Manifesto on the rights of (Spanish) Internet users
Posted by miguel in technology on 02. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
A group of journalists, bloggers, professionals and creators want to express their firm opposition to the inclusion in a Draft Law of some changes to Spanish laws restricting the freedoms of expression, information and access to culture on the Internet. They also declare that:
Copyright should not be placed above citizens’ fundamental rights to privacy, security, [...]
How to access all Google services with a Google Apps account
Posted by miguel in technology on 25. Feb, 2009 | 0 Comments
Google Apps accounts are limited to a closed ring of Google services including Gmail, Talk, Calendar, Docs and Sites. So you had to create a normal Google account, aside from Google Apps, in order to use other interesting services such as Analytics, Reader, etc.
But there’s a solution for that problem. Just go to https://www.google.com/accounts and [...]
How to install Joomla! with XAMPP in 10 minutes
Posted by miguel in technology on 11. Feb, 2009 | 50 Comments
A quick tutorial on how to install Joomla! CMS locally using XAMPP web server package.
Software needed
Download XAMPP. A free and open source cross-platform web server package, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database, and interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages. [More information on Wikipedia]
Download Joomla! A free open [...]
Set up Google Sync with a Google Apps account
Posted by miguel in technology on 10. Feb, 2009 | 0 Comments
Google has recently release a new service called Google Sync. It allows Contacts and Calendar to be synchronized with your mobile device. iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile are supported.
Google has offered a list of configuration steps for common Gmail accounts. If you are a Google Apps user then you can set up Google Sync [...]
How to recover GRUB after installing Windows
Posted by miguel in technology on 19. Jan, 2009 | 0 Comments
Many Linux distributions offer a boot loader called GRUB. Using GRUB you can choose among different operating systems installed on your computer when it boots. If you install Windows later it will replace the loader into MBR so you won’t enjoy GRUB anymore. But you can get it back in five easy steps.
