Washington, USA, September 25, 2010 -- Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko landed their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Skvortsov, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 10:02 p.m. EDT Friday from the Poisk module's docking port on the station's Zvezda module. The undocking and landing occurred a day later than planned because of a hatch sensor problem Thursday night. That problem prevented hooks on the Poisk side of the docking mechanism from opening. Station crew members installed a series of jumper cables, bypassing the sensor, and the Poisk module hooks retracted.
Following undocking and a normal descent, the crew landed at 1:23 a.m. near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan.
Russian recovery teams were on hand to help the crew exit the Soyuz vehicle and adjust to gravity after 176 days in space. Skvortsov and Kornienko will return Saturday to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, outside of Moscow.
The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April. As members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews, they spent 174 days on the station. Caldwell Dyson and Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock conducted three spacewalks to replace a faulty cooling pump module on the station's backbone, known as the truss. Kornienko conducted one spacewalk to prepare the recently delivered Russian Rassvet Module for future automated dockings by Russian spacecraft.
The station is occupied by Wheelock, who assumed command of the station Wednesday, NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, and Russian Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin, who arrived in mid-June.
A new trio of Expedition 25 crew members - NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka - will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 7 (Oct. 8 in Kazakhstan) and arrive on the station about 48 hours later.
For more information about the space station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station
To follow Twitter updates from Expedition 24/25 crew member Wheelock and Exp. 26 Commander Kelly, visit: http://twitter.com/Astro_Wheels
Contact:
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Download Internet Explorer 9 Themepack for Windows 7
Few days have passed since the release of Internet explorer 9 and it has already crossed 2 million downloads. Keeping this craze in mind IntoWindows has released Internet Explorer 9 themepack for windows 7. This theme consists of 3 high resolution (1920 x 1200) IE 9 wallpapers by MyMicrosoftLife.
This theme can be applied directly by double clicking on the downloaded file. If you liked the new IE this theme will suite you better.
This theme can be applied directly by double clicking on the downloaded file. If you liked the new IE this theme will suite you better.
Download Internet Explorer 9 Themepack for Windows 7 (754.18KB)
Download Microsoft’s Official Horses Theme for Windows 7
September 25 2010 -- Microsoft has updated it’s personalization gallery with windows 7 horse theme. This theme consists of 10 beautiful high quality wallpapers of resolution 1920 x 1200. It gives you a good view of the enthusiasm of horses.
This is a Microsoft official theme hence it can be applied directly by downloading and double clicking on it.
This is a Microsoft official theme hence it can be applied directly by downloading and double clicking on it.
Download Microsoft’s Official Horses Theme for Windows 7 (10.90MB)
Nokia Dual Sim Mobiles C1-00 and C2 Launched in India
With other players offering Multiple SIM functionality, Nokia did it late but they have finally launched the much awaited Nokia Dual SIM Mobile phones in Indian Market. Nokia C1 (C1-00) and Nokia C2 (C2-00) are GSM+GSM Dual SIM Phones unveiled today and will be available at very affordable prices.
At the launch event, Mary McDowell, Executive Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia said, “As per our deep consumer insights, entry level consumers need dual SIMs for various reasons including economizing time and costs, improving efficiency and for increased convenience. To address these consumer requirements,Nokia has launched these two devices that offer multiple SIM capabilities with a balanced feature set and ‘relevant innovations’ at affordable price points.”
“By simply holding down a key, people are able to switch between SIM cards. This enables them to take advantage of reduced call rates, flexibility when traveling from one country to another, or helps with sharing a phone within a family and still use their own SIM,” said Alex Lambeek, vice president atNokia. “This is a great added convenience feature considering the low price of the phone.”
• 1.8 color screen with 65K colors
• VGA camera
• Expandable memory up to 32GB
• Media player
• S40 platform
• Bluetooth, USB 2.0
• 3.5 mm Jack
• EDGE/GPRS
• Internet and Email
• Apps and games
• Four nice colors and shades
The Nokia C2 also makes listening to music simple with the FM radio and music player and a massive amount of music storage with the phone supporting micro-SD cards of up to 32GB. The price expected to be forNokia C2 is around Rs. 3200
At the launch event, Mary McDowell, Executive Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia said, “As per our deep consumer insights, entry level consumers need dual SIMs for various reasons including economizing time and costs, improving efficiency and for increased convenience. To address these consumer requirements,Nokia has launched these two devices that offer multiple SIM capabilities with a balanced feature set and ‘relevant innovations’ at affordable price points.”
