Gartner Revises Server Share Numbers Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:24 -0400
Gartner revised its first quarter numbers and found that IBM actually beat out Hewlett-Packard in server revenue.... Who Is Running The Most Secure Browser? Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:03:13 -0400
Many users are undoubtedly not updating their browsers as quickly as they should, but you can't conclude any specifics about that from the recent study of Google logs.... DOJ Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking Practices Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:08:34 -0400
Civil liberties groups claim the Justice Department is bypassing warrants to obtain real-time tracking information on U.S. citizens.... Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Strikes Back Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:53 -0400
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 security builds on the Phishing Filter of IE 7 and thwarts cross-site scripting.... IBM Helps Link POS to the Back Office Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:50:30 -0400
IBM and Epicor jointly release an offering that centrally manages and supports POS....
The Seattle Times: Business & Technology
Strike slows downtown construction projects Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:39:21 -0700 A strike has shut down or slowed work at some of the Seattle area's largest construction projects. Investors sweeten Puget Sound Energy sale for public Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:36 -0700 Backers of a sale of the state's largest utility company, Puget Energy, offered Wednesday to sweeten the proposed deal for consumers by taking $100 million off any potential rate increases over the next 10 years. Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:50:59 -0700 Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held...
NYT > Technology
Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:38:40 -0000 The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.
Bits: Justice Looks Further at Google-Yahoo Deal Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:14 -0000 The Justice Department’s antitrust division has begun issuing subpoenas as it probes further into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive.
Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:43 -0000 A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.
Twitter, What Are You Doing? Co-Founder Tells All Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:00 -0400 Twitter.com has so many new users that the Web site keeps crashing. Meanwhile, Twitter engineers are taking popular features away for retooling. It's a painful process, but co-founder Biz Stone has a plan. Young Moroccans Bypass Mainstream Media Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0400 When protesters in southern Morocco clashed with security forces, there was very little coverage from state-run television stations. But amateur video posted on YouTube showed what the official media would not. Young Moroccans say the Web is leaving traditional media behind. Would a Ban on Car Conversation Be More Effective? Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400 California and Washington join the long list of states to ban handheld cell phone use while driving. It's the conversation, not the phone, that's distracting, research says. Do these laws really make our roads safer?
BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Google must divulge YouTube log Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:53 -0000 Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched avideo on YouTube, says a US court. Warning letters to 'file-sharers' Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:04 -0000 The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters. Firefox download record official Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:28:35 -0000 The creators of Firefox 3.0 celebrate the news they have set a new world record for software downloads.
Reuters Video: Technology
Robo barman pulls first pint Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:03:25 -0400 Jul. 3 - Billed as the world's first robot barman, Mr Asahi pulls the crowds at London's Selfridges department store.
Tongue device to aid disabled Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:45:45 -0400 Jun. 30 - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue.
MSN portal goes 'social' Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:10:23 -0400 Jun. 30 - Microsoft is announcing new services intended to reflect the social phenomenon taking place on the internet.
AP Top Technology News At 5 p.m. EDT
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs By ANICK JESDANUN Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:57:36 -0000 NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.... Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:57:41 -0000 NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.... Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs By MITCH STACY Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:35:43 -0000 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs - to identify criminals using text messages....
CNET News.com
EA debuts new family, sports games for Wii, PlayStation Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:32:00 -0700 After its pairing with board game maker Hasbro, EA shows off its new family-oriented games and an "All-Play" series for Wii. Video: Latest in Viacom-Google lawsuit raises questions Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:00 -0700 News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom. Researcher faults Apple iPhone on security updates Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:00 -0700 He says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities.
ETH Oberon - Home site. Niklaus Wirth invented Pascal, Modula, then Oberon language in Pascal/Modula tradition, and a modern, integrated, effective, compact, operating system for one-user workstations. Descriptions, papers, documents, downloads, links. [Open Source]
VisualOberon - Very nice GUI library for Optimizing Oberon Compiler (OOC) to make platform independent graphic programs using set of standard and advanced controls, advanced layout engine. Runs on all Unix systems with X Window. [Open Source, LGPL]
Cetus Links: Oberon - Many links about Oberon, Oberon-, and Component Pascal.
Meta Description: [ Cetus Links: 16604 Links on Objects and Components / Oberon-2 / Component Pascal ]
Native Oberon Operating System - Original language designed by Niklaus Wirth, based on ETH Oberon; runs on platforms: Intel x86 compatible PCs (standalone, Linux, Windows), SharkOberon for DEC Shark Network Computers.
Meta Description: [ Native Oberon Operating System ]
Oberon - Programming language information, links at Heidelberg University: learning, main implementation families, literature, mirrors, other sites.
Meta Description: [ The Oberon programming language ]
Oberon Microsystems, Inc. - Leading component-based software architecture firm: architecture consulting, software products, custom development, education. Prof. Niklaus Wirth of ETH Zürich is board member.
Oberon Webring - Webring related to Oberon programming language or system environment.
Oberon/F Introduction - Developer information for Oberon/F for the Apple Macintosh.
Meta Description: [ www.mactech.com is the global entry point for technology information for the Apple Macintosh. Find links to all Apple Macintosh technology content here. ]
System Software Group - This group at the university of Linz offers lots of public domain packages for the Oberon System V4, as well as they continue to maintain this Oberon System variant.
The Alignment Trap - Oberon (Oberon-2 focus) information, compiler and system implementation table, AlphaOberon-2 compiler user guide (64-bit, for HP OpenVMS Alpha), comparisons, downloads, links.
Meta Description: [ This is the Oberon System and Oberon-2 programming language home-page at .zel.org ]
404The Oberon Reference Site - List of Oberon systems and compilers. Source-code and applications. Bibliography, on-line papers and research documentation, FAQ and newsgroup archive.