Comment Re:demographics (Score 1) 305
Writing to the Slashdot community on Christmas eve that you're not thinking about the next kernel notes... sounds like you need a 12 step program for Linux or Slashdot.
Comment Their next experiment is... (Score 1) 142
to test if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.
Water Found in Exoplanet's Atmosphere 185
anthemaniac writes "Astronomers have long suspected that water should exist in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets. Now they have evidence. Water has been discovered in a planet called HD209458b, which was previously found to have oxygen. From the article: 'The discovery ... means one of the most crucial elements for life as we know it can exist around planets orbiting other stars.' But don't go looking for little green men. You might remember HD209458b as a 'hot Jupiter' that boils under the glow of its very nearby star."
Submission + - Editorial on the Future of the Linux Desktop
invisibastard writes: "Linux Tech Daily has an editorial on the future of the Linux Desktop. Does Linux really need to be ready for your Grandmother? Can you run Photoshop on Linux? Is 2007 the Year of Linux on the Desktop, or is that even a question worth asking? How does YouTube fit into this? Check out the article for more. Do you agree with the editorial?"
Submission + - Computerworld Names Rails #1 Tech to Know
spookyfluke writes: Computerworld is pinning Rails as the #1 technology to know in 2007. About Rails they write:
Equal parts design philosophy and development environment, Rails offers developers a few key code-level advantages when constructing database-backed Web applications. One of the central tenets emphasizes using less code for application development by avoiding redundancy and following Rails conventions. This means increased performance and, ideally, decreased development times.
Equal parts design philosophy and development environment, Rails offers developers a few key code-level advantages when constructing database-backed Web applications. One of the central tenets emphasizes using less code for application development by avoiding redundancy and following Rails conventions. This means increased performance and, ideally, decreased development times.
Feed Clock is ticking on Apple's Boot Camp beta (com.com)
Windows partitions won't disappear once the final version is released, but test users may encounter some headaches.
Feed 100 Million iPods Sold (pheedo.com)
Apple's iPod has reached a new milestone.
Feed Sun CEO shows off Rock ahead of Fujitsu launch (theregister.com)
Could an UltraSPARC chip arrive on time?
So, it's April 2007 and Sun Microsystems has just popped one of its 16-core Rock chips on CEO Jonathan Schwartz's desk.
Feed ATSC developing its own mobile DTV broadcasting standard (engadget.com)
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video
Squarely falling into the "you've got to be kidding" category, the Advanced Television Systems Committee has just announced that it will be developing its very own standard to "enable broadcasters to deliver television content and data to mobile and handheld devices via their DTV broadcast signal." In case you weren't aware, the world is quickly becoming over-saturated with hordes of other mobile television protocols, and just like the other guys, the forthcoming ATSC-M/H standard will be backwards compatible, which will allow "operation of existing ATSC services in the same RF channel without an adverse impact on existing receiving equipment." Among the services it hopes to channel are ad-supported (free to the user) television broadcasts, elusive "real-time, interactive services," subscription-based TV, downloadable content for on-demand playback, and there's even the potential for "real-time navigation" niceties in the future. Still, we're sure the standard will find a way to operate just fine, but unless a bidding war breaks out and the cost for mobile TV plummets due to all this competition, we're not really sure all these like-minded options are entirely necessary.[Via MocoNews]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Submission + - Eight-Core Mac Pro Benchmarks
jfpoole writes: Here's an article comparing the performance of an eight-core Mac Pro against a four-core Mac Pro. The author says that "if you've got applications that'll take advantage of the eight cores the high-end Mac Pro now offers, it's going to fly!" I know what I want for Christmas this year (even if it is months away).
Submission + - Mozilla developer site hacked
RafaelGCPP writes: Mozilla developer page got hacked today. While I was looking for instructions on how to build Firefox, I bumped into a page with an advertisement of a company that does buildings in Nevada. You can see it here: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documen tation
