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Journals RSS FeedsConvert diff output to colorized HTML - If you search the web you can find a number of references to programs/scripts that convert diff output to HTML. This is a bash version. read more ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Where are we on 508 compliance? - As a computer professional I take my sight for granted. Think about it, how much you rely on your eyes. How much of what we do is based on what is on the screen and where it is on the screen.
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... Product Spotlight: Linux Offerings from Fujitsu - Associate Editor Shawn Powers recently had the opportunity to speak with Fujitsu about their latest Linux offerings.
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... The Death of the Letter? - BALTIMORE (AP) - Mailboxes are going the way of phone booths. More of us are paying our bills online and using the Internet to send our correspondence, so the U.S. Postal Service has decided it needs fewer mailboxes. (WTOP)
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... Could Microsoft's Photosynth Have Been Free Software? - Photosynth is one of the most exciting programs I've seen in a long time. It takes a group of photos, typically of a single geographical location, but possibly taken at different times by different people, analyses them for similarities, and then stitches then together into a smooth-flowing, pseudo-3D panorama. It's really great. Just two problems. One: it won't run on GNU/Linux; and two: it's from Microsoft, and so is unlikely ever to do so.
My question is this: Why didn't the free software community come up with Photosynth first?
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... Obama's Secret Weapon: Geeks. Lots of Them - We were lost in Boston's South End, looking for Thayer Street. Street signs are optional around Boston, and the locals didn't know either the street or our precise destination
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... Linux Product Insider: "FIRST LEGO League", the book - This "Linux Product Insider" features the book FIRST LEGO League, iStor Networks' integraSuite/MC Management Center, WaveMaker's Visual Ajax Studio 4.0, Perforce 2008.1 SCM System and FST's FancyPants SDK.
Here's what's new and noteworthy this week in Linux and open source:
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... OpenOffice.org Impress: Using Master Slides - The Master view in Impress is the equivalent of page styles in Writer. It's the view where you can set elements of design that appear throughout your presentation, such as the slide background and foreground colors, any reoccurring elements, and the fonts. By creating the master slides you need before you add content, you can automate your work and free yourself to focus on content.
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... How do we attract the next generation? - What are we doing to expose new users to Linux and Open Source solutions? My wife, after coming back from a visit to our local electronics store asked me why there were no ?boxes? of Linux on the shelves, or PCs supporting the OS on display?
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... It sucks because it's good - Back in the mid-90s, when Linux was still at 1.something, website design was a simple exercise that left matters such as font choice up to the user. It was blessedly free of the Tyranny of Typography, the Legacies of Layout, and other controlling influences from the Provinces of Print. Better yet, it was free by design from withering rebuke by aesthetes whose high-minded "taste" made life miserable for both writers and readers. Back then
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... Democrats Nominate Obama - Obama formally won the Democratic nomination, making him the first African-American presidential nominee, after a roll call at the party's convention in Denver. Clinton, whose name had been entered into nomination, interrupted the vote to ask that Obama be nominated by acclamation.
... Fannie Names New CFO, Risk Chief - Fannie Mae shook up its top ranks, announcing its chief business officer and two others are leaving as it moves to save capital. Shares surged 15%.
... Record Labels Skip Apple's iTunes - A growing number of record companies are starting to think Apple's iTunes service is crimping overall sales.
... Lehman's 'Mea Culpa' - Lehman apologized for issuing a report on the semiconductor industry that in places "closely resembled" two 2007 reports authored by a Bernstein analyst.
... Gulf Coast Braces for a Bad Storm - Tropical Storm Gustav swirled toward Cuba after triggering flooding and landslides, and its death toll rose to 22 in the Caribbean. The tentative forecast track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisiana.
... CBS Gives CNET Site a Makeover - CBS is launching a new version of its CNET.com Web site this week, providing a glimpse at how it hopes to integrate CNET Networks.
... Stocks, Oil Rise as Gustav Churns - The Dow industrials gained 89.64 points to 11502.51 as financials gained and energy stocks bounced on a jump in oil prices. Crude rose 1.6% to $118.15 a barrel on worry that Gustav could disrupt Gulf of Mexico oil production.
... SEC Lays Out Accounting Shift - The SEC kicked off a process that could ultimately require all American companies to follow international accounting standards.
... Starbucks CEO Won't Receive Raise - Starbucks CEO Schultz and other top managers will not get salary increases next fiscal year, according to an internal memo, reflecting the coffee chain's effort to rein in spending.
... Durable-Goods Orders Climb - Demand for expensive goods rose 1.3% in July, an unexpected gain, thanks to a dollar-fueled export boom that analysts warn may soon fade as overseas growth slows. A barometer of business-equipment spending climbed by 2.6%.
... Chrysler Weighs Viper Options - Chrysler is considering selling its hot-rod Dodge Viper nameplate, becoming the last of the Detroit auto makers to consider such a move amid escalating costs and pressure to return to profitability.
... ExxonMobil Case Moves Ahead - A U.S. judge refused to throw out a lawsuit charging that ExxonMobil is liable for alleged killings and torture committed by Indonesian soldiers guarding a natural gas plant in the Aceh province.
... Alcatel-Lucent Considering Quigley - Alcatel-Lucent's short list of contenders to be its next CEO includes Mike Quigley, a longtime Alcatel manager who left the telecom-equipment company last year.
... Microsoft Readies Firefox Response - Microsoft took the wraps off the latest Internet Explorer browser, unveiling new features designed to improve user privacy and security as the software giant battles Firefox.
... Residential Loan Delinquencies Rise - Delinquencies and losses on loans backing residential mortgage-backed securities issued in 2006 and 2007 continued to weaken through the first half, Moody's said.
... Ricoh to Pay $1.6 Billion for Ikon - Ikon Office Solutions agreed to be acquired by Japanese printer and fax maker Ricoh for about $1.6 billion.
... B of A to Buy Back Some Securities - Bank of America has agreed to buy back $43 million in auction-rate securities from government agencies in Massachusetts.
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