Jumping through Hoops with Acrobat
PDF files are used on hundreds of different sites, they’re something that you either love or hate! Adobe created the PDF format in 1993, so by computer standards it’s prehistoric! Adobe has recently launched a new version of their PDF reader software, this one is called Reader 9.
I’m not really a big fan of Acrobat […]
Up Close and Personal with Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is almost certainly the best known landmark in all of America, it’s unique features mean that it’s instantly recognizable. Everybody around the world must know about Mount Rushmore.
Mt. Rushmore is located in a fairly remote area which is off the beaten track, this means that many people are missing out on the opportunity […]
Funny Video - SOAP is Out, REST is In
Here is a very funny video captured at the Rails Conference. It makes SOAP vs REST discussion lighter, or not…
Not on Subversion yet? Try Git
I’ve start seeing more and more open source developments in the RIA space, especially ActionScript and Flex based open source projects. I don’t know any of those new projects is using CVS anymore, rather most of them must be on Subversion. If you start something new, regardless it’s open or not, you might take a […]
Hybrid is Hot when Oil is on Track to $200
I read an article this weekend on LA Time. It talked about it’s realistic now to see the oil price reach to $200 a barrel soon. Hybrid Cars and their makers are very smart to have such technologies ready for such energy market environment.
Most of the Hybrid Vehicles these days operate in a self sufficient […]
Breaking News: Java World Has been Stirring Up by Spring
InfoQ just revealed a very significant new development in the Java world, SpringSource launches a new application server without following the Java EE standards.
According to InfoQ:
SpringSource Application Platform is not a Java EE application server. While it does support WAR deployment, EAR deployment is not supported nor are some other EE specs such as EJB. […]
Is Qt becoming Another Major RIA Player?
Nokia is buying Qt for $153 million. Nokia is actually buying Trolltech, but the target is Qt. So, what is Qt anyway?
Trolltech is the company develops a Linux-based mobile platform called Qtopia that includes a mobile Qt stack. It’s the company behind Qt, a cross-platform rich application development framework. It includes:
An intuitive, easy to use […]
Introduce Ambient Internet Applications (AIA)
At the 2008 Emerging Technology Conference (ETech), Dave Rose, Co-founder and CEO of Ambient Devices, explained how the concept of ambient devises applies to our daily life. An ardent anti-PC guy, Rose is an advocate for PC-free Internet access with ambient devices. As I sat through the session on ambient devices and the […]
Books Sale Tells Where Programming Languages Go
Everything there is this must-read post from O’Reilly Rader, State of the Computer Book Market — The Languages. It’s out this week and again it gives valuable insight on how programming languages fair in the past years.
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