April 16, 2008 - While universities don't tend to shout as loudly about their latest tech innovations as do Google, Cisco and other big vendors, their results are no less impressive in what they could mean for faster, more secure and more useful networking. Here's a roundup, in no particular order, of some of the most amazing and colorful projects in the works... (read more)
Friday, May 16, 2008
60 More AJAX- and Javascript Solutions For Professional Coding
April 15, 2008 - When it comes to design of modern web-applications, Ajax is considered as a standard approach. Interactive solutions for lightboxes, form validation, navigation, search, tooltips and tables are developed using Ajax libraries and nifty Ajax scripts. Ajax is useful and powerful. However, when using Ajax, one should keep in mind its drawbacks in terms of usability and accessibility. With an extensive use of Ajax, you can easily confuse your visitors offering too much control and too many features... (read more)
Bjarne Stroustrup on the Evolution of Languages
April 11, 2008 - Every once in a while, an evolutionary leap rapidly advances and reshapes the entire field of engineering. Such a leap occurred in software development with the introduction of the C++ programming language. This leap was not inherent in the language itself: object-oriented languages such as Simula67 and Smalltalk existed prior to C++. But because C++ was built on top of the C programming language (and could compile existing C programs), it was able to bring the abstractions of object-oriented thinking into the mainstream... (read more)
Building a 5-ton Mechanical Calculator... From 19th-century Plans
April 11, 2008 - Starting in May, many will have the opportunity to see for themselves how they did computing the old-fashioned way: with lots of gears, a big crank and some muscle... (read more)
Why Your Boss Doesn’t Want You to Telework
April 10, 2008 - Teleworking has been gaining traction for years and now more than 2.44 million people spend at least part of their work week at home... (read more)
ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview Available
April 9, 2008 - A few months ago we released an ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview that contained a bunch of new features that will be shipping later this year (including ASP.NET AJAX Improvements, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Silverlight Support, and ASP.NET Dynamic Data)... (read more)
10 Security Threats To Watch For
April 9, 2008 - There are lots of ways business networks can be compromised, and more are developing all the time. They range from technology exploits to social engineering attacks, and all can compromise corporate data, reputation and the ability to conduct business effectively... (read more)
The Better Question Might Be, What Doesn't Google Know About Us
April 10, 2008 - LAS VEGAS -- Google knows almost everything connected to the Web, but there is one major source of untapped data the company has scarcely touched to date. Can you guess that area? ... (read more)
The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches Of All Time
April 7, 2008 - There's no more sure-fire way to kill something's intrinsic comedic value than to try to examine what makes it funny. The minute you start thinking, you stop laughing. So why, then, have Nerve and IFC.com devoted an enormous amount of time, manpower, monetary resources, server space and posh catered lunches to the pursuit of ranking the boob tube's finest sketch comedy offerings? ... (read more)
Wireless Skills Top IT Job Requirement Survey
April 8, 2008 - IT workers looking for jobs and career opportunities over the next five years may want to make sure they have acquired wireless skills... (read more)
Opinion: A New Kind of Web — Don't Miss These 11 Sites
April 09, 2008 (Computerworld) - Call them Web 2.0 sites or mashups — or come up with your own trendy term. Whatever you call them, there are sites popping up all over the Web that process information in new ways rather than just present it... (read more)
OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
April 08, 2008 (Computerworld) - Since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others... (read more)
10 Ways History’s Finest Kept Their Focus at Work
March 26, 2008 - The lives of great people give us interesting clues about how to organise our days. All of them attached great value to their daily routines. This is because they saw it as being part of ‘becoming who they are’, as Nietzsche puts it... (read more)
Are You Creating Your Own Workplace Stress?
