Troubleshooting misbehaving Web applications is a part of my job at work. Most of the time it's some buggy code that I or someone in our team had written. But sometimes I get approached about system problems too, like when a browser is having connection issues and can't access Web sites. If you are in — Continue reading »
IP address and Host name Scripts
📆 August 19, 2007
As some of you know, this site contains several utilities in the tools section. One of these tools is JavaScript Visitor IP Address and Host Name. It's a simple JavaScript block that can be placed inside any web page and it displays or prints the visitor's IP address and host name. As is with the — Continue reading »
Ditch Your DBA Today?
📆 July 19, 2007
I'm not sure about you, but this ad on a tech site sort of got under my skin. The company claims that this product obviates having a DBA (Database Administrator) managing your databases. As a sign of respect to all DBA's I obscured the company and their product name. Obviously the message is to get — Continue reading »
HTTP Authorization and .NET WebRequest, WebClient Classes
📆 June 7, 2007
One of the more useful, yet simple, classes of .NET is System.Net.WebClient. It basically simulates a simple browser to interact with web pages within your code. You can use it to GET pages or POST data to pages over http or https (SSL). The page response can be saved into a byte array, a string — Continue reading »
Oracle #1 Ads
📆 April 14, 2007
It may seem that way, I don’t mean to pick on Oracle, but lately I've seen a number of boastful ads from the database and CRM giant in various media that makes me a bit wary of this company. Gloating in ads is nothing new. Politicians do it all the time and so do many — Continue reading »
DRM (Digital Rights Management) and Amazon Unbox, Part 2
📆 April 10, 2007
I have to admit when it comes to DRM (Digital Rights Management) my knowledge is pretty dismal. I always knew that it was meant to prevent piracy but not being a fanatic of music and movies, DRM was never in my priority list of things to learn. But when I tried to run the Star — Continue reading »
Oracle's SAP Lawsuit
📆 April 1, 2007
Consider this as another escalation of hostilities between the two ERP titans, Oracle and SAP. About 10 days ago Oracle filed a lawsuit accusing SAP of stealing internal tech support documents used by Oracle's clients. The story as is unfolding details how TomorrowNow, a SAP's subsidiary, logged into accounts designated for some of Oracle's large — Continue reading »
Oracle's SAP Lawsuit
Consider this as another escalation of hostilities between the two ERP titans, Oracle and SAP. About 10 days ago Oracle filed a lawsuit accusing SAP of stealing internal tech support documents used by Oracle's clients. The story as is unfolding details how TomorrowNow, a SAP's subsidiary, logged into accounts designated for some of Oracle's large — Continue reading »
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