HTC Pyramid, the first pictures and specifications

We talked about the 'Pyramid HTC last month and go do it through the first rendering and technical characteristics always show the preview image to xda.cn.

We're talking about a device with large 4.3 inch display and, unlike what was expected, would not have a dual core processor but a single processor at 1.2 GHz is a QHD resolution display (960 x 540). The source says that Android 3.0 will mount Honeycomb although it seems unlikely that it is considering a version of the operating system designed for the tablet.

The smartphone will have 768MB of ram and dual camera, 8 megapixels and the rear 1.3-megapixel resolution and a classic front. We await news directly from HTC as early as next week.

CLEAN CUT

CleanCut is a HTML Theme, best suited for Portfolio and Business Websites. It comes with 5 fantastic Image and News slideshows that also support video, has multiple Page templates, a very unique portfolio sorting optio.
Key features of the template:

• Valid XHTM Strict1.0, tableless Design
• Multiple Page templates:
  • 5 different Index Pages:Box Slider, Curtain Slider, Accordion Slider, Crossfading Slider, News Slider
  • Single Post Entry
  • Static Page
  • Static Page Fullwidth
  • Blog Overview Page
  • Portfolio Page
  • Portfolio Single Page
  • Ajax Contact Page
  • And many more…
• jQuery Support:
  • 5 different Portfolio/Item slider, also supporting video!
  • Unique Portfolio Sorting/Filtering with a custom jQuery script
  • Dropdwon Menu, improved with jQuery
  • Cufon font replacement
  • jQuery 100% unobtrusive wich degrades gracefully if javascript is turned off
  • Sleek Image preloader
  • Working ajax/php contact form
• Extensive Documentation Included

External scripts and resources used:

• Social Bookmark Icons
• lightbox plugin
• Quicksand Font
• Cufon Font replacement
• flickr creative commons library pictures by: codyR, kretyen, mescon, obskura, freya23

Here is a Download Link: Download
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Install Google Android on PC with Google Android LiveCD/LiveUSB

We all are aware of Google Android OS Based mobile phones like G1-phone, HTC Hero etc.  Basically Google Android is Linux kernel based Operating system for mobile phones but you might have heard Android powered Netbooks will be soon coming to market meaning Google Android can be installed on Netbooks then why not on normal PCs ?
Well now you can also install Google Android on your PC with LiveAndroid a LiveCD/LiveUSB for Google Android for x86 platforms. Google Android LiveCD is useful for those users who want to test Android OS but don’t want to purchase G1 Phone.
LiveAndroid is open source project lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC.

Screenshots of Google Android LiveCD in Action

 

You can also use Android LiveCD disc image in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or Microsoft Virtual PC if you want to try the operating system without even rebooting your computer.
Download LiveCD/LiveUSB for Google Android to install Google Android on PC.

 

Using CURL in XAMPP

There appear to be a lot of misguided people on the intarwebs claiming all sorts of varying things you have to do to get CURL to work on a Windows-based XAMPP install. I’d like to clear them all up here and now.

Using CURL in XAMPP

It’s really quite simple - uncomment extension=php_curl.dll in your php.ini file, then restart Apache¹.
A lot of confusion seems to stem from the fact that there are multiple php.ini files in a standard XAMPP install. This really isn’t as confusing as you’d think it would be, assuming you - and I know I’m going out on a limb here - read the documentation.
There’s a straight-forward XAMPP FAQ Entry about their php.ini stucture. For those looking for the easy fix, ignore everything but the /apache/bin/php.ini file. That’s the only one that counts, regardless of which PHP version you’re currently using.
What about all the .dll files you need? Well, you don’t need them. Everything you need to run CURL on a XAMPP install is included in the download. Stop downloading extra crap and sticking it all over your system. XAMPP knows what it needs, where it’s at, and how to use it. End of story.
This is all based on the XAMPP Basic Package for Windows, version 1.6.1, released on 4/18/2007. YMMV.
Update for XAMPP 1.7.x: As of the 1.7.0 release, the php.ini file is found in /xampp/php. When in doubt, consult the FAQ entry linked above for help. Thanks to several commenters for pointing out this change!
Restarting Apache is required on both Windows and Linux whenever you make configuration changes.

