Stackoverflow is an online Q&A system where programmers and developers from all levels of experience can read, ask and answer questions related to the field of programming. Stack Overflow is a collaborative online community that requires no monthly membership and is not littered with spam. The site is totally user-driven and is frequented as a simple resource to read questions and answers involving programming, source code, software tools, careers, software algorithms, etc. If you are looking to create a similar site for your business or organization, try installing and running Coordino on your website.

This software platform is built as a Stack Overflow clone and is completely open-source and free for the general public to use. Installation and site administration can be quick and simple if you are using the latest updates of MySQL, Apache and PHP. Its easy and speedy installation and set up process is perhaps one of its best features. Moderators can control posts, create spam filters and give out user permissions with out any hassles.  (more…)

What do websites that support color palette community or have online graphic editors have in common? They all need a color picker to stand out from the crowd. Acko.net has created an easy way for webmasters to include a color picker in their pages, too. With a JQuery plug-in, users can add a fully-functional color-picker, just like the one in Photoshop. Visitors who are already familiar with the picker won’t have any problem using this, either.  (more…)

The continued development of the Ajax framework has allowed a tremendous increase in what website interfaces are able to do. With truly programmable aspects, Ajax has lead to an Internet that is far more capable than what most imagined in the days of static HTML. One of the most stunning culminations of the power of Ajax is drag and drop interfaces. Google’s iGoogle interface demonstrated how a drag and drop interface can make a website attractive and highly interactive. Websites often emphasize customization and drag and drop functionality allows pages to be customized without having to access a separate “customize” or “personalize” page.  (more…)

My other Acer laptop runs on Windows Vista OS. Today I got automatic update from Microsoft. Once I finished with updating and laptop rebooted, I tried to connect to Wireless router for surfing internet. But to my surprise, internet was not working. I’m using Belkin wireless router. Laptop was not at all connecting to the router. LED for wireless network activity was not blinking anymore. So I tried many solutions, many of them which didn’t work. Finally I had success by tweaking Atheros AR5007 network adapter driver settings. See the step-by-step solution with screenshots below.  (more…)

 If you don’t know already what is 3D Printing, read this article. Or you can even see some amazing applications of 3d printing here. 3D printing is also known as additive manufacturing. Real objects can be made using 3D printers. The object is made using successive layers of material. Designs are made in either Computer Aided Design (CAD) software or 3D animation modeling software. This design is fed to 3D printer which will read the layers from design and lay them in provided material. I think that gives the idea of how 3D printing works. Let’s see them in action. I’ve posted several 3D printing videos which are equally amazing and proves the changing landscape of manufacturing.  (more…)

Google maps is used heavily across the world. And to add into their quest of “Indexing all the world’s information”, Google today announced in a blog post about their new feature in Google Maps. Now you can explore the deep sea around the world with Google Maps street view. The amazing world of great barrier reef is just a click away to be seen in spectacular panoramic view.

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Microsoft Outlook is essential for any professional working out there. And so does the Outlook Calendar as it houses all the meeting requests, reminders and appointments. But most of the organizations put data storage limit in their user Outlook usage. So mostly people will get around 100 MB of storage (and even less if you’re just developer or junior employee). Continuous inflow of mails and meeting requests/appointments will soon choke up the storage limit of Outlook. To free up the space you can move mails to personal folders, delete meeting requests/appointments from Calendar which are expired. But wait, that’s the tricky part. Cleaning up mails is easy but not the Calendar. If you’re facing problem in reducing the size of your Outlook Calendar, keep reading.  (more…)

BeesApps is a Paris-based start-up delivering iPad personal productivity solutions for business people. Founded in 2011 by David Chevenement and 3 associates,  we decided to develop a professional application which could make business people more productive using their tablet. One year ago, BeesApps started developing Beesy, a smart note taking and automated task management App for iPad. BeesApps has launched Beesy on February 15th, 2012 and it is already ranked in the TOP 20 iTunes French productivity store.  (more…)

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One basic fundamental of C++ is encapsulation. It means bundling data and interface. Major idea behind encapsulation is data hiding. Only providing interfaces to access data outside the class implementation. This is done through access specifiers public, protected and private. You must be knowing that private members of a class can’t be accessed outside that class. And the biggest evaders of private access are friend function and friend class. Yes the fundamental notion of data hiding is being broken wide open by friend specifier. (more…)

Bookmarks are a way to store your favourite article links in the browser. When you buy new PC or tablet, you want your saved bookmarks in old machine to be transferred. There are two ways to backup bookmarks in Firefox, HTML or JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file.  (more…)