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Coding Creativity: 14 Ways to Learn From Creative Coders
lifedev.net — Working with code is one of the most creative jobs one can have.More… (Programming)
Would a Prettier Linux Make You Switch?
lifehacker.com — Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth (who we interviewed last year) announced that he's out to make Linux a better-looking operating system than Mac OS X—within two years. An ambitious goal! At O'Reilly's OSCON conference this week, Shuttleworth said:More… (Linux/Unix)
Intel Unveils Powerful New System On A Chip Designs
hothardware.com — Gadi Singer, Vice President of Intel's Mobility Group, and Doug Davis, Vice President of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, held a conference call today to discuss a brand new product line from Intel targeted at security, storage, communications, and industrial applications, the Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor family.More… (Hardware)
Google Unveils Reference Tool After 7-month Test
physorg.com — Now anyone with a Google login will be able to submit an article and, if they choose, have ads displayed through the Internet search leader's marketing system.More… (Tech Industry News)
ISPs To Send “Hundreds of Thousands” of File-Sharing Warning
torrentfreak.com — According to initial reports, an announcement due later today will state that major ISPs in the UK have reached an agreement to work with the music industry to start mass warning file-sharers. The deal, brokered by the government, will see hundreds of thousands warned but not disconnected.More… (Tech Industry News)
Windows iPhone 3G jailbreak tool released
engadget.com — Windows iPhone 3G jailbreak tool releasedMore… (Apple)
Shuttleworth: Make Desktop Linux Better than Apple
eweek.com — Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, calls on Linux developers to make the presentation layer of desktop Linux applications even more attractive to users than Apple’s Mac OS.More… (Linux/Unix)
Save Your Data With One of These Top Backup Programs
pcworld.com — We test five new apps that make saving--and restoring--your vital data a lot easier than tools you've tried in the past.More… (Software)
Digg To (Finally) Integrate OpenID?!
techcrunch.com — When Digg’s Lead Architect Joe Stump took the stage at the Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco earlier today, something in one of his screen shots caught our attention. He was there to show how users will soon be able to log in to Digg without an account via their Facebook credentials (the new Facebook Connect product). But also includedMore… (Tech Industry News)
Net firms in music pirates deal
news.bbc.co.uk — Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to backed a government plan to tackle music piracy online. More… (Tech Industry News)
MySpace joins OpenID coalition to share log-ins
businessweek.com — MySpace took another step in cooperating with other Internet services, joining a coalition that allows people to use the same accounts and passwords across the Web. The OpenID coalition now includes Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Google Inc.'s Blogger, Yahoo Inc. and blogging services Vox, WordPress, LiveJournal. More… (Software)
DIY Schemes For Super-Fast Net
news.bbc.co.uk — In early July BT announced that it was going to invest £1.5bn in fibre optic cables, bringing access to faster broadband to up to 10 million UK homes. But there will be large swathes of the country untouched by super-fast broadband and, for some, the answer is a more DIY, community-based approach to fibre. More… (Tech Industry News)
Malware Authors Take Aim at Growing Number of Macs
blogs.chron.com — According to a new story on Times Online, the bad guys are starting to notice the (bad) computing habits of Mac users. With Apple's market share now around 8.5% -- and growing quickly, with sales of almost 2.5 million Macs in the last quarter -- these Mac newbies are a tempting target for profit-minded criminals.More… (Apple)
Rumor: Next iPod nano to be Multi-Colored
gizmodo.com — According to a rumor that's been getting a little traction on the Mac sites, the new iPod nano will be multi-colored. Notice that we said "nano" and not "nanos." Because while the current nano line is offered in multiple colors, 9to5Mac is claiming that the next nano will have more than one color on each model. More… (Apple)
Facebook Connect Coming To iPhone This Fall
techcrunch.com — oday at the f8 conference Benjamin Ling revealed that Facebook will be releasing a Cocoa framework for the iPhone that will allow application developers to integrate with Facebook Connect. The framework is expected to be released sometime in the fall, and will take the form of an SDK that can be used by developers of iPhone applications. Facebook CMore… (Apple)
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