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Submission + - Shane Caraveo talks PHP, FastCGI and IIS

Submitted by

brashquido

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @05:26PM

brashquido writes: "Shane Caraveo, the man responsible for porting PHP to Windows and writing the first PHP ISAPI and FastCGI modules for IIS speaks about PHP, FastCGI and IIS. Among the more interesting points is that Shane only ported PHP to Windows so he could check his scripts for typos before uploading them to his Solaris server. Shane also shares his experiences working with the likes of Rasmus, Zeev, Andi, and Stig, and discusses his views on the future of PHP on IIS and what he sees as being the bigger challenges facing the development of PHP on IIS."

Journal Journal: Sun's ODF Plugin for MS Word 3

Journal by turgid on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @05:22PM

Sun recently released a free-as-in-beer plugin for microsoft Word which allows it to read and write (and therefore edit) .odf documents.

So, not only can OpenOffice.org read and write MS Word documents, but now those using Word can do the converse.

Submission + - Global Warming "Scam" documentary to air o

Submitted by sf_basilix on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @04:50PM

sf_basilix writes: A documentary being broadcast on TV this week claims that Global Warming is "the biggest scam of modern times." After all the articles on global warming we continue to hear, it will be nice to finally hear another side. An article from the Washington Times describes how these panel of scientists claim "...that [carbon dioxide] has no proven link to global temperatures... Solar activity is far more likely to be the culprit...Scientists in the Channel 4 documentary cite what they claim is another discrepancy involving conventional research, saying that most of the recent global warming occurred before 1940, after which temperatures around the world fell for four decades...Mr. Durkin's skeptical specialists view this as a flaw in the official view, because the worldwide economic boom that followed the end of World War II produced more carbon dioxide, and therefore should have meant a rise in global temperatures — something he says did not happen."

What's On Your Hotel Keycard 416

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 20, 2005 @11:52AM from the get-your-paranoia-on dept.

Lam1969 writes "From Robert Mitchell's blog on Computerworld: '... Wallace, IT director at AAA Reading-Berks in Wyomissing, Penn. has been bringing a card reader with him on business trips to see what's on the magnetic strips of his hotel room access cards. To his dismay, a surprising number have contained his name and credit card information - and in unencrypted form.' " Update: 09/20 19:10 GMT by J : Snopes, as of two months ago, says this is false.

Dialup Redeemed: The WiFlyer Modem+Hotspot 170

Posted by timothy on Friday July 22, 2005 @11:37AM from the better-than-a-sharp-blow-to-the-head dept.

Those who've moved to broadband connections and wireless links to each PC on their home or office network are unlikely to look back fondly on the days of 56K (or the not-so-snappy 300 baud of my first modem). Still, even if most Internet users really do have broadband, and (unless you've forsaken a landline telephone completely), dialup is a useful adjunct to even the spiffiest broadband access. And sometimes, it's the only access available. Most city dwellers don't face the distance limits of DSL (or even the geographic limitations of cable service), and cheapskate travelers know that free local calls are more common than hotels with free WiFi. However, wireless access and modems aren't the most common combination (especially when you're talking about laptops with a built-in modem port), and it's not fun being tied to whatever length of phone cord you have to hand. AlwaysOn Wireless's device called the WiFlyer (about $150) combines a wireless access point, a DHCP server, and a modem to make dealing with dialup a bit easier, and tosses in a few other features as well. The WiFlyer is a brilliant device, with some limitations; read on for my review.

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