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Thursday 4 April 2013

Logging SQL queries in Orchard

Sorting a ScriptBundle based on /// reference tags

Introduction If you're using ASP.NET Optimization to combine and minify your JavaScript or TypeScript files, you'll notice that the bundling framework will put certain known scripts first (e.g. jQuery) and then sort the remaining ones alphabetically. However, if some scripts have dependencies on other scripts, you're often forced to specify an explicit order and turn off the sorting.

"Mobile-first" startups geared for savvy smartphone users are all the rage these days. But here is an "email-first" startup aimed at older people who don't necessarily care about technology.

Part 1: Build Environment

Part 2: Google's APIs and

Data Centers | Time-Lapse Video Shrinks Birth of a Supercomputer to 3 Minutes

Witness a time-lapse

Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project

Cross-posted from the Chromium Blog

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By linking the technologies of two brain/computer interfaces, human volunteers are able to exert limited control over a rodent's movement<img width="1" height="1" src="http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/

For the first time, astronomers detect the presence of X-rays being emitted from young stars outside of the Milky Way. (Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Astronomers describe it as a "dwarf galaxy," but the Small Magellanic Cloud, which happens to be one of the Milky Way's closest neighbors, is entirely majestic.

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For those of you who can never seem to remember that one password, or dread typing your full mailing address into those small form fields on your phone and tablet, today?s Chrome for Android stable up

Apr 03, Electronics/Consumer & Gadgets This image provided by Google shows the company's first high-end chromebook Pixel. According to a review by the Associated Press, the Machine feels light and comfortable in my hands and its high-resolution display makes photos appear sharp. (AP Photo/Google)Google's first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine.

Posted 3 Apr 2013 at 19:17 UTC by steve Precision Agriculture is a hot topic these days as researchers look for ways to reduce the massive amounts of chemicals that are currently sprayed on food crops. A new research paper describes one of the ways robots may help in Early Season Site-Specific Weed Management (ESSWM).

If you want access to the best features of Dropbox or one of its many competitors-automated file syncing between computers, a way to automatically keep old versions of your synced files, etc.-but you don't want to keep your stuff in someone else's cloud, AeroFS is a promising service.

University of Southern California researchers are developing SimSensei, an avatar that uses facial recognition tech and depth-sensing cameras built into Microsoft's Kinect to conduct mental health interviews. (Credit: Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET) It's nice to think each of us is entirely unique, a one-of-a-kind aggregate of life experiences colliding with genes that set us apart from everyone else.

Node v0.10.3 (Stable)

2013.04.03, Version 0.10.3 (Stable)

npm: Upgrade to 1.2.17

child_process: acknowledge sent handles (Fedor Indutny)

etw: update prototypes to matc

After a three-decade hiatus, work is finally under way on a new wave of reactors thanks to government funding ? but China is already way ahead<img width="1" height="1" src="http://feeds.newscientist.c

Skype has hit a major milestone ? Skype users are now spending 2 billion minutes per day connecting with one another!

Just how big is 2 billion minutes? Take a gander at the infographic belo

The BlackBerry presence at GDC wasn't just to showcase the powerful platform and tools we provide for game developers, it was also to show those developers and designers how they can be successful on BlackBerry 10. Our booth was a reflection of our message to the game development communities.

Last week, we launched comment replies on Facebook pages and

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Hyundai's new personal motor vehicle comes with headgear that serves as the "roof." (Credit: Hyundai) Segways are run of the mill these days. To turn heads with an unusual vehicle, you need something like the Hyundai E4U. Recently unveiled at the ongoing 2013 Seoul Motor Show, the E4U is a one-seater that can move easily in any direction.

This is a guest post by Ben Bromhead from Instaclustr

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The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the first Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) results announced Wednesday at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

NASA Flies Radar South on Wide-Ranging Scientific Expedition WASHINGTON -- A versatile NASA airborne imaging radar system is showcasing its broad scientific prowess for studying our home planet during a month-long expedition over the Americas. A NASA C-20A piloted aircraft carrying the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is wrapping up studies over the U.S.

