Technology Crawler

Blog: Når Google-søgninger bestemmer verdensøkonomien

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:44:00 +0000

Blog: Når Google-søgninger bestemmer verdensøkonomien: "Hvordan har du det med, at algoritmer fra en håndfuld finansielle virksomheder kontrollerer børsmarkederne? Og at Google-søgninger er med til at bestemme algoritmernes salgs- og købsordrer?"

My small contribution to free speech of mankind - especially Swedish sitizens

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:46:00 +0000

Hackers paradise or the security officers search engine?

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

A new search engine has come to our attention this week. Not that there is not enough search engines on the web these days, but this one is a little special.

Hackers are used to crawl the web for potential security leaks, but now it seems that someone think that it should be more common to the public to find the same information.

Starting this week SHODAN make there search engine available to the public, i.e. with a few key strokes and common knowledge about internet security your first hacker attempt could be possible.

Example: To find a Linksys router in Denmark that is configured with default username and password takes less then 1 minute.

What the information is going to be used for we can only imagine, but my best guess is that quite a few people would feel tempted to go "all the way"

Is it so hard to do something positive with such a tool? Why not warn the owners of the web sites about the security risk they have - not only to have there own servers and intranets hacked BUT also the security risk they oppose to the complete internet community by allowing botnets and other evil stuff to work from there sites.

At TechnologyCrawler we will try to take the positive approach!
Do any of our readers have good ideas how to approach the problem ?- please leave a comment

Free BI analytics from YouCalc

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:48:00 +0000

Free BI analytics from Danish startup YouCalc.
You can among other things use it as an "add-on" to Google Analytics
Try out the embedded demo

Google Chrome 4.0 Beta for windows ready for download

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:16:00 +0000

What you get in this release:

Sync Google Chrome bookmarks across multiple computers in seconds
30% increase in speed!

Embedded Google Wave test

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:09:00 +0000

This is a small test of embedding a Wave in a blog, i.e. the readers of Technology Crawler should be able to see realtime editing of the blogpost!!!
There are some minor bugs during the process....but. REMEMBER THIS IS A PREVIEW version of Google Wave, we will get there.
At the moment it seem that it is only possible to see the Wave if you are logged-in with a Wave account, i.e it is not yet public...working on the problem...This is due to the enhancement issue #154...so we have to wait for a solution.

... Until Isue #154 is solved I will temporarily add a desktop recording so that non-Wave members can see what is going on. I have not been so thrilled since I tried the www for the first time...this will be great!!!

Stay tuned :-)

FREE Google Wave invites to TechnologyCrawler readers

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:02:00 +0000

Dear Technology Crawler reader,
I would like to share 10 Google Wave invites to the readers with the best reasons for obtaining one.

Leave your comment incl. your e-mail
PS: If you do not have the time to write a reasonable explanation about your expectations from the invite I will probably disregard your request

Good luck

TechnologyCrawler riding the Google Wave

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Finally we got the Google Wave Invite, so stay tuned for a complete report with objective pros and cons.

Exclusive interview with the Google Wave inventor Lars Rasmussen

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:57:00 +0000

Interview: Danish Lars Rasmussen is in the process of shaping the development of the Internet with Google Wave. Version2 met him in Vienna and heard what the future plans for Google's new tool would be.

Lars Rasmussen, along with Stephanie Hannon, product manager for Google Wave.

Google Wave is now at a very early stage where nobody knows what it will lead to, but the opportunities to rethink ways to communicate digitally has not gone unnoticed by the industry, Lars Rasmussen said, at a SAP TechEd conference.

Today, Google has several hundred thousand beta testers for Google Wave through invitations. Lars Rasmussen hope to expand before too long, though it requires a shift to some more powerful servers.

"We have a fairly small technical setup and can not handle a lot of users right now. We are in the situation that we every day send a few more invitations until the system crashes. No, now I am exaggerating a bit, but it is the way we test how the load actually is. You can use scripts to simulate many users, but it does not show how people actually use it. This is what our preview is about right now, " Lars explains.

If all goes well, we will extend to millions of users at the beginning of 2010.

"And then we can - hopefully - provide free access by the end of 2010. We'll see.I can not promise anything" Lars says, adding that right now is two million on the waiting list to join the Wave Club.

30,000 companies are queuing
Future Plans for Google Wave is very open. There are no firm plans, and much will depend on which side that is most in demand on the Google Wave projects, "says Lars Rasmusssen.

"Normally, it is consumers who first shows interest in the products, Google is developing, but with Google Wave, we have been surprised - positively surprised - how many companies have approached. We have received over 30,000 inquiries from companies who want to work with Google Wave, even at this early stage, " Lars says.

But perhaps it is not entirely surprising that the result of the Google Wave project also appeals to enterprises, he said.

