At long last, this latest version also includes an auto-updating mechanism designed to streamline the deployment of Flash security updates and fixes across multiple browsers. This does not mean that users who do not use Internet Explorer or work with different operating systems are safe from exploits, as the vulnerability exists on every system as well.

The Adobe Flash Developers has released the third security update in the last six weeks. Flash Player v. 11.2 addresses a couple of bugs in Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.63. Adobe warns that these vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe has traditionally deployed two separate installers for Windows based systems: One for Flash on Internet Explorer, and another for non-IE browsers. With the release of Flash Player 11.2, Adobe is introducing a new background update mechanism to help Windows users while updating. The new Adobe Flash Player background updater updates all instances of a release version of Adobe Flash Player for all Web browsers on a computer. Previously, users had to perform separate updates for each Web browser running on their system. If a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash Player is on a system, you are asked to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible to protect the system from possible exploits.

FLASH 11.2 SECURITY UPDATES AND FIXES

To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player for Android, go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Adobe Flash Player x.x.

After the introduction of the new background updater, Windows users have the option to download and install updates for Adobe Flash Player automatically, without user interaction. After a successful installation of Adobe Flash Player 11.2, users are presented with a dialog box to choose an update method.

The following three update options are available to users:

• Install updates automatically when available (recommended)

• Notify me when updates are available

• Never check for updates (not recommended)

To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your system, access the About Flash Player page, or right-click on content running in Flash Player and select “About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player” from the menu

Social Gaming Summit 2012 (May 23-24, Berlin, Germany)

The Second Annual Berlin Social Gaming Summit is a two-day conference that is going to happen on May 23-24 2012, focused on the intersection of mobile gaming, immersive worlds, and social networking. Game developers are scrambling to devote more energy than ever to build compelling social interaction into every game they create.

Likewise, the mobile app market predicted to top $38 billion by 2015 and the global total spend on virtual goods is expected to reach $4.1 billion by 2016, the stakes for mastering the business and technology of successful social and mobile games has become higher.

Produced by WebMediaBrands, Rising Media, SocialTimes, AllFacebook

Social Gaming Summit unites established industry leaders along with emerging start-ups in free-to-play games, social networking, virtual goods and payments infrastructure for two full days with lively panels and engaging discussion on the convergence of gaming and the social web.

More information and registration for the Social Gaming Summit – REGISTER HERE

Social Gaming Summit unites established industry leaders along with emerging start-ups in free-to-play games, social networking, virtual goods and payments infrastructure for two full days with lively panels and engaging discussion on the convergence of gaming and the social web.

Not leaving much gap, the release of Magento Community Preview Version 1.7.0.0-RC1 happened on March 28, 2012.

Finally Magento Version CE 1.7.0.0 released on April 24, 2012, Magento Enterprise 1.12 and Community 1.7 now available with the recent enhancements to the powerful eCommerce offerings help merchants provide a more personalized shopping experience for their customers.

If you’re already a Magento Enterprise customer, you can immediately access the new 1.12 release in the My Account section. And Magento developers can access the new Community edition by clicking here.

Release Notes – Magento Version CE 1.7.0.0 (Apr 24, 2012)

Improvements

• Added additional placeholders for extension developers
• Upgraded TinyMCE to v3.4.7
• Added the ability to translate action array parameter nodes in the layout.xml
• Added the functionality for cleaning old cache files by cron tasks
• Refactored rules-based modules

Release Notes – Magento Version CE 1.7.0.0-RC1 (Mar 28, 2012)

Improvements

• Different base prices for customer groups
• Automatic generation of multiple coupon codes for a single promotion
• Backup and Rollback functionality
• VAT ID validation for B2B sales in Europe
• New price range layered navigation algorithm
• HTML5 based theme for mobile devices

Release Notes – Magento 1.7.0.0-beta1 (Mar 2, 2012)

Improvements

• Added support for using custom currency symbols
• Improved customer address handling using PayPal Express checkout
• Refactored escaping functionality used with translations
• Implemented front-end cookies restriction functionality
• Added ability to turn off/on IP Tracking
• Provided logic to disable ACL resources through configuration files

View Full Magento Versions Release Notes

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]]> http://www.dckap.com/blog/versions-of-magento-released-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.dckap.com/blog/drupal-7-vs-drupal-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drupal-7-vs-drupal-8 http://www.dckap.com/blog/drupal-7-vs-drupal-8/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:58:57 +0000 admin http://www.dckap.com/blog/?p=775 The most awaited Drupal8 which is yet to be released has created constant interest and expectations over the advanced features compared to that of its previous version, Drupal7.  Drupal 7 has been in development since February 2008 and was released during Jan 2011.

