Discussion boards, which can be called by many other names (good for it) such as discussion discussion forums, discussion groups, online forums, and message boards (whew), refers to online bulletin boards. It’s like a virtual cork board that millions of users (often sharing the same interests) can post announcements and opinions and get replies both negative and positive. One doesn’t have to post and just “lurk” or read the posts (unless stated otherwise in the forum rules) Or you can just read the board. Anyone can make a discussion board by availing of online forum services. There are various forum software available depending on the programming language used.
January 10 2010 | Community and Definition | No Comments »
IBM announced today said that it had created code to secure mashups for businesses. Analysts say the technology will help companies merge data from websites or corporate systems to create rich Internet applications (RIAs) without the risk of exposing proprietary information.
“We’ve been working for quite a few years around Web 2.0 and mashups,” Rod Smith, a vice president with IBM, told CIO. “This technology will allow people to create a mashup without worrying that it will go phishing for personal data or financial information.”
December 05 2009 | Information | No Comments »
At Microsoft’s Mix08 conference for web designers and developers earlier in March, the firm showed off its developments and coming attractions, including a new focus on standards in Internet Explorer and an update to its Silverlight platform for browser-based applications.
“The internet is reshaping and transforming Microsoft’s existing products and services,” said Microsoft’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, speaking at the conference. However, this is nothing new; Microsoft founder Bill Gates expressed similar sentiments in 1995, in a now-famous memo titled The Internet Tidal Wave.
More than a decade later, making sense of the web remains Microsoft’s biggest challenge. Ozzie’s keynote was too vague to be truly compelling, but Mix08 was nevertheless the launch platform for some significant new elements in Microsoft’s internet efforts.
November 15 2009 | Information | No Comments »
Bullying not only occurs in playgrounds and schools but also in the internet as well. Cyberbullying is the use of information technology such as e-mail, instant messaging and chat rooms to harass someone. This is rampant because a bully can hide his or her true identity and thus makes it difficult for someone to trace and reprimand them. This can include acts like threatening, insulting, racial and ethnic teasing, gay bashing, infecting user’s computers with viruses and flooding an email inbox with spam. You could deal this by limiting the times you are online, not opening e-mails from someone you don’t know, not responding to threats, changing email addresses and Internet Service Providers and tracing the source. You could also report it to the police if necessary.
October 07 2009 | Information | No Comments »
A directory harvest attack is an action that involves seeking the valid e-mail addresses that are connected to an e-mail server and adding them to a spam database. Harvesting e-mail addresses can be done either by sending messages to different possible usernames which are generated by randomly combining letters and numbers. Another method is sending messages to likely usernames like initials followed by common surnames. If the e-mail account is invalid, the server will reply ‘not found’. However if a valid e-mail account receives the message, the message doesn’t return thus the DHA program retains the e-mail address for future spamming. Spam filters are internet applications that could counteract this; consider downloading them into your computer.
September 21 2009 | Application and Download | No Comments »
Curl began as a research project at MIT in the late 90s and was commercialized by Curl Incorporation that was then released by 2000. The latest version released is 6.0 which is available for Windows, Linux and Mac Clients. Any server can be used so there is no need for server side component. Curl has a simply accessible system that allows users with a variety of backgrounds to work at different levels of complexity as it provides varieties of features. The cree Curl plugin is in 10 MB in size but can be quickly installed by broadband users. Curl is available and free to use for non-commercial purposes and some of commercial uses. There is also a Pro version which offers extra enterprise class abilities. It supports software engineering of large and complex applications and it very efficient when it comes to amount of code needed in writing applications.
August 05 2009 | Application and Definition | No Comments »
With 18 percent market share to 74 for IE by Net Application stats, Mozilla is surely a blast. And now, major websites just have to support FireFox. Apple’s safari which is available now in Windows too is third in rank with 6 percent share. Next contender is Opera saying that the browser is the single most significant piece of software made nowadays which badly needs innovation if you intend to extend the reach of the web. Having a lot of competitors and a richer web is surfacing, Microsoft knows the stakes are indeed high. And FireFox is becoming fiercer as it heightens its profile. There will be a Gran Paradiso, a 24-hour download record with FireFoz 3 set by Mozilla.
July 20 2009 | Application and Community | No Comments »
The micro-blogging site has been hit again and again by malware, the first was from a bored teen who wrote code that quickly spread all over the place, the newest was more sinister with exploit laden PDF files and exploits galore sent to click-hungry users who clicked on just about anything they can click on. Finally, some word of hope from the site’s management, they will start to roll out secure and verified accounts that might be their answer to their growing rank in the hacker hit lists of the world. This would take the place of their crazy attitude of suspending accounts they suspect are from impersonators or are infected by malware, taking control of everything the account contains as if they owned it all the time. Lawsuit after lawsuit has landed them in hot water and made them one of the biggest malware targets this day and age of the social net. continue reading »
June 07 2009 | Application and Information | No Comments »
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Not quite, the new search engine may have some of the innovative concept of the cloud behind it, yet as with any other computer software, it’ll take time for the fruit to ripen (and knowing Microsoft, that’ll take a while). Microsoft has long been searching for an answer from the threat Google has been shadowing them with in the area of online advertising, a field totally ruled by the later search giant. They have tried on several occasions (heard they’re at it again) to get hold or control of Yahoo yet they have fallen short of their bullish tactics and failed to get at it fast. continue reading »
May 07 2009 | Application and Information | No Comments »
Seriously enough hey have named one of the world’s best hackers, Jeff Moss, aka “Dark Tangent” as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber-terrorism task force to battle his own people. He is responsible for the creation of one of the biggest and baddest hacker groups the world over who flock year after year to Arizona to discuss the world’s fate as they continue to create malware and other online threats. He is seen as a genius yet he might be in trouble with his old buddies for turning his head towards the government and swearing to help protect it from attacks is quite new. hackers rarely make themselves known though some of them have been caught, the ones we encounter each and everyday as we surf the net remain anonymous to us. continue reading »
April 07 2009 | Information | No Comments »
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