E-Journals

January 24, 2010

Motorola case files against Blackberry ,Research in Motion

Filed under: IT — Tags: , , , , — MOIN @ 1:28 pm

The phone company claims that the Blackberry maker has been illegally using its wi-fi related technology.

A court case is already pending in the US but Motorola has accused RIM of “delaying tactics”.

Motorola has lodged its complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in the hope of a quicker result.

“Motorola has no choice but to file a complaint with the ITC to halt RIM’s continued infringement” said Motorola’s legal representative, Jonathan Meyer.

The ITC typically takes about a month to decide whether to launch an investigation, which takes 12 to 14 months to complete. It can’t award damages but it can stop products from being shipped into the US.

The complaint stems from the two companies failing to renew a cross-licensing agreement. (more…)

December 6, 2009

Propagate and Refresh DNS Cache Faster

Filed under: IT — Tags: , — MOIN @ 5:42 pm

When moving web host to another hosting service’s server or changing the server’s IP address, one of the important consideration to ensure to continue availability of the websites hosted on the server, minimize the downtime of the web sites, avoid weird problems such as emails get delivered to either server randomly, or browsing at old server, is how fast DNS (Domain Name System) will be able to translate or resolve hostname or domain name into your new IP address, instead of the old IP destination. Unfortunately, webmasters have limited ability to control or override the DNS propagation process. Nonetheless, there are still some tips, tricks and workarounds that ensure DNS cache will reflect the new IP addresses as soon as possible.

DNS works in such as a way that when a request for IP address received by DNS resolver, it will then query the root servers to find the authoritative server with detailed knowledge of the particular domain name. If a valid IP address for the domain is returned by the authoritative server, the DNS resolver will cache the DNS resolution for a given period of time known as TTL (Time To Live) after a successful answer, in what known as DNS caching in order to reduce the load on particular DNS server. DNS caching allows resolution of domain name to IP to take place locally using the cached information instead of querying the remote server for subsequent requests, until the TTL duration expires.

The Time-To-Live (TTL) timer is the trick to ensure that the DNS cache expires quickly and always stays fresh. TTL is defined by domain administrator in the authoritative DNS server for the zone where data originates, and its values instruct DNS caching resolvers to expire and discard the DNS records after TTL seconds. Lowering the TTL value will enable rapid expiration and refreshing of DNS records, causing the new records to propagate faster across the world. However, the trick needs the name resolvers follow the RFC standards, which most do. Beside, you must have full control to modify the name server authoritative for your domains. (more…)

What is DNS propagation?

Filed under: IT — Tags: , — MOIN @ 5:33 pm

Any time that DNS changes are made (on any level), you need to wait for propagation to complete. Propagation usually takes 3-5 days, but can take as long as 7-10 days. During propagation, traffic may come to either location. One person may see the new server while someone else sees the old one. Also, yourdomain.name may work while www.yourdomain.name does not. All of this is normal during propagation.

Please note that this means that just because you go to the new site when you type in the domain name does not mean that propagation is complete. The best way to determine whether or not propagation is complete is to review the statistics for each site (the old one & the new one). (more…)

November 19, 2009

Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade

Filed under: IT — Tags: , — MOIN @ 5:14 pm

The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.

Other events singled out by the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences which bestows the annual Webby Awards were Iran’s election protests, Craigslist’s expansion and the launch of Google AdWords.

“The Internet is the story of the decade because it was the catalyst for change in not just every aspect of our everyday lives, but in everything from commerce and communication to politics and pop culture,” said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of the Webby Awards. (more…)

China wants content, values censored in online games

Filed under: IT — Tags: , , — MOIN @ 5:06 pm

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -

China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to enhance socialist values in their games and hire specialized staff to monitor content.

China’s Ministry of Culture said in a circular that game operators must re-examine their game offerings for obscene and violent content and limit the number of virtual marriages and player-versus-player combat.

The changes will affect companies such as Shanda Games, NetEase.com and Tencent Holdings. (more…)

Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays

Filed under: IT — Tags: — MOIN @ 5:04 pm

SAN FRANCISCO -

Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays.

The company said Wednesday it’s trying to ship the $399 Reader Daily Edition for the holidays. But because interest has exceeded expectations, the company can’t be sure that everyone who buys one will get it by Christmas.

Sony unveiled the Reader Daily Edition in August and planned to release it for the holidays. Like rival Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle, the Daily Edition will be able to download books wirelessly — a first for a Sony Reader. (more…)

Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish

Filed under: IT — Tags: — MOIN @ 5:02 pm

SAN FRANCISCO -

Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it’s back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.

It’s too bad such a good-looking phone is so aggravating to use.

With its trim candy bar-shaped body, full keyboard and $100 price tag (with a two-year Sprint Nextel contract and $150 in rebates), it’s clear that Palm is aiming the Pixi at younger, text messaging-savvy consumers.

The Pixi is one of the most attractive phones I’ve seen. Its glossy black face features a crisp-though-diminutive 2.6-inch touch screen and a full keyboard that’s about the size of a Pink Pearl eraser. The keys are the sticky, rubbery kind familiar to Palm fans. In between the screen and keyboard sits a small area where you make finger swipes to switch between applications. (more…)

Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient

Filed under: IT — Tags: — MOIN @ 4:59 pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California regulators have adopted the nation’s first energy-efficiency standards for televisions, a move that will eventually ban power-hungry sets from the state’s store shelves.

Wednesday’s action by the California Energy Commission could lead the way in a general reform of standards for an industry increasingly focused on wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets.

The 5-0 vote by the California Energy Commission is just the latest effort by the state to secure its place in the forefront of the environmental movement.

California represents such a big consumer market that environmental groups hope the new standards will lead manufacturers to make energy-saving TVs for the rest of the nation, just as California’s stringent fuel standards for cars and trucks forced automakers to produce more efficient models for all of the U.S.

“Once again, California is leading the way, and we hope others will follow,” said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council. (more…)

Twitter.com about to get stickier!

Filed under: IT — Tags: , — MOIN @ 4:54 pm

I was reading this post on mashable earlier, from one of my favourite tech bloggers, Jennifer Van Grove.  It’s about a new ‘tweet notification’ feature that Twitter are planning to add, for people who use the Twitter website to tweet.
Twitter business model to include advertising?

twitter_256This got me thinking.  In recent weeks, Twitter has made a number of significant improvements to the functionality of the main Twitter website.  Most recently we saw the addition of the superb Twitter Lists feature, but Twitter are ALSO working on a new retweet feature too.  These improvements have one thing in common; they render web-based apps like Tweetdeck and (my favourite) Seesmic Desktop less and less essential. (more…)

Singapore takes stake in China’s Shanda Games

Filed under: IT — Tags: — MOIN @ 4:49 pm

The Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC), a sovereign wealth fund, has taken a sizable stake in Shanda Games, an online gaming spin-off of China’s Shanda Interactive Entertainment.

GIC purchased nearly 4.5 million American Depository Shares (ADS) in Shanda Games, according to a regulatory filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ADS represent shares in a foreign company and are traded like stocks. In the case of Shanda Games, each ADS is worth two ordinary shares in the company and trades on Nasdaq. (more…)

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