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Client-Side Web Programming Certificate

Has anyone heard about this program? After listening to me talk about class for the last 16 weeks, one of my co-workers has become interested in Ajax programming and found a certificate program being offered by O’Reilly and the University of Illinois Office of Continuting Education. Read the more »

What Is Web 2.0

The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum’s rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other.

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Top Ten Web 2.0 Sites

If you’re not sure what “Web 2.0″ is, you’re not alone. This vague term, originally coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004, is used to categorize the “rebirth” of the Internet after the dot-com bust in the early 2000s. While analysts debate what the term actually encompasses, some critics see it as nothing more than a marketing buzzword. Buzzword or not, it’s indisputable that the Internet has entered a new phase:

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Yahoo! Pipes : Rewire the web

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Yahoo! Pipes is an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator.

It is to web services, what the unix pipe ( the ‘|’ character) is to the command line.

With its nice visual editor, you can manipulate very easily multiple feeds, send them to other web services and so on…

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3GSM : GTalk, Skype Users Talk Via VoIP free Download

Mobile VoIP software firm, barablu has offered Skype and Google Talk users, a new technology that will enable them to make free calls via VoIP.

Barablu’s technology is designed to allow contacts from Skype and Google Talk to be transferred to a Wi-Fi enabled mobile phone for free calls. Users can call anyone from their contact list without being tied to their PCs. In addition to voice calls, users can also send and receive free texts and voice mail, with a Wi-Fi enabled phone.
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