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Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers (InfoWorld)

Komodo IDE for dynamic languages gets faster If Windows is a dead end, what's next? Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers Microsoft finally unveils browser-based Office apps

Time: Bad times for banks mean boom for CUs

NEW YORK (10/24/08)--Time magazine's website features a positive article on credit unions weathering the financial system crisis. The article is entitled "Bad Times for Banks Mean Boom Times for Credit Unions."

Roaming abroad: Selecting cell phone for international trips will mean looking into special technology and rates

TMCNet: Roaming abroad: Selecting cell phone for international trips will mean looking into special technology and rates

Staying on the right side of copyright

What does it mean when a Web site says a picture or document is in the "public domain?" Does that mean I can use it for my own purposes?

Business Blogging On The Up - Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2008

"The majority of bloggers we surveyed currently have advertising on their blogs. Among those with advertising, the mean annual investment in their blog is $1,800, but it’s paying off. The mean annual revenue is $6,000 with $75K+ in revenue for those with 100,000 or more unique visitors per month."

Get More From Your Security Budget with Robowatch - 01/11/2008

With the troubled global economy everyone is feeling the pinch and all businesses are looking for ways to reduce overheads. This will mean reviewing all expenditure and squeezing as much value out of suppliers as possible. One area where significant savings can be made is on site security. However, reducing the security spend does not need to mean reducing the quality of service. On the contrary, for those companies still using traditional manned security guards and mobile patrols, switching to Robowatch will actually save money and increase the level of security provision.

Get More From Your Security Budget with Robowatch - 01/11/2008

With the troubled global economy everyone is feeling the pinch and all businesses are looking for ways to reduce overheads. This will mean reviewing all expenditure and squeezing as much value out of suppliers as possible. One area where significant savings can be made is on site security. However, reducing the security spend does not need to mean reducing the quality of service. On the contrary, for those companies still using traditional manned security guards and mobile patrols, switching to Robowatch will actually save money and increase the level of security provision.

Get More From Your Security Budget with Robowatch

With the troubled global economy everyone is feeling the pinch and all businesses are looking for ways to reduce overheads. This will mean reviewing all expenditure and squeezing as much value out of suppliers as possible. One area where significant savings can be made is on site security. However, reducing the security spend does not need to mean reducing the quality of service. On the contrary, for those companies still using traditional manned security guards and mobile patrols, switching to Robowatch will actually save money and increase the level of security provision.

Rumor: iPhone OS 2.2 coming next week

Google translations can be tricky things, but the site reports that "The iPhone OS v2.2 will be given in circulation on 21 November '08." That could just mean that developers will be getting an advance copy to test against their applications that day, but it could also mean that Apple plans to release the update as of that date.

FX Blog- GVI Analysis November 25, 2008

The Citi bailout program could turn out to have been a watershed events for the markets, but we will not know if this true for several months. Importantly, the government drew a bright red line around Citibank and all of the other institutions named inside that inner circle. That does not mean that future problems will not arise, but it does mean that the government will not allow bear raids to succeed.

At a glance... Personal Loans

However, most borrowers are unlikely to get the best deal because when they decide to apply, they simply go straight to their bank and take whatever is on offer. Even in the current credit crunch environment, there are dozens and dozens of companies offering loans and you'll have plenty of products to choose from. It's worth taking a look at our best buys table and shopping around. A single percentage point in interest could save you thousands over the course of your loan. However, there are pitfalls you'll need to avoid, and questions you need to ask before you make your decision. Term First you need to decide the term you'll want the loan for. Shorter terms mean, obviously, you'll pay the debt back quicker, but they also mean you'll pay less interest overall.

Mean looking MechRC Humanoid Robot ships

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PAMELA Results Mean Only One Thing: Please Trust the Scientific Process

Scientists from the PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter/Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) orbiting spacecraft have published preliminary results, putting an end to months of speculation about the first direct detection of dark matter. The science team was, in essence, "forced" to publish before they had conclusive results because other scientists "pirated" data from the team. “We wanted to make our final results available to the scientific community once the data analysis was finalised,� PAMELA member Mirko Boezio said in an article in Physicsworld.com. “Given that our preliminary conference data are starting to be used by people, we felt this was a necessary step — not least because it provides a proper reference that correctly acknowledges the whole PAMELA collaboration and is available to the scientific community at

Create lean and mean RSS feeds with Feed Rinse

Here's an oldie but a goodie. Feed Rinse is a super simple and user-friendly way to tweak RSS feeds before subscribing to them in your favorite reader tool.

