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Submission + - EA and id Software offer new Mac support (play.tm)

Submitted by

jasoncart

on Monday June 11, 2007 @01:49PM

jasoncart writes: "Word just in from the WWDC07 event being held today in San Francisco suggests that the Mac format could be coming back in from the gaming cold, with major games makers offering new titles and support for the trendy computer brand."

Submission + - Planetary Society Debunks "Puddles" on Mar

Submitted by

Rei

on Monday June 11, 2007 @01:36PM

Rei writes: "Yesterday, Slashdot posted about what appeared to be puddles of water sitting on Mars. Unfortunately, according to the Planetary Society's blog, the authors of the paper didn't even bother to check the context in which the "water" photos were taken. The article notes that one shouldn't trust papers that haven't yet gone through peer review. "The white square shows you where the image comes from. It's in the middle of Opportunity's Burns Cliff panorama, on some of the steepest slopes that Opportunity saw before arriving at Victoria crater! Those can't be puddles — unless the amazing "liquid" that puddles here on Mars in a freezing near-vacuum also has antigravity properties.""

Submission + - John Backus, developer of FORTRAN dies, aged 82

Submitted by doug5y on Monday March 19, 2007 @10:00PM

doug5y writes: John Backus, the developer of FORTRAN, dies aged 82, at home. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd -backus.html?hp

Submission + - Command-Line PHP? Yes, You CAN!

Submitted by IdaAshley on Monday March 19, 2007 @07:48PM

IdaAshley writes: Give PHP a chance on the command-line interface, and you may find that it has become your new favorite shell-scripting tool. Learn how to debug PHP code from the command line and examine the strengths of PHP as a shell scripting language unto itself. Worst-case scenario: It can save you some Web server migraines.

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