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kevin_conaway writes:
Matthieu Riou wrote an interesting article on Raven, a build system for Java powered by Ruby. His premise is that Raven allows you access to the full power of a scripting language including things like conditions, loops, exceptions and complex data structures and that this is an improvement over linear, "toy" build systems like Ant and Maven.
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nerdyH writes:
The Asus EEE has competition. FIC/Everex has confirmed plans to ship in January a "Cloudbook" UMPC with 7-inch display. Optionally available in a Developer edition that adds a touchscreen and software tools, the Cloudbook will run the Google Apps-oriented "gOS" Linux distribution, the same that powers Wal*Mart's $200 PC (story) and Everex's gOS dev board story.
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jeepliberty writes:
ABC news is reporting that an Icelandic teen was arrested for calling President Bush on a private White House number.
Its No Fly list and banned US entry for this resourceful teen.
