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jQuery in Action Screenshot-sm 154

Posted by samzenpus from the read-all-about-it dept.
Michael J. Ross writes "As perhaps the only substantial computer language embedded inside of the major Web browsers, JavaScript has brought an unprecedented level of power to client-side programming for the Internet. Yet as a result of cross-browser incompatibilities and other problems, it has probably also resulted in an unprecedented number of headaches for Web developers. JavaScript libraries attempt to mitigate much of these difficulties. One of the most popular such libraries, jQuery, is explored in a book by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz, titled jQuery in Action." Keep reading for the rest of Michael's review.
The Courts

French Record Labels Go After Limewire, SourceForge 326

Posted by kdawson from the lawyers-on-airplanes dept.
An anonymous reader notes that TorrentFreak is reporting: "French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire, and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform SourceForge. ... Putting aside the discussion on the responsibilities of application developers for their users activities, the decision to go after SourceForge for hosting a application that can potentially infringe, is stretching credibility beyond all bounds." SourceForge is Slashdot's corporate parent.
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Slashdot's Disagree Mail Screenshot-sm 202

Posted by samzenpus from the well-here's-your-problem dept.
Slashdot has one of the best discussion systems there is. It's grown and adapted over the years to meet various challenges and suit the needs of our users. A lot of time and effort has gone into it and we are always open to user input to help make it better. Some of our best ideas start as user suggestions and we appreciate the feedback. Of course they can't all be gems and sometimes the suggestions we get are unworkable or just bizarre. Here are a few of my favorite unhelpful, helpful suggestions.
Google

Submission + - Google announces gDay (google.com.au) 1

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c4ffeine
c4ffeine writes: "Google has announced a new service called "gDay(TM) with MATE(TM)" that promises to index pages up to 24 hours before they are actually created or published. According to sources at Google, "we can create a sophisticated model of what the internet will look like 24 hours from now...". What does this imply for personal privacy? Is the era of surprise product releases finally at an end?"
Businesses

Submission + - Largest profiting company ever bribes scientists.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Playfuls.com (http://www.playfuls.com/news_09_2799-ROUNDUP-Exxo nMobil-Posts-Record-2006-Profits.html) is reporting that the world's largest oil company, ExxonMobil, posted the largest profit EVER for a US company (39.5 Billion Dollars). In other news today, an oil company-funded lobbying organization tries to pay scientists $10,000 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2004 399,00.html) each to write papers discrediting today's climate report. Guess which oil company is the funder here? Next time you tank your car, choose wisely.
Censorship

Submission + - Auto show tries to shut down parody site

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Brave Howard
Brave Howard writes: "News just came in that the a good for nothing car expo is trying to muzzle a group of cyclist-activists who parodied their site, falsely claiming that the activists violated their trademark.

This is the second attempt by a big company to censor, even shut down, their critics using these baseless copyright claims, the first being ABC's attempt to unplug autoshowshutdown.org. Luckily in both cases, EFF has come to the rescue."
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Rush Limbaugh Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Submitted by jomama717
jomama717 writes: From the article:

Landmark Legal Foundation today nominated nationally syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Limbaugh, whose daily radio show is heard by more than 20 million people on more than 600 radio stations in the United States and around the world, was nominated for the prestigious award for his "nearly two decades of tireless efforts to promote liberty, equality and opportunity for all humankind, regardless of race, creed, economic stratum or national origin. These are the only real cornerstones of just and lasting peace throughout the world," said Landmark President Mark R. Levin. "Rush Limbaugh is the foremost advocate for freedom and democracy in the world today," explained Levin.
There is no topic called "It's sad. Cry."

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