April 2, 2008 - Quick, by a show of hands, how many of you have workplace stress? Almost everybody, great. Now, how much of that stress do you think is self-imposed? What, no hands? ... (read more)
IT Job Security Plummets Five Times Faster Than Nationwide Average
April 2, 2008 - Job security for IT professionals plummeted more than 10% from January to February of this year, far surpassing the average job security declines seen nationwide in a rigorous analysis of U.S. employment patterns.... (read more)
Top 10 Harmless Geek Pranks
April 1, 2008 - Since the dawn of time, geeks have been playing harmless pranks on their beloved (but unsuspecting) associates, and it's up to all of us to carry the torch forward. On the eve of April Fools' Day, when you've got local network access to your coworkers' and family systems, cubicles just crying out to be filled with packing peanuts, and webapps that can do all sorts of things automatically, there's no better time to baffle, confuse, perplex, and just plain mess with your loved ones and associates. Hit the jump for our top 10 favorite harmless geek pranks, just in time to get your prankster pistons firing for tomorrow... (read more)
Doctor Suggests Cell Phones May Be Riskier Than Cigarettes
March 31, 2008 - The dangers associated with cell phones could far outweigh those tied to asbestos and smoking, an Australian doctor recently warned in a new report... (read more)
Opinion: Building a Recession-Resistant Career
March 31, 2008 (Computerworld) - In challenging economic times, it's natural for IT professionals to turn their thoughts away from career advancement and toward job security. Whether you're concerned about your current position or looking for a new one, a few key strategies can help you keep your career healthy in the face of economic uncertainty... (read more)
10 Things IT Needs to Know About Ajax
March 28, 2008 - The introduction of any new Web technology will affect a network's infrastructure in ways that range from inconsequential to earth shattering. Ajax is one of the more disruptive new Web technologies traveling across networks today. To help you minimize future surprises on your network, we've outlined the 10 things you should take to heart about Ajax... (read more)
The Best Online Tools To Help You Know Everything About Web Sites
March 31, 2008 - How do I contact the owner of a website? How popular is my site on Digg or Delicious? What other websites are hosted on my web server ? Is my competitor using WordPress or Drupal? xyz.com is loading fast, what is the name of their web hosting company ? Is my blog accessible from China or Japan ? ... (read more)
How to Mitigate the Risks Associated with Open Source Code
March 27, 2008 - In the last decade, use of open source software has risen from the basement of the weekend code warrior to the high-rise of enterprise development strategist. This surge in corporate popularity can be attributed to the cost-effectiveness, efficiency and reliability of open source code. Yet, use of open source code presents risks--especially for a company acquiring technology assets that include open source code... (read more)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Five Hottest Skills For Your Networking Career
March 26, 2008 - Moderator-Julie: Welcome and thank you for coming. Our guest today is Neil Anderson, co-author of the best selling book, Cisco Networking Simplified. When not writing books, he is the Director of Enterprise Systems Engineering with Cisco Systems... (read more)
What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968)
March 24, 2008 - Well, we do have flat-screen computers you can write on that fit in a briefcase, but I’m still waiting to take my 250 MPH car to a business meeting in another domed city. Perhaps by the end of the year... (read more)
Microsoft SharePoint taking Business By Storm
March 26, 2008 - Microsoft's SharePoint Server is on a billion dollar juggernaut to potentially become the next must-have technology, offering companies tools for building everything from collaborative applications to Internet sites and potentially handing Microsoft its next cash cow... (read more)
How to Speed Up Windows Vista
March 25, 2008 - SP1 may not give your system much more oomph, but there are other ways to speed Vista up. Spending a few minutes (or a few dollars) optimizing your Vista PC can help it get its groove on... (read more)
Hello, Gorgeous! Meet The Laptop You'll Use In 2015
March 26, 2008 (Computerworld) - A lot has changed in the 20 years since the first laptop computers appeared, including gigahertz processors, color screens, optical drives and wireless data. However, one thing that has stubbornly stayed the same is the conventional clamshell format with its hinged display lid that opens to reveal a mechanical keyboard... (read more)
The Web's Best Free Stuff
March 24, 2008 - Free: It's the magic word for an ever-expanding wealth of downloadable software and online services. Free doesn't necessarily mean good, however, and hunting for freebies can mean sifting through a lot of junk... (read more)
The New Browser War is Good for Microsoft
March 24, 2008 - Mozilla took a surprisingly proactive approach with Firefox last week, and neither move really had to do with Microsoft. In an interview with Reuters, Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering, claimed that "In many ways it [Firefox 3] is much more stable than anything else out there." The story was published two days after Apple released Safari 3.1. Firefox 3 is currently at Beta 4, with a fifth still expected... (read more)
Three Internet Careers That Soon Won't Exist
