Tag: Google
Get Started with Pygame, Part 2
In the first part of this series, we learnt about uploading a background image, and how to put text with different fonts on the...
FreedomYUG: The Mockery of Freedom — Angry Birds v/s Free Birds...
They are taking away freedom from our consciousness. All we're left with is a clenched fist holding on to our mobile devices. That, and...
The Next Y2K — Are We Ready for a Web Without...
Yes, we've have done it again -- brought the world to the brink of another disaster, because we've failed to foresee the exponential growth...
Virtual Machines For Abstraction: The Dalvik VM
With the rise of heterogeneous systems, there is a requirement for a scalable software system that is cost-effective and maintenance-free. Virtual machines (VMs) provide...
The Comperhensive LAMP Guide, Part-1: Compiling and Optimising Apache
These days, almost everyone needs a website. Online business is picking up, and an Internet presence is a must for firms wanting to expand...
CodeSport
In this month's column, we continue our discussion of binary instrumentation tools, and look at a few popular dynamic instrumentation frameworks.
Last month, we had...
GNOME 3 is Here!
GNOME 3, code-named ToPaZ (for Three Point Zero), was released on April 6 this year. The release has raised many questions. Can GNOME 3...
Android Application Development: Android Fragments API
In this article, we will look at the new Android UI API, the Fragments API. Part of the Android 3.0 SDK, it allows developers...
Databases in the Era of Cloud Computing and Big Data
We take a look at the directions in which databases are evolving, driven by the twin factors of the "Cloud" and "Big Data". Let's...
Securing Database Servers
With the ever-expanding data requirements for Web applications, database administrators often configure security parameters at the OS and database layer. Unfortunately, administrators seldom consider...
