Twitter Marketing Tool Software.

Twitter Marketing Tool Software.

This one is for twitter freaks. Its an automated twitter friend finder, in short tweet adder. Its a very useful tool for both kinds of people, i mean people with lots of twitter friends and the ones who are new to twitter. Twitter is very important application today specially for guys who are into marketing like marketing a particular website or a blog or a product for example. Twitter is the easiest and fastest way to get to your customers. But the most difficult part is getting people to follow you on twitter. This tool will help do exactly this. It will help you target your niche customers.

Increase Twitter and site traffic to your event, charity, service, business, band, blog, website, ins short anything you want to advertise. Find like-minded people in your niche. These people wont stop following you as you guys share the same interests. Auto follow up to 1000 targeted profiles per day. Get new followers everyday. You can also send automated scheduled tweets and direct messages everyday without being actually active (how cool is this!!!). You can set targets by keywords in the users bio or you can target people based on local or global location. You can look for a blogger or reporter or an engineer or you can target people in a particular place say New York. You can also look for the followers of a particular user. You can manage multiple twitter accounts from the same console. All of these and that too automated. So, if you rely heavily on Twitter for your work, this tool is going to make it easy. Just set it and forget about it. So, if you are eager enough to know more about it, go ahead and click here.

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ESC 2009.

ESC 2009.

A prolonged period of recession has dampened the spirits of most companies – especially companies in the embedded space. Can Indian companies, who have in the past, skillfully navigated the route of services, products and IP – adapt and succeed in this market, where R&D spends are on the decline? Join us in a high powered panel discussion, chaired by eminent personalities such as Dr G Venkatesh, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer; Praveen Ganapathy, Director – Corporate Business Development &DSP; and Arvind Jayabal, Head – Mobile Devices, Wipro Technologies moderated by Mr. K. Chandrasekhar, ex-Director - Strategic Alliances & Partnerships (Asia Pacific) - NXP Semiconductors. Learn from the experts, as they guide organizations on how can Indian organizations participate, exploit, and benefit from the huge opportunities in the embedded sector.

Keynote address will be given by Bruce Powel Douglass. He is a highly-visible and well-known expert in the field of software development with over 30 years experience. Bruce is the “face” of UML for real-time and embedded systems and is easily the one of the most visible members of IBM to that industry. He is an industry-wide recognized expert in structured and object-oriented methodologies, C/C++/Visual Basic/Pascal/Ada, real-time embedded systems development, safety critical systems, C4ISR/DODAF with UML, and complex systems design. He speaks at conferences all over the world and his numerous books are published in several languages, including Chinese and Japanese. To know about other speakers at this International conference click here. To know about the different sessions that is going to take place during the 3 day long conference click here. To know more about ESC 2009 click here.

To know about the packages and pricing for individual registration click here. ESC India offers group discounts if you register 4 or more people from your company. Group discounts are valid only on the All-Access and 2-Day Access Passes. All group discount registrations must be submitted from the same company, at the same time (within 24 hours) and paid in full and cannot be combined with any other offer.

An Expo is also on the cards where vendors from the embedded world are going to show case there latest products. Texas Instruments, Applied Dynamics International, KlockWork, Vector to name a few. Expo registration is absolutely free.

To register click here.

To register for the Expo click here.

For group registration click here.

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NFS Data Source On HP-UX.

NFS Data Source On HP-UX.

This tutorial is all about configuring a NFS datasource on HP-UX. In NFS the data is stored in a centralised server, you just need to mount the nfs filesystem from a system in the network and access the data. Here is step by step method of configuring a nfs datasource.

Here by node i mean a system. Suppose we have 3 systems (all HP-UX systems) -- one nfs server and 2 nodes in the network from which I will access data on the nfs server. First create a directory on the nfs server (shared directory say "base") and a directory on each the nodes (mount directory say "mount"). Go to /etc/dfs. There is a file called dfstab. Open the file in vi editor and add the following line and save it:-
Syntax: share -F nfs -o rw -d “shared directory” /shared directory
Eg: share -F nfs -o rw -d “base” /base.
The file is read only so we have to change the permissions to read/write using the command:-
Command:- chmod 755 /etc/dfs/dfstab.
Now we have to stop and start the nfs service on the server for the changes to take effect. Go to the nfs server and type the following commands.
Stopping the server:- Command:- /sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop.
Starting the server:- Command:- /sbin/init.d/nfs.server start.
Now mount the datasource from the node from which you want to access data on the server.
Syntax:- mount -F nfs :/shared directory /mount directory.
Eg:- mount -F nfs 10.168.0.70:/base /mount.
Just type "mount" and you can see it mounted. Once you mount the mount directory you can access data in the shared directory on the nfs server. If you want to access data from the other node you have unmount the directory here and similarly mount it from the other node.

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Color Picker Pen.

Color Picker Pen.

This is one of the concept pens. Its called color picker because it picks the color you want to write in. It has an RGB color sensor. When you place the color sensor on any object and press the scan button, it scans color of the object and mixes the 3 colors RGB in the correct proportion to get the perfect shade. But this is just a concept right now. Not sure how far its possible. We have a couple of problems with this idea. First, we cant print onto paper with RGB. That technology does not exist nor will it for at least in the next 10 years. We would also need to use CMYK pigments to accomplish our task. It could be done with small cartridges, but they would run out fast, just like early inkjet printers. The rest is possible today. We would also need room for a battery.

