Submitted by logicalextremes
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When, in late September, rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay. Grandiose attempts to combine media production and distribution — programming and p (Read More)
Cosmic Log:
Toshiba UKClick for video: An armchair floats to the edge of space in Toshiba's "Space Chair Project" commercial. Click on the image to see Toshiba's video on YouTube.Space ballooning hits new heights in an HDTV commercial sh (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Hey now! Just because the NSA helped Microsoft hone the security of Windows 7 doesn't mean Microsoft designed special backdoors for the organization to spy on us...right? In a response to Computerworld's article on NSA involv (Read More)
Submitted by ferringer
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James Avery and I have just launched a new site, Tekpub.com, that is focused on helping developers kick ass in their jobs. There have been a lot of questions about this after our “soft” launch yesterday, so I thought I would (Read More)
Noupe:
Microsoft Silverlight enables development of the next generation of Microsoft .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Silverlight is delivered as a cross-platform and cross-browser p (Read More)
Xconomy:
Synthetic Biology, Industrial Chemicals, Biofuels Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: After Carlsbad, CA-based Verdezyne disclosed last month that it plans to raise more than $15 million in venture funding, I arranged to sit down wi (Read More)
SFGate: Travel:
Anita Monga was recently named the artistic director of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The Stockton native's programming career started in 1980 with a successful run at the Roxie Cinema before she took the post for 1 (Read More)
SF Gate:
Due to arrive today SHIPFROMPORTNYK LodestarLos AngelesOAK Marie MaerskLos AngelesOAK Due to depart today SHIPTOPORTGeorge Washington BridgeKobe, JapanOAK APL IndiaLos AngelesOAK Albert RickmersSeattle, WAOAK Hawk LazaroCarde (Read More)
"mindmap" via Courtney in Google Reader:
Since it’s inception in 1984, the TED events have been all about “Ideas Worth Spreading”. Realizing that they couldn’t be everywhere all the time, the TED group established the TEDx program, which allows private individuals (Read More)
AppScout:
The Parents Television Council is pleased with Microsoft's recent decision to pull its sponsorship of Fox's Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show over content concerns, but the group doesn't think the s (Read More)
Ambient-Oriented Programming:
People The people behind the AmbientTalk project are: 1 professor, 1 post-doc researcher and 6 PhD students from the Programming Technology Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. (Read More)
Submitted by adamsherk
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This week I am doing some client work in NYC, and decided to mix it up a bit from my usual routine. Instead of staying in one of my preferred haunts (I am Mithril level with Hilton) I took a chance on a new hotel based upon p (Read More)
Planet Ubuntu:
For those of you who don’t know it, if something provides Multi-Touch input methods, it means that you (and potentially an almost arbitrary number of other people) can interact with the same device using as many of your finge (Read More)
Submitted by PinkLisa
from Google Reader:
Regular readers know that, news-wise, CNN confuses me, and that I have all but kicked the NPR habit (it seems fantastic, but El Rancho Deluxe gets only one radio station, and it only plays one song: that Red Hot Chili Peppers (Read More)
SF Gate:
German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said Thursday its fourth quarter net income rose sharply from a large loss a year ago as the company saw cost reductions help its results. Infineon, based in Neubiberg, said net profi (Read More)
SF Gate:
Due to arrive today SHIPFROMPORTGeorge Washington BridgeLong BeachOAK APL ThailandLos AngelesOAK YM SouthLos AngelesOAK APL IndiaKaohsiung, TaiwanOAK Due to depart today SHIPTOPORTCSAV VenezuelaSeattle, WA OAK YM SouthKeelung (Read More)
CyberNet:
Windows only I always find myself using regular expressions (a.k.a. regex) in my programming because they are often the best way to parse out bits and pieces from blocks of text. Ever since I discovered the online RegExr th (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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It seems the longer I write in this darned blog, the harder it gets to remember things I have talked about before … and things I haven’t.That appears to have been the case this time, because I intended to but — if scroogle.or (Read More)
Submitted by solveforce
from blog:
Some programs also deal with payment and shopping carts to make life easier. To let you try the software they generally make a flexible deal and a one-time set up free along with the payment of next month's fee after the expi (Read More)