Archives for the "Java" tag
No Changes in Mobile
Today’s announcement by Nokia that it would acquire all of Symbian represents an important move in the upcoming battle for next generation mobile devices (to call them phone seems unfair as they tend to do more than just make calls). In this entry, I’ll take a quick look at how the different players are currently [...]
Tags: Apple, Google, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Nokia, OS, Palm, Wireless
In Business, Technology
Microsoft Does Linux
I had to check the date on the article when I saw the announcement that Microsoft was going to provide some level of support for Linux. However, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke; it’s the real thing and has serious implications. In order to understand the impact, one has to understand how Microsoft used [...]
Tags: Java, Linux, Microsoft, OS
In Analysis
Googling Netscape
The Google stock is getting hurt in after hours trading as the company’s earnings disappointed Wall Street. It was to be expected but now is the time for executives at Google to look at history and, hopefully, not repeat it. The history I am talking about, in particular, is that of a company that was [...]
Tags: AOL, API, Google, Internet Explorer, Java, Microsoft, Search, Wall Street, Yahoo
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Getting to Know You
Google’s introduction of new extensions for Firefox is all about knowing more about some users. This week, Google introduced two new Firefox extensions: Google Safe Browsing and Blogger Web Comments which are providing richer integration with the desktop and a number of new features based on your surfing patterns. But the question, when looking at those is [...]
Tags: Advertising, Google, Java, Search
In Analysis
Webalizer.conf hacking: HideAgent
Many people have written to me to point out that they still get duplicate entries in their user-agent table after using the GroupAgent trick I highlighted. To remove those, you need to use the HideAgent directive. Here is the list of HideAgent directives I have in my file: HideAgent rv:1.4 HideAgent 3.01 HideAgent 3.02 HideAgent 4.01 HideAgent 5.0 HideAgent 5.01 HideAgent 5.12 HideAgent 5.13 HideAgent 5.14 HideAgent 5.15 HideAgent 5.16 HideAgent 5.17 HideAgent 5.21 HideAgent 5.22 HideAgent 5.23 HideAgent 5.5 HideAgent 6.0 HideAgent 348NorthNews HideAgent Alcatel- HideAgent almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler HideAgent AmphetaDesk HideAgent antibot HideAgent AppleWebKit HideAgent http://Ask.24x.Info/ HideAgent ASPseek HideAgent aspseek HideAgent augurfind HideAgent AvantGo HideAgent Awasu HideAgent Baiduspider HideAgent BarraHomeCrawler HideAgent BBot HideAgent BFS_method HideAgent Bilbo HideAgent Bison HideAgent Blazer HideAgent blo.gs HideAgent BlogBot HideAgent Blogdigger HideAgent Blogosphere HideAgent BlogPulse HideAgent BlogShares HideAgent Blogwise HideAgent boitho.com HideAgent bookwatch@onfocus.com HideAgent books@onfocus.com HideAgent BorderManager HideAgent brainoff.com/geoblog/ HideAgent www.business-socket.com HideAgent Camino HideAgent CE-Preload HideAgent Check and Get HideAgent china HideAgent China HideAgent CJNetworkQuality HideAgent cloakBrowser HideAgent combine HideAgent COMBINE HideAgent compatible) HideAgent CoolBot HideAgent CoologFeedSpider HideAgent CopyHunter HideAgent curl HideAgent DA HideAgent danux HideAgent Dattatec.com-Sitios-Top HideAgent daypopbot HideAgent DoCoMo HideAgent DTS HideAgent Ecosystem/development HideAgent EgotoBot HideAgent Elaine HideAgent EmailSiphon HideAgent Ericsson HideAgent ETS HideAgent eXactSite HideAgent Exalead HideAgent exactseek.com HideAgent EyeOnSite HideAgent fantomBrowser HideAgent fantomCrew HideAgent FAST HideAgent Fast HideAgent FavOrg HideAgent FeedDemon HideAgent Feedreader HideAgent FeedOnFeeds HideAgent Feedster HideAgent FeedValidator HideAgent Fetch HideAgent Finder HideAgent FlickBot HideAgent Franklin