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IE8 Beta Released To Public (4)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkTim writes "English, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese versions of Internet Explorer 8 have been released for public beta. New features include accelerators, which provide instant context menu access for a number of common tasks; automatic crash recovery, which prevents a single page's failures from taking down your entire browser; and browser privacy, a feature that didn't make Firefox 3. I'm primarily a Firefox user, and I've been using IE8 at work (MS) for the ...Contribute comment
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Changing Customers Password Without Consent (4)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkrisinganger writes "BBC News is reporting that a customer had his password changed without his knowledge. After some less than satisfactory service the customer in question changed his password to 'Llyods is pants'. At some point after that a member of staff changed the password to 'no it's not'. Requests to change it back to 'Llyods is pants', 'Barclays is better' or censorship were met with refusal. Personally I found the original change funny, like ...Contribute comment
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Slashdot | Corporate Gaming Is Good For Business (7)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkThe Economist is running a story about how gaming is on the rise in corporate environments, and how games are also becoming a popular tool for advertising. From internally developed games to commercial offerings to simply creating a framework in which employees can interact, game-based competitions and community building are leading to increased productivity, even for Fortune 500 companies. Quoting: "Take Microsoft's own experience. Before it releases a new version of its Windows operating system, ...Shared by Adriaan (12) André (72) easyon (30) Glenn Batuyong (266) Jake (77) Jonas Karlsson (7) Max (22)
- Max said: More evidence that small rewards are *hugely* motivating to people in getting them to do work. I should have given out pizza or something for Q&A work.
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Oscar Wilde (2)
on Quotes of the Day (2318) permalink"One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."Shared by easyon (30) ydant (214)Contribute comment
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Mozilla Crowns Best Firefox 3 Extensions [Firefox Extensions] (231)
on Lifehacker (36894) permalinkMozilla Labs announces the winners of their official Extend Firefox 3 Contest, and they're an impressive crop of new and updated extensions for your favorite browser. I was honored to serve on the judging panel for this year's contest (alongside some huge names in the browser biz), and we rated the entries based on how easy they were to use, and how well they took advantage of new features in Firefox 3. Let's take a ...Shared by Aaron (19) Aaron R (500) Abby (30) Adam S (44) aemkei (82) AJ (1003) Alex (22) Ali (29) Amy (49) Amy (52) Andre Siregar (33) Andrew (71) Andrew (264) andrewcsfan (81) Angie Bowen (60) Army of Gnomes (191) Art (273) Arvin (57) Barry Wallace (9) Blaine Moore (21) Blake Matheny (44) Brandy (106) BrendoMan (318) Brendon Wadey (238) CampMaster (44) Camtron 9000 (230) Casey (30) Caught Creatures (53) cesaracardoso (206) Chad (41) Chris (35) Chris (49) Chris Nixon (92) ChrisReeder (32) Christian Santos (223) chunk (49) Claudio Ruiz (15) Clay (145) Colby (87) Compuwizard123 (229) ConcertfreakJJ (31) CtrlBreak (71) Cunya (66) D (36) Daidaros (23) daisylinbluez (135) Dan (35) Dan Russell (150) Daniel (28) Danielle (168) Danny (9) Derrik (102) Donnie Berkholz (100) Doug Stewart (212) dubó (70) easyon (30) Eduardo (34) elyse (26) ema (87) Erich (42) evanc (27) Fabio (17) fatihturan (192) FDávid (32) felipefonseca (47) Fernio (35) Florent Solt (54) Galtenbergs (73) Garrett (45) Gary (28) Gatewayy (30) Gelidity (75) genieyclo (155) Giacomo (54) Gil Creque (42) gnusic (275) Gordon (47) Gus (86) Hakim (33) happy_soil (133) Haris (119) Hasan (199) Henry Webb (77) HollowMarkeD (184) homard (10) houseinrlyeh (357) Humberto Gonzalez (146) HUNG (185) ignu (36) INCyr (70) Indy (313) isocketnet (30) izensun (68) Jacob (48) Jacob (22) Jaime (120) jamesjbigler (96) Jared B. Luther (5) JasonV (43) jayman16 (204) JBu92 (407) JeDa (72) Jeff (710) Jeffrey (35) jGrrl (27) Joe Lencioni (66) JoeMaMa (18) John Fink (109) Jon (99) Jorg (36) Josh (140) Joshua Nobles (144) Justin (22) Justin Ribeiro (71) K-IntheHouse (92) Kajivar (162) Kelly (38) Kenny (34) Kevin (120) Krazy (486) Le prof. (41) Lee G. (64) LGR (7) lindsay (42) Lou (33) Luis