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Windows Vista - OS with best security vulnerability profile
2007-03-23 09:18:32
An article by Ryan Naraine titled "90-day report card: Windows Vista fared better than competitors" talks about a 90-Day Vulnerability Report card of different OS's including Windows Vista , Windows Xp, RHEL, Ubuntu 6.06, Novel SLED10 and MacOS X 10.4 pubished by Jeff Jones. As you can see in the article by Ryan and the chart from the report clearly shows that the new operating system has a much better security vulnerability profile than its predecessor and several other modern workstation opearting systems including Red Hat, Ubuntu, Novel and Apple products. This reminds of of people saying that Linux and Apple OS are more secure than Windows OS. What do you say Linux and Apple Users?


Google's Book Search
2007-03-22 10:23:58
I just came across an article by Thomas C. Rubin. Its titled Association of American Publishers. It has a mention about Google 's Book Search Projects. In this project Google is making copy of each book ever published. it is simply scanning each book irrespective of its copyright status, Which clearly shows that google has no respect for copyright. I would like to quote some lines from the article [Google says that it doesn’t currently intend to place ads next to book search results, Google’s broader business model is straightforward – attract as many users as possible to its site by providing what it considers to be “free” content, then monetize that content by selling ads.I think Pat Schroeder put it best when she said Google has “a hell of a business model – they’re going to take everything you create, for free, and sell advertising around it".] What do you think about this?


Google's new theme
2007-03-22 09:59:16
I came across a blogpost where the information is given regarding google's new themes for personalized homepage. I really can't understand what is the link between "search" and giving "theme" to the search site. Do you go to a search site to see how good it looks. You only care that you get what you find. Personally I am not at all impressed with this theme thing. Google should now try to immitate something else. Maybe they can launch their own MP3 player :D There are even more stupid people who are searching for easter eggs in such themes. Com'on grow up.


Adobe turns to the dark side - Is it the revenge of the Sith?
2007-03-21 21:16:01
When Vista was released or even when it was in Beta stage there were software compatibility issues. Softwares that ran on Windows Xp were incompatible with Windows Vista. Windows Vista is designed to be more secure and softwares to run on Vista require to follow the Vista guidelines. After the release of Windows Vista, most of the Software comapanies have released an update to their products which made it compatible with Windows Vista. Software companies like Corel have released an update to their products. Adobe on the other hand has asked its customer to pay for new Vista compatible version of many of their products. Actually Adobe has no plans to ensure that its currently shipping products work properly with Vista. Paul Thurrott in his newsletter "WinInfo Update dated March 21" shows us how the users of Adobe products will have to pay for the updated version to achieve full Vista compatiblity. Actually many of the products cost several
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Software Piracy is Software STEALING
2007-03-21 20:58:59
I would like to start this article by asking "Will you steal a pizza from a shop?". You must be wondering what kind of question is that and why would anyone steal a Pizza from a shop. I know most of us pay for food we eat or fuel we refill in our vehicle. Then why many of the software users don't buy the software and use it illegally. Whenever I ask a person who is using pirated software. Most of the time I get the same stupid answer "The software company should reduce the price of the sofware". I would also like to ask "Do you ask the person at the fuel station to reduce the price of the fuel or do you ask the waiter at the eating joint to reduce the price of the dish you ordered. I know you would be embarrased to do so. Then how can you use a pirated software. Knowingly or unknowlingly software piracy has spread its root in our markets. Actually the funny part is many people are still ignorant that software needs to be purchased. Oth
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Revoluxions Episode#5 : Designer and Developer Integration
2007-03-20 21:10:50
Generally its said that Developer s don't design and Designer s do not code. Is this statement true or false its up to you to decide, but one thing is sure that for productive work Developers and Designers have to work in sync and only then a company, big or small can get productive results. Its easier said then done, well now its easier to be implemented also. Through years Visual Studio has been the tool for developers with which they love to code. Designers have now got a new tool which has made their work so much easier its Microsoft Expression Blend, actually its helpful to both Developers and Designers. WPF Technology now makes its easier for developers to work in Visual Studio and Designer to use Microsoft Expression Blend while working on the same project without interfering in each others work. How? Thats the topic that is covered in the Episode #5 of Revoluxions which is called "Designer + Developer Integration". Believe me th


