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First Look: Jolicloud Alpha 2c

The Alpha 2c version of Jolicloud was released almost two weeks ago and the whole Softpedia Linux team was eager to see what it was all about. So we asked for an invitation yesterday morning, and this morning an e-mail was waiting in our inbox, allowing us to create an account and download the netbook-oriented distri...

18 August 2009
06:50 GMT

Skyfire Mobile Phone Browser Launched in Canada

Skyfire just announced that they are expanding the availability of their award-winning PC Web experience mobile browser to Canada. Now Canadians can watch live sports like NHL hockey, NBA basketball, or use their favorite music and video services on their PCs, as free downloads on the developer's website. It is ...

31 October 2008
10:41 GMT

A Cure for Euphobia: Ticker Tape

Euphobia. The fear of hearing good news. Sounds really tough, if you ask me. And it looks like this is some serious condition since people have dedicated a lot of efforts trying to cure or alleviate its consequences. One of the psychological treatments, if I may call it so, involved the exposure of the subject to lig...

24 September 2008
15:21 GMT

Web 2.0 Is Not Seen as a Threat by Enterprises Anymore

Many companies believe that the use of web 2.0 applications leads to a lower quality of work, because employees tend to forget about their daily tasks and rather concentrate on instant messaging or on updating their profiles on social networks. A recent study from Forrester proves that the outlook has changed. "Our r...

14 July 2008
06:04 GMT

Futuristic Web, Soon a Reality

The third stage of the world wide web, web 3.0, which mainly means a 3D interaction between the users, along with network computing, better connectivity and intelligent applications, could become a reality in the next five to seven years. From the static web 1.0, organized as a heterogeneous network of hosted persona...

12 July 2008
04:47 GMT

Safari 4 Preview Seeded to Developers

Reports are coming in saying that Apple has started seeding Safari 4 preview copies to developers. The move comes on the heels of Snow Leopard's unveiling. The new OS will focus on performance and quality, and Safari 4 sounds like it blends right in.MacRumors points out to Apple's recent press release talki...

11 June 2008
03:26 GMT

Microsoft's Focus on Services Spans from the Web to Telco 2.0

Microsoft's increased focus on services does by no means stop at Web 2.0, as the company proves that it spans all the way to Telco 2.0. The equivalent of Web 2.0 in terms of the telecommunications market, Telco 2.0 benefits from a unique Microsoft vision designed to create an intimate connection between services...

20 May 2008
05:09 GMT

FaceBook, Running on 10,000 Web Servers Near You

The extremely popular social networking website Facebook met a huge growth since it was first launched on February 4, 2004. The user influx and the increased amount of horsepower required to run a Web 2.0 site led to significant infrastructure upgrades that extended the number of Facebook servers.The social networki...

25 April 2008
04:06 GMT

IBM Fights Web 2.0 With iDataPlex Servers

IBM has pulled out of its sleeve a new series of Web 2.0-ready servers in the iDataPlex family. The new computers are especially tailored to suit the demands of Web 2.0 sites, and can face the heavy traffic usually associated with popular social networking sites. According to the company, the iDataPlex architecture c...

24 April 2008
03:47 GMT

Databases On The Client Side

The majority of web applications contain one or more databases in their structure. For example, content management systems use a database in order to separate the content from page layout. In this case, the data is managed on the server side. Regarding the particular situation of AJAX applications, the data manageme...

12 March 2008
11:49 GMT

Short Introduction to MODx

MODx is a new promising content management system and PHP application framework addressed both to developers and designers. It is not particularly suitable for beginners, but the default MODx installation offers to a person without web programming knowledge various tools that allow anyone to deploy a blog or a news ...

1 October 2007
11:31 GMT

Gmail, eBay, MySpace - STILL Vulnerable

Gmail, eBay, MySpace, banking sites, social network sites, any site, you just name it…they're all vulnerable. You can get your data phished in a second. It doesn't matter if you have a firewall and an anti-virus; if a hacker really wants to get your data, he will. But that's not the news; it may have b...

10 September 2007
03:03 GMT

Web 2.0 = Worse Threats

You know it - the Web has changed a lot. Many things have occurred since the ARPAnet first appeared and now we have Web 2.0. And as always, more features means more vulnerabilities which equals more/worse threats. The landscape has changed a lot and so has hacker mentality. Also, viruses have become worse and now, th...

7 September 2007
16:21 GMT

More than USD 17 Billion for Mobile Video Communication Services

A recent study of ABI Research has revealed the fact that the market value for mobile video telephony services including video mail, video calling and video sharing services will go beyond USD 17 billion by the year 2012.The result is easy to understand especially when considering the growing number of mobile carrier...

15 August 2007
10:45 GMT

When Will Mobile Internet Reach Web 2.0 Performances?

Mobile Internet has developed at a fast pace in the last years. Still, there is a long way to go for making mobile wireless technology actually be capable of competing with the Web 2.0 of PCs.The need for high Internet performances has made itself clear especially in the case of business people that need fast access ...

4 June 2007
02:05 GMT

Dell Designs Web 2.0 Data Centers

A company that has made a name for itself by bringing consumers the option of choosing their most suitable computer configuration and through the extended warranty and quality service is now undertaking some changes by adding to their domain of expertise the "custom built data centers".This is part of Dell Cloud Comp...

28 March 2007
05:30 GMT


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