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Re:Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from l... on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @06:28AM (#21647019)

There's hope yet for the Donald.

Re:Firedrop: A website builder that does everything for you on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:33AM (#12200733)

"Is it just me, or do all websites look the same?" This site looks so different that it must have been built by an AI:)

Re:The Golden Rule of Programming on Sunday January 20, 2013 @09:13AM (#5086940)

a better programmer I already am

Why Apple Sues

Posted by sqba on Sunday August 26, 2012 @03:21AM
from the cultofmac.com dept.

http://www.cultofmac.com/187014/why-apple-sues/

From the text: "Apple’s nightmare is a world in which all phones and tablets look and feel the same, and everybody buys on price, or on processing power or whatever."

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Where Microsoft Has ‘More Taste’ Than Apple

Posted by sqba on Sunday July 22, 2012 @03:31AM
from the cultofmac.com dept.

http://www.cultofmac.com/180084/where-microsoft-has-more-taste-than-apple/

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Re:MSQt: Qt with MS Windows logo on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:25AM (#2212923)

Look at the bottom of the page.

Re:shrtn.co, the URL shortener that could earn you money on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @10:29AM (#1910345)

Hooray, another URL shortener! The web is becoming a better place every second.

Microsoft is a dying consumer brand

Posted by sqba on Thursday October 28, 2010 @04:04AM
from the money.cnn.com dept.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/27/technology/microsoft_pdc/index.htm

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ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator Version 3 Released — Now stand-alone and open source

Posted by sqba on Saturday October 02, 2010 @02:28AM
from the eso.org dept.

http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann1065/

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft? on Friday September 17, 2010 @07:27AM (#1700730)

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Programming language trends

Posted by sqba on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @03:51PM
from the google.com dept.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=c%2B%2B%2C+java%2C+c%23&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

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Awesome Vader Project Puts the ‘Art’ in ‘Darth’

Posted by sqba on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @04:45PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/07/vader-project/

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Re:Ask HN: What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? on Friday February 05, 2010 @02:10AM (#1102981)

They should have split into 3 separate companies as was suggested (and ordered?) a long time ago. Now's too late.

How To Hack The Sky

Posted by sqba on Wednesday February 03, 2010 @09:44AM
from the forbes.com dept.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/02/hackers-cybercrime-cryptography-technology-security-satellite.html?feed=rss_popstories

A Spanish researcher demos new satellite-hijacking tricks with cybercriminal potential.

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London Stock Exchange trading hit by technical glitch

Posted by sqba on Thursday November 26, 2009 @07:05AM
from the news.bbc.co.uk dept.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8380607.stm

Trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has been brought to a halt by technical difficulties.

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Re:Algorithmatic: A global repository for algorithms from all fields on Saturday August 29, 2009 @03:37PM (#793534)

Getting rid of silverlight might help

Re:HN: I'll run a marathon to build whatever you decide on tweet.in on Sunday June 28, 2009 @07:54AM (#677669)

You could build an app that doesn't have anything to do with tweeting. But that may be too hard to come up with.