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Google on Ulitzer Techcrunch reports that Google has some implicit suggestions about newspapers, based on the drop-down suggestions it gives when you begin a search with "Newspapers are." It's a nice example of the hive mind at work. But check out the first suggestion Google gives you if you type "Cloud Computing is" into a Google search bar. I won't spoil the surprise here. Interestingly, Google used to give similar suggestions for "SOA is", but the results are now a lot less frank and confrontational than they were a month ago. Does this show a change in general attitude about SOA, or is it just that Google cleaned up the results? hmm. ... (more)

XML Bus Feeds and Visualizations

You've heard of XML feeds being consumed into a Service Bus - now here's a consumable Bus Service XML feed. The Boston-area MBTA provides a real-time Web Service feed. For example, this request returns an XML document containing details of current locations of the 39 bus which runs from Jamaica Plain to Boston's Back Bay: http://webservices.nextbus.com/service/publicXMLFeed?command=vehicle... (more)

Google Voice and Parlay-X

Google Voice has a useful feature whereby it will call your phone and another number, then link the calls. This is free within the US, and very cheap for international calls (certainly cheaper than dialing out directly from my mobile phone). You can see the interface below: Looking at this interface got me thinking about Parlay-X. For those of you not familiar with Parlay-X, it is a Web Se... (more)

The Neglected Flipside of SOA Security

Joe McKendrick kicks off a thread on the current state of SOA Security. As usual, most discussion of SOA Security applies to "how SOA can be made secure". This is understandable. And, as some commentators have pointed out, there is a body of Best Practice out there on how to secure services in an SOA. For example, Randy Heffner provides lots of good advice on how to secure the services i... (more)

Personal surfing at VordelWorld

If the agenda of Cloud and SOA talks at VordelWorld isn't enough, how about personal surfing? Check out the venue information at http://www.vordel.com/vordelworld/venue.html: "We, at Vordel, have our own personal surfer who would be only too delighted to grab a board and hit the waves with you on the east coast" ... but, as the rest of the page says, be sure to pack a wetsuit... ... (more)