In first half of April 2006, we got two big news from Open Source community, First Novell’s Open Linux will provide .NET environment support, so you can easily run .NET applications on Linux, Second RedHat Inc, the Microsoft of Linux Community has acquired JBOSS, an Application server for JAVA.

At the annual LinuxWorld Conference, Novell discusses its OpenSUSE build service as part of a new Linux build service framework that will become the development platform for future SUSE Linux distributions.

Read How Novell done this to Open Source Community

Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JBoss, the global leader in open source middleware.…

“PHP is gaining momentum and after full adaption of PHP 5 it

will be a langauge of choice for web development for companies

at any level”

This is my statement but normally my colleagues

see only my imotions behind this statement, here is the one of

the proof, Yahoo is looking for PHP developers with experience

in javascript etc. Full details :-

Software Engineering Positions at Yahoo! Ajax and PHP Yahoo!

is looking for a few highly talented and experienced PHP and

JavaScript software developers to join our world-class

engineering team.…

PTI has reported that an Indian researcher, Bangalore-based, Debasis Mohanty,
has cracked the so-called impregnable Windows Genuine Advantage of Microsoft.

According to report, he broke WGA through an “easy-to-exploit” flaw in the software for
generating illegal copies of the Windows XP program.

WGA is an anti-piracy program that keeps an eye on consumers whether they are
running legitimately licensed copies of Windows XP.

Microsoft confirmed Mohanty’s success at cracking the WGA, yet, the world’s leading software manufacturer tried to downplay it saying, “It represents very little threat.”…

Computer giant Apple has won the first stage of its legal battle to force three online reporters/bloggers including a teenage boy, to reveal who gave them secret information about the company’s new products.

The company launched the fight in December last year after details of a new product – codenamed ”Asteroid” – appeared on a number of websites before they had been announced by Apple.

The teen web editor had claimed he was covered by laws that grant journalists the constitutional right to protect their sources.…

IBM announced an agreement with Zend Technologies to develop the industry’s first integrated solution designed to help developers build and deploy applications and services based on the popular PHP Web language. The new solution integrates IBM’s Cloudscapedatabase based on Apache Software Foundation Derby and Zend’s open source PHP environment. This agreement further expands IBM’s investment in open source by helping developers more effectively create applications based on the technology of their choice.

Under the agreement, IBM will work with Zend, the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications, to create ‘Zend Core for IBM.’…

How to ask a question?
Art of Questions, A must for all newbies in process of learning.
I think it is also usefull for middle level programmers who are looking at someone else for help.

Art of Questions…

An interview of Bill Gates

The Bad Boys are also Terribly Clever

A Must read to know about his latest views on security, windows and linux.…

As a 13-year-old middle-schooler, the New Woodstock, N.Y., native built a Web site ( ThinkSecret.com) in 1998 and began publishing insider news and rumors about Apple, using the alias Nick dePlume.

Apple is going to file a leagal suite against him. Why?

Read at

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6824038/…

PHP has been awarded the Programming Language of 2004, according to the

TIOBE Programming Community Index. This index uses information collected from the popular search engines, and are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors.…

From PHP.NET::::

PHP is a powerful and flexible tool. This power and flexibility comes from PHP being a very thin framework sitting on top of dozens of distinct 3rd-party libraries. Each of these libraries have their own unique input data characteristics. Data that may be safe to pass to one library may not be safe to pass to another.

A recent Web Worm known as NeverEverSanity exposed a mistake in the input validation in the popular phpBB message board application. Their highlighting code didn’t account for double-urlencoded input correctly.…

HOSTWAY has launched PHP5 support on all their linux servers.

Since Last two months I am searching for local ( read Indian ) hosting service provider for PHP5 support. I need it to one of my site on PHP Certification .

My present service provider refused to upgrade or start a new server with PHP5. So I am unable to launch that site.

I think hostway is will be a good option. It is not Indian so some managerial issues like payment method etc.…