Archive for March, 2007

Musings on WMN Security

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

After getting to know more about wireless mesh networks (WMN), let us take a look at some of the possible security areas that affect it. Since, this involves networking it would probably be easier for the reader if this where discussed in terms of ISO-OSI network layers (roughly).

Layer
Possible Issues

Physical
Signal interference - distortion and blockage such […]

Wireless Mesh Networks: What is it?

Friday, March 30th, 2007

I have decided to open this category with a post on something I am personally doing research on. I will call this category ProjectWM. These are just random notes. But, hopefully, I can get some people interested enough to contribute a discussion or two in this blog. But, if you are shy then I can […]

Unlimited Yahoo Mail with API: The Battle for Free Email is Now Getting More Interesting

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Here is a scoop from Techcrunch on Yahoo announcing its decision to offer free unlimited electronic mail to its Yahoo mail users. Yes folks. That is free UNLIMITED email. So will people start moving to Yahoo?
Yahoo is announcing that all Yahoo Mail users will have free unlimited email storage starting in May 2007. The current […]

Netbeans 5.5 Blank Screen under Fedora Core 6

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

After a few months of not doing any Java code at all, I left my netbeans installation to atrophy while I did most of my work in good ole vi. After upgrading to Fedora Core 6, I tried to run my netbeans again to try out the Findbugs Netbeans plug-in. Unfortunately, I cannot get netbeans […]

VMWare Paravirtualization to be Added to Mainstream Linux Kernel

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Everybody has been hearing about virtualization and its benefits such as consolidation and security. However, virtualization without the participation of the host kernel (called full virtualization) has a lot of performance problems. Hence, the creation of para-virtualzation. This form of virtualization allows the virtualization software (also called a hypervisor) to access the host kernel to […]

Distributed Booking: Bringing in Outsourcing Opportunities?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Previously, I had a blog about the release of Skype Prime Beta and its potential as a BPO enabler. Now, Techcrunch has an article covering other developments in the distributed booking space (with other players)..
Real world services become much more efficient when paired with Internet-based search and booking platforms. Today, event venues, hotels, airlines, restaurants […]

Verizon Uses VoIP Patent to Cripple Vonage: What Does It Mean for the Rest of Us?

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

In a clear case of ganging up on the newbie, incumbent telecommunications provider Verizon is using it IP portfolio to beat down VoIP golden boy (but losing money lately) Vonage. Vonage has made a new business out of convincing customers to replace their existing costly landline services with a voice-over-IP (VoIP). This, of course, directly […]

CS 31 Pre-Final Grades SY 2006-2007

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Hello class. Congratulations for finishing another semester. It appears that most of you did well in the class and I am pleased to present to you your pre-final grades. Again, these grades are not yet final. Hope you guys had a good semester. Good luck!

 
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AG

40067

38

21

13

13

85

B+

AR

0

31

24

13

13

81

B

AS

0

34

23

9

14

80

B

BA

0

23

23

10

13

69

C

BA

40406

40

24

11

13

88

B+

DA

0

28

22

12

13

75

C+

DE

41041

40

22

12

12

86

B+

DE

41054

35

25

13

13

86

B+

HU

41626

45

23

13

12

93

A

JI

0

32

21

13

12

78

B

LI

41910

41

21

13

13

88

B+

LI

41890

42

25

12

14

93

A

LO

0

30

21

12

12

75

C+

ME

0

32

23

12

14

81

B

NG

53935

40

20

12

13

85

B

PA

0

26

20

10

12

68

C

RU

42776

41

25

13

12

91

B+

SA

42802

38

24

12

14

88

B+

SA

42898

31

18

12

12

73

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0

24

24

13

12

73

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SO

0

34

20

13

12

79

B

TE

43197

24

25

10

12

71

C+

Apple TV: Not the TiVo Killer We Thought It to Be

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Finally, after numerous delays and delays and delays, the Apple TV is finally out. So fans of integrated home entertainment wizardry would like to get a crack at this elegant and classy entertainment appliance from Apple. Of course, we do not expect anything less. As far the online press is concerned, it has been a […]

Adobe Apollo: Just Another Virtual Machine? - Reverse Engineered!

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

What is happening right now has been predicted by numerous computer scientists through out the years. As computing resources increase so will the applications that require it increase. Today, we are seeing movement towards virtualization both in the operating systems and the application side.
Java was previously mocked, as a development environment, a few years […]