eXtc Web Developer (EWD) is a very high productivity, enterprise-grade platform for developing web applications. It includes an advanced but extremely easy to use Ajax Framework, allowing sophisticated, modern web applications to be built almost as quickly and simply as static web pages. EWD has been designed to be technology-independent, and is potentially capable of working with any web application front-end environment (eg PHP, Java Server Pages, ASP.Net), any scripting language and any database.
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Google Earth™ is Google’s satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines global coverage of imagery with new navigational features including integrated Google search capabilities. It is based on technology from Keyhole, a company acquired by Google in October 2004. Google Earth is a broadband mapping tool that enables users to fly from space to street level views to find geographic information, and to explore places around the world.
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As Web 2.0 capabilities proliferate and are widely adopted by consumers, figuring out how to leverage them will become crucial to corporate competitiveness. What is “Web 2.0” and what are its broader implications for corporate strategy? What are the opportunities to deploy these capabilities for internal collaboration and external customer engagement? And most importantly, what organizational, cultural, and leadership changes will be required to leverage these new modes of doing business over the next few years?
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Web 2.0, RIA, AJAX and SOA are terms and abbreviations we hear and use on a daily basis. But do we know what they mean for us as professional performance testers? This document provides an overview of the relevant Web2.0 terms and elaborates on how to run performance tests on these applications. The document targets the performance testing professional as well as the R&D manager looking for information on how to prepare for this new era.
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As one of the most programmatic web application trends, Web 2.0 has recently opened the 2nd golden age of the World Wide Web (WWW); thus wielding great influence on various industries. The effect of Web 2.0 is not confined to the wired Internet industry; in fact, it has dramatically spread to the mobile industry. In this paper, based on their definition of Mobile Web, the authors will discuss various related issues. First, the background and main characteristics of Mobile Web will be discussed. The core technologies related to Mobile Web will then be investigated. Such exploratory effort of discussing Mobile 2.0 is expected to provide a good overview of the current Mobile 2.0 trend and lead to further research on the area.
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This section provides a general overview of DVD technology. Topics covered include a brief history, a comparison of DVDs with compact disc (CD) technology, the different types of DVD that are currently available, and a glimpse at the future of DVDs.

History
DVDs were first developed in 1995 through a consortium of ten companies: Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson, Time Warner, and Toshiba. These companies formed the DVD Consortium, which in April 1997 became the DVD Forum. The mission of the forum is to promote the worldwide acceptance of DVD products across the entertainment, consumer electronics and IT industries. In early 2000, membership in the DVD Forum reached some 230 companies and organizations that are engaged in DVD research, development and/or manufacturing. Although DVD once stood for “Digital Video Disc” or “Digital Versatile Disc,” DVD now simply stands for DVD.
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Sunbelt VIPRE™ Antivirus + Antispyware (VIPRE) gives you powerful protection against today’s highly complex malware threats. VIPRE (Virus Intrusion Protection Remediation Engine) utilizes advanced, next-generation antivirus technology. VIPRE is a high-performance application that doesn’t slow down your computer like older, traditional antivirus products. It is low on system resources and optimizes your overall PC user experience.
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Parallels® Desktop is a powerful, easy-to-use software that lets you run Windows® and other operating systems with their applications in fast, secure virtual machines side-by-side with Mac OS® X on Intel®-based Macintosh® computers. Parallels Desktop is powered by a lightweight hypervisor, a thin layer of software that “works” between the host computer’s hardware and Mac OS X. This results in dramatically more stable, more secure, and higher-performing virtual machines.
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