Practical Technology

Google’s decision to shut down its popular RSS client service, Google Reader, has some people in an uproar. Dave Winer, one of RSS’s creators, has a different reaction: “I won’t miss it.” Winer, who created the first version of RSS in 1997, continued, “Never used the damn thing. Didn’t trust the idea of a big [...]

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2013 may become known as the year of hacker. Following sucessful hacks of Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and NBC‘s Web sites and servers,  the popular multi-platform, note-taking Web application Evernote servers have been hacked. Evernote hacked, forces password reset. More >

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What do Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Google’s Android all have in common? None of them works that well without the Internet. This trend has been developing for years and is now accelerating. Don’t get me wrong. I love the Internet and I like operating systems, such as Google Chrome OS, that require it. [...]

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For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL’s founder, has been making in-roads and Wikipedia, the world’s sixth most popular Web site, is shifting over from MySQL to MariaDB. Asher Feldman, Site Architect at Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the group behind Wikipedia wrote recently, [...]

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There are lots of ways to get Internet streaming TV networks, such as Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and Netflix. But the single, best way is with a Roku. Obviously, there are plenty of alternatives vying for your attention – and your hard-earned money. You can buy a Smart TV . But I’ve yet [...]

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