Fundamentals of Java for Management Students - Powerpoint Presentation

July 18th, 2006 Naveed has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint, which potentially can be exploited to compromise any user's system. The vulnerability has been confirmed on Windows XP SP2 with a fully patched PowerPoint 2003.

November 5th, 2006 I gave a presentation on IT entrepreneurship at National Institute of Technology Durgapur to MBA students and local entrepreneurs in summer of this year. The presentation was in my laptop which I finally got a chance to open today.

July 14th, 2006 A free 10-week "AJAX Programming" online course is about to start from August 4th, 2006. This course is for anyone who wants to learn AJAX for the first time or increase their knowledge on AJAX.

August 24th, 2005 Wojciech Biela asked in his blog about the steps for preparing for XP process. Here's my take on the issue based on personal experience: First give him a simple Powerpoint presentation explaining the high level details of XP process and benefits.

June 12th, 2008 Sun offers 5 free proficiency assessment examinations. Read below for details and how you can take them.

May 8th, 2008 I was amazed to find Microsoft design engineer Mugunthan Mugundan teaching Java (how to create REST output using Java) using Eclipse IDE. I found it rich in irony at many levels.

November 20th, 2005 BlueJ is an integrated Java environment specifically designed for introductory teaching in object oriented development with Java. I think it has lots of potential.

May 6th, 2008 All throughout the JavaOne 2008 keynote presentation, I had the same nagging question, how is Sun going to profit from all these diverse technologies? In the end I don't have an answer. Purely from business standpoint it doesn't make sense.

February 9th, 2006 I have been interviewing several freshers who were taught Java in engineering schools under computer science curriculum. Interviewing them highlighted serious problems with their education as well as with the system.

July 2nd, 2005 Sun Microsystems is looking at providing its Java Enterprise System (J2EE) customers with a database management solution that will either take advantage of existing open-source database management technologies or developed in-house. I think they should leverage from some high quality open source database management solutions rather than re-inventing the wheel.

October 19th, 2005 With its latest release of the software, Apache announced that Geronimo 1.0-M5 Java application server has passed all the compatibility tests and has gained official J2EE1.4 certification of the Java server software standard. Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5 is completely integrated with the Tomcat Web server and includes a developer preview of web management console submitted to Apache by IBM.

August 16th, 2005 Back to The POJO days and lots of goodies scheduled with Java Enterprise Edition 5.

April 10th, 2006 Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE, formerly referred to as J2EE) Version 5 has arrived. Its streamlined features offer added convenience, improved performance, and reduced development time, all of which enable developers to bring products to market faster.

June 1st, 2005 Sun Microsystems (SUNW), the creator of Java Programming Language, is offering Java Associate (SCJA) Beta Certification Exam freely from June 20 - July 15, 2005. Registration has started from today.

June 13th, 2006 Spencer Katt has an interesting (read funny) take on future Google products (and then there are mine). They are: 1.