March 23, 2008 - Earlier this year the New York Times detailed how careers in medicine and law - formerly bankable lifetime gigs - have lost their luster. College grads instead are pouring their resources into trying to create (or join) the next Facebook or MySpace. Maybe it's time to rethink those plans. Digital is going to become part of almost everyone's job... (read more)
Google AJAX Language API
March 21, 2008 - With the AJAX Language API, you can translate and detect the language of blocks of text within a webpage using only Javascript. The language API is designed to be simple and easy to use to translate and detect languages on the fly when offline translations are not available. We plan on adding more exciting capabilities to the AJAX Language API in the future, so stay tuned... (read more)
Opinion: Get Ready For These 6 Game-Changing Technologies
March 20, 2008 (Computerworld) Promises, promises. When a new mobile phone appears on the market, or a new wireless standard emerges, the pundits and prognosticators chime in about all the game-changing possibilities... (read more)
Google Visualization API
March 18, 2008 - The Google Visualization API lets you access multiple sources of structured data that you can display, choosing from a large selection of visualizations. The Google Visualization API also provides a platform that can be used to create, share and reuse visualizations written by the developer community at large... (read more)
How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong
March 18, 2008 - One Infinite Loop, Apple's street address, is a programming in-joke — it refers to a routine that never ends. But it is also an apt description of the travails of parking at the Cupertino, California, campus. Like most things in Silicon Valley, Apple's lots are egalitarian; there are no reserved spots for managers or higher-ups. Even if you're a Porsche-driving senior executive, if you arrive after 10 am, you should be prepared to circle the lot endlessly, hunting for a space... (read more)
Buried Deep in Google
March 19, 2008 (PC World) Google Inc. Web site -- and much of the company's software -- is loaded with gags, goofs and "Easter eggs" that have helped Google maintain a fun-loving spirit in the cutthroat world of Web competition... (read more)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
More, Bigger Monitors Boost Productivity, Says Study
March 13, 2008 - Most folks have probably already figured out for themselves that having to use a painfully small display with a low resolution impedes their productivity. However, according to the Wall Street Journal's Business Technology Blog, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Utah suggests that even switching from a normal-sized display to a larger one—or two larger ones—has a significant effect, as well ... (read more)
Google Code University
March 18, 2008 - This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes ... (read more)
You Don't Have to Ditch the Day Job
March 17, 2008 - In the beginning, it's not always practical to dive into a Web startup full time, though eventually you will have to if you want it to succeed. Still, if you're too poor or too unsure to do the right thing for your business and dive in full time, here are a few things that seemed to work for my partners and me when we did it part time. Some of the tips will work in almost any industry. A few will really only work in a Web business ... (read more)
India's Tata Sets Up Delivery Center In Ohio
March 18, 2008 - As Indian service providers get closer to their U.S. and European customers, India's largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has set up shop in a suburb of Cincinnati ... (read more)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Death Match: Windows Vista vs. XP
March 17, 2008 - So there you are, signing the "Save XP" petition, shaking your fist in triumph as you stick it to "the man." It's a liberating feeling. You've found the courage to buck the trend and jump off the Wintel upgrade treadmill. You feel empowered, enlightened. But still, there are these nagging doubts ... (read more)
Number of Types in the .NET Framework
March 17, 2008 - Occasionally I get asked how big the .NET Framework is in terms of surface area for developers. As you might guess this is something we track. As you can see, in each release we are adding new functionality that make it easier to build .NET applications. The number of types in the .NET Framework is 11,417! Any guesses on how many types will be in .NET Framework 4.0? ... (read more)
Martian Headsets
March 17, 2008 - You’re about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. It’ll make the Battle of Stalingrad look like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of afternoon tea at your grandmother’s and wrapped the Mustang around a tree... (read more)
The Top 10 Security Land Mines
March 17, 2008 - Many companies spend a small fortune and deploy a small army to secure themselves from the many security threats lurking these days. But all those efforts can come to naught when making any of these common mistakes. The results can range from embarrassing to devastating, but security experts say that all are easily avoidable... (read more)
IT Planner: 5 Steps to Secure Development
March 14, 2008 - Security should be top of mind before, during and after the development process. Experts agree that although absolute application security is nearly impossible, there are key steps you should take to mitigate risk... (read more)
Get Free Software Every Day From Giveaway Of The Day
March 12, 2008 - Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? Giveaway of the Day gives you a different commercial software application, free of charge, every day. Yes, there's a catch, but it's a simple one: each program is made available for only 24 hours, and you have to install it the day you download it... (read more)
