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My favorite mobile web browser, Opera Mini turned out to be deployable under desktop platforms such as Microsoft Windows and here are the steps to do so:

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The other day, while I was going through the great software directory FileHippo, I found Google SketchUp, a free tool to create 3D models made by Google.

Although mainly intended for architects, SketchUp also does a good job for game designers who doesn’t want to spend tons of cash on tools such as 3ds Max or Maya or the such.

SketchUp In Windows Vista

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Virtualization

Virtualization has been increasing in popularity ever since it hit the market, maybe because it’s over hyped as Linus Travolds finds it, but it’s still a useful and hardware-efficient technology.

This morning I was digging Ubuntu Linux, and since I am a newbie, I had it previously installed inside Windows (using Wubi, which is included with the latest version of Ubuntu), but because my PC has a Winmodem, I weren’t able to connect through dial-up from inside Ubuntu, and thus I weren’t able to read online documentation and log into forums to get help, etc.

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Welcome all to my new blog.

I formerly had a blog on VOX which I couldn’t stand posting at, anymore.

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Any programmer would pretty much like to read these stuff:

1. Stiff asks, great programmers answer

This article is about an interview with a bunch of lead programmers and technology inventors such as:

• Linus Torvalds – The Linux kernel author
• Peter Norvig – Research Director at Google
• Guido Van Rossum – The Python language creator
• Bjarne Stroustrup – C++ creator
• James Gosling – The Java language creator
• and few other not-less-important guys…

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