Pat found this interesting article by Chuck. It is on a Java implementation of the InfoCard protocol. Tags: InfoCard, Interoperability, Java, Identity
While XUL is definitively an interesting alternative to XAML for creating application through XML, Java now has its own: JAXX If you are interested in UI design, using XML in new ways or XAML (the markup language for creating .NET…
The Sun Game Server is the first product released from Project Darkstar. It is a online gaming engine that scales massivly and comes with a rich set of client APIs. You can get the EA bits here: https://games.dev.java.net/. Update: The…
Yahoo! (well, actually more: Goooogle!) Google Earth finally has some decent resolution for my most favorite regon on the planet: Cologne, Germany and surrounding areas. My parents house is extremly crisp – you can see the citrus plant on their…
Here is a really nice article on InfoCard. Not only does it cover the implementation and APIs, but also the message flow.
Here is an interesting interview with Steve Ballmer of Microsoft. In it, he muses about the potential claims that Microsoft might make against the Linux user and development community.
In order to limit access for specific pages on MediaWiki (e.g. for developing internal ideas etc.) you might find this add-on to MediaWiki interesting. It add a ‘restrict’ functionality to each article, similar to the ‘protect’ mechanism. Its access control…
Now that I have less time than ususal, it might be a good time to restart some of my GSS-SAML efforts. If you are interested, I suggest you subscribe to saml-mechanism@washington.edu and/or check the archives. To get something for the…
This is just plain sickening: FCC Comissioner Martin expressed understanding for the plans of the large telcos like AT&T to extort Internet web sites and services. While some arguments brought forth might be valid, in the end the consumers actually…
I recently started to play around with a useful tool called TrueCrypt. It allows to create an encrypted diskfile, that can be mounted on most major operating systems by giving the proper password. This comes in REALLY handy, when you…