What is Mashup anyways?

This is the transcription of the presentation.Description: Developers are getting creative, taking APIs from multiple Websites and merging them to form new, innovative applications. Frozenbear.com merges Google maps and Singles to let you know where the single people are in your neighborhood. Parkingcarma.com helps you track down parking spaces in the Bay Area. ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind says mashups are the fastest growing ecosystem on the Web and that by 2007, there will be 10 new mashups per day.Hi, I'm David Berlind, Executive Editor at ZDNet. Today, we're going to talk about what a mashup is. Mashups are a really cool new breed of applications, but to understand them, you only have to look back to history and look at your existing computer, and it's a very good model for what...

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Mashup-ing for a 1st timers!

What is a mashup anyways?You’ve probably heard the term mashup in the context of music; someone throws Jay-Z lyrics over a Radiohead song, and suddenly something old becomes new. The web version of a mashup is pretty similar except instead of rap and rock, you’ll mix map data, photos, video, news feeds, blog entries, etc.The official definition goes something like this: A mashup is a combination of data sources to create a unified interface and experience.How to create a mashupThere are a few things to consider before attempting to build a mashup including but not limited to knowing what a mashup is and how much of a nerd you (or your friends) are.Come up with an ideaThe first thing you’ll need, of course, is an idea - simple is good, useful is better. A good place to start is by taking a...

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Hakers Pwned!

I was reading this yahoo newshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimehackerdefcon;_ylt=AoGBACPw6F24T0BcQ5RiDGCKfD8C Here is the summery!"Pwned" is popular computer and video game culture slang playing off the word "owned" and is used to describe someone being totally dominated or humiliated online or in-game."It's a nearly invisible exploitation," Kapela said while revealing a hack that exploits fundamental Internet routing procedure to hijack online traffic unnoticed. "A level of invisibility that is unparalled."After three days of software cracking duels and hacking seminars, self-described computer ninjas at the infamous gathering in Las Vegas found out Sunday that their online activities were hijacked without them catching on.A standing-room crowd cheered admiringly...

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