Date: 05/27/06     Keywords: php, mysql, sql

Many of us do not realize that MySQL’s Timestamp is not the timestamp which PHP date() understands. In fact if you try to use MySQL timestamp directly in php date() function then you will get totally wrong dates. There is a simple way to use MySQL timestamp data in php. First you need to modify the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-process-mysql-timestamp-in-php/

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

Honda scientists have created Brain Machine Interface that translate thoughts into electrical signals which can be used to control machinery. It doesn’t require the user to undergo surgery or even extensive training - a major advance over past thought-controlled technologies. Researchers at the Honda Research Institute worked in co-operation with scientists from Japan’s Advanced Telecommunications Research [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/japanese-scientists-build-breakthrough-brain-machine-interface/

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

We are working to change the WordPress themes in all our blogs to a consistent look and feel. We worked hard to make it much more usable than before and hopefully less cluttered. There are tons of features and hidden niceties. What is most appealing to me is added interactivity to users and faster serving of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/taragana-wordpress-theme-preview/

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

Samsung Electronics said that it will launch a laptop computer and a “ultra-computing device,” in early June. In these devices the hard drives will be replaced with 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory. The laptop will be the first to use flash memory as the main storage device. The Samsung Q1, described as an “ultra-computing device,” [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/samsung-laptop-replaces-hard-disk-with-flash-memory/

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

U.S. soldiers in Iraq are giving nicknames (like Scooby-Doo) and forming emotional bonds with bomb-defusing robots. They have come to regard them as teammates, according to the Colin Angle, Founder & Chief Executive of iRobot Inc. “Please fix Scooby Doo because he saved my life,” a soldier told repair technicians, according to Angle’s account at [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-soldiers-bond-with-irobots-bomb-defusing-robots/

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: google

Rumors are rife about Google’s venture into lucrative online music store market, thereby competing with Apple’s highly successful iPod. Declan finds that Google has added /music to its robots.txt file, potentially indicating the site can come up anytime. He also found searching for google.com/music shows the site. Normally when a site is unavailable it gives a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/prepare-for-google-music-store-gmusic/

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: google

Meet Omid Kordestani, Sr. V.P. Google, who made merely $288,874,396 last year. You may be interested to know the salaries of Sergey Brin & Larry Page, co-founders of Google - $43,726 and $35,045 respectively. Google CEO & Chairman Eric Schmidt makes $26,375. Want to work for me Eric? I will pay you more. As for the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/silicon-valley-executive-salary-survey-google-leads-the-pack/

Date: 05/23/06     Keywords: java

I have been playing with the idea of a Java Firewall. So far I have implemented a fully functional port blocker using port hijacking. It scans for open ports on the network interface providing internet connection. However port blocker doesn’t a firewall make. It is merely a baby step. We need to access operating system API [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-firewall-project/

Date: 05/23/06     Keywords: web, google

Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads later this week, diversifying beyond the static text ad messages that generate most of its profits today. Video ads, announced late Monday, will affect thousands of Web sites that rely on Google AdSense to post contextual ads on a web page. The video ads can last for as long [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-ventures-in-online-video-ads-for-adsense/

Date: 05/23/06     Keywords: no keywords

The world’s most expensive phone number (666 6666) was auctioned for charity yesterday in Qatar for 10m Qatari riyals or £1.5m. The auction was organised by Quatar national telco Qtel. 666, while devilish to Christians, is considered holy in Judaism and some equate it with the Arabic word “ellah” meaning God. via The Register

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/call-me-on-666-6666/

Date: 05/23/06     Keywords: no keywords

Let the picture speak for itself. india   japan   china    It shows the level of interest in India. USA and India are very close together in terms of search engine trends.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/india-ahead-of-japan-china-in-google-search-trends/

Date: 05/23/06     Keywords: php, java, google

They say a picture is worth thousand words. Let the picture speak for itself. java   ruby   php    This is a trend report on search volume. Source: Google Trends

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-versus-ruby-versus-php-trends/

Date: 05/23/06     Keywords: software

Customers who bought Sony CDs with XCP copy control software (rootkit) are set to get refunds as a result of the consolidated class action settlement. Sony was sued in three separate class action lawsuits, which were consolidated into Monday’s settlement. The suits were launched in November 2005, soon after computer science researchers disclosed that Sony’s XCP [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sony-rootkit-class-action-lawsuit-settled/

Date: 05/19/06     Keywords: no keywords

Dell Computers (DELL) announced that it will start using AMD’s processors, breaking its long-standing, single-source relationship with Intel (INTC) and giving AMD yet another victory over Intel. AMD shares surged 12% to $35.10 in late trading, while Intel shares dropped 5% to $17.80. Dell shares added 3.2% to $24.17. AMD increased both its [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dell-computers-chooses-amd-processors/

Date: 05/19/06     Keywords: hosting

Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is hosting Grid CoolApps Developer Challenge - a contest to develop applications for Sun Grid Compute Utility and the ‘coolest’ applications win! There are two ways to compete - the best application that runs on Sun Grid Compute Utility, and the best application built with the Compute Server Plugin for NetBeans. In addition [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/grid-computing-sun-offers-100-000-in-grid-compute-utility-cool-apps-prize/

Date: 05/19/06     Keywords: no keywords

Mittal Steel (MT.N) raised its offer by a third and dropped a key demand for family control over the combined global steel giant. In a surprise move on Friday, just a day after the hostile bid was formally launched, Mittal boosted its total value by 6 billion euros to over 24 billion euros ($30.7 billion). A source [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/lakshmi-mittal-sweetens-hostile-takeover-bid-of-arcelor/

Date: 05/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

Erazer-A is a trojan with a mission. It deletes illicit files from compromised Windows PCs in addition to harvesting data from infected machines. Erazer-A is spreading across P2P networks, where it poses as useful program files, or through chat programs. If executed, the malware scours folders used for P2P apps for AVI, MP3, MPEG, WMV, GIF, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/purtitan-p2p-trojan-deletes-warez-music-porn/

Date: 05/17/06     Keywords: security, spam

Blue Security came with an innovative solution to target spammers - by spamming them with opt-out requests. It worked surprisingly well and spammer’s were naturally not happy. Unfortunately the company has decided to call it quits following the series of attacks it faced a couple weeks ago. A spammer figured out Blue Security’s “opt-out” list and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/spammer-wins-blue-security-shuts-down/

Date: 05/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

IT failures are a leading threat to businesses worldwide, and British companies have been found particularly ill-prepared at handling them. According to a survey from Mercury Interactive Corporation, a third of UK companies are handling IT risks in an uncoordinated fashion. In comparison in the Asia Pacific region, 83 percent of companies said IT risks were [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/it-risk-management-eludes-british-companies/

Date: 05/17/06     Keywords: software

Skype 2.5 introduced strong stealth techniques in the software to make it harder to detect and block using ip filtering techniques. Unfortunately it has been cracked. Skype 2.5’s call setup no longer conforms to a small number of predictable patterns, which could be identified and filtered at packet level. The company’s PRX Traffic Manager now use [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/skype-25-heuristic-stealth-mode-cracked/