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To CFD, or Not to CFD?

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Mon, 09/19/2011 - 09:50

One area that chews up a lot of cycles on machines around the world is CFD.


 

Speaking at DPC 2011 - Evert Pot

Planet PHP  Tue, 02/15/2011 - 10:51

A bit ago I received the news I'll be a speaker at the Dutch PHP conference.

My talk is titled 'So you think you know REST'. Most of you seem to have a general idea what 'REST' and being 'RESTful' means, but often times there are misconceptions.

REST is called an 'architectural style', which means there's not one specification or standard you can work off.

So most of the talk will really cover the pitfalls and best practices of applying RESTful principals in the context of HTTP.


 

From Magazines To Restaurants... Conde Nast Licensing Magazine N...

Techdirt  Thu, 08/05/2010 - 23:55

I'm not sure how well this will work, but it does seem like an interesting experiment for publications to expand their revenue streams.

Magazine publishing giant Conde Nast is setting up an entirely new division to focus on licensing its magazine names for restaurants.

There's the GQ Bar & Grill and the Vogue Cafe, for example. The focus right now is not on the US market, so these won't be appearing here, but in places like Hong Kong, Dubai and Moscow.


 

More iPhone PL lockdown... Goodbye Scratch!

Lambda the Ultimate - Programming Languages Weblog  Thu, 04/15/2010 - 11:22

If the general idea wasn't enough to make you mad, or if you wrote it off as being purely an Apple/Adobe spat, this ought to cut a bit closer to LtU's heart...

Apple removes Scratch from iPad/iPhone/iTouch.


 

IBM, Digium Team on Asterisk Phone System

Linux Today  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 17:03

InternetNews: "The work will see Asterisk getting a boost with a tie-in to IBM's Smart Cube. The six-month-old IBM Smart Cube platform is designed for small- and midsized businesses (SMB).

The general idea is that the server is an easy-to-configure appliance for a variety of business applications."


 

YOUTUBE RULES: Ranked Top Search Term for Kids

Mashable!  Wed, 08/12/2009 - 18:10

youtubeWe have a general idea of what the overall population searches for online via Yahoo Search’s annual rankings.