Date: 04/22/06     Keywords: no keywords

I am unable to use ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall as it proved incompatible with Asrock Motherboard. So I switched to Agnitum Personal Firewall. This review is the result of one month of experience with using Agnitum Outpost Firewall and several years of experience using ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall. Agnitum Outpost Firewall is a strange beast. It shines [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/network-security-software-review-agnitum-outpost-firewall-versus-zonealarm-personal-firewall/

Date: 04/22/06     Keywords: no keywords

An interesting episode of how Vegita became super saiyan. This highlights something common with any big achievement. Oh and here is a bonus. Goku turns SSJ3. Enjoy!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/for-dbz-lovers-dragonball-z-upgrade-to-super-saiyan-how-vegita-became-super-saiyan/

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: security, spam

The US and China are competing for leadership as the top spam relaying countries. This is a leadership which I am sure US wouldn't mind relinquising and it is improving. Security vendor Sophos has revealed in latest report for Q1 2006that while the United States has continued to make good progress in its efforts to reduce [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/usa-and-china-tops-dirty-dozen-list-of-spammers/

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Joe Balestrino discusses the value of subdomains. The four key points are: Subdomains are treated as a domain as far as developing a new site is concerned. One way links from subdomains are valued as from a domain. They rank as well as a regular domain. Banning of a subdomain may lead to banning of the main domain. It [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/seo-of-subdomains/

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: software, java

Karrier Communications today announced the shipment of its first Java based version of the IntelliGolf® golf scoring software. IntelliGolf has been completely rewritten in Java (MIDP 2.0) offering several new features, removed dependency on third party software and reduced memory consumption. Converting to Java removed the need for continued use of AppForge's Crossfire (Booster) software [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/play-golf-with-java-benefits-of-java-conversion/

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

The first quarter of 2006 has seen the global outsourcing industry posting a record performance. The segment saw $22.7 billion in total contract value (TCV) for contracts valued at $50 million or more, up 173% y-o-y, comprising a record number of 83 outsourcing transactions, according to TPI Index, a quarterly report on the state of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/global-outsourcing-business-creates-record-in-q1-2006/

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Even today in the modern, developed world, surveys show that parents still prefer to have a boy rather than a girl. One longstanding reason why boys have been seen as a greater blessing has been that they are expected to become better economic providers for their parents' old age. It is time to re-think. Girls [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/global-economy-is-driven-by-women/

Date: 04/20/06     Keywords: java

I talked about JRobots, an extremely addictive Java game where you develop robots in java to fight against other JRobots in a monthly battle royale. Today I will present you with a simple sample JRobot to encourage you to participate in this contest. It kicks the butt of all sample JRobots provided in the download [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/jrobots-sample-robot-code-in-java/

Date: 04/20/06     Keywords: no keywords

Time and again I have been asked by people - where is the link? And it is not their problem. In this blog the links were in semi-bold with bright-red color (and without the underline) which made them sometimes hard to find for color-blind and sometimes even normal people. I didn't want to go back to underline [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/am-i-too-bold/

Date: 04/20/06     Keywords: web

I have just posted my 1000th article on this weblog. Over the years I have tried hard to keep this blog informative and timely. The frequency of posting have increased over the last 6 months. Thanks to all my regular readers for being with me and this weblog over the years. I have received your [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/have-i-graduated-in-blogging/

Date: 04/20/06     Keywords: java, web

The Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 Release 4 update, issued Monday, fixes a vulnerability in Java Web Start. An application, exploiting the vulnerability, may grant itself permissions to read and write local files that are accessible to the user running the Java Web Start application. Note: Java Web Start, as you know, allows running local [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apple-released-java-security-update-for-mac-os-x/

Date: 04/19/06     Keywords: no keywords

It is arguably the fastest mobile gaming machine with Intel dual core processor and nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Specifications: Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center Processor Name: Intel Core Duo T2600 Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz RAM: 2048 MB Hard Drive Capacity: 100 GB Graphics: nVidia GeForce Go 7900GTX Primary Optical Drive: DVD+R DL Wireless: 802.11a/g Screen Size: 17 inches Screen Size Type: widescreen System [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dell-xps-m1710-laptop-rocks-mobile-gaming-world/

Date: 04/19/06     Keywords: google

Google AdSense competitive ad filter is an excellent way to provide better advertisements and deter MFA's. One of the grievances for big publishers was the small number of filters you could set per account, merely 200. Apparently Google has silently eliminated the 200 URL limit for filters. Today I could find no mention about the maximum [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-adsense-competitive-ad-filter-limits-removed/

Date: 04/19/06     Keywords: google

Google added a new product to their referrals feature - Google AdWords. You will earn $20 when an advertiser you refer spends at least $100 within 90 days of signing up. What I don't like about this is lack of continuous revenue stream for publishers. If a customer we refer to Google spends millions over AdWords, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-adds-adwords-to-adsense-referral-program/

Date: 04/18/06     Keywords: software

Burst.com has filed a countersuit against Apple Computer claiming that the iTunes software, the iPod and the Quicktime streaming software all infringe on patents held by Burst.com. Burst is asking for royalties as well as an injunction. Burst has developed software that helps companies speed up (faster than real-time) the delivery of audio and video [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apple-sued-by-burstcom-claiming-patent-infringement-on-itunes-ipod-and-quicktime-software/

Date: 04/18/06     Keywords: no keywords

I just got a call from someone that was high up at sun saying "Do I know what's happening next week at Sun". He told me that scott is leaving his post next week. Another person I know who just went back, told me the same. I wouldn't normally post this but these are reliable sources. Please don't email me [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-scott-mcnealy-leaving-sun-microsystems/

Date: 04/17/06     Keywords: virus, web, yahoo

I found a super-simple way to block access to external email providers like GMail or HotMail or Yahoo Mail in firewall. The process while trivial to configure has a caveat. Why: External web emails are a potential source of virus and malware which can infiltrate the corporate network. How To: Block all URL's containing the word mail. In my [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-easily-censor-external-web-email-sites-in-firewall/

Date: 04/17/06     Keywords: google

Google News apparently has decided to serve local news instead of its regular fare of U.S. centric news. Personally I liked the old format better. Here is how you can switch. To switch to any country you can change the value of query parameter ned. For example you can use this to view Google News for [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-news-goes-local-how-to-change/

Date: 04/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

I blog for "Truth, Justice and The American Way"… Nah… I blog when I feel like it. I used to be too conscious about quality versus quantity. And then I realized I was being self-important. I used to keep posts in drafts till they grew old, stale and irrelevant. I still have about 100 posts in [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-do-i-blog/

Date: 04/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

WordPress.com suffered a hardware failure yesterday bringing all the hosted Wordpress sites down including famous blogs like scobelizer. The message from Matt: Once More We had a pretty bad hardware failure yesterday, and though it took longer than we liked everything was restored and has been running the past 6 hours or so just dandy. We did some [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpresscom-goes-down-again/