My new blog !!

This is the link to my new blog

http://www.hrushikeshzadgaonkar.wordpress.com

Now-on I will blog mostly at wordpress..bt will continue some discussions here also... So do check the new blog...

enjoy !

How to Enable DreamScene in Windows 7

DreamScene was a Windows Vista Ultimate extra which allowed users to have animated (video) wallpapers. In a way it was a dream come true for any users who wished to have a more dynamic desktop. Unfortunately, Microsoft dumped this feature in Windows 7 in favour of Desktop Slideshow. However, with a little bit of effort you can use DreamScene even on Windows Seven.

◦Before getting started make sure you have Aero turned on. The quickest way to enable Aero is to select any Aero theme from the Personalize options.
◦Download the Windows 7 Dreamscene patch (32 bit only) from here. Start the installer (you will need administrator privileges).


◦Wait for the patch to finish. Once it is done, Explorer will automatically be restarted and you will get an option to set any supported video (WMV or MPG) as Desktop Background from the right click context menu.
That’s it!

Enjoy !

The 11MB Linux distro – TinyCore

Surprised ????
Its true....An eleven megabyte Linux distribution.

Speed and ultra-minimalism are what TC is all about. Here are some info's...

Tiny Core runs the Linux 2.6 kernel with Busybox. It uses Tiny X for the GUI, along with the JWM window manager. It provides a basic environment with GUI and a web-browser. The whole OS loads itself into RAM and runs from there.

enjoy !

Windows PowerShell

Now its there for windows !!!

The main tool dat was there for Linux was Terminal / Console bt now Microsoft launched the equally powerfull POWERSHELL for windows.

Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT professionals achieve greater control and productivity. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities.

Windows PowerShell allows IT professionals to more easily control system administration and accelerate automation.

Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, and use, because it works with your existing IT infrastructure and existing script investments, and because it runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003.

Windows PowerShell is now included as part of Windows Server 2008 and can be evaluated in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3. Exchange Server 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager V2, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager also leverage Windows PowerShell to improve administrator control, efficiency, and productivity....

enjoy !!!

LAMP vs WISP

For Free and Open Source Software normally the group used in the technology stuff is

LAMP i.e Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.

Microsoft gives the answer for this to Open Source as

WISP i.e Windows, IIS, SQL Server, PHP.

enjoy !

Installing WordPress Locally Under Windows !

Installing WordPress Locally Under Windows

Following is the step-by-step method for installing wordpress in windows!

1- Get XAMPP lite for Windows. Choose the exe version, and install it at the root of your C drive.

2- Browse to C:\xampplite and double click setup_xampp.bat

3- Once that is done, double click xampp-control.exe and start the Apache and Mysql services.



4- Open your browser and go to this address: http://localhost/. From the menu on the left column, choose your preferred language.

5- Now that the interface displays a language that you can understand, click on phpMyAdmin (on the left column once again)

6- Enter "wordpress" (without quotes) in the "Create New Database" Field, and select utf8_unicode_ci in the drop down box in the next field (as shown in the picture below). Click on Create. The Xampp setup is now complete.



7- Download Wordpress and unzip it under c:\xampplite\htdocs.

8- You should now have a wordpress folder under c:\xampplite\htdocs. Browse to the folder, and you will see a file named wp-config-sample.php. Open it in your favourite text editor and replace the default values by the ones you see under this paragraph. Save the file as wp-config.php (under the same folder).

// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'root'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', ''); // ...and password (needs to be empty, just for local install)
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value


9- Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php , follow the instructions, and you are done !

Thanks ! Enjoy !

Embedded C project !

We, a team from SRKNEC Computer Science Department, are working under a Embedded C project provided by the SUN MICROSYSTEMS ( now Oracle ).

This project comprises of the basic entities to measure :

Temperature | Light | Moisture | Humidity

We have to make a circuit which resembles the work of sun-spots since sun-spots are very costly...

I will update the latest news regarding this project soon !

enjoy !

Won 2nd Prize Nexhibit Competition !!!

