Joy BlakeJoy's InfoWorld WatchVirtual identity - which one do I choose- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Peter Bailey Often when I blog I want to refer to something or someone. When it's a something, then in the world of the web, there is a beautiful thing called a Uniform Resource Identifier or URI for short. Sometimes URIs are also known as Uniform Resource Locators or URLs. These are the hypertext links we see in our web browser. The URI for my weblog is http:www.synop.comWeblogsPeter for example. These things all exist in a virtual world, and thus are identifiable. When it's a someone, the...http://www.synop.com/Weblogs/Peter/default.aspx?date=2004-11-25 Top 20 IT mistakes to avoid- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Ammar Ibrahim's Blog Interesting article Via InfoWorld. My favorites are: 2. Dismissing open source or bowing before it; 11. Developing Web apps for IE only; 18. Underestimating PHP. IT managers who look only as far as J2EE and .Net when developing scalable Web apps are making a mistake by not taking a second look at scripting languages particularly PHPhttp://gnuix.com/ammar/index.php?p=92 MOZILLA'S FIREFOX SLOWLY EATS AWAY AT IE- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Bernard B. Moon's Junto Boyz A fair amount of press on Firefox over the past few weeks, so I guess I should post something just in case some of you haven't read about it or tried it. A couple weeks ago I downloaded Firefox for the first time and love it. It seems faster than IE and the functionality is better. Some more notes on its functionality and the possible impact on Google at Steve Hall's blog here. You can download it here.http://bernardmoon.blogspot.com/2004/11/mozillas-firefox-slowly-eats-away-at.html Corporate Blogging bei Google ein Erfolg- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Notizblog.de Meldet Inforworld.com, die Google zum Bloggen im Intranet befragt haben. "Google sees benefits in corporate blogging: 'Google (Profile, Products, Articles), which implemented an internal Web log system behind its firewall about 18 months ago, has seen tremendous benefits from it and may in the future consider providing tools and expertise for this purpose to interested clients, a Google executive said.' "http://www.notizblog.de/comments/4790_0_4_0_C/ Skulls Trojan attacks Symbian mobile phones- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Lockergnome's Tech News Watch If own a mobile phone running Symbians Series 60 software, heads up. InfoWorld reports that there is a trojan floating around out there that has the ability to infect phones running the software mentioned above. I think this is a needed reminder that even mobile devices can be affected by malicious code if we are not careful. This also tells me that since its inception, the Symbian operating system is really beginning to become a target among hackers. "We have...http://channels.lockergnome.com/news/archives/20041122_skulls_trojan_attacks_symbian_mobil... The top 20 IT Mistakes to Avoid- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Olivier Travers Chad Dickerson and his Infoworld readers come with this list which is a bit uneven but includes common sense tips: 1. Botching your outsourcing strategy; 2. Dismissing open source -- or bowing before it; 3. Offshoring with blinders on; 4. Discounting internal security threats; 5. Failing to secure a fluid perimeter; 6. Ignoring security for handhelds; 7. Promoting the wrong people; 8. Mishandling change management; 9. Mismanaging software development; 10. Letting engineers do...http://www.oliviertravers.com/archives/2004/11/22/the-top-20-it-mistakes-to-avoid/index.ph... Spam spectre- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Financial Express Tired of unsolicited commercial mail that clogs your inbox virtually every second day Well, you can take heart from the news that Microsoft head Bill Gates too suffers from the spam plague. Its a malady that needs to be dealt with stringently. For, other than its nuisance value, spam mail has a lot of misleading information on offer ranging from easy bargains and loans to Caribbean cruises. And generous dollops of porn. Spam also clogs networks, is a drain on the resources of.http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74852 Blogger Offers Multilingual Services for Web Bloggers- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Andis Kaulins' LawPundit Weblog Via Sifry's Alerts we read in the November 15, 2004 article by Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service, at InfoWorld that "Blogger goes multilingual". Blogger is now available in nine languages as the first phase of "internationalization".http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/2004/11/blogger-offers-multilingual-services.htm RE: The top 20 IT mistakes to avoid- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Nitin We all like to think we learn from mistakes, whether our own or others'". So in theory, the more serious bloopers you know about, the less likely you are to be under the bright light of interrogation, explaining how you managed to screw up big-time. That'"s why we put out an all-points bulletin to IT managers and vendors everywhere: For the good of humanity, tell us about the gotchas that have gotten you, so others can avoid them...http://nitinvish.blogspot.com/2004/11/re-top-20-it-mistakes-to-avoid-we-all.html Google advocates corporate blogs- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Neville Hobson's Weblog Since implementing an internal blog about 18 months ago, Google has seen tremendous benefits from it and may in the future consider providing tools and expertise for this purpose to interested clients, according to a report in InfoWorld. Google deployed an internal blog for its employees shortly after acquiring the blogging service Blogger in early 2003. Jason Goldman, Blogger product manager at Google, said employees have found many useful and creative ways for the...http://nevon.typepad.com/nevon/2004/11/google_advocate.html |