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Why Corporates Hate Perl view story
1 vote- Submitted by note2self
- about 21 hours ago
- (http://developers.slashdot.org/ar...)
- Became popular about 21 hours ago
[In one company] [m]anagement have started to refer to Perl-based systems as 'legacy' and to generally disparage it. This attitude has seeped through to non-technical business users who have started to worry if developers mention a system that is written
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McCain staffer slams Dungeons and Dragons players - Boing Boing view story
1 vote- Submitted by note2self
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
This feels almost like a jock running for class president in high school, doesn't it?
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5 Anti-Linux Sites You Must Follow! view photo
1 vote- Submitted by AmitT
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/08...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
With all the windows hating sites out there, linux haters have a lot of catching up to do…
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Digitizing Old Text and Fighting Spam, Too view story
2 votes- Submitted by note2self
- 6 days ago
- (http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/...)
- Became popular 6 days ago
Computer scientists have developed a program, called reCAPTCHA, which is being used in lieu of CAPTCHA by several sites, to help digitize old books and newspapers.
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A Big Day in Court for the FOSS Community view story
1 vote- Submitted by AmitT
- 7 days ago
- (http://linux-foundation.org/weblo...)
- Became popular 7 days ago
Today those who believe in free content and free and open source software won a major victory in court.
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Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop view story
2 votes- Submitted by AmitT
- 9 days ago
- (http://technology.timesonline.co....)
- Became popular 8 days ago
Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world’s poorest children. And then the fat-cat multinationals got scared and broke it...
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Why lawyers don't like Linux view story
1 vote- Submitted by AmitT
- 9 days ago
- (http://www.itwire.com/content/vie...)
- Became popular 9 days ago
Professionals who work on the basis of billable hours rarely take the time out to write an article for publication unless they have a valid reason for doing so.
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Report: India isn't just for outsourcing anymore | CNET News.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by note2self
- 9 days ago
- (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-...)
- Became popular 9 days ago
Sure, Silicon Valley has more engineers doing R&D work than any other region. But if you're looking for the runner-up, you'll have to go to India.
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Flash, HTML, Ajax: Which will win the Web app war? | CNET News.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by note2self
- 9 days ago
- (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-...)
- Became popular 9 days ago
Web applications are getting richer and more widespread, but it's unclear which of several competing technologies will power them.
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HTC Dream (Android) video emerges view story
1 vote- Submitted by note2self
- 9 days ago
- (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/21746...)
- Became popular 9 days ago
A video purporting to show the new Dream Android handset from HTC has surfaced online.

