I have been using Quantcast for almost a year now to track traffic on my sites. From the very beginning of our use, Quantcast did a terrific job of measuring the traffic and giving me good data on demographics. For instance, it tells you some great information such as we had a high index score for male, very high for management level, very high for Asian sources and high for the educated user. It tells you how many people are regular visitors and how many are just showing up. Quantcast tells you U.S. and Global traffic as well as trending. You can view their methodology to get an... (more)

RIAs for Web 3.0 Using the Microsoft Platform

The level of functionality on the Web is changing and the bar is rising on what is considered a true rich Internet application (RIA). This fact and the emergence of the Web as an interconnected platform is once again changing the landscape and moving us into the next phase of the Web, which is called Web 3.0. It might be a little early to completely define what Web 3.0 will be but there ... (more)

Java Kicks Ruby on Rails in the Butt

This article tries to demonstrate that Java can be more productive than Ruby. We are going to develop the same application of the article Rolling with Ruby on Rails Revisited (part 1 [1] and part 2 [2]) but using POJO [3]s annotated with JPA [4] and a Model Driven Framework, OpenXava [5] in this case. The result is that with less code, and less time you obtain a more powerful application... (more)

Thinking Global, Big Chinese PC Maker Allies with NComputing

Lenovo's not the only Chinese PC maker with global ambitions. So has Haier Computer Group, reportedly the country's second-largest PC maker and part of the $16 billion Haier Group, already the world's fourth-largest white goods manufacturer. So, Haier has tied up with NComputing, the American company with the ultra low-cost virtual desktop solution, to jointly pursue large educational and... (more)