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Next Hot Trend in Programming Language: Scala

August 23rd, 2009 admin No comments

I knew it was coming. The popularity of functional programming languages are on the rise now that processors are expanding horizontally(SMP) rather than vertically(clock speed). It’s also rather difficult to scale anything written with training wheels. My initial bet was on Erlang, but with its unnatural syntax and different thought process, it’s not catching on [...]

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Unlimited International Calls?

August 21st, 2009 admin No comments

I was excited about Vonage’s announcement of unlimited international calling until I read the fine print. Take a look at below. Vonage will still charge extra per-minute fees for calls to mobile phones in most countries under Vonage World. Lefar said the prices would be competitive with the cheapest competitors, like Skype and Google Voice. [...]

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Not Enough Time

August 9th, 2009 admin No comments

I’ve been incredibly busy since the beginning of this year. Then again, lot has changed this year. I finally made the leap to start my own business. I just realized that it’s August, and I can’t remember what happened past several months. I took this weekend to take a breather and realized that time is [...]

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