Benavides (20) m0d (57) m8 (25) Magnus (39) Maksim Berjoza (93) Marc (43) Marcel (31) marcel weiß (72) Mario (18) Mario Sundar (66) Mark Hendricks (24) Mark Horvath (18) Matias Sulzberger (71) Matteo (284) Megan (28) MeghnaK (336) metaeuphoria (49) mfh (103) miasarmento (321) Michael (66) mike (150) Mikey (113) moonboy (49) motionless (29) n8dude (115) nanabite (41) narkomanC (62) NasirJumani (822) Nathan (19) ndench (32) Neal (36) Neo (41) Nice Fish Films (249) Nicholas Schiller (61) Nick Humphries (77) Nicolás (34) Nihar (99) nikhil (156) Niklas (66) nilegomez (62) norti (94) Oliver (88) Olivier (158) Omer (27) otomatsu (10) Oudi Antebi (106) Pat (98) Paul King (27) pedro (37) Peli (57) PouarK (112) Priit^ (189) Randy Zlobec (406) Rhea Drysdale (57) Rich (52) richtannehill (117) Rick (16) Rob (46) Rob M (46) Robert (36) Roy (30) Ryan (86) santiromero (31) satoshi (31) Scott (26) Selwin (58) Shankar Ganesh (336) Shannon Prickett (113) Shrike (27) Sid (124) simplynutty (71) Sky-Walker (277) soupenvy (84) spriteric (23) Srinvard (288) sryo (88) Steve (34) Tamar Weinberg (411) tapir (196) tarun (23) Terren (43) Thomas Nicholls (38) Tim (125) Tim Geraghty (37) Timothy O'Neil (20) TO-Double-D (190) TomK (49) Tony (124) Tor Erling (494) uchari (20) Ville (28) vim (60) vraicovi (42) Walter DeFoor (180) Will (30) Wismark (36) Wyctim (92) xabbott (66) Xdroot (200) Yann (56) yyq123 (69) Асджадс (51) 令狐葱 (41) 宋小明 (381) 攻疼新一 (1803) 狮子真好吃啊 (92)Explore read five notes
- Megan said: Look! That readitlater extension solves my tab collecting problem! Woot!
- Matias Sulzberger said: No se puede explicar lo útiles que son estos posts
- Mario Sundar said: My favorites are tag sifter and handy tag. Ya! I'm a tag fan! :)
- moonboy said: Nice, although firefox is not my browser of choice...
- Clay said: Gonna have to check some of these out. I was surprised not to find the extension CyberSearch which I have been playing with. It adds search results(for instance from Google) to your address bar dropdown which you can then select and go directly to the website found in the search results rather than to the website (Google, etc..) first.
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A Mozilla Plugin to Help Overcome IE Rendering Flaw (16)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkleast_weasel writes "An article on Ars Technica reveals Mozilla's intention to create and release a plugin for Internet Explorer that would allow the often-criticized IE to utilize some of the cooler rendering code developed for Firefox. The current WIP focuses on rendering using HTML5 standards, but the plans seem to be more ambitious than just fixing this one small piece of IE. The article covers some of the plans, hurdles, and potential benefits. It also ...Shared by bjori (36) Breyten (88) cmwaugh (41) Dan N. (21) Danny (9) DarthMolen (113) easyon (30) focoma (87) Jakob (158) Jared (104) Joe Lencioni (66) Odysseus F (68) qbn (38) Ruben Llibre (91) Tometheus (33) Travis (45)
- focoma said: Oh, I know what the monkey is screaming: "I hate having to fix this shitty browser! Get me out of here!"
- Dan N. said: oh wow - a plugin for IE to make it act like Firefox? I could get behind that.
- Joe Lencioni said: Great idea. Unfortunately it will most likely never end up being used by all of the clueless people who need it the most.
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Comic for August 17, 2008 (93)
on Dilbert Daily Strip (1062) permalinkShared by 100rabh™ (103) Abhilash (37) acedanger (39) Adam (38) Adam (193) adantas (37) Aga (91) ani625 (370) animir (36) Art (273) Arul N S (44) Arvin (57) axel668 (25) badpazzword (39) bddemir (19) ben (18) Bif (128) bnoise (61) Brad (39) Brad (46) brownpau (279) Burad (36) Caleb (37) César C (29) Cherry (12) Chris T (27) Christophe Maximin (68) Chuck Lawson (31) Chung (393) Collin Kreklow (19) Corris (17) D4V (15) David (33) David Arcos (79) dbb (38) df (2) Dileepa (62) Dominik (154) Doug Stewart (212) Duk (15) Dustin (18) easyon (30) Eber (25) Fernio (35) focoma (87) Gene W (90) gizmo (88) harala (26) HHcHu (18) Imran (35) jamesjbigler (96) JazBee (48) jerobins (67) Jeron (15) Joel (31) John Conners (40) Ken Dyck (12) manki (27) Mark (91) Matthew (176) Mic (52) Miguel (29) mmhan (34) moonboy (49) nickc321 (74) pclouds (64) pd0 (52) pigpogm (61) Prakash (55) Regis (16) rick (43) Rishabh Manocha (50) rOckY (716) Ryan Kennedy (48) Sai Gudigundla (47) Sam (40) sanatgersappa (8) Sergio Cruz (23) Simone (66) Sylvain (45) Thejo (50) tim (169) Tony Roca (5) Travis Roy (56) Uday Kiran (19) unicyn (68) Vitor (38) Youpinadi (67) Zach (29) Zeca (28) ZlatkoGR (87) Zsoltik@ (36) zuzur (38)Explore read four notes
- ani625 said: Talk about hitting the bull's eye..
