'IT' Category

• SharpDevelop, an open source C# IDE

  April 12, 2006

  This year I’ve been improving my skills on developing .NET applications using C#. Everyday, I get amazed on how strong the language is. In many ways, I sincerely believe that C# is the language that I wish Java could’ve been. I especially love the usage of templates (I do know they are available since Java [...]

  posted in IT by mariano

• Google Getting Current With Broadband

  July 10, 2005

  As WebProNews reports, Google, along with Goldman Sachs and The Hearst Corporation, will make a significant investment in Germantown, MD-based Current. Current is a provider of broadband access, but delivers that access over powerlines instead of telephone or cable. The technology makes an electrical outlet in a home a source of always-on Internet connectivity. The [...]

  posted in IT by mariano

• Businesses completely dependant of internet? No way…

  June 30, 2005

  It seems that a fault in an undersea cable has crippled many of Pakistan’s internet and mobile phone links overseas, producing a business chaos chain reaction. Referring to this failure, Rahim Kothari, a foreign exchange dealer in Karachi, said: “We’re sitting here idle doing nothing. Trading volume has fallen by almost 80%.” Disruption could also [...]

  posted in IT by mariano

• Well… Firefox behaves strangely somehow

  June 24, 2005

  Browsing around the net, I discovered the following: if you are using Firefox as your browser try inserting a wrong URL, such as (click on the link to test): http://http://www.cricava.com. For some reason, you’ll see, you end up at microsoft.com website, no matter what you typed in as main domain. I’ve read someone saying that [...]

  posted in IT by mariano