http://www.brighthub.com/search/searchresults.aspx?u=3416&o=DateDescending&a=275Posts by Tolga BALCIen-UShttp://www.brighthub.com/electronics/home-theater/articles/34540.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 10:43:01 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:34540paladinBlue Ray devices offer far more than incredibly clear visuals and audio, and not only the bonus content that you may think of first. Additional features such as interactivity, and additional down-loadable content come to us courtesy of BD-Live. Blu-ray Discs and Their Capacity 25 Gigabytes is a huge storage space. You may be thinking that there are...http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/35927.aspxThu, 21 May 2009 07:07:42 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:35927paladinTo use your webcam in Linux the way you want, from applying special effects to home surveillance, requires webcam software that delivers on your specific requirements. Here we discuss some of the common and creative uses of your Linux webcam and the applications that support their use. Introduction Webcams can be used today for any number of activi...http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/29192.aspxMon, 16 Mar 2009 09:39:31 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:29192paladinWhere are the areas that Linux is used? What are the application areas? Did you know that the mobile phone in your hand may be running Linux? Introduction Of course there is a reason why Microsoft sees Linux as a bigger threat than Apple . Linux is everywhere: servers, desktops, netbooks, laptops, cell phones, mobile internet devices… a...http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/gps/articles/35756.aspxWed, 20 May 2009 11:52:11 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:35756paladinEveryday GPS systems find different application areas. Tracking your family’s or your company’s vehicles is another area where GPS systems come in handy. We'll explain how to do just that. Introduction You may want to track your family vehicle to safeguard it from theft. You may want to know the whereabouts of your family members. Y...http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/29755.aspxSun, 22 Mar 2009 16:51:33 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:29755paladinEven before the introduction of netbooks, cloud computing was on the rise. We have spacious storage areas on web sites with software to integrate your PC's folders with your online space, and bandwidth with lowering prices. Now we have netbooks. But what do netbooks mean for cloud computing? Background Let's go back in time a little bit. Th...http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/gps/articles/36306.aspxMon, 25 May 2009 09:05:34 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:36306paladinAs the GPS receivers became so small to be placed in our mobile phones, the uses of the GPS functions become more diverse. Here is one of those features, finding your friends with GPS. Introduction Finding the whereabouts of your friends is possible using your device’s GPS functionality. To use this feature you have to install an application onto y...http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/25264.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 19:33:40 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:25264paladinThere is a lot to say about LinuxMCE, which really is an out-of-this-world media center distribution, easily surpassing all others with its features and performance characteristics. Read on to see what mind-blowing functions it offers and why I consider LinuxMCE to be the best Linux Media Center. Installation, Configuration and Features If we had a...http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/21108.aspxWed, 24 Dec 2008 07:34:12 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:21108paladinWe have closed the third quarter of 2009. We would like to look at how the Linux distributions performed up to now. We will see the shares of the major distros and their performance in the last 6 month period. Jump right in to see how your favorite distribution performed this year. Introduction Ubuntu, openSuSE, Mandriva, Fedora, Debian, distrowars...http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/40330.aspxSat, 27 Jun 2009 20:03:46 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:40330paladinIn the previous installment of this series we looked at the challenges that a developer faces when building a distribution from scratch. Now we go one step further and look at the application selection. Applications in the Linux and UNIX-Type Operating Systems The applications in the Linux and Unix-type (*NIX) operating systems are fundamentally di...http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/home-theater/articles/52318.aspxTue, 13 Oct 2009 17:14:19 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:52318paladinBlu Ray manufacturers have begun to roll out their complete home theater systems with wireless speakers onto the market. Inside we review the top three examples, Panasonic's SC-BT100, Samsung HT-BD 1250 and Sony's BDV E500W. Introduction With many users complaining about the ugly cables running across the room in their home theater setups, ...