Comment Re:The real key is AJAX (Score 1) 202
Your grandmother doesn't run AJAX. Requests I send her never get responded to!
Java Trial Support Coming In Linux Standard Base 126
LinuxScribe writes "Java isn't in the LSB — yet. It's been a hard target to hit: which version gets standardized? How will test suites work? But the new version of LSB will take the first steps towards Java inclusion in standardized Linux development by introducing trial support for the language."
Comment Instead of copying Legos, go remake Construx (Score 1) 576
I'll be having children in a few years, and I'm not thrilled about bringing them into a world that is without Construx.
Comment Re:Uh oh (Score 1) 205
But it's going to get funny again, when a bunch of kids who have never even heard of dial-up modems start asking WTF a "NO CARRIER" is.
Comment Re:The Truth (Score 1) 668
AppleScript won't help with iTunes on Windows.
Getting Started In Android Game Development 43
rbgrn writes "If you're interested in developing a game for the Android platform, there is a lot you need to know. If you have previous experience with game development, moving over to the Android platform won't be all that difficult. You will mostly just need to learn the architecture and API. If you're new to game development, here is a list of must-knows for getting started in Android game development. This is a good starting point for developers seeking to write any type of mobile game."
Comment Re:The Truth (Score 3, Insightful) 668
Monitoring your music folder for new songs is not a "niche" feature. It's an "everybody except iTunes manages to do this" feature.
My wife doesn't understand why songs she downloads from somewhere other than iTMS won't just be "seen" by iTunes. Especially when, say, her photo library software, or ANYTHING ELSE media related, does exactly this.
Absolutely nothing "niche" about such a simple, painfully obvious feature.
The Zune software does it brilliantly.
Comment Re:Like misbehaved children, it's about the parent (Score 1) 399
I find that people in a power position tend to find ways of justifying their own opinions and ways of treating people, and when others truly take offense at something they should be offended at the peron(s) in power simply lock them out by justifying that their own moral superiority because they remained calm.
Being offended, even on justified grounds, is never an excuse for bad behavior.
Losing one's cool online is simply never, ever, ever productive, and often turns a manageable problem into an out-of-control one.
There is plenty of room between being completely "corporate America" emotionless, and being able to control one's emotions. Most of us exist in this middle ground in our everyday "offline" life.
Hubble Stops Sending Data, Mission On Hold 141
mknewman writes to tell us that NASA is no longer receiving data from the Hubble Space Telescope, which could possibly delay the shuttle launch planned just two weeks from now. There is a backup system installed which may be used instead of training the astronauts on the installation of the new component, but that would itself leave no fallback option. "NASA is reviewing whether the mission should be delayed a couple of months so that plans can be made to send up a replacement part for the failed component, said NASA spokesman Michael Curie. It would take time to test and qualify the old replacement part and train the astronauts to install it in the telescope, Curie said. NASA also would have to work out new mission details for the astronauts who have trained for two years to carry out five Hubble repair spacewalks."
New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record 299
asoduk writes to tell us that a new world record has been set for the most efficient photovoltaic device. Topping the scale at 40.8% efficiency, the new solar cell differs significantly from the previous record holder. "Instead of using a germanium wafer as the bottom junction of the device, the new design uses compositions of gallium indium phosphide and gallium indium arsenide to split the solar spectrum into three equal parts that are absorbed by each of the cell's three junctions for higher potential efficiencies. This is accomplished by growing the solar cell on a gallium arsenide wafer, flipping it over, then removing the wafer. The resulting device is extremely thin and light and represents a new class of solar cells with advantages in performance, design, operation and cost."
Microsoft and Nokia Adopt OSS JQuery Framework 126
soliptic writes "The jQuery blog today announced that 'Both Microsoft and Nokia are taking the major step of adopting jQuery as part of their official application development platform.' So the open-source javascript framework will be shipped with Visual Studio and ASP.NET MVC. Microsoft's Scott Hanselman notes: 'It's Open Source, and we'll use it and ship it via its MIT license, unchanged. If there's changes we want, we'll submit a patch just like anyone else.'" There's also a story at eWeek about the decision.
New Approach To Malware Modifies Linux Kernel 170
Hugh Pickens writes "Professor Avishai Wool has unveiled a program to watch for malware on servers with a modification to the Linux kernel. 'We modified the kernel in the system's operating system so that it monitors and tracks the behavior of the programs installed on it,' says Wool. Essentially, Wool says, his software team has built a model that predicts how software running on a server should work (pdf). If the kernel senses abnormal activity, it stops the program from working before malicious actions occur. 'When we see a deviation, we know for sure there's something bad going on,' Wool explains. Wool cites problems with costly anti-virus protection. 'Our methods are much more efficient and don't chew up the computer's resources.'"
Princeton Researchers Say Feds Need Data Standard 49
dcblogs writes "The federal government's data-sharing efforts are a mess, and if Barack Obama really wants a useful 'Google for government,' he would have to set the government's vast amount of data free by exposing it and ensuring it complies to standards. Once that happens, commercial sites, aggregators, bloggers and everyone else will be able to access it, use it and transform it, argue a group of Princeton researchers (follow Download link for full PDF)."
Comment Re:Take my Hummer Out for a Ride (Score 4, Insightful) 411
But on a more serious note.. I feel this administration has ruined out economy and now its after our environment.
Yes... it was simply inhuman, the way the B*sh administration ruthlessly and systematically forced so many innocent people to buy Hummers and drive them around all day long.
Google Browser Sync Source Released 33
AySz88 writes "Google has made an official announcement of their decision to discontinue Google Browser Sync. But it comes with a brighter side — its source code is now open and available."
