open source
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 [...]
Android is the Google's open source Operating System designed for mobile devices. Apart from Google, most of the top players of mobile industries are behind Google developing this linux kernel based OS. What the project says about itself? Android is the first free, open source, and fully customizable mobile platform. Android offers a full stack: [...]
My firefox extension called "Request Access" has been hosted in www.download.com and www.softpedia.com sites. I have not submitted this open source extension for hosting. I am happy to note that it is found useful to some one. You can find more details and download from Download.com and Softpedia.com.
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 [...]
Searchmash is the test bed for next generation google search. This site is owned and operated by Google, Inc. It is called Google Search 2.0. It's look and feel and presentation are designed such a way that it is easy to explore the data we search. It is worth to test this site. I have [...]
The Microsoft has released Windows CE 6.0 version yesterday. The most exciting feature for me is the share kernel source (Since I don't do any active platform building nowadays, I don't bother much about other features in this shiny new version. You may refer this link for more info on that. Why I consider open [...]
Today I read the Cathedral and Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond. It has nice quotes especially for open source programmers but equally holds true for closed source programmers also. Here are the quotes: 1. Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch. 2. Good programmers know what to write. Great ones [...]
Sometimes we encounter "Firewall - Access denied for the web site you requested!" message while surfing from a corporate network. Unfortunately, firewalls sometimes rate a good valid site as blacklisted site. In that case we use to request our system administrator to whitelist that site. This tool comes in handy for this purpose. Once you [...]
