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Google’s 2009 Searching Ranking

Every year Google announces searching word ranking “Year-End Zeitgeist.” This year the result has been like this:

World

1. michael jackson
2. facebook
3. tuenti
4. twitter
5. sanalika
6. new moon
7. lady gaga
8. windows 7
9. dantri.com.vn
10. torpedo gratis

Therefore, number one word searched on Google is Michael Jackson as well as same for Yahoo or Bing. It was big deal that he has passed away and I think many people who weren’t familiar with him had interest in searching it. Second is face book which is a really a popular personal information finder in the world. I could remember the times when facebook was peaceful with ad-free. Third is  Tuenti which is a spain’s social networking service. I have never heard of such thing but it must be famous. Fourth is twitter which means 2,3,4 is covered by social networking services.

swine flu has so many names; therefore, it is likely to be searched in many different words.

Suma

New 3D controller technology “Suma” has been developed by Cambridge Consultants. What it can do is that it can control by gripping that controller.

Suma uses its own sensor system and able to recognize objects shape and its shift in shaping. For example, the controller which made by the same company is like a ball type controller which can control by gripping.

Since Suma based device is cheap and it can only take less than $1 to put the sensor network. Therefore, it can be put into many different ways such as games, music, design, art etc etc.

This will be presented as a test controller in 2010, january’s Consumer Electronics Show.

I thought this was interesting to try it out but only game I could think of using this is…nevermind…forget it haha

iPhone’s next model is already there?

There has been a news that there exist a gossip about the next generation of iphone. This gossip has been started when one of the researching company found a log to iphone 3.1 to the application iBART. Right now, iphone 3GS’s identifier is still 2.1. Also when Apple changes hardware, they changes the identifier’s first number so people are assuming that it is  a test model and  still going on the test process.

Moreover, Apple is trying to acquire a developer for  map application; therefore, we are assuming for a renovated mapping function in the next generation. Also there has been a gossip that next generation’s model is going to be multi core processor.

Right now, iphone is a popular tool, which not only rich people can afford compared to when it was extremely expensive. Therefore, Apple needs to show more better features to improve so they can beat other mobile companies.

P.S. I don’t have a iphone in particular, but I have ipod touch. Since one of the problem I have when I am using it is when I load the ipod with many music, movies and application( over 100mb), they become problem in using it. Like for many times, my ipod lose track of all the songs and videos because it is too heavy I assume. Instead of making a updated version for ipod touch, Apple should create something which has better hardware and better music listening device so that they have their own good music technologies compared to iphone which is basically a phone + ipod touch.

Setting up PHP and MySQL

For my last assignment, I have implemented a CornellNotes using PHP and MySQL.
For people who is starting PHP and SQL in your website, here’s quick overview of how to set it up in your computer.

1. Download XAMPP from here http://www.apachefriends.org/
2. Install XAMPP(everything)
3. create access restriction on htdocs stored in C:\xampp\htdocs
4. Open control panel of XAMPP in start menu
5. Just click to start up apache and mysql etc!

Very simple but number 3 is not required if  you set up in your localhost machine
Now have fun with the world of PHP

Closure

Google’s JavaScript Application Development Tool, “Closure” has been released Open Source in November 5th, 2009. Tools which is being able to optimize Javascript code and Javascript Library and javascript template will be offered as a open source.

Closure is formed of:

1. “Closure Compiler” which agile and minimize JavaScript Code
2. “Closure Inspector” which is a Debugger
3. “Closure Library” which is a Library
4. “Closure Templates” which is Templates

Google uses Closure to develop Gmail, Google Doc, and Google Map etc.

In more details of some of the features,

Closure Compiler removes or edits unnecessary parts in JavaScript codes in order to make the size smaller and optimize the application. Other than Grammertical Error, it can catch many different error and being able to search the bug easily. Using with Closure Inspector will make the debugging easier for hard reading codes.

Closure Library is a library which is able to use in many Web browsers. Other than Widget and Control for User Interface, Communication with DOM, Animation, Data Structure, and text editing etc modular functions are included in this.

Closure Templates supports both Java and JavaScript which means that server and client can use same template. Unlike old system for template which needed to create big template for each pages, it can be used as a tiny component for User Composition

Ajax Pages

I have found a cool website which might help some of you on the way to improving your webpage.

http://ajax-pages.sourceforge.net/

If you go into this site, and go to examples. Then go to Ajax Blog, and please try the following instruction,
1. Click admin on the right bottom
2. login with user: admin and password: admin
3. Click New Post
4. Write something and publish it
5. When you go back, you will see a post!

This is a really good example to work and take its idea from because even though it doesn’t remain on server,  it works with only javascript. Furthermore, this html acting as a  blog system. It seems that this blog is created using ajp which is a way of Javascripts acting like PHP or JSP, ASP.

XSLT

XSLT stands for extensible stylesheet language transformation and it is used to describe the xml in somewhat like HTML format without using HTML. In other words, it is a stylesheet for XML. For Assignment 1, I have used xsl to show how the XML is formatted. It is very simple and easy to manipulate it. When I created XML with PHP, I also insert the XSLT file connected to the XML so that XML will show up correctly even when I directly access the XML.

Here’s couple sites that you might be interested if you want to work with XSL,

XSLT Tutorials

http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/

XSLT Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Stylesheet_Language

Introduction to XSL

http://www.xmlfiles.com/xsl/

XSLT and PHP

http://php.net/manual/en/book.xsl.php