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FAA Flight-Plan System Has Long History of Problems
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:16 -0400
Investigations reveal that the 20-year-old, mainframe-based IT system has crashed several times in the last nine years and that the FAA has been planning its replacement for at least four years. But a new, next-generation IT system won't be on line until at least the end of 2008. Meanwhile, the old system creaks along on a wing and a prayer. - A major portion of the decades-old national air-traffic control system used to manage thousands of commercial and general aviation takeoffs and landings every day in the U.S. has crashed multiple times under the 20-year strain of its 24/7 operations. As a result, industry analysts and a numbe...
Toshiba Tecra A9: Powerful Computing Today and Tomorrow
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:15:57 -0400
Small companies in competitive fields need exceptionally secure and durable laptops that pack top-notch wireless connectivity and productivity tools. The Toshiba Tecra A9, with its built-in EasyGuard® security features, delivers these critical elements and lets companies maximize their technology investment. - Video Content....
Toshiba Satellite Pro L300: Meeting Small Businesses Needs
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0400
Small-business workers need computing solutions that boost productivity and support their multiple tasks seamlessly. To find out exactly what theyre looking for, we surveyed 172 professionals in companies with 10-99 employees. The results reveal a growing demand for business-ready laptops that can be used reliably for years at a time. The Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 delivers all the major productivity and reliability features highlighted in the survey, and provides several innovations that help small operations take their business to the next level. - Video Content....
Phishing Cyber Gang Upgrades to Fast-Flux Botnet
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:00:39 -0400
According to researchers on the RSA FraudAction team, the Rock Phish gang has moved its infrastructure to the notorious Asprox botnet. Security researchers believe the move may precede an increase in phishing activity using the Asprox botnet. - Researchers at RSA, EMCs security division, believe the Rock Phish gang has upgraded its infrastructure to improve its ability to launch phishing attacks. According to the RSA FraudAction Research Lab, the Rock Phish group has moved its operations from its traditional botnet to the fast-flux infra...
IT3 with Eric Lundquist, Sept. 3, 2008
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:51:40 -0400
Software in standalone boxes, passwords and a belt full of personal devices will disappear over the next five years. In this episode of Three Things, Eric Lundquist explains why you will no longer buy standalone software from retail stores, why passwords are a poor substitute for security and geeks will no longer be identified by lots of devices hanging from a belt. - Video Content....
Douglas Crockford: 'I Want a Browser War!'
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:15:55 -0400
Douglas Crockford, a JavaScript architect at Yahoo and the man behind JSON, the JavaScript Object Notation, says he welcomes a browser war if it will bring innovation in the browser space and move the Web forward. Crockford says the browser war between Microsoft and Netscape moved the Web forward but introduced bugs into the network. However, this time standards and the marketplace will keep browser makers in line. Microsoft's complacency after winning the browser war opened the door for innovation by others such as Mozilla and now Google with its Chrome browser. - VIENNA, Va. Douglas Crockford, a JavaScript architect at Yahoo and founder of the JavaScript Object Notation, says he wants a browser war. Well, with Google's introduction of its Chrome browser Sept. 2 he just may have it. During a keynote at the Rich Web Experience conference here Sept. 4, Croc...

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Digital Domain: How Many Reviewers Should Be in the Kitchen?
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:25:08 -0000
Web sites that welcome customer reviews have evolved significantly, producing work that increasingly approaches that of their professional forebears.
Unboxed: When Academia Puts Profit Ahead of Wonder
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:24:23 -0000
The University Small Business Patent Procedures Act is under increasing scrutiny by swelling ranks of critics, who charge that it has distorted the fundamental mission of universities.
Practical Traveler | iPhone E-Guides: Clueless in Cleveland? Use Your Thumb
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:36:35 -0000
From showing you the nearest sushi bar in London to telling you how to say “Where’s the toilet?” in Cantonese, travel apps for the iPhone are proving to be a useful tool.