NEXHIBIT competition held in our srknec college on 17th august, 2009.This was basically the software cum Hardware exhibition competition and in this we have won the 2nd prize in software...

We have made a Windows system manager which handles the system processes and provides a very good interface for the user as user can access the most of the facilities of windows from this only ! The above is the main interface of our software ! This contains 7 modules each provides the access the respective fields !

:)

FOSS - Free and Open Source Software

Richard Stallman is the founder of the Open Source Movement...!


Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software

When we call software “free”, we mean that it respects the users' essential freedoms; the freedom to run it, to study and change it, and to redistribute copies with or without changes. This is a matter of freedom, not price, so think of “free speech”, not “free beer”.... :D

These freedoms are essentially important. They are essential, not just for the individual users' sake, but because they promote social solidarity — that is, sharing and co-operation. They become even more important as more and more of our culture and life activities are digitized. In a world of digital sounds, images and words, free software comes increasingly to equate with freedom in general.
Millions of people around the world now use free software; the schools of regions of India and Spain now teach all students to use the free GNU(GNU is Not Unix) / Linux operating system. But most of these users have never heard of the ethical reasons for which we developed this system and built the free software community, because today this system and community are more often described as “open source,” and attributed to a different philosophy in which these freedoms are hardly mentioned.


Some of the proponents of “open source” considered it a “marketing campaign for free software,” which would appeal to business executives by citing practical benefits, while avoiding ideas of right and wrong that they might not like to hear. Other proponents flatly rejected the free software movement's ethical and social values. Whichever their views, when campaigning for “open source” they did not cite or advocate those values. The term “open source” quickly became associated with the practice of citing only practical values, such as making powerful, reliable software. Most of the supporters of “open source” have come to it since then, and that practice is what they take it to mean.

Non-free software is a social problem, and moving to free software is the solution.
Free software.

Open source. If it's the same software, does it matter which name you use? Yes, because different words convey different ideas. While a free program by any other name would give you the same freedom today, establishing freedom in a lasting way depends above all on teaching people to value freedom. If you want to help do this, it is essential to speak about “free software.”
We in the free software movement don't think of the open source camp as an enemy; the enemy is proprietary (non-free) software. But we want people to know we stand for freedom, so we do not accept being misidentified as open source supporters.
Common misunderstandings of “free software” and “open source”
The term “free software” has a problem of misinterpretation: an unintended meaning, “software you can get for zero price,” fits the term just as well as the intended meaning, “software which gives the user certain freedoms.”

Unfortunately, all the alternatives in English have problems of their own. We've looked at many alternatives that people have suggested, but none is so clearly “right” that switching to it would be a good idea. Every proposed replacement for “free software” has some kind of semantic problem—and this includes “open source software.”
The official definition of “open source software” was derived indirectly from criteria for free software. It is not the same;
However, the obvious meaning for the expression “open source software” is “You can look at the source code,” and most people seem to think that's what it means. That is a much weaker criterion than free software, and much weaker than the official definition of open source. It includes many programs that are neither free nor open source.
Since that obvious meaning for “open source” is not the meaning that its advocates intend, the result is that most people misunderstand the term.

Linux is “open source” software meaning, simply, that anyone can get copies of its source code files.

OSS (Open Source Software )is software for which the source code is freely and publicly available, though the specific licensing agreements vary as to what one is allowed to do with that code.

The New York Times has stretched the term to refer to user beta testing — letting a few users try an early version and give confidential feedback — which proprietary software developers have practiced for decades.

It tends to accompany a misundertanding of “free software”, equating it to “GPL-covered software”. These are equally mistaken, since the GNU GPL is considered an open source license, and most of the open source licenses are considered free software licenses.

Polaris '09

Our Computer Science Department is organizing a national event called Polaris 09 on 16th and 17th august 2009. The details of the events which are to be organized are given below...

Notepad WTC trick !!!

This trick is very popular among the Computer guys all over the world. But still we bring back and see.....

NOTEPAD “WORLD TRADE CENTER TRICK”

Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC …on 9/11 was Q33N ….
Open your Notepad in ur lappy and type the flight number i.e Q33N…
Increase the Font Size to 72,
Change the Font to Wingdings.

