Monthly Archives: February 2012

Windows Reinvented – Windows 8 [Consumer Preview]

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dominic

Windows 8 preview is out. Will it be a hit?… totally different User Interface, start button relocated, more actions (swipe, slide,zoom), Apps, Windows everywhere. Today Microsoft released a Consumer Preview Version which anyone can download here (Be advised that Microsoft gives … Continue reading →

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End Of Life for RHEL4

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Dominic

7 year of production support is coming to an end on 29th Feb 2012. RHEL4 was released in 2005 and its support end this month end with no future Errata’s and Bug Fixes any more. But there is a good … Continue reading →

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Reading IPTC metadata made easy!

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Dominic

I deal with a lot of JPEG’s while programming and hence there are times when one has a need to read the header or IPTC metadata of a JPEG, there are various ways to read IPTC metadata but the easiest … Continue reading →

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[Dojo cometd] Java Desktop Application OR Java Applet Authentication

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dominic

We have been using a traditional method of Writing web applications. A request is send to the Server. Server checks out the designated Servlet and the request is served by sending a response to the Client. Following is a theoretical  representation … Continue reading →

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