Apple’s Mac OS X Lion Preview

Apple released its developer preview of Mac OS X Lion where the installation process does’nt change the existing settings and applications, the menu bar shows the current user, there is an increase in size in its drop down menu, grouped buttons come with slider, decrease in size of buttons in the left-corner, scroll bars hide when not needed and again appear when you need them and also there is an option to keep them permanently or even can change to auto option, sidebar has new options like Air Drop (where you can send files to anyone around you – wirelessly, it does’nt need any special setups it automatically finds other people nearby using AirDrop on clicking the AirDrop button).

The other feature is All new FileVault which keeps all data secure  with XTS-AES 128 data encryption at the disk level, and also encryption is done for external drives. We can also change our scrolling directions from System Preferences, buttons have square edges rather than curved ones as in their previous versions, windows also pop-open in a similar way as the applications when launched on iOS.

The green button on the top left corner increase and decrease window size, navigation can be done either through arrow keys or grid view is available  if multiple files are marked, and these UI changes are optional so the user can revert back and they appear to be as in their previous versions

Google Zeitgeist – Search trends for 2010

Google Zeitgeist is a good  indicator of the popular trends, whos hot and whos not of tech and entertainment world.

Apple iPad tops the world’s search for products , closely followed iPhone 4. Nokia’s 5530 comes third followed by HTC EVO 4G and Nokia N900.

Chatroulette a site for a dynamic chat , matching partners by facial features was the surprise search term to top the Global fastest rising searches followed by iPad.  Justin Bieber tops the entertainment hot list followed by Shakira and Eminem, netflix is also seen on the rise with Blockbuster going down the drain. Lady Gaga finds fifth spot in the Global hot list.

In India  Nokia , Samsung , Airtel , Micromax , Dell followed by Maruti. Apple occupies 8th in the list of top brand. Aruna shields , Sonakshi sinha , Zarine khan form the hot list (Popular people)  followed by Zarine Khan and Lalit Modi (???). Kites was No1 followed by Endhiran and Debang in movies,  Facebook has seen a steady rise in the websites ,  But irctc was the top searched site.

In US Justin Bieber was No1 followed by Kesha , Wiz Khalifa and Nick Minaj. IPad , Chatroulette and iPhone occupy top spots in the top rising searches.

Apache quits Java Executive Committee over Java 7

Apache Software Foundation withdrew its members from the Java Executive Committee which decides the future versions and course of action for Java.  ASF (Apache Software Foundation) had earlier gave an ultimatum last week, that if Java 7 Specification was approved in its current form , ASF will quit the Java EC.

The concern was regarding licensing terms in the Specification which prevents Open Source Implementation of Java and also in mobile device. Many members including Google,Eclipse , IBM and SAP had opposed it but most of them voted in favor the Spec with comments, only Google abstained from voting.

ASF has come out hard saying that Oracle is keeping its commercial interests in front of the Java Platform and Oracle has too much Control over Java Community Process and has withdrew its membership, meanwhile Oracle has requested ASF to reconsider its decision.

Few days back Java EC had approved specs for both Java 7 and Java 8. Apache is a key player in the Web server market with its popular Tomcat.