Retrieve unread sms in Android

    In order to get unread sms messages in an Android application you need to setup a filter "read = 0" as shown below. 

Retrieve sms messages on a particular date in Android

    In order to get sms messages received on a particular date in an Android application you need to setup a filter which selects messages on the basis of date comparison as shown below.

Running embedded linux on mpc8572ds using NFS and TFTP servers

    In this post I will mention the steps that should be performed to run embedded linux on powerpc board mpc8572ds using NFS and TFTP servers. I have used mentor embedded linux for this purpose. In order to boot the target with linux we need to perform following steps.

• Setting up NFS Server
• Setting up TFTP Server
• Running embedded linux on target

Starting VNC on Ubuntu 12.04 with full desktop

    In this post I will mention the method which can be used to display full Ubuntu 12.04 desktop to VNC clients. I have noticed that starting from Ubuntu 12.04, VNC clients don't show full desktop. First I will mention the steps to install VNC Server and connect a client to it. I will also show the terminal only desktop which is the default screen. Then I will mention the method which can be used to display full desktop