Developers Alert! You need this 10 skills for your immediate future
With the recent changes in the economy, a lot of developers are focused on their short-term job prospects.
At the same time, it’s important to make sure that you get the most bang for your buck when it comes to taking the time and energy to learn new skills. Hence, here is our list of 10 skills you should be learning right now to make sure that your resume is relevant for the next five years.
The list is hardly exhaustive, and there are huge swaths of the industry it won’t cover (mainframe developers, for example). Nonetheless, for average mainstream development, you can’t go wrong learning at least seven of these skills–not only to the point where you can talk convincingly about them at a job interview, but actually use them on the job.
1: One of the “Big Three” (.NET, Java, PHP)
Unless there is a radical shift in the development world (akin to an asteroid hitting Redmond), most developers will need to know at least one of the Big Three development systems–.NET (VB.NET or C#), Java, or PHP–for the near future.
It’s not enough to know the core languages, either. As projects encompass more and more disparate functionality, you’ll need to know the associated frameworks and libraries more deeply.
2: Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
Love it or hate it, in the last few years, Flash is suddenly being used for more than just animations of politicians singing goofy songs. Flash has also sprouted additional functionality in the form or Flex and AIR.
Flash’s competitors, such as JavaFx and Silverlight, are also upping the ante on features and performance. To make things even more complicated, HTML 5 is incorporating all sorts of RIA functionality, including database connectivity, and putting the formal W3C stamp on AJAX. In the near future, being an RIA pro will be a key resume differentiator.
3: Web development
Web development is not going away anytime soon. Many developers have been content to lay back and ignore the Web or to just stick to “the basics” their framework provides them with.
But companies have been demanding more and more who really know how to work with the underlying technology at a “hand code” level. So bone up on JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to succeed over the next five years.
4: Web services
REST or SOAP? JSON or XML? While the choices and the answers depend on the project, it’s getting increasingly difficult to be a developer (even one not writing Web applications) without consuming or creating a Web service.
Even areas that used to be ODBC, COM, or RPC domains are now being transitioned to Web services of some variety. Developers who can’t work with Web services will find themselves relegated to legacy and maintenance roles.
5: Soft skills
One trend that has been going for quite some time is the increasing visibility of IT within and outside the enterprise. Developers are being brought into more and more non-development meetings and processes to provide feedback. For example, the CFO can’t change the accounting rules without working with IT to update the systems. And an operations manager can’t change a call center process without IT updating the CRM workflow.
Likewise, customers often need to work directly with the development teams to make sure that their needs are met. Will every developer need to go to Toastmasters or study How to Win Friends and Influence People? No. But the developers who do will be much more valuable to their employers–and highly sought after in the job market.
6: One dynamic and/or functional programming language
Languages like Ruby, Python, F#, and Groovy still aren’t quite mainstream–but the ideas in them are. For example, the LINQ system in Microsoft’s .NET is a direct descendent of functional programming techniques.
Both Ruby and Python are becoming hot in some sectors, thanks to the Rails framework and Silverlight, respectively. Learning one of these languages won’t just improve your resume, though; it will expand your horizons. Every top-flight developer I’ve met recommends learning at least one dynamic or functional programming language to learn new ways of thinking, and from personal experience, I can tell you that it works.
7: Agile methodologies
When Agile first hit mainstream awareness, I was a skeptic, along with many other folks I know. It seemed to be some sort of knee-jerk reaction to tradition, throwing away the controls and standards in favor of anarchy. But as time went on, the ideas behind Agile became both better defined and better expressed.
Many shops are either adopting Agile or running proof-of-concept experiments with Agile. While Agile is not the ultimate panacea for project failure, it does indeed have a place on many projects. Developers with a proven track record of understanding and succeeding in Agile environments will be in increasingly high demand over the next few years.
8: Domain knowledge
Hand-in-hand with Agile methodologies, development teams are increasingly being viewed as partners in the definition of projects. This means that developers who understand the problem domain are able to contribute to the project in a highly visible, valuable way. With Agile, a developer who can say, “From here, we can also add this functionality fairly easily, and it will get us a lot of value”, or “Gee, that requirement really doesn’t match the usage patterns our logs show” will excel.
As much as many developers resist the idea of having to know anything about the problem domain at all, it is undeniable that increasing numbers of organizations prefer (if not require) developers to at least understand the basics.
