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Java Tip: Capturing screenshot of the current active display

Siddique — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:21:02 +0000

As you may or may not aware that capturing screenshot from Java (stand alone, applet or webstart) was made easier with the help of java.awt.Robot. But due to the fact that multiple monitors have become a common place, its a …

Is Dart yet another VM language designed for web & mobile?

Siddique — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:32:34 +0000

To admit the truth, I’ve been holding not to write on Dart for a while. After consuming lots of stuff online on this topic I couldn’t resist but to throw out my thoughts. So, what in the world is this …

DZone Reader android app

Siddique — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:28:26 +0000

I am pleased to announce the release of DZone Reader android app. It’s a productivity app helping developers to keep up with the latest news & blogs from tech community. Some of the features include creating tabs for the topics …

HTML5 based Google voice search on Chrome OS

Siddique — Fri, 06 May 2011 21:53:54 +0000

Alright, here is a major news from Google on HTML5. You may have heard about HTML5 based native speech recognition being added in Chrome version 11 recently. But, its surprising to see that feature is already available on Google search. …

Nested GIT repo gotchas!

Siddique — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:35:55 +0000

OK, here is a GIT quiz. If you have a GIT repo folder called Parent1Repo and inside that you have 2 folders, Child1Repo and Child2. Both Child1Repo and Child2 have some files in it. Whether accidentally or intentionally, you make …

Cloudy with a chance of information overflow…

Siddique — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:12:34 +0000

Cloud computing is one of the latest buzzword you keep hearing from pretty much everywhere. I have had numerous discussions on this with my colleagues & friends. I find that cloud computing is a very loose term and it can …

Linux/Cygwin Tip: Change directory like a command line commando :)

Siddique — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:14:41 +0000

If you are a software developer or system administrator who spend lot of time in CLIs like bash shell & cygwin, you might love this tip. cd command (change directory) is undoubtedly one of the frequently used command. There is …

Some HTML5/Canvas awesomeness!

Siddique — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:20:33 +0000

Want to see some HTML5/Canvas awesomeness? Click on the following doodles (using Chrome/Safari or any HTML5 enabled browsers) & interact with them on their sites.These are the winners of recent Google I/O contest. They are very catchy and totally mesmerizing. …

Google Chrome logo travel on a time machine

Siddique — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:49:03 +0000

Alright, you must have heard about or seen the new 3D’less logo that Google replaced with the statement saying “A fresh take on an icon”. There are tons of articles online floating around reasons & stuff explaining the rational behind …

Java Tip: Find process id of running Java process

Siddique — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:33:53 +0000

Here is a simple tip for Java developers. Let’s say if you had to find the process id (pid) of a running Java process within your Java application, following is the code for that. import sun.management.VMManagement; import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory; import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean; …