U will be amazed by the findings....enjoy !

How to remove Autorun.inf Virus !!

Hey do u know why your Anti Virus detects a virus in your autorun.inf whenever you insert your removable disk (USB, flash drive, et.) but it can’t disinfect it nor delete it or if you’re having a hard time accessing drives? Tried deleting it manually but you can’t find the file?

Autorun.inf is hidden and it can’t be remove or disinfected by Anti virus. And you try finding the autorun.inf file but failed even if you select to show all files from folder option?

Here’s what you need to do…

Boot your system in Safemode

Open your flash drive via Command Prompt (do this via Start->Run->cmd.exe ).
Change your logged drive to your USB flash drive (e.g. If your flash drive is at drive E: then type E: on the command prompt then press enter)
Type ATTRIB -H -R -S AUTORUN.INF
then press enter, type in “del autorun.inf” then press [Enter]

After reboot, you can now access your drive. enjoy guys !!!

Open Source Club

This is the logo of our Open Source meet which is organized on 22nd of this month...In this we are arranging the open source theatre related to the Open Source technologies n all...i will be updating all the latest news regarding the Open Source Club in srknec...enjoy ! :)

Microsoft, Yahoo Officially Anounce the Partnership

"Bing to Replace Yahoo Search."

Yahoo and Microsoft, as expected, have announced a major partnership. After a year and a half of failed talks, the pair finally have come together and cut a deal. Many changes were necessary for the deal to take place - a new search engine from Microsoft (Bing) — but now that it’s here, it promises to change the face of the internet.

The pair will hold an estimated 28 percent of the search market, or roughly a third, behind Google, which will hold roughly two thirds of the market. The deal will last for 10 years.

As previously anticipated, Microsoft’s new Bing search engine/algorithm will be replacing Yahoo’s search. Yahoo’s page will keep its look, but behind the scenes it will be powered by Bing.

We will continue to experience search as a vital part of our Yahoo! experiences and will enjoy increased innovation thanks to the scale and resources this deal provides.

How To Install Dual Operating Systems

By the special demand of my frnds i would like to throw some light on this.....


This article goes through the process of dual booting and shows you how to dual boot on your computer. To dual boot an operating system you need the .ISO image of the the operating system that you want to install. Eg.you want to install “Ubuntu” on your computer which has Windows Xp or Windows Vista you can download the .ISO image from http://www.ubuntu.com/download and burn it to a disk. You may also want to try the new windows 7 beta (RC) which u can download from torrents.

If you would like to dual boot your computer with Windows 7 beta you can just Google “Windows 7 beta build 7000 torrent” and select one of the results to download the torrent. you need to have a torrent client like “utorrent” or “Bit-torrent” to download torrents.

If you don’t know what your doing then don’t do this! You can mess up your whole computer if you don’t know what you are doing....haha !

NOTE: If you want to install UBUNTU then download wubi from here. Wubi installs ubuntu as a program inside Windows so it is recommended that you install it this way.

To burn an .ISO image to a disk you need to have the right program to burn it to. I recommend that you use infra-recorder to burn the ISO file and burn it to an empty disk. You may burn the ISO image to a CD or DVD. if the ISO image is “less than” 700 MB then you can use a CD if it’s more than 700 MB then you should use a DVD obiously, if its more than that then you’re gonna have to use a dual layer DVD which can hold up to 8.54 gigabytes. We are going to use Infra recorder...k.. To burn an ISO image just follow the below steps

1. Put an empty CD or DVD in your Optical drive (place where you put your CD or DVD)

2. Open Infra recorder and click on “Write Image”

3. Select the .ISO image and click open.

4. For write speed select the lowest speed possible to get
better results ( Higher the speed of burning process,greater the chance
of disk unfunctionality is possible...so do care..)

5. Then click OK and wait for it to finish

After that make a new partition.

Note: If you cancel the process your CD or DVD may not be usable again unless it is a CD-RW or DVD-RW.

To make a new partition follow these steps:

This process applies to Windows Xp and Windows Vista.


