Principles of Testing - Separate Testers and Developers

Testers and Developers should be different people.Why???(this is from Utest community)

This may be one of the more controversial and difficult principles
of testing, but it’s also one of the most important.  Quite simply, the
same group of people should not do both your development and testing.

Now let’s be clear: this is not to say that developers shouldn’t do
testing.  They should, and they should be highly involved with any
testing process.  What this principle says is that developers should
not be the only people doing the testing and that there should also be
separate testers as well.  To know the, few reasons why? Click here...

GaneshKB

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Has Google Changed the Meaning of “Beta?”

Hi,
      This piece of information about the beta products google has and what is the percentage of them are beta? This is also from a blog in Utest.com.
      A recent study has shown that 49% of Google’s products are in beta.  That’s incredible, especially considering that these products include Gmail, Google Docs, and more.  So what does beta really mean to Google?  NetworkWorld asked them and found out:
      “We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience.  We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product.  On the Web, you don’t have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available.  Improvements are rolled out as they’re developed.  Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we’re moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud.”
        The problem with this philosophy is that customers may not stick around long enough for a product to take off.  If it doesn’t do what they expect upon launch, then they will abandon the platform until it meets their expectations.  In many cases, they may not come back at all. To know more about this topic, Click here...

GaneshKB

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When to Stop Testing: The Customer’s View

Hi,
          This is a great information shared by a customer on Utest community. I have taken few words from him to share with you and also added the link at the end for your reference.
          On our forum, there’s a discussion about when to stop testing software - when enough testing is enough.  There are a lot of good answers in the discussion, but one that I wanted to highlight is the voice of the customer.

         The customer expects certain things from their software.  A consumer may not care if the software crashes once in a while, but a business may expect greater reliability.  It doesn’t matter if a game displays a single pixel in the wrong color, but it does matter if every time the player opens a treasure box the entire screen turns purple. To know about the customer needs, you have to click on this link...


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Agile testing process

Optimizing Your Agile Testing Processes

Optimizing Your Agile Testing Processes

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An overview of agile testing and how to incorporate it into an agile software development process.

From a Webinar by uTest: http://www.utest.com


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Google Introduces an iPhone Rival Open to Whims

SAN FRANCISCO — Google and T-Mobile unveiled their answer to the iPhone on Tuesday, pulling the wraps off a slick mobile device that combines a touch screen and a keyboard and is aimed at putting the Internet in the pockets of millions of cellphone users.



The T-Mobile G1 will cost $179, $20 less than the iPhone.
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Pogue: A First Look at Google’s New Phone
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Jacob Silberberg/Reuters

The Google founders Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin introduced the G1 on Tuesday in New York. The G1, Google’s smartphone joint venture with T-Mobile, will have an applications store.

The T-Mobile G1, which will be available in the United States on Oct. 22, is the first mobile phone to be powered by Google’s Android operating system. It represents a milestone in Google’s efforts to extend its dominance of the PC-based Internet to mobile phones and further loosen the control that wireless carriers have over what consumers can do with their phones.

Analysts said that the G1 did not represent the kind of revolutionary change in design and function that Apple introduced last year with the iPhone. But the G1 is likely to further accelerate two trends that will have a lasting impact on the wireless industry: the growing use of the Internet on the go, and the ability of consumers to customize their phones with their favorite functions.

GaneshKB

Foresight Linux Releases Kid's Edition

Hi,
           Folks, Foresight Linux Kid's Edition has been announced yesterday by Ken VanDine on his blog, and it is a Linux distribution oriented towards children which comes packed with many applications for educational and entertainment use. Foresight Linux Kid's Edition also has a highly customized GNOME desktop environment, with a single panel (on top) and redesigned start menu that makes it easy to find programs.To know more about the application added for the kids, Click here...

GaneshKB

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Cisco buys open source messaging firm Jabber

Hi,
           Folks, Hopefully many of the coraporate folks know what JABBER is? It is chat tool, that the people use in IT for having chat within your LAB and may be your network for safe chat. Now, the news is CISCO is buying Jabber, the lead commercial vendor behind the popular open source XMPP (aka Jabber) protocol. Jabber is used by millions worldwide and XMPP is the basis of Google's Chat as well.A Financial terms of the deal have not yet been publicly disclosed.

    "Enterprise organizations want an extensible presence and messaging platform that can integrate with business process applications and easily adapt to their changing needs," said Doug Dennerline, Cisco senior vice president, Collaboration Software Group in a statement. "With the acquisition of Jabber, we will be able to extend the reach of our current instant messaging service and expand the capabilities of our collaboration platform. Our intention is to be the interoperability benchmark in the collaboration space." .To know more, Click here...

GaneshKB

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Apple's Safari faster with SquirrelFish Extreme VS google Chrome

Hi,
           Folks, the lab is happy to share information about GOOGLE again this time we are going take its browser and compare it with Apple safari. Google Chrome who??? Apple is upping the ante in the race for the fastest JavaScript engine with its new SquirrelFish Extreme engine. The new engine according to specs published by Apple WebKit developers show at least 2x faster than SquirrelFish (which already was lighting fast). The new SquirrelFish Extreme will compete in the new world order for JavaScript speed against Google's V8 and Mozilla's TraceMonkey.To know more from the developer of SquirrelFish, Click here...

GaneshKB

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Google's Dream Phone Out

Hi,
           Folks, the lab is happy to share information about the other big gaint GOOGLE Phones. If you ever feared the Google phone (also known as HTC Dream, HTC G1 and so on) doesn't exist, fear no more: the Android-powered weird-shaped device has recently appeared in a mini-set of live images, caressed by sun and a pair of mysterious hands.

So, following Rene Descartes' “I think, therefore I am” reasoning, the G-phone can easily say “I appear in photos, therefore I am”. Makes sense, right? Its existence, I mean. And it makes even more sense knowing that, just a few days ago, the Android handset was (sort of) confirmed to be hitting T-Mobile USA, presumably on September 23. Also presumably, the handset will be sold for as little as 199 bucks, together with a contract agreement for two years (just like AT&T is selling Apple's 8GB iPhone). To know more and for the photos of the phone, Click here...

GaneshKB

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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Now on BlackBerries

Hi,
           Folks, the lab is happy to share information about Microsoft 2007 server.  The Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion announced that, as of now, its BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is compatible with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, allowing corporate users to enjoy an improved instant messaging mobile experience.

The 2007 edition of Microsoft's solution comes with all the features that exist in the 2005 version, plus a brand new BlackBerry IM client. This is capable of providing a firmer integration with other BlackBerry applications (like the browser, calendar, address book and so on).. To know more about the features of the Microsoft SERVER 2007, Click here...

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