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Programming

Submission + - Top IT skills list - programming is hot again (computerworld.com)

Ian Lamont writes: "Are you a solid project manager? Or are you an ace at wireless networking? How about network convergence? If you answered yes to any of these, then you can breath easy about your career prospects, or says Computerworld, which just released a list of "12 IT skills that employers can't say no to." Many of the named skills are obvious assets, but a few of them are more obscure, such as business intelligence systems, and 'Digital home technology integration.' The article also notes that programming — which is often downplayed as a skill set, thanks to the emergence of low-cost outsourced programming work in lower-wage countries — is once again a major asset. From the article:

"Everything I see in Silicon Valley is completely contrary to the assumption that programmers are a dying breed and being offshored," says Kevin Scott, senior engineering manager at Google Inc. and a founding member of the professions and education boards at the Association for Computing Machinery. "From big companies to start-ups, companies are hiring as aggressively as possible."
A total of three items on the list directly address programming — mobilizing applications, open-source programming, and '.Net, C #, C ++, Java — with an edge.'"

United States

Submission + - Net Neutrality: You create the Net Neutrality Act. (truevoxpopuli.com)

zyzzx0 writes: "The basis of this site, TrueVoxPopuli.com, is to submit bills to congress without the hands of Lobbyists involved (last year over 90% of bills submitted to congress were written by lobbyists!). I think that the slashdot community could do a better job at writing a net neutrality bill than well-paid lobbyists. We built the website, and must apologize in advance because a)we're not using ajax yet and b)getting slashdotted might bring the site to a crawl."
Windows

Submission + - QuickTime plays havoc with RAID in Vista!

Z00L00K writes: This may be old news to some, but anyway...

According to an article there is a serious problem with Vista when Quicktime is used.

I thought I was just unlucky the first time but when something happens two times in the exact same fashion, you just got to check into it a little more.

System is Vista Ultimate 32-bit with RAID 10 on Intel ICH8R chipset. A couple of weeks ago I tried running a .mov file using Apple QuickTime software (latest version) and that is when things started to go downhill. The file seemed very slow to load and eventually QuickTime crashed after a lot of persuasion. Once QuickTime was closed, I was notified of a RAID error through the Intel Matrix Storage Console but the same thing will happen if you reboot during the lockup as well.
The problem here is that a rather normal application is able to cause data corruption on this level. This means that there is an obvious problem with Vista that can be exploited by malware.

Maybe it's the cause of "Beauty is only skin deep but ugly is down to the bone." from where I refer to that Vista has got a new skin of security but under the skin it's still the same ugly security handling.
Communications

Submission + - What do real people think about iPhone?

Pete writes: Over here in the UK we have yet to get our hands on the 'almighty' iPhone and while there are a lot of professional reviews and video from the US, we really want to hear from real users. What is it like to use on a day-today basis and is it annoyingly large or quite pocket-friendly? Does the EDGE connectivity cut it or is way too slow? Is the touchscreen interface easier to use than real keys? Finally, is it really worth buying one or should we stick to our trusty red phone booths?
Software

Submission + - FOSS School Foundation?

smilindog2000 writes: "Open source software has it's place in main-stream corporate America, but only a small place. As Windows and Microsoft Office users, we naturally push these programs on our school-age kids, without thinking of what we deny them. As the OLPC project and many blogs so often state, FOSS gives children an opportunity to look under the hood, and discover for themselves how things really work. A charitable foundation dedicated to supporting the adoption of FOSS in schools could greatly benefit millions of school-age children. It also could make great use of volunteer hackers, while requiring virtually zero cash donations. I would volunteer for such a foundation. Would you?"
The Internet

Submission + - US Defense Dept blocking YouTube, MySpace, and 11

mcgrew writes: "On the heels of yesterday's Slashdot storyabout The US military launching its own channel on YouTube, today the Chicago Tribune reports that the Defense Department is blocking YouTube, as well as MySpace and '11 other sites world wide'. From TFA:

The armed services have long barred members of the military from sharing information that could jeopardize their missions or safety, whether electronically or by other means.

The new policy is different because it creates a blanket ban on several sites used by military personnel to exchange messages, pictures, video and audio with family and friends.

Members of the military can still access the sites on their own computers and networks, but Defense Department computers and networks are the only ones available to many soldiers and sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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AMD

Submission + - Inside AMD's Phenom Architecture

An anonymous reader writes: InformationWeek has uncovered some documentation which provides some details amid today's hype for AMD's announcement of its upcoming Phenom quad-core (previously code-named Agena). AMD's 10h architecture will be used in both the desktop Phenom and the Barcelona (Opteron) quads. The architecture supports wider floating-point units, can fully retire three long instructions per cycle, and has virtual machine optimizations. While the design is solid, Intel will still be first to market with 45nm quads (the first AMD's will be 65nm). Do you think this architecture will help AMD regain the lead in its multicore battle with Intel?
Television

Submission + - Study Says No Future for Video iTunes

eldavojohn writes: "Reuters is running a story on a study that claims "Online video sites that sell shows and movies such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes will likely peak this year as more programming is made available on free outlets supported by advertising." Many channels have wised up to offering their content hosted from their own sites for free — with commercials — to cut out iTunes as the middle man. End result? Predictions that services like iTunes-Video have no future. In related news, Reuters is also covering a survey that claims 2006 was the first year online clothing sales outsold online computer sales. The survey reports that full saturation of online retail is "years away" which may seem obvious but spells good news for online retailers."
It's funny.  Laugh.

Submission + - US wants everyone else to destroy the climate too

minuszero writes: BBC news Is reporting on some of the changes the US wants to put in the new G8 climate texts.

Such changes include:
Striking out "climate change is speeding up and will seriously damage our common natural environment and severely weaken (the) global economy... resolute action is urgently needed in order to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions".
and "we are deeply concerned about the latest findings confirmed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)".

Yet, a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality claims "The US continues to lead the global effort on climate change."

Question is, did she mean stopping climate change, or encouraging it?

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