History Of Windows Mobile

Pocket PC 2000, originally codenamed “Rapier”, was released on April 19, 2000, and was based on Windows CE 3.0.

Pocket PC 2002, originally codenamed “Merlin”,was released in October 2001. Like Pocket PC 2000, it was powered by windows CE 3.0.

Windows Mobile 2003, originally codenamed “Ozone”,was released on June 23, 2003,Windows Mobile 2003 was powered by Windows CE 4.20.

Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, also known as “Windows Mobile 2003 SE”, was released on March 24, 2004

Windows Mobile 5.0, originally codenamed “Magneto”,was released on May 9–May 12, 2005.

Windows Mobile 6, formerly codenamed “Crossbow”,was released on February 12, 2007 and was powered by Windows CE 5.0.

Windows Mobile 6.1 was announced April 1, 2008. It is a minor upgrade to the existing Windows Mobile 6 and is powered by WM 6.1, the CE version is 5.2.

Windows Mobile 6.1 was announced May 11, 2009.

Codenamed “Photon”, Windows Mobile 7 is a major upgrade planned for release in 2010, and a beta is planned to be released to testers during November 2009.

Some Of The Indian IT Law …

Penalty For Damages to  Computer and Computer Systems.

Section 43: of the IT Act lists the various acts for which a person will be liable to pay damages of up to Rs 1 core.

• 43(a) of IT Act penalizes unauthorized access to a computer
• 43(b) of IT Act penalizes unauthorized downloading, extraction and copying of data.
• 43(c) of IT Act penalizes introduction of computer viruses or contaminants into the computer.
• 43(d) of IT Act provides penalty for damaging or causing to be damages a computer.
• 43(e) of IT Act relates to disruption of computers.
• 43(f) of IT Act relates to unauthorised denial of access to a computer
• 43(g) of IT Act penalizes the act of providing assistance for unauthorized access to a computer.
• 43(h) of IT Act relates to manipulating or tampering of a computer for financial benefits.

Section 44: provides stiff penalties for failure to furnish any information or document required under the IT Act.

Section 45: provides for residuary penalty in the form of compensation up to Rs 25 thousand to the affected person.

There are many more which should be followed.

What does Open Source Mean?

There is so much said abuot the open source and free OS and Softwares. But very few have actually know what does open source or free software means. Here is a small intro to it.

The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project.

To be considered as open source software by the software development industry, certain criteria must be met:

• The program must be freely distributed.
• Source code must be included.
• Anyone must be allowed to modify the source code.
• Modified versions can be redistributed.
• The license must not require the exclusion of other software or interfere with the operation of other software.

A few open source softwares are like Fedora OS, Open Office etc.