The GNU GPL is the most widely used Free Software license worldwide: Almost three quarters of all Free Software programs (also known as Free and Open Source Software, or FOSS) are distributed under this license and after almost 15 Years of successs GPL is goin to be revised. According to an announcement by Free Software Foundation Inc. (FSF) and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) , the review process for Version 3 of the GPL will continue through 2006 with a final license due out in ...
The dawn of civilization blessed on human race with the exploration of papyrus and invention of Paper. Through paper, man learned how to write and educate, convey his emotions, and express his self. In 20th century, Flood of Information Technology (IT) rendered many old means of information but paper is still the most suitable medium of passing and getting the information. Phillips has made a prototype of e-Paper which has more functionality than the e-reader currently being used and h...
Some un-expected ups and downs have occurred during past 4 days. Few new skins have top-downed the old ones and we have crossed the half way down. So here is the updated report of WC Subscription Contest upto 8th day of the contest. Day 5 - 8 (30/08/05 – 2/08/05) 1. CursorXP: Top Skins 1. Silver Cursors 2 by JJYing with 1,051 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 2. Relic Cursors by IGP-85 with 881 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 3. NarutoDagger by Basj with 6...
The updated report of the 4th Day of the contest. Day 4 (29/08/05) 1. CursorXP: New Submissions: Swords by Subliminal Visions ( Link ) Top Skins 1. Silver Cursors 2 by JJYing with 797 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 2. Relic Cursors by IGP-85 with 507 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 3. NarutoDagger by Basj with 479 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 2. LogonStudio New Submissions: Abridged Resonance by Himangshaw ( Link ) Xedion by Great ...
Here is the updated report of the WC Subscription Contest. Day 2 and 3 (27/08/05 and 28/08/05) 1. CursorXP: New Submissions: Male Symbol by lihu 1266 ( Link ) Floral Theme by Himangshu ( Link ) Relic Cursors by IGP-85 ( Link ) Top Skins 1. Silver Cursors 2 by JJYing with 708 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 2. NarutoDagger by Basj with 415 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 3. Relic Cursors by IGP-85 with 313 Unique Downloads by Registered Users 2. Lo...
As you all know that we have a Skinning Contest goin on. The categories are CursorXP, LogonStudio, and BootSkin and First three postion holders in each category will recieve a FREE WC Subsription from the supponsors of the contest (Ama02, Fairyy~, me Black Xero, Bichur, Jafo, and Apocalypse_67). The idea was presented by Apoclypse_67 and he is the main supponsor and then rest of us joined in. The contest started on 26/08/05 (Eastern Time) and will continue till 09/09/05 (Eastern Time). For det...
August 24, 1995 was the day when Microsoft released its first true GUI based Operating System named as Windows 95. Windows 95 spread like a jungle fire and within two post-release months, over one million "registered" copies were sold and pirated ones are even un-countable. Although, speaking in terms of real numbers, Windows 95 accounts for just over one percent of the Windows client operating environment installed base total today but Microsoft's officials have admitted that one of their...
October 23, 2001, the release date of iPod, might always be remembered and considered as D-Day for Apple. iPod brought real twists and warps in music market. iPod was not based on a new concept. Companies before Apple released hard drive based music players, but none had the charm and elegance in the Apple implementation. Unlike the competitors, the iPod used a high speed FireWire interface to transfer files on and off of it, and it used a tiny hard drive, that made the device a quarter of the...
As Windows Vista Beta 1 released, the word-war started whether Microsoft has copied Apple's Tiger techonologies or not. Some say that Microsoft has copied, they give examples of similarity in icons, presentation system approach, and icon naming, and some say that Microsoft has not copied but improved, they quote the examples of features like virtual folders, network presentation and search as you type. Eweek has done a comparision of both operating systems and result came out in form of a ...
"Transparent Tilebars" is a unique feature of Microsoft's upcoming operating system named Windows Vista. But now, you can get same styled Explorer and Internet Explorer on Windows XP by using the standalone widgets created by tR0jAn. DesktopX is the revolutionary program that gives power users and novice users alike the ability to design their own custom Windows desktops.
Paul Thurrot has written an in-depth preview on Windows Vista Beta 1. He has divided his exclusive article into three parts: Part - 1 covers introduction and installation process Part - 2 deals with User Interface Part - 3 covers misc. topics like gaming, security, and Internet Explorer 7. Some bits and bytes from the article: Virtual Folders: Think back to when Windows 95 first shipped. Windows 95 let you create shortcuts to documents and folders in more easily accessible plac...
According to microsoft-watch.com, Microsoft plans to restart its stalled Longhorn evangelism effort with another all-volunteer army. Their source is Microsoft employee, Longhorn evangelist Robert Scoble, who has announced in his official web log ( Link ) that he has been authorized to hire a new army of evenglists to re-birth the Team 99. Microsoft employee, Longhorn evangelist Robert Scoble, announced on his blog this weekend that he has been authorized to restart the "Team 99" Longhorn e...
Longhorn and Tiger were the topics of this week. In this week, Microsoft showed off some of the beef to expect in Longhorn and Apple Computer unleashed Tiger. The Battle Ground Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates gave computer makers a brief look at Longhorn, but acknowledged that many of its key features will not be evident until much later test versions of the new Windows. A fraction of the new features will make it into an initial beta this summer. Microsoft wouldn't say when a subse...
According to Computerworl.com Microsoft is planning to embed Virtual Technology in its upcoming OS Codenamed Longhorn. The project has been codenamed "hyperviso" Microsoft Corp. this week fleshed out the details of a plan to build virtualization capabilities directly into Windows as part of its effort to catch up to virtualization software market leader VMware Inc. Microsoft's plan adopts an architecture similar to the one VMware uses -- a point that VMware seized upon as a validat...
It's official—Apple Computer Inc. has released the long-awaited, much-speculated-upon OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system, an upgrade to the current OS X, complete with a smattering of bells and whistles. Apple says that its new OS, Mac OS X version 10.4, or Tiger, contains more than 200 new features and applications. The highlights are Spotlight, a desktop search technology; and Dashboard, a new way to access information using widgets. The OS also allows for videoconferences with other Tige...