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Project Capuchin - Enhance your Java mobile application UI with Flash Lite
April 30 2008
As Flash's strength is in fast UI deployment and Java's strength is in services, security and a well developed distribution infrastructure, lots of Java developers are adopting the Flash as their UI choice. When it comes Java ME development,... read moreExchange on iPhone & iPod touch: Is it going to fade like Motorola Q or shine like Blackberry?
March 06 2008
Well, some people argue that Phone is not a smart phone because of the absence of enterprise email service. I don't want to debate whether iPhone is a smart phone or not, but leaving enterprise email, it was much better... read moreDalvik - Google's tweaked, non-standard JVM for Andriod!!!!
November 13 2007
Google’s Android software for Open Handset Alliance raises eyebrows of every Java developer because of its non-standards. Instead of supporting the Sun’s open source efforts on Java, Google went in a different direction and came up with its own JVM named Dalvik which executes Java programs on Android phones. It… read moreDalvik - Google's tweaked, non-standard JVM for Andriod!!!!
November 13 2007
Google’s Android software raises eyebrows of every Java developer because of the non-standards. Instead of supporting the Sun’s open source efforts on Java, Google went in a different direction and came up with its own JVM named Dalvik which executes Java programs on Android phones. It is neither Java SE,… read moreSun SPOT(Small Programmable Object Technology) Java Development Kit available now
April 02 2007
Do you remember Microsoft’s SPOT watch which debuted at 2004 CES? Sun is also experimenting Small Programmable Object Technology with project Sun SPOT, an ongoing research project at Sun Labs from late 2003. The result of the research is Sun SPOT device. Starting today, the first limited-production run of Sun… read moreAmazon.com is going to be "Accessible" by the end of 2007
March 30 2007
While Target is facing the lawsuit by NFB on accessibility issues, Amazon realised the importance of accessibility and they are going to make Amazon.com accessible for blind people via screen readers. Lately AJAX accessibility issues caught vendors attention and lot... read moreGMail moved to public beta from private beta in some countries
February 07 2007
Google Operating system blog reports that after 3 years of invitation only access, GMail is opened for public sign up. The service is still strictly in beta, even though it's been around since 2004. GMail started with invitation only sign... read moreIs Java more efficient than Ajax for advanced web apps?
January 19 2007
Google is looking at Java based online office suite despite of having Docs & Spreadsheets! Computerworld reviewed online office suites Ajax13, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, ThinkFree Office Online and Zoho Office Suite . The winner is ThinkFree and the runner is Zoho, same as I mentioned in my previous blog… read moreiPhone is cool, but not for the masses!
January 10 2007
Much rumored Apple iPhone was finally unveiled by Steve Jobs at MacWorld yesterday. It impressed lot of people and Wall street too. But slowly the buzz is fading out and people(including me) are talking about the disadvantages of it. Since... read moreGMail CSRF/XSRF(Cross Site Request Forgery) flaw fixed.
January 02 2007
First, Happy 2007 to all. For GMail team, 2007 started with an exploit and they fixed it immediately. Googlified first discovered this serious exploit in GMail which lets your contact list to be stolen. Using a form of cross scripting,... read moreGMail Disaster, Google confirmed the Mass Email Deletions. Even backups are gone?
December 28 2006
Earlier I wrote about the GMail problems. But the latest issue is more than just problem, its a GMail disaster. As per TechCrunch, number of users started complaining that all of their GMail emails and contacts were auto deleted. They... read moreGMail beta - Is "beta" a version name or part of the product name? Wondering as it stays forever...
September 29 2006
Shouldn't it be "2years ( and still in beta)" instead of "2GB (and counting)"? More than 2 years I have been using GMail, but I never impressed by its reliability. It always gives problems. Some times clicking on mail loads... read moreWhat's the Google mail name? "GMail" or "GMail beta"?
September 29 2006
Shouldn't it be "2years ( and still in beta)" instead of "2GB (and counting)"? More than 2 years I have been using GMail, but I never impressed by its reliability. It always gives problems. Some times clicking on mail loads... read moreLanguages used in Ajax development: the most - Java, the least - Ruby
September 11 2006
I have been hearing lot of good things about the Ruby on Rails, but why it is the least language used in Ajax development? This BZ research survey shows that 50.5% of the people are using Java and 10.4% are... read moreWill Federal Court ruling over target.com effect Ajax development?
September 09 2006
In my recent blog I wrote that the people realized the importance of accessibility and vendors are working on resolving the accessibility issues. While the efforts are still in progress, a federal court ruled that a website can be sued... read more
