More HTML5 Games

There were quite a few games built with HTML5 in the 10K Apart contest. The grand prize winner's submission was a game built using just canvas and JavaScript, measuring only 6.9KB.HTML5 is indeed making it easy to develop games for standard web browsers while also providing a way for developers...

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Chrome silently auto-updates itself, integrated Adobe Flash Player & PDF viewer

Google's advertises Chrome features pretty well in its “20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web” guide. I didn't know about these till I read them up in that guide -In Chrome, for example, sync saves all bookmarks, extensions, preferences and themes to your Google Account. Use any other Internet-connected...

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HOW TO implement alphabetic paging on dynamic data with jQuery

A few weeks ago, I discovered how jQuery plugins make it easy to implement numeric paging & rating of dynamic data. Amazingly, there are jQuery plugins that can almost mimic any server-side slicing & dicing of dynamic data.Continuing my experiments with the jQuery Template plugin,...

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Rate your SEO skills with these Quizzes

Did you know, for high-volume search phrases, the Search Engines usually will NOT differentiate between singular and plural versions of a term? Check it for yourself by seeing the search results on these phrases - cell phone vs. cell phones. I was under the impression, until I took the SEOmoz quiz,...

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Story behind “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” cartoon

In an interview with New Yorker magazine cartoonist Peter Steiner, CartoonBank blog (dead link; I picked this content from their feed) asked him: Your cartoon, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog,” is one of the best-selling New Yorker cartoons of all time – and, since it was published...

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Exaggerated tech terms

"If you can’t dazzle them with your wit, bamboozle them with your bullshit." - AnonymousMy favorites from ComputerWorld's10 most exaggerated tech terms -Valued Partner: Except when that partner decides not to renew its licensing agreements, and then the vendor treats that valued partner the way Michael...

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How the Internet thing works

“20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web”  is an online illustrated guide from Google aimed at casual users. You can browse though it to catch up on the buzz-words or pass it to friends & relatives who want to know about the Internet thing. It is also available in PDF format...

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HOW TO move items between Lists with jQuery

Moving items between list-boxes is a common UI pattern in Windows applications.To simulate that in web applications with jQuery, check my no-frills code sample which uses an Unordered List instead of list-boxes. When items are moved back to the original List, the sequential order is maintained. This...

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Debug JavaScript with Firebug & IE Dev Tools Console commands

Instead of debugging client-side code with the JavaScript alert command, using the Firefox Firebug extension & Internet Explorer Developer Tools' (F12 keyboard shortcut) Console commands makes debugging less distracting & simpler.The following Console commands work in both IE...

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Using the jQuery Star Rating & Template plugin with dynamic data

With some help from the StackOverflow forum, I recently integrated the Star Rating jQuery Plugin on Github with jQuery Template plugin to make them work with dynamically generated data. Check out my code sample that's based on Stephen Walther's sample.Among the jQuery Rating  plugins...

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Prevent identity theft with HTTPS browsing

The grave risk of Internet users unwittingly letting out their private & sometimes confidential details while using unencrypted networks has been brought to focus by at least two startling incidents.Back in May, Google candidly admitted that its Street View data collection cars inadvertently...

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Competition drives Search Engine innovation

The hot pursuit to get the most relevant results faster & in an appealing way is evident from the way competing search engines are building on each other's strong points.Before I buy a book, I like looking up Amazon to see not just how many stars it has got but how many people rated it (popular...

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Buying a laptop? Check tips from Microsoft

As with other consumer products, there are plenty of options when it comes to laptops. Zeroing in on the one  that's right for you can take a little planning & research.Is a matte finish better than glossy? How to compare processors? What are the VGA, DVI, HDMI ports...

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HOW TO view size of files in Google Docs

Google Docs has some amazing features but there is one small detail thats conspicuous by its absence. File sizes are not shown in the summary view. If you are running out of space, there is no easy way to know which are the bulky files in case you wanted to remove some of them.Thankfully,...

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Free MS Press ebook: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions: From the Desktop to the Datacenter

Do you feel left out & tongue-tied when your colleagues talk about Hyper-V, Private clouds & other virtualization jargon? If you always wanted to know about Virtualization but didn't know whom to ask,  the MS Press book, Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions:...

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5 reasons why Windows Phone 7 is hot

According to Scoble, here are the reasons why WP7 will be successful -1. It’s a sexy new OS that gives app developers more capabilities.2. Developing for it is easy and consistent across the devices that it runs on3. There are a ton of bored developers who are familiar with .NET4. Almost every developer...

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Client-side paging of dynamically generated records with jQuery Template & Pagination Plugins

I'm amazed at the sheer number of jQuery plugins that developers worldwide painstakingly build & voluntarily share. There is a vibrant, responsive jQuery community online that offers feedback & support to those seeking it. This community is one big reason which makes jQuery...

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jQuery videos for ASP.NET developers

As a convert to jQuery, I'm glad to see the support that Microsoft is lending it. Today, I went through possibly the first video tutorial exclusively on jQuery on the official ASP.NET website's training video series. Video content is sometimes easier to absorb than flipping through...

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Find a bug on Google Web Apps, win up to $3,133.7

Based on the success of their vulnerability reward program for Chromium open source project, Google has now announced a discretionary (Google Security Team decides if a bug is eligible), experimental (can be cancelled at any time) new vulnerability reward program that applies to Google...

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