Facebook Vows to Speed Web With Tech From ... Google | Wired Enterprise Facebook wants to reduce the time it takes to look at your friend’s baby pictures. Image: Scott Beale/Flickr In a rare case of agreement between the two internet giants, Facebook has announced that it’s adopting the new protocol Google developed to speed the delivery of webpages across the net. On Sunday, as first reported by CNET, Facebook engineering manager Doug Beaver announced on a public mailing list that Facebook is moving to SPDY, a tweak to the web’s underlying HTTP protocol designed to significantly grease the transfer of data. In addition to Google and Facebook, Twitter has adopted the protocol on its web services, and it’s now built into Google’s own Chrome web browser and Mozilla’s Firefox browser. In order to use the protocol, you need software on both the servers delivering the content and the browser receiving it. SPDY is one of three protocols vying to improve good ol’ HTTP. With Facebook putting its weight behind SPDY, Google’s offering certainly has the upper hand.
30 Books I'm Glad I Read Before 30 In various ways, these 30 books convey some of the philosophy of how Angel and I live our lives. I honestly credit a fraction of who I am today to each title. Thus, they have indirectly influenced much of what I write about on this site. A medley of both fiction and nonfiction, these great reads challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities, and together they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully. If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend doing so. They will enrich your library and your life. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert – Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for decades, and he shares scientific findings that just might change the way you look at the world. What are your favorite books? Photo by: Katie Harris
10 Questions That Create Success Think that success means making lots of money? Think again. Pictures of dead presidents have never made anybody happy. And how can you be successful if you're not happy? And buying things with that all money isn't much better. A new car, for instance, might tickle your fancy for a day or two–but pride of ownership is temporary. Real success comes from the quality of your relationships and the emotions that you experience each day. Ask them at the end of each day and I absolutely guarantee that you'll become more successful. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Here's the thing. These questions force you to focus on what's really important.
Pano does browser-thin virty desktops High performance access to file storage For some end users, giving them a PC is like giving them a sports car when all they really need is a bike and a helmet – a fact of life that Pano Logic, a maker of desktop virtualization tools, aims to capitalize on. A PC, Pano Logic knows, is way overkill for the actual work many users need to do, and they are a risk to themselves and to the corporate network when they are given responsibility for a full-blown PC. All that such users need these days is a web browser, through which they can get access to applications that run on private networks or are out there on the Intertubes. Pano Logic has come up with a way to stream that browser centrally and securely, much as it does virty desktops, providing the skinniest possible computing environment for users. "As we found this population of users who were working from browsers, we built something that is appropriate for them," Aly Orady, cofounder and CTO at Pano Logic, tells El Reg.
Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills | This and That... The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.
How to Be Happy at Work Let me start off with a little story. I once knew a saleswoman–young, divorced–who got a diagnosis of breast cancer. She had to work and raise two kids while fighting the cancer. Even so, she managed to be happy at work, noticeably happier than her co-workers. In fact, she not only won her battle with cancer but subsequently became one of the top salespeople at Bristol Myers. She was not, as it happens, naturally cheerful. That saleswoman once told me: When you're unhappy, it's because you've decided to be unhappy. Maybe it wasn't a conscious decision; maybe it crept up on you while you weren't looking–but it was a decision nonetheless. What Are Your Rules? Happiness and unhappiness (in work and in life) result entirely from the rules in your head that you use to evaluate events. Many people have rules that make it very difficult for them to happy and very easy for them to be miserable. I once worked with a sales guy who was always angry at the people he worked with. 1. 2. 3.
Facebook invests in Asia Pacific Gateway submarine cable Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is making an investment in the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), a new submarine cable system running links from Malaysia to South Korea and Japan, as a way to expand membership in one of its fastest growing markets. While recent reports indicate that Facebook's growth in the U.S. is starting to slow, traffic to its site in Japan, for instance, is on the rise. According to a recent Nielsen survey, growth in Japan "had more than doubled during the year to May, totaling 17.2 million people that month." "Our investment in this cable will help support our growth in South Asia, making it possible for us to provide a better user experience for a greater number of Facebook users in countries like India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singapore," a spokesman said. Sign up for our FREE newsletter for more news like this sent to your inbox! The APG is set to be complete and ready for service by Q3 2014. For more: - Sling Broadband has this article
Good Food Matters » Blog Archive » Home Remedy Today’s post is a bit of a departure. It is not focused on food or drink. There’s no stunning roast or plate of pasta. No cooling beverage. And yet, there is a recipe. An easy one, too, using four items found in most pantries: Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey, Ginger, and Cayenne… plus some water. And, so quick to put together, so beneficial, I had to share it with you. Combined, I learned from Maggie, that quartet of pantry ingredients creates a potent remedy to some of the ails of winter: Sore throat, hacking cough, tight congestion. Combined, they turn into a curious orange syrup that can cut through the croup. And, the taste is really good! Like you, we’ve been trying to duck the dreaded cold germs: wash our hands, eat well, get enough sleep, stay warm. I first mixed up a batch for Bill over the holidays, when he caught a cold accompanied by a strangling cough. So, last month, when I felt run down, tight with a tickle in the throat, I shook up a little Remedy. I thought so. Stay warm. Moreover,
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