Development

Google Payment Services Confirmed

In an annoucment today Google CEO confirmed they are planning to create a payment system.  They seem to stress this system would not be in direct competition with paypal because it will not focus person to person payments, and will not hold the monies between transactions. On the other side of this I recently found out that paypal is now offering an All-in-one payment solution.  This...

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Googles Page Ranking Secrets Are Out

SEO is not really something I focus on, but I consider myself a jack of all trades so I try to keep up on the news.  I consider SEO a black art that should only be talked about on stormy nights while people dance around the fire. All of that aside, the good people at google have filed Patent Application 20050071741.  And the benifit of such and event for us is that they must describe...

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Jetty and OpenLaszlo

I think Macromedia’s server products are great.  And if I as an individual had money growing out my … then I cant see any reason why I woudnt throw all my money at them and have lots of cool toys.  But unfortunatly that is not the case for me.  I have the non-comercial license for flex, and I have built a few demo apps and widgets.  But as my server is a shared...

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User Tracking With PIE

I found this over on slashdot today.  PIE ( Persistent Identification Element) is a technology that uses Marcormedia Flash to track users without cookies.  According to a survey at Jupiter Research, 58% of web surfers delete their cookies, so PIE allows an ongoing method of tracking those folks. As a user I dont wish to be tracked in any sense, and the article links to a page in...

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A Technology Step Backward?

I started my life in coldfusion as a commercial developer. I worked for a development company and clients came to use to have us build them web sites and applications. I quickly found my development style synced well with fusebox and never looked back. But now I am considering a different path which throws away all that I have preached for so long. Its only one site, but I think it shows a...

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