Nokia C1 Features, Price in India
Out of these two, C1 is a basic, entry level Mobile device which will be available at Price of Rs. 1,999 in Indian Markets.To call out it’s features- Impressive thing is it’s Battery Talktime which is said to 6 weeks, the longest ever for a Nokia mobile phone, especially useful in those parts of the country where access to electricity is sometimes limited. Another feature is Call Divert with which you can Divert a call of one SIM to another in case of No-Connectivity, Coverage Problems etc.- Flash Light
- Radio
- Vivid Color Screen
- Headphone Jack
“By simply holding down a key, people are able to switch between SIM cards. This enables them to take advantage of reduced call rates, flexibility when traveling from one country to another, or helps with sharing a phone within a family and still use their own SIM,” said Alex Lambeek, vice president atNokia. “This is a great added convenience feature considering the low price of the phone.”
Nokia C2 Features, Price in India
While Nokia C2-00 is a Multimedia phone with standard features:• 1.8 color screen with 65K colors
• VGA camera
• Expandable memory up to 32GB
• Media player
• S40 platform
• Bluetooth, USB 2.0
• 3.5 mm Jack
• EDGE/GPRS
• Internet and Email
• Apps and games
• Four nice colors and shades
The Nokia C2 also makes listening to music simple with the FM radio and music player and a massive amount of music storage with the phone supporting micro-SD cards of up to 32GB. The price expected to be forNokia C2 is around Rs. 3200
Nokia Rolls out Dual SIM Mobile Phones: C1-00 C1-01 C1-02 and C2
With the World going Dual SIM, means you can have two connections on same handset, Nokia too introduces a range of Dual SIM Mobile phones in the market. They are all of C series, although C series is not at all new for us because we have already seen Nokia C3 and Nokia C5. All these 4 phones are entry level handsets with satisfying basic need at affordable cost.
So, Nokia understands our needs. I think they may have taken this step to cover up emerging market of Dual SIM Mobiles in country like India. Although, Nokia doesn’t stands anywhere when we talk about smartphones where HTC and Apple are leading this segment. No matter, there is still a potential market to grab up of low-end configuration mobiles.
These new Phones are namely C1-00 (1750 INR) C1-01 (Rs. 2200) C1-02 (Rs 2500) and C2 (Rs. 2850) Don’t expect any lavish features in these mobiles as they are made to offer basic functionality like FM Radio, Color Screen, Flash Light and Send Messages.
So, Nokia understands our needs. I think they may have taken this step to cover up emerging market of Dual SIM Mobiles in country like India. Although, Nokia doesn’t stands anywhere when we talk about smartphones where HTC and Apple are leading this segment. No matter, there is still a potential market to grab up of low-end configuration mobiles.
These new Phones are namely C1-00 (1750 INR) C1-01 (Rs. 2200) C1-02 (Rs 2500) and C2 (Rs. 2850) Don’t expect any lavish features in these mobiles as they are made to offer basic functionality like FM Radio, Color Screen, Flash Light and Send Messages.
Nokia C1-00 overview
A simple phone to make calls and send text messages, flashlight, FM radio and a super battery up to 6 weeks of use. Estimated price of Rs. 1750Nokia C1-01 and C1-02 overview
The C1-01 C1-02 are very similar phones, the C1-01 includes FM radio, microSD card slot and a VGA resolution camera. C1-02 well, with FM radio, microSD card slot and VGA camera, but also has Bluetooth, Ovi Mail and Chat.Nokia C2 overview
It’s the most expensive in this range leaving about Rs. 2850, double SIM, with the tools of Life Tools Ovi, Ovi Ovi Mail and Chat, FM radio, microSD card slot, VGA camera, Bluetooth and a battery that Nokia says lasts up to 16.5 days of use.Friday, September 24, 2010
IT Industry Begins Hiring Back People, Information Technology Crossing finds 43,000 Jobs
The IT industry showed job growth in three of the four tech sectors according to data gathered by the TechAmerica Foundation. Employment in the tech manufacturing sector went up by 9,100 jobs.
