Posts Tagged ‘technology’
AJAX MySQL Database Administrator – TurboDbAdmin
July 26th, 2006
For a while I have been using the program Navicat to control MySQL databases and I still use it and will continue to use it. It does a great job and it is really easy to use. The price seems reasonable to me for the features it offers so I can’t really complain. Since I had been working with a lot of AJAX applications and noticed a lot of desktop applications being converted to web applications.
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Apple Releases Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse
July 25th, 2006
Like others ever since the wired Apple Mighty Mouse was released I was saying so where’s the wireless version. Today Apple has released the Bluetooth version of its Mighty Mouse. I seemed to like the original Mighty Mouse but was holding out for the wireless version. I will probably pick one of them up and try it out. The second click button was something to get used to but I figure it will be the same on the new mouse.
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Do Google Ads Belong On A Company Desktop?
July 25th, 2006
CNET News.com had on article on their site a couple of days ago regarding a company called Spiceworks using Google ads to finance their business. The company creates a software program that installs on the business computers and gives an inventory on what is on the company network. Pretty simple, but seems like a pretty good idea.
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Google Checkout Gains Rapid Adoption
July 19th, 2006
Companies are quickly starting to adopt Google Checkout as a form of payment on their sites according to DailyTech. Ebay is one of the large shopping sites saying that it would not adopt Google Checkout. Even though Google says the method of checkout is not designed to compete with PayPal, it seems kind of obvious that it is doing just that. With such a niche market its hard to say that it’s not a competitor since its basic principle is making and receiving payments.
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Open-Source LAMP A Beacon To Developers
July 17th, 2006
CNET News.com had a post a couple days ago about LAMP in the industry. For those of you that don’t know LAMP is Linux operating system, Apache Web Server, MySQL database, and a scripting language such as PHP, Perl, or Python. Many times I will use this system on Mac OS X and use PHP as my scripting language of choice.
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Firefox Usage Continues To Increase – IE Down Again
July 13th, 2006
ZDNet had a blog post regarding browser usage recently. The numbers are clear that Firefox is continuing to gain market share over Internet Explorer. Worldwide 13% is a pretty good amount considering the age of the browser and showing more usage in the US at 16% is promising.
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Mr. Firefox Looks To The Future
July 11th, 2006
Seattle PI has an interview on their Software Notebook with 21-year-old Blake Ross, the founder of Firefox. He makes some really good points throughout the interview a few of which I will discuss and give my opinion on in this post. For those of you that don’t know, Ross launched the Mozilla Firefox project in 2002 with fellow software developer Dave Hyatt. While I’m only 23 myself its good to see how people close to my age are making an impact in the industry. Of course Ross’s resume is much better than mine, but I can still relate to a lot of the points he makes in the interview.
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A Search Engine That’s Becoming An Inventor
July 11th, 2006
The New York Times had a great article on Google over the break. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google had built their computers and developed software that was more efficient than anything in the market at that time. They had done this to save money.
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Open You Wallet To Google
July 3rd, 2006
Google has released its own internet payment system called Google Checkout. It should compete head to head with PayPal and allow you to keep multiple credit cards in your Google account as well as a single place to track your orders.
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Corporate America Wakes Up To Web 2.0
June 30th, 2006
Blogs and wikis have gotten people used to user generated content management systems according to an article on CNET News.com. Unlike old content management systems, the Web 2.0 style applications have made it easier for people to use. This will make a big impact on corporations adopting Web 2.0 into their businesses.
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