Monthly Archives: January 2010

The layout of the website updated again


The layout of my main website has updated once again. Here are the changes: Rewrote page layout CSS to accommodate Internet Explorer Horizontal menu now only contains this semester’s courses to accommodate 800×600 screen As you can see, I also … Continue reading

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Google Toolbar has slowed my Firefox Performance


I installed Google Toolbar Firefox extension today to see how does the new Google Toolbar affect the performance of Firefox. I tried the earlier version of Google Toolbar before to use Page Rank and it slowed my Firefox performance. Since … Continue reading

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Microsoft Gazelle – a new browser OS based on Internet Explorer


Microsoft announced Gazelle secure web browser Operating System concept back in 2009. When I first came across an article that talks about it on buntfu.com, I realized that Microsoft might borrow some code from Internet Explorer to build the OS. … Continue reading

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Message from FSF about Apple’s DRM Restriction


The following email message is from Free Software Foundation (FSF) to stop the DRM restrictions on the new Apple iPad device. The message title is “iPad is iBad for Freedom (Peter Brown)”. I strongly recommend to visit the URL mentioned … Continue reading

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Redesign of the Site has been finished


New layout for the site robbychen.com has been uploaded. Here is the change log from beta site RSS feed: CA 278 (Web Apps using ColdFusion) page removed, planning to redo it using PHP CA 272 page layout updated Contact Form … Continue reading

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New Site Launched


My new website is lunched. It’s beta.robbychen.com. On this website, you can find my latest layout design and site features that will be applied to my main site in the near future. The new site will be updated frequently. It … Continue reading

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All of the Web Browsers have Security Vulnerabilities


While many countries around the world urge their citizens to stay away from Internet Explorer because of recent GMail attack, Alastair MacGibbon stated that there is no totally secured web browser. The important consideration is “how quickly the browser provider … Continue reading

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Most of the Linux Code Comes From Companies


Most of GNU/Linux users are contributing to the Linux community either through Corporate Contribution or through Community Contribution. Recently, I found an interesting post at theregister.co.uk states that most of the Linux code(75%) comes from Corporation Contribution (which is paid … Continue reading

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Thanks for subscribing to my blog


I just noticed that there are some readers that have subscribed to my blog. This surprised me because I didn’t intend to write much interesting articles about GNU/Linux and other open source related news. Perhaps it’s the result of my … Continue reading

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New Layout of the Site Coming Soon


Redesign of the site is almost complete. The new layout is expected to apply to the site some times tomorrow. However, the side navigation on the home page is already updated to the new layout. Stay turned for the new … Continue reading

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