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Month January 2009

Google’s M-Lab and what it means to you

Google just announced Measurement Lab (or M-Lab for short). M-Lab provides tools to aid network diagnostic on the ISP level. For example, we can use the tools to check if the ISP is blocking or throttling BitTorrent traffic. While it is no secret which ISP is doing that in Singapore, there’s another tool called DiffProbe [...]

The Next 100 Years : A Forecast for the 21st Century

Given the current economic conditions, it is hard for one to plan beyond the next 1-2 years. But, if we are to take time and just step aside and ponder for a moment, it does not take a lot to think further and understand the change around us. It is only at such times that [...]

Vista, Apache and Zend Core

If you are new to Vista like myself, one of the irritation will be to deal with permission issues with files in Program Files. After installing Zend Core in the Program Files folder (which is the default setting), I find that I cannot create folders inside ‘htdocs’. Apparently, Vista has some new protective feature that [...]

CISCO launch EOS, an appliance for social networks and targets media companies

To many of us, Cisco is a networking company. However, all these is about to change as they just launch EOS, an appliance that allows users to interact with social networks. This product offering aims to allow media companies to easily reach out and gather feedback from their consumers in social networks. A very good [...]

Rebol – A programmer’s guide (available now in English)

Many thanks to Olivier and Peter for putting in the efforts to translate the book to English. The book is now available via Lulu.com http://www.lulu.com/content/5382304 If you are interested to find out why I still have high hopes for REBOL, read the book and find out for yourself why REBOL makes things easier. I will [...]