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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4055

Microsoft has been on a “Spark” roll lately, rolling out discount programs for students (DreamSpark) and startups (BizSpark).

http://whyjava.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/java-puzzlers-are-asked-in-interviews/

This blog is about one of the question that i was asked in an interview two years back. I forgot this question but yesterday i again faced this question and this is a “java puzzler”.

http://www.my25percent.com/2009/09/eight-stages-of-programming-new-feature.html

We all heard about the five stages of grief as defined by the Kübler-Ross model. Now, My 25 Percent presents the new, revised model describing the eight stages that a software developer goes through when asked to develop a new feature.

http://garrenblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/getting-to-know-net-build-tools.html

I've recently been looking into using a build script to make building/testing my code easier. I've also wanted to implement a CI build server and using a build script makes it a lot easier to implement.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/09/snow-leopard-developers.html

Now that many Mac users have had a couple of weeks to install the new Apple Inc. operating system, Snow Leopard, and explore its new features, some aren't so enthused with the

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8249540.stm

The government's new energy adviser says the UK could face blackouts by 2016 because green energy is not coming on tream fast enough.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8234898.stm

The vast Andromeda galaxy appears to have expanded by digesting stars from other galaxies, research has shown.

http://symfony.isgonna.be/powerful/solr-search-in-symfony-plugin/

uvmcSolrSearchPlugin and it permits you to integrate your solr search service within symfony, giving you the power of a real search engine in your website.

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/nokia-surge-6790-at/4505-6452_7-33720950.html?&subj=re&tag=centerColumnArea1.1

The Nokia 6790 Surge for AT&T is a bit of a departure for the Finnish handset manufacturer. You wouldn't know it just by looking at it, but the little guy is actually a smartphone like the Nokia N and E series devices.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-kepler7-2009aug07,0,4497874.story

NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft, Kepler, has made radical new discoveries about a hellish planet a thousand light years away -- proof, scientists say, that the craft will be able to carry out its mission of finding other Earths in our galaxy, provided they exist.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10300445-2.html

Lars Rasmussen sighed, half an hour into a demonstration of Google Wave, the company's audacious attempt to reinvent Internet communication: we'd found another bug.

http://pietschsoft.com/post/2009/07/29/JavaScript-Easily-Extend-an-Object-Element.aspx

If you use jQuery then you may be familiar with its "jQuery.extend" method. The "jQuery.extend" method allows you to easily extend one object with one or more others.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/worlds-biggest-telescope-to-seek-new-galaxies/97728-11.html

Thousands of years ago, the original inhabitants of Spain's Canary Islands are thought to have worshipped the Roque de los Muchachos mountain as having magical powers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8166602.stm

Voice-to-text firm Spinvox has reacted to BBC allegations over its technology, finances and privacy standards.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/personaltech/09pogue.html?_r=1&ref=technology

For the last 15 years, Microsoft’s master business plan seems to have been, “Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8131566.stm

A majority of public sector employees do not know about environmentally friendly IT targets set out in government's Greening ICT Strategy.

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/07/04/04readwriteweb-expono-flickr-picassa-and-the-kitchen-sink-6134.html

You can't swing a stick on the Web these days without hitting a photo or media sharing service. Some of the most popular ones like Flickr and Photobucket have become an indispensable part of our online lives.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/google-starts-welcoming-new-users-to-voice-service/?ref=technology

Google’s universal voice mail box is opening up to the masses. In March, the company announced Google Voice, a service aimed at simplifying the way people manage their phone calls, voice mail and text messages.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html?ref=technology

The Chinese government disabled some search engine functions on the Chinese-language Web site of Google on Friday, saying the site was linking too often to pornographic and vulgar content.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/dell-has-earned-3-million-from-twitter/

These days, lots of companies are talking about their “Twitter strategy,” but few have figured out how to measure what amassing hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter does for their businesses. Dell has shown that it can go directly to the top line.