30 Jan
Following are the images available on apple.com
http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/design/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/gallery/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/pricing/
Burning question in my mind !
Will Apple’s iPad overrule Amazon’s kindle ???
Regards,
Shadab
26 Nov
Hi folks ….
Today m gonna talk about Empathy IM client included in the latest Fedora 12
The most attractive feature of Empathy IM is Conversation theming
For example, the theme used by me in the below screenshot is ”Adium Matte”
It simulates Apple iChat’s bubbles while chatting ….
Similarly you can find a lot many themes to download at :-
http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=search&cat_id=5&sort=ranking&user_id=0&s=&start=0
The question is to find an easy way to download as well as install these themes.
Well, I used the following route :-
There are a number of themes at http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=search&cat_id=5&sort=ranking&user_id=0&s=&start=0
The ” adium matte ” theme seen in the above screenshot is available at http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=search&s=adium+matte
You name it and Empathy has got it !!!
Do rate my post and give your wonderful comments !!!
Regards,
Shadab I. Wadiwala
twitter.com/shadab5
19 Nov
Hi,
Fedora 12 was officially released on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 !!!!
So far the reviews have been excellent !!!
Here are the various reviews coming from all across the world.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2659895/
http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3848846/Fedora+12+Takes+Aim+at+Linux+Networking.htm
http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/10/red-hat-fedora-12-constantine.html#more
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3848566/Fedora-12-Touts-Virtualization-Tools.htm
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/326717/fedora_linux_12_arrives_ups_multimedia_support
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3848891
http://linuxcritic.com/stories/35-Fedora-12-Review-and-Commentary.html
http://linuxers.org/article/fedora-12-upgrade-or-fresh-install
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/tip-of-the-hat-fedora-12-a-strong-update.ars
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3848441/Fedora+12+Linux+Tackles+Virtualization.htm
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-12-Officially-Released-127223.shtml
Regards,
Shadab I. Wadiwala
11 Nov
Hi,
Citrix Receiver is a new lightweight software client that makes accessing virtual applications and desktops on any device as easy as turning on your TV.
Much like a satellite or cable TV receiver in a broadcast media service, Citrix Receiver allows IT organizations to deliver applications as an on-demand service to any device in any location with a rich high definition experience.
As long as employees have Citrix Receiver installed, IT no longer has to worry about whether they are delivering to a PC in the office, a Mac at home, or an iPhone on the road. This approach radically simplifies desktop management for IT and gives end users far more flexibility and independence in how and where they work.
I used the following steps to install Citrix Receiver ( Client ) on my Fedora 12 box
Download the rpm file of Citrix Client ( Citrix Receiver ) at http://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=3323&productId=186&c1=sot2755#top
On the shell issue the following command :-
su
< root password >
yum install openmotif
Note :- openmotif libs are required for Citrix client and they are not present in newer Fedora installations
cd < directory where the citrix RPM file was download >
rpm -ivh ICAClient-11.0-1.i386.rpm
SELinux needs to be in permissive mode or disabled.
I referred http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=221173 and executed the following commands
mv /usr/share/fonts/cjkuni/fonts.dir /usr/share/fonts/cjkuni/fonts.dir.old
mv /usr/share/fonts/cjkuni/fonts.scale /usr/share/fonts/cjkuni/fonts.scale.old
Finally from the Fedora menu I can start the Citrix receiver .. Eureka !!!!!!
Regards,
Shadab I. Wadiwala
twitter.com/shadab5
Do post your feedback !!!
31 Oct
Big Boss , one of the most popular reality show of India. How 13 completely unknown people are put together to stay with each other , know each other, help each other …
But the story doesn’t end here.
People come to know each other more and more as the days go by and so do we come to know the celebrities in the house, actually their real self.
Sherlin Chopra was eliminated yesterday (30th October 2009).
Sherlin Chopra one of the most glamorous girl in the Big Boss’ house . She was seen on the silver screen in Dil Bole Hadippa(starring Shahid Kapoor & Rani Mukherjee).
How many girls/guys in India are dying to become models or appear on silver screen or on TV screen?
We all admire this glamorous world of Bollywood Industry and are attracted towards it. We all like to watch Hritik Roshan dancing in the movie or Aishwarya Rai on the peaks of Beauty. India, where girls dream of Salman Khan(exception are always there) and guys of Katrina Kaif(exception are always there). A common man in India is familiar with Shahrukh Khan but when it comes to Pratibha Patil he will wonder who is she? But have we ever tried to think what actually they are as a Person?
