Archive for September, 2006
Why do we compare Programming Languages?
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:01 No CommentsI don’t know. May be just for academic reasons, because there is no relevance in practical life. I recently read some discussion about the performance of Ruby at Joel on Software. Wondering what the heck if Ruby is slower than C++? There are 10s of programming languages which are slower than C/C++, yet they are being [...]
Why Desktop Apps will Stay !
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:48 4 CommentsRecent buzz indicates that Desktop applications will be gone soon and Online counterparts rule the world instead. I disagree. I believe that online applications alone are useless and painful for some of the desktop counterparts. What we need is a smart desktop application or a browser plugin or a desktop widget that is totally integrated with an online [...]
Revisiting ‘The 12 Myths of Mobile UIs’- Part1
Monday, September 25, 2006 0:17 1 CommentAaron Marcus, the founder and President of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc wrote an article “The 12 Myths of Mobile UIs” for Software Development Magazine and was published in May 2003. Its been more than three years since then and lots of things have changed in the Mobile world across the globe. So let us revisit those [...]
INSTANTMOTO – Motorola Mobile Phones on a Vending Machine near you
Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:53 No CommentsMotorola, the No.2 in Mobile phones will be the No.1 to offer its Mobile phones and accessories through a Vending machine. The stores are operated by San Francisco-based Zoom Systems, which also operates iPod vending machines. Currently these vending systems are in the San Francisco International Airport and Macy’s on State Street, in addition to [...]
Virtual Keyboards are no longer safe
Thursday, September 21, 2006 0:27 No CommentsTo fight with keyboard loggers (the spyware programs which record your key strokes) some banks started using Virtual keyboards. When using virtual keyboards, you will not enter your password using your keyboard. Instead, you will use your mouse to enter the password by clicking on the alphabets and numbers that appear as images on the screen. [...]

