How interesting would you feel, if the virtual world can be intergrated to the real world ?


First let me give some description of what is this product about and what it can do.
DB2 has a long history and is considered by many to have been the first database product to use SQL (also first developed by IBM). I came across this product from days when I was learning the IBM Mainframe OS 390, the name DB2 was first given to the Database Management System or DBMS in 1983 when IBM released DB2 on its MVS mainframe platform. For some years DB2, as a full-function DBMS, was exclusively available on IBM mainframes. Later IBM brought DB2 to other platforms, including OS/2, UNIX and Windows servers, then Linux (including Linux on zSeries) and PDAs.
An earlier version of the code that would become DB2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows) was part of an Extended Edition component of OS/2 called Database Manager. IBM extended the functionality of Database Manager a number of times, including the addition of distributed database functionality that allowed shared access to a database in a remote location on a LAN. Eventually IBM declared that insurmountable complexity existed in the Database Manager code, and took the difficult decision to completely rewrite the software in their Toronto Lab. Later came the new version of Database manager, called DB2 like its mainframe parent.
In a while between 1990's IBM released a clustered DB2 implementation, called the DB2 parallel edition, which initially ran on AIX. This was a scalable edition which provided shared nothing architecture, in which a single large database is partitioned across multiple DB2 servers that communicate over a high speed interconnect. This edition was then linked to the LUW platforms and was renamed to DB2 extended enterprise edition. Later, IBM announced the "viper" which is the code name for the DB9 on both distributed platforms and z/OS.
DB2 will be the first relational database to store XML "natively". The other features includes OLTP for distributed platforms, business intelligence/data warehousing for z/OS, more self managing features, addition to it was the 64-bit exploitation, stored procedure performance enhancements for z/OS, and continued convergence of the SQL vocabularies between z/OS and distributed platforms.
DB2 is available in several "editions," or licensing arrangements. By opting for a reduced-feature "edition," IBM allows customers to avoid paying for database features which they do not need. Sample editions include the Express, Workgroup, and Enterprise Edition. The most sophisticated edition for Linux/UNIX/Windows is DB2 Data Warehouse Enterprise Edition, or DB2 DWE for short. This edition is intended for mixed workload (OLTP and data warehousing) or business intelligence (BI) implementations. DB2 DWE includes several "BI" features such as ETL, data mining, OLAP acceleration, and in-line analytics.
The DB2 Express-C version is free to develop, deploy and distribute
DB2 Express-C™ is the free version of one of the most advanced database management systems in the world. Why pay when you can have all you need for free? DB2 Express-C is free to develop, deploy and distribute.
It is a fast, secure, reliable, and amazingly scalable dataserver, ideal for most startups and small/medium sized businesses. DB2 Express-C 9.5 is available on Linux, Unix and Windows (and run well with virtualization on Mac OS X). It also enables developers to easily handle XML through the native storage technology called pureXML™. Whether you develop in Java, .Net, Ruby, Python, Perl or pretty much any other programming language out there, DB2 can be your technological advantage.
DB2 can be administered from either the command-line or a GUI. The command-line interface requires more knowledge of the product but can be more easily scripted and automated. The GUI is a multi-platform Java client that contains a variety of wizards suitable for novice users. DB2 supports both SQL and XQuery. DB2 has native implementation of XML data storage, where XML data is stored as XML(not as relational data or CLOB data) for faster access using XQuery.
DB2 has APIs for .NET CLI, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, C++, C, REXX, PL/I, COBOL, RPG, FORTRAN, and many other programming languages. DB2 also supports integration into the Eclipse and Visual Studio .NET integrated development environments.
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This is a short video on the nokia concept phone which says how the nano technology helps change the nokia in future.
Make your phone your own.
What is this about ?
Well, as everyone I used to sit with my laptop and browse through websites for no reason, once I thought of enhancing my phone with good application that uses my Nokia e61 to its higher performance. So I was searching for the free software's , as everyday I came across some usual websites but this s60.com made a difference in my eyes.
