Miscellaneous Tech Articles

Posted on November 12 2006

This article is an excerpt from the "PUTT'S LAW AND THE SUCCESSFUL TECHNOCRAT: How to Win in the Information Age" book which is a 25th Anniversary remake of the "Putt's Law", a hilarious career guide for people in high-tech organizations -- be it government, corporate, nonprofit, or education. The excerpt contains Putt's advice on the Internet. Read More

» Implementing an Effective Web Crawler

Posted on October 25 2006

Web crawler (also known as a Web spider or Web robot) is a program or automated script which browses the World Wide Web in a methodical and automated manner. This process is called Web crawling or spidering. Many legitimate sites, in particular search engines, use spidering as a means of providing up-to-date data. Read More

» Password encryption: rationale and Java example

Posted on December 1 2005

Most of the web sites today have some sort of a registration module where a user is asked to choose a username/password combination. The data gets stored in the database. You might wonder if the password you provide will be kept well-protected (read encrypted). In case you are the person designing such backend registration component, why not give your users peace of mind by encrypting their passwords. Read More