(You can also open run by Pressing Windows key+R on your keyboard if you’re on XP)

1. Click on start

2. Right click on Computer and click on “Manage”

3. from the left side bar click on “DISK MANAGEMENT”..

which is Under Storage.

4. After that right click on your main hard disk

mostly C drive.. and click on “Shrink Volume”

5. Then enter the amount of space you want to shrink it to (15 GB or more is recommended).

After you’ve made a new partition & burned the CD put it in the OPTICAL DRIVE or the place where you put CD or DVD, and change your boot order to DVD drive.After you change the boot order press any key on the keyboard when it says “press any key to continue…” to boot it from CD. While installing make sure you install it on the “NEW PARTITION”. If you install it on your main hard disk drive then you’ll loose all your data on that drive.

Then follow steps and install the operating you want to install....enjoy..!!!

Run Multiple Virtual Desktops on your computer

Running Multiple Virtual desktops on your computer is easy with Desktops. This little program is from technet.microsoft.com by Windows Sysinternals. Since it is from Microsoft you do not have to worry about viruses or something like that. Using desktops lets you easily switch to a different desktop in just a matter of seconds. So, with desktops you can check your email listen to songs or something like that and on the other desktop you can browse the web or just chat with friends. You get 4 virtual desktops with this application and it just weighs about 115 kb.

Windows 7 to include “Windows XP Mode”

One of the biggest flaws with Vista was that programs which worked in XP, just work properly. But it seems Microsoft have learnt from a few of their mistakes, as they will offer a virtualisation based “Windows XP Mode” in Windows 7 Profesional and Ultimate editions. This seems to be a brilliant move and could potentially do wonders for Windows 7.....!

It won’t be put directly onto the release candidate due to come out on May 5th, but instead will be available as a free downloadable plug-in.

Windows 7/XP MS word

What is XP mode and how does it work? Essentially, its a licensed virtualized copy of Windows XP SP 3. Your Windows 7 Pro/Enterprise/Ultimate licenses will receive access to download this plug-in and it will run inside Windows’ own Virtual PC framework. Anyone wanting to run a XP program has to simply install it while XP mode is on. You can then run in the future as a virtualised program, without having to resort to further hassle.

Microsoft claims nearly 100% compatibility with current Windows XP applications in XPM. But we have to wait and see how smoothly Virtual PC can be integrated into 7 itself. We also have to wait and see how XP Mode will be licenced and provided. Will it be restriced only to corporate licences, or will it be available to retail customers as well???

Overall, this may be an extremely smart move from Microsoft. For adminstrators, the cost of upgrading may be an issue, but compatibility problems are also a major issue. XP mode might get rid of this issue and convince enough adminstrators to upgrade. Windows needs 7 to be successful, and XP Mode will certainly contribute.

enjoy d change !

Morro, Microsoft’s own free antivirus software

Software giant Microsoft close to supplying “free” antivirus software. Over the last couple of months, Microsoft has been busy with endless projects. Especially, with Windows 7 RC and the highlyregarded Bing search. Thus, the release of the “credit crunching” complimentary,...HAHA...use it for free.... :-)

Initiate OpenOffice even more briskly

OpenOffice matches Ubuntu perfectly, a cost-free program with great features. Though, it also has the tendency to open very slowly in comparison to other programs; this really does agitate users. To make OpenOffice open faster, all you need to do is go to Start-up manager, well that is what it is called in version 9.04.
System >> Preferences >> Startup Applications in order to find the program.

Then, add a new entry and in the command field, put in

openoffice -nodefault -nologo

The only thing that required now is to restart your system. It is now cached, so when the Gnome desktop begins, OpenOffice will also start, as it is basically moving it to a start up program and therefore making it start up super-fast.

Enjoy !:-)

How to download YouTube videos, and then convert them from .flv to .avi

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl ffmpeg

- Then use this code to download the video,

youtube-dl -o example.flv “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQyZLehrIUw”

- To convert the video to .avi format

ffmpeg -i example.flv example.avi

Just to let you know, you should edit the name of the video and video link. Mine is just an example, however it is a good video on one of the Britain’s Got Talent shows exposing the new hit wonder, DJ Talent. :-)haha....enjoy !

