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Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings
Published on 2012-02-22 02:00:02
According to Julia Angwin and Jennifer Valentino-Devries, reporters of The Wall Street Journal, Google bypassed user privacy settings for the Safari web browser. In simple words, Google was able to drop tracking cookies even when the user has set Safari to block cookies. Microsoft confirmed that Google was using similar techniques to bypass privacy settings for IE. [...] > read more
10 Online Marketing Mistakes
Published on 2012-01-18 11:13:04
Online retail sales are booming.The annual global e-commerce sales for 2012 is estimated to be $820 billion. In the first half of 2011, online advertise revenues rose 23.2 percent—to a record $14.9 billion, according to figures released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Companies need to retain and expand their online customers. Many companies fail to do that [...] > read more
Software Project Management Basics – Part 2
Published on 2012-01-14 11:15:13
Roles in Project Management Before we go any further we will define the different roles in project management. The Project Manager The project manager has responsibility for a specific project(s). The Project Manager’s purpose is to achieve the project goals within the predefined constraints of time, money and quality. The project manager is the main communicator between [...] > read more
Best Office Suite for iPad 2
Published on 2012-01-14 04:50:07
When you are on the move you need to make the most of your time. I prefer to carry around my iPad 2 and not my notebook. Making that decision I needed to select an Office suite to be able to edit and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Of course I have to option to [...] > read more
iPad 2 3G Europe Travel
Published on 2011-12-18 14:47:45
We just returned from a trip to London. Both myself and my wife, Alina, have an iPad 2 3G 64GB each. Remember to take with you the proper power adapter changer. iPad 2 is a must have travelling assistant. As soon as we arrived to London, we purchased a 3G SIM for iPad 2. Just [...] > read more
Software Project Management Basics – Part 1
Published on 2011-12-01 07:49:05
This article aims to provide a very brief introduction to Software Project Management. It is the first of a series of articles about project management. The articles include tools and templates to help you manage a software project. Software Project Management (SPM) is the planning and leading of a temporary endeavor undertaken to produce a software [...] > read more
10 iPad 2 Applications For Project Managers
Published on 2011-11-26 04:43:25
(Last updated on January, 10, 2012) Communication is vital for the project manager. Having access to the latest project information is also equally important. iPad is an important tool to help you in your daily tasks of managing a project. Personally, I use a combination of tools for my day to day tasks. Can iPad [...] > read more
Why did I choose iPad 2 over other tablets?
Published on 2011-11-19 04:04:14
For long time I was resisting the temptation of owning a tablet. Recently I quite resisting and I bought an ipad 2. It took me sometime to make that choice because I wanted to be 100% sure that I am purchasing the correct tablet according to my needs. Before making my final choice I wrote [...] > read more
VOIP and P2P privacy flaws
Published on 2011-10-30 11:16:34
Skype and other Internet-based phone systems have flaws that could potentially disclose the identities, locations and even digital files of the hundreds of millions of users of these systems. The research was conducted by Chao Zhang and Keith Ross of NYU-Poly; Stevens Le Blond of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Germany; and Arnaud [...] > read more
Microsoft: Video into the future of productivity
Published on 2011-10-28 09:35:16
Take a look at Microsoft’s view of the future of productivity here. As Kurt DelBene, president of the Office Division, states most of the technologies (speech recognition, real time collaboration and data visualization) presented in the video are researched or are commercially available now. For sure the technological future will be very interesting. > read more
IPv4 is over. Hello IPv6.
Published on 2011-02-06 11:25:13
On February 3rd, 2011, ICAN announced that the available pool of unallocated IPv4 Internet addresses is now completely emptied. This is a historical moment. ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Rod Beckstrom said “This is a major t > read more
IPv4 is over. Hello IPv6.
Published on 2011-02-06 11:25:13
On February 3rd, 2011, ICAN announced that the available pool of unallocated IPv4 Internet addresses is now completely emptied. This is a historical moment. ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Rod Beckstrom said “This is a major turning point in the on-going development of the Internet. No one was caught off guard by this. The Internet [...] > read more
Quantum Cryptography Breached With Lasers
Published on 2010-09-18 03:06:09
InformationWeek Up until recently quantum cryptography thought to be secure to transmit cryptographic keys. Any attempt to eavesdrop the transmission could be easily detected (based on Heisenberg uncertainty principle). This was proved wrong by the > read more
Project Communication Plan
Published on 2010-05-30 04:05:55
Importance of project communication plan to the succes of the project > read more
Code reviews or testing?
Published on 2010-04-04 03:18:20
What is it better to do, code reviews or testing? Code review or software inspections are used to spot software errors, omissions and anomalies. The code review as the name implies is to look at the source code for errors and defects. To successful p > read more
Apple – iPad
Published on 2010-01-27 15:39:12
The newiPad from Apple is simply fantastic. It has a multi-touch high resolution screen which makes surfing on the Internet, reading emails, browsing photos, watching videos a new experience. Some technical specifications: Height: 9.56 inches (242. > read more
Microsoft released the fix for the vulnerability in IE
Published on 2010-01-22 04:28:05
According to Microsoft the vulnerability was in the mshtml.dll. Those who install the update are NOT vulnerable and are protected from all known attack vectors. There is a full description on Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002 – Critic > read more
Aerobic exercise grows brain cells
Published on 2010-01-22 04:16:14
From Physorg.com: A study on mice showed that even a few days of running or jogging stimulates the brain to grow new cells in a part of the brain involved in memory and recall. The study was done by neuroscientists from University of Cambridge > read more
Bill Gates launches new site.
Published on 2010-01-21 02:17:24
The Gates Notes, is the names of the new web site that Bill Gates launched. Todd Bishop in his blog states that Bill will “be writing about what’s on his mind, posting information from his trips, and sharing excerpts from his exchanges > read more
Vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Published on 2010-01-18 03:32:20
The recent attack to Google, Adobe and other companies revealed a vulnerability that exists in many versions of Internet Explorer. According to Wired the attack was ultra sophisticated and targeted source code from Google, Adobe and dozens of other h > read more
Plastic Logic’s QUE E-Reader Was the Most Impressive Device at CES
Published on 2010-01-14 12:49:23
Josh Romero from IEEE spectrum reports that Plastic Logic’s QUE e-reader was the best e-reader presented at CES. The entire surface of the QUE is a capacitive touch screen. Plastic Logic replaces the traditional glass backplane with one of > read more
Microsoft BizSpark
Published on 2010-01-14 03:58:05
Microsoft BizSparkis a global program designed to help accelerate the success of entrepreneurs and early stage startups. The requirements to join the program are: The core business of the company is software development Be privately held In business > read more