Date: 10/05/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: google

Shirley Tilghman, who's also a molecular biology professor at the university, may aid Google's efforts in science.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+adds+Princeton+president+to+its+board/2100-9588_22-5889280.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/06/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: web, google

What I find most interesting is that big projects in this space are now being built based upon open source tools, with links to Web services such as Google Maps or Flickr.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=462&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/06/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: google

Google Maps, Google Local combine enhanced local search with maps, driving directions, business listings and satellite images.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+adds+mapping+to+local+offerings/2100-9588_22-5890010.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/07/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: google

With the recent announcement of partnership plan between Sun Microsystems and Google Inc. rumours have been around about the possible nature of collaboration. Network Computing ("Network is the computer") featured prominently in such discussions. It is time to take a second look at the concept - the value proposition of the well-beaten horse. Networked PC concept [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-worth-of-network-computer-thin-client-concept/

Date: 10/07/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: google

Google Reader gathers latest reports from syndicated news sites and blogs--joining a growing number of such tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+tests+personalized+news+feed+service/2100-9588_22-5891166.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/07/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web, microsoft, google

Sun and Google join forces to boost their Web tools. Could partnership also challenge Microsoft's hold on PC applications?

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/This+week+in+Web+alliances/2100-9588_22-5890852.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/08/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: html, web, google

I downloaded an extension called FasterFox (http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/)... I find that it is a nice little tweak utility, however there's one feature they advertise that I'm not sure if it's 'safe' to use.


Prefetch Links
Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with Firefox's unique prefetching mechanism, which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links on the page you are browsing.

My question is - does this only prefetch content marked somehow for prefetching? Or does it just randomly grab any HTML link it sees?

Because if it just grabs every link it sees, it could be extremely dangerous... lots of links are of the type "click on me and something serious happens, like your account is deleted"... or mail gets marked read on a webmail server, etc...

I had used Google Web Accellerator for a brief amount of time, and this kind of prefetching was one of its features.. I had to throw it away due to that kind of problems... webpages would act strange if you just randomly clicked on links... Static pages are okay, but dynamic content it is dangerous to just download every link willy-nilly..

So does this prefetch feature take that into consideration? They talk about it like it's built into FireFox, so I would hope it does have some mechanism to know when prefetching is safe.. the onjly way I can see that working is if webpages marked content safe to prefetch...

Anyone know some details on this?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/327949.html

Date: 10/08/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: google

I have a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Video card in my PC. 3200+ AMD Athlon processor, 512 MB SDRAM, 200GB HD.

When I got the card, I told the person at Best Buy that I was looking for an affordable card that I could play Starcraft on. The card handles that OK. But I've started having problems besides that. I found another game I wanted to play, Star Trek Elite Force 2, and was unable to play for more than a few minutes without either a total system freeze or a crash.

And just now, I had a total system crash while using the program Google Earth. Windows XP pointed the finger of blame at the NVIDIA card.

Between wanting these issues to stop and realizing I may actually be into more advanced games than I was before, should I just give in and get a new and better card? I'm pretty sure I have the budget for it but don't want to do it if it's not necessary.

And if I do, should I avoid NVIDIA? In my research on the Elite Force problem, I found one or two that basically said that NVIDIA and Elite Force 2 just don't get along well.

Thanks for all your help! Cross posted about.

Sean

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/504000.html

Date: 10/11/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: blogging, web, google

Everyone today is talking about Web 2.0. In the post-dotcom era several concepts were re-defined, old ideas re-emerged with new variations. Does that make it Web 2.0 or is it yet another faux-meme and marketing hype? Let's explore… O'Reilly roughly defines Web 2.0 with the following transformations: Web 1.0   Web 2.0 DoubleClick –> Google AdSense Ofoto –> Flickr Akamai –> BitTorrent mp3.com –> Napster Britannica Online –> Wikipedia personal websites –> blogging evite –> upcoming.org and EVDB domain name [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/web-20-next-generation-internet-or-hype/

Date: 10/11/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web, google

I'd like to get an external hard drive for my G3 iMac; preferably one with 250-500 GB.

I've searched google, froogle, apple store, and various computer supply websites, and found many suitable options. The only problem is, every drive I've found has gotten really bad customer reviews. Usually, people who just bought the drive rave about it, but anyone who's had it 6 months to 2 years complains that the drive conked out at some point (frequently just after the warranty expired). Even when the company sent a replacement drive, these people still lost all their data.

I've found this same story told for LaCie, Maxtor, a couple of others.

Are any of you willing to stand behind an external hard drive? Any long-term success stories? Do I need to look at more expensive options in order to get reliability?

