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Virtual Windows 7 not the same thing
News commentary When Windows 7 was run via a VMware Fusion virtual machine on an iMac, the operating system loses a bit of its luster.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Mac OS, Apple iMac, Virtual Machine, Tool, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, VMware Inc., operating system
OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design
News Founder Nicholas Negroponte says the OLPC will open source its hardware design and invite others to copy it, according to a report from the TED conference.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Processors, Open source, Bill Gates, Conference, PC Company, One Laptop Per Child Project, One Laptop Per Child Initiative, Laptop Computer, blogging
Amazon refuses to be tracked by Phorm
News The Web giant has attracted praise from digital-rights campaigners for opting out of having its domains tracked by the targeted-advertising firm.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, LiveJournal, British Telecommunications, European Union, Bebo, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, blogging, U.K.
The blog that refused to be written
Blogs Yes, I finally did it. I've joined the ranks of millions who have started blogging since the phenomenon hit the Internet...
The real Facebook-Twitter turf war: Marketers
News Facebook has finally launched a feature to syndicate profile updates through Twitter, but it's only for its brand-based "fan pages". What gives?
Tags: Web 2.0, Social Web, photograph, API, Facebook, blogging, marketing, blog, brand, Web 2.0
An inside look at the Apache Software Foundation
Techguide Justin James recently spoke with the Apache Software Foundation’s President and Executive Vice President about what the ASF does and how they do it.
Tags: Open source, Protocols and platforms, Web servers, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, Web Server, Apache Web server, Justin James, decision-making, blogging
Code concepts: .NET's lambdas
Techguide In this instalment of Code concepts, Justin James provides an overview of what lambdas in .NET are and explains how to use them.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Variable, C#, Justin James, network management, Microsoft .NET, blogging, TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Visual Basic
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part three: Topic intention comparisons
Techguide Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Comparison, Document, Simple Object Access Protocol, system administration, SM, topTopicsResult, Web sites, Web 2.0
Microsoft launches open source blog platform
News Oxite is aimed at developers and not designed to compete with the likes of WordPress or Movable Type, according to the software maker.
Tags: Server platforms, Content management, Web logs, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Developer, Movable Type, blogging software, OSI, Oxite
Bloggers in the news
Blogs Blogging is supposed to be a medium which ordinary folks can use to publish anything they want, be it a personal ramblin...
Code concepts: C#'s var keyword
Techguide Justin James explains in this overview, that var is used in variable declarations instead of a type, and also weighs differing opinions about what makes var useful.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby, C#, Justin James, Microsoft Developer Network, Programming, blogging, Microsoft Visual Studio, PHP
Why multi-SIM mobile services are useful
Blogs Some mobile operators offer a multi-SIM service that effectively "clones" your SIM card, allowing you to use multiple ph...
100,000 users to get Google Wave in September
News Wave, Google's real-time collaboration service, opens up to large group of everyday users on Sep. 30. Until then, it's limited to a small number of developers.
Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Conference, Google Inc., API, e-mail, I/O, blogging, blog, Google Gmail
Chrome begins RSS support, solidifies extensions
News The second most requested feature in Google's browser, the ability to find and subscribe to Web page RSS feeds, is arriving. Extensions, the top item, is maturing.
Tags: Web browsers, Extension, Microsoft Corp., RSS, Google Inc., Web Browser, e-mail, Search Result, blogging, blog
Chinese govt to Web firms: No porn allowed
News China has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies, including Google, to curb the availability of pornography.
Tags: Politics, Web sites, Search, Pornography, Security, Google Inc., image search, British Broadcasting Corp., blogging, China
