Put simply, supernetting a TCP/IP network address is the opposite of subnetting it. Supernetting is also known as CIDR (classless interdomain routing) as defined by RFCs 1517, 1518, 1519, and 1520. In IPv4, CIDR is one way of attempting to manage the shortage of TCP/IP addresses until IPv6 takes over.
Supernetting in itself does not give [...]
Having one or more subsystems that are underperforming alters the responses and behaviors of a server. Usually, this means that the server becomes unresponsive or falls below what is considered acceptable operational behavior. This diminished performance puts the service level agreement (SLA) at risk, which ultimately means the organization itself can suffer.This technical article [...]
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Official_Google_s_quest_for_700MHz_is_so_on’; Hear that America? That’s the sound of the hammer dropping on our beloved cartel of carriers. Google’s bid for the 700MHz “C Block” is on. Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO, says the following:
“We believe it’s important to put our money where our principles are. Consumers deserve more [...]
Marat Denenberg has continued the trend of CSS frameworks by taking Mootools and creating CSS.js.
The library sits on top of CSS itself and gives you:
Programmatic CSS
Browser Compatibility
Custom CSS Properties
With programmatic css, you can use loops to generate CSS that might have taken pages to type out. You can have CSS constants. You can do all [...]
“We want to be on a billion phones,” says Ojas Rege, VP of Yahoo’s global mobile products. So, imagine the challenge that Ojas and his team have in order to achieve that goal. You need to have an entrpreneurial bent of mind to do make the internet fit your phone points out Ojas.
In Part-2 of [...]
Google’s “Blogger in Draft” program that tests functionality for Google’s popular Blogger blogging platform has rolled out OpenID support for comments.
The new service will allow anyone with an OpenID account, including LiveJournal and TypeKey services to log in and validate a comment on blogs running under the Blogger in Draft service. Google notes that the [...]
We have had a couple of interesting announcements in the worlds of Widgadgets. First, Yahoo! launched a new version of the Widget platform: Yahoo! Widgets 4.5, and second, Google Gadgets have gone across another platform, with new support for the Mac and Dashboard.
Yahoo! Widgets 4.5
What?s New for Widget developers:
Yahoo! Widgets 4.5 now makes it easier [...]
Andre Lewis has a new site out there, Placeshout which offers a way to quickly call out your favourites place in various locations.
You could argue that we have other places for this… Yelp for example, or My Maps themselves. So, why Placeshout?
Sometimes, you just want a quick suggestion
When Andre and I are looking for a [...]
Thomas Fuchs is back in the consulting game and his new site gives us another glimpse of Script.aculo.us 2.0 abilities.
The photo zooming?
PLAIN TEXT
JAVASCRIPT:
Effect.PhotoZoom = Class.create(Effect.Element, {
setup: function() {
var currentHeight = $(’text’).getHeight();
var newHTML = this.element.next(’div.text’).innerHTML;
var left = Thomas.photos.indexOf(this.element)*120 + 90;
var color = $w(’ffa [...]
A former executive at chip maker Broadcom Corp. will plead guilty to obstruction of justice and cooperate in a federal probe of company stock option grants, the U.S. attorney’s office said Friday.
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The Pentagon is incorporating cybertechnology into its war-fighting arsenal to stave off an “electronic Pearl Harbor.”
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The value of U.K. Internet sales rose 29 percent in 2006 compared with the previous year, accounting for 6.5 percent of all nonfinancial sales, the government reported Friday.
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If you follow the blogs which cover the internet tech industry you’ll have heard one word too much lately; Facebook.
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Reports surfaced yesterday, and now we have the official word from Facebook. Users will now have to opt-in to share purchases via Beacon:
Stories about actions users take on external websites will continue to be presented to users at the top of their News Feed the next time they return to Facebook. [...]
Using color has been a tried and true method of representing importance or value in a UI. Whether it’s negative balance or indicating a successful process, color helps to convey your message much more effectively then plain old text.
Josh Nathanson came up with an interesting jQuery plugin called HeatColor which assigns colors to elements based [...]