How to convert Ext2/Ext3 file system to Ext4 (in 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope)

First of all make sure you have Ubuntu 9.04 installed so that you have an Ext3 file-system.

- Back-up all of your valued data.

- To convert the partition, reboot from the real CD, and run this code:

sudo bash
tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/sda1
e2fsck -pf /dev/sda1

In this case, the partiton you need to convert is /dev/sda1.

-Next, you must change Ext3 to Ext4 quite simply like below,

# /dev/sda1
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / ext3
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

Change this code to:

# /dev/sda1
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / ext4
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

No doubt you can tell that all that has changed is Ext3 and Ext4! You now MUST save the changes.

If you are upgrading from ext2 to ext4, when converting the partition use this code instead:

sudo bashtune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index,has_journal /dev/sda1
e2fsck -pf /dev/sda1

That should be it for most people, all you need to restart your computer and voila, you are now running from an Ext 4 file system. However, if you come across the dreaded error 13 when restarting, it might be because it did not like one of the updates. This might help though,

sudo bashmount /dev/sda1 /mnt
grub-install /dev/sda –root-directory=/mnt –recheck

You have now successfully completed the conversion! enjoy !

Alter the colour of your Ubuntu

In order to change the colour of your Ubuntu, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-color-chooser

In future you can then discover the colours, under System >> Preferences.

Sun Microsystems Merges With Oracle

Sun Microsystems gets acquired by Oracle. This is the hot news making rounds on the net. This is a news which could have wide ramifications for the Open Source crowd. Why? Because Sun Microsystems creates some of the most well received, robust open source software around. Just to put it in perspective, let me list some of them which come to my mind.

MySQL - The most widely used database online.
Java - Was released under an Open source license.
OpenSolaris - The free as in beer and freedom UNIX operating system.
OpenOffice.org - The robust office suite which is a part and parcel of any Linux distribution.
VirtualBox - The virtualization software that most open source enthusiasts have grown to love.
Netbeans - The Java IDE
Sun xVM Server - The open source virtualization software for data centers.
Sun Microsystems is no doubt a awesome open source company. Will it stay that way under its new master namely Oracle ? Only time will tell.

Ext4 File System

Ext4 file system (4th extended file system) is the next generation file systems, retaining backward compatibility with the previous file system, ext3. Ext4 was released as a functionally complete and stable filesystem in Linux kernel 2.6.28. Ubuntu 9.04 was released with support for the ext4 file system.

One of the most evident advantages of ext4 for end users is the drastic reduction in time taken to do an fseek operation of your hard drives. The other advantages of ext4 file system over ext3 are - it provides better performance and greater reliability. Also it increases the maximum file system size to a whooping 1 exabyte. Compared to this, ext3 supports a maximum of only 16 TB of file system size.

Bottom line : A drive with ext4 file system cannot be mounted within older Linux distributions as they don't have support for ext4.

Google Chrome OS To Officially Make It's Debut In 2010

Hey guys, Google has eventually come out with the announcement that it is developing a unique Operating System - called the Google Chrome OS.

It will be Open Source, light weight, speedy, simple and secure. Google says the new OS will be targeted at Netbooks and will make it's debut in next year i.e 2010. As the name suggests, Google Chrome OS will in all probability be a browser centric OS; in that, most applications will be residing in the cloud. The OS will run on x86 and ARM architecture.

It is totally based on the Cloud Computing and all the data will be available for storage on d net itself...

Really exciting news for sure....enjoy..!!!

All about Ubuntu !!!

How to install VLC media player 1.0.0 in Ubuntu

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3,).It can also be used as a server to stream in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.It doesn’t need any external codec or program to work.

First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

For Jaunty Users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main

For intrepid users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu intrepid main

Save and exit the file

Install GPG key using the following command

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D

Update sourcelist using the following command

sudo apt-get update

Install vlc using the following commnd

sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc

Using VLC

Open VLC from Applications—>Sound & Video—>VLC media player



Privacy screen click ok




VLC 1.0.0 screen




Version details

XP tricks

Stopping Unneeded Startup Services
and Making XP boot faster !

