Date: 07/26/06     Keywords: no keywords

The following command will recursively search for ant build file in the directories and then its parent directories, till it finds it; and then executes it. In short you can use this command to manage your project from any subdirectory of the project. ant -s [build file name] If you are specifying a target on the commandline [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-apache-ant-recursively-from-any-sub-folders/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: blogging, software, web, hosting, spam

Many online blogging software and other products require some type of cron and / or asynchronous execution functionality. Spammers and web robots are an essential part of any website today. Most web hosting providers, especially on shared hosting, do not provide cron functionality. Let’s see how we can leverage spammers and web robots (like MSN [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-robots-spammers-to-run-your-cron-jobs/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: spam

You can easily and effectively use your .htaccess file to easily and effectively block comment and referrer spammers targeting your blog(s). If you are using WordPress you can also use my Referrer Bouncer plugin, which is much simpler, to block referrer spammers. For the rest here is a sample .htaccess file you can start with. # [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-htaccess-rules-to-block-spammers/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: technology, java

Indian government had ordered blocking of some blogspot.com blogs and few other sites which are supposedly derogatory to Islam, including Hindu human rights site (makes you wonder if we live in Islamic country, doesn’t it?). Our ISP’s decided to block all blogspot domains including millions of totally unrelated blog sites like my old java technology [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indian-blogspot-blog-blockade-lifted/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

Over 74,000 .eu domains have been suspended and 400 registering companies sued by EURid, the non-profit organisation in charge of the European Union’s top-level domain. EURid has taken legal action after a review of the system for .eu domains (which went live in April) revealed that only three companies had registered several hundred phantom companies in [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/74000-eu-domains-by-three-companies-suspended/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: web, microsoft

Are we seeing the beginning of the end of Microsoft days, finally? It may be too soon to say but YouOS looks pretty functional to me. “YouOS strives to bring the web and traditional operating systems together to form a shared virtual computer.” It is a wonderful concept. There are gotchas today, not to mention [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/web-operating-system-youos-from-mit-grads/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: web, google

Scammers have set up an exact copy of the download page for Google’s Toolbar plug-in in an attempt to lure users to download Trojan backdoor (W32.Ranky.FW), Surfcontrol reports. Some versions of the scam even spoof the correct Google Toolbar web address for Internet Explorer, using Google’s own redirection service in an attempt to hide the real, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fake-google-toolbar-installs-trojan-backdoor/

Date: 07/24/06     Keywords: google

As part of the settlement in the click-fraud case - Lane’s Gifts v. Google, Google had agreed to have an independent expert examine click-fraud detection methods, policies, practices, and procedures and make a determination of whether or not Google have implemented reasonable measures to protect their advertisers. The 47-page report, by Dr. Alexander Tuzhilin, Professor [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-making-reasonable-effort-to-control-click-fraud-report/

Date: 07/22/06     Keywords: security

Biometric security systems using fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition have started to become mainstream. They are very likely to be common within a few years. And as soon as biometrics system will begin to be used to protect bank accounts or financial systems, crooks will start looking at ways of breaking into them. Biometric [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/beware-of-biometric-spoofing/

Date: 07/22/06     Keywords: spam

Normally we don’t associate Evite requests with spamming. That trust has been broken. Today I received a spam from Arnnei Speiser, Managing Director of Mega AS Consulting Ltd. www.megaas.co.nz disguised as Evite eCard. Hi angsuman, What a wonderful opportunity for networking. Unfortunately I may not be able to attend this time. Still, if you’d like to learn [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/using-evite-for-spamming/

Date: 07/22/06     Keywords: software, microsoft

The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) has come under intense scrutiny, mainly because of questionable actions like home-calling and mis-identification of software pirates. Microsoft wants to stop rumors stating that the WGA falsely identifies legitimate users as pirates. According to WGA team member Alex Kochis, “Of the hundreds of millions of WGA validations to date, only [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-counters-windows-genuine-advantage-false-positive-identification-accusations/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

via 1 & 2 What more can I say?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/all-your-snakes-are-belong-to-us/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: technology, yahoo

Yahoo for the first time is offering a popular song for sale unprotected by any anti-copying technology. It’s a one-time deal with record label Epic that Yahoo mentioned as significant progress toward its goal of eventually selling all music downloads with no restrictions. On Wednesday, Yahoo Music announced it is selling Jessica Simpson’s latest single, “A [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/drm-free-mp3-from-yahoo/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: java

dnsjava is a popular implementation of DNS in Java. It supports all defined record types (including the DNSSEC types), and unknown types. It can be used for queries, zone transfers, and dynamic updates. It includes a cache which can be used by clients, and a minimal implementation of a server. It supports TSIG authenticated messages, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-java-source-for-dns-server/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro created a robot clone of himself. His incredibly lifelike mechanical double, “Geminoid HI-1,” sometimes takes his place in meetings and classes. Hiroshi Ishiguro, a senior researcher at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories outside Kyoto, is a busy man. Between his two jobs, countless meetings and presentations, his demanding schedule was eating [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/meet-roboticist-hiroshi-ishiguro-and-his-robot-doppelganger/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: yahoo, google

Google’s profits more than doubled in the second quarter, as the company continued to increase its share of the lucrative search advertising market. The company, which announced results yesterday, exceeded analysts’ expectations for both sales and profit. That is in contrast to Yahoo, which disappointed Wall Street Tuesday with lower-than-expected revenue from search-related advertising. Yahoo met [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/googles-profits-powered-by-strong-search-advertising-doubled-in-q2/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: software

Christine Axsmith, CIA software contractor, was fired this week after she posted her views on the Geneva Conventions and torture at a blog site only accessible to those with a top-secret clearance. She had been employed by BAE Systems, a prominent defense contractor, to test software performance at the CIA. On July 13, under her usual alias [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cia-contractor-fired-for-blogging/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: google

Accessible Search is a Google Labs product which will identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Regular Google search helps you find a set of documents that are most relevant. Accessible Search modulates the results by helping you find the most accessible pages first in that [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-debuts-accessible-search/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Austin Energy isn’t using any business process management (BPM) suite, but it is realizing business process improvements as part of its enterprisewide service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiative. Two years in the making, the SOA initiative is helping the $1 billion electric utility integrate and leverage disparate legacy systems. It’s also helping the business adapt in the face [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/enterprise-soa-initiative-spurs-business-process-improvements-without-bpm/

Date: 07/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

I was recently asked why do we keep donating our smartest people to other countries? It reminded me of a story of Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Once he was passing by a village full of very good and very bright people. They were crème de la crème. And yet during the night Buddha prayed [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-do-our-best-and-brightest-migrate/