2 December 2011 0 Comments

SDET and SDE

Just chatting with a SDE about hiring someone from the SDET organization. Two comments I found interesting: Some (more senior) SDE positions are not good fit for SDET to transition to

24 October 2011 0 Comments

Dual language VCD: how can I mute the Mandarin channel?

I just got this question again. In XP, the steps to mute one of the channels in the OS was very few. The Left/Right balance slider is simply a click away from the volume icon (if I remember correctly).

27 November 2010 0 Comments

Template Manager for OneNote 2010

I have heard from a number of readers that you want an updated version of the Template Manager for OneNote 2010.  Well, the wait is over.  Here it is .  Once installed, click on the Insert tab, then click on Template Manager.

14 November 2010 0 Comments

CDE – An Innovative Way Of Running Programs On Diverse Linux Machines

CDE (not to be mistaken for the Common Desktop Environment in UNIX) is a packaging tool which allows you to identically replicate the execution of a program running on one Linux machine, on to another. It does this by packaging up the Code, Data, and Environment (including all the dependencies – libraries, auxiliary programs etc) together, which can then be transferred and executed flawlessly on a different Linux machine

28 September 2010 0 Comments

LibreOffice – A Free Productivity Suite Makes Its Debut

LibreOffice a Free office suite makes its debut. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org and is sponsored by Google and Novell. The office suite is essentially OpenOffice.org and even contains the very same icons and graphics of OpenOffice.org

31 May 2010 0 Comments

Free Training Webinar Series – Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation has launched a series of free Training Webinars to meet Growing Demand for Linux Professionals. These webinars are taught by well-known Linux developers directly building on their own experience.

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9 May 2010 0 Comments

PowerShell for Non-N00bs: LiveMeeting XML API and You

$wc = new-object system.net.webclient; $getPostingUrlURL = ‘https://www000.livemeeting.com/cc/YourAccount/xml/4.0/GetPostingURLRequest’; [xml]$getPostingUrlReply = $wc.DownString($getPostingUrlURL); …( read more )

22 April 2010 0 Comments

Run Google Android on an Apple iPhone

Do you own an Apple iPhone? If yes, have you wished you could run a Linux flavour on your iPhone perhaps via dual booting

24 March 2010 0 Comments

Ubuntu Linux Made Simple For Windows Power Users

Ubuntu Linux comes in multiple flavors. However, broadly speaking, Ubuntu is available as the Netbook Remix edition – tweaked to be run specifically on netbooks, the Desktop edition for PC users, and the Server edition for your server. The latest stable release of Ubuntu as of this writing is 9.10 aka Karmic Koala.  But Ubuntu 10.04 which comes with long term support (LTS) is just around the corner expected to be released on April 29, 2010 and is touted to bring a host of exciting new features including built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks.

21 February 2010 0 Comments

DirectX SDK (February 2010)

DirectX SDK (February 2010) がリリースされています。 新機能は以下の通り…

20 February 2010 0 Comments

System Restore in Windows XP, Vista and 7

Don’t Panic! Sometimes things goes wrong…   Newly installed software may break previously installed applications, you may accidentally break a system setting or something else may happen which causes your Windows installation to function incorrectly.  The fantastic system restore functionality in Windows XP, Vista and 7 allows you to restore your system files and settings to an earlier point in time, therefore effectively undoing any problems which have been caused. These pages provide information on how to use the system restore functionality in… Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7   Share

31 January 2010 0 Comments

Преобразование RGB в HLS

Опубликовано 4 января 2010 г. 18:03 | Coding4Fun | Дэвид Винмен ( David Veeneman) написал небольшое изящное консольное приложение, которое преобразует цвета из RGB-пространства в HLS (Hue-Luminance-Saturation) или HSB (Hue-Saturation-Brightness). Это приложение размещено на сайте Code Project.