Valleywag
Imitation is the soul of flattery, and the engine of Silicon Valley. Whatever can be copied, will be — especially when the copiers are pals. After a redesign, Facebook has made its status-update feature more prominent. It now asks users, "What are you doing right now? A sharp-eyed reader notes that those words are eer (Read More)
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Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday as an estimated 38 million viewers watched on television, setting a new record for convention viewership, according to Nielsen Media Research.Mr. Obama’s speech — a historic one given his status as the first African American nominee of a major politic (Read More)
life is short - you need Python!
Sometime I see people wondering about the Job market of Python. Now days kids are more interested about their career :) ... So I have decided to collect Python Job board addresses and post the links here. Note that this page will be updated whenever I find any new link. You can also help me by posting comments.Python Job Bo (Read More)
LXer Linux News
It seems as if Netbooks are the newest craze. I may even sell more of these Linux-loaded bad boys, then I do regular laptops. Thats fine and dandy. They also do what they are meant to do, quite well. They also make me money because they come with no optical drive, which makes me responsible for setting them all up if I need (Read More)
Nuby on Rails
I’ve had to rely at times on silence and on talking quick / Defending myself with nothing but my walking stick. —Buck65 Here are nine easy tips that will help you communicate better at your next conference.Figure A Can you read me now? Dan Grigsby’s presentation at RubyFringe was an intentional example (Read More)
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How cool would it be to have your websites ALL OVER THE SERPS? (search engine rank positions also known as search engine result pages). (Read More)
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REMOVING her ex-husband from more than a decade of memories may take a lifetime for Laura Horn, a police emergency dispatcher in Rochester. But removing him from a dozen years of vacation photographs took only hours, with some deft mouse work from a willing friend who was proficient in Photoshop, the popular digital-image e (Read More)
Linux.com :: Features
If you've ever worked with and manipulated MySQL databases, chances are you've used phpMyAdmin to manage your databases from a Web interface. But phpMyAdmin can be a little complex; if you want a lightweight alternative, try phpMinAdmin. It's easier to install than its more robust cousin and has an easy-to-navigate graphica (Read More)
Techdirt
If you follow the patent world, you know of Gary Odom, who is known as The Patent Hawk. To say he's a big supporter of the patent system would be something of an understatement. He's been known to comment here on occasion, employing the style seen all-too-often among patent system apologists commenting on Techdirt posts: (Read More)
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A combative Barack Obama said Tuesday that Republican John McCain "doesn't know what he's up against" in this election and challenged his rival to stop questioning his character and patriotism.Obama, campaigning in a state where he hopes to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win in mo (Read More)
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By now most personal-computer users know not to post their Social Security numbers on the Internet or respond to Nigerian e-mails seeking help with suspicious bank-account transfers.The shadowy world of the Internet can be a haven for scammers and identity thieves, Jeff Fox says.The shadowy world of the Internet can be a ha (Read More)
Twitter Blog
The Chumby is consumer electronics product that displays ambient infotainment. It's a squishy little deal that connects to wifi and runs widgets you download from chumby.com. Today Chumby Industries announced that they have added a Twitter widget and a Twitter Search widget to their directory. (Read More)
Mashable!
The market of applications managing various Internet-related tasks is divided generally into three parts: Windows-based, Mac OS X-compatible, and Linux-friendly. Some function across all platforms, or perhaps the most mainstream and consumer-centric of the two. But it is unquestionably the case that the Linux world holds th (Read More)
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This is purely my opinion and any/all are welcome to argue it. I think that in order for Obama to not just win but to also establish his firm credibility as a politician who can and will rise above politics, it is imperative for him to talk about race, A LOT during the rest of this campaign. The fact of the matter is that (Read More)