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CIA, FBI embrace 'Facebook for spies'
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:08:59 -0400
When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. But that's not the case at U.S. intelligence agencies, where bosses are encouraging their staffs to use a new social-networking site designed for the secret world of spying.
Asia pollution may boost U.S. temperatures
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:55:23 -0400
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eBay launches planet-friendly retail site
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:58 -0400
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NPR Topics: Technology

Particle Accelerator Helps Test Wine
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:53:00 -0400
Stephen Williams of the Antique Wine Company describes the new high-tech way to determine a wine's vintage.
Voting Technology Evolves In Electronic World
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400
Officials in many states are concerned about the reliability of electronic voting and are now moving toward systems that can provide a voter-verified paper trail. Larry Norden, author of The Machinery of Democracy, discusses the latest advances in voting technology.
Google Launches 'Chrome' Web Browser
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400
Internet search giant Google unveiled Chrome, a new piece of Web browser software on Tuesday. Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com, explains what Google's open-source browser can do, and why a search engine leader wants to get into the Web software market.

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One Laptop signs up with Amazon
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:44 -0000
Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.
Chaos at £20,000 petrol giveaway
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:17:46 -0000
There are reports of chaos at a petrol station which gave away £20,000 of petrol to promote a video game.
'Jules Verne' begins final voyage
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:27:47 -0000
Europe's space freighter undocks from the International Space Station after completing its mission to the orbiting platform.

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Reuters Technology Week
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:06:17 -0400
Sep. 5 - A highly anticipated videogame, Spore, lets you rewrite the Book of Genesis as you create your own sci-fi society.
Sims creator launches 'Spore'
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:14:44 -0400
Sep 5 - Video game designer Will Wright says his latest game will enable users to create the worlds while learning about evolutionary biology.
Sony Reader launches in UK
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:59:51 -0400
Sep 4 - The Japanese electronics company is getting some help from Britain's biggest book chain for the UK launch of its electronic book.

AP Top Technology News At 1:23 a.m. EDT

Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:23:17 -0000
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world....
Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps
By RACHEL METZ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:01 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases....
Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:54 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high....

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Google-focused satellite enters orbit
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:33:22 -0700
The search titan has exclusive rights among online mapping sites to images from the new GeoEye-1 satellite, which launched Saturday.
In NFL deal, an extra point for Adobe's Flash
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:40:09 -0700
Football fans will get to see live streaming of NBC's Sunday night games via Flash--not NBC's Olympic teammate, Silverlight.
Chris Shipley 1, Internet lynch mob 0
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:51:00 -0700
Demo's impresario goes public with a tart and smartly written riposte to the shoot-from-the-lip crowd.

 

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Aas, Gisle - Author of modules such as libwww-perl, and employee of ActiveState. Provides personal information and contact details.

Bjørn Hansen, Ask - Blog by this Perl developer, perl.org webmaster, and Perl Foundation member.

404 brian d foy - Perl author and editor of The Perl Review. Site includes articles, talks, presentations, interviews, and downloads.

Brown, Peter F. - Specializes in Perl and MySQL Web Database Programming. He's the author of FutureSQL, an Open Source web interface to MySQL databases. Programs with sources, poems.
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Burke, Sean M. - Author of Perl LWP, numerous CPAN modules for handling POD, XML, and HTML, and various articles in The Perl Journal.

chromatic - Editor of perl.com, extreme programmer and author of Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook.

Clark, Nicholas - Pumpkinkg for perl 5.8.x. Site includes talks, pictures, CV, and links to other projects.

Conway, Damian - Lecturer at Monash University, Australia. Author of Object Oriented Perl, Perl Best Practices, and the Parse::RecDescent module; one of the lead designers of Perl 6.

Cozens, Simon - Preacher, artist, author and Perl programmer; author of numerous modules and Advanced Perl Programming, 2nd Ed.

Cross, Dave - Author of various CPAN modules, such as Array::Compare. Site includes blog, a novel, book reviews, and the code of the Perl Club.

Curtin, Matt - Author of the CGI Programming in Perl chapter for 'Unix Unleashed, Internet Edition'. Includes CGI scripts that he has written.

Demichelis, Domizio - Author of CGI::Builder and Template::Magic, and advocate of the controversial perlish coding style.

Dolan, Christopher J. - Contributor to CPAN and several other open-source projects. Blog, projects, and contact information.

Effective Perl by Joseph N. Hall - Blog by the author of Effective Perl Programming, with tips, idioms, and other topics related to the book.

Garcia-Suarez, Rafael - Pumpking for Perl 5.10.0. Blog, talks, and contact information.

Golden, David - Author of modules and articles related to random numbers and how to test them. Modules, articles, blog, and notes.

Guttman, Uri - Perl programmer, consultant, technical editor, and member of the Perl Foundation; author of File::ReadBackwards and File::Slurp.

