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Microsoft embraces open-source scripting language | CNET News.com
According to CNET and Microsoft’s site, MS is embracing Python, an open source programming language used by Unix, Linux and OS X folks for doing quick and dirty scripting. Python is a pretty easy language but Ruby’s been getting a lot more attention and converts lately, especially for web development. Personally, I love Perl and…
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Windows Live Local vs. Google Local
I’ve been playing around with Windows Live Local and Google Local. I did a few searches like “children party places in north platte, ne”. Apparently, Google Local returns many more results than Windows Live Local does. Windows Live Local returned one result which was in Lincoln, NE for Folsom Children’s Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Google…
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TechCrunch » Outlook 12 to have RSS Integration
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch posted that Microsoft would be integrating RSS into Outlook 12. Smart! one of my biggest gripes about RSS readers is that I can’t easily forward a posting to someone without having to open it in my browser and then sending the link to the intended recipient. It’s great that MS finally…
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Effective Emacs
Interesting article on Emacs but most people using Emacs today are using it on Intel Hardware ( and PowerPC base Macs ). I think the writer is misisng the one major point that people love about emacs – The ability customize your environment to work the way you want. The author proposes making keyboard bindings…
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Firefox 1.5 for SUSE Linux 10
As indicated on Moosy, Firefox 1.5 for SUSE is available as an RPM. More …
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