One step from the top, Essex boy who reached Apple’s core.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk)
Category: other | Tags essex, apple, mac, imac, iphone, successor, Search All Tags
Chris Ayres writes for the Times Online an article about Jonathan Ive, a designer for Apple who may be chosen as the successor to Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple. read more »
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Usability is a Conversation.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://www.skelliewag.org)
Category: development | Tags usability, conversation, website, design, Search All Tags, ,
Skellie writes an illustrated article on usability in site design. read more »
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Linux Slashes E-Waste 50%?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://www.cnn.com)
Category: software | Tags linux, e-waste, green, environment, windows, Search All Tags,
CNN has an interesting article on Linux and Windows respective e-waste creation. It notes that Linux computers generally have to be swapped out only half was often as a Windows computer. read more »
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Photos of Internet Based Companies Offices.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://www.bandwidthblog.com)
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Charl Norman over at Bandwidth Blog offers photos of a number of web company offices including Blip.tv, Jaiku, Twitter, Google China, GigaOm, Skype, Tocquigny, LinkedIn, and NetVibes. read more »
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KDE takes stand on OOXML; GNOME dithers.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://www.itwire.com)
Category: software | Tags kde, gnome, linux, ooxml, microsoft, Search All Tags,
Sam Varghese at iTWire writes a scathing piece on GNOME, a Linux desktop environment. While KDE has expressed its plans not to support OOXML even if the ISO approves it as a standard, GNOME has remai read more »
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More Speed Bumps Ahead for WiMAX.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: network | Tags wimax, delays, adoption, rates, intel, Search All Tags,
Paul Kapustka reflects on WiMAX, a promising wireless broadband technology which has support from several large vendors, most notably Intel, but has been struggling with competing technologies of lat read more »
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Myths, Lies, and Truths about the Linux Kernel.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://www.kroah.com)
Category: software | Tags myths, lies, truth, linux, kernel, Search All Tags,
Greg Kroah-Hartman from the SuSE Labs (Novell) presented at OLS on myths, lies, and truths about the Linux Kernel. This page includes the original slides as well as his prepared speech. read more »
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Time to Fight Back the Imbeciles - StupidFilter.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 330 days ago (http://www.tfot.info)
Category: development | Tags stupidfilter, idiots, imbeciles, comments, Search All Tags, ,
Sarah Gingichashvili reports on the work of American researchers looking to help sites filter out stupidity in comments using bayesian filtering techniques. read more »
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