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Submission + - Why cookies need bringing into the 21st century (denofgeek.com)

Submitted by on Sunday December 21, 2008 @02:33PM

An anonymous reader writes: This post argues that cookies have been left behind in the move towards new technologies and Web 2.0. Virtually any attempt to update the idea that people use one browser and will only ever want to use one gmail account is blocked in a raft of security measures and yet leaves users hamstrung in their attempts to use the web efficiently.

The Wackiest Technology Tales of 2008 97

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 14, 2008 @11:11PM from the hindsight-is-much-better-than-20/20 dept.

coondoggie writes "Despite the daily drumbeat of new and improved hardware or software, the tech industry isn't all bits and bytes. Some interesting things happen along the way too. Like floating data centers, space geekonauts, shape shifting robots and weird bedfellows (like Microsoft and Jerry Seinfeld). What we include here is an example of what we thought were the best, slightly off-center stories of 2008."

Obama's "ZuneGate" 608

Posted by kdawson on Sunday December 07, 2008 @06:17AM from the et-tu-barack dept.

theodp writes "Barack Obama supporters were left shaking their heads after a report surfaced that the president-elect was using a Zune at the gym instead of an iPod. So why would Mac-user Obama be Zune-ing out? Could be one of those special-edition preloaded Zunes that Microsoft bestowed on Democratic National Convention attendees, suggests TechFlash, nixing the idea that the soon-to-be Leader of the Free World would waste time loading Parallels or Boot Camp in OS X just to use a Zune."

Getting Hired As an Entry-Level Programmer? 540

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 14, 2008 @12:14AM from the foot-in-door dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I received a state university degree in Computer Science. After graduation, I immediately took jobs in QA to pay the bills while waiting for other opportunities, which of course turned out to be as naive as it sounds. I've been working QA for several years now and my resume does not show the right kind of work experience for programming. On the whole I'm probably no better as a a candidate than a CS graduate fresh out of college. But all of the job postings out in the real world are looking for people with 2-5 years of programming work experience. How do you build up those first 2 years of experience? What kinds of companies hire programmers with no prior experience?"

Submission + - Is the Dell XPS One Better than the Apple iMac? (gizmodo.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27, 2007 @11:34AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Apple iMac is probably the standard all-in-one desktop computer. Great operating system, built-in software and design around solid, but pretty normal, hardware guts. According to Walter Mossberg, there's a new kid in town that not only matches it but is 'sightly ahead': the Dell XPS One. His latest review is already causing the usual suspects to weigh in. Mossberg says it is a better machine, but Vista and its built-in software make it inferior than Apple iMac's Leopard and iLife suite. Would you choose the better hardware of the Dell XPS One -which is more expensive- or the elegant design and software of the Apple iMac?

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