www.sbp-romania.com SBP Tech Blog - RSS Feed IT Software/Hardware noreplay@email.com en-us The first call that Martin Cooper made was to his rival, Joel Engel from Bell Labs… http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/04/15/remember-martin-cooper-part-2.aspx Apr 15, 2013 Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone in 1876 and although he wasn’t the first to experiment with such a concept, http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/03/23/remember-martin-cooper-part-1.aspx Mar 23, 2013 A week ago, Code.org released a video starring some of the world’s most well-known and successful programmers and entrepreneurs in the attempt to promote programming classes http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/03/05/it-is-time-you-learned-how-to-code.aspx Mar 05, 2013 [...] our responsibilities as an outsourcing company are quite a few, and we do try to provide the best solutions and advice for every given situation. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/02/26/we-provide-software-outsourcing-so-we-try-harder.aspx Feb 26, 2013 Because I truly believe that this markup languages represents the future of the web, I'll give it one more try to point out its very best functionalities http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/02/15/html5-developed-for-the-web-growing-to-be-mobile-part-3.aspx Feb 15, 2013 If in Part 1 I've presented a short history of how HTML5 came to be and the most noticeable differences between the latest version of HTML and its predecessors http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/01/30/html5-developed-for-the-web-growing-to-be-mobile-part-2.aspx Jan 30, 2013 HTML is the acronym for HyperText Markup Language and it's the main markup language for displaying the information from Internet in browsers. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2013/01/17/html5-developed-for-the-web-growing-to-be-mobile-part-1.aspx Jan 17, 2013 For a software development company it's highly important to reach the correct testers-to-developers ratio, http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/12/07/testers-vs-developers-collaboration-is-always-the-key-part-2.aspx Dec 07, 2012 Testers and developers are two mandatory components in any software development process, and although some might argue that you can develop a piece of software without involving testers http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/11/28/testers-vs-developers-collaboration-is-always-the-key-part-1.aspx Nov 28, 2012 The International Olympiad in Informatics (also known as IOI) is a global event of excellence, where gifted students compete for the highest distinction in programming. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/11/15/romania-ranks-1st-among-eu-countries-in-programming-competition.aspx Nov 15, 2012 Our journey inside RIA continues with the advantages and disadvantage of the much-talked about HTML 5 http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/10/09/inside-the-rich-world-of-ria-html5-silverlight-and-wpf-xbap.aspx Oct 09, 2012 Internet access is becoming indispensable for many of us, and the rate of Internet penetration into our houses is growing exponentially with the number of PC / laptops / netbooks / tablets / smartphones bought. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/09/17/inside-the-rich-world-of-ria-flash-and-ajax.aspx Sep 17, 2012 As opposed to Agile, older methodologies, such as Waterfall, rely on a precise order of phases throughout the whole development process http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/08/14/a-look-into-agile-development-and-testing-part-2.aspx Aug 14, 2012 By now you've sure heard about the Agile software development methodology, or even used this methodology in your work, so you know how intricate things can be. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/07/09/a-look-into-agile-development-and-testing-part-1.aspx Jul 09, 2012 Developing rich test suites can be a challenging job even for an experienced tester because it can decide the quality of the software and the rate of its success. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/06/05/suite-based-testing-a-challenging-job.aspx Jun 05, 2012 The advantages of using gray-box testing are obvious, it combines the strengths of both black and white testing, http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/05/14/gray-box-the-bridge-between-black-box-and-white-box-testing.aspx May 14, 2012 As compared to solution #1 (using a Timer), the second approach (using the Rx / Reactive Extensions library) brings quite a few advantages: http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/04/16/how-to-implement-a-delaytextbox-part-2.aspx Apr 16, 2012 When coding, you often need to implement a functionality that requires to be automatically performed after the text inside a text-box has changed. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/03/12/how-to-implement-a-delaytextbox-part-1.aspx Mar 12, 2012 The steps detailed in this post are mainly focused on smartphone use, but also can be employed on most tablets. In the case of the latter, tablet re-softing experience is required. