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- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?
- You pick up your Blackberry in the morning because your notebook has a virus. You connect to your cloud storage and retrieve a few documents to store on your drive, and grab yourself a cup of Java. I get emails every day, mostly ordinary commentary from like-minded...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Openbravo to push open source ERP more aggressively in US
- One open source project is giving thanks for reaching the one million download milestone and believes the worldwide financial crisis will only accelerate its growth. Openbravo, a purveyor of a popular open source ERP application and newly acquired open source POS solution for the small to medium-sized enterprises, predicts...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- A back to school programming exercise
- For most of us in the States, we're getting back to work after four days of family and tryptophan. For the rest of the world, it's just plain Monday. Any way it goes, a lot of us could use something to get back in gear and could certainly...
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Hapax CEO recognises importance of shared infrastructure moving forward
- I had an enjoyable conversation with Mark Redgrave recently, ahead of his company's unveiling of their 'meaning platform,' Amplify. Mark is CEO of London-based Hapax, a company that has been applying patented technology to natural language processing NLP since 2000. According to the Press...
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- The case for Scala
- Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Science, research and the politics of grantmanship
- Seems that science is like every other human endeavor. It's highly political. A study done among scientists asking for money from the National Institute of Health shows blunt political caluclation can alter both the language of the grant application...and the actual subject of the study being...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5
- Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4
- It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los Angeles
- The winning Jetta. Courtesy: CBS Interactive It is a VW diesel that won the award. Specifically: VW Jetta TDI. The LA Award winner was chosen by "Green Car Journal." There was a Ford Fusion in the competition. The little...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Sun updates NetBeans with PHP support
- Version 6.5 of the open-source NetBeans IDE has support for the PHP scripting language and a preview of Python support. Sun Microsystems on Wednesday introduced a version of the open-source NetBeans integrated development environment IDE, with expanded support for web and Java software development. The...
- News items 2008-11-20
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2
- Welcome to day 2 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I'll be blogging about the differences between Android and iPhone development. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5] ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1
- As I mentioned last week I've started learning more about developing for the Apple iPhone. This week I'll be sharing my experiences during a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. In particular, I'll be pointing out differences between Android and iPhone development. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Why can't kids text in context?
- Most of us big people can send a text message or a quick email from our phones. We abbreviate, use emoticons, and are both adept at and understanding of those terse replies appropriate for text/IM communications. We may not be quite as speedy with our thumbs as our...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuit
- NebuAd, the controversial company that was trying to sell deep-packet inspection technology as a means of delivering more relevant ads, has already had most of the life sucked out of it. Now, a class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco today, could put the final nail...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Marketers, stop the hate! Customers are not the enemy
- Guest editorial by Susan Etlinger Back in the seventeenth century, soldiers would spend the cold winter months in towns and garrisons until the weather cleared enough for them to venture back into the field (in Italian, nella campagna) to resume fighting. And...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Google makes the blogosphere more universal
- I have come across blogs in the past that look very interesting, but are completely unreadable. Poor writing? Not at all, just in another language. On occasion, I have subscribed to these interesting feeds, and when a new article is published, I translate it into English using...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Taking productivity lessons from open source
- Even if your organization doesn't produce software or work with open source development, you can still take some lessons from open source communities -- in particular, how to get work done with fewer meetings and less real-time. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols covers some of the things that outsourcing...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?Non-competes typically are enforced for......company executives. Clearly Mr. Papermaster was an executive of IBM and therefore the non-compete is applicable. IMO he does have a strong argument that his new role is materially different enough where the non-compete is not applicable.To work...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
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