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Submission + - Kernel hacker -ck quits (apcmag.com) 2

Submitted by vmarks on Saturday March 01, 2008 @11:09AM

vmarks writes: Kernel hacker Con Kolivas has quit submitting kernel patches. He talks with apcmag.com about Linux for the desktop, the performance issues he tried to rectify, and why he will now spend his time learning Japanese instead of developing improvements for the Linux kernel.

Submission + - TopCoder Community Builds Its Own UML Tool

Submitted by on Thursday August 09, 2007 @04:43PM

An anonymous reader writes: Today TopCoder unveiled a new UML Tool: an easy to use, consistent modeling tool for use in Design and Development competitions. The new tool was built to model sequence, class, use case, and activity diagrams. Though this project was to follow the standard TopCoder component methodology, it was unique in one important respect. Rather than TopCoder staff leading the effort, everything — including project management and architecture, from soup to nuts — was to be done by TopCoder members. Full story at http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=dev&d2 =umltool&d3=description

Submission + - Firefox challenging IE for dominance in US SMBs

Submitted by

Pilgrim

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @11:18PM

Pilgrim writes: "http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10315/53/

A survey of 140,000 small to medium-sized business (SMB) users has revealed that the Mozilla Firefox browser is now almost on equal footing with Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the SMB market sector. What's more, the gap is narrowing dramatically every month."

Submission + - Disability groups on OpenDocument Format v1.1

Submitted by

peterkorn

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:54PM

peterkorn writes: "In the person of Curtis Chong, president of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, the "Voice of Nation's Blind" have spoken: "OpenDocument is no longer a thing to be feared." With the release of OpenDocument v1.1 as an OASIS standard, the accessibility issues raised by the members of the OASIS ODF accessibility subcommittee have been fully addressed. See my blog entry for the details, and lots of other quotes about the release of OpenDocument v1.1. (full disclosure: I'm co-chair of the OASIS ODF accessibility subcommittee, and have been involved in Sun's ODF and StarOffice/OpenOffice.org accessibility work, among other things)"

Submission + - Google logo error!

Submitted by Bobshush on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:28PM

Bobshush writes: As you should know by now, Google has the wonderful practice of creating custom logos for holidays and other random events throughout the year. However, it seems that they've screwed up for Valentines day by misspelling their name. Check it out at google.com. Googe?

Feed Vista Gets First Critical Fix (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:12PM

Microsoft's weekly patch dispatch includes an update for Windows Defender, which ships with the new operating system. By the Associated Press.

Submission + - Judge Dismisses Suit Against MySpace

Submitted by zoltamatron on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @10:38PM

zoltamatron writes: The Texas lawsuit filed by four families against MySpace was dismissed today. The families alleged that MySpace was at fault for their daughters being sexually assaulted by men they had met online. U.S. district judge Sam Sparks wrote in his decision, "If anyone had a duty to protect Julie Doe, it was her parents, not MySpace,"

Submission + - 14 HP Company Secrets from a former employee

Submitted by rob101 on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @08:50PM

rob101 writes: A former Hewlett-Packard worker could barely wait for their non-disclosure-agreement to end so they could spill 14 company secrets to The Consumerist. Full article at the Consumerist. This article details secrets about HP printers, how to get past the voice prompt system, HP cartridges and warranty information.

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by Ankur Dave on Monday May 22, 2006 @10:04PM

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