Then I jumped into to pit of s60.com to explore what is in there. I found a lot of things which I like to share with you all for a while, and I hope this gives you a good solution for who ever is looking for new applications with discounted price.
What is S60 ?
S60 software on Symbian OS is the world’s most popular software for smartphones.
As mobile phones have evolved from devices that simply make calls into life-enhancing tools that deliver the Internet into our pocket, music into our ears and brilliant photographs for our eyes to enjoy, the software that our mobile devices run becomes ever more important.
With S60 you can run your favorite applications, all at the same time, without having to worry about shutting down what you’re currently doing just to start up another task. A wide variety of built-in applications are available to manage the tasks of business or personal routine: advanced telephony, multimedia applications handling images, music, and video, internet applications - just to mention a few. This powerful multitasking capability that all S60 devices possess is just one of the things that have made it the most widely used mobile platform today.
S60 in your life
What can s60 do in your life, well, it can really change you !
Make you organized, helps you not to forget things example. your meeting, your to do and so on. More over s60 gives you more productivity than before. The s60 will really take you over to the next level in your lifestyle and it will keep you updated. Thanks to this technology which helped me move a step ahead of others.
You may have noticed that your phone is classified as an S60 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition phone. These refer to different versions of the S60 software, just as any popular computer software gets updated and released with a new name.
The newest version is S60 3rd Edition, which includes an improved look and feel, more features for multimedia and business applications, and better security.
Doing business with S60
S60 can do wonders for your phone – but did you know that it can also open up a whole new world for your business?
S60 technology offers a range of exciting and innovative business possibilities for operators and enterprises. If your business isn't using S60 already, then now is the time to start.
As a student I also work as a manager for my business and I should tell you that these s60 applications have really changed the trend of my business.
For more information and to explore the s60, don't forget to visit www.s60.com
Enjoy your stay @ s60.com
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.
Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google.
Judge Louis Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered Google on Tuesday to turn over as evidence a database with usernames of YouTube viewers, what videos they watched when, and users' computer addresses.
Privacy activists from the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a blog post the order "threatens to expose deeply private information" and violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 federal law passed after Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's video rental habits were revealed.
Representatives of both companies said they were looking to work out how to comply with the court order to share video data while ensuring personally identifiable information is secure.
Viacom responded in a statement that it needs the data to demonstrate video piracy patterns that are the heart of its case against YouTube. But it sought to diffuse privacy fears, saying it had no interest in identifying individual users.
"Viacom has not asked for and will not be obtaining any personally identifiable information of any user," Viacom said.
"Any information that we or our outside advisors obtain ... will be used exclusively for the purpose of proving our case against YouTube and Google (and) will be handled subject to a court protective order and in a highly confidential manner."
Google senior litigation counsel Catherine Lacavera said her company was looking to resolve the issue quickly in a way that balanced Viacom and other plaintiffs' need for evidence in the case while "carving out some space for user privacy."
Lacavera said her company was pleased the court's decision had put limits on evidence discovery, including refusing to allow Viacom access to YouTube's search technology or to users' private videos on the site.
But the Google attorney called on Viacom to allow YouTube to anonymize user data -- in other words, redact rows of data containing usernames or unique computer Internet addresses.
In closed-door hearings ahead of the ruling, Google attorneys had argued against turning over such data without eliminating personally identifiable information.
"We are disappointed the court granted Viacom's overreaching demand for viewing history," she said. "We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymize the logs before producing them under the court's order."
Secondly, it is not easy to crack open the new device’s sleek case to replace its battery.
The new iPhone also does not have video recording provisions, something one can find even in the so-called low-end “feature phones” these days.
Besides all that, it is unable to copy a chunk of text and paste it into another application.
The lack of support for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is said to be one of the most maddening iPhone flaws, reports Forbes magazine.
The iPhone does not even have a voice dialling system that allows users to dial verbally.
Six biggest disappointments regarding Apple's new iPhone 3G:
Well as far as I am concerned am not going against the iphone but I want the users to knows its full features.
DECIDE YOURSELF !




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