To reduce the number of services that start on bootup, you can access two different
areas of Windows XP.

The first is the System Configuration Utility. You can do that by entering the
command “msconfig” in the run menu.

Start  Run  msconfig

The Services tab shows you the services that start when the computer boots. You can stop a service from starting by simply clearing the check box next to the service and clicking OK.
However, before you do so, there is another way to disable services that you
may prefer because the interface gives you more information about the service
in question.

Open Control Panel  Administrative Tools Services or

Start  Run  services.msc

Stop Error Messages from Displaying
on Startup

Run the Registry Editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows

Create a new DWORD called NoPopupsOnBoot and give it a value of 1.
Exit the Registry and reboot for the setting to take effect. To disable it, either delete the DWORD value or give it a value of 0.

Disabling the Boot Logo

To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:

1. Select Start/Run , type msconfig, and click OK.
2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab.
3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box option. Click OK.

A Flying Start for the Start Menu

A simple Registry tweak can give speed up your start menu and sub-menus.
Open the Registry Editor, and navigate to and select:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Double-click the

MenuShowDelay

icon on the right, and change 'Value data' from its default of 400 (milliseconds) to something speedier, like 0. When you have finished,press Enter.

Pop Up a Message at Start Up

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user
is going to log on, go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots.

Moodle

Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is basically used to create a website on web dynamically.It needs to be installed on a web server somewhere, either on one of your own computers or one at a web hosting company.

What is Moodle?

The focus of the Moodle project is always on giving educators the best tools to manage and promote learning,

Ways to use Moodle

Moodle has features that allow it to scale to very large deployments and hundreds of thousands of students, yet it can also be used for a primary school or an education hobbyist.

Many of us love to use the activity modules such as Forums, Wikis, Databases and so on to build of learning around their subject matter , while others prefer to use Moodle as a way to deliver content to students..

Now-a-days in SRKNEC Amit software is used to store the database of the all students...but if we use moodle instead then it w'l certainly have the advantages.....so I w'l try to make a project on dis n help to make it better and better...w'l provide u with latest updates...thanx!!!

Link for downloading the English Songs!!!!

www.mv3gp.com
www.desi3gp.com
www.dotmp3.com
www.seekasong.com
www.3mp3.Ru/eng/
www.mp3raid.com

Go and enjoy d Rocks!!!!!

SUN TECH DAYS 09

Sun Tech Days Speakers

Robert Brewin

Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer, Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Robert Brewin is a Sun Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Software at Sun Microsystems. His responsibilities include technical leadership for developer products and application platforms, including the Java platform, mobility, enterprise software and business integration products. Within this role, some of his key areas of responsibility include Sun's expanding role in the development of Web 2.0 technologies, improving the developer experience, and alignment and integration of our platforms, technologies and tools.

Bob brings his extensive customer and developer-focused experience to bear as prior to taking on this new role, he was the chief architect for Sun's developer tools portfolio, where he was a principal driver behind a number of key initiatives and projects. These included strategic enhancements to the award-winning NetBeans IDE, architectural changes and alignment of the Studio family of tools and add-ons with NetBeans and as the visionary behind the design, creation and delivery of the revolutionary Java Studio Creator product. Prior to joining Sun approximately 13 years ago, Bob worked at Taumetric Corporation, a leading supplier of compiler technology.

James Gosling

Vice President and Sun Fellow
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

James Gosling received a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, Canada in 1977. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1983. The title of his thesis was "The Algebraic Manipulation of Constraints". He is currently a VP & Fellow at Sun Microsystems. He has built satellite data acquisition systems, a multiprocessor version of Unix®, several compilers, mail systems and window managers. He has also built a WYSIWYG text editor, a constraint based drawing editor and a text editor called 'Emacs' for Unix® systems. At Sun his early activity was as lead engineer of the NeWS window system. He did the original design of the Java programming language and implemented its original compiler and virtual machine. He has recently been a contributor to the Real-Time Specification for Java. He is currently a researcher at Sun labs where his primary interest is software development tools.

