Category Archives: Software
Even Apple iPhone brings in Multitasking
Apple now supports the powerful multitasking in its iPhone OS version 4.0.Main feature is it allows user to switch back to the background application if they are done with the foreground one.Thus it provides some control and flexibility to the user on the applications running at the background.Game softwares would perform much better and user can [...]
Microsoft announces Cross platform game with session manintainance
A delighted feature for both game developers and Game players.
Game developers can now create cross platform game software with the features released by microsoft in Visual Studio.But ofcourse this can achieved only with latest OS like windows phone 7 series and x box 360.Though various game engines are already available in the market this release [...]
Goolge chrome introduces extensions and Bookmark sync
Long awaited extensions and bookmark sync features of Google Chrome came out of beta yesterday. All the Chrome users will get the update through their current browser. If you are looking to update your Google chrome to support extensions, go to About Google Chrome under settings, and click update to new version.
The bookmark sync is [...]
How to obtain older versions of Sun Java – JDK or J2SDK or J2SE
Many have asked me how to obtain the older versions of Sun’s Java Development kits and runtimes. Here is the archive of all the older versions of Sun’s Java installations and runtimes.
Sun Java – Older JDK,J2SDK,J2SE Archive link
One might wonder why these older versions are needed, most developers use older versions of JDK , [...]
Google introduces Broswer Size tool for web developers
Google Labs which is a part time project at Google, produces many long lasting products and sometimes just for fun materials. The latest addition to their long list of innovative tools is Browser Size, A tool which allows web developers and website owners, how many customers get the intended content without scrolling. For instance if [...]
Google Chrome 4 (Beta) gets the much awaited Bookmark Sync
Google Today released the Beta version of Google Chrome 4, boasting 30% performance improvement over Google Chrome 3.0 the current stable version. Google earlier had a browser sync extension for Firefox , which was one of the main reason I stuck to Firefox in the first place.
Windows 7 – Fresh install – Clean,Simple and Slick
After I upgraded to Windows 7 from Windows VISTA ultimate , I was definitely having some gripe and wanted to go back to VISTA. As I had mentioned in my previous post on Windows 7, both Shockwave player and Google Talk kept crashing on me and occasionally even Google Chrome started crashing.
Windows 7 and the crashing Google Talk
The first problem I have discovered after upgrading to Windows 7 (32 bit Ultimate ) is with the simplest of software’s – Google Talk. Google Talk has crashed 4-5 times in last few days and I have reinstalled it three times, finally dumping the stable version of Google Talk and installing the Google Talk Labs [...]
Windows Browser Ballot System – A total waste of time
EU is pushing Microsoft to provide a browser ballot in the Windows versions shipped in European Union countries.Well it is definitely not going to help the consumer/ end user. The argument from EU and Microsoft’s rivals is that since windows comes pre-installed with Internet Explorer, the users are not given equal opportunity for [...]
Will Netbeans and Glassfish survive the Sun-Oracle merger ?
Well the Sun-Oracle merger throws more questions than answers everyday, though Oracle’s intention on Java cannot be doubted, on the other hand the fate of Netbeans and GlassFish is uncertain. Oracle also own WebLogic server and is more popular than Glass Fish and in all probability development on GlassFish might end in the near future.
But [...]