Media Invited to NASA Commercial Partner New Rocket Rollout April 6 WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- News media are invited to cover the scheduled Saturday, April 6, morning rollout of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares launch vehicle to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.

NASA Invests in Small Business Innovative Research and Technology Proposals to Enable Future Missions WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 295 research and technology proposals from 216 American small businesses for negotiations that may lead to contract awards worth a combined $38.7 million.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Adds Support for Variables in Access Control Policies

We are excited to announce that we have extended the access policy language to include support for policy variables. This new feature allows you to define general purpose policies that include va

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There have been numerous ways for users to interact with web pages on mobile phones. Historically, users navigated the mobile web by pressing physical buttons (arrow keys, soft keys, etc.), while some devices required a stylus. In the last several years, devices with touch-enabled screens have been adopted at such a rapid rate that touch interaction has become ubiquitous.

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From the blog YDN Blog: This post originally appeared on the Yahoo! Accessibility blog. What is Open-Captions? According to research, over 90% of deaf children have hearing parents who "frequently do not have fully effective means of communicating with them". The American Sign Language (ASL) ... Continue reading ?

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From the blog YDN Blog: Every Thursday is Tech Thursday where we share a random assortment of technical links we found and liked. StyleDocco generates style guide documents from your stylesheets by parsing your stylesheet comments through Markdown. Anton Molleda of Plain Concepts talks about ... Continue reading ?

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From the blog ydnl: This post originally appeared on the Yahoo! Accessibility blog. The browser provides visual feedback when a control receives focus. The default visualization usually matches how focus is rendered on the host platform: On Windows this is a subtle dotted outline, ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: Every Thursday is Tech Thursday where we share a random assortment of technical links we found and liked. Making games can be a lot fun, but it can also be a tremendous amount of work. A look at making progress ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: This post originally appeared on the Yahoo! Accessibility blog. There's a balance between creating a clean, simple visual design and providing accessible content and functionality. One common solution is to provide text to screen readers that is hidden via CSS. ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: This post is written by two members of the Mojito team, Cynthia Li (@cynthiax) and Steven Lu (@luchenghan), who both attended the W3Conf 2013 last month. They were kind enough to share with us their favorite talks from the event. ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: Every Thursday is Tech Thursday where we share a random assortment of technical links we found and liked. Match Box is a Dropbox type clone that you can install on your personal server to remotely backup your files. A simple ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: This post originally appeared on the Yahoo! Accessibility blog. Apple's iOS Human Interface Guidelines encourage developers to create compelling, immersive mobile interfaces. The goal is to delight the user with an inventive interface that invites the user to touch and ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: In an effort to sharpen our focus, we are shutting down a couple services. You can see the full list on the Yodel announcement, Spring Cleaning. Two of the closures will impact developers, so we wanted to highlight them here. ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: Every Thursday is Tech Thursday where we share a random assortment of technical links we found and liked. More CSS Secrets, another 10 things you may not know about CSS. Amazing high-resolution, deep zoom panorama of London. A crossword puzzle ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: At Yahoo!, Hadoop plays a central role in providing personalized experiences for our users and creating value for our advertisers. To serve Yahoo!'s emerging business needs, the Cloud Engineering Group is working on a next generation platform that enables the ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: I remember the first time I tested an iPad app for accessibility. Yahoo! Finance was preparing to launch MarketDash and wanted to make sure it was as accessible as the web site. With VoiceOver enabled and a Flip cam set ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: Every Thursday is Tech Thursday where we share a random assortment of technical links we found and liked. Game Closure's HTML5 game development framework became open-source and is 100% JavaScript. Try it today to build your games faster than ever ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: This post originally appeared on the Yahoo! Accessibility blog. Do you know if your page has angry links and buttons? Buttons and links like to have good text; depriving them makes everyone angry. So use the following bookmarklet to discover ... Continue reading ?

From the blog ydnl: Every Thursday is Tech Thursday where we share a random assortment of technical links we found and liked. Master Mobile Navigation contains a great roundup of responsive navigation techniques by @AaronGustafson. The right way to write software doesn't come at ... Continue reading ?

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