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/02/10/how-to-upgrade-your-smartphone-tablet-to-android-4-0-part-2.aspx Feb 10, 2012 Before starting to upgrade your device to Android 4.0, search online if your device is compatible with Android 4.0 http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2012/01/27/how-to-upgrade-your-smartphone-tablet-to-android-4-0-part-1.aspx Jan 27, 2012 More than a Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Gingerbread and Honeycomb, and more than a tasty name, Android Ice Cream Sandwich (v 4.0.) is the OS that wants to merge the smartphone market and the tablet market under one roof. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/12/21/android-4-0-the-google-delight.aspx Dec 21, 2011 The latest arrival to the tablet OS is Android 3.0. Although an emerging market, the tablet ecosystem continues to grow and to offer users more and more choices in terms of operating systems and hardware devices. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/07/19/android-3.0-honeycomb-ready-to-conquer-the-tablet-market.aspx Jul 19, 2011 Jumbo is a remarkable development and I salute AI for such a product, and although now I stick to my sole OS, chances are that in the near future I'll be switching between multiple OS and environments with a simple click. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/05/10/super-os-is-this-the-future-of-operating0system.aspx May 10, 2011 "What goes up must come down, eventually" - this old saying couldn't be more right in the case of social networking sites. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/04/19/chronicle-of-a-death-foretold-digg-and-delicious.aspx Apr 19, 2011 Last month, on February 10, Microsoft has launched the release candidate (RC) for IE 9 browser. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/03/03/ie-9-rc-ups-and-downs.aspx Mar 03, 2011 On Feb. 11, the Finnish multinational Nokia and the American giant Microsoft have announced their partnership and a new smartphone strategy: building Nokia smartphones which will run on the Windows Phone 7 platform. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/02/14/windows-partners-with-nokia-the-next-step-in-smartphone-domination.aspx Feb 14, 2011 Apart from the pro and cons the main question that you should ask yourself is what app fits best your work. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2011/01/11/web-vs-desktop-applications-friends-or-foes.aspx Jan 11, 2011 After a successful career Bill Gates continues to learn about the things he's passionate about, relating everything he does with his humanitarian goals. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/12/17/bill-gates-pledges-to-give.aspx Dec 17, 2010 The rumor that Google is launching an operating system is no longer breaking news and almost everybody is waiting for the final release. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/10/23/waiting-for-google-os-should-windows-watch-its-back.aspx Oct 23, 2010 Noah Snavely, a student from the University of Washington, had the ambitious idea to build a tool able to recreate a three-dimensional image from more photos of the same place. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/09/17/photosynth-3d-art-at-your-fingertips.aspx Sep 17, 2010 With the help of a PC and an Internet connection, E-learning breaks physicals confines, lowers costs and makes the learning process more accessible. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/08/10/2010-08-10-elearning-a-rival-for-traditional-learning-or-a-powerful-ally.aspx Aug 10, 2010 After more months of lost market share, IE9 has known a timid comeback in June and July. Read more here. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/07/23/2010-07-23-can-ie-9-regain-the-lost-market-share.aspx Jul 23, 2010 http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/07/09/2010-07-09-microsoft-internal-war-windows-7-vs-windows-vista.aspx Jul 09, 2010 Now that Apple has reached the peak, the fruity company faces a new challenge: the giant Google. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/06/25/apple-vs-microsoft-or-is-it-vs-google.aspx Jun 25, 2010 The World Wide Web is an environment which will never cease to evolve and to create newer and newer possibilities and solutions for every imaginable need. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/06/09/html-5-the-evolving-web.aspx Jun 09, 2010 According to Netmarketshare.com (the Market Share Statistics Company), made in the time frame April 2009 – April 2010, Google Chrome recorded the biggest increase in the number of users. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/05/12/google-chrome-is-growing.aspx May 12, 2010 On Wednesday, April 28, Mozilla has officially released the Firefox mobile browser, codenamed Fennec, for Android smartphones. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/04/29/firefox-for-android-pre-alpha-bravery-or-nonsense.aspx Apr 29, 2010 Current national or multinational corporations use a a wide-spread organization model, involving several layers of employees http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/03/01/a-look-at-enterprise-2-0-through-social-crm.aspx Mar 01, 2010 It took Microsoft more than three years of development, two software leaks and many rumors to launch http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/02/14/microsoft-office-2010-the-suite-which-aims-for-performance.aspx Feb 14, 2010 Cloud computing has been with us for a while now, but it started just recently to draw attention to it http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2010/01/22/cloud-computing-to-each-his-own-part-of-the-cloud.aspx Jan 22, 2010 It's been a busy season for the major players on the web browser market http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/12/11/the-new-browser-war-google-goes-machiavelli-on-microsoft.aspx Dec 11, 2009 After entering a partnership with Verizon last month, and after launching the newest Android 2.0 smarpthone, Google has released Go http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/11/26/go-the-newest-programming-language-from-google.aspx Nov 26, 2009 It's been only a couple of weeks since Google's last attempt at publicly admonishing [...] Microsoft's baby, Internet Explorer http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/11/12/crossing-blades-in-cross-browser-compatibility-issues .aspx Nov 12, 2009 Between November 9 and 12, 2009, Bucharest will host one of the most relevant events in the international online community, by bringing together famous bloggers from around the world in a special event. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/10/22/world-blogging-forum-2009.aspx Oct 22, 2009 Google Wave was released yesterday in beta mode to almost 100,000 lucky users who got to play today with tommorow's newest media tool. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/10/01/google-wave-released.aspx Oct 01, 2009 What will Google do next as a response to the partnership deal of the century between Microsoft and Yahoo!, that will raise Bing's market share to almost a third? http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/09/17/microsoft-yahoo-google-what-is-in-it-for-each.aspx Sep 17, 2009 Will Google Chrome OS overtake Microsoft in the operating system market? Their lightweight, open-source OS especially designed for netbooks, will bring the Internet experience to another level. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/09/03/google-chrome-os.aspx Sep 03, 2009 [...] One of the exciting new features, though not sure to remain in the final release, is http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/08/14/dot-net-framework-4-beta-1-released.aspx Aug 14, 2009 For the uninitiated, the word above is an onomatopoeia - for the connoisseurs Bing is the new search engine from Microsoft http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/08/03/Bing.aspx Aug 03, 2009 If you’re wondering what is the best way to include CSS and JS file references in ASP.NET pages http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/07/21/asp-net-including-css-and-js-file-references.aspx Jul 21, 2009 This month's MIX conference revealed a lot of "hot" stuff about the new MS products, and Silverlight 3, released yesterday http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/07/10/silverlight-3-microsoft-lancelot.aspx Jul 10, 2009 Wolfram Alpha is a computational knowledge engine developed by the British physicist Stephen Wolfram, which might be available http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/07/09/google-friend-or-foe-wolfram-alpha.aspx Jul 09, 2009 Michael Jackson having passed away... This sad news is not much related to our tech blog, but MJ represents a true worldwide phenomenon, which I've personally admired a lot, so I'd like to honor his passing. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/06/27/michael-jackson-praising-a-legend.aspx Jun 27, 2009 ASP.NET AJAX [...] we would take advantage of this feature by using an UpdatePanel, but we can also do it by using network calls http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/06/17/asp-net-ajax-client-side-network-calls.aspx Jun 17, 2009 Marketing, PR and advertising firms are struggling to stay afloat of the new wave of challenges, that came along with the global financial crisis. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/06/01/why-is-online-advertising-better.aspx Jun 01, 2009 It is believed that once Web 3.0 is enacted, you will be able to find what you are looking for, using a search engine, just by typing relatively general questions like: "I want to see a thriller movie tonight" http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/05/19/web-3-0-beyond-the-boundaries.aspx May 19, 2009 The second release of Windows Server 2008, the R2 beta version, brings about a major change - it works only on 64-bit machines, and this alone triggers some important http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/05/03/5-years-of-waiting-for-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx May 03, 2009 After a 5-year period of waiting for the successor of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 was released in February 2008. [...] Among the new and improved features are: more bandwidth support for video streaming. