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Scam on domain names

Jun 9th, 2010 | By Roma | Category: Features

Today I received a weird message in my inbox pretending someone in Asia (Mr. John Wang) was about to register several e-romagnoli domains with different suffixes. Although it looked like a nice, informative and risk less message, I didn’t even bother answering.
Of course, this is a scam! All they want from me is to purchase [...]



Script to monitor assigned IP address on a local network

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Roma | Category: CentOS

I wanted to monitor all assigned IP addresses on my local network. Since I have a hardware router/DHCP server, looking at the DHCP table was not an option. So I wrote a script on a CentOS Linux server.
You might need to install nmap on your distribution before using the script. On CentOS, install nmap with:

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Scalix: push mail on Nokia mobile phone with IMAP IDLE

Mar 12th, 2009 | By Roma | Category: Scalix

You have a Scalix server and you’re desperately looking for a free and easy solution to push email to your mobile phone. Just like anybody else, when you think  about push mail, you really think BlackBerry. It’s so standard in these days… It has to be the solution! Well maybe not…
I’ve goggled extensively looking for [...]



Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 DG EX Test Review

Feb 24th, 2009 | By Roma | Category: Photography

I hear and read so many stupid things about this lens that it’s time to do it justice. And by the way, do all these people reviewing lenses and spending their nights online commenting on forums actually own these? Have they even ever touched them? I don’t think so. And even if they do, it [...]



Manage you iPod with Floola

Feb 19th, 2009 | By Roma | Category: Features

Have you ever wanted to extract songs from your iPod or to modify you playlists  when away from your computer? The major problem you’ll face is that your iPod can only be managed by a single installation of iTunes.



The 1,474-Megapixel Photo of President Obama’s Inaugural Address

Feb 11th, 2009 | By Roma | Category: News, Photography

Photographer David Bergman publishes on his blog a stunning 1.5 gigapixels shot of the ceremony.



Why buying a new digital SLR?

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Roma | Category: Photography

Choosing a DSLR is all about compromises… And I believe a real pro will not compromise on the same things as I do. They always seem to want it all, even things that might not be important to you and me. Shopping for photo equipment is more difficult than ever because the market is changing [...]



Firefox continually refreshing pages?

Nov 6th, 2008 | By Roma | Category: Features

Links to images or PDF files don’t open?
You get messages like “The image cannot be displayed because it contains errors”?



Scalix : change the time messages stay in Deleted Items before being deleted permanently

Nov 3rd, 2008 | By Roma | Category: Scalix

In Scalix, messages present in the Deleted Items are kept in this folder for one day by default before being deleted.
This behavior can be changed globally at installation by modifying the userconf file or individually for each user.



Select the entire URL on a single click in Firefox’s address bar under linux

Sep 4th, 2008 | By Roma | Category: Tutorials

For those using Windows and Linux everyday, and who prefer the behavior of Firefox under Windows….