June 2007
61 posts
Jews, Alcohol, & AA →
…Whereas the incidence of alcoholism among Jews, while no longer negligible, may indeed be less than in the non-Jewish population (a rather hollow consolation), the same cannot be said of chemical dependency involving other mood altering drugs. Among the older population, addiction to tranquilizers, sedatives, and pain pills is quite common; and among the young adults and adolescents the...
“Google said Tuesday it is getting in on the development of electric vehicles,...”
– Google Green?
WeFi →
Save time finding and connecting to free WiFi anywhere. Get access to WeFi’s detailed Wi-Fi maps. Find friends and WiFi locations worldwide. (Mac OS X app coming soon!)
nibbles tutorials →
(requires silverlight!)
The ten most hated words on the Internet →
Folksonomy Blogosphere Blog Netiquette Blook Webinar Vlog Social Networking Cookie Wiki
Uncensored Free Image Hosting From The Pirate Bay →
…well known and often controversial BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay has launched BayImg, an uncensored free image hosting service.
Study: Inkjet printers are filthy, lying thieves →
…a new study says that on average, more than half of the ink from inkjet cartridges is wasted when users toss them in the garbage. Why is that interesting? According to the study, users are tossing the cartridges when their printers are telling them they’re out of ink, not when they necessarily are out of ink.
“In what’s being called one of the 10 worst global e-mail spam outbreaks so...”
– Massive stock spam attack uses crafty PDF to lure investors
“The head of the Mono project this week plans to preview an open source...”
– Mono project quickly builds Linux version of Microsoft browser plug-in
Wired Blogs: Gadget Lab: The Greatest Gadgets of... →
Don’t agree with us? Fine — vote our choices up or down, and submit your own nominations. We just ask that you follow one basic ground rule: To qualify as a gadget, a device has to be relatively self-contained — the light bulb wouldn’t pass muster, but the flashlight would.
Is It OK that Google Owns Us? →
The fury boils down to one question: whether or not it’s OK for Google to own us.
“Microsoft has agreed to make changes to Vista in response to a complaint by...”
– Google Stares Down Microsoft And Wins
Safari, Firefox charge towards a more colourful... →
…Apple’s Safari browser is able to display richer, more deeper colours than either Internet Explorer or Opera — but Firefox is expected to catch up in the next month.
“There are no such things. There are only stars going toward being a black hole...”
– Tanmay Vachaspati, on whether or not Black Holes exist
What are the best 100 Web 2.0 sites and services?... →
There were more than 5,000 nominations for sites to be included in this awards program, which Webware’s editors pruned to a list of 250 finalists. Users then voted on those finalists—there were 489,467 votes cast—to come up with these: The top 100 Webware sites for 2007.
100 Best Places to Work in IT 2007 →
That’s a wake-up call for employers who could be faced with heightened competition for IT talent in the coming year. Hiring is expected to increase by 12% for IT professionals, the second-highest increase since the third quarter of 2002, according to IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology. Of this year’s Best Places, 64% said they plan to increase their U.S.-based staffs this year, on...
“It used to be we could tell customers only go to Web sites that are trusted....”
– Paul Ferguson, Trend Micro
Email rules our lives! →
A survey carried out by ICM on behalf of software service company Nasstar found that 50 per cent of 25-34 year-olds wouldn’t be able to cope without email access. (Duh…)
“Gotta love technology.”
– Natalie Meilinger, whose baby monitor picked up video from NASA
JRuby - Home →
The JRuby community is pleased to announce the release of JRuby 1.0!
“Guys: Be seekers of truth, not finders of contradiction.”
– Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation
“Last year was the warmest on record for the United States, and the past few...”
– Cut Emissions! Or die.
“Norman is accused of killing two people and wounding four others during a...”
– Belief in Aliens Can Turn Deadly
ICEfaces →
…contributed and administered by ICEsoft Technologies Inc., ICEfaces.org is a place where enterprise Ajax developers can learn, share, and contribute information and ideas to a growing community of ICEfaces enterprise developers. This site provides a wide range of development and support resources to benefit all ICEfaces developers. Source code and pre-bundled IDE tool integrations are...
“If your Internet connection is slower than usual, Akamai’s tool can show...”
– Akamai gives free peek at Internet
Most Massive Star Discovered →
…the most massive star known in the universe has been discovered and weighed, astronomers announced today.
“It’s one that has plenty of people confused regarding what, exactly, it...”
– Gartner Analyst Neil MacDonald on Microsoft’s User Account Control security ‘feature’
Spice up your schedule with the Google Calendar... →
…don’t you think that calendars should be more than lists of appointments and meetings? Well, we think an online calendar should be filled with what interests you most, which is why we just unveiled the Google Calendar gallery.
“Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s wealthiest...”
– Gates Champions ‘Creative Captalism’ to End Inequity
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less →
by Barry Schwartz
Programmer's Personality Test →
…based on Myers-Briggs, for developers.
“Google said Tuesday that it had acquired software company PeakStream, which...”
– Google Acquires PeakStream
Lala Pays the Piper, Users Listen Free →
…users of the free service can listen online to tracks from any artist offered. Thanks to an agreement with Warner Music Group, they can also listen online to the complete albums from Warner artists.
“Microsoft increasingly is looking for ways to tailor computing experiences...”
– MS-Kitchen™?
Microsoft sued over Windows Vista name →
…a French television presenter has sued Microsoft for “violation of intellectual property”. Philippe Gildas accused the software publisher of illegally using the trademark Vista.
“I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.”
– Stephen King
DiffMerge →
…is an application to visually compare and merge files for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix.
“Web sites running Microsoft’s Web server software are twice as likely to...”
– Google: Attack code more likely on Microsoft IIS
SpaceTime: 3D Browser Eye Candy →
…SpaceTime allows users to map out their browsing progress in a visual timeline, treating each site as an object that can be manipulated and rearranged within the 3D environment. Users can alternate between a 3D and 2D perspective as required.
“The problem is that software development is an important endeavor but it has not...”
– Craig Mundie, MS Chief Research and Strategy Officer (You mean it’s not magic? -Ed.)
“When they get it done, I hope they’ll send me a link to it so I’ll...”
– Satya Nadella, corporate VP of Search and Advertising on rumors that MS is working on a super-secret search initiative