Remember the Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari’s 7800 series was still around. Now since the era of those consoles is over and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari has unofficially released source code of over 15 games for the coders and enthusiasts to admire the state-of-the-art (because  this is what it was back then). During those times nobody would have imagined in their wildest dreams the games that Atari’s developers floated into the gaming thirsty market and instantly swept across continental boundaries. But things changed soon after that and a company once regarded as one of the most successful gaming console manufacturers and developers faded away in the pages of our technology’s hall-of-fame.

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Kathleen McGrath has interviewed McLean Schofield, a programming writer, who demonstrates how to data bind WPF controls in Visual Studio. He also explains the auto generated XAML code:

If you are even remotely thinking of getting a pie of the bay (Pirate Bay that is) then beware  that it might and most probably will cost you your stock exchange listing but if you don’t have one then be prepared to face lawsuits. Fredrik Neij and other three creators of Pirate Bay have faced several lawsuits with the last and most lethal one as:

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Microsoft Partners can now sign up for Microsoft Surface’s SDK and Simulator. The initial entry level (Microsoft Surface Community Members) provides access to the SDK and simulator, as well as training and other resources without any commitment.

Microsoft Surface Partner program is for those Microsoft Partners who offer dynamic applications, solutions, or service offerings. Microsoft wants these Partners to jump into development for Microsoft Surface to increase it’s boom and offer solutions to customers for the development of Microsoft Surface.

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USB Flash sticks have become more of a trend then necessity. They have pretty much become a part of our digital identity…carrying data with us in a much handy way (I know we now have terabyte portable HDs as well)

Although there are various kind of much storage devices available in the market, but USB flash drive is the preferred choice of everybody because of its portability, small size, huge storage capacity, fast data transfer, low price and great look and on the top of that they are very convenient to carry anywhere.

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This is a guest post by Anum Lodhi, who has great interest in software designing

Just as you require a blueprint to build a house, you will need a database blueprint in order to implement a database successfully .The process of the construction of the latter is called the ‘Designing Phase’ which includes a number of heavy steps for the end-product to be flexible. This phase actually defines the information (+ its structure) that will go into the database, the assumptions made related to the type or values of the data items and the relationship between the data items within the database. All professional companies use this procedure design their database and its the most efficient way.

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Palm stroked back in the Smart Phone market after a long time with Palm Pre . A multi touch  phone with great features, most likely to be competing with iPhone, is in market now. Confusions exists to prove that Palm Pre is not just like another smart phone…so here are some of the resources on web that give a better idea:

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For all those AppEngine developers who must have faced a bundle of errors while running AppEngine on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackelope), here is a quick fix that must work:

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For the amateurs out there, here’s a simple Windows trick to protect your data and locking your folder/s. There are many desktop apps for locking your folder/s but if you forget the password with which you locked your folder then your data is history! Here’s a simple trick which doesn’t require remembering any passwords but does the same job: Locking access to your folder/s.

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