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Submission + - Windows 8 to reduce memory footprint (msdn.com)

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on Friday October 07, 2011 @05:35PM

bheer writes: "Microsoft's Windows 8 blog has a good post about the work being done to reduce Windows 8's memory footprint. The OS will use multiple approaches to do this, including combining RAM pages, re-architecting old bits of code and adding new APIs for more granular memory management. Interestingly, it will also let services start on a trigger and stop when needed instead of running all the time."

Submission + - IE 0-day attack used in Chinese attack (theregister.co.uk)

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on Thursday January 14, 2010 @06:29PM

bheer writes: "A zero-day attack on IE was used to carry out the cyber attack on Google and others that's been getting so much ink recently, reports The Register quoting McAfee's CTO. While the web (and security) community has been pointing out the problems with IE's many security flaws (and its sluggish update cycle) in the past, IE shows no sign of vanishing from the corporate landscape. Will this latest, high-profile incident open CIO's eyes to the risk they're facing?"

Submission + - US Call-Center Jobs - that Pay $100K a Year (businessweek.com)

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on Thursday August 27, 2009 @12:53PM

bheer writes: "BusinessWeek profiles a call centre company called iQor which has grown revenues 40% year-on-year by (shock) treating employees as critical assets. It's done this not by nickel-and-diming, but by expanding its U.S. operations (13 centers across the US now), giving employees universal health insurance, and paying salaries and bonuses that are nearly 50% above industry norms. The article notes that outsourcing will continue and globalization will continue to change the world's economic landscape. "But the U.S. is hardly helpless. With smart processes and the proper incentives, U.S. companies can keep jobs here in America, and do so in a way that is actually better for the company and its employees." Now if only other companies get a clue as well."

Submission + - New Binary Diffing Algorithm Announced by Google

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on Thursday July 16, 2009 @11:56AM

bheer writes: "Google's Open-Source Chromium project announced a new compression technique called Courgette geared towards distributing really small updates today. Courgette achieves smaller diffs (about 9x in one example) than standard binary-diffing algorithms like bsdiff by disassembling the code and sending the assembler diffs over the wire. This, the Chromium devs say, will allow them to send smaller, more frequent updates, making users more secure. Since this will be released as open source, it should make distributing updates a lot easier for the open-source community."

Submission + - GE introduces 500GB holographic disks for 10c/GB (nytimes.com)

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on Monday April 27, 2009 @07:38AM

bheer writes: "According to the NYTimes, at a conference next month, GE will debut their new holographic storage breakthrough — 500GB disks that will cost 10 cents a GB to produce at launch. GE will first focus on selling the technology to commercial markets like movie studios and hospitals, but selling to the broader corporate and consumer market is the larger goal."

Submission + - Only 25% of Firefox downloaders are 'active users' (guardian.co.uk)

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on Friday August 10, 2007 @12:47PM

bheer writes: "The Guardian points to a page on the Mozilla wiki which notes that only 50% of the people downloading Firefox actually try it out, and only a further half of those continue to use it actively." ZDNet has some commentary as well. While a 25% retention rate isn't necessarily bad, Mozilla is trying to improve these figures with a 12 point plan that includes more TV and media advertising, a better start page and several installation tweaks."

Submission + - Handling Interviews after being a Fall Guy

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on Monday May 14, 2007 @02:53AM

bheer writes: "Salon's Since You Asked column is carrying an interesting question right now — what do you say in interviews after getting fired as a fall guy at your last job? Cary Tennis, who writes the column, admits he may not be the best person for this sort of question. So I thought I'd ask Slashdotters what they thought about this. Software developers are sometimes able to get away blaming the business requirements/analysis process, but anyone with any experience in this business probably has had nightmares about being the fall guy and may even have a strategy or two up their sleeve. How would deal with being in such a crummy position?"

Submission + - The Story Behind a Windows Security Patch Recall

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on Friday May 04, 2007 @01:37PM

bheer writes: "Raymond Chen's blog has always been popular with Win32 developers and those interested in the odd bits of history that contribute to Windows' quirks. In a recent post, he talks about how an error he committed led to the recall of a Windows security patch (and there's also a link to a technical explanation of the famous "Dear aunt ... double the killer delete select all" bug)."

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