Question: How to Fix “Google Gears google.gears.factory.create failed” Error message that I received when browsing a website? Sometimes when you are browsing a website, you may get Google Gears error message as show below. Fig: google.gears.factory.create failed error message Answer: It is possible that when you initially visited that particular website, you would’ve said [...]
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If you own a Linksys Wireless router, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade the firmware to a latest version, which may resolve lot of bugs including random dropping of wireless connections. This article explains how to upgrade to the latest firmware on your Linksys wireless router. Also, make sure you’ve secured your wireless [...]
You may be using Google search multiple times per day to locate something on the web. Learning how to use Google search effectively can boost your productivity instantly. This article is part of the on-going Productivity Tips for Geeks. In this article let us review 15 awesome google search tricks that will improve the [...]
Photo courtesy of sean dreilinger I’m happy to announce the winners of the 3 books giveaway contest. that was conducted on behalf of 1st Birthday of the blog. Following three winners are randomly selected and will receive the corresponding PDF version of the book. Hacking Vim Book Winner: Pedro Parra (comment#37) Lighttpd Book Winner: [...]
On the 1st Birthday of the blog, I would like to sincerely appreciate all the support provided by you to keep this blog going. Exactly a year ago on this day (May 27th, 2008), I posted my first article 5 Basic Linux SSH Commands on the blog. Now the blog has over 120 high [...]
I’m happy to announce book giveaway contest, where you can win PDF version of one of 3 books mentioned below. All you have to do is leave a comment and let us know your favorite Linux distribution and why you like it. The winners will be announced on May 27th (the first birthday of this [...]
If your internet speed is really slow, you may want to identify your current upload and download speed in Mb/s before calling your ISP provider. There are lot of websites out there you can use to calculate the speed. This article explains how to perform the internet bandwidth speed using speedtest.net. If you use some [...]
Around The Geek World is a monthly summary of interesting articles and news around the geek world with my brief comments. Amazon has released Kindle 2 (Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device — Latest Generation). Check-out the reviews, pictures and a video tour from gizmodo. Palm OS – Dead Forever. It’s sad to see Palm OS [...]
My name is Ramesh Natarajan. I will be posting instruction guides, how-to, troubleshooting tips and tricks on Linux, database, hardware, security and web. My focus is to write articles that will either teach you or help you resolve a problem. Read more about