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OS requirements

Things to show Tim

Finally a software company who knows all about operating systems! (VCF 2000 / 4th Ed.; 1 CD; Size: 24 MB; Network version available); (Requires Windows 98, XP, Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit) – OR for 64 bit systems, it requires Windows virtualization in XP mode; Such virtualization may be Windows Virtual PC, VMware Player or VMLite). See – Running ESO 2006 or VCF 2000 in Virtual XP mode. See Virtual machine setup – for step-by-step instructions.

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Android Cookbook

Channel Buzz Middle East

“Android has gone from zero to one of the leading mobile platforms in a few years,” explains author Ian Darwin, who crowdsourced many of the 200 “recipes” in this new cookbook. “Android will continue to grow,” Darwin continues, “since now even BlackBerry accepts Android apps into their App World store, giving Android developers two platforms for the price of one. There is a lot to learn when moving to Android, and a book that contributes the experience of dozens of developers will help you get there.” If you’re ready to jump in and build a working Android app, Android Cookbook has all of the practical recipes you need to get the job done. You’ll work with the user interface, multitouch, location-aware apps, web services, device features—such as the camera, accelerometer, and GPS—and a lot more, including steps to package your app for sale in the Android Market. Read the full article on Help Net Security.

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Is RPG a “Dead Language”? – My reaction to Mel Beckman’s article at iPro and the reactions

Infosmarts

English: Python logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mel Beckman has written an article that repeats a theme I’ve seen since the days when I first started writing code in the first widely used version of RPG in the 1970′s. There’s always a variant of RPG is dead, RPG is dying, RPG is fading away, and all that. But I always pay attention, because all things change in this world below on here on Earth. It seems like the main reason he says this is that, according to him, not much new code is being written in the newest version of RPG-IV and that most of the time spent doing RPG is on maintaining existing RPG code, as in fixes, enhancements, and the like. Find it here: http://www.iprodeveloper.com/article/opinion/is-rpg-dead-699217?cpage=6#commentsAnchor I’m glad iprodeveloper opens it articles up for comments. For web sites that open up for comments so readers can offer their reactions, I’m finding these days that the comment section gets at least as interesting a

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Thought Experiment: Facebook Mobile Operating System underway…

click, view, learn - adam maikkula

Facebook is playing a little too coy and over-selling the fact their mobile advertising revenue is low and that they have “no clue how mobile works”… Considering everything we’ve seen about the IPO, Zuck’s wedding, and the ever-random new FB platform updates, they like playing their cards close to the chest. So, here’s a quick thought experiment I quickly posted on my FB page and figured I’d copy here (w/ some add-ins): So, I’m guessing Facebook will create their own mobile operating system (they hired Google’s Senior Android Product Manager, Erick Tseng, in May 2010) license it to phone manufacturers [or just one (since they have nearly 1 billion users - which is 1/6 of total 5.9b total cell phone users in the world...)], and make money per user on the phones. If Facebook could get 250m of it’s users to drop iOS and Android and shoot for increased ad revenues that way, they’d have another cash cow on their hands and be

Linux Mint 13 – Gets Back to Basics

Kazza's Corner

Hi Everyone Well finally Linux Mint 13 has done an about-face and decided to go back to the original Desktop foundation. Hooray is all I can say. It’s not that I don’t like change. I love a streamlined desktop with all the buttons handy and not have to dig and search for them. I want my desktop slick and fast. Gnome 3 while quite beautiful seemed bogged down and memory hungry by comparison to it’s predecessor. Here’s a great article on the PCLinuxOS Magazine site. For those of you interested have a look at what the Gurus at PC World have to say. More reading here from another perspective. Gnome 3 This is the end it seems. If you want to know more about Linux Mint 13 Maya I haven’t tried 13 to date. (will be very soon). Okay now I’ll be honest, I love to build and tinker with various hardware & software. Currently I’m running Linux Mint 11 & 12 in all blends on various PCs & laptops. Along with my new project building my Dream HTPC