Microsoft® .NET™ Framework 3.0
2007-03-20 09:32:28
In the pre-release version .NET Framework 3.0 was called WinFX. It is the new managed-code programming model for windows. It combines the power of .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have a better user experience, seamless communication across technology boundaries and support for a wide range of business processes. It is a integral part of Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" operating systems, it is also available for Windows Xp in the Service Pack2 and in Service Pack1 of Windows Server 2003. The .NET Framework 3.0 adds new technologies to the .NET Framework 2.0 which makes the .NET Framework 3.0 a superset of the .NET Framework 2.0. This new version of the .NET Framework is designed to provide backward compatiblity with the previous version. .NET Framework 3.0 consists of these major components: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) formerly codenamed "Avalon" - It is a new user interface subsy
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Microsoft® .NET™ Framework
2007-03-18 10:16:33
Microsoft ® .NET™ Framework provides a large structure of pre-coded solutions to common program requirements and also manages the execution of the programs which are specifically written for this framework. Runtime required to run applications written in .NET is called Common Language Runtime(CLR). The main aim of the framework is to make the task of developing applications easier at the same time ensure that the applications work properly with full security. Programmer through the years have faced many challenges like depending on one programming language which restricted them from using all the good features of different languages and tools. Common framework assures the availability of framework features to all applications written in any languages of that framework, this meant programmer can choose any .NET language but he/she could access all the features of .NET, hence it reduces the complexity and the restrictions of communication be


Can You Remix the Mix07
2007-03-16 21:28:37
Do you think you can design sites that really looks cool? do you think you have mastered CSS? well its time to try it out. Remixing the Mix07 home page could be your ticket to Mix07. Create one of the top three designs and you will receive paid registration to the Mix07 conference in vegas, three nights at the Venetian hotel and $1000 towards your travel expenses. Is'nt it hot offer. This is not all the top 10 designs awarded honorable mentions by the panel of judges will receive Zune. Mix site is written in CSS. This makes it easier to change the look of the site. You just need to download the Mix07 homepage CSS and remix it and you can be one of the winners. More details of this contest can be found at the Official site Remix Contest. Contest closes on April 10,2007 and the winners will be announced on April 13th. So guys what are you waiting for, if you think you have it in you, its definately worth giving a try. To k


Release Candidate of Microsoft Expression Blend is now available
2007-03-16 21:16:13
There is a good news for all those using Microsoft Expression Blend . The Release Candidate (RC) of Blend is now available which means its nearing completion. The user guide has been updated and it includes some new samples which looks cool. The RC is available on the Microsoft Expression Blend Web Site. So what are you waiting for, download it and checkout it out. Total File Size of Blend RC is 25.5 MB. If you do not have .Net 3.0 which is a prerequisite for Blend then you need to install that too. The Size of it is upto 50 MB.
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Gibbs creates World Record in World Cup 2007
2007-03-16 20:23:45
Herschelle Gibbs who is know for his classic cricket shots today created history by becoming first batsman in the history of the World Cup to hit six sixes in an over. In the Group A match of South Africa againsta Netherlands he achieved this. Dutch Leg spinner Daan Van Bunge was the bowler whose all the deliveries in 30th over were sent behind boundry lines. The renowned whisky company Johnnie Walker who is one of the World Cup sponsers had announced that it would make the donation to the choice of the cricketer who hits six sixes in an over in the World Cup. Hence the sponsers will donate US $100000 to the charity. Van Bunge got the chance to take the revenge as he took the catch that dismissed Gibbs at his personal score of 70 Runs made in 40 balls by hitting 4 boundries and 7 sixes. South Africa has raised a Mamoth total of 354 in 40 overs against Netherlands. If this match was of 50 overs we would surely would have seen another team
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Why I like Windows Vista?
2007-03-15 21:40:41
I still remember the time I saw Microsoft Windows 95 for the first time, I thought it really looks cool. Then came Windows Xp which was even cooler, it made windows experience really richer. I could only say one word for Windows Vista "WoW". No, its not just another version of windows with minor changes, its a big leap in technology and surely in time to come we will feel how important this leap is. Here I would like to share what I like about windows Vista, since I have been using Windows Vista Ultimate the information below is based on it. First thing you will notice about Vista is the new look. The user interface is so simple to use. Icons are more visually appealing and more realistic. Icons are now scalable in size up to 256x256. Second most important feature is Instant Search, Search box is given in the start menu, Click on the start button and no need to click in search box as soon as you start typing, windows will start search