California, USA, September 24, 2010 -- Pasadena, CA, September 24, 2010 – The IT industry, which has shed around 215,000 employees since January 2009, has hired 30,200 people since January this year. The hiring represents an increase in the IT industry’s workforce by 0.5 percent.
The total number of people employed in the tech industry in June 2010 stood at 5.78 million. The data has been gathered by TechAmerica Foundation, an industry group which keeps track of the IT workforce. Another IT research firm, Computer Economics says that the workers being hired could be doing non-IT jobs in those firms such as sales and distribution. A survey of 600 IT hiring managers conducted by the IT job search site Dice revealed that 71 percent of them are planning to hire more employees in the second half of the year.
The IT industry showed job growth in three of the four tech sectors according to data gathered by the TechAmerica Foundation. Employment in the tech manufacturing sector went up by 9,100 jobs, an increase of 0.7 percent. The software services sector added 14,200 jobs and 29,700 jobs were added to the tech services sector.
Asked about the employment situation in the tech industry, A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, says “In spite of the media stories over IT outsourcing and H1B visa holders taking over American jobs, there are still high paying jobs in the field.” InformationTechnologyCrossing is a job aggregator site that focuses on jobs in the information technology sector. The site has been able to find over 43,000 jobs for the sector.
California, USA, September 24, 2010 -- Pasadena, CA, September 24, 2010 – The IT industry, which has shed around 215,000 employees since January 2009, has hired 30,200 people since January this year. The hiring represents an increase in the IT industry’s workforce by 0.5 percent.
The total number of people employed in the tech industry in June 2010 stood at 5.78 million. The data has been gathered by TechAmerica Foundation, an industry group which keeps track of the IT workforce. Another IT research firm, Computer Economics says that the workers being hired could be doing non-IT jobs in those firms such as sales and distribution. A survey of 600 IT hiring managers conducted by the IT job search site Dice revealed that 71 percent of them are planning to hire more employees in the second half of the year.
The IT industry showed job growth in three of the four tech sectors according to data gathered by the TechAmerica Foundation. Employment in the tech manufacturing sector went up by 9,100 jobs, an increase of 0.7 percent. The software services sector added 14,200 jobs and 29,700 jobs were added to the tech services sector.
Asked about the employment situation in the tech industry, A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, says “In spite of the media stories over IT outsourcing and H1B visa holders taking over American jobs, there are still high paying jobs in the field.” InformationTechnologyCrossing is a job aggregator site that focuses on jobs in the information technology sector. The site has been able to find over 43,000 jobs for the sector.
Oracle Certified Master, Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect Preparation Free Course Launched
EPractize Labs Software, an emerging global provider for Java Certification Preparation launched free certification course for Oracle Certified Master, Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect Certification (OCM for Java EE 5.0 Enterprise Architect) today.
September 24, 2010 -- Good news to all Java Certification aspirants, EPractize Labs offers FREE course for OCM for Java EE 5.0 Enterprise Architect. The course is absolutely FREE and anybody can download from our website.Download your FREE copy today and empower your preparation.
Oracle offers many certifications starting from programmer level to architect level. Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master certification is designed for enterprise architects responsible for building high scale enterprise applications or who wish to be prospective architects. The certification exam tests candidate’s architectural knowledge in and out.
A Software Architect is the technical boss of software systems and he should act like a software doctor to resolve the issues. A basic difference between a developer and an architect is the way they design the application. Developer may not think about the scalability, maintainability, performance, etc for long run. But architect always foresees the application’
What are the qualifications required to become a Java EE Architect?
I would say he/she should be a Oracle Certified Java EE Architect. Because it comprises of all the necessary qualification required for a Technical Architect required for Java EE assignment. I love the way the SCEA Part 2 and Part 3 designed.
