Month: February 2006

What if the federal government were about to give away more than $400 billion in grants, but only people whose computers ran on Microsoft software could apply? read more | digg story

Using just whatâ��s available to the browser, itâ��s possible to have the server push data encapsulated in blocks and rely on a progressive rendering behavior that every modern browser implements to dispatch events in near real-time (compared to full page refresh or polling delay). read more | digg story

The network’s official Olympics site, NBCOlympics.com, will show for free, on a delayed basis, the complete runs and routines for the top finishers and for all U.S. participants in almost every event! read more | digg story

Shares of Web search leader Google–off 24 percent from highs set last month–could face a further 50 percent decline, Barron’s said in the financial weekly’s Feb. 13 edition. Barron’s scenario for a fall in Google’s stock is based on speculating about what may happen if mounting competition or fraud by users of its Google’s ad-buying … [Read more…]

This is a picture of the Sombrero Galaxy. This the coolest space photograph I have seen in a long time. read more | digg story

Over the past year, Mozilla averaged about 21 days before it issued fixes for flaws in Firefox, compared with the 135 days it took for Microsoft to address problems. read more | digg story

Companies are once again hiring. Here’s what 7 ivy-league employers have to offer: Signature Benefits (Pixar: Guest Speakers like Penn & Teller), Perks (Xbox consoles stashed in alcoves), Sample Lunch Menu (Electronic Arts: Grilled habanero pork chops with apple chutney, Campus News (Merck: Free Drugs) read more | digg story

LinCity-NG is a City Simulation Game. It is a polished and improved version of the classic LinCity game. We have created a new iso-3D graphics engine, with a completely redone and modern GUI. For windows, linux and in source. read more | digg story

This is a step by step graphical howto for dual booting windows xp and ubuntu linux. read more | digg story

Barron’s reported on Friday that shares of Google [GOOG] might drop ANOTHER 50%. This is on top of the recent 24% drop that they experienced over the last few weeks. Looks like it might be time to sell your shares of GOOG (and then buy them up once they drop 50%). read more | digg story