Canadian Voters unite behind 'Anyone But Harper' campaign

Stephen Harper is not so popular with the new media crowd.  In fact the fear of his party becoming the majority has spawned the development of movement online.    Those behind the Anyone but Harper...

Cray Unveils Personal Supercomputer

Ray Kurzweil, in The Singularity is Near, predicts that by 2020 personal computers will have the same processing power as human brains. For now, Cray, the supercomputer manufacturer, has just come out with a $25,000 supercomputer that runs on 110 volt current and is small...

Big Brother for freelance slackers

Freelancers are sometimes envied for late breakfasts, all-day pyjama-fests, and other work-at-home delights, but as the Globe and Mail reports today, there's a website raining on the parade.It's called oDesk.com, and it connects freelancers with employers for one-off...

Dubious achievement: Hackers ‘jailbreak’ the iPhone 3G

"Eight days after Apple’s new iPhone went on sale, an international team of programmers announced on Saturday that the device had been “pwned” — hacker jargon for “controlled” or “compromised.” The...

Microsoft is 33 Years Old

... and Windows is almost ready!"Bill Gates and Paul Allen create a partnership called Micro-soft. It will grow into one of the largest U.S. corporations and place them among the world's richest people.Gates and...

Documentary on the women who hacked ENIAC

"Did you know, sixty years ago, six young women programmed the ENIAC, the first all-electronic programmable computer?Six young women mastered the power of the ENIAC – an 80 foot long, 8 foot tall, black metal machine – and harnessed its power through an archaic...

Vista Wins on Looks. As for Lacks ...

After five years of starts, stops, executive shuffling, feature rethinks and delays, Windows Vista is finally complete. It’s available to corporations already, and starting Jan. 30, it’s what you’ll get on any new PC. Its programmers, who probably haven’t...

Five Great Programmers Fonts

"As you may or may not remember, in an old forum post I posted the Triskweline font made specifically for programmers and I will be including that in my list here. I will be presenting five fonts in which I will discuss -- known as MonteCarlo, Triskweline, Proggy Square,...

Programmers Guild News

"While protecting Citizens is among the most important roles of government, the U.S. Congress has knowingly violated the liberty and property interests that 500,000 Americans had in their chosen profession, by allowing them to be displaced by foreign workers."

White House pushes on H-1Bs, R&D credit

Bush urges permanent R&D tax credit, increase in yearly cap on H-1B visas

The Use-And Abuse-Of L-1 Visas

Growing use of L-1 visas-and allegations of abuse-are affecting all employers.

Why did Karl Rove predict a Republican dynasty for the next 40 years?

Perhaps he knows something about the electronic voting machines that you don't.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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