The key features of Drupal7 includes:

• Great usability improvements

Drupal 7 features a menu bar built in, with quick shortcuts for creating and finding content (which should have icons eventually). It also has a customizable dashboard feature, which lets an individual to arrange blocks to show the most recent comments and quick links. It also improves the organization of forms which used to get incredibly long. Now instead of an endless sea of collapsible boxes, there is a set of tabs at the end of the form, letting an individual to set things like revision information, comment settings, urls. It is also easier to change input formats by using a drop down box.

• Less modules to download

Usually whenever an individual starts a new Drupal site, one needs to download CCK and Image cache before doing much of anything. In Drupal 7, they’re built in. One can add a new text field, image field or file field to a content type right out of the box. Image cache, renamed Image Styles, is there as well, so that one can crop and resize pictures.

• Now with unit testing

One can’t see this feature in the interface, but unit testing is huge leap forward for Drupal source code. It now uses the Simple Test framework to automatically make sure everything is functioning correctly, and that means less bugs. It also means that in the future, Drupal developers will be able to make changes more confidently, without having to worry if they’re breaking something.

Even though it is too early to talk about the features, as the feature freeze of Drupal8 will occur not before 1st week of December 2012.

Here are some of the great features speculated to be included in Drupal8 are:-

* Better HTML5
* Better mobile support
* Improved multilingual features
* Setting up Drupal 8 on a modern web development framework

Apart from the above Drupal8 developers are trying to overcome the following issues faced by Drupal7:-

• Learning Curve: Once an individual gets familiar with the basic mechanics of the system, it becomes second nature in how to do the most common things via programming. However, this requires referencing the documentation a lot in the beginning. The curve has steepened with Drupal 7, with the introduction of entities but in most cases one won’t need to create a custom entity. Also learning how to best use the theme layer can take time in figuring out.

• Updating: Updating the core code is not difficult. But when compared to WordPress, it is a little more time consuming especially when one does it via FTP. There are ways in speeding up this process. But most people won’t know how to take advantage of these techniques.

• Speed: There is a performance hit when using a system like this with all of the moving parts of the system. The cache does help things, but it still is not the fastest system out there. An improvement can be definitely seen through Drupal 8.

Drupal 8 is the first development cycle introducing so called Core initiatives. These are areas with named leads to improve Drupal core in certain areas. However, this does not limit core development to the main areas; there are many community initiatives as well. The reality is that Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 are still very similar.

It is believed that viewing, “Kani” on the first day of Tamil New Year would enrich the entire year with prosperity.

This Tamil New Year other than just cherishing the greatness of Tamil, we brought all our employees together to have a gala time as one family.

Our employees, who looked eye catchy in their traditional dhotis and sarees, did various fun activities.

The event was started with the lighting of traditional lamp and a Bharathanatyam performance.

This was followed by a debate over an interesting topic of, “Who spends unnecessarily? Boys or Girls” and then there were skits, mimicries and role plays.

Apart from this our employees showcased other various musical talents like singing and playing guitar.

There was a Rangoli competition conducted where our employees both men and women participated enthusiastically. Thus this New Year indeed had a joyous start.

View full album of Tamil New Year Celebrations 2012 @ DCKAP on picasa

On Friday, February 03rd, we have conducted an awareness camp on eye care and vision health for employees at our India development centers at Anna Nagar and Korattur in Chennai.

Eye specialists and professionals conducted vision tests. Based on the diagnosis, suitable corrective measures have been advised and where required, glasses were prescribed. Employees were given information and useful literature for general eye care and precautions, especially in respect of working on computer systems, working under artificial lighting over extended periods, etc.

DCKAP thanks Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital for extending professional services and advice in this camp. With a substantial number of employees spread across two campuses, organizing the camps has been a major logistical challenge and we appreciate the resourceful efforts of everyone involved.

See the full album on picasa

]]> http://www.dckap.com/blog/eye-camp-at-dckap/feed/ 1 http://www.dckap.com/blog/results-of-walk-in-for-freshers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=results-of-walk-in-for-freshers http://www.dckap.com/blog/results-of-walk-in-for-freshers/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:59:33 +0000 admin http://www.dckap.com/blog/?p=522 Updated : Feb. 01, 2012 6:00 PM

Congratulations to all candidates who have successfully cleared the first and second rounds and are shortlisted for HR interviews shortly.

We will contact you by phone/ e-mail starting Friday, Feb. 03, 2012 for the HR round.

Thank you everyone for attending the walk-ins.

