HostOnNet Blog

How to install Silicon Empire in Ubuntu

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Annie

Silicon Empire is set of tools to Burn, Copy, Backup, Manage your optical discs like CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray. To install Silicon Empire in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 15/14/13 Run the following commands in the Terminal: Some of the main features.

Facebook tests new ‘buy’ button for online purchase

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Facebook Inc is testing a new “buy” button on its website that will let consumers purchase products that are advertised on its social network. The new service, which Facebook described on Thursday as a test with a “few small and

Google Search adds Bitcoin calculator

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Google has partnered with Coinbase’s API to add a Bitcoin price tracker and Bitcoin-to-fiat currency conversion calculator on its search engine. The tool also works in Google web search and mobile search. Users can simply type “bitcoin price” or “price

How to change the default timezone in PHP

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

The default timezone for PHP is defined in php.ini configuration file. So you will need to edit the file manually for changing it. You can find the location of your php.ini file on your server/system by running below command on

How to check the number of MySQL connections on Linux

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

To count the current MySQL connections of a MySQL server, use this Linux command line trick. Assuming that you are already logged in as root on the Linux host where the MySQL server is running, use below command to find

How to convert a text file into a Word document on Ubuntu

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

This tutorial explains how to convert a Text file into a Word document in ubuntu. For this purpose, you can use a command-line utility called pandoc, which converts from one markup format to another from the command line. First we

How To Install Skype In Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)

Posted on July 17, 2014 by sherly

Skype, a Voice over IP (VOIP) software that let you make free calls over the Internet around the world is also available for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. This brief tutorial is going to show how to install Skype software in

Earn Money at Bubblews by Writing and sharing Articles

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Sibi Antony

While I was reading the tech news, found a post like ‘Earn money at bubblews by post and share’. I just searched about bubblews and found the following. What is Bubblews.com ? Bubblews is a site where you can write

How to install PHP scripts into server2go

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Server2Go was originally made to run off of a read-only CD, so the default setup will not save MySQL database changes. If you want to configure the server to keep all of your settings, you need to edit pms_config.ini so

Intex Introduces color changing multimedia speakers

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Annie

Intex Technologies, one of the fastest growing mobile phones, IT accessories, and consumer durables company on Tuesday introduced a new range of color changing multi-media speakers – ‘GLO Series’ . The speakers are well suited for users who are fond