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Dropbox offers a simple solution to backup some files outside of your computer. It even offers the possibility to synchronize between different computers and the Dropbox server. The tool is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Your documents are saved encrypted. Documents in the public folder can also be made available to others by sending […]

Virtualbox is a nice little program. It allows you to use from within your main operating system (for me this would be Ubuntu) other operating systems (like Windows, Mac OS, etc.). My notebook Fujitus-Siemens Amilo si1520 came with a Windows Vista Home Premium licence. I hardly use it. Most programs I need run under Ubuntu […]

I like WordPress. It is free, simple and has loads of usefull plugins and nice themes. What was always quite annoying was the upgrade process. An annoying upgrade process leads to the problem that one might not immediately upgrade to a new version, which can make the installations insecure. Then WordPress added a feature to […]