Archive for December, 2005

Creating your own search engine with firefox

Posted on December 31, 2005. Filed under: Computer tools | Tags: |

You can create your own search engine with firefox by typing a keyword + “search string” on the address bar. It comes in handy when searching for stock quote or zipcode. Here’s how:

Bookmark the URL of the search engine.
Go the “Bookmark”, “Manage Bookmark”, right click on the bookmark you just saved.
In the field “Location” [...]

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Winning Market Leadership: Strategic Market Planning for Technology-Driven Businesses

Posted on December 31, 2005. Filed under: Business Books/Magazines |

I just finished this book today, and found it very helpful in improving my business knowledge. There are many breakthrough technologies that fail to translate into market success. This book lays out strategic marketing process that technology-intensive businesses can use to achieve clear market leadership. For example, before developing a new product, I have to [...]

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High-Performance Server Architecture

Posted on December 31, 2005. Filed under: Computer Architecture |

High-Performance Server Architecture by Jeff Darcy This document describes in detail four performance problems for software serving many requests. Strongly recommended for people who are designing high performance software.

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My first published paper

Posted on December 31, 2005. Filed under: Research Papers |

For those who are interested, this paper describes the work I did at my company during 2005.

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My Paper on Software Patents

Posted on December 31, 2005. Filed under: Research Papers | Tags: |

I wrote a paper about software patents for a graduate study course. It examines the history and motivation behind software patents , and attempts to answer this question: are software patents beneficial to software innovation? The PDF can be downloaded here

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