9: Development “hygiene”
A few years ago, many (if not most) shops did not have access to bug tracking systems, version control, and other such tools; it was just the developers and their IDE of choice. But thanks to the development of new, integrated stacks, like the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, and the explosion in availability of high quality, open source environments, organizations without these tools are becoming much less common. Developers must know more than just how to check code in and out of source control or how to use the VM system to build test environments. They need to have a rigorous habit of hygiene in place to make sure that they are properly coordinating with their teams. “Code cowboys” who store everything on a personal USB drive, don’t document which changes correspond to which task item, and so on, are unwelcome in more traditional shops and even more unwelcome in Agile environments, which rely on a tight coordination between team members to operate.
10: Mobile development
The late 1990s saw Web development rise to mainstream acceptance and then begin to marginalize traditional desktop applications in many areas. In 2008, mobile development left the launch pad, and over the next five years, it will become increasingly important.
There are, of course, different approaches to mobile development: Web applications designed to work on mobile devices, RIAs aimed at that market, and applications that run directly on the devices. Regardless of which of these paths you choose, adding mobile development to your skill set will ensure that you are in demand for the future.
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Ubuntu LiveCD with Reconstructor
If you’ve ever rolled out multiple instances of the same operating system you know these roll-outs can be a real pain. Much of the time you spend getting all of your roll-outs the same. You could always do a network installation. Network installations, of course, depend upon a boot disk that help the client connect to the server containing the image to install. This type of installation is certainly ideal for larger installations.
But for creating a unique Ubuntu LiveCD that will allow you to customize what goes on the CD as well as the default username, theme, splash screens, wallpaper, etc., you need Reconstructor. This is an ideal tool for creating a LiveCD for your company that you can hand out for PR purposes, or for whatever reason. And believe it or not, it’s easy to use. There are a few tricks to know (especially when wanting to add applications that are not on the default LiveCD) in order to really make your LiveCD yours. But how is it done? Let’s take a look.
Getting and installing
The first thing you have to do is install Reconstructor. This is simple. Open up the Add/Remove Software utility, search for “reconstructor” (no quotes), select the results, and apply the changes. Or you can open up a terminal window and issue the command sudo apt-get install reconstructor.
Once installed you will find Reconstructor in the System Tools submenu of the Applications menu.
Using Reconstructor
You will be surprised that creating your own LiveCD is nothing more than walking through a wizard with few simple screens. The only challenge is knowing to open up a terminal within the application in order to install the extra applications you need.
Once Reconstructor has started, the first screen is nothing more than a Welcome screen. Click Next to get to the next screen which will ask you the type of disk you want to create. Your choices are:
- LiveCD
- Alternate CD
Most likely you will want to create a LiveCD. Select that and click Next.
Figure 1 shows the first screen which will actually require you to interact more than a single click. If this is your first time around with revisor you must select the three check boxes in order to create the basic directory structure for Reconstructor to work. In this same window you can give your LiveCD a unique file name should you want.
Once you have finished this, click Next to move on to the next screen.
Figure 2 shows the Customization window. This is where the majority of your Reconstructor work will happen. You can configure your desktop’s look from wallpaper to font. You can configure your splash screen as well as what modules are run at startup.
But more importantly you can add applications to your LiveCD - even applications that are not currently on the version of Ubuntu you are running.
To do this you will open up the Terminal window associated with Reconstructor. Open up the Reconstructor terminal by clicking the icon in the bottom left of the Customization window. This is a root terminal so you can run apt-get without using sudo.
What you will want to do is install all of the applications you need on this LiveCD through this terminal. Once finished close the terminal and complete your customization. After the customization is complete click Apply and then click Next.
In this next window you have three more options to take care of. The first is customizing the file name for your LiveCD and the second is adding a description to the file, the final is selecting the architecture for the LiveCD. You will notice there are three check boxes - leave these checked.
Once you’re done here click Finish and your build will begin. When the build is complete (this can take a while) you will find the ISO image where you configured it in the last window.
How to catch your invisible friends on Yahoo Msngr
Are you sure your friend is offline? Well, he can be invisible and cheating on you. DetectInvisible is a service that detects whether Yahoo user is offline or online. You need to enter Yahoo ID of your friend and the service will check for his status.
Though the page is filled with ads, but I particularly like the services it provides, like
- Support of id in the form ..@ymail.com and ..@rocketmail.com too.
- Provision for sending an offline message.
- you can also save your friends avatar on your computer.
- Support all versions of yahoo messenger
DetectInvisible.com, a free service to spy on your friends with a easily rememberable name.
