Microsoft Office Communicator now Microsoft Lync?!!!!@#!@!@$

Bloody hell my ignorance. I wasn't aware that Microsoft Office communicator is now Microsoft Lync.

No annoucement any where on twitter or blogs??? People have already forgotten about Microsoft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Lync

Pretty Screen of Death

Pretty Screen of Death

Crash Report

This is my first crash on Macbook Pro. When the crash happened I didn't get that dreadful Windows BSOD screen but rather a neat Window mentioning to shutdown the machine by holding the poweroff button for a few seconds and then pressing the same to restart the Macbook. The interesting part of this is that it was mentioned in 4 different languages and after restart the state of my workspace is restored to as it was before the crash.  This is what I called the attention to detail. That way I don't mind the crash since my work is back.

Below is the crash report that I need to make some sense of.  I am suspecting the crash might be due to the Android emulator that was running for the last few days on my machine.



Interval Since Last Panic Report:  481035 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    FD668E92-A239-44B7-8571-319AB8C3F5D8

Sat Oct  8 11:50:26 2011
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80002c209e): "kernel_trap(0xffffff800e36f250) with 32-bit state"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.22.81/osfmk/i386/trap.c:586
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff800e36f000 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff800e36f080 : 0xffffff80002c209e
0xffffff800e36f220 : 0xffffff80002d7a3d
0xffffff800e36f240 : 0x7fff819c15ce

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: emulator-arm

Mac OS version:
11B26

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.1.0: Tue Jul 26 16:07:11 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.22.81~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: D52AAB80-B2BC-3C6E-BBEA-78BD28064998
System model name: MacBookPro8,1 (Mac-94245B3640C91C81)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 119761999543667
last loaded kext at 12801909317079: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.7 (addr 0xffffff7f8078d000, size 57344)
last unloaded kext at 43208119899986: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.7 (addr 0xffffff7f8078d000, size 49152)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.1.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 4.1.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.1.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.4d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.40
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.26
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 7.0.8
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 4.7.0b2
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 7.0.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 220.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 220.8
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 309
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 32
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.8.9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 511.20.10
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.5.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.0.8b2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 166.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.0.30
com.apple.security.quarantine 1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 166.0.0
com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf 366
com.apple.iokit.CHUDUtils 364
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio 1.0.0d11
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 80.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.5f17
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.1.1f12
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.1.1f12
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.1.1f12
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.1d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.7.0b2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.5f17
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.5f17
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.5f17
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 220.23
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 403
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 1.6.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 400.40
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.7
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.7.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 4.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 165
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.iokit.CHUDKernLib 365
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 330.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.4
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
Unable to gather system configuration information.Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B1E, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f96
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.100.98.75.10)
Bluetooth: Version 2.5.0f17, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9A302, 320.07 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 3
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 8
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0245, 0xfa120000 / 4
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

The Day The Innovation Came to an Halt

October 5th 2011, This Day I can never forget.

Ever since the launch of Android, I have been despising Steve and his iPhone restrictions. Never did I feel I would feel such a loss on hearing the news about the demise of Steve. I feel as though I lost a family member.

Rest in Peace Steve, you made this world a better place and showed the world that perfection in what you do is important no matter how small it might be.  

microsoft synctoy to back up data

microsoft sync toy download from here

Follow the instructions on using synctoy @ 

http://goo.gl/D9lfq

Moving to Macbook? Here's what you need to know

For a Linux user migrating to Macbook, the linux apps are very important. The biggest ones are vim, ctags, cscope.

Good news is that there is an opensource project "Macports" that has ported many of the Linux apps to Macbook and installing them is so easy. If you are familiar with installing apps on Ubuntu using command line then this thing shouldn' t be so easy.

MacPorts Project: http://goo.gl/7XwBe

From command line "sudo port install ", thatz it. The app gets installed for you.

Prerequisite for Macport is XCode that needs to be installed from the Market. The worst part is that it is 4GB in size.

After this you are done. Ready to install almost all the Linux app onto Macbook.


BUILDING ANDROID FOR LION

With LION update the Android source build is broken. I had a tough time getting XCode 3.2.6 and following the instructions @ http://goo.gl/W9eqp for setting up LION to build Android source.

Well atleast there is a solution till Google decides to fix it which will definitely be happening with ICS release.

Why do I say that? Since I have found most of the Google employees using Macbook Pro and obviously they should be having a solution for this.

