Tag Archives: AJAX

Comments are now completely open on Midas Oracle.

I have been fighting comment spammers for weeks, and I think I’ve finally found the right combo: I don’t use “Askimet” anymore (it constantly sent my own comments in the spam area!!!); I use “Bad Behavior” (it protects this blog … Continue reading

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And the award for the most technology advanced software vendor goes to… the envelope, please…. QMARKETS in Israel. … [Cheers and applauses in the crowd.]

Via Bo “Grandizer” Cowgill, QMarkets: Reliable Enterprise-Grade Software Qmarkets was written from day one as a site for massive use by a large number of users & organizations. As such, Qmarkets is fully scalable in design (relying on Drupal’s core … Continue reading

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R.I.P. FreeMarket – FreeMarket was a 2005-born software package for prediction markets.

Jesse Gillespie (no deep link): It’s been almost a year now since I stopped active development on FreeMarket. Over the summer I’ve received some inquiries from people interested in using the software who are wondering where the source code – … Continue reading

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An invitation to join the simExchange beta

The simExchange, a virtual video game stock exchange, is a new project to help gamers learn about upcoming video games and predict how well they will sell. Countless new games are on the horizon all the time and it is … Continue reading

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Any news from the Cenimar guys?

Months ago, I sent them an invite to blog at Midas Oracle and I never got a reply. Does someone have any news from these guys? Are they hiding in an “undisclosed location”? Here’s their July interview with Beau Bo … Continue reading

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HedgeStreet Implements Lightstreamer AJAX Technology.

Straight from the spin doctor: Lightstreamer announced that HedgeStreet.com, the USA’s first government-regulated person to person online futures trading market for binary and futures contracts, has implemented web based real-time streaming prices with Lightstreamer. This streaming Ajax solution from Lightstreamer … Continue reading

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