Surprise : Microsoft releases code for open source

In a move Microsoft releases the 20,000 lines of codes to the Linux community. The code will allow th Linux kernel to run with enhanced permissions and device access when used with Hyper-V virutalization technology. The aim is clear that it want to adapt the Hyper-V. But any ways its big step by Microsoft that it gives its code to Linux Community.

Fire Fox cross 1 Billion Download

Open http://www.onebillionplusyou.com/ 1,000,000,000 + you. It says fire fox download counter has crossed 1 billion downloads in the five years. It shows that how much people care for better things and how they get fit in to the all OS and ensures smooth and fast browsing.

It have some facts saying what one billion means. We can post it to twitter or create our one liner.

Bingtweets

Twitter a word now known by many net savvy people. A site simple but known by all and one can think that its heading towards the 1 billion target. Using twitter is very easy and simple no complicities their. Its like keep it simple.

Moving further it join hand with the bing so that when ever you search on the bing you get all the tweets regarding that search. It allows to see the tweets on bing !!! Its in beta but still very cool.

Open bingtweets search the topic and see the tweets having the word. Once you do searching you can tweet or share too. It also displays current trends. Overall a good experience to use and again its simple.

Google Chrome : Incognito mode (private browsing)

Today i think many people are using the Google Chrome as web browser. It not only gives a new interface but also fast browsing.

It have auto speed dial to remember the pages you visit, so that next time you simply click to move their. It have so many of features one is Incognito mode.

Incognito Mode also knows as private browsing. It allows you to browse without leaving the trace in history, cookies, on your computer after you close this.

To activate press Ctrl + Shift + . The new window will appear with the spy kind of icon on left corner. Rest everything remains same in interface.

Change locale in ubuntu

Sometimes we need to change the locale for some testing purpose or general shift to new. To change the locale in Windows is accomplished by Control Panel -> Regional Settings.

To change the same in the Ubuntu there are set of commands available.

To see current locale open terminal and run command 'locale'

If you know the locale you want to change to you should do following steps

1.add the locale in /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local

Eg : en_US.UTF-8

2. Regenerate the locale

dpkg-reconfigure locales

3. update locale using

update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Reboot the machine and again check the locale. It will be changed.

If you want to see the lost of supported locale

open /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED

We can make all the locales. Open terminal and run following commands

xyz@local: sudo su

root@local: cat /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED > /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local

root@local: dpkg-reconfigure locales

root@local: update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Reboot the machine and we are done.

Note : It will change the language of the PC so be careful Don't use this unless you are sure what you are about to do. In any case you can again set your locale to default and reboot.

Web Application Development : Google Apps

What is Google App Engine ?

It lets you run your web application on Google Infrastructure. For more Detail move to google.

What make it out stand :

1. The best part is that it support Java and Python both.

2. You pay for for what you use.

3. No setup costs and no recurring fees.

Lets try our hand and built a very simple page.

Move to Google APP. You need to have a google (gmail) account.

Here come the first screen showing the button Create Application as shown.

Click on Create Application. And the follwing screen will come which will ask for the mobile number for confirmation.

The next screen will be asking for the application details.

Fill the application identifier (must be unique).

Give it a title. So that its easily understood. Press Save. A new screen saying application registration sucessfully will come.

So now all set. Download GoogleApp Engine toolkit. You have two option to go for java or python based on all type of machines.

I did with python as i have python installed :) . A zip file will be thr. Extract it.

If you are on linux make sure you have right permission for the folder.

Now create a directory with some suitable name.

Add three files

1. app.yaml

2. main.py

3. index.html

Add following lines to main.py

from google.appengine.ext import webapp

from google.appengine.ext.webapp.util import run_wsgi_app

from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template

from google.appengine.ext import db

import cgi

import os

class Table (db.Model):

element = db.StringProperty()

class Index(webapp.RequestHandler):

def get(self):

template_values = {}

path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'index.html')

self.response.out.write(template.render(path, template_values))

application = webapp.WSGIApplication([('/', Index)],

debug=True)

def main():

run_wsgi_app(application)

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()

Add following code to app.yaml

application: [your folder]

version: 1

runtime: python

api_version: 1

handlers:

- url: /.*

script: main.py

Add some content in the index.html. Put text like

"My First Page using Google App Engine"

Now time to test the application on browser

Move to yourGoogle App Engine (SDK) folder that you extracted earlier (Using Terminal, cmd)

Run following command and replace [your app] by your folder name.

./dev_appserver.py [your app]

Open the browser type http://localhost:8080

BINGO !! You made the application using Google Apps :)

For more details visit :

Docs by google

Worth watching : Give it a look

The 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon : 20 July. There are many websites writing on this.

WeChooseTheMun.org the site worth watching. It will create the event minute by minute.

To viw the refurbished video by Nasa visit here.

Very Impressive one :)