IDUG is sponsoring a contest by name XML Challenge which is open to professionals, students and hobbyists who are interested in programming and Database administration. IDUG is conducting this contest to increase awareness among people about XQuery, XML and DB2. This contest is so simple and straightforward. You'll be asked 15 questions and you have to answer them correctly. The contest has five separate tracks based on the skill levels of those individuals participating in this competition. One can participate in a single level or on all five levels. The five levels are :

• Video contest
• Gadget contest
• Xquery challenge
• Port an application
• Develop an application

For more information about this contest click here.

 

The winners of this competition will walk away with any one of the following prizes.

• Laptops
• iPods
• Memory sticks

 

And moreover, this contest is not a one time contest. This contest runs through whole month and winners are declared every week (based on the level selected). For Xquery challenge, winners are announced every week and for Video and Gadget contest winners are announced every month. The winners for Video and Gadget contest are selected by the community and winners of Port and development of an application contests are selected by panel of judges.

 

Enter IDUG contest now to celebrate this Christmas with a new Laptop. All the best! 

Long ago when my blog is too young I posted an article on how to convert any video into Mobile format here. Many free video converters available on market today are customized by default to optimize videos for CD and DVD players. There are many video converters which are optimized for mobile devices, these converters are made especially to convert any video format into mobile supported formats but unfortunately many of them costs a bit.

 

Aimersoft video converter is one such converter which is optimized for mobile devices. It also supports conversion of audio. Following are the features of Aimersoft video converter.

• Supports almost all mobile devices like cell phone, Palm, Treo, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Pocket PC, etc.
• Takes any video format as input such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, ASF, FLV, 3GP, etc.
• Supports video editing.
• Capture pictures from the video.
• Batch conversion
• Free technical support.

 

This mobile powerful converter costs $29. But on the eve of Thanksgiving day, this converter being given free for everyone. To get this software free click here.

 

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