Hietaniemi, Jarkko - Maintainer of the CPAN, Perl 5 pumpking, module and book author.

Jenkins, Stephen B. (Erudil) - Senior programmer/analyst for the National Research Council, Canada. Links, publications, and obfuscated code he has written.
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404 Koval, Yuri - Simple Perl scripts (ScannerX, Mail Finder). Photos, stereo photos. Home-made Monty Python movie.

Kranendonk, Len - About, photos, hobbies and work. Short Perl course available in Dutch. Collection Perl oneliners. Also Perl links.

Langworth, Ian - Co-author of Perl Testing: a Develover's Notebook, and author of numerous Kwiki plugins. Blog, modules, and a Perl testing reference card.
Meta Description: [ the personal web site of Ian Langworth ]

Lester, Andy (petdance) - Author of WWW::Mechanize and various testing modules. Blog, talk slides, and fun stuff.

Lindstrom, Nathan W. - Details about himself and links to his other sites, projects, and Perl programs.

Meltzer, Kevin - Author of 'Writing CGI Applications with Perl' book. Resume, author's articles, Perl poetry, list Perl books author suggest read.

Nandor, Chris (Pudge) - Slash and MacPerl developer; runs use.perl.org. Journal, modules, and projects.

OkIDaN's Perl Paradise - Site is all about perl, hacking, cryptography and computer security. Original perl scripts and tools, hacking tutorials, cryptography and links.
Meta Description: [ My perl scripts related to cryptography and hacking and other stuff. Tutorials and links. ]

Ovid (Curtis Poe) - Author of various AI-related modules. Philosophy, screenplays, and Ovid's CGI Course.

Pettingers.org - Small collection of Perl scripts focusing on spam abatement and hacker deterrence for the Linux system administrator. Also iptables firewall configuration and Sendmail configuration.
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Randal, Allison - President of the Perl Foundation. Blog, talks, and publications.

Rimmer, Nathan - Bio. Internet Connection Analyser, slideshow Perl scripts.
Meta Description: [ PerlDemo, the showcase site for Nathan Rimmer. UK Telecomms business analyst (with US work permit) and Perl developer. ]

Roux, Stephane - haBEtt - Articles about web programming with Perl, philosophy of web design and more or less abstract subjects.
Meta Description: [ Stéphane haBEtt Roux official's corporate pages. ]

Ruzmetov, Sherzod - Author of several Perl modules. Writes about Web and programming for the Web. About. Photo gallery. Site archive with book reviews, daily endeavors, documentations, technical reports, tutorials.

500 Salcher, Michael - A few Perl scripts: a picture gallery, a graphical counter or a guestbook. Also book review, poems, computer games sections.
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Schwartz, Randal L. - Schedule, pictures, and articles published in The Perl Journal, The Unix Review, and Linux Magazine.
Meta Description: [ The Home Page of Randal L. Schwartz ]

Schwern, Michael G. - Author of the Test::Simple module and maintainer of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Resume, code repository, papers, talks, and Perl QA wiki.

Stein, Lincoln - Researcher at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, who has written popular modules such as CGI.pm and GD.pm. Includes software he has written and transcripts of talks he has given.

Szabo, Gabor - International Perl trainer and developer, specializing in automated quality assurance and web backend development. Author of CPAN::Forum.
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Tang, Autrijus - Founder of the Pugs project, author of over a hundred CPAN distributions, internationalization advocate, activist, and artist.
Meta Description: [ Implementing Perl 6... and other related technologies. ]

Tregar, Sam - Author of HTML::Template, Krang, and Writing Perl Modules for CPAN. Projects, blog, biography, and interests.

Tubert-Brohman, Ivan - Chemist and Perl programmer, author of AnnoCPAN and PerlMol. Pictures, anectdotes, resume, bookmarks, and some scientific software.

Vromans, Johan - Author of the Perl Quick Reference and the Getopt::Long module. Includes articles, talks, music, and consulting.

Wardley, Andy B. - Creator of the Template Toolkit and various other CPAN modules. The site also describes hobbies such as kites and boards.

West, Casey - Author of numerous CPAN modules, notably in the Email:: namespace; founder of JSAN. Site includes blog, pictures, and wishlist.

Willamowius, Jan - Jan's Perl Tools - Collection of Perl modules for handling currencies and other Perl related stuff.
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