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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 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 sign that CISCO [...]

Installing Drupal : Endless loop at database setting

If you have been encountering an ‘endless loop’ while trying to install Drupal 6.4, you are not alone. 
I encounter the same issue while trying to  install Drupal 6.4 on my local machine. 
At the database setting (or configuration) screen, it goes into an infinite loop without any error message.
The easy way to solve it is to [...]

Google’s Chrome – A New Browser, A New Application Platform

Google will be launching its new browser sometime today.
Based on webkit, one of the benefits includes using it as an application platform rather than the general browser.
I think this is the right direction. Web based applications is getting more complex. And the current state of browsers has its limitations.
Rather than having me go into the [...]