May 13, 2012
The article that i read was about how visual basic and C#, which are both Microsoft languages, had been competing i the past. One of them would release something new and the other would have to play catch up to make themselves look good. Now both of the teams have to report through the same [...]
May 6, 2012
The article that i read was about how hackers are using ajax to hack people’s computers. Basically what the hackers are doing is putting unsuspicious pieces of JavaScript code that is similar to that commonly found on legitimate AJAX-using websites and then these javaScripts are fetching the payloads and assembling them back on the clients [...]
Apr 29, 2012
The article that i read was about a program called code hero. Basically code hero is a first person shooter style game that teaches you to code in Javascript, C#, and Python while you play it. In the game you run around with a gun that lets you copy and paste snippets of code in [...]
Apr 22, 2012
The article that i read was about using CSS3 to render 3D web pages. Basically with the use of CSS3 and jQuery web developers have started to be able to add a third dimension to web pages and web programming. The article said that it is very labor intensive and is not really out there [...]
Apr 15, 2012
The article that i read was about the use of HTML5 and CSS3 together. The first thing to note is that HTML5 will load pages much faster due to the fact that it uses webSockets. WebSockets basically will allow for more live interaction between the browser and the web page and this will allow for [...]
Apr 8, 2012
the article that i read was about html5 and the benefits of using it versus html. The article talks about all the new tags that html5 uses and what they can do for you as a web developer. First off the article talks about how if your website works fine and html allows you to [...]
Apr 1, 2012
The article that i read was about how companies and IT professionals feel about the security of cloud computing. Cloud computing allows for flexibility in access to a companies data and allows the employees to have access to the data at home without physically taking the data out of the companies building on a storage [...]
Mar 11, 2012
The article that i read is about how the feds are building a data warehouse that will have all everyones healthcare data, their social security number, and all of their treatments and diagnosis. The data will be updated daily by the healthcare providers and it will cover the data from current federal employees and retirees, [...]
Mar 5, 2012
The article that i read was about how the largest threat to data is through thumb drives. the article talks about how in the last 2 years 37% of the companies that were polled had lost data from the loss or theft of USB devices. 91% of the companies that were polled allow their employees [...]
Feb 26, 2012
The article that i read was about data recovery and how safe it really is. The article talks about how 85% of large companies use third party companies for data recovery services and how 39% of them have used the service within the last week of when the article was written. The article then goes [...]
Feb 19, 2012
The article that i read was about how automated web attacks are on the rise. The article says that on average web applications are attacked by hackers roughly once every two hours while automated attacks are averaging about 25,000 attacks per hour. That is one attack every 7 seconds. This shows how much more devastating [...]
Feb 12, 2012
The article that i read was about a group of people who were indicted for stealing 130 million credit card numbers by hacking into heartland payment systems. The men used SQL injection to steal the credit card numbers. The men were given 17- 25 years in prison. The article then talks about about how one [...]
Feb 6, 2012
The article i read was about how Cisco is saying that cloud computing traffic accounts for about 11% of all data center traffic. The article says that by the year 2015 Cloud computing will account for roughly 34% of all data traffic. Last year alone cloud based data exchanges clocked in 130 exabytes, which is [...]
Jan 29, 2012
The article i read was about the different types of databases and which ones are right for different applications. The first type of database the article talks about are desktop databases such as Microsoft Access, FileMaker Pro, and Lotus Approach. These databases are mainly used by small business’ because they are relative;y cheap and they [...]
Jan 22, 2012
The article that i read was about database normalization. Normalization is basically the organization of tables and data in order to reduce redundancy. Redundancy is bad because it takes up more space and causes the database to run slower. The article talks about how redundancy may not be a problem on small scale projects but [...]
Jan 15, 2012
The article i read was about proper naming standards for data modeling. One of the most important things that the article says is that you need to be concise and clear when naming your entities. This allows for people other than yourself to be able to understand what is being named and how you have [...]
Jan 8, 2012
The article that i read was about the common mistakes that are made when people are designing and building databases. The article talks about how people need not rush into the planning aspect of the database in order to just get it done. The next big mistake that people make is in the naming of [...]
