Rememberance DAy

"Remember remember the 11 of November, the battle that was fought. Remember the soldiers that gave their lives for us, make sure that they will never be forgot."- Conner Olenick Notre Dame

"Lest we forget the dead that stood by their brothers in arms to make this land free. Remember the unknown dead who still remain anonymous. Let us remember the soldiers that did heroic things in desperate times. Let us remember the soldiers that saved helpless civilians from the wrath of the greedy and unjust. Never forget what soldiers fight for. " Conner Olenick Notre Dame

To this day people around the world remember November 11 as a day of tragedy and sadness, but also as hope. Hope to the soldiers who still fight for our freedom and safety. Hope to other countries that need our help and guidance. Most of all hope to the parents of soldiers who are in the Middle East.

Never Forget that hope will always be in this world.

Microsoft Announces New Operating Systems

Yesterday (October 27, 2008) Microsoft unveiled details of two new operating systems. Currently the most commonly used Microsoft operating systems are Windows XP and Windows Vista. Although frequently criticized, often by those who never used it Vista is actually a very stable, rich environment in which to work, particularly when used with up to date machines.

Nevertheless Microsoft has decided to press ahead with successors for Vista. In late 2009 Windows 7 will be released. It will be much like Vista. Around the same time Microsoft will release Windows Azure, an operating system that lives on Microsoft servers and not in your computer. This is called Cloud Computing, the "Cloud" being the Internet. Basically this means that you won't need an operating system or programs: they will all live in the "Cloud."

Whether this works out or not remains to be seen. However, many companies are already trying this, both with Microsoft and with Google products.

"Cloud" computing is one of the most used technology buzz words at present.

Global Anti-piracy Day

October 21 as Global Anti-piracy Day.

Software piracy is a very common thing these days. In asia over 90% of PC's have pirated software. A estimated $50 billion has been lost due to pirating. This is very dangerous for small software companies because they can lose everything very fast. Microsoft is helping out small companies by cutting into illegal sales and making sure the companies receive their full payment. This is why Microsoft genuines their computers.

STOP PIRATING NOW!
DONT BE CHEAP JUST GO OUT AND BUY YOUR OWN SOFTWARE!
DISPOSABLE MONEY IS FOR PEOPLE TO DISPOSE OF IT!!!!!

Visit this link for further initiative: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/antipiracy/map.mspx

Class Blogs

ICT 12 Student Blogs (2008-09)
Ava Balingit
Ryan Battistel
Sofia Busse
Nicole Ceralde
Nathan Chiu
Jonathan De Maeseneer
Danila Di Giacinto
Lia Estrellado
Kimberly Francisco
Dilantha Geekiyanage
Nikko Henderson
Nikka Komisarski
Steffani Mastromonaco
Caitlin Nery
Conner Olenick
Andrea Strazzullo
Adam Troczynski
Nikko Tagle
Allannah Villela
Jason Wong

These are the blog URLs for my ICT 12 class colleagues.

The class is using Blogger throughout the year to record information about variouse programs and techniques.

This list wil be updated to include several blog URLs not precently available.

iGoogle

Today i signed up for the iGoogle service and made a couple of minor custom changes. I added a custom widget to display my Ip address.

My Programming

I am a student in grade 12 and i have decided to take the fascinating class of ICT 12. ICT 12 is a fun filled course that will intrigue people with programming. I will be working with several programs and they are as followed: Vidual basic, Java, C++, and Python. I hope to get lost within the vast amounts of programs and i hope to have a lot of fun with them.