Stay Idle intentionally on Gtalk
We all love chatting. Google Talk gives us freedom to talk anywhere and anytime wiht our online friends. Message them instantaneously, transfer files, share photos - we love it all.
But what we don’t like is getting disturbed by some unwanted friend. We really don’t want to chat at that moment but we are forced for maintaining relations.
Can we trick Google Talk? Can we show idle status and be active at the same time?
The best way to keep unwanted friends away is to be invisible or keeping our status idle.Google talk has no provision of invisible status(however you can always choose invisible status in gmail embedded chat)
Idle status in gtalk means you aren’t using the feature for last 15 minutes.Being idle is more advantageous than it may seem. You can always make excuses to your colleagues. Didn’t you saw the idle status - I was having lunch, I was watching movie, - I was not in my chair, - My brother was playing some stupid game etc.
So far as many people know, you can’t make your status idle. Its an automatic update which ticks after 15 minutes of inactivity.
gAlwaysIdle is a small application which gets integrated with gtalk and forcibly sets your status to idle.

gAlwaysIdle is solution for your dilemma. Now chat with whom you initiate and remain idle to all others.
How to Run Multiple Instance of your Fav8 Yahoo Msngr or GoogleTalk
If you are a Internet freak as I am , then you must be having a lot of email id’s (yahoo,gmail,hotmail) however you could run only one yahoo id at a time in yahoo messenger.
There is a registry tweak for running multiple yahoo id’s or google id’s on a single computer.
Follow these steps for yahoo messenger :
1. Go to Start —-> Run . Type regedit, then enter .
2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER ——–> Software —>yahoo —–>pager—->Test
3.On the right pane , right-click and choose new Dword value .
4.Rename it as Plural.
5.Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.
That’s it done!!
Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger .For signing in with new id open another messenger.
for google Talk :
For any Gtalk fans want to run multiple instance Gtalk messenger account at the same times. Here is a simple trick you can run multiple instance of GTalk Account by adding or enter some command the GTalk Messenger software and run it.
- Right Click on your Gtalk shortcut.[Remember only this shortcut will run multiple instances,others wont be able to unless you edit their properties same as we are going to do now]
- Now go to properties
- In the target box,you will find something like this “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe”
- Now add -nomutex at the end of text in Target with a space.It will now become like “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” -nomutex.im showing the same in the figure also
- Click Ok and you are done
Now double click on the shortcut and you will see one more instance of Gtalk running on your PC. You can do the same even for other gtalk shortcuts in your pc.
Short tutorial for flashing your E6/E6e
This write-up explains:
• what is firmware and how to tell what version you have
• the advantages and disadvantages of the different firmware versions
• how to change the firmware (flash) on your phone.
It was created by combining and summarizing the information provided in the dozens of threads on this forum and then rewriting it as easy-to-follow steps that new users can print off and have all the information that they need in one place to (hopefully) easily and successfully flash their phones.
WARNINGS
Flashing your phone to a different version of firmware should be fairly straightforward, however, please read the following cautions before you start:
• Always find out what your current version of firmware is before you start (instructions below) and write it down! - so if issues then you will know what you started with.
• Make sure your battery is fully charged before beginning a flash
• Back up your contacts and files using Motorola Phone Tools before doing any flashing as flashing will delete all of these and return your phone to a “vanilla” state. Data on your SD card is not touched.
• Give yourself plenty of time to complete the flashing. Never disconnect your phone or turn off your PC until the flashing is finished or you may make it unusable (i.e. “brick” it!!). There are ways to recover using a tool called radiocom (described in the threads) - but they are fairly complex.
1. What is Firmware
The E6 runs using a special Motorola version of the Linux operating system (MONTAVISTA Linux CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 3.1). This is known as the “firmware”. There are several different versions of “firmware” that will run successfully on the E6. Think of firmware as being equivalent to different versions of the operating system (just as there is Windows 98 versus Windows 2000). Every so often Motorola releases a new version of firmware with new features and enhancements. All firmwares come with both English and Chinese languages (except for the Spanish version released in Latin America - up until now it’s the only firmware that doesn’t come with Chinese language).
2. What version of firmware does my phone have?
To determine what version your phone is currently running do the following:
• Go to your Dial Pad and dial: WWW008W. To make the W hit the menu button while in the dial pad, then hit insert->insert wait to make the W .
