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Pro Linux System Administration

James Turnbull — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:53:49 +0000

Very pleased to announce a new book - Pro Linux System Administration - written with Peter Lieverdink and Dennis Matotek.

We can all be Linux experts, provided we invest the time in learning the craft of Linux administration. Pro Linux System Administration makes it easy for small to medium�sized businesses to enter the world of zero�cost software running on Linux and covers all the distros you might want to use, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS. (more...)

Graphic Mania Network Calls for Contributors

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:49:52 +0000

Do you have a very strong love and passion for design and writing design related tutorials? Then, this is the time and the place to let the creative monster inside you to go and spread the word for thousands and thousands of Graphic Mania visitors by joining Graphic Mania Contribution Program. Graphic Mania is looking for designers and tutorial writers to (more...)

Interview: Robert Fischer of Grails Persistence Book

Steve Anglin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:27:41 +0000

Groovy/Grails trainer, contributor and activist, Scott Davis of ThirstyHead, interviews Robert Fischer, author of the firstPress brief, Grails Persistence with GORM and GSQL.

Interview: NetBeans Geertjan Wielenga

Steve Anglin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:16:09 +0000

Groovy/Grails trainer, contributor and activist, Scott Davis of ThirstyHead, interviews Geertjan Wielenga, lead of NetBeans translators on the newly published and official NetBeans endorsed book published by Apress, The Definitive Guide to NetBeans Platform.

2010 JavaOne?

Steve Anglin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:58:34 +0000

2009 JavaOne Conference and Pavilion Report
Moscone Center, SF, CA

General
* 15,000 expected, but probably less than 10,000. No official numbers yet.
* Petition went around asking whether or not interest in a JavaOne next year and going forwards
* Otherwise, likely Oracle conference partner IDG will do JavaWorld next year at/around same time slot and location or with Oracle OpenWorld in Fall. TBD. Lots of rumors/speculation continues…

Will there be or won’t be a JavaOne (more...)

GlassFish gaining momentum

Steve Anglin — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:22:43 +0000

The Open Source Java EE App Server and more, GlassFish, is gaining momentum in terms of growth as compared with its peer, JBoss. Also, SpringSource dm Server is arriving on the scene as well.

According to GlassFish’s founder/lead pelegri: “In Dec ‘08 we had 175,849 downloads directly through the SDK bundles plus an additional 531,019 through the tool bundles, for a grand total of 706,868. In Jan’09 we had 178,494 SDK d/ls; the tools statistics are not yet available. These are very good numbers (more...)

The Elite Eight Development Principles

Rob Warner — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:11:31 +0000

As a management team, we recently crafted and presented a list of development principles for our developers to follow. The goal was to provide vision and direction, not to dictate the outcome of every scenario. Here’s a somewhat sanitized version of what we presented.
The Elite Eight Development Principles Code with your teammates in mind. Don’t break the build. If it ain’t in source control, it doesn’t exist. If it ain’t testable, it doesn’t work. If it ain’t repeatable, (more...)

2009 SaaSCon: SaaS on the Upswing…

Steve Anglin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:24:46 +0000

The 2009 SaaSCon conference was held last week in Santa Clara, CA (The Anaheim of Northern California) ~ 500 Attendees. IBM, AT&T, RackSpace, Dell, HP, Akamai, CA were some of the featured vendors:

Data Points
� $6.8 Billion in SaaS Revenue in 2008 –Gartner
� 76% of US Orgs/Companies with at least one SaaS subscription –IDC
� 30% of programmers in North America working on a SaaS project –Evans Data Corp
� 64% using SaaS (more...)

jQuery: “King for the Day.”

Steve Anglin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:03:10 +0000

According to Rich Internet Solutions’ Kyle Hayes, JavaScript framework winner from a survey he conducted is jQuery, by far. For more details, visit his survey.

Adobe CS4 Big Discount, Upgrade now!!

