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HTML5 comes with several new interesting features and one that we can start having fun with is Canvas. More

Recent studies indicate that online audio and video streaming and other multimedia resources are becoming more popular than conventional TV and radio by making use of different tools such as Icecast, Shoutcast, Liquidsoap, etc. In the past, conventional TV and radio stations broadcasted their content over the internet as an alternative source for consumers and in some cases as a means to reach people living abroad. Nowadays, for TV and especially for radio stations it is a “must” to be able to stream their content over the internet because that is where many consumers are looking for it. This change in consumer behavior provides more opportunities for smaller companies that provide online audio and video streams to promote their content over the internet and reach a greater audience. More

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Dojo's default configuration loads javascript resources from the server only as they're required, Dojo, in its source distribution, contains many separate files and resources. Normally each “dojo.require” statement results in a synchronous HTTP call to the server to retrieve a resource More

1. Liferay & Velocity: Easy Theming for your portal

2. Visual Inheritance and  ASP.NET Web Forms

3. Liferay & ICEFaces: I love this combination

4. Free ASP.NET MVC eBook Tutorial  More

There are a lot of web based requirements management tools popping up on the landscape these days.  Some are more robust than others. Does your business really need a large, pricey application like Rational Tools? Could a smaller, functional, flexible, cost efficient web application work just as well for your business?  More

Many a merger and/or acquisition are justified by the illustrious (and often illusive) “synergies,” but less than 15% of these synergies ever come to fruition – why?  Why are we so good at identifying companies that will benefit from a merger, and then valuing synergies, but we are unable to execute and capitalize this value once the deal has been inked? More

Yesterday, on NPR’s All Things Considered radio program, Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr suggested that Major Nidal Hasan had an accomplice in his horrific shooting spree – the Internet.  The report was probably the most ridiculous things I’ve heard on the radio, and especially egregious coming from NPR, a source from which I expect better.  Schorr’s editorial seems to be both fear mongering and advocating censorship of the Web.  Both of which are irresponsible and dangerous.  The original article and broadcast can be found here. More

The hardest part of being a developer is staying on top of the technology itself.  Since we're all supposed to maximize our time doing productive work, that naturally leads to the conclusion that we should minimize our time spent surfing the Web searching for technology news. I'm curious to hear what sites, blogs, or feeds people are reading to get their daily dose in the least time possible?   More