You should see something like:
R533_G_11.12.08P
BP: R533_G_11.12.08PB
PFlex: GSZMCAUT678SW016
DSP: 63343400 TECHNOLOGY
Look at the numbers at the end of the first line for the version. The version shown here is .08P.
3. China Mobile versus Generic (Unbranded) Firmware
Some of the firmware versions are generic (straight from Motorola) while others are China Mobile branded. This means that the Chinese mobile operator “China Mobile” has added their stuff to that firmware, like modified icons, wallpapers, startup and shutdown animation of their own brand. Some of the main differences are:
• Startup screen is a red China Mobile one.
• web browser is called Monternet
• additional icons for a customer service program and ‘China Mobile In” (whatever that is!)
• additional icon for kodak app in Chinese (removable) and a bowling game
• No MSN
• File Explorer is called “My Favorites” which includes a bunch of MMS cards and the folders are named a bit differently. There are a lot of Chinese settings for e-mail, internet etc. Some can be removed, some cannot.
You can also tell if your phone was originally China Mobile branded if has a “CM” printed on the back of the battery cover.
4. Advantages/Disadvantages of each E6 Firmware Version
Each version of the firmware has a number of advantages and disadvantages. Unfortunately at this time there is no version that has everything - so you have to pick which best suits your needs. The main enhancements/bugs that the various versions fix are:
• Voicemail bug - in some versions a blank fax and/or a blank text message is sent to the phone every time voicemail is checked.
• Network time bug - in some versions the network time function does not report correct network time
• New Features - Such as Screen 3 and the EQ for Real Player ( read through the whole thread to see which firmware includes these features)
Firmware Versions
There are constantly new versions of firmware being released so you should check the threads for the latest. However following is a summary of the versions that were available as of September 2008 - along with their advantages and disadvantages gathered from user’s posts - so you can see where you stand with your current version. [Most important versions marked by
]
The Following are all Generic Firmware
R533_G_11.12.02P
R535_G_11.81.03P
R533_G_11.12.06P
R533_G_11.12.08P
R535H10_G_11.87.22P
MonsterPacks
There have also been a number of modified versions of the firmware (aka “monsterpacks”) posted to the forum. These are usually debranded versions of ChinaMobile versions (ie the mod had removed the Chinese icons and other CM added stuff). As of now, there are quite a few variants of the generic firmware, with many of them having applications adn new themes inbuilt. :
E608P_Hybrid_ahman_v1 ( Hybrid Firmware)
E6_11.12.10P_06R by AHBN
DAGr8 Modded 07p
Shadow_Cruiser Modded 07p
E6e_07P_DAG_final + Multi LP _ F I N A L !!!
E6_E6e_BPE6e07P_APE610P_20071221_asmotoe2 DAG ‘ s Version
asmotoe2_E6_E6e_BPE6e07P_APE610P_20070909
Asmotoe2_0930_DAG and Multi_theme Fully translated
R533_G_11.12.08P neil’s mod
Modded 08p by aksd
Yukycg’s Unbranded 11.12.08p
R535_G_11.81.09P_R92_NewLinux_Vietkeymap10_Workingman
11.12.09P with Autorun_linkSys_Silent camera_SmartAss
R533_G_11.12.10P~09P_The_Beast_Supermod
Prasannars 09p
Lamborghini ARABIC LP 09P
R533 G 11.12.09P Lamborghini TLPDA
E6_11.12.09P Bangkok DualStart by AHBN
AHBN_11.12.09P by shadow_cruiser
E6 11.12.09P Perfect by AHBN
E6_11.12.09iP by QiShi
R533.G.11.12.09P - english/french/portuguese/spanish
R535_09P_22P_10P_NEWROKR from motofunvn
E6_11.12.10P_Speedup_Steady_QiShi
R533_G_11.12.10P_EnG_† Nik †_RoKr_RokXX™
FW R535_07P_R533_10P_newstarwar
Rokr !!.’Musix’.!! Firmware - based on 10p Beta
E6_11.12.10P Speedup by AHBN
XIBEI_R533_G_11.12.10P_20080306
533 G 11.11.10P (Vista)
R535H10_G_11.87.22P_Konig_v1
E6_r533_g_11.10.54r_e2vn_02
E6_11.10.54R DualStart by AHBN
5. Which Version of Firmware should I Use?
That is really up to you, Most people stay with a Generic firmware. But Lately the most popular firmware is ahman’s hybrid firmware.