WebOS: Dead? Oh, Sure, Almost Certainly — But Not Definitely

Techland

In January of 2009, Palm unveiled WebOS, its next-generation mobile operating system. A lot of us got really, really excited over it. It turned out, however, that WebOS’s launch day was its first and only moment of unalloyed glory. The Palm Pre turned out to be a disappointment. And then HP bought Palm and killed the TouchPad tablet and all other WebOS hardware after two months — a move which looked like it probably spelled curtains for WebOS, period. HP did say that it was going to open-source WebOS and continue to devote meaningful resources to the software. But The Verge’s Chris Ziegler has a scoop: He’s reporting that the core team responsible for a large chunk of WebOS is leaving HP to go work at Google. ZDNet’s James Kendrick says that this is the final, irreversible, definite end of WebOS: It’s a safe call to say that webOS is finally dead in reality, if not in name. Such a sad end for what could have been a revolutionary mobile OS. RIP webOS. I

Google Can Save Digital Magazines and Newspapers (Droid-Life)

Ron Offringa

My latest post on Droid-Life is a slightly edited version of How Apple Can Save Digital Newspapers and Magazines. Like last week, I’ve included audio. It follows the same argument as before, with the exception that Google is more about giving users choice than Apple is. Apple has a tendency to make a solution their way and move on. In fact, for that reason I don’t expect Apple will revamp Newsstand. Google, on the other hand, needs their tablet solution to succeed. Having a platform that offers digital media in a way that people want could help sell tablets (and Android). As each ecosystem comes closer and closer to parity it won’t be about features, it will be about content. Which platform has the apps and media that I want? If Google can make sure Android is the answer to that question they’ll win the tablet market.

Bill Gates quote “I think it’s fair to say”

Think It. Blog It. Jonathan Schroeder

I think it’s fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we’ve ever created. They’re tools of communication, they’re tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. Bill Gates

Linux Commnads

Panos Bariamis

Some useful Linux commands. This article will be updated with new commands. Restore normal functioning of modifier keys setxkbmap -model pc102 -layout us_intl Stop a process by command name Command name in this example is ‘npviewer.bin’ for name in $(ps ux | awk '/npviewer.bin/ && !/awk/ {print $2}'); do kill "$name"; done Show current Linux distribution cat /etc/issue DNS clear/flush sudo apt-get install nscd sudo /etc/init.d/nscd restart List directory space du --max-depth=1 -h

IOS 5 – Deleting songs with “The Swipe Gesture”

HOrdine Development

iOS 5 is quite an easy Operating System to use, but for people like me who are not used to a touch screen it can be challenging. Things can become a lot easier though if you keep in mind the concept of a Swipe. Basically it just means sliding your finger in a certain direction. It can even get more complicated, as there is a difference between swiping with 1 finger and swiping with multiple fingers, but I won’t go into that. Here I’ll just mention that all you have to do to delete a music song from your Music App is to find the song and Swipe right, then press the delete button that shows up. To read more about how Apps respond to Gestures in iOS 5, have a look at their documentation. But anyway, where was I? Oh yes, to delete songs or Albuns or Playlists, etc, from your Music App on your iPhone, for instance, find the item that you want to delete and slide one finger from left to right of that item. You’ll be prompted with a Delete Button, click on that button and th

Linux Mint 13 RC first impressions

Arie de Jonge

I just installed Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon on my Asus EeePC900. First I tried MATE, it shows the live desktop but during install the installer crashes Cinnamon looks great and works fine. Besides Cinnamon Gnome classic / fallback is also installed. Why MATE won’t install I haven’t figured out yet. I’ll try to do it this week. A total different experience gave my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M7400 laptop. MATE live desktop shows op, during install the installer crashes ( again ). Then I started a live session using compatibilty mode, now I end up in text mode, X-server not configured Then I tried Cinnamon, it gave me a total blank live desktop, installing is not possible. Compatibility mode gave me the same experience as with MATE When Mint 13 becomes final I’ll try to upgrade to Mint 13 ( it is now running Mint 12 ) Unlike Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Mint supports non PAE processors. Update : GNOME classic does not work on the netbook ” to many arguments, falling back to def

Jail break ios 5.1

wtfthatsawesome

It is rumored that a jailbreak will be released for ios devices running 5.1 within the next couple of weeks, ill will keep everyone posted