Updated : 24/01/2012 3:00 PM

DCKAP Walk-In for Fresh Graduates @ Chennai Jan. 07 & 08, 2012

Names of Candidates Shortlisted for Next Round of Interviews

Walk-In Results Jan. 2012

Click the above link for the Results

NOTE:
The candidates shortlisted for the Second Round of Interviews as per the date and time shown against their names please report half-an-hour before your scheduled time at DCKAP, Anna Nagar, Chennai.

Thank you!

]]> http://www.dckap.com/blog/results-of-walk-in-for-freshers/feed/ 36 http://www.dckap.com/blog/dckap-builds-healthcare-infotainment-for-lyceum-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dckap-builds-healthcare-infotainment-for-lyceum-health http://www.dckap.com/blog/dckap-builds-healthcare-infotainment-for-lyceum-health/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:28:31 +0000 admin http://www.dckap.com/blog/?p=531 DCKAP Builds HealthCare Infotainment for Lyceum Health
MyHealthTips.com brings accessible & entertaining evidence-based health information

Useful and funny health films from Dr. Robert Buckman, with MONTY PYTHON star Terry Jones help people understand and manage chronic diseases, complemented by online tools and coaching-support systems from Lyceum Health. The health tips are validated by evidence-based research from medical experts.

Myhealthtips.com brings the top ten tips for health videos featuring Dr. Rob Buckman and Terry Jones. Myhealthtips.com also has News & Digests, Online Tools & Resources, Points & Rewards, Experts Stories and Patients Stories. The site offers five online, subscription-based programs created with medical experts and award-winning entertainers. Videos discuss Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Weight Control, How to Quit Smoking and Asthma.

DCKAPdeveloped the health care application Myhealthtips.com for Lyceum Health. Powered by the open source content management platform running millions of web applications, Drupal, this versatile edutainment site was built by DCKAP to the unique business requirements and precise client specifications in seventy seven days. The site effectively demonstrates configurability and customization, creative use of media, content delivery and payment processing functionality, with a delightful user experience. And don’t forget the gift option at checkout!

Technologies Used

• Drupal 6.22
• PHP 5.3
• MySql 5.1.37
• Wowza Media Server 3.0.3

Myhealthtips.com implements Ubercart for online sales of the programs offered (videos, web tools and pdf documents), along with processing for VAT. It helps the users to purchase the programs in their currency of choice, including the US Dollar, the Euro and the Canadian Dollar.

Payment processing in enabled using Paypal Payment Pro.

Videos of all the chapters of every program are shown on the site using JW Player.

WowzaMedia Server and Windows Media Security are used to make the videos highly secure. Health Programs content is loaded as a PDF documents. Document reader is embedded in the website using Scribd so that the user can easily read, search, print and download the files.

Wowza Media Server is a unified server software used for streaming of live and on-demand video, audio, and rich Internet applications (RIAs) over public and private IP networks to desktop, laptop, and tablet computers, mobile devices, IPTV set-top boxes, internet-connected TV sets, and other network-connected devices.

A team of world-class support program facilitators, health educators, medical copywriters and editors, designers, medical illustrators and technology experts, Lyceum Health researched and developed over 1,500 patient and family education programs over the last 14 years. Lyceum Health teams up medical experts with award-winning comedic entertainers. MyHealthTips.com is owned and operated by Lyceum Health.

In 1994, Dr. Buckman was made Canadian Humanist of the Year, and in 2003 received the Fleming Medal of the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science. Rob had passed away in his sleep on his flight home to Toronto in October 2011. This would honor Rob’s legacy, not only as a leading expert in doctor-patient communication, but also as a gifted comedian and entertainer.

Writer, film director, performer, comedian, popular historian, political commentator and TV

documentary host Terry Jones is best known for his Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Terry studied English and History at Oxford. He continues to lecture and has received honorary doctorates from several universities.

Following the unprecedented turnout at the recent Walk-in, we are briskly evaluating the huge volume of answer scripts.

Happily, the progress is good and as of now, we believe the results can be announced on …

Monday, January 23!

We are prepared and published the names of shortlisted candidates on our blog.
CLICK HERE: RESULTS OF WALK-IN FOR FRESHERS Jan. 2012

So, please make it a point to visit our blog on the date. All the best!

We take this opportunity to thank each one of you for your utmost patience, participation and co-operation. We understand that some of you had to wait long to take the test. We regret for any in-convenience caused. The turn out was more than what we had anticipated / made arrangements for. We will be sure to learn from this experience and will work on scheduling the time-slots better next time.

As we had more than 3000 participants in the walk-in, it will take a couple of weeks to finalize the results. As soon as we have the list of short-listed candidates for the next round, we will publish the same in our blog and will also detail next steps.

Thank you!