Bespin a Mozilla Labs experiment – web based framework for code editing
Bespin proposes an open, extensible web-based framework for code editing that aims to increase developer productivity, it enables compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open standards. Continue Reading
Cloud Computing – Is it the New dotcom?
During TechCrunch Cloud computing event hosted by Steve Gillmor, around cloud computing featured many of the biggest names like Salesforce.com, Rackspace, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Sun, Facebook, Ning, Amazon.com, Friendfeed. Each one spoke about how their product leveraged the cloud. But before we keep jumping into this top and latching ourselves to Cloud Computing we may have to tackle basic issues first such as issues relating to privacy, reliability, security of data. Co-founder Paul Buchheit from FriendFeed felt that people are not too concerned where their data is being stored. Errr not sure if that is in fact true. If we
The Holy Grail of comic books Superman auctioned
The auction of "Action Comics #1" begins on Friday and concludes on March 13. Currently the bid is valued at about $230,200. Its a rare copy of the first Superman comic. The unidentified seller bought the comic in 1950 when he was 9 years old after begging his father for 35 cents. "It's the Holy Grail of comic books," said comic expert Stephen Fishler. Fishler, founder of New York's Metropolis Collectibles, will manage the auction of the comic -- created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. You can check what the current bid looks like at Comic Connect Source: Reuters
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Ways to Test Cross-Browser Compatibility
Yes if you are into building web applications and websites then testing cross browser compatibility is something you cannot afford to ignore. Testing in multiple browsers is not only necessary but is also annoying. Freelance Folder has written an article : "7 Fresh and Simple Ways to Test Cross-Browser Compatibility" These tools actually make testing pretty easy. Check the article at Freelance
ToysRUs bids for Toys.com at Auction – even in this economy?
ToysRUs bought the domain name Toys.com at auction for $5.1 million. The 2 companies that participated in the Bidding war were National A-1 (owner of domains such as free.com, boys.com, girls.com, and divorce.com) and ToyRUs To check the Bidding war transcript you could visit
A new breed of web application that aims to replace desktop applications
Cappuccino is an open source application framework for developing applications that look and feel like the desktop software users are familiar with.Cappuccino is designed for applications, not web pages. Cappuccino applications do as much as possible in the client instead of on the server. 280 Slides is the first Cappuccino application and it. With Cappuccino, you don't need to know HTML. Cappuccino runs in all modern browsers. Want to learn more about it then visit
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Have you made a Living will for your Virtual Life?
I had never thought about this but today while browsing the internet and coming across the article written by The Consumerist about the facebook incident it got me thinking. Well the article about facebook incident was that Stephanie Bemister lost her brother. She contacted facebook requesting to delete his profile as he was no longer living. Facebook did not agree to this and responded that it was their policy to keep dead members profile's in a "memorialized" state. Consumerist put up a post regarding this and very shortly Facebook responded to Stephanie confirming that they have removed his profile. To
The Cost of Building a Website From Scratch
Recently over a cup of tea i was discussing the scenario of building a web portal inhouse versus buying an off the shelf and tweaking this. I am sure there have been numerous articles published on this topic but either way i thought i should share the conversation: Pros of a customized developed solution: If you have a clear idea of what you want, you should get a website that does exactly what you need. When i say this i mean you have the right blend of tech guys onboard who look at the app from all angles, database computing, performance,
The blatant truth about a few social networking websites – Unscientific (Yet Accurate)
Some of us actually just go with the hype and join multiple social networks there by boosting numbers for these networks. But in actually fact do we use all the social networks we join. We like to talk about them more than actually use them.
There has been a report published by Brainz which gives an excellent overview of how social networks operate
The figures aren’t actually based on any kind of real data, its really interesting a few of the commons ones are show below. For the rest please do visit Brainz
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