Thank you for any help/recommendations.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/795552.html

Date: 10/12/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: google

Companies to allow interoperability of their instant-messaging clients in a move against America Online and Google.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Yahoo%2C+Microsoft+join+IM+hands/2100-9588_22-5893802.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/14/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: microsoft, google

Judge's interim ruling keeps case on Microsoft's turf in battle with Google over hiring of key executive.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Kai-Fu+Lee+trial+to+stay+in+Washington%2C+for+now/2100-9588_22-5895446.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/15/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: google

Hi everyone,
I just downloaded a bootleg off of BitTorrent, and all of the files have the .flac extension. I have tried to make them play, but to no avail. I Googled this and found that there are several programs that you can somehow "use" on these files, but I don't understand how to use them and what they do, etc. I just want to convert these files so they'll play on my iTunes - is that so wrong? (I have Windows XP, if that matters.)
Thanks so much.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/509073.html

Date: 10/19/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: google

I have recently added BlogAds to my site on the first right navigation bar. I started getting ads. Now the fun began. The ad is jumping around for no apparent reason. Sometimes it is where it should be (below the Google ad block on the right), other times it goes down random lengths or it [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stumped-by-jumping-blogads-mystery/

Date: 10/19/05 (Apache)    Keywords: php, database, web, google, apache

Ok, i am a little new to apache, so go easy on me.

I have an database based website that uses id's to call each page e.g http://www.somesite.co.uk/index.php?id=1

now this i all very nice, but i find that url a little long for me, so i would like to be able to make it into something like http://www.somesite.co.uk/1

now i know this would have implications like if i wanted to sent to a folder past the root, like http://www.somesite.co.uk/images/1.jpg so it would have to have exceptions setup to.

now i have been told that this can be done with a mod_rewrite, but i have spend days pouring over documentation, google hits etc and i have yet to manage to do this. is there anyone out there who has a any clue's?

Thanks for any help

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/apache/26263.html

Date: 10/20/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: xml, google

Hi
I'm attempting to retrieve Geopoints from Geocoder.us for use with a google maps app. The first point I'm trying to map is 58 West First Street Addieville, IL. The following link retrieves the desired XML results:

http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/rest?address=58 West First Street, Addieville, IL

However, when I plug that URL into the following statement

$gp = fopen ("http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/rest?address=58 West First Street, Addieville, IL", "r"),

Geocoder sends back couldn't find this address! sorry. If the address is maligned any way into a bad address, this is the result it sends. Is there something wrong with this URL that gets lost or changed when fopen tries to open it?
Thanks for any help you can offer.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/356732.html

Date: 10/20/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: virus, google

Ok...so here's my problem (and I tried searching google about it but wasn't able to find anything). When I first turn on my computer I can connect to the internet fine. (i use dial-up) But if my computer has been on awhile or if I have already disconnected from an earlier time I just can't connect. It will say dialing and everything and then at the very end where it would be connected a thing pops up that says "This action is not supported." (something like that...tell me if I need to check exactly what it says...i just can't right this second because I'd have to restart.)
Anyways if I restart my computer again I can connect again.

I'm pretty sure that I do have a virus or something on my computer. I do have numerous virus scans, etc. but none of them are picking up anything.

If you can help me in any way or give any ideas of what you think this may be it would be appreciated so much!

Thank you. =/

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/513007.html

Date: 10/20/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: html, web, google

I didn't know it could be done - have gmail email downloaded into t-bird. I thought they were web only.

Apparently, I was wrong.

The instructions are available here:

http://itly.blogspot.com/2005/02/thunderbird-gmail-configuration.html

I thought I'd post this, because there are probably others of you who didn't realize this was possible.

(EDIT)
Or, as ernestsewell has helpfully pointed out, there's official instructions here:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=12103

I guess this is just to remind people that it's possible then ;).. I think I'd tried it before, and couldn't get it to work. The part I missed was the requirement for SSL.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/331336.html

Date: 10/22/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: asp, google

I've got a flash file and I don't want people to be able to hold the control key and press the arrow keys to advance the movie. How can I disable these keys or how can I make it so that the flash player cannot be advanced by the actual player and only by actionscript? Both the control key and the arrow keys are used seperately in the movie, so they can't be completely disabled, only the advancing aspect of it. Nothing good on google. What I could find anyways.

Thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/331794.html

Date: 10/22/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser, asp, google

i've been a mozilla user for a while now. (before that i used netscape. (and of course before that i used ie.))
i thorougly enjoy the tabbed browsing aspect of the browser.

anyway, i'm trying to make the switch over to firefox, because support for mozilla is waning.

besides not having the composer, my main complaint with mozilla is that i cannot figure out how to make it load new links on tabs in the background. i have it set to load links on new tabs in the same window... but it makes the new page over top of what i'm doing. i want it to open a tab in the background.
i'm pretty sure it's not something having to do with the options because i have checked and double checked that, but it is possible i am missing something. if it is there, where is it?
if it isn't something in the options, is it something i can change some other way?

oh, and another complaint is that i can't search google just by entering stuff in the address bar and moving down to the search google option. but i've been trying to train myself to use the google search field instead, but i just don't like it.
is there any way i can set the address bar to do google searches like mozilla does?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/332339.html