What about the Tamil font support in Android? I just analyzed the stuff behind this. Tamil like any indic language needs complex script support, which is most important for complex characters in indian languages. This is provided by Pango library in linux systems. Most of the latest Linux desktop/server has Pango library installed by default. Android ...
Here is the screenshot of Google Android mobile applications for your viewing pleasure.How idd I take screenshot in Mobile? It is simple, man. I had connected the mobile to my development system Ubuntu through USB cable. From Eclipse with Android plugin, it was able to detect my mobile. There was an option just above the ...
Today, I have got my Google Android Dev Phone 1. It is powered by Google Android Operating system which is an open source OS. This phone is SIM unlocked and boot loader unlocked. This version of phone is meant for developers to play with the real device. For more information on phone you may please ...
Ubuntu's release cycle is 6 months. Though this seems to be aggressive cycle, it is not enough for someone who depends on bleeding edge kernel which may support some new hardware or damn smart feature. In this scenario you need to wait till next release of ubuntu, if you are not comfortable in downloading the ...
You know that I have developed a small extension called Request Access for Firefox. Recently Mozilla asked its addon developers to upgrade their applications to upgrade to support Firefox 3 which is scheduled to release in a month from now. I did the same for my Request Access also. Mozilla has sent me a T-shirt free ...
Today's The Hindu report on IT Trends talks about 3D Printing. You can make 3D plastic objects at home as per your design. This printer makes you to capture the existing object like cell phone casing, boxes, plastic casing for fragile materials which are more common in households. Though this technology is used in Industry ...
Today it happened to look at http://www.microsoft.com/surface. It is a innovative next generation user interface for day to day. Microsoft says about this in their press release: The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction with digital ...
Some times back I had written a small review on Pardus Linux 2007. I had mentioned that I did not use it for long time, but it is worth to watch this innovative and good performing distro. My production system is Ubuntu based. Before upgrading/installing Ubuntu 7.04, I was trying to use Pardus ...
I am sure everyone who read this blog regularly knows that I am running Ubuntu on my production system. Ubuntu's performance, features, and all blah.. blah.. all every one in this tux world knows. So I want to present here what I customize in my shiny new Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). I took just 3 ...
Distrowatch had introduced me Pardus Linux. It says about Pardus as, Pardus is a GNU/Linux distribution funded and developed by the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey. Pardus has a range of unique features, such as Mudur, a start-up framework of Pardus to speed up the boot process, and PiSi, an efficient package management system ...