Jeff Jackson

Senior Vice President, Solaris Engineering Group
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Jeff Jackson is Sun's Vice President of engineering, managing the Solaris operating systems, clustering, database and storage software. Jeff also is involved with the open source program surrounding OpenSolaris and the Java Desktop along with other Solaris technologies. Previous to managing Solaris, Jeff managed the Java Standard Edition and Java Enterprise Edition platforms, products and the Developer programs and Tools groups within Sun. Jeff has worked at Sun for ten years on enterprise products and open source projects.

Jeff has a unique perspective on the Java Platform, having been one of the originators of J2EE project at Sun. He lead that effort from its inception through delivery. Jeff also served a dual role for J2EE in engineering and marketing. Jeff is a keen supporter of developers, developer education and collaboration.

Jeet Kaul

Vice President of Developer Products and Programs
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

As Vice President of Developer Products and Programs, Jeet leads a worldwide organization which delivers tools and programs for developers, including the award-winning NetBeans and Sun Developer Network, and the record-setting Sun Studio compilers. Previously Jeet directed development of the JavaEE platform and the Sun Java Application Server. He spearheaded open-sourcing of the Java EE platform as part of the launch of the GlassFish community.

Jeet has more than 19 years of technical, entrepreneurial, and leadership experience in the computer industry. Jeet was a founder of Rocktide Incorporated in 2000, which was later acquired by NetObjects where he then served as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to Rocktide, he was a Chief Architect at BeyondNews, which was purchased by Inktomi for $90 million in 1999. Prior to BeyondNews, Jeet held senior technical and management positions at Apple Computer.

Jeet holds a Masters of Science Degree in Computer Engineering from Rice University in Houston, and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree with Honors from Birla Institute of Technology, India.

Aisling MacRunnels

Vice President of Software Marketing
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ms. MacRunnels is responsible for marketing strategy and operations for Sun's complete software portfolio -- including the Solaris operating system, the Java Enterprise System suites, Java technology platforms, Solaris Cluster, storage software, Sun Studio and Java Studio developer tools. In addition, MacRunnels oversees marketing and relations with a growing number of developer and open source communities. Sun's market-leading software organization is one of the largest in the industry and has delivered some of the computer industry's most innovative technologies and business models. Sun is also the largest contributor of open source code in the world.

Since joining Sun in 1996, MacRunnels has led several business development and marketing teams. Most recently, she ran marketing for Sun's Utility Computing group, now part of her Software Marketing group. Previously, she was a senior director of software marketing, managing the creation and implementation of disruptive subscription business models for Sun's software systems, including Java Enterprise System, Java Desktop System and Solaris. She earned a Sun 2003 Leadership award recognizing her superior work redefining software business models.

Prior to joining Sun, MacRunnels spent several years guiding mergers and acquisitions as a management consultant based in Sydney/Singapore. She provided management consulting for two biotech start-ups, and designed and developed the services business for Cadence Design Systems. She holds a bachelor of science degree from Mt. St. Mary's College and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

Ian Murdock

Ian Murdock is VP Developer and Community Marketing at Sun Microsystems and Chair of the Linux Standard Base (LSB), the Linux platform interoperability standard.

Prior to joining Sun, Ian was CTO of the Linux Foundation (formed through the merger of OSDL and the Free Standards Group, where he was CTO) and cofounder, chairman, and chief strategist of Progeny, a Linux distribution vendor that builds custom Linux platforms for companies building server appliances and other Linux powered products.

A longtime Linux user, developer, and advocate, Ian founded the Debian project in 1993. Today, Debian is one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world, with millions of users worldwide. Debian is also widely considered one of the most successful and influential open source projects ever launched: More than 1,000 volunteers in all parts of the world are currently involved in Debian development, and the founding document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement. Ian was also a founding director of Linux International (1993-1995) and the Open Source Initiative (1998-2001). Ian holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University.