Big Boss is the platform where we come to know the celebrities as a Person.
Sherlin Chopra seems to be the most alluring of all but the story behind the stage is that she doesnt have family. She left her family because she wanted to make her career in the film industry. Her father passed away long back and she shares no relationship with her mother as well as her siblings. Neither was she invited to her sister’s marriage nor her parents attended her father’s funeral.
She is alone since the time she was just 16. Doesn’t like to talk to anyone because of the environment she was in since last so many years.
She mentioned that even when she was at her own home the inmates were divided into two teams of which one consisted of Sherlin herself and her father and another was of her mother and Sherlin’s sib.
So she leads a solitary life. The episode of Big Boss finally ended up with Sherlin broken up into tears.
We feel that they have everything, they have all luxuries of life, they have name and fame, we all want to be known by everyone just the way they are known.
But nobody knows the story of stars behind the screen. Despite of having the dazzling life style they still miss out something very important in their lives.
Regards,
Faraah M. Dabhoiwala
30 Sep
Now use the following procedure to mount your windows partitions in Fedora / Linux at boot time itself
Also avoid entering root user password every time while Mounting your Windows Partitions in Fedora
( In Fedora/Linux the process is called Mounting )
Open a Shell ( command prompt )
Type the following
su
<password>
rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install fwfstab
Next execute the following command on the command prompt (Shell )
tail /var/log/messages
**** For this tutorial, lets assume that the label of your C drive ( Windows Drive ) is Drive_C
Now Open File Manager from Start Menu/ Fedora Menu ( F- Menu )
Now click on the Drive_C icon on the Left side Menu .
It will ask for root password.
Type in the password
Then immediately again Execute the following command
tail /var/log/messages ( You can simply use the UP arrow keys to avoid the typing work again )
Just notice the last line .
In the last line you will see something like ( /dev/sda<no> )
Remember it by heart or note it down.. Its the device name used by Linux for your ” Drive_C “ Partition
Now again in the File Manager right click the ” Drive_C ” icon then click UNMOUNT …
It will ask for root password .. so please type it ..
Now type the following command :-
mkdir /media/Drive_C ( /media/Drive_C will be a mount point where you will be mounting your Windows “Drive_C” Drive )
All your contents of “Drive_C” drive will be visible under /media/Drive_C as it going to be defined as mount point in /etc/fstab file
**For safety lets take a backup of the original “fstab” file .
** A little bit about “fstab” file **
This “fstab” file in /etc directory contains the information and settings for the partitions you want to mount at boot time
So its better that you keep a backup of the original fstab file ( as we are gonna modify it now )
On the Shell, type
cd /etc (Enter )
cp fstab fstab.old ( Enter )
Above command will make a copy of your present fstab file
For backup we used the name fstab.old, which will also reside in /etc directory as our PWD ( present working Directory ) is still /etc
Next type the following word on the Shell ( Remember Shell ?? the CMD )
fwfstab
This will open a window
Click on new entry
Under Device select Manual
Then type /dev/sda<no> ( Did you note that string { for eg. /dev/sda3 } on your Notes Plasma Widget from /var/log/messages output ?? )
Under File System, select Manual and type ntfs-3g
Under Mount Point select the Mount point ( Remember we created /media/Drive_C ???? )
Then click OK
Now click the File Menu and APPLY Changes …
There after click the Mount button .
The Windows partition Drive_C will be mounted in the Mount point directory /media/Drive_C
Now, even if you reboot your Fedora machine, Drive_C will be always mounted at the boot time and there will be no requirement of root password being asked everytime !!!
Hurrah !!!!!
Please Note :- It is not at all necessary that the name of the mount point directory ( created under /media ) should be same as the Windows Partition label.
Please revert back to us for any queries, and we will be happy to assist you.
Regards,
Shadab I. Wadiwala
17 Sep
M sooooooooooooooooooooo happy ..
will write more on this post tomorrow…..:-)
Faraah M. Dabhoiwala
SCJP 5
16 Sep
Well, back to JAVA 
Hmm, so an Initialization Block – the name itself suggests that it has something related to initialization – of what? Of Objects.
Of Objects because whenever we create an object in Java using “new” keyword the constructor is called and basically constructor is meant for initialization of instance(member)(Object) variables.
