Dennis Ritchie died today at the age of 70. Who was he and why you should care? Well there are 2 main reasons that make him a very important person in the history of computer science.
He is the one that co-created Unix and he is also the one who created the C programming language. Unix Operating System and C Programming language are among the most important inventions in the history computer software. Without these inventions, we might not be able to see the computer and mobile devices the way they are nowadays. C language and Unix are the 2 things on which the modern software world is built upon.
I stumbled across this collection of (very rare) Facebook UI shots over time. You may find some of the newer ones on the Internet Archive but it indeed is amazing to see how the User Interface of Facebook has changed over time, since it started from the dorm of Mark Zuckerberg. It starts from when Facebook was “thefacebook” uptil now. Enjoy.
After unveiling of one of the epic features of Google+ called hangout that allows users to make video calls online with an awesome user experience, Facebook is now also announcing soon the the video calling feature that will allow Facebook users to make video calls.
Facebook video calling is not officially announced yet but it is ready and working! somewhere on internet, the direct link to the video calling page got leaked or discovered.
You can use internet on Wi-Fi enabled devices by your Wi-Fi supporting laptop. Let's say you want to share your only one internet connection across all your desktop and laptops computers, Wi-Fi supporting mobile phones, gaming consoles like PS3 and any other wireless devices that you have at home.
If your PC is connected to the internet and it is running Windows 7 and supports built-in Wi-Fi, you can set up an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network and then connect the other wireless devices with this ad-hoc network (also called a computer-to-computer network).
You may experience the “uxcore.dll” file error in Windows 7 when you run an application or any of the Windows Live utility. I faced this error when I was opening the Windows Live Messenger. I Googled bunch of websites but didn’t found best solution to overcome this problem. After some trial and error I found the solution which is very simple and easy to do.
A year ago I left ProgrammerFish for a project called MerryCode. It is going well and finally I got time to get back to ProgrammerFish. ProgrammerFish is inactive from couple of months because the other co-founder Salman has also become busy after co-founding, a startup,TunaCode that provides GPU accelerated computer solutions (Checkout CUVILib, one of their CUDA based library that is doing good)
I wont have much time to write here because soon I will get busy in some other projects but we will be hiring bloggers and we already got some new contributors that will keep writing the quality content and I will remain attached to ProgrammerFish by being the Community Manager.
Since the release of iPad 2, almost every app that first upgraded to iPad has now upgraded to use the enhanced features of iPad 2 – mainly the dual cameras and the fast processor. iPad has surely changed the way we used to read. With it’s slick easy-to-handle form factor, you can read with great ease and with it’s 10-hour long battery life, you don’t have to worry about recharging when on long journeys. I am going to list 5 iPad 2 apps that will make your reading experience pleasurable.
The biggest craze in the world of smartphones this year is set to be the introduction of dual co
re processors with the world's first dual core handset, the LG Optimus 2X, already going on sale in Asian and European markets. Although beaten to the finish line in the United States by the Motorola Atrix 4G, the high powered LG smartphone is now coming to the United States in the form of the T-Mobile G2x which, as the name change would suggest, has had some slight modifications for the US market. However, aside from an increase in data connection speeds, these modifications are only slight and mean that US smartphone users will be able to enjoy the same great phone that is causing such a sensation elsewhere in the world.
It seems like the rumors are really coming to life. Specially when these rumors form part of Chinese news stories. According to China Times (yes, it’s China Times this time!), the next iPhone dubbed as iPhone 5 has already gone into trial production stage at Foxconn and a leaked sample iPhone 5 suggests that it will have an overhauled metallic back cover that will help solve the reception problem so rampant in iPhone 4.
Data Structures form a primary component of almost any algorithm and therefore a strong background and understanding of the primary data structure algorithm is a must for any programmer. I have compiled a list of popular data structure books. Some of these books target a specific language e.g. Java or C/C++ or Python etcetera while others focus on general data structure algorithms and techniques. Here’s the list:
To start off with, Adobe decided that the ability to add bookmarks on a PDF document should only be available to those users who pay. In other words, you cannot add bookmarks in your PDF documents in Adobe Reader. You need to have the editor which is paid. Imagine the pain of reading a thick PDF book and saving the page number manually every time you close the document. There’s another way adding bookmarks in your PDF documents right inside Adobe Acrobat Reader. Here’s how:
IE9 RC was already around for a couple of months now with news that Microsoft will be taking a
leap ahead with the new Internet Explorer 9. It has landed now: Microsoft has released the final version of IE9 with a whole bunch of improvements. The main highlight is a new domain for browsers: utilizing GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) for improved HTML5 and video encoding/decoding. Up until now, browsers mainly utilized CPUs even for compute intensive jobs. This changes with the new IE9.
How about replacing your car’s in-built audio and navigation system with the new iPad2? One company that modifies cars to place custom audio systems or as we call it ‘pimping up your car’ – managed to squeeze in an iPad2 into the dashboard of Ford’s F150.
Previously I covered how to get the famous Android Lock screen on your iPod Touch or iPhone. It really looks cool but the problem arises when you forget your lock pattern. There have been hundreds of such cases where you are locked out of your own iPod Touch because you forgot the lock pattern and there’s no simple way of uninstalling or removing the app.
This is a fresh rumor roundup for the next iPhone, the iPhone 5. Normally I discard rumors especially since everyone’s posting something about the next iPhone but when these rumors come from a source that has proven to be a good intelligence source for iPod Touch then we better listen.
