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Google has released their first ever mobile version of its Google Gears web browser plug-in enabling users of the rich mobile applications online and offline. Google Gears enables all offline access to the web applications by allowing all of them to cache data on the entire device through a SQLite-based database engine that would periodically synchronize with all the services needed when connected to the internet. The initial version of the Google Gears for mobile is intended for all the use with Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices.

Everybody knows that the world evolves around some major search engines, either Bing, Google or Yahoo (and some other minor ones) but there is growing competition on the internet when it comes to real-time searches. These aggregators present you up-to-date information regarding the social net, Twitter being one of the best examples of the social internet is one of th sites indexed and searched in real time to present you with the latest social event that is happening anywhere on Twitter. Twitter has it’s own search engine but experts call it quite “dumb” and with a chronological search method, it really is quite primitive for it to be called a full-fledged search engine. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Structured Query Language (SQL) contains one of the basic building blocks of contemporary database architecture. SQL defines the methods used to make and manipulate relational databases on all major platforms. At first glance, the language may seem threatening and complex but it’s really not all that bad. In a series of articles over the next few weeks we’ll explore the inner workings of SQL jointly. By the time we’re through, you’ll have the primary knowledge you need to go out there and begin working with databases!

By the way, the correct articulation of SQL is a controversial issue within the database community. In their SQL criterion, the American National Standards Institute declared that the official pronunciation is “es queue el.” However, many database professionals have taken to the slang pronunciation “sequel.” The option is yours.