Web Innovations Online

The much hyped .NET framework has changed the way the internet operated in a way that information is not stored on concentrated powerful servers but scattered all over the place. This places the user at the helm and information is more distributed to where it is needed most. It also allows for smaller data centers in the true spirit of the .NET framework enterprises have had to re-think their business applications worked. They now have faster and smaller data centers distributed around the world with only the information that is needed kept and stored within it. No all week back-up processing in order to save all the processed data into one huge repository. The data is processed online, and the ones that have to be stored are kept with the other data needed by the head offices getting only the processed data they need.

Google has announced the launch of it’s custom search engine to the rest of the world which makes the search engine more effective and powerful tool. It allows users to access the advanced search function (which was only available in the US for quite sometime now). The new search system uses semantics to give results that are better a match to the terms searched based on the use and not merely based on the similarity of the words used. Traditional search engines used phrase matching technology where it uses it�s immense databases which already have indexed information stored for the exact words in order giving results based on the exact word matches and then gives results that have any of the individual words making a search a long and arduous process.

The can enter bearing the signature of one version and spread to other systems with different signatures at each instance. The only way to be protected is to have and install protection from the bottom up, where intrusion prevention is installed right after the OS making the inventory it takes as pristine as possible. That way any modifications to the system are seen and noted allowing you the best chances for avoiding intrusion. Everything you do on the internet can be a trigger for malware to get into a system. Entering a site, downloading pirated music or software, using P2P to get your latest tracks, download codec’s that are not installed automatically, etc. and the list is endless. Everything you can do can be a trigger which is kind of paranoid (keep of the net and you don’t get attacked) but the safest approach would be to stay off the net which would be impossible. The only possible, total solution to all these problems would be to re-do the net. It has been proposed and seen by many as crazy, taking the internet down just for a few minutes causes mass paranoia and tempers to flair. Blame the guys who designed and first used it to send files in the old days. Blame just everybody else including you for contributing to the internet.

The world still has to see the true semantic web that is part science fiction and reality. Why, well imagine software that understands what you need and searches for the information you need in the context that it is used not just the word-matching technologies of today. It would be a part realization of Artificial Intelligence that has software powerful enough to think like you and me. We all know the frustrating process of searching on the web which yield’s some relevant results yet a ton of garbage that simply have matching words you have to filter out. There are options regarding a more focused search yet they are costly and time consuming. Google and IBM have been having some success in the area but that remains to be seen in a fully working semantic web.

The experts have spoken and they have delivered a verdict, the internet will be maxed out by 2010 and that’s final. During that time, the internet would be too congested to deliver the best possible internet experience and it doesn’t end there. Industry experts are talking about having to totally re-do the net (including the cabling and support structures) along with all the software that is designed to work with it to allow it to deliver the best possible speeds that technology has to offer. Current technology installed are antiquated some even as old as the net itself and most are in need of total refurbishing. Though most of the hardware is hot-swappable, newer technology is more powerful and consumes less electricity. The only problem is the will power and budget for the proposed changes would cost billions of dollars and commitments from all the countries and governments on the globe.

Rolling out soon is another version of the much used FireFox Browser from Mozilla, one of the world’s biggest names in browsers that took the crown from IE. Microsoft has released IE8 but still many prefer the open-source counterparts due to their apparent speed compared to IE. IE has been known to guzzle up resources and tends to have a huge overhead but surprisingly, testing resulted in FireFox having a little more in terms of disk space consumption when it comes to the temporary files it saves on disk. Continue reading ‘Firefox 3.5’ »

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New technology has made it affordable for medium and small businesses to take advantage of data storage. Some companies even specialize in storage for home networks and individual computers.

The storage companies send off site data backup software to the new customer to install. This enables the user to select the files to be stored and how often copies will be uploaded over a LAN or the Internet. The off site data backup software is different for different companies. High-end off site data backup software is able to backup open files without any add-ons, including the complex files for database programs. Some off site data backup software comes ready for multi-site backup for small businesses with multiple office locations.

Very good off site data backup software even offers online access to the user’s files. Most off site data backup software is ready to backup a variety of platforms and set the online schedules for automatic copying. Once a user understands how much data storage he needs, he’s ready to select his storage company and its offsite data backup software.

True that the internet from the local to the global network has improved greatly in the way it works as it becomes part or forms the Internet. There are still many issues like reliability that continue to be tested each and everyday behind our backs as we click away on our keyboards and mice. Many network monitoring systems like the Global Emergency response centers in Singapore, who keep watch over the internet for new threats such as viruses and worms that can cause global chaos (well to the internet that is). These people employ the best in their fields, from programmers, system analysts, network specialists and technical advisers as they attempt to beat threats before they set the internet on fire so to speak. Previous attacks have left us with no internet service for days as worms flood web mail servers with excessive junk email which eventually slow and even shut down due to lacking disk space and bandwidth. These attacks have had new links formed in hopes of taking over failed links in the net so if they were to happen the internet would re-route itself to new connections as if there was nothing wrong. The problem is then localized and then finally neutralized which can leave damages in the millions of dollars in lost revenue for web based businesses.

The physical web is now threatened by the virtual one with the inception of the virtual web page. A virtual web page would have a user immersed into the web page itself walking around as you go through the several pages knocking to open new ones as you go around a virtual town to get hold of information you need. Go up to a virtual bank where you go around and do your banking as if you were there. Visit the local supermarket as you browse to select preferred items to add to your grocery list, receiving it a few hours later. Virtualization is the next step in the social web which would allow all the users to interact with each other without being physically there. So watch out for the next step in the social network where we don’t connect to but enter and partake in.

Many of you have probably received various emails from unknown origins and while you want to believe in them, don’t! They are scammers who are up to no good and if you are not careful, you may end up being the victim of a serious hoax online.

Identity theft, also known as ID theft, describes a type of fraud where a criminal adopts someone else’s identity in order to profit illegally. It is one of the fastest growing forms of fraud in many developed countries.

It’s easy to imagine criminal masterminds worldwide using the internet to hack into computers in order to gain access to information with which to advance their devilishly cunning schemes.