Technology
The Importance of the Home Button
Jesse Chan | October 15th, 2007 | No Comments
The home button can be a logo or the “Home” link on a website. In the case of FishTrain we use both. The home button serves three purposes: Navigation, Refresh, and Placement.
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Interview with Terracotta
Jesse Chan | October 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Terracotta provides a world-class JVM clustering solution. This provides Java developers with a way to quickly scale their existing applications from a single JVM to a many JVMs with minimal or no code changes. Here is an exclusive interview with Ari Zilka, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, at Terracotta.
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Interview with GridGain
Jesse Chan | October 12th, 2007 | No Comments
GridGain provides a computational grid framework. These days, CPUs are increasing in performance by adding more cores, rather than MHz. While, this may continue to fulfill Moore’s Law, the development of multi-core applications is becoming an increasingly complex and difficult problem. GridGain alleviates this by providing a powerful framework to address these […]
10 Things on My Google Wish List
Jesse Chan | October 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments
Google is an amazing company. I have written quite extensively on the merits of their technologies and platforms. However, as with every corporation, there are improvements that can be made to their product line.
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Google’s Internet Plan
Jesse Chan | October 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments
As Google bids, along with Verizon and a host of other companies, in the FCC’s 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction, AT&T has managed to bypass the fray by purchasing $2.5 Billion in 700 MHz wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners. Why is the wireless spectrum so important? And why are industry giants fighting for […]
Google Gears
Jesse Chan | October 9th, 2007 | No Comments
One of the hassles of using web applications is that there must be a constant connection to the Internet. When an Internet connection is disrupted, no work can get done. Google Gears is an innovative solution to this problem. It enables offline access to programs that normally can only work online. […]
Google Apps
Jesse Chan | October 8th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Google is now in an all-out war with Microsoft for market supremacy. They invaded Microsoft’s turf when they launched Google Apps in 2006. By launching Google Apps they are able to simultaneously attack Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows.
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The failure of the RIAA
Nicholas Tomczek | October 2nd, 2007 | 3 Comments
I just finished reading an article about the first Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) trial going on in Duluth (Catch it on Wired here.) I could not believe the RIAA is still going after people, and even going to trial! I cannot believe that this group is not done getting blasted by the […]
What Happens When a Social Graph is Compromised?
Jesse Chan | September 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Credit: Visual Complexity.
Ever had your MySpace or e-mail account hijacked? Recently, Gmail experienced a cross-scripting vulnerability. Luckily, Google was able to patch it quickly, and so far there are no reported cases of people losing information. Getting your e-mail hacked is becoming a major issue. Hackers do not usually care to […]
Interview with GigaSpaces
Jesse Chan | September 26th, 2007 | 3 Comments
GigaSpaces owns an amazing set of technologies. They have created a general-purpose, infinitely-scalable, application platform. This is an incredibly difficult problem to solve, but they have managed to solve it. In other words, they provide Google-like technology for the rest of us. Here is an exclusive interview with Geva Perry, […]