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News aggregatorI'm programmer of the year!I'm programmer of the year!Last night the CNMA awards were held here in Toronto, and I turned out to go home with an award! Although I still feel I didn't really deserve such a prize, I feel honored and proud of the team. Thanks guys! Its been an amazing ride so far, and also thanks to the CNMA organization and judges. Categories: php
Swiffer file server problemsWe are currently experiencing some problems with the file server Swiffer. The machine is having problems with some ram that needs to be replaced. We are on the way to replace it right now. The affected machines are: abrahydroplanes aims arizona artofmanliness asle bambi boba brisk cactuscooler calpico caprisun cedar chai clamato codered dasani dietrite downside eggnog evian eyedock fabsilv fiji flipside frances francis-piragua frappe freewebsites fresca gannon geyser gordini grapico grassroots gravatt horchata inko intenselighting mastequila mccreery minutemaid mrpibb mug musclemilk nehi nesbitt netsolution niagara odr oj orangebang ovaltine polnetwork pom powerade ppps ps1 ps3673 ps4316 refresco right seltzer shasta silk sparkletts stacyfayehan sunnyd tampico tang tea tizer tropicana uncletapa welchs xecova zakidesign zoot We will post as soon as this issue is resolved. Update 13:26 PST: The ram has been replaced and the file server came back online without a hitch. We are cleaning up the webservers that tanked due to I/O backup, if your sites are not back now they should be shortly. Categories: general tech
Community News: PHP Quebec 2009 Schedule AnnouncedThe PHP Quebec conference has posted the official schedule for this year's conference (happening March 4-6th, 2009 in Montreal, Canada). Speakers include Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Derick Rethans, Sara Golemon, Sebastian Bergmann and many more. Topics include software lifecycles, unit testing, extensions and PHP in the enterprise. Talks will be given in English and in French. You can still register to save your spot for the event. Early Bird pricing comes in around $500 CAD and a regular ticket after that it's bumped up to $600. Categories: php
Waiting for the FloodBegin the mass download of NetBeans 6.5... also:
Java Today: NetBeans 6.5 ships, mirror servers set up for NetBeans downloads, and JCP 2008 election results posted Weblogs: Election congrats to Sean Sheedy, Facelets in JSF 2.0, and Java apps for creating Gantt Charts Forum Posts: Downloading and running BD-J code, SS7 interface for Mobicents, and XML date representations Categories: JSP/Java
Faster Test Runs With Clover's Test OptimizationThe recent release of Clover 2.4 highlights a new "Test Optimization" feature that offers to speed up CI builds and allow developers to spend less time waiting for their tests to run. The feature leverages "per-test" coverage data to selectively run only the tests impacted by your code changes. By Mike Bria
Categories: Agile
Watch England - Germany onlineEngland face Germany in Berlin tonight in an international friendly and you can see the action live online.
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Screencast #28: Simple Web Application using Eclipse and GlassFish v3 PreludeGlassFish
v3 Prelude is now available!
Some of the cool features are: Modularity using OSGi Rapid deployment using retain session data across HTTP
redeploys and deploy-on-save Embeddability Dynamic languages and frameworks Faster start up time Integrated NetBeans and Eclipse tooling This screencast
shows how...
Categories: JSP/Java
Firefox launches new add-on serviceMozilla has launched a new application, called Fashion Your Firefox, with which you can personalise your browser.
Categories: general tech
Watch BBC One live onlineSurfers in the UK will be able to watch BBC One and BBC Two live on their PCs from next week.
Categories: general tech
Microsoft ditches OneCareMicrosoft has announced that it will stop selling its all-in-one security product, Windows Live OneCare, next year.
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First Direct launches community siteFirst Direct is the first UK bank to launch a social networking site, which it has called Little Black Book.
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An internet for the final frontierScientists and astronauts at NASA are testing a new 'interplanetary internet'.
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Virgin boosts ADSL speedsVirgin Media is offering a three month speed boost to its ADSL customers with an 'up to' 16Mbps deal.
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Zo Moeilijk - Nijmeegse Modo3.5 / 5 Behalve het accent van de rappers zijn ook de beats van mijn stadgenoten Zo Moeilijk typisch Nijmeegs want overduidelijk beïnvloed door de donkere techstep-beuk die hier jarenlang intens populair is geweest. Dat duistere geluid alleen al maakt “Nijmeegse Modo” de moeite van het aanhoren waard. Categories: music
Interview: Dan Farino About MySpace’s ArchitectureIn this interview taken by InfoQ’s Ryan Slobojan, Dan Farino, Chief Systems Architect at MySpace, talks about the system architecture and the challenges faced when building a very large online community. Because MySpace is built almost entirely on the .NET Framework, Dan explains how a .NET product scales on hundreds of servers. By Abel Avram
Categories: Agile
Google gives Life to millions of photosOver 10 million images from Life magazine, chronicling events stretching back to 1750, are to be made publicly available by Google.
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xo for the holidaysUS music promotion agency xo publicity is now offering a special free compilation called “xo for the holidays”. This free download contains music by 13 clients of XO, especially for the holidays. Check it out, it’s worth the effort of downloading: xo for the holidays. Categories: music
Emotronic Is The ReasonOut now on the Xynthetic netlabel is a new release by Suan called Emotronic is the reason. Described as “Eight tracks of layered guitars and programmed beats make up Suan’s debut release”, this is quite an interesting release, especially if you like New Order and/or Fila Brazilia. This release is available as a free download. Categories: music
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