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Sentiment forces have always been at play throughout the history of mankind, shaping the course of events, both at individual levels and more persuasively at collective levels, where in many cases…

VoIP goes Mobile

Mobile VoIP phones are phones that allow VoIP calls by connecting directly to an IP network using technologies such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Two types of protocols are generally supported:…

Home Automation: It’s Already Here

The year is 2062 and the domestic world is awash with flat-TV screens, videophones that you talk to, wristwatches that talk to you, earrings that play music, robotic butlers equipped…

Physicalization Vs Virtualization

Physicalization, a rather ill-chosen name coined in 2009 that refers to the practice of placing multiple physical machines in a rack unit, is starting to become a viable alternative in some…

Featured Stories

0December 29, 2012
The Best of the Best Portable Applications for 2012

Another year goes by and another edition of ”The Best of the Best Free Portable Applications” sees the light. This year you will find most of the same portable apps…
0December 8, 2012
Women and Computers

During the 1980s the percentage of women in the United States in both computer science education and the information technology workforce reached record numbers, with 37.1% of Computer Science degrees…
0October 25, 2012
The Age of Rage

In his dialogue ‘The Republic‘, the Classical Greek philosopher Plato tells us the story of the ‘Ring of Gyges‘, a magical artifact that granted its owner the power to become…
0September 15, 2012
How to Succeed in Business Developing Software for Businesses

During the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in San Francisco, venture capitalist Jim Goetz termed as “shocking” the fact that “we don’t see more engineers and entrepreneurs interested in Enterprise”. He also revealed that…
0July 4, 2012
Open Rack: Breaking the Mould

Facebook is working on a new, open standard for server rack design that integrates the rack into the data center infrastructure. Open Rack is part of the Open Compute Project’s “grid to gates”…
0June 26, 2012
RackNine Network unveils new website

RackNine Inc. has set up a new website located at http://www.racknine.net/, in which we intend to cover news, reviews and best practices related to web applications, mostly Open Source software based on…
2May 24, 2012
Which Open Source CMS?

It is clear that Open Source software rules the Internet, so much so that the Web could be considered the greatest showcase of Open Source applications. The best web browsers, server…
0April 30, 2012
RackNine sponsors the Cast Reunion of Star Trek

RackNine has been one of the Super Sponsors of the Cast Reunion of Star Trek at the 2012 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, where cast members from Star Trek: The…
8February 24, 2012
RackNine Inc working proactively with Elections Canada and Law Enforcement Agencies

In response to media requests, RackNine Inc. would like to provide the following statement from Mr. Matt Meier, CEO of RackNine Inc: “As CEO of Racknine, I was shocked and…

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The Web Ontology Language in the Semantic Web

Posted on February 22, 2012 | No Comments
Universal implementation of the Semantic Web may still be years away, but nonetheless many web departments are increasingly adopting semantic standards and migrating to semantic technology-based products to take advantage...
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Who Owns the Web?

Posted on February 10, 2012 | No Comments
Most people would attribute the invention of the World Wide Web (not to be confused with the Internet) to Tim Berners-Lee. Most people except perhaps for Berners-Lee himself. The British...
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Analytics for Success

Posted on January 25, 2012 | No Comments
Every website owner wants to have access to their site’s visitors statistics. All of them, almost without exceptions. Even the ones who are not planning to derive any financial profit...
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