Date: 01/26/06     Keywords: java

I have seen way too many java frameworks, way beyond my limits of tolerance. And I have found a perfect solution. Too many java programmer wants to create his own framework. What we need is a java framework to create java frameworks. So every Tom, Dick and Nancy can create their own fancy framework on a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-framework-to-create-java-frameworks/

Date: 01/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

I have tried both BriteAds as well as BlogAds. Both allow advertisers to purchase ad space on your site for fixed duration. You can select the duration and payment. After several months of trial I now have a clear winner (for my blogs). Note: BriteAds have other ad models too. For this review I will [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/redux-briteads-versus-blogads/

Date: 01/24/06     Keywords: web, google

After several months Google Analytics has opened their doors again to new subscribers on invitation basis. They are inviting based on email addresses submitted. From their web site: We've added enough capacity that we are re-opening signups on an invitation basis. Many of our users who previously submitted their email address to us will be receiving an [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-analytics-new-subscriptions-open-again/

Date: 01/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

I have started working on Taragana's Automatic Machine Translation Plugin Version 2. Here is an update on the progress. This is your chance to voice your requirements and priorities. No promises however. New features: Like it's predecessor, it provides automatic real-time machine translation of your WordPress Blog (written in English Language) in eight additional languages - Spanish, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/work-progress-on-taraganas-automatic-machine-translator-plugin-v2-wordpress/

Date: 01/19/06     Keywords: no keywords

I was very surprised to see the article Some Students Use Net To Hire Experts to Do Their School Work on WSJ by Lee Gomes. I had written about exactly the same topic on 20th October 2005. My article was titled: Outsourcing Homework to India. It talks about the phenomenon of outsourcing homework and specifically [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wsj-plagiarizes-my-blog-article/

Date: 01/18/06     Keywords: browser, google

Search best browser on Google and Mozilla Firefox is returned as the first result. If you are into I'm Feeling Lucky search then it will directly take you to Firefox home page. However if you want to know about the worst browser, search in Google. Internet Explorer is the first and second result. These results [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/best-and-worst-browsers-choice-of-the-internet/

Date: 01/18/06     Keywords: java

Java comes in with a handy logging package (java.util.logging) which eliminates the need to use external logging packages like Log4J. However it still requires some configuration which makes it cumbersome and repetitive to include in every class. You need to choose your Logger, name it, instantiate it etc. I like simple solutions. Here is a super [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/guide-to-simplified-java-logging-using-java-core-api/

Date: 01/18/06     Keywords: database, sql, java

HSQLDB, the famous fast RDBMS written in Java, introduced a new feature which affects code ported over from previous versions. From version 1.7.2, in-process databases are no longer closed when the last connection to the database is explicitly closed via JDBC. Effectively your data is not written to disk even if you exit the program [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hsqldb-database-connection-close-doesnt-write-to-disk-solution/

Date: 01/13/06     Keywords: crm

The EGS team announced the first candidate release of EGS 1.0. Enterprise Groupware System which provides businesses with an internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) accounting solution. It is under GPL license. EGS offers modules that allows businesses to develop outstanding communication channels; collect vital customer data; track order histories; view pipelines [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-enterprise-crm-and-erp-software-to-watch/

Date: 01/12/06     Keywords: no keywords

So realistic CG, with emotions and all, that it is almost creepy. Click on the image for high resolution version. Even with the high resolution version the only thing I could observe (slightly non-realistic) was the hair, which probably needs some fine-tuning. With such CG capabilities who needs movie stars?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/very-realistic-computer-generated-girl/

Date: 01/12/06     Keywords: java

Finally you can easily accept password from console in Java, without echoing them. This long unmet need has been addressed in JDK 1.6 codeline. A new class - java.io.Console has been defined to handle console I/O. To accept password from console in JDK 6.0 (aka JDK 1.6) use either: public char[] readPassword() or public char[] readPassword(String fmt, Object… args) Sample code: [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-accept-password-from-console-in-java/

Date: 01/12/06     Keywords: java

I just downloaded JDK1.6 aka JDK 6 (code name: Mustang). Now is a good time as any to get your feet wet with the latest version of Java platform and development kit. You can find the binaries and documentation here. JDK 1.6 comes with an impressive list of features and enhancements. One of my personal favorite is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/jdk16-jdk-60-downloaded/

Date: 01/12/06     Keywords: no keywords

U.S. continues to lead with nearly 200 million Internet users at the end of 2005, China and India are now in second and fourth place among Internet users. India boasts 50.6 million internet users. The number of Internet users surpassed one billion in 2005, up from only 45 million in 1995 and 420 million in 2000. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/india-fourth-largest-internet-user/

Date: 01/12/06     Keywords: linux, microsoft

The US Patent and Trademark Office has declared that patents Microsoft holds on file allocation tables (FAT) are valid. Unfortunately Linux OS uses FAT file system. Public Patent Foundation had moved last year to declare FAT patents invalid , but the US Patent Office ruled that the patent techniques are new and non obvious. Florian Mueller, a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-fat-patents-declared-valid-trouble-for-linux/

Date: 01/11/06     Keywords: php

PHP happens to have an easter egg too. Apparently different versions of PHP have different pictures of dog embedded in them. Check out our version of easter egg. via SitePoint Thanks

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/easter-egg-in-php/

Date: 01/11/06     Keywords: web, google

When Google made their newly acquired Urchin web analytics service available for free, some pundits claimed an untimely end to the web analytics industry. According to a recent report from Forrester Research High-end web analytics vendors have little to fear from Google Inc.'s free web analytics service. Google analytics appeal primarily to small and medium-sized [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/high-end-web-analytics-industry-safe-from-google-analytics/

Date: 01/11/06     Keywords: programming, java

Java has won the "TIOBE Programming Language of 2005″ award. The Java language has increased its popularity in 2005 with 4.77%. This is the highest positive delta if compared to other programming languages. Congratulations to the Java team! Java version 5, released at the end of 2004, has definitely proven to be a step forward [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-wins-programming-language-of-2006-award/

Date: 01/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

According to Steve Jobs keynote address at Macworld, 14 million iPods were sold in the holiday quarter (compared to 4.5 million a year earlier); 8 million videos sold through iTunes since October 12, when videos were first offered. Apple's retail stores also had their first billion-dollar quarter! Jobs introduced a super cool new accessory for the iPod. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ipod-makes-its-mark-more-apple-news/

Date: 01/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

United States Patent and Trademark Office released the annual list of top 10 organizations receiving most U.S. patents. IBM is still in the lead. Overall Japanese corporations dominates the top 10 list. Top 10 Private Sector Patent [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/japanese-corporations-dominate-us-patent-registrations-in-2005-ibm-still-in-lead/

Date: 01/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

Major Indian outsourcing outfit Infosys Technologies reported on Wednesday a 31 per cent rise in its Q3 net profit, while meeting the expectations for the quarter. The company said that its net profit surged to Rs 642 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2005, as compared to Rs 496 crore in the year-ago quarter. Infosys' [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/infosys-reported-31-per-cent-rise-in-q3-net-profit/