Karen Tegan-Padir

Vice President, Enterprise Java Platforms
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

As Vice President of Sun's Enterprise Java Platforms group, Karen Tegan Padir leads a global organization which is focused on the delivery of the Java Enterprise System core products, platforms and technologies. This includes the Java Enterprise Edition Platform. Identity Management Suite, Application Platform Suite and Web Infrastructure Suite and all of their component products. The Sun Java Enterprise System is a revolutionary approach to infrastructure software delivering the largest free, open, pre-tested and pre-integrated middleware software on the planet.Karen rejoined Sun after spending a year at Red Hat Inc., where she was Vice President of Engineering for Infrastructure Technologies responsible for Red Hat Identity Management products including Directory and Certificate server products, as well as Quality and Release Engineering of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux bundle.As one of the founding members of the J2EE organization at Sun, Karen managed the creation of specifications, compatibility test suites, blueprints and guided implementations of Java in the enterprise. Under her leadership, J2EE captured over 96 percent market share in the application server market, which represents the fastest Java technology adoption in its history.Karen has been with Sun for 12 years, prior to that she was with Stratus Computer Inc. She holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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SUNTECHDAYS 09
Thank you...:-)

Pratishruti 09

EVENTS

Stimulus - Spread the word

4th Feb 12 pm onwards

Debate-JAM- “spell-a-thon”-

crossword- scrabble- Sudoku- Vocab

Prashnachihn?? - the quiz carnival

India-General-Sports & Entertainment

10th Feb 10 am onwards

Dalaal Street -

The Pratishruti Stock Exchange

9th -11th Feb 10 am onwards

Sur Sangam - Antakshari

6th Feb - 1 pm onwards

Malhaar - Singing Competition

6th Feb -3 pm onwards

Chaos - Persona goes wild !!

2nd Feb -2 pm onwards

Repartee - Lan Gaming Contest

8th - 10th Feb - 10 am onwards

Aarambh 09 - Food Cum Games Fest

1st Feb 10 am to 7 pm

EYE - movie making competition

7th Feb- 6pm onwards

4ce - the best team wins

1st Feb- 12pm onwards

Zara Nach K Dikha - The Dance extravaganza

5th Feb - 2pm onwards

Ingenium Campion - Hunt for the Best College
8th Feb -9 am onwards
HANGAR 18 - Rockband Competition
6th Feb - 5 pm onwards (elims)
Finals on 8th feb -6 pm onwards

Capture - Click ur way to fame - Photography Contest
Themes would be disclosed during Aarambh 09

Live Wire - informals 24x7
Street Play-Solo Impromptu dancing
Art attack - When Harry met Sally

All the events were really good and specially " ZARA NACH KE DIKHA" event was awesome...In this event there was a participant from Raisoni college who was mind-blowing in his Break dance performance...
This years PRATISHRUTI was really a great hit and I am eagerly waiting for the next years Pratishruti....
Thank you......:-)

JOIN OSUM!!!!!

OSUM(open source university meetup)(pronounced "awesome") is a global community of students that are passionate about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and how it is Changing (Y)Our World. We call it a "Meetup" to encourage collaboration between student groups to create an even stronger open source community.
In OSUM you will get to learn the different latest technologies that are being developed by the enginners present at the SUN MICROSYSTEMS and you will also get the solutions directly from the sun which is a very great thing to learn...
Do join it as you will get a lots of knowledge about the open source technologies...
Thank you!!!!!

"Techfest 2009"

We went to IIT Powai ( Techfest 2009 ). It was really a very good experience as we got to learn many new things and the latest technologies that are created by the engineering students in the whole world. Many students were from foreign countries..
There were many outstanding exhibitions held in techfest.
These exhibitions were awesome...The workshops coducted by the professors were also very good.
But the technoholix was the one I liked the most. In this the different stunt scenes were performed by the foreigners. On the first night the team from France showed the gymnastics skills and the team form Turkey showed the 3 Run skills at the basketballwhich were out of the world.
On the second day there was a quiz organised which was very good.
On the third day the laser show was performed by the so called Laser man which was looking like a man in the world of lightening...
The overall experience was marvellous and I would love to organise such events in my college also..
Thank you..