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Google logo error!

Submitted by Bobshush on Wednesday February 14 2007, @10:28PM

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?"

Microsoft Outlaws 3rd Party IM Clients

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 14 2007, @10:14PM

An anonymous reader writes "With the latest update to the MSN Instant Messenger client, now called Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft has required all users to sign a new contract which among other things forbids the use of 3rd party instant messenger clients to connect to the MSN messenger service, such as the AJAX Meebo client, Gaim, and Trillian among others. Worth noting, they do provide a list of authorized 3rd party clients, such as Yahoo Messenger, that are allowed access to the service.

Excerpt: "In using the service, you may not use any unauthorized third party software or service to access the Microsoft instant messaging network currently known as the .NET Messenger service." "

Vista Gets First Critical Fix->

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday February 14 2007, @10:12PM

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

Link to Original Source

Judge Dismisses Suit Against MySpace

Submitted by zoltamatron on Wednesday February 14 2007, @09:38PM

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,""

Employer Ratings for Coders, by Coders

Submitted by

witten

on Wednesday February 14 2007, @09:09PM

witten writes "Coderific is new site for software developers where you can actually write reviews of your employers. The scores for the reviews are totaled up, and lists are generated for the best employers and the worst employers. Additionally you can look up employers based on geographical area, so the next time you're moving to a new area you can find out about the best companies to work for. There currently aren't very many entries on certain employers, but some do have enough reviews to give you a good idea of problems to look for."

Comment: Re:Too bad CSS isn't better at layout (Score 2, Insightful) 154

by dizzoug on Tuesday December 05 2006, @12:48AM (#17109736) Attached to: Designing With Web Standards

Seperating layout from content isn't such a big deal either IMO because a) 99% of the time your html has to be in a very specific order for your layout to work, not to mention the 8000 wrapper divs and what not you have.

If designed properly, the order of your XHTML will matter very little when seperating layout from content. Also, designating many different div tags as wrappers is needless in most situations. You just need to think through a layout idea before coding a single line.

b) Most websites run off a scripted/coded backend where most of the content is pulled from a database anyways

Regardless of where the information for a page comes from, you are always in control of how it is rendered to the browser. The rendered XHTML, CSS, and Javascript is where the seperation of layout, content, and behavior is helpful.

Doug