XAML is cool
2007-03-15 09:46:27
If technology is easier to understand and implement and at the same time complex enough to handle heavy tasks it increases it chances of becoming popular. Languages like "C", "C++" are the examples of it. ".Net 2.0" made programming even easier and gave us more control to develop applications which are more complex but easier to design. .Net 3.0 makes designing of applications even simpler, XAML is the coolest thing to happen in recent times. I wonder its so simple to make a major change in application just by adding a group of simple tags. Microsoft Expression Blend is the tool used to design applications in .NET 3.0. As you design the interface, the XAML is written by the software, though you can also write XAML to make changes. XAML Code for making a simple button is very simple: <Button Width="100" Height="40" Content="Button"/>   What makes it even cooler is that we can add subtags to this easily, to enhan


You have got Spam
2007-03-12 20:55:27
I bet one thing which irritates us all everyday those who use email. No marks for guessing, Yes its four letter word called SPAM or SPAM mails. Many of my non-technical friends ask me "why these spams get delivered everyday and in such huge numbers, can't it be stopped, so that we get only genuine mails". spam is usally unwanted, commercial emails sent through email addresses which seem known and subjects of such emails attract the user to have a look at the mail. I wanted to share some of the interesting facts and figures about spam that I came across. As estimated by MAAWG around 80-85% of mails we receive are "abusive email". More popular you are, more spam you will receive. According to the Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates receives four million mails per year, most of them being spam, most of these spam mails offer opportunites for debt financing or are about "how to get rich" schemes. There are many ways of stopping


ICC Cricket World Cup 2007
2007-03-10 20:06:41
The opening ceremony for the next ICC Cricket World Cup will be on March 11 2007 i.e. in about 18+ hours from now. This event is hosted by West Indies for the first time. There will be total of 51 matches played in this tournament. The Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica will host the Opening Ceremony. The Official Song for this World Cup is "The Game of Love and Unity" by Jamaican-born Shaggy, Barbadian entertainer Rupee and Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons. Contest is between 16 nations divided into four groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group will compete in "Super 8" format from which the semi-finalists will be selected. The Winner of Final will get the Title of "World Cup Cricket Champion" along with the beautiful cup. Being a Mega event it would be covered by the world media. This event will be telecasted in over 200 countries and expected number of viewers are estimated to be more than two billion. This event
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Is Democracy a Hypocrisy?
2007-03-10 19:28:30
Democracy or Dictatorship? Most of you will choose democracy assuming that it is safe and takes care of our rights. You are absolutely right. We get to choose our own leader and can consider ourself safe compared to a dictator's rule. Is Democracy a different kind of Dictatorship, maybe mild one. Lets see what comes along with democracy. We get to choose our leader, but do we have got any control after that. I have seen so many money and power scams happening, which means power surely corrupts. There are many leaders who have done great for the society, but there are many who have taken advantage of their position for their personal benefits. In Dictatorship a certain faction of public might be unhappy but when we see in democracy most of the people group seems unhappy or keeps willing something else from what it has, neither people remain happy nor the leaders. Ofcourse the public and leader have their freedom to live their own life but under
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Episode#4 of Revolutions is Live
2007-03-05 15:01:23
Animations in WPF Hi Friends, Episode 4 of Revolutions is out now and I am sure you will love it. Dax shows us how WPF can be used to create animations using WPF in Microsoft Expression Blend. He creates a custom button and shows us how the mouse hover animation can be applied to it. This episode really shows us the real animation power of WPF, which you can surely start experiemnting with, once you are aware of the wonderful features of Micrsoft Expression blend after watching this show. This is a must download show.


