How to get HTML hex color number – java

Following code shows how to get the HTML color code in Hexadecimal base in your java code which then can be used in a HTML code . java.awt.Color object must be passes as the argument.

/**
* Get #ffffff html hex number for a colour
*
* @see #toHexString(int)
* @param c
*        Color object whose html colour number you want as a string
* @return # followed by exactly 6 hex digits
*/
public final static String toString ( Color c ){
   String s = Integer.toHexString( c.getRGB() & 0xffffff );
   if ( s.length() < 6 )
      { // pad on left with zeros
      s = "000000".substring( 0, 6 - s.length() ) + s;
      }
   return '#' + s;
}

Software Informer – keep your softwares up-to-date

Keeping your system up-to-date can be a challenge, especially for those of you who use lots of different programs. While Windows itself will update automatically if correctly configured, there are lots of components and programs that do not.software informer can help you keep your softwares up-to-date.

Software informer has been specially designed for those users who care to keep their applications functional and ready for any task that might arise. Its primary aim is to give you the up-to-date information about the software you actually use.

For that purpose, this programme will make a list of applications installed on your computer, and later on will check their versions for obsoleteness by occasionally connecting to software.informer.com, the expanding server with a huge and constantly updated list of present applications. Whenever a more recent version of any programme becomes available, Software Informer will notify you and offer a link for downloading the update.

But this programme goes even further. It will provide you a centralised interface for gathering relevant information on all the applications that might interest you. Allowing you to keep track of comments and questions on corresponding software, and being nevertheless incredibly easy-to-use, Software Informer makes the process of obtaining the desired information and tools wholly free from tiresome search and disappointment - and thus, makes it pleasantly usual.

Panda Cloud Antivirus – version 1.1 released

After only 7 months since the release of PCAV 1.0 in November 2009, which has been download by almost 10 million users, the next major release of PCAV is finally available in two flavours: Free Edition and Pro.

What’s so special in Panda Cloud AV ?

Panda Cloud Antivirus is a free version of Panda's security software. It is cloud-based, meaning that scanning of the files is handled on a remote server rather than on a user's machine. This results in less bloat as seen by the end-user. The cloud technology is based on Panda's Collective Intelligence.

Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 brings significant, new features over its predecessor, the most important of which being two behavioral-based offline protection layers. It's worth noting that this sort of malware-detection technology is generally only found in commercial security solutions, with the exception of avast! Free Antivirus 5.
The behavioral protection is handled by two separate components. First, there's a behavioral blocker, which, according to Panda's Senior Research Advisor, Pedro Bustamante, is a system-hardening technology particularly effective against threats hidden in PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS and other non-PE files.
The second component acts as a local host intrusion-prevention system (HIPS), which analyzes the behavior of processes at runtime, killing any that tries to perform malicious actions. However, this protection mechanism is only available to users of the commercial PRO edition.
        The new Panda Cloud Antivirus version also vaccinates computers against threats that abuse the Windows Autorun feature to spread. In addition, PRO users will also be able to secure every removable USB storage device inserted in their computer from future infections.

Have Questions about Panda Cloud antivirus? Refer to FAQ

BlueScreenView - View BSOD crash information stored in dump files.

BSOD aka Blue Screen of death is a nightmare for windows users most frequently caused by but not limited to Driver issues. BSOD dumps the memory to a file called minidumps which can later be analysed to find the cause of BSOD.  BlueScreeView is such an analyser.

BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death' crashes, and displays the information about all crashes in one table. For each crash, BlueScreenView displays the minidump filename, the date/time of the crash, the basic crash information displayed in the blue screen (Bug Check Code and 4 parameters), and the details of the driver or module that possibly caused the crash (filename, product name, file description, and file version).
For each crash displayed in the upper pane, you can view the details of the device drivers loaded during the crash in the lower pane. BlueScreenView also mark the drivers that their addresses found in the crash stack, so you can easily locate the suspected drivers that possibly caused the crash.

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How to play mkv (matroska) files in Windows media player

Matroska is a popular file container format among  Rippers for it’s smaller size. which can be played using third party Media players like KMPlayer , GOM Player or VLC etc.
But I rest assured none of those players renders better video quality than Good old Windows Media player. or any other Directshow player for that matter and WMP is more stable and can be relied upon. below screenshot shows four players showing the same scene of a movie. Difference is apparent.

upperleft – KMPlayer , UpperRight – Media player classic , Lower left – VLC , and we have Windows media player on  lower right.

By default WMP can’t play mkv becuase windows doesn’t provide neccesary codecs to decode mkv files and play them. So user must install those codecs. Which is a easy task. install K-Lite Codec pack on your system. It’s available in six different editions but the Basic package will be sufficient.

when installing K-Lite you’ll be prompted to choose components , leaves those settings as they are  and click next to contiue installation.

In “Select Additional tasks window” choose file association for Windows media player. Media player classic also comes with the codec pack .