"...His conclusion states "that the W3C should extricate itself from further direct work on SOAP, WDSL, or any other WS-* specifications and redirect its resources into evangelizing and standardizing identifiers, formats, and protocols that exemplify Web architectural principles..."
Read more »CouchDb
"I’ve been poking around with CouchDb, like all the cool kids. It’s pretty clever; a database which isn’t relational, where the connection API is REST, and where queries are written in JavaScript and data is returned as JSON..."
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30 days with JFS
A recent review of the JFS, journaled file system, as tested on a Slackware 12 distribution.
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Berkeley Parallel Browser Project: Browsing Web 3.0 on 3.0 Watts: Why browsers will be parallel
"...These slides, based on a talk we gave at Intel in Aug 16, 2007, describe why handhelds will eclipse laptops and why browsers will need to be parallel for this to happen. We also give some preliminary results from our research into building a parallel browser..."
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An Introduction to Erlang
"...Recently, I've heard a lot about Erlang, especially from curious members of the Ruby community. This article is the result of my quick dive into the language, and will hopefully serve as a starting point for anyone else who's been hearing the buzz, but hasn't taken the plunge yet..."
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Three addictive pop-up console utilities
I do development work, and I require access to a console to run programs, check output, or monitor transmission packets.
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The Elements of JavaScript Style - Part One
"...There are no good texts on JavaScript programming. Most of the people on the web who are producing JavaScript programs learned it by copying really bad examples from bad books, bad websites, and bad tools. We have an amazingly good community of JavaScript programmers here, but still we can benefit from better practice of style.
Read more »Speeding Up Perl Scripts With SpeedyCGI/PersistantPerl On Debian Etch
"...This tutorial shows how to install and use SpeedyCGI (also known as PersistantPerl) on a Debian Etch system. SpeedyCGI is a way to run Perl scripts persistently, which can make them run much more quickly. It keeps the Perl interpreter running, and during subsequent runs, this interpreter is used to handle new executions instead of starting a new Perl interpreter each time..."
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New OpenVZ for Linux 2.6.22 includes live migration
The team behind the OpenVZ project will announce today the availability of its operating system virtualization software for the latest stable release of the Linux kernel. OpenVZ for Linux 2.6.22 now supports user ID namespaces for improved security, and has new process ID namespace code that makes live migration possible.
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Fast programming with Rexx
Ever need to code quickly? You can code Rexx like water—yet it’s powerful. Here’s everything you need to start, by studying real-world programming examples.
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Configure and use the Untangle Gateway
Connecting a network to the modern day internet can be challenging. Basic infrastructure, like routers, DHCP Servers, and DNS servers, are required to get the network online. The network must also be protected with a firewall and intrusion prevention, and the desktops need protection from viruses and spyware. Next will come a spam and phish filter to stop the continual flood of junk email.
Read more »W3C completes bridge between HTML/microformats and semantic web
"Today, the World Wide Web Consortium completed an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With "Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages", or GRDDL (pronounced "griddle"), software can automatically extract information from structured Web pages to make it part of the Semantic Web.
Read more »Erlang for Python programmers: Part I
"Let’s skim over data types in Erlang today. Check previous tutorial for introduction..."
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An introduction to modules : Part 2
"In the first part, we learned that a module was a namespace, a way to regroup similar things to help us organize our application better and to avoid name clashes. It was rather easy to understand because we didn’t speak about the true power that resides in modules..."
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GnuPG 2.0.7 released
"...The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital signatures, help authenticating using Secure Shell and to provide a framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards..."
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