Archive for May 2007

Google Gears

Posted on May 31, 2007, 10:21 pm, by Philipp Schmid, under Development.

Google just released their new offline-webapp Firefox and Internet Explorer plugin called Google Gears.
It’s basically offers a persistent relational database that you can access from Javascript, as well as way to run Javascript code asynchronous, which is important if you have run expensive code.
We now have Firefox itself, Google, Adobe and Microsoft offering ways to [...]

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Steve and Bill at All Things Digital

Posted on May 31, 2007, 8:20 pm, by Philipp Schmid, under Development, Work.

Videos of the complete Steve Jobs and Bill Gates interview:

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Prologue
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 1
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 2
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 3
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 4
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 5
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 6
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates [...]

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I’d like one for my girlfriend

Posted on May 25, 2007, 8:20 pm, by Philipp Schmid, under Personal.

“Businessweek profiles “Metro” — a prototype laptop designed by Intel and Ziba Design. The 0.7 inch thick laptop is the world’s thinnest notebook and weighs only 2.25 pounds.“

“Other design-oriented features include different color choices, one side featuring an E Ink screen, and the addition of a shoulder strap (image).“
Source: Macrumors

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J2ME and RESTful Web Service

Posted on May 20, 2007, 3:10 am, by Philipp Schmid, under Development, Work.

I’m currently working on project involving a J2ME client on a mobile phone connecting to a Rails RESTful web service.
As you might know, a RESTful web services utilizes the four HTTP verbs GET, POST, PUT and DELETE.
So yesterday we started to write unit tests, running on a J2ME device, which test if the Rails web [...]

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