Usability In general, usability refers to how well users can learn and use a product to achieve their goals and how satisfied they are with that process. A key methodology for carrying out usability is called User-Centered Design. What Does Usability Measure Usability measures the quality of a user’s experience when interacting with a product… Continue reading
Oracle Completes Acquisition of Sun
Redwood Shores, CA – January 27, 2010 Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today that it had completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Combination of the local entities worldwide will proceed in accordance with local laws. Oracle will host an all-day live event, which also will be webcast, for customers, partners, press and analysts today… Continue reading
SQL Server: JOIN vs IN vs EXISTS – the logical difference
There is a common misconception that IN behaves equaliy to EXISTS or JOIN in terms of returned results. This is simply not true. To see why not, let’s review what each statement does. IN: Returns true if a specified value matches any value in a subquery or a list. Exists: Returns true if a subquery contains any… Continue reading
India Celebrates her 60th Republic Day
Republic Day is India’s great national festival. It is celebrated every year on January 26, in New Delhi with great pomp and pageant and in capitals of the States, as well as at other headquarters and important places with patriotic fervour. A little background It was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress at… Continue reading
New TechNet Subscription 28% discount
New TechNet Subscription 28% discount with promo code TNITE06 * Microsoft software – licensed for evaluation purposes. Evaluate full-version commercial products without time limits or feature limits, including Microsoft operating systems, servers, and Office System software. With full-version software, you can make informed decisions about new technologies and deployments at your own pace. * Beta… Continue reading
Support for Windows 2000 ends on July 13th 2010
Microsoft Announced that Support for Windows 2000 ends on July 13th 2010. The Windows 2000 End-of-Support Solution Center is a starting point for planning your migration strategy from Windows 2000 to Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Planning and Assessing a Migration or Upgrade to Windows Server 2008… Continue reading
Microsoft Community Tech Days Hyderabad Today
Today hyderabad had the Community Tech Days event successfully. Details of the event are as below: Date : 24-Jan-2010 Venue : Microsoft IDC Microsoft IDC, Beside ISB, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Time : 10.00 AM to 06.00 PM AGENDA IST (+5:30 GMT) Session Title Speaker’s Name 10:15 am – 10:45 am Registrations 10:45 am… Continue reading
Introduction to Silverlight
Silverlight enables development of the next generation of Microsoft .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Silverlight is delivered as a cross-platform and cross-browser plug-in that exposes a programming framework and features that are a subset of the .NET Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Silverlight is there with us since… Continue reading
Mozilla FireFox 3.6 Final
Firefox is the award winning next generation browser from Mozilla. Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely, and more efficiently than with any other browser. Make the switch today – Firefox imports your Favorites, settings and other information, so you have nothing to lose. Stop annoying popup ads in their tracks with Firefox’s built… Continue reading
jQuery 1.4 Released
In celebration of jQuery’s 4th birthday, the jQuery teamwas recently released jQuery 1.4. This wasn’t simply a maintenance release as some had speculated; there are many new features, enhancements and performance improvements included in 1.4! This post covers the new features and enhancements that you may find beneficial. You can download jQuery 1.4 right now, here:… Continue reading