Google Talk gadget gets multiple user chat
The Google Talk gadget seems to be adding new features at a faster rate than the actual windows client these days — today they launched a new multiple user chat interface. The feature is a bit awkward due to the gadget-only functionality, but once you are using it, everything seems natural. Multi-user chat was hinted [...] (Read on Source)
Re: Site statistics
I have updated the Forum_Statistics wiki page with data from 07/07/07.
I have added new pictures and especially one following Frank remark.
Amazing 90% of members have less than 5 posts.
Regards
Michel
Fans: Last Harry Potter Book Is Amazing
On Day 1 of the A.H. (After Harry) Era, reviewers and readers of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" mourned the end of a historic series that proved young people can still crave the written word like the crispiest French fry. Slideshow: Potter Mania Hits Country Slideshow: Potter Stars Through The Years (Read on Source)
Shuttle Endeavour to undock from station
AP - Fearing Hurricane Dean could disrupt flight operations, NASA ordered space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth from the international space station a day early. (Read on Source)
NASA OIG: Final Memorandum on the Audit of Space Shuttle Program Costs
SUBJECT: Final Memorandum on the Audit of Space Shuttle Program Costs (Report No. IG-07-026; Assignment No. A-06-004-00) The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of Space Shuttle Program (SSP) costs. Our objectives were to determine whether the SSP established appropriate accounting systems to track costs and whether those ... (Read on Source)
Retain and recall long paths with rr utility
rr -- short for retain and recall -- is a small utility that's both simple and useful. When you need to work on a config file buried deep in the bowels of your system and don't want to type its full path name to do so, rr is just the thing.
12 Tips for Battling Blogger's Block
The other day I received a letter from a woman asking about whether or not she was cut out to be a writer. She mentioned starting about nine blogs and abandoning them because of having blogger's block . While I won't go into whether or not she has what it takes, I will say that good writers know blogger's block or writer's block happens, and ... (Read on Source)
Microsoft's Open-Source Plan: WAMP Instead of LAMP
Linux-Watch: "I would argue that Novell's Microsoft partnership has worked out for Novell, but as for Linspire, Turbolinux and Xandros, well, no, I don't see it..."
Agenda
IAB's outgoing Chairperson reflects on the past year of seismic changes in the business of digital marketing, and hands his mantle to the incoming board chair. (Read on Source)
Web 2.0 Expo - Photo Picks
After finding out my new camera’s SDHC card wasn’t recognized by my Sony Vaio laptop, I was stuck taking lots of photos but not posting to Flickr as I normally would. After checking several stores I finally found a card reader and below are a few photos from the Web 2.0 Conference here in [...]
Sonic Unleashed Preview
Sonic Unleashed is a return to concept for Sonic Team. The plan is to get the hedgehog back to his fast, level-based platforming roots. Less awkward adventure, more speedy action. To that end, this is a Sonic-focused game. Other unspecified characters will be present, but you will only assume con...
Cuil Ready for a Long Battle To Match Google in Search (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The latest search war is being touted as a David and Goliath battle. In modern-day terms, that means Cuil versus Google.
Movers & Shakers: Wednesday's biggest gaining and declining stocks
Stocks expected to trade actively on Wednesday include Avon, Centex, Corning, DreamWorks, Elan, Electronic Arts, Hanesbrands, Imperial Sugar, Lazard, SPX and Visteon.
CDC underestimated new HIV cases by 40 percent
AP - The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic. (Read on Source)
DSA 1631-1: New libxml2 packages fix denial of service
... libxml2 packages fix denial of service Posted by Bob on: 2008-08-22 21:55:01 The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement: " ...
Get into the Skins’ locker room
The RealRedskins.com live blog of the Redskins-Jaguars preseason game will have a few twists that will make it different from the four we've done so far this year. (Read on Source)
Web Site Development, so you want to get in to this field?
Web Site Development, so you want to get in to this field? Web site development is the art of creating and developing the world wide web. Using tools, graphics and programming toward the developm...
Google denies disassembling Vista software
Search giant says it didn't use reverse-engineering method to bring a security feature to its browser on Windows XP. But it defends disassembly as an aid for software compatibility.
Microsoft Finally Plans adCenter Upgrade!
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our Full RSS feed to get a daily digest of news around search engine industry. It has been officially announced by the adCenter Blog that they will be releasing an update very soon! (Read on Source)
Stardock Rates DRM Complaints, Revises Gamers Bill of Rights
Based on the "amazing level of support from the publisher and developer community" that Stardock received from the initial Gamers Bill of Rights, CEO Brad Wardell has issued an interim edition in the latest Stardock Customer Report (3MB PDF here).
The revision addresses the need for more specific wording in order "to get to a place that most users and most publishers can agree on."
In addition, Wardell examined the common complaints regarding controversial DRM practices, breaking them down into legitimate, borderline, and illegitimate categories. He also noted that while Stardock will continue to release titles with no ...
IP Commerce and Coalfire Introduce Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) Rapid Complia
Program Drastically Reduces the Complexity and Cost of Achieving PA-DSS Compliance (PRWEB Nov 19, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1642134.htm
Brazil flood death toll rises to 65, 17 missing
AP - The death toll from rain-spawned floods and mudslides in southern Brazil has risen to 65 people, with 17 still missing, civil defense authorities said Tuesday. (Read on Source)
Hackers get Linux to run on iPhone
... Hackers get Linux to run on iPhone Hackers get Linux ... original , has announced that the Linux kernel 2.6 has been ported to the iPhone. ...
Fun in the Sun
R.J. Anderson notes that the Padres should be fun to watch in 2009: Imagine you were just crowned General Manager of a replacement level team that won 50 games last season. There's very little you could do that would be... (Read on Source)
The Meaning Of Friendship
I can only imagine the angst that Jessica Vascellero at the Wall Street Journal inserted into countless minds this evening with her article about the difficulties people are having defining what is and isn’t a “friend” for online social networking purposes. (Read on Source)
Understanding Perl Variable References On Linux And Unix
Today we're going to take a look at a part of Perl that a lot of folks shy away from; mostly because (from my experience) they feel it's too abstract a notion or too complicated to understand. But, if you know a guy who knows a guy, you already understand this concept ;-)
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