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Android Malware increases

2012-01-30T12:19:00.000-02:00

An interesting news reports that several malware applications have infected something nearly 5 million Android phones. I think this is something that will becoming more and more usual as Android grows to become the dominant platform.

It seems it is time to Google think more about the "platform security" and find ways to improve it...

Massive Android malware op may have infected 5 million users

Android Malware May Have Infected 5 Million Users

New Android malware infects up to five million handsets

Cool 2011 in Review: Android - by Mashable

2011-12-31T12:01:00.000-02:00

2011 in review - Android

Samsung Galaxy Note hits 1 million units shipped

2011-12-31T11:46:00.000-02:00

Galaxy Note is an interesting Android™ 2.3(Gingerbread) device featuring a Pen SDK that can be used to develop some cool applications - S Pen SDK

You can get the full specs for this device here Galaxy Note and here Samsung Galaxy Note

The new C Programming language (C11, or C1x) published

2011-12-30T10:54:00.000-02:00

It defines and clarifies:

-the representation of C programs;
-the syntax and constraints of the C language;
-the semantic rules for interpreting C programs;
-the representation of input data to be processed by C programs;
-the representation of output data produced by C programs;
-the restrictions and limits imposed by a conforming implementation of C.

It does not have:

-the mechanism by which C programs are transformed for use by a data-processing system;
-the mechanism by which C programs are invoked for use by a data-processing system;
-the mechanism by which input data are transformed for use by a C program;
-the mechanism by which output data are transformed after being produced by a C program;
-the size or complexity of a program and its data that will exceed the capacity of any specific data-processing system or the capacity of a particular processor;
-all minimal requirements of a data-processing system that is capable of supporting a conforming implementation.

ISO/IEC 9899:2011 is designed to promote the portability of C programs among a variety of data-processing systems.

Galaxy Nexus now available in the U.S.

2011-12-16T13:57:00.000-02:00

Starting today, Galaxy Nexus by Samsung will be available in the U.S. on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network.

Visit google.com/nexus to buy it online, or go to your nearest Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, Costco or Radio Shack store.

Galaxy Nexus is also available through our carrier partners in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Korea and Japan. Soon, it will be available in Australia, France, Russia, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere!

Change JVM parameters for NetBeans

2011-12-16T11:45:00.000-02:00

To change the JVM parameters for NetBeans so that it runs better (in case you have hardware), go to Netbeans installation directory and find the netbeans.conf file inside the /etc dir:

C:\NetBeans-7.0.1\etc\netbeans.conf

Open the file netbeans.conf and find netbeans_default line:

netbeans_default_options="-J-server -J-Xss4m -J-Xms256m -J-XX:PermSize=64m -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Duser.language=en -J-Duser.region=US"

I changed mine to include some additional JVM parameters. Also, note that I changed the mode from -client to -server (it runs better in my notebook's hardware I guess :-).

So the new JVM parameters are:

-J-server -J-Xms128m -J-Xmx512m -J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -J-XX:+UseParNewGC -J-XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -J-XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -J-XX:NewSize=64m -J-XX:MaxNewSize=64m -J-XX:+DisableExplicitGC -J-XX:PermSize=64m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256m

The complete line:

netbeans_default_options="-J-server -J-Xms128m -J-Xmx512m -J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -J-XX:+UseParNewGC -J-XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -J-XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -J-XX:NewSize=64m -J-XX:MaxNewSize=64m -J-XX:+DisableExplicitGC -J-XX:PermSize=64m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Duser.language=en -J-Duser.region=US"

Enjoy the better performance! :-D

How to change NetBeans language (locale)

2011-12-16T11:38:00.000-02:00

I am not used to any IDE in Portuguese (my native language) so I do not like to use the NetBeans interface in Portuguese.

So, in order to change that:

Go to Netbeans installation directory and find the netbeans.conf file inside the /etc dir:

C:\NetBeans-7.0.1\etc\netbeans.conf

Open the file netbeans.conf and find netbeans_default line and just add "-J-Duser.language=en -J-Duser.region=US" at the end of this line and restart NetBeans.

netbeans_default_options="-J-client -J-Xss4m -J-Xms256m -J-XX:PermSize=64m -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Duser.language=en -J-Duser.region=US"

That is it! :-D

Cool recognition gift

2011-03-21T07:40:00.000-03:00

My JBoss Middleware Placement Exam certification

2010-12-27T17:00:00.002-02:00

My SAP Netweaver Instructor certificate

2010-12-27T16:58:00.002-02:00

My Sun Certified Associate for the Java 2 Platform 1.0 certification

2010-12-27T16:56:00.000-02:00

My Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer for the Java 2 Platform Micro Edition 1.0 certification

2010-12-27T16:55:00.002-02:00

My Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE Platform 1.3 certification

2010-12-27T16:53:00.002-02:00

My Sun Certified Business Component Developer for J2EE Platform certification

2010-12-27T16:51:00.002-02:00

My Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform certification

2010-12-27T16:49:00.002-02:00

My Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Platform report

2010-12-27T16:42:00.003-02:00

Strangely Security and Legacy Security were the worst scores.

I find it funny because that is where I have the best knowledge and experience in Java EE. The point here is that such topics have just a few (2 or 3) questions in the exam and if you provide one wrong question it is half the total :-)

I know I am a certified Architect at least!!! ;-)

Award

2010-12-02T12:43:00.001-02:00

Award

2010-12-02T12:38:00.002-02:00

Award

2010-12-02T12:32:00.003-02:00

Awards

2010-12-02T12:12:00.004-02:00

The awards I have received from Forum Nokia: First (ever) Poster of Month, Forum Nokia Champion 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, Forum Nokia Wiki Administrator (Superior Community Service), Forum Nokia Advisory Council (5 times).

Symbian Foundation to Transition to a Licensing Operation

2010-11-09T11:07:00.001-02:00

Another move...I hope they are right now!

Symbian Foundation to Transition to a Licensing Operation

R.I.P Symbian

2010-10-23T15:25:00.001-02:00

Symbian is dead (the complete history)

2010-03-22T16:21:00.001-03:00

Clean yet cool video about mobile internet browsing by Nokia Conversations.

Browse the Internet using your mobile device its easy to be green

Android Crowding Apple, RIM

2010-03-22T13:21:00.001-03:00

Google's Android operating system will see the largest growth rate of the three mobile platforms this year, research firm says.

Video - The history of Linux

2010-03-17T16:14:00.000-03:00