6. What is Flashing?
Flashing is the process by which you can change the version of firmware running on your phone. (Just like you can upgrade your Windows software). The process takes about 10 minutes. Generally you can flash from any version of firmware to any other – and then flash back again if desired.
Flashing to a different version of firmware should be fairly straightforward if you follow the directions carefully – but if you have any problems then there are many threads devoted to resolving flashing problems.
No harm will come to the phone from too much flashing, however, there is a small chance you could “brick” your phone if something goes seriously wrong - so the more you flash it, the more chances are that something might go wrong! Depending on your carrier you may also void the warranty! That said I have successfully flashed my phone 5 times now to try out different versions.
IMPORTANT - before you begin flashing:
• Make sure your battery is fully charged before beginning a flash
• Back up your contacts and files using Motorola Phone Tools before doing any flashing as flashing will delete all of these and return your phone to a “vanilla” state. Data on your SD card is not touched.
• Give yourself plenty of time to complete the flashing. Never disconnect your phone or turn off your PC until the flashing is finished or you may make it unusable (i.e. “brick” it!!). There are ways to recover using a tool called radiocom (described in the threads) - but they are fairly complex.
7. How to Flash your Phone
All the files mentioned can be obtained from the Downloads section
Click here to download the following files.
1. Download the file Motorola_USB_Driver_32_v2.7.6 to your PC and unrar it to your desktop so you can easily find it.
2. Install a program called “RSDLite” on your PC. To Download RSD lite Click thread for the file. For trouble free installation, if you are running Windows XP, you should have Service Pack 2 installed.
3. Download the firmware file that you want to flash to and unrar it to your desktop.
4. Start up RSDLite on your PC. You may be asked to install a number of drivers (5 or 6) to your PC. Point it in the direction to the motpcsdrivers folder you unrared.
5. Put the phone in Bootloader Mode - MBM mode by turning on phone while also holding down the Camera Button and the On/off button (These need to be all be held down together). The phone should start up with a red screen and say its in MBM mode.
6. Plug phone in using usb cable.
7. RSDLite should list the phone (this may take a minute or so. If it does not close down RSDLite and restart it). Start the flash process, by clicking the button on the top with the ”…” and select the firmware file to install then click “Start”. The process will take several minutes so be patient, the screen on you phone will turn off, but RSDLite will still show progress.
8. When the “Found New Hardware” screen pops up, select “NO” for “Can Windows connect to Windows Update?” then select “Y” for “Install Software from a specific location” and point it to the motpcsdrivers folder you unrared. Once the driver has installed, click on “Finish” on the “Found New Hardware wizard” to continue the process.
9. You will need to install quite a few drivers – so just keep repeating. It may ask you to manually restart the phone – if so, unplug the cable from PC, remove the battery for 5 seconds (make sure unplugged first!), put battery back in then turn phone back on.
10. Once its fully on, go to Setup –> USB Mode and change mode from “Mass Storage” to “Modem”.
11. Plug phone back into the PC using the cable. RSDLite should say “complete” or “PASS”
12. Unplug the phone again, turn it off and on. All should be complete.
You can now restore all your contacts, calendar and tasks back to your phone using MPT. (Be sure to remove the SIM card before doing this as the recovery function from MPT deletes any contact on SIM for some reason!)
8. What to Do if Problems
If you have any problems then don’t panic – the best thing is to close RSDLite, unplug the phone, take out the battery, replace then try again from the start.
1. If you get any of the following error messages that have been reported by users, then it appears most have been resolved by starting the flash process from the start:
- The “secure_motorola_flash” interface could not be found the super-file is secure and for re-flash, the phone needs a super-file that is not secure and for reflash. (0×7066)
- “flashing couldn’t be complete because of licensed data”
- “error jumping to RAM downloader”
- a red line across their battery after flashing
2. Try a different USB port – a lot of users have stated that changing the USB port they have their phone plugged into helps, this is most likely because windows will reinstall all the drivers.
3. Try a different version of RSD Lite.
4. Make sure you put your phone in to USB MODEM MODE before plugging it back in. If you do not do this your system will not install all the devices correctly.
5. Try a different version of the firmware.
Problem: Phone can not read SIM card or has no signal after flashing
Some users experienced problems with the phone reading the SIM card or not getting a signal after flashing (ie it searches and finds nothing). If this happens to you then try the following:
1. Tap on status bar in home screen. Switch off antenna tap ok on the bottom. Then switch on antenna again. (You may need to repeat this a couple of times)
2. If that doesn’t work, change the network band [dial pad–>menu button (at bottom left)–>setup–> network setup–> menu button–> search setup–> After that close all those things and you should have service again. Once you get your service back, repeat the steps and put it on automatic again.
