubuntu 8.10 desktop, WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is there to help you. All you need is the latest version of WINE. We have compiled the different steps required in installiing Microsoft Office 2007.
HCL Ezeebee is a series of home PC's from the house of HCL. HCL Ezeebee series of home PC's were one of the earliest adopters of Intel Core 2 Duo. Now HCL Ezeebee home PC's comes with Intel Core 2 Quad Processor as well. Affordability and value for money are the two main factors that makes Ezeebee series so popular in the home PC market. There is a lot of flexibility as well when you consider different models available from HCL. For the latest prices of HCL Ezeebee series of Home PC's, read along.
We have been running the RequestCD Program for more than a year now. For this program we have been heavily downloading iso's, mostly GNU/Linux distributions. We download either through direct downloads or through bittorrent. Bittorrent downloads are inherently safer because the downloaded iso would be guaranteed error free. However http and ftp downloads results in corrupted downloads once in a while. Traditionally when you end up with a corrupted iso you had to download the iso file again. Not anymore. You can easily repair a corrupted iso using Bittorrent.
Compaq Presario CQ40-317TU laptop is powered by Intel Pentium Dual-core Mobile Processor T3400 and has 2.16 GHz 1 MB L2 Cache, 14.1" Colour TFT , BrightView WideScreen, Integrated Web Camera & Microphone, 8X SuperMulti Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer, 2 GB DDR2 (667 MHz) RAM, 160 GB Serial ATA, FreeDOS, HP Imprint Gloss Finish Free digicam and so on. It comes pre-installed with Free DOS. All laptops bought from Zyxware will be installed with GNU/Linux at no extra cost. If you have installed XP, you would probably have trouble finding the drivers needed for your laptop. This is beacuse HP-Compaq does not support Windows XP anymore. But we have solved the issue for you. For all the available drivers for Compaq CQ40-317TU read our post below.
Upgrading a working server application is always tricky. This is especially true if the upgrade had changes in configuration files and you had customizations done in your local configuration file. The recent exim4 upgrade to version 4.67-3 had structural changes in the configuration files. The suggested upgrade method is to accept all the modifications provided by the upgrade and redo the customizations. But what if you did not read the instructions properly and ended having an exim4 installation that throws out errors every time you try to start exim4.
Dell's first desktops to carry the Inspiron name look good, inside and out. It comes with Intel's latest G33 chipset which features a speedy 1,333MHz frontside bus. Wide range of configuration options are available. All these models when bought from Zyxware, will be pre-installed with GNU/Linux OS for no additional cost. To know the exact price range of these inspiron range of desktops from Dell, read our post below.
HCL leaptops are the range of laptops from the house of HCL. HCL leaptop is a value for money product. Different models are available with very good configuration and low prices. All these models will be pre-installed with GNU/Linux. To know the latest prices of HCL Leaptops, read along.
Compaq Presario CQ40-305LA is powered by Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHZ processor. It comes with 160GB ( 5400RPM ) HDD, 2 GB 800MHZ DDR2 RAM, 14.1plg.Diagonal WXGA High-Definition, HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800), DVD with dual layer support and so on. It comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic System. But if you have downgraded your laptop from Vista to XP, then you will probably face a lot of issues especially regarding drivers. This is because HP Compaq does not support Windows XP anymore. But all is not last. We have compiled the different steps required for the installation of drivers for Windows XP.
Compaq Presario C791TU is powered by Intel Celeron M 560 processor (2.13GHz) processor and comes with 1024MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Hard Drive 5400rpm (Serial ATA), DVD+/-RW Drive (Super Multi DVD Writer Dual format, Double Layer), Intel GL960 (Crestline GL), 15.4\" TFT WXGA LCD Brigtview, Intel Extreme Graphics - Intel ® GL960 UMA with shared video memory: up to 256MB and so on. If you have downgraded your OS from Windows Vista to XP, you would probably have trouble finding the drivers needed for your laptop. This is beacuse HP-Compaq does not support Windows XP anymore. But we have solved the issue for you. For all drivers for C791TU laptop for Windows XP read along.
Compaq presario C770TU laptop comes with 1.73 GHz Intel Pentium dual core processor T2370, 1 MB L2 Cache, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100,160 GB (5400 rpm) HDD, 15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen and so on. It comes with Free DOS. But if you have downgraded your OS, you would probably have trouble finding the drivers needed for your laptop. This is beacuse HP-Compaq does not support Windows XP anymore. But we have solved the issue for you. For all drivers for Compaq presario C770TU for windows XP, follow the post below.
Compaq C742TU laptop comes with 1.6GHz Pentium Dual Core processor, 120GB Hard Drive, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 15.4" Widescreen Display, Integrated Intel Graphic, Built-in Webcam and so on. It comes pre installed with Windows Vista Home Premium. But if you have downgraded your OS, you would probably have trouble finding the drivers needed for your laptop. This is beacuse HP-Compaq does not support Windows XP anymore. But we have solved the issue for you. For all drivers for C742TU laptop for Windows XP read along.
Computer prices have been steadily falling over the last 3 years since we have been in operation. Newer and faster (and of course costlier) components have been replacing the older and slower components. What effectively happens is that better components become available for the same prices. We are publishing here the latest prices for four of the common desktop PC configurations that people often go for.
Buy an HCL Ezeebee home PC from Zyxware and get high speed BSNL Broadband 1GB connection just for Rs. 200 instead of Rs. 250 and get the modem for free. This offer is valid till stocks last. The free modem is available only with HCL Desktops.
Also, buy an HCL laptop from Zyxware and get BSNL Broadband 1GB connection for just Rs. 200. Free modem offer is not valid for laptops.
For the latest range of HCL Ezeebee series of Home PC's available with Zyxware, please click here. Feel free to contact us for more information.