Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category

Shopping Cart Solution

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

If you are like me and enjoy the convenience of the internet, and internet commerce but aren’t a super geek, or high end computer programmer, then you want something that “just works”. You don’t want to spend days fiddling with it to get it to work. Even worse getting it to work only for one little thing to change on it and suddenly you must start from scratch. You need a solution that does what it claims, and is usable by everyone.

So you got a nice site, and you sell your item. Now you need shopping cart software. A great ecommerce software solution can be found in Ashop. Its a full featured shopping cart. And whats more is that its easy to set up, and easy to run. You needn’t be a programmer or even a very experience computer user to run this.

Your ecommerce software solution can be set up in 10 minutes, and you dont have to install a thing! There are literally hundreds of pre -programmed  features you will find useful for your commercial interests online. You can change the look of your site at a moments notice, you can actually do it with just a single click, no  consultant or programming knowledge necessary .

Now in the spirit of keeping it noce and easy the creators have a turial video for EVERY FUNCTION in this ecommerce software.  Its not something you will  have and not know what a feature will do for you. Theres a complete knowledge base, and a comprehensive manual as well, and if that were not enough, theres a help button by every feature. If you forget a reminder is one click away. And failing that, mind you this is customer service at its best, theres a live chat button in the admin panel. If you need to ask a question, click it and thee you are connected to someone with the company. Theres no waiting on hold etc, just service.

I cant ask for more than that.

Systems Administrators

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

System administrators get the head aches of the hi tech world. They are responsible for installing, monitoring, upgrading, and maintaining the hardware, systems, and the software. Things must run smooth, or someone will be yelling at the admin. Some larger groups have many admins, each with a specialization, but often they do everything.

System admins work on things like operating systems, server hardware, software programs, the devices on the network,the web servers, the email systems attached the them, the secuirty of each. Not a sexy job, but its very needed. A good admin is invisible, becuase if they do the job well you never need to call on them. Kind of like the cops that deter crime, they never need to make an arrest and so are never hailed as heroes.

Why does a enterprise need a sysadmin? They are the wood and nails of a the business’s IT building, so to speak. They do the boring, robotlike jobs daily to prevent the problems, and improve technical perfomance. If something does somehow break, they do the diagnostics. They must stay on top of the the changes to the quick technology changes to the systems of the enterprise, and because of that they often contain knowledge that most wont, and it will often prove to be a critical fact. Sysadmins will be needed throughout the foreseeable future. More and more systems go online daily and  they are variably complex, coupled with new technology.

Generally you want one with 3-5  years experience. For some positions companies might seek a 4 year degree, dependant on complexity. Many employers seek only a specific general certificate. Such as Cisco Certified Network Professional or Cisco Certified Network Associate.

InVideo for YouTube

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Some innovative technology from Google again. YouTube, which is now owned by Google has created InVideo. InVideo is a animated overlay that plays inside a youtube video. It has a clickable message to it.

The ad is fairly simple and resides in the lower  20% or so of the viweing space. They start about 15  seconds into a video, are 80% see through and  remain up for about 10 seconds, then they are gone.

The video giant streams 3 billion minutes of video monthly. Well, thats alot of advertising dollars they weren’t using, alot of opportunities missed.

Its said that the embedded content wont have invideo, possibly because it may be embedded somewhere that wouldn’t flatter the advertiser.

You know, they should have this for television. Commercials are the worst part of TV. A nice little ad, quietly scrolling translucently at the bottom of the screen for 10 seconds, well I think thats hot!

Of course, when would we use the restroom if we didn’t have commercials? I hadn’t considered that. In that light its  as if they are doing a public service…

I jest, but how long until our web surfing is kept in a log and commercials are sent to individual sets based on the viewers surfing… Its coming. I just don’t know when.

Hacker Unlocks iPhone

Monday, August 27th, 2007

A hacker from New Jersey has unlocked the iPhone, enabling the device made by Apple to be used by any carrier.

George Hotz unlocked the iPhone, and has connected it to the T-Mobile Network. T-Mobile is a major competitor of AT&T, who is the sole operator for iPhone.
Hota says to do the hack takes 2 hours, some knowledge of software and soldering. No word yet from either Apple or AT&T.

The hacker hopes that people will unlock their own phones  on their own, he doesnt want his discovery to be used to gain profit. His next project will be to unlock the phone without any soldering.

Hotz says it took 500 hours of work to discover this.

Microsoft to make Code for POSIX OS

Friday, August 24th, 2007

In the hopes of allowing operating system diversity in India, Microsoft will create several projects around Linux, Unix, and BSD. The deadline will appear in about 1 month. Microsoft hopes to grab some market share in India for Windows. Microsoft’s goal is operating system interoperability.

Microsoft will commission a team of “interoperability experts” to better facilitate working in the Linux world. This will be comprised of key developers from both sides of the coding circle.

Last year Microsoft created a council of experts in the US to assist people using microsofts products in a non windows environment. This council will meet bi-annually. Its a normal progression for Microsoft to establish a similar council in India


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