For more information, refer to this thread .
All of the information presented in this write-up was obtained from user’s postings from the various threads on this forum. A best effort was made to ensure it is complete and accurate including performing all of the steps presented on my own phone - but there are no guarantees there are not errors!!
This Guide took many hours to research and put together. If you found the information useful, perhaps you would consider donating a few dollars to keep the Motorolafans site funded as it costs $60 each month in hosting fees. See the announcement at the top of the E6 forum for details on how to do this.
Good Luck
How i moded My MOTORKR E6 edge aka E6e
For the growing trends of modding phones or flashing phones to make it customized for you i am getting too much requests for giving a tutorial on this. So i am writing a short and brief tutorial so that everyone can get help from here to mod their MOTOROKR E6/E6e/A1200(for those who doesnt know let me tell you MOTORKR E6 and A1200 havinf the same firmwares with some different).
Firstly, to mod your E6 first you have to flash it with some firmware where PKG, LIN type of setup files can be executed(by default in MOTOROLA phones only MPKG files and JAR files are executable and thats also needs GPRS for installing). While deciding about flashing you can have to follow some important instructions from here.
Before starting keep a backup of your original firmware or find the original firmware from somewhere and keep it. You can download the original 22P firmware from here or you can download the modded 22P firmware where the PKG LIN installations are possible from here. For flashing you will need RSDLite and you can get that also from here. Now after you are successfully done with the flashing you can now go for installing new applications aka apps, Skins, Themes and all other superb things you want in your phone like me. Best archives that i got for my E6 is here.
If you need any other guide please feel free to contact me. I referred most of the links from MotorolaFans as i love that site and i learnt a lot of things from there.
MotorolaFans Rocks!!!
Finally I modded My MOTORKR E6 edge
Hi Guys!! For since somedays i was busy with my newly bought MOTOROKR E6e aka E6 EDGE. I was too curious to mod it by as you know for modding and installing apps you have to flash your firmware to some firmwares which supprt modding. Like I have 22P firmware installed by default and these firmware is only available in indian phones, as far as i know. So i was eagerly waiting for the 22P firmware to come on internet as i have the alternate way if it doesnt work. After i got the original R535H10_G_11.87.22P aka 22P firmware. Now what should i do. Suddenly i got to see in motorolafans forum that there some modded firmware aka f/w is available which can install MPKG and LIN files. For your information MPKG(or PKG), MTF and LIN these are basically the formats of teh Motorola apps available everywhere. Without hesitation i get that modded firmware and flashed my phone with RSDLite with the USB cable. The steps are available in motorolafans forum or you can ask me also. After that its like the whole world opened up in front of me. I installed the iPhone theme, changed the bootscreen and gone mad about this. Let me share a video i have uploaded in youtube recently. I am going to share the video with you in my next post. I am sharing some of the screenshots i have taken by the eCap app which is basically used for capturing screen within your phone.
I think you will enjoy the video though the pictures are not so clear. If you want to know more or want any specific screen capture or good quality video please do not hesitate to ask me for that.
Current IT Scenario in India
Intel to cut 1,000 managerial jobs worldwide…HP to cut 24,600 jobs following EDS takeover..Satyam Computers to axe 4,500 employees…TCS, Wipro recast hiring plans…Wipro Tech puts 3000 staff under scanner…Where is your skills rated??? The long term trends for the first 10 languages (programming) are…….. The other languages in the list of top 50 are….more(aurosblog)
Google Chrome Beta Released
Have you yet heard about Google Chrome (beta) which is a new web browser just released recently? IF you are not, you shall try and see it in action. Some of the greatest features included are(as described by Google here):
* Dynamic Tabs - Drag and Drop tabs to arrange or group in any combination of multiple tabs or windows easily.
* Crash Control - Tabs are running independently. If one app is crashed, there is a task manager to close it without affecting other tabs.
* Incognito mode for private browsing.
* Application Shortcuts to put on desktop, start menu or quick launch bar.
* Import settings - It is pretty easy to import bookmarks and passwords from existing browser.
* New Tab page which shows recently visited websites, search engines and recent bookmarks.
* Memory Usage - You can check memory usage for every tab page.
So what are you waiting for: Go and download.
You can share your experience in this new browser by commenting here.