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OSCON 2009.

OSCON 2009.

OSCON 2009 is open for business. Now more than ever, open source technology is the smart choice for navigating uncertain economic waters. In a competitive business environment, open source gives you the means to drive down costs while increasing system and staff efficiencies. OSCON 2009 is where you'll find the latest information and new ways to connect with the growing community that is open source. If you are unaware of the latest developments in the open source world then this is the place where you belong. OSCON 2009 offers sessions, tutorials and activities. Get to hear from the experts on Administration, Fundamentals, PHP, Business, Government, Programming, Cloud Computing, Java, Python, Databases, Linux, Ruby, Design and Usability, Mobile, Security, Desktop Applications, People, Ubuntu, Emerging Topics, Perl, Web Applications etc. Its an opportunity for you to discover the geek inside you. Get to know about latest and cool open source projects. To know more about it click here.

To register click here.

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Jaunty Jackalope.

Jaunty Jackalope.

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. In short, its a Linux distro. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. This tutorial explains how to get the latest version of Ubuntu codenamed Jaunty Jackalope up and running on your desktop using "wubi.exe". Go ahead, check it out.

Ubuntu 9.04 was released on April 24th 2009. First download the relative Ubuntu 9.04 package depending on the architecture of your system. Download takes a lot time so it good that you use a downloader where you can stop and resume download again. Orbit downloader is a good option. To download Orbit downloader click here. Download and install it. Install the Orbit downloader toolbar for Internet Explorer too. Whenever you download using IE the Orbit downloader will automatically be invoked, you then just have to select the download path and click OK.

To download the Ubuntu 9.04 .iso file click here. Take a look around you will get your PC architecture compatible package. Click that, the Orbit downloader will get invoked. Just select the download path and click OK. The .iso file is around 700 MBs, so it will take quite sometime to download.

Meanwhile, you download an MD5 sum checker to check the data integrity of the downloaded Ubuntu package. There are MD5 sum checkers for various operating systems. To know more about MD5 sum and how to check the data integrity of downloaded packages on different operating systems click here.

When you have the Ubuntu 9.04 .iso image file, use the MD5 sum checker to check for data integrity. If the calculated MD5 sum of the .iso image file matches the respective MD5 sum of packages, then you are good go. To get the Md5 sum of Ubuntu 9.04 for different architectures click here. Check this MD5 sum with your MD5 sum calculated by the MD5 sum utility.

Next step is burn the .iso image file onto a CD. InfraRecorder is a good option. To download InfraRecorder click here. Open InfraRecorder, click "Actions" and select "Burn Image". Select the .iso image file and click open. Now select the "Write Speed" as 4x or 2x and click OK. Burning at slower speed helps to maintain data integrity of the files written. Click OK after it gets over.

Now comes the most important part, installation of the Ubuntu 9.04 you just downloaded. Insert th CD in the drive. Right-click the drive and select "open". Now can you see a .exe file called "wubi.exe". If you can, double-click that. The Ubuntu Menu will open. Now select "Install Inside Windows". Make sure you have atleast 256 MB of RAM, otherwise you will get a waring message and you installation might not be proper. The Ubuntu setup opens up. Now select the Installation Drive, Installation Size, Language, Username and Password. Select the Desktop Environment as "Ubuntu". Allocate atleast 10 GB hard disc space for Ubuntu installation. The Username and Password you will be your Ubuntu Login and Password. When everthing is set click the "Install" button. Just wait and watch as the installer rolls on. When it gets over select "Reboot now" and click the "Finish" button. Once the machine reboots, it will give you two choices, Windows and Ubuntu. Select Ubuntu and here you go. You have now Ubuntu 9.04 along side Windows. The first time the Ubuntu boots up it takes a little longer. But don't be scared, it won't take much time the next time you boot your Jaunty Jackalope. Want to know more about Ubuntu click here.

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Twitter Boot Camp.

Twitter Boot Camp.

Hi...This is my first post so I try to be very short and precise on this. Well, this one is for Twitter freaks. This is about the one day Twitter Boot Camp which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 15th of June. Join O'Reilly Media Founder and CEO Tim O'Reilly, Endelman Digital SVP Steve and Twitter expert Sarah Milstein at this one day boot camp. Learn the best practices and apply it to engage your customers and grow your business.

People who are into advertising and marketing, business owners seeking to increase visibility and improved customer experience as well as individuals interested in personal brand building will really find this boot camp helpful. The rapid growth and popularity of Twitter has completely transformed the paradigm of online marketing. At first glance, Twitter seems simple, easy to understand and use, but as you start using it, you'll soon find that it can be quite difficult to figure out how to make best use of it. Twitter Boot Camp will put you in the catbird seat by showing you exactly how to put this powerful and effective tool to work for your business or organization. In messages no longer than 140 characters, you truly can heighten visibility, improve your customer service, monitor and participate in conversations about your brand, crowd-source new product ideas, and keep an eye on tweets by and about your competitors and this event will teach you the most efficient and effective ways to make it happen.

The general registration fee is $399. There are other package and group registrations available. Anyone eager to know more about it can click here.

To register click here.

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