IBM files patent- Automatic blogging during media viewing

Yet another micriblogging news. IBM has filed a patent according to which people will be able to blog while watching TV by using a remote button.
No mobile phone just remote button and your status (what are you doing means watching tv) will be posted to blog.
How this autoblogging will affect our life can be experinced only when people whill have this device.
You can see more information about this patent at :-
http://tinyurl.com/m6hgxe
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OpenXava 3.1.4 released

OpenXava is Ajax based Java framework for rapid application development. Its new version 3.1.4 is released. This new version has more than 50 new features and fixes over previous version.

Among other things this new version has :
Translation to Serbian and Swedish.
This will also support Liferay 5.2.3 with Tomcat 6.
@Formula annotation from Hibernate supported for detail and list mode

You can see full change log on its site:
http://www.gestion400.com/web/guest/home

With OpenXava you can build application rapidly. You only need to write your model, controllers are reused and Ajaxified UI is automaticaly generated by framework for you. You need to create your JPA classed only.

Some of the features of OpenXava are:

Fine tunning of front-end can be done.
AJAX support.
Can be adapted to work with legacy database schemas.
Application server: Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere, etc.
Supports JSR-168: All OpenXava modules are standard portlets too.
Persistence engine: EJB3 JPA, Hibernate or EJB2 CMP.
IPortals suppoted: JetSpeed 2, WebSphere Portal, Liferay and Stringbeans.
Integration of reports made with JasperReports.
Licensed under LGPL.
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Twitter look a like requires minimum 1400 chars.

Social networking fever is high. People are innovating new ideas to utilize this fever in their benefit. A twitter look a like site woofer requires minimum 1400 characters where twitter allows maximum up to 140 correctors.  Woofer wont ask you to register but it asks you to put your twitter user name. I see one security issues here. I can post by using any twitter ID and that can be a serious issue. I am not sure why they did it and how will they respond to this challenge. I have posted a woof by just putting my twitter ID and it allowed me to do so.

They call it macro-blogging site. You can see it here.

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Is govt trying to controll internet ?

Yesterday almost all news agencies reported about Senate bill  which would allow president to shutdown online traffic by disconnecting the private sector computers from the internet. If this bill will be enacted president in some cases can announce cyber emergency and can seize private networks. Full story can be seen at cnet news and foxnews.com.

Now issue I have with this idea of controlling the cyberspace is govt interference in freedom and right to speech. First of all cyber emergency is not clearly defined and infact this updated version they will submit with ambiguous language because earlier there were issues raised about it and they have redrafted it. Misuse of it can not be ruled out. Won't it be like countries where govt's have banned social networking sites, news sites explaining it as a measure to  secure their country and people. All know what those govt's are doing. Today one can say that is is not possible in US for govt to misuse it but this belief is because it was not allowed and not promoted in past. There was freedom to speak, US citizens never tolerated infringement of their freedom and right to speak. Once govt starts taking control of things in the name of security, nations pride and other things and later some people (who become dictators ) misuse those laws against their citizens.

Still we will have to see ultimately what shape this bill is going to be finalized or even not finalized.

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