Monthly Archives: August 2012
Beatriz Malnic – For No One
- Date: August 24, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: Music, Video
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Samsung Calls BS On Apple’s Charges Of Copying
- Date: August 23, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: Entertainment, Gadgets, Tablets, Technology, Video
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Leaked iPhone 5 Video
- Date: August 22, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: Gadgets, Smartphones, Video
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Hover Bike
- Date: August 21, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: Sports, Technology, Video
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Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL
Oracle is holding back test cases in the latest release of MySQL. It’s a move that has all the markings of the company’s continued efforts to further close up the open source software and alienate the MySQL developer community.
The issue stems back to a recent discovery that the latest MySQL release has bug fixes but without a single one having any test cases associated with it. That creates all sorts of problems for developers who have no assurance that the problem is actually fixed.
It’s pretty clear that Oracle is trying to make it as difficult as possible to use MySQL. The result is a wave of unsettlement in the developer community about what Oracle considers open and what it sees as closed. The move is causing problems for developers in all manner of ways as expressed here and here.
Read the whole article here.
Google Files New Patent Lawsuit Against Apple
- Date: August 20, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: News
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According to Bloomberg, Google’s Motorola unit just filed a new patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington. According to this report, Motorola’s complaint seeks to block Apple from importing the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and “various Apple computers.” Today’s lawsuit is only the latest in a long series of recent disputes between Apple and Motorola/Google, but it marks the first time that Motorola is filing one of these lawsuits since its acquisition by Google became final in February.
Read the whole article here.
Pinal Dave’s YouTube Tutorials (SQL Authority)
- Date: August 20, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: Database, SQL, Tutorials, Video
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Thanks to Pinal Dave for making available short SQL tutorials on YouTube.
You may subscribe to his channel here at http://www.youtube.com/user/pinaldave.
Here is one of the tutorials:
ColdFusion MeetUp: Authentication made easy using Twitter/Facebook/Google/more, w/ Billy Cravens
- Date: August 17, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: ColdFusion, MeetUp, Security, Seminars, Training
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Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday Aug 23 will be “Authentication made easy using Twitter, Facebook, Google, and more”, with Billy Cravens.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
Authentication is one of those features we seem to implement in every app. It’s a chore for us, because poor security choices can mean failure. It’s a chore for users: yet another password to remember. Why not let those who have spent millions of dollars on this problem, where your users already have an account, deal with this? In this session, I’ll show you how to implement the various authentication APIs that are out there, presenting a login experience that allows your user to choose from the various options that are available (Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and more). You’ll also see how to wire this up to your application in a way that is unified to your app no matter what service your users choose.
MEETING URL: http://experts.adobeconnect.com/cfmeetup/
DURATION: Approx. 1 hour, plus time for questions
RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com
SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)
RIP Adobe Flash on Android
- Date: August 15, 2012
- Author: rparente
- Categories: Android, Flash, Mobile OS, Smartphones, Tablets
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On August 15, Adobe will no longer offer Flash for Android through the Google Play store. Any Android device that does not already have Flash will be unable to download it any longer. It is the end of a very long, difficult road for Adobe as it cedes video on mobile browsers to HTML5.
Come tomorrow, if you do not already have Flash on your Android smartphone, you will not be able to get it. Adobe has planned to put Flash for Android to rest since fall 2011. The company announced on June 28th that it would un-publish Flash from Google Play on August 15.
Tomorrow will not bring the complete end of Flash support on Android devices. Existing Flash for Android users will continue to receive security updates, but that is the extent to which Adobe will continue to support the plug-in.
Read the whole article here.