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/04/21/5-years-of-waiting-for-windows-server-2008-general-considerations.aspx Apr 21, 2009 After Microsoft's presentation in 2008, the world was once again divided between apple lovers (not the fruit lovers) and windows lovers. Such an outcome was triggered by the unveiling of the new operating system http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/04/15/windows-7-a-step-towards-life-without-walls.aspx Apr 15, 2009 It was about time that Windows released a new and improved version of the Internet Explorer browser, taking into account the fact that Firefox and even Safari have taken big steps forward by now http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/03/26/internet-explorer-8-the-makeover.aspx Mar 26, 2009 Exactly 2 years have passed from the initial release of Silverlight, in April 2007, and during this time period a number of definitions have appeared, trying to better explain what Silverlight is and what it actually does http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/03/09/silverlight-made-to-light-up-the-web.aspx Mar 09, 2009 Microsoft has demonstrated in more than one occasion that they can take a raw idea and bring it to its maximum market potential. [...] This happened with DOS, Office, Windows, Internet Explorer, XBOX - and might also happen with the new services that MS has recently launched: Office Web Applications and Azure. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/02/24/office-web-applications-and-azure-microsoft-new-bet.aspx Feb 24, 2009 In spite of increasing competition, when it comes to microprocessors and chipsets manufacturing, Intel is still one of the big boys, and their new Westmere processor further confirms that they are here to stay. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/02/10/the-world-first-32nm-microprocessor-revealed-by-intel.aspx Feb 10, 2009 The standard approach for making a URL redirection in ASP.NET is to use a Redirect call: [...] What happens behind the scenes: the server (IIS) sends to the browser a simple HTTP Response, containing a message code ("302"), which essentially tells the browser to issue a new HTTP Request http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/01/27/making-a-response-redirect-from-plain-html-or-javascript.aspx Jan 27, 2009 By the end of this year, AMD and OTOY will unveil a massively parallel supercomputer, that will deliver huge amounts of data, accessible on-the-spot, no matter where you connect from. [...] Too good to be true? Well, maybe. "Cloud- computing" (a buzz-word that caught momentum in the Web 2.0 era) is actually a metaphor http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/01/14/where-will-cloud-computing-drive-us.aspx Jan 14, 2009 Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax is a great platform, and provides lots of functionalities, but you need to know your way around it, to make the most of its capabilities. Today I'll be writing down a couple of tips that will help you when deploying an Ajax website in IIS. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/01/05/tips-for-deploying-an-asp-dot-net-ajax-website.aspx Jan 05, 2009 There are many statistics backing the assumption that IT is a big energy consumer (and therefore, indirectly, a green-house gas generator). Overall, computing and telecom currently produce 2% of the global emissions, which is comparable to the volume generated by aviation. But isn't this just one side of the story? http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2009/01/02/IT-goes-green.aspx Jan 02, 2009 Big social networks (such as Facebook and MySpace) that are currently money consumers, rather than income generators, are beginning to think about monetizing the huge traffic slices that they've obtained during the past years. But their problem is that nobody likes to pay for something that they've got in the past for free. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2008/12/22/Monetizing-social-websites-Trick-or-treat.aspx Dec 22, 2008 In May this year, there was a lot of ruckus caused by a news from the Ziarul Financiar, a local daily paper focused on economical and financial issues. The news stated that Yahoo! will open an office in Bucharest during the third quarter of the year, between August-September. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2008/12/16/Yahoo-come-out-come-out-wherever-you-are.aspx Dec 16, 2008 The president of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Stere Farmache, has recently stated that Romania is currently in the position to sustain the development of a very large software company, that could make it to the big league, alongside Google, Yahoo and all those other big players. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2008/12/12/Is-Romania-ready-to-sustain-a-global-player-in-the-software-business.aspx Dec 12, 2008 For the past few years, Microsoft has been subject to some pretty harsh comments and disputes over its embedded (or not) antivirus solution for Windows OS users. [...] In 2003, after Microsoft acquired the intellectual property rights over the RAV Antivirus from the Romanian company GeCad, things started to spur once again. http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2008/12/09/Microsoft-Antivirus-or-not.aspx Dec 09, 2008 On January the 15th this year, Google officially registered at the Romanian Trade Office, the branch Google Bucharest SRL, with the stated activity of “consultancy and providing other software products” http://www.sbp-romania.com/Blog/2008/12/04/Google-Offices-In-Romania.aspx Dec 04, 2008