Apple’s Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board, effective immediately.

Steve Jobs Resignation Letter

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve

You will get your certificate of participation too. I got my certificate

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I tried Mac OS X version of Chromium. Download the zip file, unzip it and run Chromium.  

The first site I tried is google.com. But got the error message “The webpage is not available”. So i thought it is not working and then after some time I tried my site and it loaded without any problem . Then I tried many other sites and all those loaded, probelm is only with google sites, Google, Gmail, orkut.. all showed “The webpage is not available” message. 

Downloaded the linux version, want to try it after some time.

For detailed review check: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10237981-2.html

Download Chromium from: http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/

Chromium

Chromium

In the fields of chronology and periodization, an epoch means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. The “epoch” then serves as a reference point from which time is measured. Time measurement units are counted from the epoch so that the date and time of events can be specified unambiguously.

On Friday, February 13th 2009, 23:31:30 UTC, it will be exactly 1,234,567,890 seconds since the beginning of Epoch Time, which was on midnight of January 1, 1970. So it’s the time for Unix nerds to celebrate 1234567890

And here’s a site that’s counting down to that momentous event: http://coolepochcountdown.com/

It seems like the official web site of the Department of General Education , Government of Kerala is hacked. Today i was checking the website and noticed a news “Hacked by the. Mo3tafa , Sha2ow” in the hot news box. The news content is just “tHe.Mo3tafA Was Here !!! Your Box 0wn3d By Deface Team We Love Iran Ashiyane Digital Security Team Special Thanks to Ashiyane Defacers & Programmers Team www.ashiyane.org/forums I Don’t Know Any Rival For Muslims”.

Home page of the Department of General Education: http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/

Posted news: http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/admin/news_details.php?id=39

Finally the iPhone 3G is officially released.

The main features are 3G, thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware .They’re also making sure it’s available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps… and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 — and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data. Battery life isn’t getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio. GPS is also a go. Apple is using A-GPS, which supplements regular satellite GPS data with info from cellular towers. WiFi data is also worked into the mix, which should give users a pretty solid lock on where the heck they are on this planet.
Apple hopes to launch in 70 countries this year. 8GB is available for $199, 16GB for $299 — and the 16GB comes in white. Both pricepoints require a contract.

iPhone is relasing in 25 countries in this July 11. It will be available in India through Vodafone. But the releasing date not not yet fixed. Here is the iPhone India Site http://www.apple.co.in/iphone/

For more details visit http://www.apple.com/

What is Download Day?

Download Day is Mozilla’s attempt to set a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours and will occur on Firefox 3 launch day.

When is Download Day?

Download Day will coincide with the general availability of Firefox 3. The clock will start ticking when Firefox 3 goes out the door! They don’t have a definitive date for Firefox 3 yet, but it should be in June.

How do I take part in the record?

It’s simple–just download Firefox 3 as soon as it is available, preferably from Download Day Headquarters. You’ll get a customized certificate by downloading from Headquarters.

How will I know it’s time to download Firefox 3?

Please provide your email address when pledging to download Firefox 3 and they’ll send you reminder emails and notify you of the exact date. Or, you can check back at Download Day Headquarters for an update or follow “mozillafirefox” on Twitter for status.

Yes, I pledged to get Firefox 3 during Download Day to set the Guinness World Record for Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours.

A web browser that gave many people their first experience of the web is set to disappear.

Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 March 2008. The company recommends that users upgrade their browser to either Firefox or Flock, which are both built on the same underlying technologies as Navigator. Netscape was created by Marc Andreessen who as a student had co-authored Mosaic, the first popular web browser.His company Netscape Communications Corporation released the first version in 1994.

Who can get this right now?

Currently t.hey are giving this to students from 11 countries.United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium. If you are not residing in one of the countries listed keep checking they will add more countries soon.

What do I have to do to get this software?

• just select a product
• Sign In with your Windows Live ID.
• Get verified as a student.
• Download your products.

The following products are availabele now

• Expression Studio
• Sql Server 2005 Express
• Sql Server Developer Edition
• Virtual PC 2007
• Visual Basic 2005
• Visual C++ 2005
• Visual C# 2005
• Visual J# 2005
• Visual Studio 2008
• Visual Web Developer 2005
• Visual Studio 2005 Professional
• Windows Server 2003
• XNA Game Studio

Goto: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/

The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Hardy Heron Alpha 5 is the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features.

The features are

1. Wubi

2. Xorg 7.3

3. Linux kernel 2.6.24

4. PulseAudio

5. PolicyKit

6. Firefox 3 Beta 3

7. Transmission

8. Vinagre

9. Brasero

10. World Clock Applet

11. GVFS

12. GNOME System Monitor

13. Virtualization

14. Firewall

15. umenu

16. Wubi

Checkout this official site for more details

Download Alpha 5

Get it while it’s hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (Ubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (Kubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (Edubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/jeos/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (Ubuntu JeOS)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (Xubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/gobuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (Gobuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/hardy/alpha-5/ (UbuntuStu