Video presented by Shawn Powers of Linux journal. He tells the story of Ubuntu and his family of distributions as they search for their identities.

I found this great tutorial on how you can create a secure tunnel when connecting to your MySQL database using MySQL Administrator a GUI for connecting to SQL database.

Tools Needed:

• Putty
• MySQL Administrator

view complete tutorial here…

Step
	On the desktop, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

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Many legitimate advertisers on the Internet use windows that pop up in the middle of your screen to display a message. They might also open when you click a link or button on a Web site, and they might open either over or under the window you wish to view. Some pop-ups are helpful. For example, if you click an image to see a larger version, it might open in a pop-up window. Unfortunately, some pop-up windows can contain inappropriate content or can be a way for you to accidentally download dangerous software (called spyware or adware) onto your computer.

With Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Internet Explorer allows you to prevent most pop-up windows from appearing over pages you want to view while you’re using the Internet.

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