More Apple Macs mean higher IPv6 usage in U.S. says Google

"At the RIPE meeting in Dubai two weeks ago, Google presented results from a study about how IPv6-capable 'ordinary users' are. And the results are surprising. While an earlier study by Arbor Networks showed only 0.0026 percent of all traffic was IPv6 enabled, Google determined that world wide, 0.238 percent of their users' systems have IPv6 enabled and prefer to use IPv6 over IPv4 where possible," Iljitsch van Beijnum reports for Ars Technica.

Google: more Macs mean higher IPv6 usage in US

At the RIPE meeting in Dubai two weeks ago, Google presented results from a study about how IPv6-capable "ordinary users" are. And the results are surprising. While an earlier study by Arbor Networks showed only 0.0026 percent of all traffic was IPv6 enabled, Google determined that world wide, 0.238 percent of their users' systems have IPv6 enabled and prefer to use IPv6 over IPv4 where possible.

Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers

(InfoWorld Daily Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) With the advent of multicore processors such as the Intel Core Duo, which is now commonplace in PCs, software developers must deal with a new wrinkle -- getting software to be processed across multiple cores -- in order to ensure the maximum performance from their software. But this is much easier said than done, with developers having to tackle issues with concurrency and potential performance bottlenecks. Already, 71 percent of organizations are developing multithreaded applications for multicore hardware, according to a recent IDC survey sponsored by tool vendor Coverity.

Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers

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Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers

With the advent of multicore processors such as the Intel Core Duo, which is now commonplace in PCs, software developers must deal with a new wrinkle -- getting software to be processed across multiple cores -- in order to ensure the maximum performance from their software. But this is much easier said than done, with developers having to tackle issues with concurrency and potential performance bottlenecks. Already, 71 percent of organizations are developing multithreaded applications for multicore hardware, according to a recent IDC survey sponsored by tool vendor Coverity.

Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers

With an estimated 40% of the world's information now residing behind a firewall, employee productivity is driven by the ability to quickly find key information no matter where it's stored across your organization. At Google, we believe in a simple premise: all of the information you need to be productive at work should be available through one search box, giving users real-time access to content across the enterprise and delivering a single, integrated, secure set of search results.

Multicore: New Chips Mean New Challenges for Developers

With the advent of multicore processors such as the Intel Core Duo, which is now commonplace in PCs, software developers must deal with a new wrinkle -- getting software to be processed across multiple cores -- in order to ensure the maximum performance from their software. But this is much easier said than done, with developers having to tackle issues with concurrency and potential performance bottlenecks.

Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers

With the advent of multicore processors such as the Intel Core Duo, which is now commonplace in PCs, software developers must deal with a new wrinkle -- getting software to be processed across multiple cores -- in order to ensure the maximum performance from their software. But this is much easier said than done, with developers having to tackle issues with concurrency and potential performance bottlenecks. Already, 71 percent of organizations are developing multithreaded applications for multicore hardware, according to a recent IDC survey sponsored by tool vendor Coverity.

What Does McCain Mean When His Robocall Says Obama Voted Against "Protecting Children from Danger"?

"Hello, I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC," the call says (listen HERE), "because Democrats are dangerously weak on crime. Barack Obama has voted against tougher penalties for street gangs, drug-related crimes, and protecting children from danger. Barack Obama and his liberal allies have a disturbing history of coddling criminals. so we can't trust their judgment to keep our families safe. This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin 2008 at 866 558-5591. Thank you, bye."

What Does Google Searchwiki Mean for Readers?

Google's new Searchwiki is an experiment that blends social bookmarking, social news, and search results. This is a splendid thing and an awful thing, all at once. You see, social bookmarking puts cataloging power in the hands of the people... and that includes power users who form online cliques to skew the results. About.com explains the implications of Searchwiki and social news...

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