March 21, 2005
SwarmStream: A Next-Generation HTTP Stack for Java by Ry4an Brase, Chad Tippin — Ry4an Brase and Chad Tippin provide an overview of SwarmStream Public Edition's feature set. SwarmStream, a free tool for improving the performance of Java's built-in HTTP networking routines, is among the cool new technologies you'll learn about at this week's Emerging Technology [...]
Read the full article →
March 8, 2005
Spam has become one of the biggest menaces on the Web. Many community-based applications force authentication only to distinguish a valid user from an automated spam-bot, which can be overkill in some cases. CAPTCHAs help in differentiating between real users and automated bots. In this article, Anand Raman uses CAPTCHAs as weak authentication mechanisms for [...]
Read the full article →