As you, all knew we shifted from Trac to Redmine for project management (issue/ticket tracking, source control management, mileposts). I am egger to tell few revealing facts experience at Redmine comparatively to th at of Trac setup my previous location.

I have concluded from the Trac mailing list and further discussion on the comments by some core developer is that the prime objective of Trac is to generate or build a basic static or groundling an extendable with the use of plug-in, which is a supreme mission statement. It poses but in it, as if once you are managing numerous Trac installations at a time, this scope turn out to be against you in an agile manner, though I miss few important things in Trac.

MULTIPLE PROJECTS

The initial ground for moving to Redmine was of the lacking sustained for multiple projects at Trac. I am sure you can hack Trac (see track- hacks) to let in multi project support, but still I do not prefer hacking. There were various discussion how (and if) Trac should enforce multi-project support concept: there lies no “out-of-the-box” resolution. I study something about Trac v2.0 supporting this, so I may suppose we will find that in around 2015 or so.

Whereas best thing about Redmine is, it does affirm multiple projects. The desegregation throughout the entire system is top-drawer. It allows you to create nuzzled subprojects and move issues/tickets from one to another project. Even for each project, one is free to assign different users and turn a few functionality (milestones, source control, time tracking) on and off which is additional icing to the sugar.

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In the premature review Andriod 1.5 SDK includes the various new User Interface frameworks that consist in the new edition of the Android. The designers of the Android worked hard to give new look to the Android Platform. They refined and gave some sparkling look to the free operating system that is available as a open source in the web. If you still want to check the new version, below you can see a comparison of Android v1.1 and Android v1.5. It gives a new look to the user interface buttons and check boxes.




Currently the Android 1.5 version is not available for installation on handsets, but Android developers can download the 1.5 SDK from the Android developer site.

The firm's native voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application — Skype for iPhone — will be available for download from Apple's iTunes store on Tuesday. With the Skype iPhone app, users will be able to make free calls using Wi-Fi to other Skype users as well as use their Skype accounts to make reduced price calls to traditional landline phones. Skype announced its iPhone application will be available on Tuesday for free, with a version for the BlackBerry available in May. Mobile versions of Skype are already available for Nokia, Windows Mobile, and Google Android phones.

From what we can tell, the Skype for iPhone looks great; but it has some drawbacks. Iphone users will not be able to make Skype calls, either to Skype contacts or to landlines, over the mobile network, something users of Skype on the UK mobile network 3 can do. Still, for international callers especially, Skype's iPhone app will save callers money by allowing them to avoid AT&T's traditional wireless phone network and adds the convenience of allowing Skype users to use their iPhone handset for Skype calls.

Looking more like a traditional iPhone app rather than the desktop Windows counterpart most of its 400 million users are used to, Skype for iPhone features five tabs at the bottom of the screen, displaying contacts, chats, a calling panel, call history, and your profile (with Facebook-style status).


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Whoa, now here’s a patent that’s actually worth discussing. (The majority of patents are boring, that’s the implication.). Published for the first time this week, a patent filing for the process reveals that Apple wants to provide a more secure method for preventing unauthorized access to a whole device — or private information on that device — than current techniques like passcodes; That is, the device would have a built-in scanner, biometric or otherwise, that would determine if you’re really you, if that makes any sense at all. You touch the iPhone’s screen and it recognizes your fingerprint; hello, world! You place your palm on your MacBook’s palm rest and trackpad and the computer recognizes you; no password needed anymore!

The solution, the company suggests, would be to automatically use a sensor either hidden within the device or else repurposed from its usual role. Devices could recognize a fingerprint or finger vein pattern simply by waiting for the user to touch the display, which would hide the sensors on or behind the screen. A forward-facing camera could alternately look for retinal patterns or even recognize the facial features of owners when they're in the right position for use.

Notebooks could use the trackpad, palmrest and a webcam for a similar purpose. Biometrics could also be context-sensitive and detect the shape of a user's ear before allowing a call to go through, for example.




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Chicago (IL) — The folks at Apple show no signs of slowing. The last two weeks have brought substantial hardware refreshes across the entire Mac desktop line, an unexpected iPod shuffle redesign, but with all of that it appears Apple is just warming us up for even bigger things on the horizon. If the blogosphere can be believed, next Tuesday will usher in a major milestone for the iPhone platform as Apple will offer us a sneak peek at iPhone OS 3.0 and associated SDK.

The new OS should bring a host of new end-user features and frameworks programmers can use to develop better applications. In addition, if the rumors are true, the March introduction of the iPhone OS 3.0 will likely pave the way for the next-generation iPhone — which could arrive three months later, in time for Apple's developers conference early this summer.

According to Engadget, Apple will host a media event in Apple's Town Hall on the Cupertino campus, March 17 at 10am PDT (1pm EDT). The event will unveil the iPhone OS 3.0. The gadget blog claims this with a high degree of certainty, adding that Apple calls this an «advance preview of what we're building.» Apple Insider claims confirmation of this event came yesterday directly from Apple. Ars Technica posted the original invitation teaser, and was among the first publications Apple invited. The cool teasing invitation sent via email reads as follows:

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San Francisco (CA) — At the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco on April 8-10, 2009, a meeting of the great OS minds will take place. There, sponsored by Intel, will be assembled together the Linux Foundation, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft representatives. For the first time ever, the three-way group will sit down at a single table to debate and discuss the future not only of their respective operating systems, but also the OS industry in general. What will come from such a meeting? I truly believe that only God knows.
The sit-down meeting will be moderated by Jim Zemlim, Executive Director at the Linux Foundation. It will include Microsoft's Sam Ramji, Director of Platform Strategy, and Sun's Vice President of Developer and Community Marketing, Ian Murdock. But where's Apple?

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