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Lenovo has announced the prices of their Thinkpad series of laptops for the month of December, 2007. Here we have all the prices. Except for the entry level models which come with Intel Celeron processors all other models come with Dual Core or Core 2 Duo chipsets. WiFi and minimum 80GB hard disk are standard on all models. All the high end models come with DVDWriters, and either Windows XP or Vista. LENOVO 3000 G Series

We are currently looking to hire a person either as a part-time/full-time or as a freelance content developer. The person should have excellent skills in Written English and should be capable of developing quality content on their own. He/She should have strong communication skills and should have good command over English. The responsibilities would include developing technical, non-technical content for the company. No programming knowledge is required for this position.

We now accept credit cards at Zyxware Domains. You can purchase your domain, pay for it online and then use your domain as soon as you complete your payments online. In addition to credit card payments you can also make payments by direct deposit, cash, cheque or demand drafts. You can also pay us in advance and buy domains and pay for them from your advance account.

HCL B 2302 is one of the very few sub 37500 rupees Core 2 Duo laptops available in India. It is a bargain for the price you are paying for it. This model replaces the HCL Z 2201 laptop and the only difference(in the major components - Processor, RAM, Harddisk, Screen) being the 15" screen for the B 2302 model. Ubuntu installations on most laptops are a breeze and would be ready to use without any major custom configurations. However this laptop required some specific tweaks to make the system ready to use. This instructions are for the HCL B 2302 laptop but it is very likely that they apply for the HCL Z 2201 model also.

Installation of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) almost works out of the box for Compaq C702TU Laptop. It is an 'almost' because there are a few glitches here and there. However it is possible to get the system up and running with very little manual configuration and additional driver installation. Three areas where there are problems are a) Wireless driver support b) Graphics card support. c) Acceleration and speed of touchpad

It is surprising that HP cuts costs by not giving a driver CD with their entry level laptop models. However the end user can get online and chat with an HP representative through their online chat system to get ftp URLs (mostly) pointing to the right drivers. Here are the Windows XP drivers for Compaq Presario C702TU model laptop.

There are some things about running a company that you never think about until you run one. Some of these might look so insignificant and irrelevant in running a company that you would want to put them in the low priority list. One simple example is the need for a logo and a corporate motto. You can start a company without either of these. However as the company grows the need for these two slowly emerges.

Recently we came across a virus in one of our customers computers. The system was brought in with the complaint that it was running very slow and internet access was too slow to be of any use. We scanned the system with AVG and as was expected found a slew of viruses which AVG removed successfully after a complete scan. All but one - a file named startdrv.exe located at C:\Windows\Temp\startdrv.exe. AVG could not delete the file, neither could we delete it manually from Windows.

The Indian Linux User Group Trivandrum chapter(ilug-tvm) had been lying dormant for quite some time. However there has been a burst of activity within the group during the last two months. A few Linux enthusiasts including some of our own staff has decided that enough is enough and have successfully conducted ilug meetings for the last two months. The response has been very positive from the Linux Community. Zyxware Technologies as a company has decided to support this movement in whatever way we can, to keep this movement going.