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Unknown and known Facts About Chennai
8 September 2008Some New Facts About Chennai….
Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment generator in India , along with Bombay. It is next only to Bangalore . Madras generates around 35,000 jobs annually.
Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India .
Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India in spite of having over [...]
Cloud Computing
6 September 2008Cloud computing means Internet (’Cloud’) based development and use of computer technology (’Computing’).
It is a style of computing where IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services “in the cloud” without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them.
It is a general concept that incorporates [...]
Open Source Functional Testing Tools
4 September 2008Software testing is the most important phase in software development life cycle. Functional testing plays the significant role in any software development. Many automated tools are available to perform functional testing. Here is a list of open source functional testing tools and a short description of each.
Abbot Java GUI Test Framework - The Abbot framework [...]
RSS
30 August 2008RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video in a standardized format.
The initials “RSS” are used to refer to the following formats: “Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)”, “RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0 and RSS 0.90)”, or “Rich Site Summary (RSS [...]
6 ways to speed up your website
30 August 2008Optimize Images: Always use the “Save for the web” feature included on image editing software. Images represent the heavier load on virtually any website so make sure you are optimizing them. Alternatively you can also turn to an online image optimizer.
Image Formats: Apart from optimizing images it is important that you choose the right format. [...]
IIOP (Internet Inter-ORB Protocol)
30 August 2008IIOP is a protocol that makes it possible for distributed programs written in different programming languages to communicate over the Internet. IIOP is a critical part of a strategic industry standard, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
Using CORBA’s IIOP and related protocols, a company can write programs that will be able to communicate with their [...]
Digital Video Provided Security For Olympics
30 August 2008Security was a high priority at the Olympics, as well as for the mass transportation systems that got thousands of people to and from the Games and related events. Beijing Metro, which operates the subway system in Beijing, deployed video security technology from ‘Nice Systems’ to help enhance security at more than 20 stations of [...]
Web Application Hacks
27 August 2008It doesn’t seem that long ago since Web applications attacks supplanted network and worm attacks. But they have, and now the attackers are now finding ways to obfuscate these attacks. It’s an ever-evolving arms race. And there is an updated Top 10 Web site vulnerabilities list.
“Your garden variety SQL and XSS is being replaced by [...]
New Records for IT in Beijing Olympics 2008
27 August 2008IT’s role in the Beijing Olympic Games has been impressive, although much of that remains behind the scenes — as it should when all is going well with the technology. Atos Origin, the company that provides the IT infrastructure for the Olympics, far exceeded what it delivered at the last summer Games, in Athens in 2004. Compared [...]
Nokia knocks out two more N series multimedia phones
27 August 2008Nokia is finally making good on its promise to deliver some exciting handsets to the North American market. The newly announced N85, N79, and N96 NAM are focused on users on this side of the pond, and deliver powerful multimedia and connectivity features.
These are the types of phones that Nokia needs to have available in the [...]
