Skype protocol published under open-source license
Efim Bushmanov, a researcher, has announced on June 2nd, that he has reverse engineering the Skype protocol, and has published it on his blog. Click to continue reading “Skype protocol published under open-source license” Read More
Ghostery: See the Hidden Web
Ghostery is a tool that will inspect the content of the loaded pages on your browser in order to identify and recognize the hidden tracking bugs and beacons that you might not identify at first sight. Click to continue reading “Ghostery: See the Hidden Web” Read More
SAP’s Minimized Downtime Strategy for Upgrades
Photo: Courtesy of Sterling Ely (DogFromSpace @ Flickr) Besides the innovation brought to the SAP world with Mobility and RIAs over the 2009 – 2011 period, another major trend for this trinity is upgrades. Fact: 4.6C is running out of support soon and many customers cannot delay it anymore. They will have to upgrade and for manydo Unicode conversion. While many have already... Read More
Fixing Backtype Connect with WordPress 3.0.1
WordPress 3.0.1 has introduced a new way of handling the arguments in the function add_submenu_page() thus making some plug-ins not working anymore. Basically, for Backtype Connect, if you tried to access the Settings page, you would get a message saying: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page. You have two options. First would be to wait for Backtype to... Read More
Google Wave invites
Thinkervine is glad to offer to those who wish Google Wave invites. By now, these have been rolled out to pretty much most of you, but if some still don’t have one, feel free to leave a comment to request one (make sure to input your Gmail account in the e-mail field). 26 invites are available. If you don’t know what Google Wave is, check out the videos below: SAP... Read More
Why do Business Applications need a RIA ?
With the advent of Web 2.0, web applications, thin applications and Software as a Service have lead to a fast development of Rich Internet Applications, in particular the user interface (UI) and usability. Whether they are based on AJAX, Flex or Silverlight, they all have a common purpose: provide an improved user experience through a thin client, at least comparable to fat client’s... Read More
We have moved!
Thinkervine has migrated from its old host OVH to Media Temple. The migration has been successful but if you notice any issue, please do not hesitate to report it through the contact form. This migration is completely transparent to you and nothing needs to be done on your side. This new service should behold its promises and provide a sound infrastructure for this blog. Wishing... Read More
Is the Cloud a safe place for your children ?
With the recent events around the Twitter information leaked by a hacker, the cloud computing security topic has become a most discussed trend on the web. Just like any other hot topic, this one carries its lot of confusion among the interesting point of views that are being brought by each party. The first source of error is that noone seems to agree on a definition of Cloud... Read More
Browser comparison by Microsoft
You may have heard. Microsoft is not shipping IE8 with its new operating system Windows 7, which should be released in October, in Europe. Several solutions are being proposed as how users will install a browser on their machine but all have a common proposal: Users will have the choice on which browser to install. This is a major threat for Microsoft and might lead to a big... Read More
iPhone 3Gs – My take
Apple announced the release of the new iPhone, called 3Gs, during the World Wide Developer Conference 09, held on June 8th. Rumors and speculations have been going on, long before, as it usually does before any WWDC. Many of which were quite promising. While the announcement was going on, a foule of people was there, following each of them, waiting for the breath-taking one.... Read More
