Ayubowan, welcome to the April issue in the second volume of the online IT magazine diGIT. As you follow our magazine you will come to understand that there is a lot of areas in which technology can be applied for the benefit of all. New technological devices help us in reading and advancing our knowledge. It is a tool to make us smarter individuals.

Until recently we’ve had many educated individuals going abroad in search of wealth and forgetting the free education that was given to them. Hence it resulted in less development of our country since no attempt was made in advancing using technology. However, it is heartening to see a change of attitude with many opting to give back to the community and seeing a rich technological development in Sri Lanka. I hope this trend continues so that we can have a strong skillset of individuals living and working in our motherland.

Onto some highlights from this month’s issue, we have Udaya explaining to us about Google summer of code. If you are an undergraduate and haven’t heard of this initiative, then its worth looking into as it gives a valuable opportunity to be part of an open source project and allow you to gain some valuable experience programming.

We have Kushan, the editor of ‘TheGamer’ magazine giving us a review of the game ‘Avatar’. Check out the review and see if he think it’s as good as the movie and worth playing.

Thameera continues on his lesson with Barney and teaches us about characters. Dive into the article and learn about null characters and more.

Nuwan goes in depth into the key elements of security involved in web service based architectures. Do check out his article to learn about MAC ids and how encryption is used for confidentiality.

We receive feedback on a regular basis and if you also have a query do not hesitate to contact us by sending an email to comments@digit.lk. We would be more than glad to help out.

Let me end this month’s editorial with a quotation by Mahatma Gandhi who once said

‘A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.’

Happy reading!

W.G.T.Fernando