The Tools Google Uses Internally
March 12, 2008 - A web seminar Google held yesterday at KMWorld Magazine offered a great deal of insight into how Google manages projects and communication internally. The presentation by Google followed an employee through his first few weeks at the company, explaining the many tools he’s using: from the Google intranet MOMA, the Google Ideas site and Google Caribou Alpha, to Google Experts Search, “Googler Search,” and Google Apps. Following is a smaller excerpt of the large-size screenshots & info Google was showing in the 59-page presentation, with thanks to Brian – who has a wrap-up of the presentation as well as the full slides at his blog – for sending this in. KMWorld says the presentation will be archived at their site eventually, so perhaps if you register with them you might still be able to see the event... (read more)
Disconnect Anxiety: a Malady For The 21st Century
March 12, 2008 - The concept of Internet addiction has moved from the funny pages to the scientific journals, as mental health workers and the public accept that some people simply need to spend time online. Now a new report from a market research group has coined a new term to describe what happens when people get cut off from the source: disconnect anxiety... (read more)
Pash - PowerShell Open Source Reimplementation For "others" & Windows
April 8, 2008 - The main goal is to provide a rich shell environment for other operating systems as well as to provide a hostable scripting engine for rich applications. The user experience should be seamless for people who are used to Windows version of PowerShell. The scrips, cmdlets and providers should runs AS-IS (if they are not using Windows-specific functionality). The rich applications that host PowerShell should run on any other operating system AS-IS. Secondary goal: the scripts should run across the machines and different OS's seamlesly (but following all the security guidelines)... (read more)
Are Extra Laptop Features Worth It?
April 07, 2008 - In the automotive world, the real money is made in the options packages. Fancy hubcaps, satellite radio, two-tone paint? Thank you very much, dealers will say, as they pocket sometimes more money than they made selling you the car... (read more)
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine
April 7, 2008 - Our live coverage of the Google App Engine launch event is here (Update: we’ve built and launched a test application here). Google isn’t just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more. Tonight at 9pm PT they’re launching Google App Engine
(Update: The site is live), an ambitious new project that offers a full-stack, hosted, automatically scalable web application platform. It consists of Python application servers, BigTable database access (anticipated here and here) and GFS data store services ... (read more)
(Update: The site is live), an ambitious new project that offers a full-stack, hosted, automatically scalable web application platform. It consists of Python application servers, BigTable database access (anticipated here and here) and GFS data store services ... (read more)
Ziff Davis Enterprise Editors Name The People Shaping The Future Of Technology
2008-04-04 - The editorial staffs of eWEEK and sister publications CIO Insight and Baseline put their heads together to name the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT. To come up with this year’s list, we looked for people who not only had a tangible track record of IT success, but also have far-reaching influence, the ability to effect change and a deep level of engagement in developing emerging technologies ... (read more)
You Can't Always Save Your Job, But You Can Reduce The Time You're Out Of Work If You See It Coming
2008-04-03 - When someone gets fired in the movies, it's always a melodramatic event. Typically, an employee walks into a regularly scheduled Monday morning pow-wow with their manager and find him or her joined by the HR manager, an attorney and a head honcho, informing them that their services are no longer needed... (read more)
Five Reasons To Ditch The Mac And Return To PCs
April 01, 2008 - Timothy Keanini, chief technology officer of nCircle, loves Macs -- just not in his company (a maker of network security and compliance management tools). Keanini has been both a Mac user and a Mac developer during the past five years. Starting in 2001, he brought Macs into his 100-person company, starting with an Apple G4 notebook for himself, because he believed the user-friendly interface and ability to work in a Unix-like environment would help productivity among the engineering team... (read more)
YouTube Rival Hulu Debuts With Lineup Of TV Shows, Movies & Sports
March 11, 2008 (Computerworld) - Hulu LLC, a joint online video project of NBC Universal Inc. and News Corp., is set to go live Wednesday with programming from Time Warner Inc.'s television group, Lions Gate Entertainment and sports groups. A beta version of the site was launched in October... (read more)
The 7 Dirtiest Jobs In IT
March 10, 2008 - Working in IT isn't always pretty. After all, we can't all work on the cutting-edge technologies all the time. Some of us have to get dirty -- in some cases, literally ... (read more)
Web 2.0: The Skills Behind The Buzzword
March 10, 2008 (Computerworld) - "Web 2.0" is a phrase that's been around for a few years, but it still has some uncertainty around it. Is it just marketing hype, or does it represent a substantial change in the way companies approach Web technology? More to the point, what does it mean for your career? (Read more)
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