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Submission + - Defect Tracking Software

Submitted by

GoPlayingProg

on Thursday November 16, 2006 @04:59PM

GoPlayingProg writes: "I'm looking for defect tracking software. I work mainly on one computer but that computer
can and does change, mixed UNIX (Linux but trying to keep it general) and Windows environment.
Don't like using a web based solution as I am not hot on setting up Apache or some other web server
( not to mention adding security holes ). But if it relies on a light weight server( like Web Savant
or ruby's WEBrick I won't mind. ) I'm using monotone for my SCM ( if it makes any difference ).

It might be hard to meet my requirements. So a better recommendation would a site for defect tracking software similar to the Better SCM site."

Submission + - Teardown finds Sony taking a bath on each PS3

Submitted by CBackSlash on Thursday November 16, 2006 @04:26PM

CBackSlash writes: EETimes is running an article with an iSuppli teardown of the PS3. From the article:

"There is nothing cheap about the PlayStation 3 design. This is not an adapted PC design. Even beyond the major chips in the PlayStation 3, the other components seem to also be expensive and somewhat exotic."

Sony is losing $240 on the Premium version, and $307 on the Basic. They also updated their XBOX360 numbers, with profit of $76 on each unit.

Submission + - Democrat's Leader Pelosi may increase H-1B visas

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16, 2006 @04:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: Democratic San Francisco Representative Nancy Pelosi may lead the increase in the number of guest workers that large companies can indenture. "One issue that's near and dear to Silicon Valley's heart: H-1B visas. These permits allow foreign engineers, programmers and other highly-skilled professionals work in the United States for three to six years. The number of visas issued each year is capped at 115,000 a year, which is a huge concern for tech giants, like Intel and Hewlett-Packard, which have an insatiable appetite for engineers and programmers from India and China." The article goes on to state that The cap has not been raised since 1998, and two attempts to do so in the current Congress failed amid the broader debate over immigration. Republican leaders didn't want to appear soft on the issue."

Submission + - Smart Coffeemaker Runs .Net, Not Java

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16, 2006 @04:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: A new coffeemaker from Salton subsidiary Melitta gets weather information broadcast over the air from MSN Direct. The Smart Mill & Brew provides current weather conditions, the day's forecast, probability for precipitation, 3-day forecast, severe weather alerts, and sunrise and sunset times. It gets all that info from Microsoft's MSN Direct, which sends selected content directly to SPOT-enabled devices through FM radio station subcarrier transmissions. The device incorporates Microsoft's .Net Micro Framework, a low-end managed code environment aimed at deeply embedded applications. Supposedly, the device also makes great pot of coffee.

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