Support for XBAP in Mozilla Firefox
2007-03-27 10:05:12
In today's article Ryan Stewart has mentioned that XBAP support is coming to Mozilla Firefox as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 update that will ship with Visual Studios "Orcas". XBAP applications were up to now supported in IE7 but the news of its availablity with Firefox means more people will be able to access XBAP Browser applications. Web applications created with full WPF functionality can now be viewed in both IE7 and Firefox browsers. as rightly said by Stewart "It makes WPF a very rich browser technology and a viable Rich Internet Appliction solution for Windows users."
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Apple TV got hacked
2007-03-26 09:43:17
The first day after Apple TV began shipping a bunch of sharp-as-a-tack coder types hacked Apple's new set top box to shreds. Non-Apple TV owners can enjoy the out of box experience by viewing the opening video which one crafty person ripped from the hard drive and posted in all of it's 720p glory. You can also download the Quartz Composer Screen Saver and the Now Playing Screen. And if you're truly hard-core you can download the entire Apple TV OS, and (conceivably) install it on another Mac. You can even turn a Mac mini into an Apple TV or an Apple TV into a Web server (by installing Apache). Source Article : Read the original article at zdnet blogs by Jason D. O'Grady


Dax creates magic with his new Cannon Rebel XTi
2007-03-26 09:32:07
Dax purchased a new Cannon Digital Rebel XTi last week along with a 200 mm lense. This cam is one of the best available and really the results are amazing. Look at the photograph of my daughter Simran taken by Dax on her 5th birthday on this 23rd March. We were at the lake and Dax captured some of the fantastic snaps. Out of the whole set I like the photograph of the old man at lake. Look at the quality of the image. Click on the image to see the whole image on flickr page. We were at the Chinese Restaurant where Dax ordered his favourite Hakka noodles. While the Chef was preparing the dish, Dax took some of the cool pictures of the fire. All the images of the fire are uploaded at his flickr page. To see all photos taken by Dax go to the Flickr profile of Dax.


Simran scores 90%
2007-03-29 21:59:25
Today was the result declaration day for my 5 year old daughter Simran . She is in Jr. Kg. During the final examinations she fell sick because of cold and was not able to prepare nicely, hence, I was worried about the result, but when I saw the Grade sheet she had scored 90%, which relived me of all my tensions. Her teacher was also very satisfied with her performance. I wish her all the best for all her future studies. Photograph Courtesy : Photos by Dax on his Flickr Profile.
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Top Ten list of Apple's Flop products
2007-04-01 22:16:15
Newlaunches.com has published a list of Top 10 Apple products that flopped. People know Apple for its series of products starting with supersticious "i" like ipod, imac etc. but many of you might not be knowing about the products developed by Apple that flopped badly. This list by Newlanches.com gives us an idea of the top 10 flop products of Apple. This kind of lists are always debatable and many of you might think otherwise, but I had fun going through this list. This list of flop includes the "Apple Cyberdog" product that Apple released to compete with Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Another such product was "Apple Pippin" which was the technology of multimedia player marketed by Apple, they were able to sell only 42000 units.  Have a look at the whole list on Newlaunces.com.  
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Microsoft Unveils Xbox 360â„¢ Elite
2007-04-01 21:43:56
Microsoft Corp. announces the new addition to Xbox family. Name of this new upcoming member is Xbox 360™ Elite . One of the biggest feature of this upcoming model is that it comes with a huge 120 GB hard disk. It also comes with High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable and cool looking premium black finish. Elite console is powered with three powerful core processors, full surround sound and DVD playback. Availability of a big hard drive will allow its users to save games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures, extra game levels and any other content that is available from Xbox Live Marketplace. The Black wireless controller and black Xbox Live® headset jells well with the black console. Wireless controller has a range of upto 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries. Estimated retail price of this product is $479.99 (US). Details of Xbox 360 Elite can be found on the Microsoft Newsflash about


Dax talks about WPF and UX at DotNetRocks
2007-04-03 10:59:01
Last week Dax recorded .NET Rocks show with Carl and Richard. He talked about WPF and UX. He also talked about IndiMix and the meeting with Steve Ballmer. Read about this on Blogpost by Dax . This show will be published on April 10,2007 as per the DNR calender (snapshot of the calender is attached at the right for your reference). Download the show, I promise its going to be a great show. I am eagerly waiting for April 10th.


