Web 2.0 by Example

The earlier avatar, that is Web 1.0, would be clearly demarcated content which was fairly static. You could not interact with it, add your comments or leave your mark. You used the software or the content as is and could not collaborate with other users of the same content.  If Double Click, Akamai, mp3.com, content management systems and page views are a few examples associated with Web 1.0, Google AdSense, BitTorrent, Napster, Wikipedia, blogging, cost per click and web services would comprise Web 2.0, explains O’reilly.  For example, with BitTorrent, the service automatically gets better the more people use it. While Akamai must add servers to improve service, every BitTorrent consumer brings his own resources to the party.
Companies & Industry

Co-founder of the concept, Tim Oreilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media told Business Standard about Web 2.0 in his opinion. The easiest way to understand Web 2.0 is by comparison of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0.

According to the example, mp3.com is comparable to Napster in term of functionality. However, Web 2.0 provides a lot more interactivity and usability.

Technorati Tags: Web 2.0, Web 1.0, Service, Interactive, O’reilly, Wikipedia, Google AdSense, BitTorrent, Napster

Google AdSense goes down

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Google AdSense

Wow! This is a big surprise for 2005 going on 2006.

Google Blog in 2005

This is the 201st post to be published on the Google Blog in 2005. In closing out the first full year of our company-wide effort to share news and views, we thought you might be interested in a few factoids. Since we"ve had Google Analytics running on this blog since June, some of these numbers reflect only half a year. In that time, 4.3 million unique visitors have generated 8.7 million pageviews. Readers have come from all over the world, not just English-speaking countries: 53,001 visitors from Turkey have stopped by, for example; so have 155,691 from France, 29,614 from Thailand and 8,233 from Peru.
Official Google Blog: A year of Google blogging

I am one of 29,614 from Thailand.  It seems to be the official press release for all of us to know what’s happening inside Google. To keep in touch with Google Blog, Google Sidebar is my favorite. Actually, I was a real user of Sage. However, Google Sidebar is much more convenient in case of I don’t have time to refresh it manually.

Technorati Tags: Google, Blog, 2005

AllPeers: P2P for FireFox

• Unleash your online experience and add multimedia sharing capabilitities to your favorite browser.


• Share private photos worry-free. No passwords to remember, no public access.


• Share your videos without uploading - save on hosting costs while saving time.


• No cumbersome interface. No sharing restriction. Private and secure. No spyware, no adware, no annoying advertisements.

AllPeers is a free extension which combines the strength of Firefox and the efficiency of BitTorrent to transform your favorite browser into a media sharing powerhouse.

Regain control! You decide which media files you want to share with whom and to maximise your privacy, communications are encrypted.

Forget about complicated setup or obscure user interfaces. If you know how to use Firefox you know how to use AllPeers.

For for specific information, please read FAQ.

In my opinion, AllPeers aimly target to share multimedia files through FireFox interface using BitTorrent-style protocol.

Hot Jobs for 2006

Whether you"re looking for a job or looking to fill one, expect hiring to heat up this year, driven by small but consistent gains in IT budgets. And if you"re a job seeker with the right skills, 2006 could be your big year.
What Tech Skills Are Hot For 2006? - Computerworld

(via: Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters)

There are 3 recommended jobs such as developers, security expertises, and project manager for 2006.

Technorati Tags: Job, Technology, Developer, Security Expertise, Project Manager

Another Predictions for 2006 by Mercury News

In the article, 10 predictions were described as follows.

• WiFi


• Cell phones do everything


• Internet phone calls zoom


• The office moves to the Web


• Stem-cell research advances


• Biotechs target flu vaccines


• Even small start-ups go global


• Video comes to the blog


• On-demand video everywhere


• Clean technologies

Technorati Tags: Technology, Trend, Prediction, 2006

Search Predictions for 2006

Many blogs has published search predictions for 2006. For example, John Battelle, Philipp Lenssen.and many ones in Search Engine Watch. Let me think and predict ones.

Let's go to France

The French Parliament voted last night to allow free sharing of music and movies on the Internet, setting up a conflict with both the French government and with media companies.

If the amendment survives, France would be the first country to legalize so called peer-to-peer downloading, said Jean-Baptiste Soufron, legal counsel to the Association of Audionautes, a French group that defends people accused of improperly sharing music files.

The law would be a blow to media companies that increasingly use the courts worldwide to sue people for downloading or sharing music and movie files. Entertainment companies such as Walt Disney Co., Viacom Inc. and News Corp.’s Fox say free downloading of unauthorized copies of TV shows and movies before they are released on DVD will cost them $5 billion in revenue this year.

Bloomberg.com: Europe

(via: Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters)

See you there!

Technorati Tags: P2P, France, Free, Legal

File-Sharing Winners and Losers of 2005

The year 2005 was an excellent year, depending of course on your point of view. For the tech industry, BitTorrent soared to new heights while Steve Jobs enjoyed record breaking iPod sales. Yet not everyone shared this success. The RIAA continued its fight against P2P networking with little effect, as Sony-BMG disgraced itself and the DRM concept.
Slyck News - File-Sharing Winners and Losers of 2005

In conclusion, below is a list of winners.

• BitTorrent


• Apple Computers, Inc.


• LimeWire


• Open Source P2P


• ThePirateBay

And losers.

• RIAA


• Sony-BMG


• Sharman Networks


• Grokster


• Pay P2P

What’s going on next year?

Technorati Tags: P2P, File Sharing, BitTorrent, IPod, Apple, LimeWire, Open Source, Pay, Gnutella, BearShare, EDonkey, ThePirateBay, RIAA, Sony, BM, Sharman Networks, FastTrack, Grokster

Ping-o-Matic Module for Google Homepage

Another useful tool for bloggers is Ping service. Basically, blog could be updated more often than usual web pages so you have to notify something every time you updated a blog. This mechanism is called "Pinging". There are so many Ping service on the net. One of them is Ping-o-Matic which actually, is a proxy to multiple Ping service. Once you pinged to Ping-o-Matic, the ping request will be forwarded to multiple Ping service simultaneously.

To make pinging simpler than ever, Ping-o-Matic module will sit on your Google Personalized Homepage. What you need to do is just to click the submit button. Your Personalized Homepage would be turned to a kind of blog control panel.

The module URL is http://base.google.com/base/items?oid=5512574423514304229 or Google Modules.

Technorati Tags: Google, Module, Ping, Ping-o-Matic, Personalized, Homepage, Blog, Blogger