IBM WebSphere MQ

IBM WebSphere MQ is a family of network communication software products launched by IBM in March 1992. It was previously known as MQSeries, a trademark that IBM rebranded in 2002 to join the suite of WebSphere products. WebSphere MQ is IBM's Message Oriented Middleware offering. It allows independent and potentially non-concurrent applications on a distributed system to communicate with each other.







Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSphere_MQ

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/crashcourse/#Application_Integration

Windows 7 OS

Windows 7 is the next version of Microsoft Windows and the successor to Windows Vista.

At its Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008), Microsoft Corp. rallied software developers by sharing the first full public demo of Windows 7. Its held at Los Angeles on Oct 28th 2008.





Source:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-28PDCDay2PR.mspx
http://www.microsoftpdc.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7

US Consulate in Hyderabad

The consulate facility will begin processing 100 visa applications a day by the middle of December 2008 and scale it up to 300 by January next.

It would result in avoiding 65,000 to 70,000 trips each year to Chennai by those seeking US visas.

Source: The Hindu

Home page for US Consulate in Hyderabad

US Tax Refund Finder

Find out if IRS owes you money:

http://www.ntu.org/main/components/current_irs/

Source: http://www.ntu.org/main/press.php?PressID=1067&org_name=NTU

Learn about Business Consulting

Want to know about business consulting or want to start your career in this field? Then logon to the following portal which is launched by three students of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM).

http://www.learn2consult.com/

Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20081023/812/tnl-iim-students-launch-portal-to-help-n_1.html
http://www.learn2consult.com/

Hello World program in 400 programming languages

Lets see how to print "Hello World" in 400+ languages:

Java:
// Hello World in Java

class HelloWorld {
static public void main( String args[] ) {
System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
}
}


C#:
// Hello World in Microsoft C# ("C-Sharp").

using System;

class HelloWorld
{
public static int Main(String[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
}

Ruby:
# Hello World in Ruby
puts "Hello World!"

Want to see the complete list? Following is the link:
http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/hello.htm

Ruby 1.9

Yukihiro Matsumoto, chief designer of the Ruby programming language(1995), speaks about Ruby 1.9 in a tech talk organised by Google.

The story of Bill Gates

Looking back, Moving ahead...
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/videos/

Mind map

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.

Mind maps have many applications in personal, family, educational, and business situations, including notetaking, brainstorming, summarizing, revising, and general clarifying of thoughts. One could listen to a lecture, for example, and take down notes using mind maps for the most important points or keywords. One can also use mind maps as a mnemonic technique or to sort out a complicated idea.

FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map

Panasonic "LifeWall"

LifeWall - The wall that interacts with you.

With powerful life-size images and advanced HD quality, it allows you to operate virtually everything inside and outside of the home.

http://www.panasonic.com/cesshow/

Semantic Web

Humans are capable of using the Web to carry out tasks such as finding the Finnish word for "cat", reserving a library book, and searching for a low price on a DVD. However, a computer cannot accomplish the same tasks without human direction because web pages are designed to be read by people, not machines. The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, sharing and combining information on the web.

Currently, the World Wide Web is based mainly on documents written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), a markup convention that is used for coding a body of text interspersed with multimedia objects such as images and interactive forms.The semantic web takes the concept further; it involves publishing the data in a language, Resource Description Framework (RDF), specifically for data, so that it can be categorized as human perception and be "understood" by computers.



References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

Yahoo! Everything

Want to browse all Yahoo products in one place?

Try this link: http://everything.yahoo.com/

Microsoft "Surface"

Surface, Microsoft’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface computing breaks down traditional barriers between people and technology, changing the way people interact with all kinds of everyday information — from photos to maps to menus.

About image:

AT&T’s deployment of Microsoft Surface will change the way consumers interact with mobile devices and applications. Visitors to AT&T stores will be able to review features of a mobile device by simply placing it on Surface, which will recognize the device and provide a graphical overview of its capabilities.

More Details:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/surfacecomputing/default.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/videos.html

Evolution of tech companies logos

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/07/the-evolution-of-tech-companies-logos/

Service Oriented Architecture

SOA is an approach to designing systems—in effect the architectural drawings or blueprint—that directs how IT resources will be integrated and which services will be exposed for use. In contrast, Web services is an implementation methodology that uses specific standards and language protocols to execute on a SOA solution.

http://frsun.downloads.edgesuite.net/sun/07D01068/?intcmp=1435

http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/solutions/soa/overview.mspx

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/newto/

The Best Free Software for Windows

http://www.labnol.org/software/download/essential-free-software-programs-for-windows/1994/