Azure IaaS is possibly the most important move on Cloud Computing IaaS market by Microsoft Azure in 2013. Unlike Rackspace, they have kept a free trial tier. Copy-Paste writers and general audience are getting much more similarity of Azure IaaS with Amazon; but the fact is - the real danger can be of Rackspace as the sole market leader of the specified segment for wider choices. Azure IaaS … [Read more...]
Focal-Plane Shutter
Focal-Plane Shutter in addition to the central locking is one of two common design principles for the closure, placed in front of the image sensor module. For this reason, in the basic article on Flash Modes; Rear curtain flash mode was explained. For a new person in DSLR Photography, at least Shutter Button and Shutter Mechanism is important to read in the context of learning about Focal-Plane … [Read more...]
Xen Switches to Linux Foundation
Xen Switches to Linux Foundation, an agency that will ensure greater development for the project, now away from Citrix including Virtualization software. Xen is a hypervisor project, which is a software that allows to run multiple virtual machines on one physical computer. It originated in University of Cambridge and was under the U.S. company Citrix Systems. Xen switch to Linux … [Read more...]
Top 10 Cloud Storage in 2013
Top 10 Cloud Storage in 2013 lists the major cloud services for online storage, backup, and interactive use in 2013. Often the providers offer extra features. Back in 2011, we published another kind of similar list - Free Cloud Storage Online Our Top 10 Pick somewhat like this article listing Top 10 Cloud Storage in 2013. It has been nearly two years after that publication and we thought for an … [Read more...]
Flash Modes : Using the Built-in Flash on DSLR
Flash Modes are another important point to learn DSLR Photography. Virtually all DSLR cameras are sold with a built in flash though the quality is unfortunate. Previously we talked about the popular Fill Flash in Digital Photography and External Flash Unit. Let us see why and how we can use this built in flash with the proper Flash Modes. Why to Use Built-in Flash with Flash Modes … [Read more...]
Symmetric Multiprocessing System
Symmetric Multiprocessing System is a multi-processor based Architecture where there are two or more identical processors with a shared address space. This means that each processor in Symmetric Multiprocessing System has the same (physical) address and the same alloted memory or the same peripheral registers. Most multiprocessor systems today are of Symmetric Multiprocessing … [Read more...]
Semantic Web : Brief Overview of Relevant Recommendations
Semantic Web not only brought with RDF, in conjunction OWL, RDF, SPARQL, GRDDL, RDFa, RIF, GeneOntology (GO) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are in use. In the previous article on How Semantic Web Works, we described the basics; in this article we will go through a brief overview of each way of implementation. Current Status of Implementation of Semantic Web The International … [Read more...]
Performance Tips for Developing Applications for Cloud Platform
Performance Tips for Developing Applications for Cloud means optimizing an application which will run on functionally kind of distributed computing framework. Even if the word or phrase Cloud Computing is touted; the difference of running an application on one server configuration and running on a distributed system where the static files almost always will be delivered geographically from the … [Read more...]
Desktop Virtualization : Why it is an Apparent Flop
Desktop Virtualization as VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) could not have been successful on a broad front. This has technical and financial reasons. All one to two percent of the worldwide installed 15 million desktops are currently loaded with VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) completely from the server. Given that the the technology is advertised aggressively for years, there is not much … [Read more...]
grep command : Details, Examples and Usages of Grep Command
grep command is for the program for usage in command line for UNIX and and Unix derivatives which is used to search and filter strings from from a junk of files.It was originally developed by Ken Thompson in 1973. The term grep stands for g lobal / r egular e xpression / p rint or g lobal search for a r egular E xpression and p rint out matched lines : "global search for a regular expression and … [Read more...]
How to Choose Lens for DSLR Based on Focal Length and Speed
How to Choose Lens for DSLR Based on Focal Length and Speed ? How you will determine which Lens is not a bad investment but a good to have in your camera bag ? Like many other hobbies, DSLR photography can be very expensive. Soon, as that our passion for photography and our knowledge grows up, we realize that the Lens purchased has some technical boundaries. We also discover that the camera body … [Read more...]