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Great AJAX application != REST application
YourMinis.com is another example of how the ECMAScript platform together with XML over HTTP can be used to do great stuff. I am running the RTM version of Vista and IE 7.0 so I don’t know if this site works with all browsers but it’s really fast on my machine and very impressive. Good looking too. Now,…
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My weblog is ‘Web 2.0’-enabled 🙂
After the removal of the blogmap component from my weblog, I was left without any ‘Web 2.0’ functionality. Well, it was time that this was fixed. You can now find the Windows Live Search Siteowner component on every page of my little Web corner. This little gem will search only my blog posts and the rest of…
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Photosynth Tech Preview is available
The Photosynth technology is amazing. I have already started looking at the SDK and I am planning to use it in some of the demos that will start coming out of Microsoft’s Technical Computing group.
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About to buy a new phone
I am in the market for a new cell phone and I can’t make up my mind. Some MUSTs (RFC 2119): Windows Mobile 5.0 GSM, GPRS, EDGE, etc. Thin (as possible) No sliding keyboard Large and high-esolution screen No external antenna Long battery life WiFi Some SHOULDs (again, RFC 2119): 3G Integrated GPS Bluetooth I’ve…
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eScience @ Microsoft blog
You may be interested in monitoring the eScience @ Microsoft blog where Dan Fay posts lots of interesting stuff. Soon, my eScience/Technical Computing posts will also appear there.
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Supercomputing conference (SC06)
I am going to be at SC06 from Sunday (Nov 12) to Friday (Nov 17). If you are going to be around, drop me a line. I am really looking forward to seeing old friends/colleagues and everyone else in the community.
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Congratulations to Paul, Pete, and Debbie
I recently found out that Prof. Pete Lee, Jim‘s PhD supervisor and our HiPPO post-doc boss, has become the head of the School of Computing Science; Prof. Paul Watson, my PhD supervisor and boss while at the NorthEast Regional e-Science Center, has become the School’s Research Director; and Debbie Corbet, the Data-Intensive Systems Research group’s administrator, has taken over the (impossible) task…
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"Web Science"
“Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study“ “Tim Berners-Lee Announces Web Science Initiative – Studying the Social Web“ This is an area very close to my heart. I am really keen to try and make a difference and have an impact in this space through the work I will be…
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Microsoft boosting Linux?
Reading through Slashdot today and coming up against some interesting news: “Microsoft Is Set to Give Linux a Boost Through Partnership With Novell”. If this is true, this is the second time in few minutes I have to ask: Is this Microsoft we are talking about? I wonder if such an agreement will let Mono…
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Zune
My 60G iPod is falling apart from the heavy usage. It’s time for a new portable player, which is definitely going to be a Zune. However, I will have to wait until they release ones with capacity larger than the 30 GBs of the first wave. My CDs already occupy around 37 GBs on my…