Monthly Archives: January 2009

Detecting visitors language using PHP

Sometimes we have to create web sites or web applications that must be translated into different languages according to user settings. If we are using PHP this goal is very easy. PHP have predefined variables like $_POST, $_GET, $_SESSION and more. One of this variables is $_SERVER that is an array containing information such as [...]

Python on Android

Damon Kohler has accomplish the installation of Python on his G1 mobile mentioning it as a Christmas Gift for us, Python’s fans. He clarified that with help of his friends Manuel and Thomas, he was able to installed Python 2.4.5 on the G1. It seems that it’s still kind of rough but it could be [...]

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Tucan, a new download manager

Tucan is a download manager written in python, lightweight, extensible, multi-platform.  It’s main innovation is the management of automated downloads from files hosting servers, like MegaUpload or RapidShare, through CAPTCHAS detection systems. Extensible via plugins to support new services. Easy, the interface is simple and intuitive. Free, Tucan is licensed under GPL2, this means (among [...]

Debian 5.0 “Lenny” it will include proprietary firmware

from VivaLinux: Finally Debian project developers decided not to further postpone the release of version 5.0 “Lenny” distribution of GNU / Linux and allow them to include this proprietary firmware files without source code (known as “blobs”). This decision corresponds to the No. 5 “Assuming that blobs comply with the GPL unless proved otherwise” of [...]