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Submission + - Dell and Intel hit by class-action lawsuit

Submitted by Rob on Monday February 05, 2007 @09:05AM

Rob writes: Dell Inc and Intel Corp have been hit by a class-action lawsuit that claims Dell improperly accounted for allegedly secret kickbacks from Intel worth as much as $1bn a year. The suit may well help AMD's own suit against Intel, accusing it of illegally coercing customers away from AMD. Then again, it may turn out to be yet another case of the US litigation system gone awry.

Submission + - Laptop-only music performances?

Submitted by on Monday February 05, 2007 @04:57AM

An anonymous reader writes: As music production tools, computers are everywhere from recording and mixing to publishing. What about computers as the sole musical instrument? DJing or just playing mp3s aside, we have improvisers and orchestras (another) that treat laptop as a full-flavored instrument. What's the most interesting laptop-only live act you have seen/heard? And would you call these guys a boy band?

Submission + - What was your second programming language?

Submitted by

Cafesolo

on Sunday February 04, 2007 @08:33PM

Cafesolo writes: "What was your second programming language?

BASIC
VB
VB.NET
C#
Java
Pascal/Delphi
C/C++
PERL
PHP
Python
Ruby
Assembly
Logo
Fortran
Lisp
Haskell
Scheme
Eiffel"

Submission + - Database file system - do any useful ones exist?

Submitted by

sammyp42

on Sunday February 04, 2007 @03:20PM

sammyp42 writes: "I did a very basic and preliminary search for database file systems. I saw a lot of articles and postings about the benefits and advantages of DBFS's, but I couldn't find any projects that were trying to implement a DBFS. I am very interested in either: a) starting my own open source project to implement a DBFS, or b) get invovled with some existing project. My goal here is to create something that will ultimately have an advanced file explorer view on top that will help people sort, store and archive their files and data (data including RAW data, not just application data) more easily; basic application support (Office, Media apps, etc...) is essential, but not the primary focus for initial deployment. Making my parents, relatives and friends computing lives easier is my primary goal. WinFS seems to be headed in this direction, but it's too proprietary for my taste, plus I don't work for MS (or any other corporate entities developing such FS's). I think the OSI model is the way to go here. Anyone here can point me to anything worthwhile? If you have similar interests, let me know and maybe we can organize something together."

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