Date: 06/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

There are two Firefox extensions depending on your need. If you need to switch between different proxies quickly then you can use the SwitchProxy extension for Firefox. SwitchProxy lets you manage and switch between multiple proxy configurations quickly and easily. You can also use it as an anonymizer to protect your computer from prying eyes. It supports [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-easily-switch-proxies-in-firefox/

Date: 06/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

The true worth of a (wo)man is not how much he has accomplished when things are going in his favor, when fortune is smiling on him. His true worth is revealed when in stress, how he stands up against his enemy, elements and nature and fights. A lion roars most when hurt on his chest. And [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-judge-a-man/

Date: 06/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

The Vagabond Give to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me, Give the jolly heaven above And the byway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river - There’s the life for a man like me, There’s the life for ever. Let the blow [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-poem-i-love/

Date: 06/24/06     Keywords: browser, web, yahoo, google

Google is massively pushing its web browser toolbar everywhere around the world. Google has agreed to pay a “significant amount” to have Google toolbar bundled with select Adobe downloads. Initially it will downloaded with the popular and free Shockwave multimedia player, replacing current Yahoo Toolbar option. I am less than impressed with recent Yahoo products like [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/adobe-bundles-google-toolbar-with-shockwave-for-internet-explorer-on-windows/

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

France unveiled Géoportail website on Friday. It allows people to access detailed satellite images of the country and offers more detail of France than Google Earth. France President Jacques Chirac realized the need for France to have a site which beats Google earth, a site which allows Internet users to view aerial photos and maps, saying [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-earth-rival-for-france/

Date: 06/24/06     Keywords: asp, sql, microsoft

HitTail is a nifty utility to get suggestions for writing your blog entries following the long tail model. All throughout the day I couldn’t login to their site, proving once again - If it sounds too good to be true… I kept getting the following error: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error ‘80040e31′ Timeout expired /chart.asp, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hittail-website-goes-for-tailspin-solutions/

Date: 06/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

K-NFB - a portable scanning device, invented by Raymond Kurzweil, that reads text to visually impaired people will go on sale in the UK next month. The K-NFB, which combines a PDA and a digital camera, means that people will be able to read menus, train timetables and product labels in shops. K-NFB costs £2,625 which is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/k-nfb-portable-scanning-reading-for-blind/

Date: 06/24/06     Keywords: rss, yahoo, microsoft

Yahoo Mail sucked (pardon my French). However their new version (beta as is the norm these days) is getting rave reviews. Here is a review which compares it with GMail and Microsoft’s Live Mail. The key features are: Ajax interface Desktop application look-and-feel (like Microsoft Outlook) Three-pane, multi-tabbed view RSS Integration Let’s see how Inquirer raved: A clearly defined left-hand-side navigation [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-gmail-versus-yahoo-mail-beta/

Date: 06/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

What would happen if a giant meteor collided with earth? Wonder no more. Here is a Japanese video simulating the events in detail. Very much worth watching. Enjoy! via If you are feeling sad then watch the response. It will surely cheer you up. Have a nice weekend!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-if-giant-meteor-collision-simulation-video/

Date: 06/23/06     Keywords: no keywords

It has been estimated (Kurzweil) that our brains can calculate at 10 petaflops per second, based on the number of neurons and the average number of connections per neuron. Riken has developed a supercomputer that it says achieves maximum theoretical performance of 1 petaflops (1,000 teraflops). Though the special-purpose machine does not run Linpack, the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/japanese-supercomputer-achieves-10-of-human-brain-capacity/

Date: 06/23/06     Keywords: no keywords

The top ten rules for any integration or consolidation project in a large company are always the same.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-rules-for-it-integration-consolidation-projects/

Date: 06/23/06     Keywords: web

Today telcos and cable TV companies want to pump torrents of bits through their pipes using their own web services, but more importantly, in the form of high definition (HD) TV/video. Will it kill Web 2.0 Media services? Podcast, a Web 2.0 phenomenon, media is observing tremendous growth thanks to widespread availability of broadband. Consumers are [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/will-hd-tvvideo-outflank-web20-media-podcast/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: cms, web

“Magnolia 3.0 is a commercial open-source Enterprise Content Management System that integrates web content management (CMS) and document management (DMS) through one web-based, AJAX-powered user interface. It is used around the world to maintain web sites, intranets and extranets by companies, governments and NGO’s of any size.” In my experience it is very user friendly [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/magnolia-cms-30-released-feature-rich-enterprise-cms-java/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: cms, php

Archit3ct and IR4DEX GROUP have discovered a vulnerability in SmartSiteCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. Input passed to the “root” parameter in include/inc_foot.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bandsite-cms-and-smartsite-cms-php-based-root-file-inclusion-vulnerability-discovered/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

A Dell laptop sudenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident, at a Japanese conference. “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes” via The Inquirer I suspect it is the battery. I used to regularly carry Dell laptops in planes (and use them). It is only [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dell-laptop-explodes-in-conference/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

The Programmers Guild, an IT worker interest group, has filed 300 discrimination complaints this year against companies alleged to have posted “H-1B visa holders only” ads on job boards. These job ads are accused of disregarding the Immigration and Nationality Act, which makes it illegal to discriminate against U.S. workers on the basis of immigration [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/h1-b-only-may-apply/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: linux, microsoft

Martin Taylor, a 13-year Microsoft veteran and advisor to chief executive Steve Ballmer, who coordinated Microsoft’s anti-Linux campaign has suddenly quit the company less than three months after moving to a new position revamping MSN’s marketing. He was credited with helping Microsoft beat back the threat posed by the free Linux operating system when he [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-live-anti-linux-campaigner-leaves-microsoft/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft Robotics Studio aims to create common technological underpinnings for relatively fragmented robotics industry. It is intended for use with a wide range of robots, from those in factories to the growing number of consumer oriented robots. In short BASIC for Robotics. Microsoft Robotics Studio system, as usual, will run only on Windows. However it can [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ventures-into-robotics-with-microsoft-robotics-studio/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

MySpace moves quickly after being slapped with a lawsuit claiming 30 million by a teenager, molested by a contact she made in MySpace. MySpace will adopt a series of measures next week to make it harder for strangers to send messages to younger teenagers. MySpace, which has more than 70 million members, has been under [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/myspace-moves-to-protect-teenagers/

Date: 06/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Paul Adams explains how you can develop Firefox extensions using the handy Extension Developer’s Extension. The example is easy enough but don’t be fooled. Developing a complex firefox extension is still uh complex. It takes lot of time and effort to develop and more to maintain, especially if it becomes popular. Having said that, this article [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-easily-develop-firefox-extensions/