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:06:12 +0000

For a limited time, upgrade from an earlier qualifying version of Adobe� Creative Suite� or Macromedia� Studio software for the same price as an upgrade from Creative Suite 3. Don�t wait � this offer ends April 30, 2009.
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Useful Adobe AIR Applications

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:56:38 +0000

Adobe AIR is the technology that causes a revolution in the history of the internet. With Adobe AIR, you can view high dynamic information right on your desktop browserless. This provides an easy access to your favorite shows, application and web sites.

In this post, a collection of interesting Adobe AIR application that will amaze you. These applications are collected by Graphic Mania:

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M&A Speculation: Sun

Steve Anglin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:49:56 +0000

Sun M&A speculation may be on the rise according to this. Apple rumors persist, probably because Apple quietly wants to be an enterprise player and maybe wants to get into the Cloud.

The chips angle… Maybe, that’s something or a potential division Apple can spin off or sell to Samsung or other suitor in chip space.

Java software (more...)

2009 Apress Java Editorial Calendar

Steve Anglin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:38:56 +0000

Here is the 2009 Apress Java Editorial Calendar (subject to change)

978-1-4302-1993-4 The Definitive Guide to Spring Web Services Rabbo, Tareq TBD 2009
978-1-4302-1958-3 Pro WebSphere Application Server 7 Internals Renouf, Colin Jun 2009
978-1-4302-1942-2 Pro Hadoop Venner, Jason Jun 2009
978-1-4302-1954-5 Beginning Java� EE 6 Platform with GlassFish� 3 Goncalves, Antonio Jun 2009
978-1-4302-1956-9 Pro JPA 2: Mastering the Java� Persistence API Keith, Mike Jun 2009
978-1-4302-1596-7 Pro (more...)

Cloudy skies is a good thing

Steve Anglin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:31:24 +0000

Cloudy skies is a good thing these days. No… not the weather. But Cloud applications. If you’re still wondering… Cloud is really 2 things or actually perspectives:

1.) Cloud or Internet/Web-hosted applications or services instead of downloading or installing client-side applications or products onto your local C or hard disk. Most of these Cloud-based applications are actually Services, otherwise known as Software as a Service or SaaS.

We’re already seeing a beta wave of these such (more...)

Free Graphic Resources Update

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:38:13 +0000

Free Demonic Fire Wings Brushes
That set also include some flames brushes. To help you modify wings for any needs…get it here.

Free PSD navigation menu
psdgraphics.com has relised 10 unique website navigation menus with a rounded corners, for your web project. Used glossy style. All menus are editable, you can easily update color, change the size, remove text and export it in a necessary file (more...)

Samsung launches Windows Mobile and Java developer programs

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:54:03 +0000

The launch of Samsung Mobile Innovator on Java and Windows Mobile operating systems will open up new opportunities for mobile developers deploying their products to Samsung devices.

Samsung Mobile Innovator provides a significant opportunity for mobile developers to create applications and services on Samsung devices for a global audience.

Samsung will extend developer support for additional mobile platforms through the creation of a dedicated Chinese developer forum. The Chinese (more...)

Amazing Vector Inspiration

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:09:49 +0000

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art selected by graphicmania.net Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment!

Download more vector collections from Graphic Mania here.

Free download Photoshop Brushes

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:12:53 +0000

In addition the Flash Mania, Brush Mania provides free download cool Adobe Photoshop brushes and actions. Visit the Brush mania site and download as much brushes as you can.

Free Download Flash Components

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:44:53 +0000

Flash Mania is a new memeber in Graphic Mania and provides free download components and Flash animation to download. Flash Mania is updated on a weekly base with new fresh content.

The Moment It Clicks - Review By: Rafiq Elmansy

Rafiq R. Elmansy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:15:17 +0000

It is all about the moment you click the camera button. Joe McNally�s book The Moment It Clicks gives you the secrets about how to create such wonderful great shouts from the experience of a great worldwide famous Photographer Joe McNally shouts for famous magazines and agencies around the world such as the Times, National Geographic�etc

Joe teaches you in few words and a lot of amazing photos how to create wonderful images, see behind the image and learn how to sue the resources and (more...)