Ajax Talk at .NET Developers Association

Thanks everyone who came to my Ajax talk tonight at the .NET Developers Association! The slides and demos from the talk can be downloaded by clicking the following link:

• ASP.NET Ajax: What’s New? 

You need Visual Studio  2010 to view the code samples. The first project, named Demos, contains the following samples:

• ASPAjax4
  • 1_CompositeScripts.aspx – Demonstrates how to use the ScriptManger to combine, compress, and cache JavaScript files automatically.
  • 2_EnableCdn.aspx – Demonstrates how to retrieve ASP.NET Ajax framework scripts from the Microsoft Ajax CDN automatically.
• jQuery
  • 1_Selectors.aspx – Demonstrates how to use jQuery selectors
  • 2_WebForms.aspx – Demonstrates how to use the client tablesorter plugin with ASP.NET Web Forms.
  • 3_MVC.aspx – Demonstrates how to use jQuery animation and the templating plugin with ASP.NET MVC.
  • 4_OData.aspx – Demonstrates how to use jQuery with the Netflix API by using JSONP and odata.
  • 5_Templating.aspx – Demonstrates how to use jQuery client templating.
  • 6_TemplateConditionals.aspx – Demonstrates how to use logic within a jQuery template.
  • 7_DataLinking.aspx – Demonstrates how to perform data-binding in jQuery.
  • 8_Converters.aspx – Demonstrates how to defines converters that work with data-binding.

The second project, named ACT_Tools, illustrates how to use the Microsoft Ajax Minifier and the JSBuild JavaScript preprocessor. When you perform a build in Visual Studio, all JavaScript and CSS files are minified automatically. Furthermore, any *.pre.js file is processed using the JSBuild preprocessor and the output is saved to the ScriptOutput folder. Select Show All Files in Visual Studio to see the generated results of the minifier and the preprocessor.

jQuery UI on the Microsoft CDN

The jQuery UI team just added jQuery UI to the Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network (CDN). Thanks to them, you can start using jQuery UI in your ASP.NET websites by linking to jQuery UI at the following address:

http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.5/jquery-ui.js

You can start using the CDN now for free. No registration is required.
Using jQuery UI from the CDN can substantially improve the performance of your production ASP.NET websites. The Microsoft CDN is composed of servers distributed around the world. When users request a page from your website, the users can retrieve jQuery UI from a server located geographically close to them.
In addition, because browsers cache JavaScript files relative to a domain, serving jQuery UI from a CDN enables your website users to avoid downloading jQuery UI when visiting multiple websites. If you visit two websites that both use jQuery UI from the Microsoft CDN then the jQuery UI library only needs to be downloaded once.
Learn more about the Microsoft Ajax CDN by visiting the following website:

http://www.asp.net/ajaxlibrary/cdn.ashx

This website is being updated with the location of all of the jQuery UI library files.

Using the jQuery UI Datapicker from the Microsoft Ajax CDN

The jQuery UI Datepicker (http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/) enables you to easily display a pop-up calendar. Here’s a complete code sample of using this plugin:
Listing 1 – Using the jQuery UI Datepicker

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http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head id="Head1" runat="server">     <title>jQuery UI from Microsoft Ajax CDNtitle>     <link type="text/css" rel="Stylesheet" href="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.5/themes/redmond/jquery-ui.css" /> head> <body>     <form id="form1" runat="server">     <div>               <input id="startDate" />        div>     form>     <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.4.2.js">script>     <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.5/jquery-ui.js">script>     <script type="text/javascript">         $("#startDate").datepicker();        script> body> html>

When you open this page, and click (or tab) inside the input field, you get a popup calendar:

Notice that the page above includes the following link to a jQuery UI theme:

All of the standard jQuery UI themes are hosted on the Microsoft Ajax CDN. I am using the standard jQuery UI Redmond theme – naturally :).

Additional jQuery Plugins on the CDN

We are inviting the authors of the top jQuery plugins to add their plugins to the CDN. Pay attention to this blog over the next few months to learn about the new jQuery plugins added to the CDN.
I’m super excited about having jQuery UI on the Microsoft CDN. Having jQuery UI on the CDN will make it easier for ASP.NET developers to build ASP.NET applications that support rich and interactive user interfaces.