Monthly Archives: January 2013
File Systems A Semester Project-II, Part-19
This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, elaborates on the concept of a file system by simulating one in...
A Hands-on Review of ICS on Galaxy SII
This is a first-hand review of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) running on a Samsung Galaxy SII. While ICS lets you browse faster and...
Small Coding Wonders
Scene 1: The National Employability Report 2011, prepared by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, says only 17.45 per cent of the engineers roped in...
Getting Your First Job
In this month's column, we take a break from discussing technical topics and talk about what most students care about getting a job.
I get...
Video Editing the Easy Way, With Kdenlive
Let us explore an easy way to make awesome videos, using open source editing software called Kdenlive.
Some time back, I had an urgent task...
Localisation: The Status of Indic Localisation
Having understood the history and growing importance of localisation in India, as well as the key local initiatives being taken in the previous article...
Create a Slide Show with Slidifier
Slidifier is a browser-based, open source slide show creator that is quick and very easy to use. Let's take a look.
Many presenters at conferences...
An Open World
This article reflects on how open source is the natural outcome of, and fits in so well with, the global software ecosystem, which includes...
OpenMP Schedule Clause Parallel Matrix Multiplication
Even in this multi-core era, traditional programming methods don't take full advantage of multi-core systems. To do that, applications must use threads to execute...
Symfony, NetBeans, XAMPP The Perfect Trio for PHP Web App Development
This article describes the perfect environment for developing Web applications in PHP on the Windows platform (though the software is also available on Linux).
One...