Win a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
2007-04-02 12:21:50
If you want to improve your existing development skills to become more versatile and productive attend Visual Basic 2005 Labcast series. These labcasts make it easy to check out Visual Basic 2005 in a convenient and virtual environment. Get in-depth training and one-on-one real-time assistance from Visual Basic exprets. Learn how to Modernize and simplify installation of Visual Basic 6.0 applications Add new data-bound forms to Visual Basic 6.0 applications Introduce simple background threading to Visual Basic 6.0 applications View and edit SQL Server™ data Create data-centric Web applications with your Visual Basic desktop development skill Keep Microsoft Word documents in sync with your database What more when you attend two Visual Basic 2005 Labcasts and submit the evaluation form for each session, you will be eligible for a c
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Mobile PC Development Webcast
2007-04-02 09:52:24
Windows Vista development team has put together a series of webcasts starting today 2nd April and continuing weekly through June.  These online-only Live Meetings are mainly for the developer crowd who's currently (or looking to be) building applications that run on mobile PCs.  Topics center on getting the most out of Windows Vista's mobility features from creating SideShow Gadgets to ink-enabling an application to creating applications that are network- and battery-aware. You can join any of these webcasts by just clicking on the title link no later than 15 minutes before the event begins on the day of the event.  If you happen to miss one, each webcast will be recorded and posted online.
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Man Behind Windows Vista Wallpapers
2007-04-02 09:26:09
Windows Vista is one of the best thing to happen to PC world. I just love working in Vista. I like the cool wallpapers that ships with Vista. Do you know who is the man behind the photographs in Windows Vista Wallpaper? It is Hamad Darwish, a Kuwaiti Healthcare professional, with a passion for photography. He is one of the photographers commissioned by Microsoft in 2005 to shoot photos to be used in Windows Vista's Wallpaper Collection. To know more about his work with Microsoft read this interview by Long Zheng from www.istartedsomething.com. You can watch his full photograph gallery at http://www.hamadpictures.com . You can also have a look at his flickr profile. He has taken some of the most splendid photographs I have ever seen.
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Invisibility will soon be a reality?
2007-04-03 22:17:55
We have all seen invisibility used in science fiction movies. The spies use invisible car to flee away from the location. Well, now scientists are working to make this a reality . An article in Popular science magazine shows us how it can be a reality and what are the theories of the scientists . The trick is to use metamaterial, a complex hybrid structure of metal and insulator that makes light move around an object like air flowing over an airplane wing. In a process called refraction, these materials interact with light in such a way that it travels faster through the metamaterial than it does through a vacuum, the famed c in Einstein’s special theory of relativity. Properly tuned, the light emerges from the shield as if there were no object present.
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Indian Cricket at its worst
2007-04-08 10:21:25
In any sport win or loss is normal part and parcel of it. The matter is not that why India lost against Bangaladesh or Sri Lanka in the World Cup 2007, the matter is totally different. Its the matter of player's attitude and the management of BCCI. I was trying to resist myself from writing this article but could not stop myself. Biggest annoyance I feel is that politicians like pawar lead the cricket board of India. Because of his private rivalry with Dalmiya he slashed all the supporters who where with Dalmiya. Saurav was thrown out of team and removed from captainship as he was Dalmiya's favourite. One question that keeps on hitting my mind is what knowledge does Pawar has of cricket. Second wierd thing about board is the zonal selection team. Players are selected based on the region they belong to instead of their ability. We have seen players selected based on selector's and capatain's biases. Laxman was dropped from world cup squad
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WPF Vs Apollo/Flex
2007-04-11 10:58:03
I have observed that in this IT field many people like to criticise Microsoft. People hate Microsoft, as if its their hobby. They will use Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and most the the Microsoft products but then also keep criticizing it. Lets look back at history. Windows has become a standard and majority of people use it. one myth that is common among people is that "Apple OS is good for designers". I do not know whats the reason behind this myth but I find it really wierd when Apple is considered good for designers. Windows platform has much more tools than any other platform for designers. With emerging technologies like WPF Windows is the best platform for designing and development. Linux desktop have copied each and every feature of Windows and the open source community keep on copying Microsoft Office Suite in the name of Open Office. Open Office is such a wierd product that most of the time you will use it hoping that
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