May 2007 - BlackInkBottle's Ink

Multi-modal interaction, Multi-touch, Multi-billion$ business

Multi-modal interaction is all about HMI. My employer company starts developing holographic displays - that is exciting, isn't it! Meanwhile, in the consumer market, we at last see Microsoft's secret concept weapon, product " Surface "...

Published Thu, May 31 2007 12:23 AM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Bottom Line and NPV

Microsoft snatches aQuantive at $6bn all-cash deal

In a breathless race for acquisition, the timeline shows: 2007-05-19 Microsoft acquires aQuantive $6bn 2007-05-17 WPP acquires 24/7 Real Media, at $649million (beating Microsoft's $1bn offer) 2007-04-30 Yahoo! acquires RightMedia, $680million 2007...

Published Sat, May 19 2007 5:26 PM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Bottom Line and NPV

SDBoK Illustrated (1) Introduction and Text Manipulation

Said in earlier posts that I may not have the luxury of time to elaborate each bullet I have put down in the Body of Knowledge, which were from two reasons I consider valid, (1) they are merely intended as pointers although already strutured in a significantly...

Published Tue, May 08 2007 5:11 PM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Software Engineering, SDBoK

Software Development Body of Knowledge (4) - Engineering of Software, or Management of Imprecise Engineering

Note: this is a continued series in sketching a software development body of knowledge, unofficial and un-definitive, use it at your own risk if you call it. You may find the part (1) Joy of Cooking, or Tools of Trade here , part (2) Design Essential...

Published Mon, May 07 2007 1:47 AM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Software Engineering, SDBoK

Software Development Body of Knowledge (3) - Construction Essential, or Tactics of Swordfighting

Note: this is a continued series in sketching a software development body of knowledge, unofficial and un-definitive, use it at your own risk if you call it. You may find the part (1) Joy of Cooking, or Tools of Trade here , part (2) Design Essential...

Published Mon, May 07 2007 1:00 AM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Software Engineering, SDBoK

Microsoft Yahoo Merger Talked Again, Google Opens SEA HQ in Singapore

Lucrative online advertisement business and its implied good profit would attract big players to build the platform for the present, or if not, for the future. In business, being a fast follower is nearly as good as being an innovator - it is a valid...

Published Sat, May 05 2007 10:24 AM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Bottom Line and NPV

Enterprise Concerns: Authorization Services

Authentication and authorization is an important non-functional feature of any large scale project. This is particularly true when the project of interest has interfaces with a multitude of internal applications (within the same organization) and external...

Published Wed, May 02 2007 1:31 PM by blackinkbottle

Filed under: Software Designs

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Multi-modal interaction, Multi-touch, Multi-billion$ business

Microsoft snatches aQuantive at $6bn all-cash deal

SDBoK Illustrated (1) Introduction and Text Manipulation

Software Development Body of Knowledge (4) - Engineering of Software, or Management of Imprecise Engineering

Software Development Body of Knowledge (3) - Construction Essential, or Tactics of Swordfighting

Microsoft Yahoo Merger Talked Again, Google Opens SEA HQ in Singapore

Enterprise Concerns: Authorization Services