How to install MIUI on Motorola Defy

This is the fourth device in Family that is running MIUI :-)

Welcome to Motorola Defy, itz an excellent phone with loads of Software bugs.

Any defy users out there interested in moving on to the latest and greatest version of Android?

Follow the instructions below

Below is the collated information for installing MIUI ROM on defy

1. Device needs to be rooted. Follow instructions located @ http://goo.gl/hqLyS

2. Backup your existing SMS and call logs using these apps from Android market: http://goo.gl/PQovE

3. Backup market apps using titanium back up from Android market: http://goo.gl/p1XYU

4. 2nd init needs to be installed from the market. http://goo.gl/2pz1Z

Information regarding installing the 2nd init can be found @

http://goo.gl/tQCjc

When booted into custom recovery, the first thing I recommend is backup of the existing ROM.

5. Download the ROM from miuiandroid.com,

place the zip in sdcard, boot into custom recovery,

backup the current rom and then install the miui downloaded from

miuiandroid.com.

HTC Sense running on my "mytouch 4g"

HTC Sense brings in a total user experience and with their recent sense UI updates

Thanks to rafyvitto for the awesome work.

Installing Android Market in Android SDK

Good information @ http://goo.gl/cXHJV

Have to try this today :)

This is going to be one historically famous image.

Customizing the boot screen on Android

Copy bootanimations.zip to /sdcard.

Run the below commands on adb shell

**BEGIN TERMINAL COMMANDS**

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

dd if=/sdcard/bootanimation.zip of=/system/media/bootanimation.zip

Reboot

**END TERMINAL COMMANDS**

source

Qualcomm among 100 best companies in Canada

With in just few years after Qualcomm started office in Canada, they are in the top 100 companies to work.

Check out here

Ubuntu 11.04 keyboard shortcuts wallpaper

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

Using external storage

romainguy: How to correctly use external storage on #android in your apps: http://t.co/UxAnvnW #android-dev Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/romainguy/status/63861087254216704 Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com)

Scientific calculator on android

Must have app.

http://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.nickfines.RealCalcPlus

Stopping unnecessary images to be shown in gallery app

romainguy: If your app writes images to the SD card, please (I beg you), add a .nomedia file in your directory so they don't show up in Gallery Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/romainguy/status/63828545704701952 Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com)

Nice explanation about soc

Ubergizmo » SoC: The Force That Rules All Smartphones and Tablets

Tips and tricks for increasing your dropbox space

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

CM available for Nook

This is amazing. Didn't know that I could run CM 7 on Nook

http://goo.gl/7v4oX

youtube video of CM 7 running on Nook Color

http://goo.gl/RGsxt

Expressions of my daughter - Faiza

Evernote 3 release for Android

Check the video presentation of the latest Evernote here.

What's in this version:

1. Sharing
2. Browse notebooks shared with you by other users
3. Download and edit linked notebooks for offline access (Premium feature)
4. Post individual notes to Facebook and other Android apps
5. Notebook Enhancements
6. Search within the notebook
7. Create and rename notebooks
8. Notebook list includes collapsible stacks
9. View and assign locations of notes on a map
10. PIN Lock (Premium feature)
11. UI updates
12. Updated welcome screen
13. Hierarchical tags
14. New home screen widget
15. Bug fixes and much more

2 days for the release

Ubuntu homepage | Ubuntu

Eagerly looking forward for the release of 11.04

This can be next revolution

Watch "Nook Color introduction" on YouTube

High possibility that this product will be a revolution.

I have to start some day, let me start now

Itz been 2 years since I started this blog and the first article was test and thatz it till now.

Google reader was a best way of sharing articles over Buzz but I never get to have a record of the interesting items that I find useful and also there isn't a easier look up reference for friends and family following me on Buzz. Having a blog should solve this issue.

Whtz my blog going to focus on?

Nothing surprising and the obvious answer. Android, android, aNdroid, andRoid & andrOid. May be a few bits a pieces off the track.

A little about me. I am tech savvy and I hate seeing a piece of technology paid for and lying unused.

A recent but not the latest gadget in my parents house is 3D LED TV. Unused features of TV, skype video/audio chat, all share.

Found the solutions today.

1. Skype Video chat: http://goo.gl/TFLjw

2. All share: Except Dad, everyone else have Android phone. The app http://goo.gl/pY4Hm for Android should solve this. This is the video of twonky app. http://goo.gl/oOeKx