HideAgent Frontier HideAgent Gaisbot HideAgent GalaxyBot HideAgent Genome HideAgent GetRight HideAgent Gigabot HideAgent grub-client HideAgent Google* HideAgent gossamer-threads.com HideAgent htdig HideAgent HTTrack HideAgent ia_archiver HideAgent iaea.org HideAgent iCab HideAgent Industry HideAgent Indy HideAgent INGRID/3.0 HideAgent InternetSeer HideAgent internetseer HideAgent IUFW HideAgent IUPUI HideAgent IXE HideAgent Jakarta HideAgent janes-blogosphere HideAgent Java HideAgent jBrowser HideAgent jiffe HideAgent junkbuster HideAgent k2spider HideAgent Lachesis HideAgent lachesis HideAgent larbin HideAgent Leknor.com HideAgent Liberate HideAgent libwww-perl HideAgent Lincoln HideAgent Linkbot HideAgent LinkHype HideAgent Links HideAgent LinksManager.com HideAgent LinkSweeper HideAgent LinkWalker HideAgent LNSpiderguy HideAgent Lynx* HideAgent MagpieRSS HideAgent Microcomputers HideAgent Missauga HideAgent Missigua HideAgent Mitsu HideAgent mogimogi HideAgent MOT- HideAgent Mozilla/3.04 HideAgent Mozilla/3.04Gold HideAgent Mozilla/4.04 HideAgent Mozilla/4.05 HideAgent Mozilla/4.06 HideAgent Mozilla/4.08 HideAgent Mozilla/4.5 HideAgent Mozilla/4.51 HideAgent Mozilla/4.6 HideAgent Mozilla/4.61 HideAgent Mozilla/4.7 HideAgent Mozilla/4.8 HideAgent MSFrontPage HideAgent MSNBOT HideAgent MyHeadlines HideAgent MyWireServiceBot HideAgent NationalDirectory HideAgent NaverRobot HideAgent NCBrowser HideAgent Netcraft HideAgent NetNewsWire HideAgent NetResearchServer HideAgent NewsGator HideAgent Newz HideAgent NG/1.0 HideAgent NIF HideAgent NITLE HideAgent nntp//rss HideAgent Nokia HideAgent NPBot HideAgent NRK-bruker HideAgent Openbot HideAgent Opera HideAgent Oddbot HideAgent Offline HideAgent OPWV-SDK HideAgent Oracle HideAgent Panasonic HideAgent PEAR HideAgent PHILIPS- HideAgent PHP HideAgent Pix HideAgent PocketFeed HideAgent Pompos HideAgent Popdexter HideAgent PostNuke HideAgent Powermarks HideAgent psbot HideAgent Python-urllib HideAgent QuepasaCreep HideAgent Radio* HideAgent Rainbow HideAgent rdflib HideAgent Robozilla HideAgent RPT-HTTPClient HideAgent SAGEM- HideAgent SAMSUNG HideAgent Scrubby HideAgent SHARP- HideAgent SideWinder HideAgent slurp@inktomi.com HideAgent Scooter HideAgent searchspider.com HideAgent SearchSpider.com HideAgent SEC- HideAgent semanticdiscovery HideAgent SIE- HideAgent SharpReader HideAgent Shareware HideAgent SlimBrowser HideAgent Snoopy HideAgent SOFTWING_TEAR_AGENT HideAgent SonyEricsson HideAgent spider@spider.ilab.sztaki.hu HideAgent SpiderKU HideAgent Spinne HideAgent SmartDownload HideAgent stealthBrowser HideAgent Steeler HideAgent SuperBot HideAgent SurveyBot HideAgent Sweeper HideAgent Syndic8 HideAgent Syndirella HideAgent Syndigator HideAgent Tagword HideAgent Technoratibot HideAgent Teleport HideAgent Teoma HideAgent Teradex HideAgent Terrar HideAgent T-H-U-N-D-E-R-S-T-O-N-E HideAgent timboBot HideAgent TurnitinBot HideAgent http://www.tutorgig.com/ HideAgent UltraLiberalFeedParser HideAgent Vagabondo HideAgent verzamelgids HideAgent VoilaBot HideAgent W3C_Validator HideAgent w3m HideAgent www.walhello.com HideAgent www.wapsilon.com HideAgent WebCapture HideAgent Webclipping HideAgent WebFilter HideAgent WebGather HideAgent WebGo HideAgent WebRACE HideAgent websitealert.net HideAgent WebStripper HideAgent WebTV HideAgent WebZIP HideAgent WEP HideAgent Wget HideAgent Wildgrape HideAgent WinHttp.WinHttpRequest HideAgent Xenu HideAgent Zealbot HideAgent ZyBorg I will publish a webalizer.conf file [...]
Tags: China, Google, Java, Oracle
In Technology
Usability 101: Efficiency
On Monday, I highlighted the five basic points of usability. Yesterday, I delved further into the concept of learnability. Today, we are focusing on the concept of efficiency. What is efficiency? Efficiency relates to how fast a user accomplish tasks once he or she has learned to use a system. The basic idea behind it is that, [...]
Tags: Java, Microsoft, usability
In Technology
