Date: 10/13/05     Keywords: java

James Gosling blogs about Java performance myths and posts an interesting story (below). The comments contains few more stories from the trenches as they say. Lets look at the real picture shall we? There was a funny incident at a recent developer event where some folks had a booth where they where demo-ing a high end [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-performance-stories-from-trenches/

Date: 10/13/05     Keywords: software, security

According to Forrester: The majority of enterprises worry most about reliability when acquiring security technologies — thus, only 19% experience shaky deployments. In contrast, just 13% consider cost a top priority when buying, which means that more than one-third suffer from implementation sticker shock. To summarize: To sell security software successfully focus on reliability and be flexible and reasonable [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/security-software-what-buyers-look-for/

Date: 10/12/05     Keywords: software, java, tracker

In the VSLive Conference in Orlando, BJ Holtgrewe, Senior Production Manager for Visual Studio made some outrageous claims like: Holtgrewe's chat was also peppered with competitive messages, noting that U.S. DevTracker found that 53 percent of software development is being done on .NET these days, leaving Java scrambling for the remainder of the pie. Yeah right! Repeating the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-eclipse-costs-over-100k-per-seat-claims-microsoft-manager/

Date: 10/11/05     Keywords: blogging, web, google

Everyone today is talking about Web 2.0. In the post-dotcom era several concepts were re-defined, old ideas re-emerged with new variations. Does that make it Web 2.0 or is it yet another faux-meme and marketing hype? Let's explore… O'Reilly roughly defines Web 2.0 with the following transformations: Web 1.0   Web 2.0 DoubleClick –> Google AdSense Ofoto –> Flickr Akamai –> BitTorrent mp3.com –> Napster Britannica Online –> Wikipedia personal websites –> blogging evite –> upcoming.org and EVDB domain name [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/web-20-next-generation-internet-or-hype/

Date: 10/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have re-designed the corporate site, made is simpler and cleaner, created a new logo etc. Note: Here is a page from the old site for comparison. Now I am looking for your feedback - both positive and negative and tons of it - please. If you are short on time at least visit the home page and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/please-review-our-corporate-site/

Date: 10/08/05     Keywords: no keywords

The Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria received Ig Nobel prize this year "for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters — General Sani Abacha, Mrs. Mariam Sanni Abacha, Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq." The scams (also known as 419 scams) [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nigerian-419-scammers-wins-ignoble-prize-for-literature/

Date: 10/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have moved the coverage of all Health related news to a separate blog - Consanesco. Here is the summary of important news from this week: Cervical Cancer Preventable with Vaccination Repeat Angioplasty Increases Heart Attack Risk NSAID Lowers Oral Cancer Risk in Smokers; Increases Heart Disease Risk Why Babies of Diabetic Women with are 2-5 Times more Likely [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/health-news-summary-cervical-cancer-vaccine-angioplasty-risk-oral-cancer-diabetic-women-and-birth-defects/

Date: 10/07/05     Keywords: apache

Now everyone and their Mother-in-law is jumping in the Annotation bandwagon. I believe Cedric was the first developer to come up with an annotation based framework - TestNG. Now we have Stripes which I think is pretty decent. Then came JBoss Seam and now Apache's Beehive. They are all annotations based framework or components designed to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-annotation-based-frameworks/

Date: 10/07/05     Keywords: spam

Name: Angsuman's Referrer Bouncer Version: 1.2 Category: WordPress Plugin Compatibility: WordPress 1.5x and above Overview This is the new version of the popular Referrer Bouncer Plugin for WordPress. It is recommended upgrade for existing users. A Plugin to bounce back referrer spam attempts; requires no upfront configuration, no mod-rewrite. It is like the strong silent bouncer at your favorite club. It [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-plugin-angsumans-referrer-bouncer/

