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Friday, 8 March 2013

Research Blog: Learning from Big Data: 40 Million Entities in Context

Learning from Big Data: 40 Million Entities in Context

CodePlex - Open Source Project Hosting

Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. You can use CodePlex to find open source software or create new projects to share with the world.

Google App Engine Blog: Python 2.5, thanks for the good times

Python 2.5 has a special place in the heart of any A year ago we Google App Engine developer, as it was the first runtime we launched way back in 2008. Since then, both Python and App Engine have advanced a great deal.

A new study on the impact of the Megaupload seizure has found that digital movie purchases and rentals increased significantly in the months after the site went offline. The findings are sure to stir controversy, but the research is important. The study, conducted by Brett Danaher and Michael D.

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog Editor Today is International Women's Day, and one of the ways we're celebrating is by being part of the Voices Global Conference. The conference includes sessions focused on women in technology, including new Women Techmakers episodes. You can watch live streams and archived videos, all available on the conference site.

Cloud computing company Heroku may soon face a class action lawsuit after a New York startup uncovered some big performance problems with the online service where the company helps software coders build and run their software applications.

Matterport's camera will allow you to scan whole rooms and let others explore them via a Web browser or iPad. Some of the uses for this could be to explore a home you're looking to buy or rent for a vacation, or to check out a restaurant you're thinking of visiting.

Today we are announcing a new updated preview of the LightSwitch HTML Client, which is now available as part of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP 4. This update brings many new exciting features and improvements, many of which are a direct result of your feedback - thank you for being a part of this exciting release!

As I've written about previously, we've been developing tools for building the next-generation of apps for Office and SharePoint. These tools manifest both as an online experience known as "Napa", which we've been updating on a weekly basis, as well as a complete set of extensions to the rich Visual Studio client, extensions we've shared several times in preview form.

Dell's Inspiron 15R Special Edition has always been a favorite among our deal hunting team. It offers a step-above-the-rest combination of features and performance at a price point that typically can't be beat. Today's deal takes that lineage and bumps it up a notch.The deals starts with the 15R SE and its wealth of standard...

Editor's Note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager. Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.

Posted 8 Mar 2013 at 21:35 UTC by steve Brain Awareness Week starts on 11 March and organizations all over the world are preparing educational activities to highlight the importance of continued research into one of the most advanced and complicated machines we know of.

It starts with your launcher icon | Code Blog

Continuing with the topic of icons... From the start, the appearance of your application in the app menu makes a difference in how people interpret your app. If your icon looks stylish, has the correct shape, and people can guess from the app's name what it does, your app is on the right track.

The Four Major Problems with CPAN | Brendan Byrd [blogs.perl.org]

Others that aren't immediately obvious are: Errr, I just want to open a TCP connection somewhere. Oh, and since ARIN is telling everybody that we're almost out of IPv4 addresses, I'd like to have something that is IPv6 compatible. Which one should I use?

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Don't release experiments to CPAN | NeilB [blogs.perl.org]

I'm proposing an explicit community convention where experimental code isn't released to CPAN, but is shared on github, perhaps with an associated blog post, or discussion on PrePAN. This addresses just one of CPAN's problems, which have also been raised today by Brendan Byrd.

Rails Migration in Your CakePHP application. :: The Bakery: Everything CakePHP

Rails Less Migration ===================== Today I was wanted to use rails goodness inside of my php project. So, I searched online found a solution somewhere. Fixed it up for any project to use using composer. I assume you are using tools listed below and know how to use command line.

Last year, NASA's Ames Research Center announced plans to launch an Google-Android-powered nano-satellite into space. A test unit has already been sent into suborbit, and a space launch is set for April 4. But a team of British researchers has quietly beat Ames to the punch.

Validatr (GitHub: jaymorrow / validatr, License: MIT, jquery: validatr) by Jay Morrow is a cross-browser HTML5 form validation library. That means it provides validators for the new native widgets, like color and date. The Validatr fields documentation lists all of the supported inputs and also features demos.

Fame is fleeting. The Chevrolet Volt that stopped people in their tracks in late 2010 now elicits fewer sideways glances. This despite a constant stream of improvements, some cool smartphone apps, and a bit more range for the 2013 model. It's also not the only plug-in on the block any more.

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