Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Simple Thoughts (Technology) – Newsletter for October 27, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010


Chinese Twitter user arrested for supporting jailed ‘uncle’Nobel winner Xiaobo

LONDON/BEIJING – Beijing Police have arrested a woman after she tweeted her intention to march with a banner praising jailed Nobel peace prize winner Lui Xiaobo.

According to a Guardian report, police seized the woman from her house in the middle of the night after she tweeted her intention to demonstrate with the banner.

Zhang Shijie, a …. Source  : Chinese Twitter user arrested for supporting jailed ‘uncle’Nobel winner Xiaobo.

DD left with permanent legacy after CWG

NEW DELHI – Public broadcaster Doordarshan has been left with a permanent legacy after the 2010 Commonwealth Games as now its staff knows “how to go about such an event” and even have new software at their disposal, says its chief.

“If such events take place, only then do improvements come about. We now have … Read more >>.

How to import / evaluate Groovy scripts within groovy

If you are bored with your same old programming language, then help yourself with a little “Groovy” touch. Groovy is an object-oriented programming language which can be used as a scripting language for the Java Platform. The brainchild of superstar developers James Strachan and Bob McWhirter, Groovy is an agile development language that is … Original source on Gaea Times at : How to import / evaluate Groovy scripts within groovy.

Vietnam is the Haven for High-Tech Criminals

According to McAfee report,?? 58% domain that was hosted in Vietnam’s vn domain is the breeding ground for Malware. If you visit those sites, your data may be stolen or your pc may be hijacked. The survey was targeted?? among 27 million sites all together around the world. Out of those, 6.2% site were …. Original source  : Vietnam is the Haven for High-Tech Criminals.

Chandigarh IT companies incur losses due to economic depression

CHANDIGARH – The Information Technology (IT) companies in Chandigarh are incurring huge losses since past few months due to an unsupportive economic scenario.

Several IT companies are contemplating ending their operations and moving to other ‘business-friendly’ zones.

The small-scale units are claiming to be running into losses for the past few months.

The escalating costs of real …. Original source  : Chandigarh IT companies incur losses due to economic depression.

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