About code. Mostly on C++
Web related topics
Today I decided to give a try to Internet Explorer 9, currently in the Release Candidate phase, and available to download at http://www.beautyoftheweb.com. These are the impressions after the first day. I used it for my usual browsing activity, such as email, search, facebook, etc. No benchmarking or things like that. Unfortunatelly, I can’t say … Read more
Well, if you didn’t know there was a Pirate English you can find it on facebook. Scroll to the bottom of the facebook page, click on the language link and select English (Pirate). A new world will unveil. For instance “What’s on your mind” becomes “What be troublin’ ye”, “Edit my Profile” becomes “Fix up … Read more
Google has unveil the next product they will launch later this year. It’s called Wave and it’s a communication protocol. It’s like the email of the 21st century, but much more than that. Wave is a collaborative product. The waves are communication objects, both conversation and documents, allowing people to almost instantly communicate on the … Read more
There is a new search engine in town. It’s called Bing, and was created by Microsoft. Looks like they are going to invest massively in advertising it; according to AdAge, it will be between 80 and 100 million dollars. You can find a short video here, with Stefan Weitz, the director of Windows Live, talking … Read more
I am please to announce the launch of Sharparena.com, a developer community focused on the .NET framework and the # languages, C#, F# and J#. This is an English site where you can ask questions about C#, F#, J# and the .NET framework in general, publish articles and stay up to date with news about … Read more
According to the official Google Blog, Google is set to release today a beta version of a new web browser, called Chrome. They say that: Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go. There is a comic book … Read more
INETA Europe in collaboration with Microsoft organized a competition called European Silverlight Challenge, organized on country based, with the winners from each country participating in the European final. It is based on the development of a web component or application using Silverlight for its user interface and with the only condition that it to be … Read more
I’m using Yahoo! mail beta, and a couple a day ago I found something intriguing: a feature called ‘Subject-O-Matique’. It is an automatical subject line generator. When you hit the subject button it inserts random (unique) titles such as: Eating pasta with chopsticks Pass the timbits! Space heaters make great house-warming gifts Boris or Brigitte? … Read more