Today iam writing about IBM......


International Business Machines (IBM) (NYSE: IBM) is a United States multinational technology and consulting firm headquartered in Armonk, New York. Founded in 1911, IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Type	Public (NYSE: IBM) Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
Industry	Computer systems, hardware, and software Consulting and IT services
Founded	Endicott, New York June 16, 1911
Headquarters	Armonk, New York
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Samuel J. Palmisano (Chairman, President and CEO)
Revenue	US$ 95.75 billion (2009)
Operating income	US$ 17.01 billion (2009)
Net income	US$ 13.42 billion (2009)
Total assets	US$ 109.02 billion (2009)
Total equity	US$ 22.63 billion (2009)
Employees	399,409 (2009)
Subsidiaries	ADSTAR, FileNet, ILOG, Informix, Iris Associates, Lotus, Rational, Sequent Computer Systems, Telelogic, Tivoli Software
Website	ibm.com

Source:Wikipedia

Microsoft 'Jupiter' and what it means for Windows 8

Jupiter is going to be a new user interface (UI) library for Windows, built alongside Windows 8. It will be a thin XAML/UI layer on top of Windows application programming interfaces and frameworks for subsystems like graphics, text and input. The idea is Jupiter will bring support for smoother and more fluid animation, rich typography, and new media capabilities to Windows 8 devices. (Not surprisingly, the more fluid UI capabilities also are on the feature set list for Silverlight 5.)
The high-level goal for Jupiter is to help Microsoft revitalize a world where developers write applications tailored for a specific platform. The days of “killer apps” optimized for Windows driving demand for Windows PCs are waning (if not already long gone). Microsoft’s hope with Jupiter is to provide Microsoft and third-party developers with a new framework, plus the next versions of Microsoft’s various development tools, to build what Microsoft is calling “immersive” applications.
Immersive apps are not meant to be Windows desktop apps. Nor are they necessarily pure Web apps. They are applications that will be built using C#, Visual Basic (and maybe C++). These apps will be developed using the new Windows 8 app model and take advantage of its inherent servicing and packaging technologies and that will be available via the anticipated Windows 8 app store.
Because Jupiter will be built off the same core XAML technology used in Windows Phone and Silverlight, there’s a good chance some of the Silverlight code developers already have written will be able to be reused to develop this new class of apps. Does this mean Windows Phone apps will automatically work on Windows 8 and be available from the Windows 8 app store? I don’t know but I am doubtful.
One of my contacts described Jupiter this way: “It has to do with XAML + Native Code on slate/iPad-like devices. I think this is Microsoft’s approach for putting Windows on the smaller device without the bloat.”
For now, Jupiter is supposedly a Windows 8 thing only, but could potentially be adapted to work with older versions of Windows and maybe Windows Embedded operating systems, as well. Jupiter will actually ship as part of Windows 8, I am hearing from my contacts. A subset of Jupiter also will ship as part of a future version of the .Net Framework, according to what my sources said of Microsoft’s plans.
Microsoft officials are not commenting on Jupiter. That’s not too surprising, as we heard from Microsoft execs at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, they aren’t even willing to acknowledge that Windows 8 is what they’re calling the next version of Windows….
Any Windows, Windows Phone and/or Silverlight developers out there have any thoughts to add (or questions to ask) about Jupiter? I, for one, am curious whether Jupiter will be part of Windows 8 on both the newly announced SoC ARM/AMD/Intel systems and existing generation of 32/64-bit PCs or not…

How to Repair IE

Repair Internet Explorer 6

A number of XP users have reported situations with Internet Explorer 6 becoming corrupted and reporting a number of different errors. While there is certainly no guarantee, the two procedures listed below have restored functionality to IE6 for many users experiencing problems.

Note: Both methods listed require that the Microsoft Windows XP CD-ROM be available.

Method 1: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Repair for Windows XP

• From the Start menu, select Run.
• In the Open field, type sfc /scannow (Note: There is a space between sfc and /scannow)
• Select the OK button.
• Follow the prompts throughout the System File Checker process.
• Reboot the computer when System File Checker completes.

Method 2: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Repair for Windows XP

• From the Start menu, select Search, select All Files and Folders.
• Select More Advanced Options and place a checkmark beside Search Hidden Files and Folders option.
• Ensure that Search System Folders and Search Subfolders are also checked.
• In the All or Part of the File Name box, type ie.inf
• In the Look In drop-down menu, select C: or the letter of the hard drive that contains the Windows folder.
• Click the Search button.
• In the search results pane, find the ie.inf file located in Windows\Inf folder.
• Right click the ie.inf file and click Install on the context menu.
• Reboot the computer when the file copy process is complete.

How To Set Deffault Browser in Windows

Launch the Default Program Control Panel in Windows XP

It is possible to set the default web browser in Windows XP by going through Internet Explorer's Options, like we did in the tutorial explaining how to set Windows XP's default email program. But this approach only works if you want to set Internet Explorer as the default web browser; if you want to set Firefox, for example, as XP's default browser, we will have to go through the Set Program Access and Defaults settings in Windows XP.

Open the Start Menu, and click Set Program Access and Defaults: this will open the Add or Remove Programs window, with the Set Program Access and Default button selected on the left.

Below the "Choose Configuration" header, four types of program defaults are available: Computer Manufacturer, Microsoft Windows, Non-Microsoft, and Custom.

Click on the Custom double arrow, and Windows XP will list all the default programs options it found for Default Web Browser, Default E-mail Program, and Default Media Player: under "Choose a default Web browser", you will see an entry for each application Windows XP has recognized as being a web browser. The screenshot below shows the settings for one particular computer, and what you see will vary, based on installed browsers.

Select a default browser for Windows XP

Check the appropriate checkbox next to the web browser you would like setup as Windows XP's default browser; the switch to another default browser is not permanent of course, and can be changed to another web browser (newly installed or pre-existing) in the future, in the exact same way (through XP's "Set Program Access and Defaults"). Don't forget to confirm your new default browser by clicking the OK button; next time you open a website, it will launch in the default browser you selected.

Testing the default browser settings in Windows XP

Here is a quick and easy way to test if your change of default web browser has been applied successfully: press the Windows logo key on your keyboard and press R at the same time: this will open the "Run" dialog.

This small window lets you type commands, like program names or aliases, as well as enter "URLs" (or web page addresses).
Inside the text input field, type an internet address (like www.google.com) and hit the Enter key: Windows XP will automatically recognize the text that starts with "www" as a website address, and pass the command to the system's default web browser.
If Windows XP opened the website in the application you chose as default browser, you just confirmed that your change of settings was successfully applied!

A blank desktop may appear when you log on to a Windows XP-based computer

here is a hot fix: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=948277&kbln=en-us



When you log on to a Windows XP-based computer, a blank desktop may appear. The desktop contains no desktop icons, and the Start button does not appear.

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