Microsoft Launches Vista

Hi all

Today microsoft launched their much awaited operated system. Windows Vista .
It is since 5 years that microsoft has come up with another operating. Windows XP was their previous desktop OS.

Microsoft will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to market its new versions of windows and Office and plans to release more than 30 additional business products in the next year that piggyback on their technology, CEO Steve Ballmer said todayin New York.

For more details,

http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196600601

Symantec Vista security advances despite Patchguard

Symantec has released a public beta of its Norton Internet Security 2007 and Norton AntiVirus 2007 suites for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.

While the software supports both 32 and 64-bit versions of the operating system, Symantec stressed that it still requires access to Microsoft's Patchguard security technology that is built into the 64-bit version of the operating system.

Security vendors including McAfee and Symantec have been pressing Microsoft to cooperate and have lobbied the European Commission and Korean government to force the Redmond firm to open up its kernel.

The PatchGuard technology blocks access to the Vista kernel, blocking security technologies that rely on behavioural profiling as well as anti-tampering features that verify a system is running anti-virus software and a firewall.

Google sued by French moviemaker

Hi all....

Google is being sued by French movemaker for copyright infrinchment.

Flach Film says that Google acted as a fully responsible publisher (rather than a passive host) when Google Video users streamed or downloaded the filmmaker’s documentary, "Le monde selon Bush" ("The World According to Bush").
The film, which is no longer available on the French Google Video site, had more than 43,000 views in a short period of time, Flach said. Google Video displays a tally of how many people have viewed each clip.

Sijith

Microsoft Unfazed by Google Office Threat

One of the two new heads of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software team downplayed the threat from Google Inc.'s Web-based word processing and spreadsheet applications, saying they are unlikely to appeal to corporate customers.

Antoine Leblond, who became co-leader of the Office group in June, said Google was the latest in a long line of challengers to the Office software suite, which includes Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Outlook e-mail and PowerPoint presentations.

Microsoft will release the long-awaited Office upgrade to business customers next week along with its new Windows Vista operating system, which has been more than five years in the making. These products are the core of a broad product upgrade cycle aimed at restoring the software giant's growth.

Microsoft believes new web services will work in tandem with PC-installed software, a vision that differs from that of "software as a service" advocates, such as Salesforce.com and Google, who expect services delivered over the Web to eventually replace software that resides on local PCs.

Safari web browser

Hi all..

Any one heard about safari web browser ? It is a web browser from apple which is available for download since a long time. Even though this was in the market for some times, I dont think this browser has taken the market, which is being dominated by Mozilla and IE.

You could download this for free and have a try on the software.. It could be downloaded from the url.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/safari.html

Ok then..bye for now

Sijith

Google file system

Hi all...google has come up with a new file system called google file system. This is capable of
handling large 64 megablocks of data. Significantly, the file system was designed to assume that a failure, such as a failed disk or unplugged network cable, can happen at any time.

Google's PC servers, which number in the thousands, run a stripped-down version of Linux, which is based on the Red Hat distribution but is really just the operating system kernel modified for Google, he added.
Urs HoelzleVP of operationsand of engineering,Google

The company has also devised a system for handling massive amounts of data and returning rapid responses to queries. Google splits the Web into millions of pieces, or "shards" in Google tech speak, which are replicated in case of failure.

Microsoft to release Vista and office 2007 on Novemeber 30

After years of development work and a last flurry of testing, Microsoft finalized windows vista last week.

On Thursday, Microsoft made the code for Vista available to subscribers of the MSDN and TechNet developer programs, a milestone that was noted on a number of Windows enthusiast sites.

The software maker plans to offer Vista and Office 2007 to volume license customers on November 30, while consumers will have to wait until Januaryfor the latest versions of Microsoft's flagship products.

Meanwhile, the company is giving free copies of Windows Vista to members of its technical beta program who filed at least one bug report during the testing of the operating system. The offer does not apply to technology enthusiasts who downloaded Vista as part of the broader Customer Preview Program.