'On the Google Wave Team of around 60 persons, we use the Google wave to all communications and collaboration, emphasizing that the functions can be used in businesses.

For example, if the Wave team will write a blog post, they are maybe five, working on it through Google Wave. And here the new tool makes a big difference, Lars Rasmussen believes.

"It is unbelievable, so much faster it is, compared to if you had a Word document, and shared it via email. There are some tasks that just gets solved so much faster. We call it Wave moments, "says the Danish developer.

Does he speculate about how Google Wave will be used in companies sometime in the future? "It will primarily be collaboration on documents, and specialized applications, such as those which SAP has developed to draw diagrams or download data from ERP systems."

"On my own Waves right now, it is most collaboration on documents, discussions and development of design documents, but there are millions of applications at Google, that I would love was closely integrated with the Wave, e.g. Our transfer of documents dealing with complaints and so on would make everything faster, "he says.

Everyone should be able to own Wave-server
As it looks now, Google Wave is only running on Google's servers. But it is planned that all should eventually be able to run their own Wave servers.

'The question of whether to run its own Google Wave servers pop up frequently.We have designed the protocol, so it is possible to run the wave-server inside the firewall and with private waves. We will not build such a wave-server, but we will be happy if others will. If demand is high enough, we'll probably even offer to help with a private Wave server, but it is too early to say now, "he explains.

It is also an explanation for the Wave protocol to be open source.

"When we saw what Google Wave was, we could see that it was unlikely that all companies would run their own Wave-server as the algorithms are quite delicate. We then decided to make the most of the code to open source. We are not quite done yet, besides the central part, but over the next year we will do more and more of the code open, to help companies build their own Wave-server, "said Lars Rasmussen.

Another explanation is that it is obvious that Google Wave must have a solid number of users before it becomes interesting for people to use.

The original idea for the project was to develop the protocol, as it would look like if the e-mail was invented today.

"The biggest challenge, technically, is real-time editing. It is notoriously difficult to implement, and we have spent a great deal of time on it. While several people working on the same wave, we must ensure that it is consistent at all time, and simultaneously becomes searchable in real time. It is difficult, "he says.

How Google will make money on Google Wave and if any will be allowed to run their own Google-Wave server is not crystal clear yet, but Lars Rasmussen points to a business model like Google Apps, where businesses buy a package from Google and then pay per user, without having to think about technique.

"It started to become a profitable business for us. By including Google wave in Google Apps, we can use it to increase sales, "he explains.

Lars Rasmussen is quite convinced that Google Wave eventually become a fully integrated part of Google Apps.

Another opportunity to monetize Google Wave will be like Google's Android Marketplace and Apple's App Store.

"There is a great demand that we develop such a marketplace, and so perhaps we can also make money that way," he says.

How does it feel to work on something that you have no idea where it is going?

"I love it," says Wave inventor with a laugh

Interview made by JESPER KILDEBOGAARD from Version 2

SideWiki; Great news for dedicated Chrome users

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:46:00 +0000

Finally a bookmarklet that make it possible to use Sidewiki in Google Chrome

in reference to: Sidewiki : Sidewiki bookmarklet - Toolbar Help (view on Google Sidewiki)

NASA introducing new services in the Cloud

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Today NASA gave a complete new meaning to services in the cloud by a successful launch of Ares 1-X

Free Google Maps Navigation App for Android 2.0 phones

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Watch this video and you know why your next mobile phone should be with the Android 2.0 OS

Google Social Search experiment

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:37:00 +0000

More easily find relevant blogs, reviews and other public content from your social circle.

Select to participate in the Google Experimental Labs function for Google Social Search

Sign in to Google and do a search. If there's relevant web content written by people in your social circle, it will automatically show up at the bottom of your search results under a section called "Results from people in your social circle."

To see even more social content you can click the "Show options" link at the top of the results page and then click on the "Social" link.

What is your social circle? It's a combination of your Gmail chat buddies, your Gmail contacts friends, family and co-worker groups, and people you're publicly connected to on other social sites (such as Twitter and FriendFeed). Learn more about social search.

As to few people is making use of the possibility to add there profile on Google the experiment will at the moment have limited results...but lets give the guys a chance

Avogado, your free advanced molecular editor

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science and related areas. It offers a flexible rendering framework and a powerful plugin architecture.

Become a Google Apps reseller - 20+%

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:19:00 +0000

Have you ever thought of using your waste knowledge about the services Google offers in the cloud? Now you have the possibility to become a reseller of the Google Apps. Many SME companies and public institutions will stand in que to get an offer that suit there needs. The only convincing part that is missing is your engagement ensuring proper deployment, support and customization to the customer

FREE 300p Guide for deploying MS Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:40:00 +0000

More then 300 FREE pages for YOU - see it here

FREE Cheat Sheets for Software Developers and Mangers

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:17:00 +0000

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Samples:

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Introduces to the basics of HTML and XHTML, Page Structure Elements, Key Structural Elements, Specialty Markup and Validation.

