Google Adds Customization Feature to Internet Search

Google has launched a search feature that lets signed-in users re-rank, delete and add comments on search results, according to a blog posted on Thursday.

The new feature, SearchWiki, is an example of how search is becoming increasingly dynamic and that by giving people tools, search is even more useful, according to Google.

Transforming the Economics of Data Warehousing with Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is ushering in a new era of analytic data management for business intelligence (BI) by enabling organizations to analyze terabytes of data faster and more economically than ever before.

As a new alternative to traditional, in-house data analytics infrastructure, the Cloud will transform the economics of BI and open up many new possibilities for organizations of all sizes. Cloudbased analytics should be expected to impact BI in the following five ways:

• Lines of business will have the flexibility to fund more data mart projects
• Organizations will conduct more short-term ad-hoc analysis
• Data warehousing will increase within medium-size businesses
• The analytic SaaS market will develop faster
• New BI technology adoption will accelerate

Web Development Basics: Beginning Steps to Understanding Your Online Business

Are you exploring domains and how to expand your current online business or looking to building a successful online domain? Understanding the basics of web development is the first step in making sure you implement a successful online business and this paper will show you why it is important to set up the best domain name possible.

Read this white paper and discover the terminology used and why it is important to maintain and develop an online business to help your company grow.

Google to archive 10 million Life magazine photos

Google Inc. today said that it plans to archive as many as 10 million photos and digitized images from theLife magazine archives. Some of the images date back to the 1750s, and many have never been published.

iPhone vs. Android development

A deep dive into Windows 7

Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 for the first time at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles three weeks ago. That public unveiling and the widespread availability of a pre-beta release of the Windows 7 code (build 6801) inspired a slew of first looks (including mine). But after that initial flurry of activity, most of the interest quickly subsided.

Image Gallery: I look carefully at the new and redesigned features in the pre-beta release of Windows 7.

Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year

Online networks suffered their heaviest brute force attacks to date this year, with more sites than ever coming under sustained assault.

IP networks were bombarded by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – attempts to make networks unreachable by flooding them with traffic – as intense as 40Gbps, a survey of 70 IP network operators worldwide has claimed.

The report by Arbor Networks says that the largest sustained attacks in the last two years were 24 Gbps and 17 Gbps, a 67 per cent increase in attack scale over last year.

A total of 36 per cent of respondents suffered sustained attacks larger than 1Gbps last year and the number suffering attacks of this type doubled in 2008.

Google launches iPhone voice search app

After an unexplained three-day delay, Google Inc. late Monday added voice capabilities to its search application for the iPhone.

Google Mobile App 0.3.142 hit Apple's App Store, the only official online mart for iPhone software from third-party developers, on Monday, where it can be downloaded free of charge.

After launching the application, the user only needs to wait for a tone, then speaks normally into the iPhone.

Yahoo's fate riding on Yang's successor as CEO

With Jerry Yang quitting asYahoo Inc.'s chief executive, the Internet company's board will confront pivotal questions as it looks for a new leader.

Should Yahoo swallow its pride and try to strike a buyout deal with Microsoft Corp. at a price far below Microsoft's $47.5 billion offer from 6½ months ago? Or should Yahoo still pursue a long-awaited turnaround that's becoming more difficult to achieve as the economy tanks?

If Yahoo plays it safe and hires someone from within or someone friendly with Microsoft, it could signal the board merely wants an interim captain who can steer the ship until Microsoft, or possibly another buyer, comes to the rescue.

An approach for Security Testing of Web Applications

As more and more vital data is stored in web applications and the number of transactions on the web increases, proper security testing of web applications is becoming very important. Security testing is the process that determines that confidential data stays confidential (i.e. it is not exposed to individuals/ entities for which it is not meant) and users can perform only those tasks that they are authorized to perform (e.g. a user should not be able to deny the functionality of the web site to other users, a user should not be able to change the functionality of the web application in an unintended way etc.)...