Microsoft buys Firefox ?????

Hi all

Did nt you people visit the below site. It is a parady site set up by some guys telling microsoft purchased firefix and now mozilla is under microsoft. (I think Redmond lawyers will be on its way to sue this web site designers.

http://www.msfirefox.com/

Anyway they have put it up in a nice way..

Really funny. Enjoy

Sijith

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft partner to help webmasters

This was a surprise news. The competetors working together. That too Google,microsoft and yahoo. But it is true. They have decided to be partnered to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in the companies' search engines.

A site map is a file that webmasters and publishers put on their sites to guide the search engines' automated Web crawlers in properly indexing their Web pages.
Site maps are particularly useful in highlighting to crawlers the dynamic Web content that is served up on the fly.

Crawlers generally index content contained in static Web pages without problems, but often they have difficulty with dynamic content, such as the one that is generated as a result of a search query.

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo will encourage other search engine operators, as well as makers of related software, like content management systems vendors, to support the protocol, they said.

The two sides of Bill Gates

There were two Bill Gateses on stage Wednesday at Stanford University: the philanthropist, and the hypercompetitive Microsoft co-founder and chairman.

While he spoke of prosperity not being a zero-sum game, he also espoused the need for Microsoft to outmaneuver rivals like Apple Computer, Google and Sony.

"We want to either be No. 1 or on our way to being number one," Gates said while speaking at the third annual TechNet Innovation Summit, hosted by a membership of technology CEOs.

Gates, whose comments came during a taped interview with TV host Charlie Rose, showed he hasn't lost any gusto for Microsoft's leadership in technology, despite having announced plans to relinquish his day-to-day role with the company by 2008 to concentrate on philanthropy.

For more on this, visit the site
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6135997.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

Will Sun release OpenSolaris also under the GPL?

After releasing Java under the open source GPL license yesterday, Sun's senior vice president of software, Rich Green, hinted that the company might make the source code of the company's UNIX operating system available under the GPL license as well.

The availability of OpenSolaris under the GPL license would facilitate the inclusion of Solaris source code in the Linux kernel, something that can't be done with the CDDL license currently used by OpenSolaris.

Although many were skeptical last time Schwartz expressed an interest in licensing Solaris under the GPL, Sun has earned back credibility with the recent release of Java, and I think that the community will probably give them the benefit of the doubt this time.

By releasing Solaris under the GPL, Sun could finally eliminate the barriers that currently prevent interchange of source code between Linux and Solaris.

Java to be released under the GPL

Hi all..

There is a new from Sun today. They have agreed to release Java language under GPL licence. This means programmers would be able to use java language for free in their application.
The announcement just came after the much talked about Microsoft-Novel pact .

One point to note here is, Sun is releasing java under "classpath exception" license, which means
the developers are free to choose the licensing type of the programs developed by Java. Which means, they can use java for free, but can sell products developed using java, under any other license.

Sun said that this move is to increase the popularity of java among the developers community.

Sijith

Top 10 Ajax security holes (Things to look out before implementing Web2.0 apps with AJAX)

Hi all...

So we are all interested to make web applications like gmail and google maps. We all know that the idea behind these sites is AJAX . But we have to consider some security issues while working on this and if the developer is not knowing them, itwould be difficult to maintain the secured site. Here is an article which talked about the security things to be considered when you design an AJAX enabled application.

This is a must read for all developers who will be working on AJAX enabled web development modules.

http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=956

Ok then...bye for now..
sijith

Yahoo to offer instant messaging inside yahoo mail

That is a good news for yahoo messenger users. When the new version is completed, we would be able to do chatting using the browser right inside our mail windows (Similar to the way google does this). This is a major leap by them to keep with the innovation pace and to fight against their arch rival, Mr Google, who by any ways are attracting users to their email and other services.

I think this is a good move by yahoo in order for them to be in business.

For more details, read the below link

http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=76924

Sijith

About Web2.0 global summit

Hi all..