Date: 10/07/05     Keywords: google

With the recent announcement of partnership plan between Sun Microsystems and Google Inc. rumours have been around about the possible nature of collaboration. Network Computing ("Network is the computer") featured prominently in such discussions. It is time to take a second look at the concept - the value proposition of the well-beaten horse. Networked PC concept [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-worth-of-network-computer-thin-client-concept/

Date: 10/04/05     Keywords: web

India’s global image and reputation is rapidly growing. Top Internet decision makers, PIR, have decided to make India a hub for the technical backend of all new websites, a move that is expected to significantly reduce time to resolve websites. The plan is to support the ‘.org’ name for all new websites from New Delhi, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/india-set-to-be-technical-backend-for-all-new-org-web-sites/

Date: 10/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

"It descends from the heavens. Ironically it unleashes hell" reads a Boeing ad depicting U.S. troops rappelling from an Osprey aircraft onto the roof of a mosque. It ran this week in the National Journal and earlier in the Armed Forces Journal. The ad also stated: "Consider it a gift from above." Boeing and its joint-venture [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/it-descends-from-the-heavens-ironically-it-unleashes-hell/

Date: 10/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

Doctors in New Orleans are bracing themselves for what they call a "second disaster" as New Orleans-area residents return to their devastated city. While environmentalists warn of the long-term danger to health from possibly polluted floodwaters, and rumors of disease swirl, front-line emergency doctors say the actual health danger will come from accidents. "The second [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/doctors-fear-a-second-disaster-may-follow-katrina-hurricane/

Date: 09/30/05     Keywords: no keywords

M400 Skycar Neiman Marcus Group Inc. has the perfect holiday gift for you: A fuel-efficient, $3.5 million Skycar that flies 350 miles per hour and burns environmentally friendly alcohol. The M400 Skycar prototype is a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that gets 21 miles per gallon and is designed to be "as safe, affordable and easy to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/holiday-gifts-for-richie-rich/

Date: 09/30/05     Keywords: no keywords

The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors on Thursday about reports of suicidal thinking in some children and adolescents who are taking Strattera, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. announced that a black-box warning will be added to the drug's label in the United States. Such [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fda-warns-about-suicidal-thinking-in-children-and-adolescents-on-adhd-drug-strattera/

Date: 09/30/05     Keywords: technology

Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detailed specifications for a $100 windup-powered laptop targeted at children in developing nations. Negroponte, who laid out his original proposal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, said MIT and his nonprofit group, called One Laptop Per Child, is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/100-laptop-moves-closer-to-reality/

Date: 09/29/05     Keywords: php, programming, java

According to TIOBE Programming Community Index Java is the leading programming language again, ahead of C and C++, its nearest rivals. Perl and PHP occupy 4th and 5th positions respectively attesting to the power of scripting languages. Within the .NET languages only C# appears likely to survive. VB has suffered large decline and is currently in 6th [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-leads-again-vb-in-massive-decline/

Date: 09/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

Pfizer Inc. said U.S. regulators (FDA) have approved its cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor. Lipitor is used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack in diabetic patients. The approval is for patients with type 2, or adult onset, diabetes (NIDDM) who have no signs of heart disease but have multiple risk factors (described below) for [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fda-oks-cholesterol-drug-lipitor-for-diabetics/

Date: 09/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hurricane Katrina - Multi-day movie with DMSP night visible and daytime true color as background (Approx 15M). You may need to install a new viewer to see them, InterVU for Windows 95 and VMPEG are free viewers and either of them will work. Note: The image displayed is nighttime satellite image showing areas of the Gulf Coast [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hurricane-katrina-multi-day-movie-and-satellite-images/

Date: 09/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hurricane Rita plowed into the Gulf Coast early Saturday, lashing Texas and Louisiana with driving rain, threatening to flood low-lying regions and knocking power out to half a million people as transformers exploded. Rita struck just east of Sabine Pass, on the Texas-Louisiana line, bringing a 20-foot storm surge and up to 25 inches of rain [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hurricane-rita-news-summary/