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Submission + - HTML 5 (webforefront.com)

Submitted by on Friday July 20, 2007 @04:28AM

An anonymous reader writes: HTML 5 has been revived by the W3C at last. After some lobbying and continued work by the WHATG [Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group] the old web markup is getting an official face-lift by the W3C, and making a statement in the face of what was once its intended successor XHTML. http://www.webforefront.com/archives/2007/07/html_ 5.html#more

Submission + - US 'no longer technology king'

Submitted by on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @04:35PM

An anonymous reader writes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6502725.stm

The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. The US is now ranked seventh in the body's league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations.

Evolution of Mammals Re-evaluated 249

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @04:19PM from the shaking-the-tree-to-see-what-falls-out dept.

AaxelB writes "A study described in the New York Times rethinks mammalian evolution. Specifically, that the mass extinction of the dinosaurs had relatively little impact on mammals and that the steps in mammals' evolution happened well before and long after the dinosaurs' death."

GWT Java AJAX Programming 100

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @03:37PM from the prefix-programming dept.

simon_kehler writes "The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java AJAX framework that provides an easy to use programming paradigm for web developers using the Java programming language. It is one of the more recent entrants into this field, but has been gaining a lot of traction and popularity. GWT Java AJAX Programming authored by Prabhakar Chaganti and published by Packt Publishing addresses the use of GWT to build ajaxified user interfaces. The author gently introduces the reader to GWT and then leads the reader through a series of tasks, each of which shows how to perform an useful action with GWT." Read below for Simon's review.

Submission + - Poll: do you document your code?

Submitted by

raner

on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @03:32PM

raner writes: "How much documenting comments (javadoc, etc.) does your code contain:

* less than 5% code/comment ratio, and that's okay
* less than 5% code/comment ratio, but I'm feeling guilty
* between 5% and 20% code/comment ratio
* more than 20% code/comment ratio
* more than 20% code/comment ratio, and that's how it should be
* I'm agile: communication instead of documentation!"

Submission + - Saturn's mysterious hexagon

Submitted by jcotton on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @03:31PM

jcotton writes: Here's your chance to name something much bigger than a street after yourself. TierneyLab hereby promises to name Saturn's mysterious hexagon after the reader who comes up with the most entertaining explanation for this 15,000-mile wide feature at the planet's north pole. NASA says it looks like clouds are whipping around. The New York Times, science times and space.com all report.

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