| IIS 7.0 : Managing Worker Processes and Requests |
| The worker process is the heart and soul of Web applications in IIS 7.0. The worker process runs in W3WP.exe and is responsible for processing application requests. In IIS 6.0, worker processes are managed by the World Wide Web Publishing Service service, but in the revamped core engine of IIS 7.0, the WAS owns worker processes. |
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| Websocket: Internet In Real Time |
| The WebSocket protocol solves these problems by installing a socket, which holds a permanent channel for the server via an IP address and a port. In this way, both endpoints can send data simultaneously without request over the same connection. |
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| IIS 7.0 : Managing IIS Manager Extensions |
| In addition to the programmatic and command line options, the IIS 7.0 administration stack also provides a GUI management tool. IIS Manager, which replaces the legacy MMC snap-in from previous IIS versions, has been completely redesigned to provide end users with an intuitive task-based GUI experience for managing the server. |
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| Government Snooping |
| CCDP wasn’t an April Fools’ joke; it’s very real and it effectively allows the government to see who everyone talks to online. |
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| Every Cloud...(Part 3) - Sharing/Team Features |
| Sending large files directly to the inboxes of friends and colleagues can often irritate them - assuming it's possible at all, given the size restrictions available on most email services. |
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| Every Cloud...(Part 2) - Mobility & Portability |
| The ability to access your cloud storage from a variety of devices is key to any service's success. On one hand, they all have a web interface with similar degrees of functionality which means users can get to their files using any web-enabled device, from Windows to web TVs to iPads. |
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| Every Cloud...(Part 1) - Storage Space |
| Competitors initially tried to beat it by offering greater amounts of space: SugarSync offers 5GB, SkyDrive assigns new users 7GB (but gave initial signups a whopping 25GB when it launched) and Google Drive itself has launched in a similar league, offering 5GB to new signups. |
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| IIS 7.0 : Managing Administration Extensions |
| The IIS 7.0 configuration system provides a structured mechanism for controlling the behavior of IIS and its features. In a way, the configuration system exposes an object model for IIS, enabling you to inspect and control IIS objects such as sites, application pools, applications, and virtual directories. |
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| Online Critiquing (Part 2) |
| Preparing your images for the web is important so that they look the best they can on screen. Here are some simple tips to remember before you upload your shots. |
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| Online Critiquing (Part 1) |
| Guidance is key to knowing how you can improve, which is essential when building up a portfolio. In recent years, there has been considerable growth in the number of online galleries, forums and social networking sites, making it easier than ever to get your images out there for review. |
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| Is The Personal Blog Dead? (Part 3) |
| Personal blogs may seem to be on the decline, but it's not all over yet. The poster woman for personal blogging, Heather Armstrong, still blogs regularly at her site, dooce.com, recently talking about her separation from her husband. |
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| Is The Personal Blog Dead? (Part 2) - Going Mainstream |
| Most of us probably get the vast majority of our news and entertainment online nowadays, and dozens of successful new media outlets have sprung up. Sometimes, bloggers are recruited to write for these sites, since they've already demonstrated a talent for writing for the web and attracting page views, but this often means that the writers' own blogs go quiet. |
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| Is The Personal Blog Dead? (Part 1) - The Rise Of Social Media |
| The obvious answer, of course, is that Facebook and Twitter became wildly popular. Using these new channels alongside writing a blog seemed to make sense, at first: you could link to your new posts, you could chat with your audience, and maybe attract new readers too. |
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| Mr Site Storefront |
| Amazon Marketplace and Etsy are two of the easy ways for individual to get started to online selling, but sales commission charges and limited scope of their personal branding make them, and several similar services, not attractive due to the worry towards the Internet-based matters. |
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| Online Radio Tuner |
| Try Online Radio Tuner by Bassic Technologies. In addition to allowing you to select from more than 800 pre-set stations in nearly 40 categories, ORT also lets you add other live radio transmission that you meet on web, by copying an existing stream to Favorites, or use Clipboard to copy the URL into the Files/Open URL. |
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| Rara.com - Something like a Grail |
| Music streaming is something like a Grail – a way for musicians and recording firms to earn money from users who expect everything available straight away at cheap price. For many users, accessibility is often more important than price. |
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| IIS 7.0 : Runtime Web Server Extensibility (part 2) - Installing Modules |
| Windows Setup actually uses the same IIS 7.0 configuration APIs that you can use to manually install a third-party module on the server. In fact, Windows Setup uses Appcmd.exe, the IIS 7.0 command line tool, to perform module installation, which is just one of the ways that you can install modules on IIS 7.0. |
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| Friends Reunited ...Reunited? |
| Friends Reunited was one of the first social networking sites to achieve mainstream prominence in the UK, using people's tendency for nostalgia (and nosiness!) to tempt millions into signing up. |
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| Separating BPM and SOA Processes : Disputes on the Model Stack |
| There are three types of orchestration processes in the BPM-based approach: inbound, outbound, and internal services processes. Inbound processes are responsible for receiving events from partners and injecting them into the controlling BPM process. |
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