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Submission + - 2006: Linux is more frequently used in freelance

Submitted by

on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @05:18AM

An anonymous reader writes: Statistics from recent research of more than 9000 freelance projects: Linux used in 58%, Windows — in 42% of all projects. Average winning bid: $162 for Linux-projects and $196 for Windows-projects. More data and diagrams — http://freelancejob.com.ua

Submission + - Recruiter Blacklists or Company Blacklists

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Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @03:56AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Back about 6 years ago I was unable to go to an interview because I was 350 miles away. Recently I met a female that worked for this company that I did not interview for. I found out that in their database they listed me as a "flake". Is this type of business practice legal? Does anyone else have stores out there about possible blacklists that exist on the internet. Do locations exist that list poor managers and the companies they work for with situations?"

Submission + - Attributes > Classes: Custom DOM Attributes

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Pete Forde

on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @03:40AM

Pete Forde writes: "XHTML gives us the ability to extend our markup with customized, semantically meaningful attributes. While the battle between class and attribute might be a holy war to some (and unknown to most others) the fact remains that attribute name value pairs are easier to read and understand, and only attributes allow you to associate a value with your meta-data. Extending XHTML elements in my projects has made me think of how to solve problems in new and better ways.

In this article, I explain several examples and provide functions for working with your own custom attributes.

http://unspace.ca/discover/attributes/"

Submission + - Universal OS games?

Submitted by QueePWNzor on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @03:25AM

QueePWNzor writes: Like the majority of people looking at this (I think), I play PC games. But fewer and fewer games work between multiple OS's, particularly Linux. But now that NeverwinterNights 2 isn't universal OS like the first, I'm pretty sure DirectX has sent all the good multi-platform games to hell (or Warrens-of-the-Damned, take your pick.)
What's left? Free-Wine I'd only trust to play pac-man. Few games are OpenGL, on the grounds that "only Windows people play games, and DirectX looks cool." The PS3 is the only system that uses high-powered OpenGL, but I'm not about to spend $500-600 for a system that only has $60+ games, requires a huge TV to look good, and takes almost as much power as the whole country of Mongolia (no offence, Mongolians.)
So I'd like to know: What good games are there that Microsoft hasn't killed? (Okay, so that's like asking how many dinosaurs aren't extinct. Bob from Dilbert not included.)
If anybody knows any games that work on Windows/Linux or Mac/Linux, please say. I would prefer that it runs on all three, but there are no games I know of that are sold for Linux so...

Submission + - Practical Ajax with Ruby on Rails examples

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @03:07AM

An anonymous reader writes: Its well known that Ruby on Rails provides an excellent platform for building Web applications, but did you know how well it works with Ajax? This article takes you through the steps of building a Rails web application and then dives right into using Ajax features to give your application the Web 2.0 rich user interface experience.

Submission + - Living In the United States of Bush

Submitted by jogden on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @03:06AM

jogden writes: Presented here is a controversial editorial on the topic of the current freedom stripping laws recently passed in the US. Most notably the removal of habeas corpus in the Military Commissions Act. This is one of the most passionate editorials you will read today... from the article: "The moral and ethical violations to human rights and civil liberties are innumerable, and even the limited statute of habeas corpus in section 1005 does nothing to rid these violations. This act stands in violation of the Third Geneva Convention, to which the United States is a signed member. In reality this statue provides no legal time frame for a review of citizen status by the tribunal, and is always in favor of government evidence. The act also limits access to lawyers and evidence of the accused thereby reducing them to prisoners in a United States run internment camp."

Submission + - Wall Street Journal Predicts iPhone

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @02:59AM

An anonymous reader writes: According to MacRumors.com, the Wall Street Journal is predicting the fabled "iPhone" from Apple "as early as Tuesday." The article reads: "Cingular in November announced a mobile music service based upon Microsoft's WMA format and a subscription model. It is presently unclear how this service would interoperate, if at all, with Apple's rumored phone. The Wall Street Journal has been extremely reliable in the past, having been the first news outlet to predict Apple's switch to Intel chips."

Submission + - Virginia Point Reduction Course

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @02:54AM

An anonymous reader writes: I hail from a rural village 300 km away from Richmond. I happen to relocate myself to Richmond on my living purpose. Things went on pretty smooth and normal as before until the day I encountered with a lot of traffic problems. I tried to manage the heavy traffic but went out of scope since I wasn't able to maintain the pace with the other vehicles on the road, consequently was issued a traffic ticket along with an ordinance to pursue a driver improvement course .

