Archive for August, 2008
Top 5 Hand phone etiquettes
31 August 2008Here are my top 5 Hand phone etiquettes for OUR reminder. Spend a few moments and read it, maybe you’d have some comments.
Human beings, or Homo sapiens (loosely translated in latin as knowing human), the main inhabitant of the earth planet (closest to insects or pests). As of 2008, the world population has come to [...]
Business Ethics Timeline
30 August 2008Business Ethics Timeline:
This page follows the development of business ethics through five decades, examining:
• Ethical Climate
• Major Ethical Dilemmas
• Business Ethics Developments
1960s:
Ethical Climate:
Social unrest. Anti-war sentiment. Employees have an adversarial relationship with management. Values shift away from loyalty to an employer to loyalty to ideals. Old values are cast aside.
Major Ethical Dilemmas:
• Environmental issues
• Increased employee -employer tension
• Civil rights issues [...]
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 [...]
Where do we come from ?
29 August 2008Many people do not think about this, some people may some think deeply … those who know they are saints those who are half way through are simple, worried and confused and those who dont are happy.
Life is not simple as we think a drop of water too has a destiny and or minds too one [...]
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 [...]
Astronomy
27 August 2008Solar Eclipse:
Celestial event during which the new Moon passes directly between the Earth and Sun, temporarily blocking the Sun’s light.
Lunar Eclipse:
A darkening of the moon caused by the passing of the earth between the sun and the moon. Lunar eclipses always happen during the full moon phase.
Universe:
The Universe is most commonly defined as everything that [...]
Idioms and phrases
27 August 2008W
Wear your heart on your sleeve - Meaning: Display one’s emotions openly.
Weasel words - Meaning: Ambiguous or quibbling speech.
Wet behind the ears - Meaning: [...]

