The other day I was having a discussion on Ajax and one thing that stood out as a concern for using it was “security”. If data is available openly as XML over HTTP, it is going to be a cake walk for smart hacker. Some of the issues raised related to security threat are: data …
Aug
29
Aug
25
Gartner rates Google’s Sidebar best in the class
The beta version of Google Desktop (version 2) which was launched on Monday, has been quoted as ” a real advance and a step forward over other technologies like Yahoo’s Konfabulator and Apple’s Widgets.” It features a new “sidebar” which sits on screen displaying the user’s latest emails, information from RSS feeds, photos, weather and …
Aug
24
Get ready for Google Talk
Google is all set to unveil its own instant messaging platform called Google Talk. Looking at its previous releases we can expect IM to be unique among all the existing IM’s. Google’s presence in IM will fill the significant gap in offerings that Google has compared to other portals like MSN, Yahoo. Some reports mention …
Aug
23
Another Acquisition
BEA today announced to acquire Plumtree Portal software. Plumtree is a Java server based Portal combining portal, content management, collaboration, and integration and search technologies in one solution. Plumtree has various product suits: The Plumtree Corporate Portal Plumtree Collaboration Server Plumtree Content Server Plumtree Search Server Plumtree Studio Server Integration Services Plumtree has proven itself …
Aug
23
Alfresco Named Trend-Setter
Alfresco, an Open Source Content Management framework has been named a “Trend-Setter” by KMWorld magazine. KMWorld recognized Alfresco’s open source content repository for its usability, rapid rate of industry adoption and anticipated future impact. I never got a chance to explore Alfresco but Alfresco review shows that the product has lot to offer in the …
Aug
18
Isomorphic’s SmartClient
I came across Isomorphic’s SmartClient when one of the client was looking for rich web client development product. At first I didn’t understand what it is all about and that really invoked lot of interest. SmartClient is basically a rich web client that provides an open DHTML/AJAX client engine, rich user interface components, and metadata-driven …
Aug
16
Magnolia and OpenWFE
Recently Magnolia announced v2.1 CMS suite with number of new enhancements to their existing suite including rich-text editor choices, XML based import-export, native search etc. One of the best things about Magnolia is that it is built on Java Content Repository (JSR 170) standards. I am still in process of exploring its features. One of …
Aug
03
Now Yahoo with Contextual Ads
We all know about Google’s AdSense which help website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads on their websites and make money. Now its time for Yahoo to come out with something similar. Yahoo is expected to launch Contextual Ads program which will let publishers place Yahoo’s contextually relevant listings on their sites …
Aug
03
RICO – Open Source Java Script library for Rich Internet Applications
RICO is an open source Java Script library which provide full Ajax support helping to add Ajax to any HTML page. It provides JavaScript object called AjaxEngine which define standard XML for Ajax response with a way to specify targeted HTML elements. I played around for sometime with RICO and the demos and can easily …
Aug
01
Get listed with the Searching King – Google
Whenever you want to search, whether on your desktop or internet , the Search King Google is an obvious choice. That leads to question, how can I get listed with Google? How can my site be listed within first 10 searches ? etc..etc.. I was reading an article about listing with Google and here is …
