March 15, 2010
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Unlike the early days of the computer industry in which computer manufacturers developed vertically integrated proprietary hardware/software systems, many technological systems today are collections of commodity components (West 1). Common data formats, protocols, and interfaces allow these various components to communicate and share data. The world wide web, for example, operates on the HTTP message [...]
February 25, 2010
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Django is a Python web framework – a collection of tools for developing web applications. Django was originally developed at World Online, the web department of a newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, as “The CMS ”. The development team comprised of Adrian Holovaty, Simon Willison, and later Jacob Kaplan-Moss and Wilson Miner. Now an open source [...]
November 5, 2009
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The goals of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), according to its website w3c.org, include “[developing] interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.” With any set of guidelines or “good practices” there is often a gap between idealistic theory and reality. In exploring some recommendations of the [...]
January 28, 2009
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aka an example of the magic of open source software!
September 2, 2007
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and avoid this annoying behavior.
April 6, 2007
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Windows Only: You probably fall into one of two categories: a) you are constantly checking the websites of your favorite freeware programs for the latest and great updates OR b) you update your software only when prompted or when you get a new computer. File Hippo makes checking for and installing updates simple. Just download [...]