Let’s take a look at a very simple example
class Parent
{
static { System.out.println(“Parent static 1″);} //#1
{ System.out.println(“Parent Instance Block 1″);} //#2
static { System.out.println(“Parent static 2″);}
{ System.out.println(“Parent Instance Block 2″);}
Parent()
{
System.out.println(“Parent constructor”);
}
}
class InitializationBlocks
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Parent p1=new Parent();
}
}
Now look above we have some blocks of code…
Some are marked static and some are simply lying with no keyword attached to them…
The one marked static (see comment #1) are Static Initialization Blocks, they are loaded
when the class is loaded. Well, you can use them to initialize your static variables. Nice na?
And the one marked …marked? Have I marked them? (Oh c’mon see comment #2) those are Instance Initialization Blocks, they are basically called when you create objects of your class. Suppose if you want a similar work to be done for all the objects then you can put it in Instance IB.. Just Try It..!!
Static IB will be called only once when the class is loaded and Instance IB will be called every time when you create an object of your class.
And finally Constructor will be called.
Hey why don’t you look at the output of the above program?
Parent static 1
Parent static 2
Parent Instance Block 1
Parent Instance Block 2
Parent constructor
Now what if we have an inheritance tree…
In that case …do you know how the constructors are called in case if you have an inheritance tree??
grandparent, parent and then child…m I rite?
So just remember this sequence…
First grandparent will be loaded then parent and then child will be loaded ….so
Static IB will run…
Then Instance IB of grandparent followed by constructor of grandparent
Next Instance IB of parent followed by constructor of parent
Finally, Instance IB of child then constructor of child
Here is the code..
Have a look..
//Initialization Blocks
class GrandParent
{
GrandParent()
{
System.out.println(“GrandParent constructor”);
}
static { System.out.println(“GrandParent static 1″);}
{ System.out.println(“GrandParent Instance Block 1″);}
static { System.out.println(“GrandParent static 2″);}
{ System.out.println(“GrandParent Instance Block 1″);}
}
class Parent extends GrandParent
{
Parent()
{
System.out.println(“Parent constructor”);
}
static { System.out.println(“Parent static 1″);}
{ System.out.println(“Parent Instance Block 1″);}
static { System.out.println(“Parent static 2″);}
{ System.out.println(“Parent Instance Block 2″);}
}
class Child extends Parent
{
Child()
{
System.out.println(“Child constructor”);
}
static { System.out.println(“Child static 1″);}
{ System.out.println(“Child Instance Block 1″);}
static { System.out.println(“Child static 1″);}
{ System.out.println(“Child Instance Block 2″);}
}
class InitializationBlocks
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Child c1=new Child();
}
}
Ok so what will be the output its simple right?
Isn’t it?
If you have understood this topic then you can put the output in comment…please do this
favour so that I can save my keystrokes….lol
Regards,
Faraah Dabhoiwala.
15 Sep
MyUSBonly is a software that prevents the data from being theft from your PC.
With this software you will be able to secure your PCs endpoints. USBs , one of the way through which viruses enter your pc. So MyUSBonly will allow only those USBs which you configure. The USBs which you configure will be indentified by this software and data transfer will hence occur only through them.
So data wont be leaked and unwanted data wont be introduced through this medium.
According to a 2005 FBI Computer Crime Survey, 44% of organizations have reported network intrusions from within their own organizations. Technology analyst Gartner warns that portable devices containing a USB connection are a serious new threat to businesses. In their report, Gartner named portable storage devices as a significant security risk in the workplace and advised that these can be used both to download confidential data, and also to introduce a virus into the company network.
Moreover if anyone connects USB to your pc you will receive an email notification regarding the unauthorized access.
So install MyUSBonly in your pc and enjoy the freedom. :-)
Reference http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/MyUSBonly.shtml
15 Sep
Google has unveiled its new service called Google Fast Flip.
It gives a feel of flipping through the online articles as if we were flipping through the pages of a magazine.
According to the Google News website, it works by capturing the images of the articles on partners’ websites and then display them in an easy-to-read way.
The stories are grouped together by categories, such as Entertainment, Business, Opinion, Politics and Most Viewed etc.
Readers can flip through stories quickly by simply pressing the left- and right-arrow keys until they find one that catches their interest. Clicking on the story takes them directly to the publisher’s website.
I myself have checked the site’s functionality at http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/
The flipping function works great and it will make the service even more popular when compared to other online news reader services.
You can see a full list of the news publisher sources for Fast Flip at http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/sources
Regards,
Shadab
