Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: web, apache

This is a brief compilation of essential resources for those venturing in the world of WebDAV, DeltaV and Slide. Apache Slide Slide is a noteworthy, yet often forgotten, project which provides WebDAV Server and client implementation along with Delta-V support. For the uninitiated WebDAV allows hierarchical resource access (like your file system) over HTTP protocol. In short [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/webdav-deltav-apache-slide-resources-and-guides/

Date: 07/31/05     Keywords: software

Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software fame has written an excellent article on the value of star programmers in a product development team. To summarize: Star programmers significantly outperform average programmers often with 5-10 times difference in productivity. However substituting 5 or 10 programmers instead of a star programmer doesn't work because thay are not equivalent. Multiple programmers [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/on-the-value-of-star-programmers-in-product-development-or-hitting-the-high-notes/

Date: 07/28/05     Keywords: microsoft, google

I know "The Vole" is so The Inquirerish. However I couldn't resist the intended pun. Google claims in its countersuit filing that Bill Gates warned Kai Fu-Lee that Steve Balmer, CEO Microsoft, is going to sue him and Google to make an example case out of it. Obviously they think this will prevent other Microsoftees [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/revenge-of-the-vole-aka-microsoft/

Date: 07/28/05     Keywords: security, microsoft

Microsoft's effort to refuse access to updated versions of Windows Operating System has been foiled by hackers within 24 hours. Microsoft demanded that those who wanted Windows updates, other than security updates, will have to download an Active X program that sniffed their operating system to see if their OS copy had been pirated. When a Windows [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-windows-genuine-advantage-check-cracked-under-24-hours/

Date: 07/28/05     Keywords: google

How accurate is Google Image Search? More specifically how accurate its its capability to associate appropriate meta data with an image? Lets find out with a show-and-tell. I tried the ego example. I searched for my name (angsuman) in Google Image Search. Here are some of the images it returned: Note: The only image of a human being [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-accurate-is-google-image-search/

Date: 07/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are looking for 400 people with type 1 diabetes to volunteer for a study of an inhaled insulin treatment. The Indiana University School of Medicine is one of 70 sites around the world testing the treatment developed by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. Requirements: Participants must be type 1 diabetes [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/volunteers-needed-for-inhaled-insulin-study/

Date: 07/27/05     Keywords: software, microsoft

Microsoft Corp. has started a new program aimed at severely limiting the ways people using pirated copies of its Windows operating system can get software updates. When a Windows operating system user starts to download updates, the new program, called Windows Genuine Advantage, will scan the machine to see if it's running an authentic version of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-clamps-down-on-windows-piracy/

Date: 07/27/05     Keywords: spam

My Referrer Bouncer plugin for WordPress Publishing Platform has been rather popular plugin with WordPress bloggers. It simply bounces referrer spammers back to their own domain, effectively forcing them to spam their own servers. It is a simple plugin, does one thing and does it well. Sometimes people want to find out if the plugin is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-ensure-your-site-is-protected-by-referrer-bouncer-plugin/

Date: 07/27/05     Keywords: css, java

The Java Platform Manager within the NetBeans IDE enables you to easily install and use the tools and utilities included with many different emulator platforms, such as the Sony Ericsson J2ME SDK. This article explains how you can use the NetBeans IDE to remotely manipulate the file system on Sony Ericsson mobile phones that are enabled [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/controlling-sony-ericsson-devices-remotely-using-the-netbeans-ide/

Date: 07/27/05     Keywords: spam

Russia’s most notorious spammer, Vardan Kushnir, 35, was found dead in his apartment in downtown Moscow on Monday, July 25. Someone repeatedly smashed his head with a heavy object and then ransacked his entire apartment according to authorities. Vardan Kushnir was arguably the most hated person among 17.6 million Internet users in Russia, whom he continuously [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/solving-spam-problem-the-russian-way/

Date: 07/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

I came across this excellent piece of commencement address from Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Computer. You can see that it came from his heart and he said many things which are close to my heart. I enjoyed reading it. I think you too will enjoy it. The following are selected highlights of text of the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/deep-thoughts-from-steve-jobs/

Date: 07/26/05     Keywords: no keywords

It explains the mysteries behind the twin tower collapse.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/latest-findings-from-nist-world-trade-center-investigation-released/

Date: 07/25/05     Keywords: programming

Promise TV is a home-built personal video recorder (PVR) made out of commodity PC components (primarily LOT of high-capacity hard-drives). Promise grabs the entire broadcast TV multiplex ( all the channels being broadcast in the UK ) slices them up according to the free, over-the-air electronic programming guide, and stores an entire month's worth. Why program [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/home-built-pvr-records-a-months-worth-of-shows-from-all-channels/

Date: 07/24/05     Keywords: rss

Tuesday is the most active day in RSS; Saturday least active. - Our initial observations of the data point to Tuesday being the most active day for viewership, feed retrieval and click-throughs. - Click through rate (CTR) differs by over 70 percent from Tuesday, the most active day for RSS, to Saturday, the least active. Feed retrieval [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/rss-usage-and-ctr-data/

Date: 07/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

Until now, though, live TV production has remained the domain of professional studios. No more. The new TriCaster from NewTek puts an entire live television control room into a customized PC for just $5,000. Add in the overpriced optional switching keyboard and a decent monitor, and the full package costs under $6,500—replacing hardware that can cost [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-tv-studio-in-a-box-for-5000/

Date: 07/24/05     Keywords: google

Brazilian police arrested 10 people on Thursday accused of selling drugs using Google's international social networking site Orkut, which is hugely popular in the Latin American country. "We discovered the drug ring first via authorized phone tapping, and later the investigation included monitoring of their activities on the Internet," said a duty officer at the Drugs [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/brazilians-used-orkut-as-drug-distribution-network/

Date: 07/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

A doctor told jurors yesterday in the nation's first Vioxx lawsuit that the drug contributed to the death of a Texas man, aged 59, who had an arrhythmia linked to a heart attack in 2001. ''His taking of Vioxx caused and/or contributed to his heart attack," Dr. David Egilman, a public health professor at Brown University, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/vioxx-tied-to-cause-of-death-by-doctor-in-first-vioxx-lawsuit/

Date: 07/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Merger Execution Is The Main Risk Factor

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-to-acquire-seebeyond-application-integration-and-business-process-management-bpm-software-vendor/

Date: 07/22/05     Keywords: software, crm

Enterprise buyers understand that their CRM software vendor selection decision has long-term consequences. However, vendor alternatives are becoming fewer, and buyers are not fully satisfied with the level of support from leading CRM software providers in working collaboratively to achieve long-term business objectives. To help enterprises make the best choice, Forrester evaluated the strengths and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/enterprise-crm-software-evaluation-of-top-4-contenders/

Date: 07/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Paul Mutton of jibbler.org had a bad experience with Sys-Con. Not only they didn't remunerate him (as per agreement) they also didn't provide him with free copies as promised. Then they went ahead to sell his article for 5.95 USD over Amazon. As of this writing however Sys-Con appears to have withdrawn the articles from [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sys-con-unethical-money-grabbers/