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Everything About Java 8 233

Posted by Soulskill
from the building-a-new-generation-of-security-holes dept.
New submitter reygahnci writes "I found a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8 including: improvements to interfaces, functional interfaces, lambdas, functions, streams, parallels, date/time improvements, and more. The article includes example code with realistic examples of use as well as explaining the reasoning behind some of the choices made by the developers who are working on Java 8."
Windows

Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager 951

Posted by Soulskill
from the statistically-driven-interface dept.
CWmike writes "Microsoft said today it will 'ribbonize' the file manager in next year's Windows 8, adding Explorer to the short list of integrated applications that already sport the interface in Windows 7. Microsoft's Alex Simons, director of program management, released screenshots of the new ribbon interface planned for Explorer (scroll way down). 'We evaluated several different UI command affordances including expanded versions of the Vista/Windows 7 command bar, Windows 95/Windows XP style toolbars and menus, several entirely new UI approaches, and the Office style ribbon,' explained Simons. 'Of these, the ribbon approach offered benefits in line with our goals.' Plans by Microsoft and others to ribbonize applications have often met resistance. 'We knew that using a ribbon for Explorer would likely be met with skepticism by a set of power users, but there are clear benefits,' Simons said."
Canada

Canada To Adopt On-Line Voting? 405

Posted by samzenpus
from the click-on-democracy dept.
belmolis writes "Here in Canada we have an old-fashioned paper ballot voting system that by all accounts works very well. We get results quickly and without fraud. Nonetheless, Elections Canada wants to test on-line voting. From the article: 'The head of the agency in charge of federal elections says it's time to modernize Canada's elections, including testing online voting and ending a ban on publishing early election results.' Is it worth trying to fix a system that isn't broken?"

Comment: It's About Who Collects (Score 1) 949

by rlp (#36750154) Attached to: Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical

If you live in California and buy internet or mail order goods for which sales tax is not deducted - you owe the state a "use" tax on the goods. It's right there on your state tax return. California doesn't trust its citizens to report and pay it, so they want an out of state company to collect it for them. Amazon rightly said - no way.

Nobody knows what goes between his cold toes and his warm ears. -- Roy Harper

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