The following are the interesting topics that Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam covers:
Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam Step 1
* Application Design Concepts and Principles – Tests your OO design language skills
* Common architectures – Tests the skills in evaluation of enterprise application tiers
* Integration and Messaging – Tests the architectural solution knowledge to connect Java EE with any legacy systems and architectural solution knowledge in synchronous and asynchronous message architecture
* Business Tier Technologies – Tests the design and basic API knowledge in EJB and JPA
* Web Tier Technologies – Tests the design and basic knowledge in WAF,JSP,Servlet,JSF and JSTL
* Applicability of Java EE – Tests the design decision knowledge about Java EE technologies
* Patterns – Tests the knowledge in design patterns
* Security – Tests various kinds of enterprise security including firewalls and DMZ
Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam Step 2
A business problem will be given to you in the form of use case diagrams, business domain model, and statement format. The requirements will encompass both Functional and Non-Functional requirements. You are requested to come up with an architecture for the given business problem to meet both the functional and non-functional requirements.
It is a very challenging experience to get to know about Java EE Architecture best practices. Once you have completed your assignment, you need to upload your assignment into Sun and it will be manually evaluated by technical authors.
Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam Step 3
This is another stimulating test to verify your architectural knowledge about design decisions. Architecture can be implemented in many ways with different design decisions. The questions will be on why you have chosen this way and why not the other way. You need to answer with brief explanation. If you have completed Part 1 and Part 2, Part 3 will be straightforward and very easy to crack.
The Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam does not require any pre-certifications from Oracle. So, if you decide to take Sun Java EE Architect certification, you can very well start without any prerequisite.
You can get sample exam question for each topic in this free course.
Download OCP Java SE 5.0 course at http://www.epractizelabs.com/
Oracle offers many certifications starting from programmer level to architect level. Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master certification is designed for enterprise architects responsible for building high scale enterprise applications or who wish to be prospective architects. The certification exam tests candidate’s architectural knowledge in and out.
A Software Architect is the technical boss of software systems and he should act like a software doctor to resolve the issues. A basic difference between a developer and an architect is the way they design the application. Developer may not think about the scalability, maintainability, performance, etc for long run. But architect always foresees the application’
What are the qualifications required to become a Java EE Architect?
I would say he/she should be a Oracle Certified Java EE Architect. Because it comprises of all the necessary qualification required for a Technical Architect required for Java EE assignment. I love the way the SCEA Part 2 and Part 3 designed.
The following are the interesting topics that Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam covers:
Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam Step 1
* Application Design Concepts and Principles – Tests your OO design language skills
* Common architectures – Tests the skills in evaluation of enterprise application tiers
* Integration and Messaging – Tests the architectural solution knowledge to connect Java EE with any legacy systems and architectural solution knowledge in synchronous and asynchronous message architecture
* Business Tier Technologies – Tests the design and basic API knowledge in EJB and JPA
* Web Tier Technologies – Tests the design and basic knowledge in WAF,JSP,Servlet,JSF and JSTL
* Applicability of Java EE – Tests the design decision knowledge about Java EE technologies
* Patterns – Tests the knowledge in design patterns
* Security – Tests various kinds of enterprise security including firewalls and DMZ
Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam Step 2
A business problem will be given to you in the form of use case diagrams, business domain model, and statement format. The requirements will encompass both Functional and Non-Functional requirements. You are requested to come up with an architecture for the given business problem to meet both the functional and non-functional requirements.
It is a very challenging experience to get to know about Java EE Architecture best practices. Once you have completed your assignment, you need to upload your assignment into Sun and it will be manually evaluated by technical authors.
Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam Step 3
This is another stimulating test to verify your architectural knowledge about design decisions. Architecture can be implemented in many ways with different design decisions. The questions will be on why you have chosen this way and why not the other way. You need to answer with brief explanation. If you have completed Part 1 and Part 2, Part 3 will be straightforward and very easy to crack.
The Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam does not require any pre-certifications from Oracle. So, if you decide to take Sun Java EE Architect certification, you can very well start without any prerequisite.
You can get sample exam question for each topic in this free course.
Download OCP Java SE 5.0 course at http://www.epractizelabs.com/
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