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Submission + - Progress on next-generation Python

Submitted by on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @11:47AM

An anonymous reader writes: A couple of years ago, Guido Van Rossum undertook a major overhaul of the Python language called Python 3000. Despite the fact that Python is older than languages like Java and Javascript, Guido's initial design decisions have held up remarkably well over the years. Nevertheless, it was inevitable that after 15 years, a language designer would like to redo some things. Guido says: "The idea was that Python 3000 would be the first Python release to give up backwards compatibility in favor of making it the best language going forward." Now Guido says that Python 3000 is on-track (modulo a 2 month schedule slip). Will this release prepare Python for competition with Perl 6 and Ruby 2? Does it matter?

Facebook Apps Facing Delays and Uncertainties 82

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday June 17, 2007 @09:28AM from the it-could-happen dept.

NewsCloud writes "After reading about the Facebook platform launch, I spent the next week learning the API and building my application. Facebook's platform has been pretty successful despite complaints of poor documentation, instability and outcries over its application approval process. I've been waiting two weeks for my application to be approved for their directory and had my account disabled (temporarily) after I invited a large number of colleagues. While I'm impressed with the potential of the platform, the experience has made me more concerned about the lack of transparency in privately held social networks and the risks we take as developers when we invest time in a company's platform. Facebook's home page advertises itself as "a social utility that connects you with the people around you." My concern with Facebook is that there's no one regulating the utility."

Submission + - NASA Administrator: Don't fight Global Warming

Submitted by

mdsolar

on Saturday June 02, 2007 @09:04PM

mdsolar writes: "Engineer and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin revealed in an NPR interview that he was unsure there was any need to take steps to make sure that the climate remain stable. Now the NYT has editorialized that his lack of vision may help explain NASA's back peddling on its planet protection mission. The post of NASA Administrator is a tough one, with the last one being chased out of office for being too cautious. Is Griffin stepping into a meat grinder on this one?"

Submission + - Google Wants to Play in 700MHz Band

Submitted by

scubacuda

on Saturday June 02, 2007 @06:23PM

scubacuda writes: "The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is soliciting feedback on Google's proposal for the 700 MHz band spectrum (Word ver), which currently is occupied by broadcasters in TV channels 52-69 and is being made available for wireless services. Google wants (a) the band to allow licensees to utilize "dynamic auction mechanisms", such as real-time auctions and per-device registration fees; (b) to "posit at least whether it would be in the public interest to mandate for some, or even all, of the commercial spectrum to be auctioned in the 700 MHz bands"; and (c) the unpaired 6 megahertz E Block (722-728 MHz) in the current lower 700 MHz band plan to be designated, "primarily or exclusively, for the deployment of broadband communications platforms." (More on the fight for the 700 MHz band here and )"

Submission + - Dateline NBC sting charges dropped against 24 men. (chatmag.com)

Submitted by

Chatmag

on Saturday June 02, 2007 @05:36PM

Chatmag writes: "In what was the most controversial sting conducted in online chat rooms, and involving a suicide, no charges will be filed in the Murphy, Texas Dateline NBC "To Catch a Predator" series, leaving the door open for 24 civil suits against Dateline NBC."

Submission + - What are your hosting experiences?

Submitted by gratemyl on Saturday June 02, 2007 @03:37PM

gratemyl writes: Having gone through a long time trying to find a VPS host which satisfies my very own requirements (pptpd support) and spending some time looking for cluster computer (and supercomputer) access (paid, of course), I would like to know: what were your experiences with different hosts? What unusual hosting requirements did you have (incl. cluster computer access)?

I am from Germany, no CC, thus need to pay using PayPal — Amazon EC2 does not allow PayPal, and I am currently looking at Sun's www.network.com.

Share your experiences...

Microsoft Vs. TestDriven.NET 418

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 01, 2007 @12:22PM from the stop-trying-to-help dept.

Erebus writes "Jamie Cansdale released a free addin to Visual Studio back in 2004 to help developers build unit tests. His only problem was, he enable his addin for all versions of VS - including the Express addition which isn't suppose to support addins. After over a year of trying to talk with Microsoft and understand how and why he was in violation of their license agreement, during which they would never explain specifically which clause in the license was being violated, they sent the lawyers after him and pulled his MVP status. To top it all off, Jamie is actually a Java developer by day — his addin was originally developed just as a hobby project. A full account is available on his blog, including all email correspondence he had with Microsoft and the now 3 letters received from Microsoft lawyers. The lead product manager for Visual Studio Express has responded to Jamie's posts."

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