MIS 3330 - Java Programming Blog

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Nate Dissi

i thought it was a very useful website

http://www.java-news-center.org/

Nate Dissi

If anyone would like to participate in a study group for java tests and projects, I am trying to start one. Especially with the upcoming test on Friday 9-21.

This could meet at the library or at the union, what ever is most convenient for everyone that would like to participate in the study group.

Please leave messages on here if you are interested or email me at jwsegal@eiu.edu

Thanks.
-Jim Segal

“Microsoft has made its upcoming Windows Server, dubbed “Longhorn? available for beta testers. Anyone with a Microsoft Live ID can download Longhorn Beta 3 and try out some of the new features like the read-only domain controller and PowerShell.

There are several versions of Longhorn available for download. Both 32-bit and 64-bit software can be found along with a special 64-bit Itanium version. People who don’t want to spend hours downloading the multi-hundred megabyte software can order a DVD from Microsoft.

Windows Domain Controllers typically synchronize with other domain controllers. While this synchronization helps keep all the user accounts and other information in line, it can also become a nightmare if someone maliciously starts deleting or changing information. Read-only domain controllers have now been added for server environments where the physical security of the server “cannot be guaranteed? according to Microsoft.

PowerShell is a new command line interface that includes hundreds of management tools along with a scripting language, something that Unix and Linux has had for years in the form of PHP and PERL.

Longhorn will be replacing Windows Server 2003 and is expected to officially debut in the second half of 2007.”

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31801/118/

The beta can be downloaded from the link.

Shares of Microsoft rose $1.38, or 4.7%, to $30.47 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company’s increase in net income was fueled by strong sales of Windows Vista, its new operating system, as well as its server and tools business.

CIBC raised its rating to “sector performer” from “sector underperformer.” “We believe the company’s core businesses are performing solidly, with the Vista and Office 2007 product cycles …

It looks like Microsoft is trying to further their market ownership by releasing incredibly cheap software for the better of man kind

Beijing (China) – Microsoft on Thursday announced its most aggressive move yet to reach more people that do not have the financial resources to purchase a modern, functional software environment: The company will offer a complete software package built around Windows and Office for $3.

The software bundle, called “Microsoft Student Innovation Suite,? (MSIS) includes Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and Student 2007, Math 3.0, Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office, and Windows Live Mail desktop. According to Microsoft, the software is part of a “new commitment to help close the digital divide? and an effort to “bring social and economic opportunity to the estimated 5 billion people who are not yet realizing the benefits of technology.?

It isn’t the first time that Microsoft targets especially the markets of developing countries. A little over a year ago, the company unveiled FlexGo, a pay-as-you-go program to rent computers and make it easier for people in low-income countries to finance a computer. The new program announced today does not include a PC, but it offers software that would cost several hundred dollars even in student editions for $3.

The offer, however, is limited to a bulk purchase through governments and includes a whole set of conditions governments will have to meet. According to the ordering criteria, governments will have to subsidize the purchase prize of a PC by a margin of greater than 50%, at least 10,000 PCs have to be ordered at once and delivered in a single language in a single year, and the software must be activated using Microsoft’s general software activation process.

While the offer is aimed primarily at low, lower-middle, and upper-middle income countries, Microsoft will also offer the $3 package for high income countries, if those governments agree to sign up for the firm’s Partner in Learning program and limit the (MSIS) software to “underserved communities.?

“All human beings deserve a chance to achieve their full potential,? commented Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, in a prepared statement. “Bringing the benefits of technology to the next 5 billion people will require new products that meet the needs of underserved communities; creative, new business approaches that make technology more relevant, accessible and affordable; and close collaboration between local governments, educational institutions and community organizations.?

James Keller

TopQuadrant and Franz to made an announcement about the development of a semantic Web technology that aims to make computers smarter. They want to create another revolution in the computer world with smarter computers. The two companies want to provide a 64-bit RDF store database system which will enable the computers of this century to upgrade and become better than the previous computers.

They want the semantic technology that are put into the computers to make the online documents and data more accesible to the computers. “Computers are very dumb unless you tell them,” said Sheng-Chuan Wu, VP of corporate development at Franz. “That’s where semantic technology comes into play.”

For computers they want them to become smart where large businesses wouldnt have to spend alot of money on computer analysts and other programs to help run their company. You can get more ideas on this article by copying and pasting this link, http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=
S1R5VTPAZ2222QSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=199000940&articleID=199000940.

For myself, some people might by into this idea on making computers smarter but i think they are good enough just the way they are. They might need a little bit of modifications here and there but for the most part they are up to standards in producing good quality outpus for their users.

Lucius Seymour

Investors celebrated Tax Day with a broad-based rally and the S&P 500 closed at its highest level in nearly seven years, boosted by Citigroup’s strong earnings report and a surge in mergers activity.

“They love them, they love them, they love them,” said Tom Schrader, managing director of U.S. listed trading at Stifel Nicolaus. “I think it’s a continuation from last week. The momentum is to the upside.”

“We had some technical breakouts—the retail sales number was a little stronger than expected, and the revision was better than expected, so the economy is doing OK,” Schrader said. “Everything is rosy so maybe that means it’s time to sell, but I would be surprised to see us end the week lower. Unless there are major warnings in the earnings, I would expect the markets to drift higher for the balance of the week.”

The S&P 500 closed at 1468.47, the highest finish for the benchmark index since Sept. 15, 2000. The Nasdaq ended up 0.92% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with triple digit gains but lagged the two other major indexes slightly. Still, the blue chip index was within striking distance of an all-time closing high of 12,786.64, recorded on Feb. 20.

Today i was just browsing and i saw an aritcle on Visual Basic language. Experts of the computer world was talking about how VB has become one of the most popular languages used in todays computer programming businesses. Recent studies of this language start out around January of 2001 and every January they take a survey on how many businesses have used the VB language has their prime source of coding. From January of 2001 the total hits in percentage was between 8.0 and 8.5. Slower the the level of these hits rose and fell, but in the year of 2004 there was a slight increase than usual. The total of hits went up between 9.0 and 9.5. At the end of 2005 the total of hits drastically rose between 11.0 and 11.5. Other languages became known and it fell back to 9.0 but went up the next year.

Lucius Seymour

I found a very interesting site, VB Explorer.com, the other day. It seems to be very usefull and it has quite a bit of tools and answers for VB programers. It also has many links for news about VB, SQL, ect. as well as forums, tutorials, and even source code. I would recomend that everyone checks this out. Oh it’s also FREE. It may be helpful in answering those annoying programing problems.

http://www.vbexplorer.com