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Palm Pre Development In the Browser 53

Posted by Soulskill from the pre-existing-condition dept.
introspekt.i writes "Palm is building upon the Mozilla Bespin project to deliver an IDE for the Palm Pre entirely in the web browser. Apps can be developed on the server and then downloaded and deployed locally. It is an interesting tool, especially given that WebOS is so web-centric. This tool comes as a supplement to the existing development tools for Eclipse and the command line released by Palm earlier this year. The project is open to anyone who registers as a Palm developer, which is free to do."
The Courts

Toyota Claims Woman "Opted In" To Faux Email Stalking 667

Posted by timothy from the give-marketing-new-prescriptions dept.
An anonymous reader writes "ABC News is reporting that a California woman is suing Toyota for $10 million for sending her email that appeared to be from a criminal stalker. The woman claims the emails terrified her to the point that she suffered sleeplessness, poor work performance, etc. Toyota says the ruse was part of a marketing campaign for the Toyota Matrix. A Toyota spokesman says they are not liable for the woman's distress, because 'The person who made this claim specifically opted in, granting her permission to receive campaign emails and other communications from Toyota.'"
Medicine

Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse 465

Posted by Soulskill from the just-a-low-pitched-hum dept.
laggist writes "A heart patient in Singapore has been implanted with an artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, allowing her to live without a pulse. From the article: '... the petite Madam Salina, who suffers from end-stage heart failure, would not have been able to use the older and bulkier models because they can only be implanted in patients 1.7m or taller. The 30-year-old administrative assistant is the first recipient here to get a new artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, the reason why there are no beats on her wrist.'" The story is light on details, but an article from last year in MIT's Technology Review explains a bit more about how a pulse-less artificial heart works.

Comment Re:Turbo Boost technology? (Score 1) 196

by Spatial (#29481259) Attached to: Intel Core I7 For Laptops — First Benchmarks
The TB settings on the earlier Core chips were much more conservative.

Intel want to stay inside the rated TDP of the chip, but overclocking increases power consumption. However, unlike the older i7 series these newer chips can cut their usage down to nearly nothing when idle. As such they have more headroom for clock frequency increases.

Comment Re:Who needs to be a billionaire? (Score 4, Interesting) 318

by steelfood (#29481239) Attached to: Who Wants To Be a Billionaire Coder?

It's strange. Eternal weekends start to get boring after a while. You start running out of stuff to do. Then you don't do anything. Then a month down the line, you wonder what just happened to the month before.

Having a job isn't simply about money. It's also about the accomplishment, and feeling accomplished. Some people loathe their jobs. That's unfortunate. But for those who do something they like doing, that they feel is worthwhile doing, the money's just icing on the cake. Or it's really, an extra bonus for what they'd be doing for free anything.

What happens to people on an eternal weekend after a while is an accelerated mid-life crisis. Life itself becomes meaningless.

As to answer the question myself, I probably wouldn't code if I didn't have to. I have other interests and hobbies that I'd be interested in pursuing. It's nothing terribly grand, mind you, just things that I'd rather be doing that's not coding.

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