Friday, April 16, 2004 - Posts
This is a post on the Blogosphere that I can't to signal to the community...
Rick Skrenta talks about The Secret Source of Google's Power.
Read it because it's really fascinating. it's focused on Google's technology and the OS platform that Gogle have. Great post!
On the Economist of today there's a good article about Windows and Linux market that I want to signal to you: More balls through Windows.
This article analizes the market of these operative systems and (apart from the results, I think that we've read it a lot of time... are always the same...) at the end it introduces a new possible scenario of this infinite "war":
But the future is uncertain, and Linux still might yet represent another kind of threat to the company. No standard operating system has yet emerged for mobile handsets, robots, watches, televisions, printers, car gadgets and other such devices. Microsoft, naturally, wants to extend Windows' dominance to these as well. It is here, rather than the desktop, that Linux could be a real threat to the mighty company's ambitions.
I agree with the author... this could be the real future scenario of competiton between Linux and Windows.
Thanks to M. Keith Warren, I want to bookmark on my Blog this little ASP.NET tip that could be return useful...
HOWTO: Push a javascript alert using server side code
protected virtual void MessageBox(string message)
{
RegisterStartupScript(
System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
string.Format("<script language='javascript'>alert('{0}');</script>", message));
}
Good! 
I want to mention a good idea from Duncan Mackenzie. He has started a Blog on MSDN where to post questions about VB.NET. Duncan and the VB.NET staff will answer soon to your questions. You can find the Blog at this address: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbfaq/
I hope it could be improved soon...
Netscape was disappeared for a lot of time from the browser world after the insuccess of its last Navigator (an orrible browser for me, too slow) and now seems that they have recently announced a comeback with the launch of a Desktop Navigator.
As you can see on the project site, this tool has features like:
- Web Search - enhanced by Google
- Breaking News Headlines updated frequently
- Local Weather
- TV Schedule
- Movie Showtimes from Moviefone
- Mapquest Maps & Driving Directions
- Personals
- Yellow and White Pages
Will be a good project or another insuccess? Personally, I'm sceptical...
A really interesting new tool for SQL Server management is ready to download from MS site: SQL Server Web Data Administrator.
This is a tool that enables you to easily manage your SQL Server data, wherever you are. Using its built-in features, you can do the following from Microsoft Internet Explorer or your favorite Web browser:
- Create and edit databases in SQL Server 2000 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
- Perform ad-hoc queries against databases and save them to your file system
- Export and import database schema and data
- Manage users and roles
- View, create and edit stored procedures
Sounds good!