Hope you all know about the global Web 2.0 summit going on in US.

If you want to know more info on this, please go to the below zdnet link.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/topic/Web+2.0.html

sijith

How to send mail using java and .net

Hi all..

Sending email is a very important part of any application. If the mail sending protocol is enabled in the server (This will be enabled by default when you buy the server) , we would be able to send mails to others using our program.

If you like to know how to send mail using java, click below. Here the 'send' method of the JavaMail API to send the mail.

http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/java
/jsps/ojsp/sendmail.html
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=1163

If you like to send mail using .net , then go to the below link. Here we create a MailMessage object and then call the send method in SmtpMail class to send the mail.

For VB : http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/SendMail.asp
For CS : http://www.codersource.net/csharp_sending_emails.aspx

And friends, I have a news today. Microsoft Corp. has upgraded its online mapping service to include three-dimensional tours of 15 U.S. cities, marking another step in its dogged pursuit of Internet search leader Google Inc.

Click the below link for more details on this news.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Nov06/0,4670,MicrosoftMaps,00.html

Ok then...bye for now.
sijith

Do you want to work for google ?

Ever dreamed of becoming into google team. Do you have the talents to get into
the growing software company of the time. Just see what they are looking for and then decide to have them with you. Just start now.

They are looking for :

• People with broad knowledge and expertise in many different areas of computer science and mathematics.
• People with world-class programming skills.
• People with excellent communication and organizational skills.
• People who are passionate about their work and are great colleagues.
• People who enjoy working in a high-energy, unstructured environment on very small project teams.
• People with diverse interests and skills.

For more info, please visit the below google url

http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=about.html

What is RSS feed

RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. Using RSS, webmasters can put their content into a standardized format, which can be viewed and organized through RSS-aware software or automatically conveyed as new content on another website.

Creating an RSS feeder is explained in detail in this article from developer.com. Just try to create this and see how it works.

http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3113931

And here is another article which talkes about how to create RSS feeds from vb.net 2005

http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/3567141

Second Minor Firefox 2.0 Bug Found

A second minor bug found in the Firefox 2.0 Web browser will be fixed, but users shouldn't encounter much of a problem in the mean time, a Mozilla official said today.

The browser will crash if it visits a Web page that been intentionally coded with JavaScript in such a way as to target the bug, said Tristan Nitot, director of European operations for Mozilla.

"It's very unlikely that anyone would have put a similar page on any ordinary Web site," so users shouldn't be affected, Nitot said.

The problem can't be used to steal data from a computer, he added.

10 aspects of developing secure website

We all know that security is an important issue while developing application.
Especially when you develop e-commerce site. So here is an article which explains what are
the security issues to be considered while developing application.

I hope this help us in our application development.

http://www.developer.com/security/article.php/3589331

sijith

Microsoft in deal with Linux-maker Novell

In a move that could signal the start of a new spirit of cooperation between Microsoft and the open-source software movement, the US software giant has agreed to a wide-ranging pact with Linux reseller Novell Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Under the pact Microsoft will offer sales support for Suse Linux, a version of the operating system sold by Novell, the report said.

What is Web 2.0

Ok..there seems to be lot of news on the emerging of Web 2.0 and the end of Web 1.0. But what exactly is this Web 2.0 .

Web 2.0 refers to a supposed second- generation of internet based services such as social networking sites, wikis,communication tools — that let people collaborate and share information online in ways previously unavailable.

BeforeI go into more, let me give a quick comparison between Web 2.0 and Web 1.0

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

DoubleClick --> Google AdSense
Ofoto --> Flickr
Akamai --> BitTorrent
mp3.com --> Napster
Britannica Online --> Wikipedia
personal websites --> blogging
evite --> upcoming.org and EVDB
domain name speculation --> search engine optimization
page views --> cost per click
screen scraping --> web services
publishing --> participation
content management systems --> wikis
directories (taxonomy) --> tagging ("folksonomy")
stickiness --> syndication

For info, please go to this web site

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html