Miscellaneous, Ramblings »

[8 Jun 2008 | 11 Comments | 1,084 views]

A question that has always haunted me, ever since founding my first blog, or even written my first article, has been a simple grammatical error seen all over the internet.
Is it bare in mind, or bear in mind?
The answer, before I hold it back any longer, is "bear in mind." The reason behind this is bear, in the sense of holding, rather than the sense of grizzly bear. A common misconception is that bare means to hold, as well as the correct meaning, nude.
Well that’s my nugget of wisdom for …

Miscellaneous, News, Uncategorized »

[8 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 0 views]

It’s great to see how you, the readers, have taken in our weblog so quickly. We’ve been online with our new domain and server for little over a month now, and have already seen a steep incline in the number of unique readers, as well as revisiting readers. I’d like to thank you while I have the chance, and thank you with the knowledge that your support inspires us to create even higher quality articles. Not to get soppy on you…
Now, I’d like to properly welcome our new author, Ahad …

Miscellaneous, News, Reviews »

[3 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 0 views]

Google’s Beta testing its new service designed to improve Google’s image library. The concept is that you ‘tag’ the image randomly displayed to you and an anonymous partner.

So how does this help all 5.999 billion other citizens of the world? When you tag the image (provided you and your partner do so sensibly), your tag will be added to the image. The next time someone searches for that tagged image, it’ll be higher up the rankings. Not much will be done if one person did it, but on the …

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[3 Jun 2008 | 5 Comments | 0 views]

A new breed of I.T. professionals are brewing nowadays.  They are called “devigners”…These individuals have learned to fuse both design and development to create Rich Internet Applications.  With the market headed towards RIA’s wouldn’t you want to create a stateful client where significant changes to the view would not require to reload another page?
Web Applications present data within web pages that appear within a browser.  These web pages provide an easy way for users to interact with data.
Web Apps typically consist of a number of different layers

The user interface …

Apple, Microsoft, News »

[2 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 0 views]

One of two things are going to happen. Either Steve Jobs is up to his usual tricks and is investing in ways to send those who follow Apple’s patterns off the trail, or MacRumours (and others) have got something right.
The sudden outburst of rumours are generally fuelled by the evidence spotted in the MacRumours forum. They noticed Apple’s recent purchase of www.me.com. This was recently followed by the acquisition of www.mobileme.com. I’m no expert, but it’s a safe bet that these domains cost a lot of money, as the …