Submitted by Logicalextremes
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There are mistakes and there are mistakes. Some mistakes we learn from. For example: Thinking that selling toys for pets on the Web is a great way to get rich. We're not going to do that again. Other mistakes we insist on making over and over. For example, thinking that: (Read More)
Ajaxian:
Jake explains no-one likes waiting, and people are multi-threaded (except when they have to sneeze). Yet, we're stuck with a single-threaded language for the most part; and we still face the legacy of a DOM standard from another era (DOM Level 1 - 1997). This talk provides some optimisation tips, backed by Jake's cross-brow (Read More)
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Barron's Online:
Tesla: Driving toward an IPO?Tesla Motors, the Valley-based maker of electric sports cars, plans to go public soon, according to Reuters, which cites “two people familiar with the situation.” The story said an IPO filing is expected any day. The company declined to comment on speculation.The company’s Roadster (pictured at (Read More)
FitSugar -- Healthy, happy you.:
It's a big movie weekend, for sure. With New Moon finally out, I've already committed myself to spend an afternoon at the theater - the only complication is that I'm not so fond of the movie-theater fare. It's an admittedly challenging place to stick to healthy food choices, since there usually aren't any to begin with. Jus (Read More)
Submitted by Frinsen
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Zynga has hit a new milestone on Facebook, and meanwhile, it has just launched a couple ways to increase its presence on the web: A stand-alone site for its hit game FarmVille and a new browser toolbar for Mafia Wars.The San Francisco company now has more than 200 million total monthly active users on the site, according to (Read More)
Daily DIY:
Interested in building programs with fancy multi-touch interfaces? Speak Python? Well, in that case you might want to have a look at PYMT. Designed for rapid interface design, it looks like it would be fun to play around with. [via the space station] Read more | Permalink | Comments | (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
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I have already talked about how Google and God wouldn’t get along.Now I have proof.Brizzly recently announced that tweets in another language will be translated to English on the fly using Google Translate’s new real-time translation tools. This means Brizzly is now the only Twitter client breaking down one of our biggest b (Read More)
Submitted by As1776
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While my trip to Australia this last week and a half was primarily pleasure with my family, I did get a few days to work with teachers in Brisbane and throughout Victoria (a la our PLP cohort there), and I had some great conversations about the state of the education world with some good friends. Since the trip also came on (Read More)
Submitted by Sfoskett
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Its interesting. If you search the transcript from Dell's earnings call yesterday for "EMC" nothing comes up.Searching on the word storage, I've copied and pasted every reference I found to storage in it. Brian Gladden (part of his presentation)Storagerevenue was down 8% sequentially and 19% year-over-year. EqualLogicr (Read More)
feeds.latimes.com:
First-year success in Seattle, site of Sunday's MLS Cup between the Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, is encouraging for Commissioner Don Garber and his league. But beneath surface there are troubling signs. The MLS Cup logo gleams from up high, (Read More)
Los Angeles Times - Sandy Banks:
A gallery tour shows a thriving art community hidden in a gritty, industrial area. I was tired of staring at that blank space on my hallway wall. For years, I'd been searching for just the right artistic statement for the spot at the bott (Read More)
LA Times:
Neighborhood groups, preservationists and a councilman galvanize to negotiate a rescue plan with the hotel's owners, who want to build a retail-condo complex on the site. When the space-age planned community of Century City displaced much (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
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The party’s in full swing today on Google Chrome OS bashing – it seems that the blogosphere took cues from Steven Hodson yesterday, and multiple bloggers are attempting to advance the theory that Chrome OS is going to fail, and fail hard.Randall Kennedy has a long screed on why Google Chrome OS will fail at Infoworld. Not (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
A space heater that retails for $300 to $600 usually doesn't fall under the label "investment," but for cash-strapped consumers it represents a big outlay with the expectation of a return -- more comfort or lower electric bills -- that will never come.
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