Overview of the Business Process Management (BPM) lifecycle together with the roles and results of business process modeling. It gives an overview of the Business Process Modeling Notation and presents the most important BPM patterns.

Scrum is an iterative, incremental software development framework commonly used with agile software development. This Refcard provides a concise overview of the structure of roles, meetings, rules and artifacts within a Scrum organization – it is the definitive cheat sheet for any development manager or software team that is currently using or planning to use Scrum.

Choosing the right agile practices for your team or organization when getting to market faster is of prime importance. Learn about the practices that are the building blocks of these methods such as iterations, continuous integration, refactoring, automated developer tests, and many more.

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Features include XML File Sample, Parsing Techniques, XML Structure, XPath, Hot Tips and more.

If you liked some of the above samples, you can find 74 Cheat Sheets on software development

Free images for your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:38:00 +0000

If you want to be sure that you use free premium images in your blog, the online PicApp service is a good choice with support of many different blog platforms.

Free Online Barcode generator and reader

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:42:00 +0000

If you ever had been in the need of a free online Barcode reader or generator, help is on its way.

Introducing the Next Generate CUDA GPU Architecture

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Normally we do not report about Hardware news in Technology Crawler, but the next generation CUDA GPU
from NVIDA also add new possibilities from a software point of view as C++ is supported. If you like to have
supercomputer capacity "under the hood" this would be our choice

Best presentation Video of Google Wave - have to see this!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:05:00 +0000

Enjoy the future in 7 minutes

SAP & SalesForce embraces Google Wave

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:12:00 +0000

With this video you can see how Salesforce.com imagine the use of Google Wave. The background story for the video can be found here

SAP has also seen the possibilities in Google Wave and made a prototype on collaborative business Process Modelling. See the rationale for embracing Google wave and a stunning demo Video of the Wave in action.

So, beside of the 30.000 developers trying to be in the forefront in the development of Google Wave and potential getting a stake in the new technology, it is great to see that some of the big vendors also see a potential in collaboration.

From a management perspective it is a real case study of modern global software development to see the 2 danish brothers, Lars and Jens Rasmussen, manage such a huge resource-pool prototyping there way through analysis, architecture, design, implementation in iterations and at the same time keeping the business and media circus happy, e.g. During the last week Microsoft helplessly had to watch the flagship, Internet explorer, being high jacked with the Google Chrome Frame. Thereby Google potentially gained access to further 70 % of the browser marked enabling the company to introduce Google Wave in a scale nobody thought possible

Flight planing - the easy way

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:17:00 +0000

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From
DKK 1318
(avg cost/psgr)

Malev Hungarian

Lufthansa

Czech Airlines

Alitalia

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KLM

LOT Polish Airways

TAROM

Austrian Airlines

Air France

Finnair

SAS

Turkish Airlines

British Airways

TAP Portugal

Three airlines or more

United Airlines

Nonstop

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From
DKK 2048

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One stop

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From
DKK 1572

From
DKK 1616

From
DKK 1694

From
DKK 1713

From
DKK 2515

From
DKK 1926

From
DKK 2894

From
DKK 2245

From
DKK 2308

From
DKK 2450

From
DKK 4156

From
DKK 2936

From
DKK 3435

From
DKK 7145

From
DKK 7184

From
DKK 12985

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In less then 3 minutes you get ALL your options presented including

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ITA software is used professionally by the biggest travel agencies - and it is free!

Give it a try and let me know if your travel agency or secretary can find a better flight that suits your schedule or budget.

100.000 invitations to preview Google wave september 30.

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:28:00 +0000

On Wednesday Google is sending 100.000 invitations to preview the new Google Wave.

The invitations go to Developers, the first who signed up and offered feedback, and selected customers of Google Apps.

If you are one of the lucky 100k, you are more then welcome to write an article about your impression on Technology Crawler

Microsoft released Free anti- virus/spyware in Beta today

noreply@blogger.com (Jeppesen) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:44:00 +0000

Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Essential in Beta today.

As Microsoft is not accepting more participants in the Beta program, you either have to wait for a final release...or, get a free download here ;-) If you choose the later alternative you will get the possibility to upgrade to version 1.0.1500.0 after the first Quick Scan. As Microsoft can can stop this hole in the sign-up process, you better be fast.

The installation is quite hazel free, though Microsoft recommends to remove other antivirus programs before the installation - performance issues I presume - but how wise is it?

The first "Quick" scan is announced to 'take several minutes' - a small understatement as it takes almost 1 hour , and better be prepared to use a similar amount of time to upgrade.

My first scan did not reveal any viruses or spyware, and now I am waiting for the new installation to finish, but I decided to reveal the "alternative" to my readers before it is to late.

Good luck