Technology to watch - Google Native Client

Google has a new project, called "Google Native Client" that could mean faster, more powerful web applications will soon be possible. Google's Native Client project is a primarily a developer release for now, but the free open source code base looks promising.

There has long been speculation that Google was working on some sort of operating system, but if Native Client is in fact the long-rumor Google OS, then the rumors were only half right. As it turns out Google wasn't working on an OS specifically tailored to its apps, it was working to put every OS on the web.

One of the bottlenecks of the web is that web application code must execute in your browser. That means the speed of web apps like Gmail is limited to what your browser can handle. In other words, it's out of Google's hands. The goal behind Native Client is to allow web developers to build sophisticated web apps that can directly take advantage of the full power of your PC's processor, rather than relying on your web browser as a middle man. At the moment, web apps that want to execute code without the browser as an intermediary use tools like Flash, Silverlight or Java. But Flash and Java are themselves intermediaries, faster than a browser in some cases, but also proprietary and out of Google's control.

The goal of the new Native Client project is to give web developers access to the full power of the client's CPU while maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability and safety that people expect from web applications. In other words, Google wants to build an open, browser and OS neutral way for web developers to run code directly on your operating system. Native Client apps will be portable both across operating systems and across web browsers, and the plugin itself allows developers to take advantage of high performance operating system-level tools.

However there is need to be cautious as allowing web-based applications to execute code at the OS level is that it opens massive security vulnerabilities. To counter that Google has developed what it calls "very strict rules" about what code can execute in Native Client.

Among the applications that could see a boost from Native Client are online image editing, high definition video sites and sophisticated online games.

http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/

Setting up Google Apps with free DNS services

What if your domain name is booked with a registrar which has not offered you DNS management (or access to DNS control panel)? Either they do not provide DNS control panel OR unless you buy their hosting they don't give access to DNS control panel. And you are in no mood to invest more and buy additional services.

How you will setup Google Apps for your custom domain in such case?

Well, the answer is in using the free DNS services. in this post we are listing and comparing the free DNS providers.

EditDNS.net: Provides Primary Name server, unlimited free zones, unlimited free records, Records of type (A, AAAA, CName, MX, NS, SRV, TXT), Min TTL 300, SOA Modification allowed, Servers located in (North America - 3), Web forward with or without Cloaking

EveryDNS.net: Provides Primary Name server, 20 free zones, 200 free records, Records of type (A, CName, MX, NS,), Min TTL 120, SOA Modification not allowed, Servers located in (North America - 3 and Europe - 2), Web forward without cloaking

XName.org: Provides Primary Name server, unlimited free zones, unlimited free records, Records of type (A, AAAA, CName, MX, NS, TXT), Min TTL 600, SOA Modification allowed, Servers located in (Europe - 2), Web forward & Cloaking not allowed

ZoneEdit.com: Provides Primary Name server, 5 free zones, unlimited free records, Records of type (A, AAAA, CNAME, LOC, MX, NS, PTR, RP, TXT), Min TTL 1200, SOA Modification allowed, Servers located in (North America - 17, Oceania -1), Web forward with or without Cloaking

ZoneEdit seems to be a better option (although they provide only 5 free domains) as they have multiple servers located in North America.