Mar 5, 2012
Since we are looking into linking database with websites via ASP.NET, and Google just consolidated their database for all their users, I thought it would be worth talking about. Last Thursday, March 1, Google removed the barriers that legally stopped them from linking all of a person’s electronic data together. Before, it kept things separately, [...]
Feb 26, 2012
One of the reasons that Visual Studio 2010 is such a powerful tool is because of its ability to use custom extensions. There is a plethora of extensions already in existence. Some are ready and free to be downloaded, while others can be purchased on a per-user basis. You can even design your own extensions [...]
Feb 19, 2012
ASP.NET and PHP are both very powerful, widely used tools for developing dynamic web pages. It can be incredibly difficult to choose between which one to use, or if to use both via Microsoft IIS, and can change on a per-project basis. In terms of performance, ASP.NET is generally considered faster due to being compiled [...]
Feb 11, 2012
While this is a fairly old article talking about some updates to Chrome, it talks about the initial release of the Chrome app store, and some people in class seemed rather confused when I was talking about it a few weeks ago. Not to be confused with the Google’s Android Market, Chrome’s Web Store offers [...]
Feb 6, 2012
This week I found a very helpful article on CNN Tech that helped introduce new JavaScript users to the programming language. The article described the very basic aspects of JavaScript, such as its dot syntax, properties, method calling, and so on. The author adds in some extra details for those that are unfamiliar with HTML, [...]
Jan 30, 2012
As I was looking around for articles, I found a very interesting site that has tips and tricks, among other things, about professional web design. The article I looked at was a breakdown of all the features of CNN’s redone website as of November 2011. The new website contains all of its elements in an [...]
Jan 22, 2012
Over the last two years, HTML5 has been supported and adopted by a lot of big name companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, and LinkedIn. While HTML5 is technically only the latest version of a technical standard, it has come to represent a set of features and capabilities that both enhance user experience and [...]
Jan 15, 2012
Back in February 2011, Google changed at least part of their search algorithms, resulting in rather different search results for the same search criteria. Google said that this is one of their biggest changes, which will affect about 12% of their results. Gabrial Stricker, a Google spokesman, explained that their goal is to give users [...]
Jan 7, 2012
This CNN Money/Tech Fortune article discusses several issues currently present with cloud computing, including cloud outages, security issues, server issues, and general confusion. After Amazon’s cloud outages, which affected both small companies and corporate giants, this monstrously powerful technology has come under more scrutiny. The article argues that, even with outages, cloud computing is still [...]