I was looking for a course that can be pursued at my convenient time and place especially with in my affordable range. I was told about Virginia Online Driving School and this was up to mark with my expectations. I completed the online, self paced course as I thought of and could gain enormous amount of knowledge on various defensive driving strategies, road rules etc. from Virginia Online Driving School . The learning imparted was so result oriented that the implementation was quite easy and I never faced any more problems more over was able to resolve them in a right way.

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Submission + - Robert Anton Wilson: Keep the Lasagna Flying

Submitted by tyen on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @02:24AM

tyen writes: The famous American author writes in his blog: 'I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.' Here is to hope that RAW helps us fling about lots of pasta a while longer.

Submission + - Vulnerability Disclosure 2.0

Submitted by sectest on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @01:31AM

sectest writes: With the vast majority of 106 million websites exposed as insecure, we may be heading towards a new era of vulnerability disclosure far bigger than today's issue commercial/open source environment. Web security expert Jeremiah Grossman (CTO of WhiteHat Security) says, "Security researchers find vulnerabilities, disclose them to mailing lists (0-day) or "responsibly" to software vendors like MS/Oracle/Apple etc. for patch creation. We've endured endless "disclosure" debates regarding ethics, common good, press coverage, legalities, and so on. Through a painstaking process a rocky relationship has been established between researcher and software vendor. As we step deeper in to a Web 2.0 world, the same process with the lessons learned, are set to be repeated — this time between researcher and website owner. Google, Yahoo, MySpace, Netflix, and hundreds of other Web 2.0'ish websites are already feeling the disclosure heat. The difference is these are web businesses not the typical software vendor selling shrink-wrapped CD's. They're businesses that just happen to write software for their own web-based business. Website owners will have to deal with disclosure, not because they want to, but because they'll have to."

Solid Capacitor Motherboards Introduced 264

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @01:11AM from the charge-it dept.

jckrbbt writes with news that Gigabyte has introduced solid capacitor motherboards in its Intel 945 chipset products. From the article: "[S]olid capacitors have a higher tolerance for higher temperatures and they also perform better with higher frequencies and higher current than electrolytic capacitors. The superior heat resistance and better electric conductivity will allow PC enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of excessive capacitor wear or exploding capacitors."

Submission + - User-submitted video clips from MacWorld 2007

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krokodil

on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @01:08AM

krokodil writes: "This channel provides live, user-produced video and photo coverage of MacWorld 2007. Macworld attendees will be sending video clips and photographs from their cell phones via MMS or Email to macword@umundo.com. View them on web page or subscribe to RSS feed via iTunes."

Submission + - First Look at Plantronics' Latest Bluetooth Headse

Submitted by

TheTechLounge

on Monday January 08, 2007 @09:49PM

TheTechLounge writes: "Plantronics' Discovery — among the first in Bluetooth headsets that doesn't give you cancer. In all seriousness, TheTechLounge has got their hands on Plantronics' newest flagship headset, straight from the CES show floor, and took it out for a few calls. Photos of new gadgets plus a hands-on usage experience, what's not to love?"

Submission + - Nokia Launches N800 Internet Tablet at CES

Submitted by

AX Man

on Monday January 08, 2007 @09:23PM

AX Man writes: "About everything's been improved with Nokia's N800, launched here at CES, such as a slight processor speed bump up to 330 blazing mhz, better battery life, lighter weight, and a reportedly brighter screen. (The screen still looked a little washed out, but the lights over the show were washing out even the plasma TVs.) The big fix is including real RAM instead of the N770's flash memory, so most, if not all of the sluggishness is dead and gone."

Submission + - Free Wireless Access in S.F. a step closer

Submitted by Gyppo on Monday January 08, 2007 @08:17PM

Gyppo writes: San Francisco has signed an agreement with Google and Earthlink to provide free wireless Internet access to The City. As part of the contract, Google would offer free Internet service at 300 kilobits per second. EarthLink would own the network and offer a faster service, at 1 megabit per second, for $21.95 per month. The next step is a vote by the city's board of Supervisors "which promises ample debate over issues of ownership and revenue that could delay or derail the plan."

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