How Pervasive is ISP Outbound Email Filtering?
Original post provide by Slashdot: ITErris writes “A member of the Baton Rouge LUG noticed that Cox checks the text of outgoing email and rejects mail containing key phrases. I was aware of forced inbox filtering that has caused problems and been abused by other ISPs in China and in the US. I’ve also read about forced use of ISP SMTP and outbound throttling, but did not know they outbound filtered as well. How prevalent and justified is this practice? Wouldn’t it be better to cut off people with infected computers than to censor the internet?”
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LAN Turns 30, May Not See 40?
'I know that sounds nasty, but for 10 years I had to put up with that crap from the IBM Token Ring people — you bet I'm bitter.' Besides dipping into networking nostalgia, the article also quotes an analyst who says the LAN may be nearing its demise and predicts that all machines will be individually connected to one huge WAN at gigabit speeds.
The Great Microkernel Debate Continues
Andy Tanenbaum weighs in with another article about the virtues of microkernels. From the article: 'Over the years there have been endless postings on forums such as Slashdot about how microkernels are slow, how microkernels are hard to program, how they aren't in use commercially, and a lot of other nonsense.
The Business Case For Rich Internet Applications
Less than 10 years ago, still in its infancy, the Internet was a land of promise for businesses. Companies saw bright new ways to increase their agility, reach more customers and to deliver new, never-before-seen services. Unquestionably since then it has transformed the way consumers and businesses exchange information and has become a vital part of nearly every organization's communication and operational architecture.
Enterprise 2.0 And Data Mashups: Bridging The Web 2.0 Information Gap
As the momentum for the new class of SOA middleware continues to grow, developers are looking for simple yet scalable solutions that can integrate disparate data across a variety of on-premises, on-demand and Web 2.0 information sources and applications. With many of such data integration problems being relatively small in scope, companies can't justify bringing expensive middleware to solve small problems.
4D AJAX For Dreamweaver V11 Now Available
4D Ajax for Dreamweaver v11 has been updated to include support for 4D's newest 4D Ajax objects, Dashboards and Dashboard Charts. These customizable objects allow developers and designers alike to integrate business intelligence applications into new or existing websites with minimal effort.
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Microsoft Launches IT Superhero Comic
'Tech workers who in the middle of the night fix a downed server or take on a computer virus don't really have extraordinary powers. It just seems that way. But a new comic book has debuted in which IT pros literally are superheroes.
Details Of Cyber Storm War Games Released
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Apparently, the participants in the U.S. 'Cyber Storm' war games are familiar with the Kobayashi Maru, because some of them tried to cheat by hacking the games themselves. They also prepare for some very interesting scenarios.
Octopussy Numbers In PHP
I went crazy for half an hour until i realised the problem. Here's a little gotcha you can try: echo 09," => (09)
"; echo 9," => (9)
"; If you expect the above code to produce the same values, you are sadly mistaken.
Flex 3, AIR, BlazeDS: Less Than One Moon
Now. Flex 3 final Beta days are almost over and it brings you lots of goodies. If you are still thinking of using AJAX or JSF for your data intensive business application, just stop it, will you! Just take care of your business with Flex 3, AIR, and BlazeDS.
XML Class
It can parse a XML document file using the DOM Document class and extracts all the nodes with a given name. Then the class can retrieve the values of the elements with a given name that are inside the previously retrieved nodes.