- Art said: "until my underpants don't fit."Nice. Very nice.
- John Conners said: My definition of middle management!
- Corris said: boy am I glad my boss isn't like the phb here.
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China to Build a Zero Carbon Green City (15)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkgormanw writes "Just outside Shanghai, there is an island about the size of Manhattan. China is going to build its first ever 'green city', complete with no gasoline/diesel powered vehicles, 100% renewable energy, green roofs, and recycling everything. The city is called Dongtan and it should house about 5,000 people by the end of 2010, with estimates of 500,000 by 2050. The goal is to build a livable city that is energy efficient, non-polluting, and ...Shared by easyon (30) Effi Fuks (32) erbianchi (76) fyc (123) Gordon Murray (29) Jamin (190) josep (46) Matthew Vaughan (18) mikecs83 (20) Nathan (26) Odysseus F (68) Philip Velichko (35) tamburix (45) Vincent van Wylick (77) Zinoc (25)
- Matthew Vaughan said: Sounds like a cool idea to me!
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Genetic Glitch May Prevent Kids from Learning from Their Mistakes (10)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkjamie pointed out an interesting piece being featured in Newsweek that claims a "genetic glitch" may prevent kids from learning from their mistakes to the same degree as others. "If there is one thing experts on child development agree on, it is that kids learn best when they are allowed to make mistakes and feel the consequences. So Mom and Dad hold back as their toddler tries again and again to cram a round peg ...Shared by beggs (41) Beglen (58) cs (26) easyon (30) iwein (14) joco (73) madMilo (32) Nikki (179) Robert (29) Zach (270)Contribute comment
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Olympic Opening Ceremony Fireworks Were (Partly) Faked (19)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkA complete newb writes "London's Telegraph newspaper reports that some of the fireworks which appeared over Beijing during the television broadcast of the Olympic Opening Ceremony were actually computer generated. But — hold on — it's not necessarily as bad as you think. The faked fireworks were actually set-off at the stadium, but because of potential dangers in filming the display live from a helicopter, viewers at home were shown a pre-recorded, computer-generated shot." To ...Shared by AlexandrosM (78) Bryce (159) Chad (38) Derek (26) Derick Valadao (138) easyon (30) Effi Fuks (32) Fernio (35) Fiorano (64) Kuushal (36) Nick (306) PT (24) Punzak (24) Rick Dillon (41) Rob (35) Sandra (53) saxjazman9 (39) Thomas Stromberg (28) Tim (31)Explore read four notes
- Thomas Stromberg said: This makes me sad.
- Derek said: It's weird that they wanted that helicopter shot so much that they spent a *year* reproducing it. And the U.S. is known for overindulgence. Ha!
- Sandra said: Holy crap. Another reason not to believe what you see on TV.
- Rick Dillon said: Welcome to China.
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Error'd: Packing Done Right (21)
on The Daily WTF (1173) permalinkSubmitted anonymously, one of our readers' companies uses a lot of CMOS batteries from Dell. To save time and money, they asked for fifty spare batteries instead of having them delivered individually. Dell was happy to oblige, sending one giant box with fifty small boxes inside; each with one neatly-packed CMOS battery. I can't help but be reminded of a similar incident from the past. Brought to you by the Non-WTF Job Board:Shared by Assaf (70) Calle (46) crazyjaf (199) dekrazee1 (28) Dillon (26) easyon (30) Erik (34) Jonjon (87) LouCypher (214) Mark (50) Martijn (60) Mike (29) Mike (19) naseer (18) Nish (32) Pierre (15) Richard Bradshaw (21) tante (53) TiTi (399) Tomi (61) Ubqtous (85)Contribute comment
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Ronald Reagan (8)
on Quotes of the Day (2318) permalink"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."Contribute comment
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The Rise and Fall of Twitter (80)
on TechCrunch (26204) permalinkAt the risk of offending some of you, I am posting this parody video created by Crunchgear’s Nicholas Deleon and his brother Gabriel. Just remember, it’s not about Hitler. It’s about Twitter. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0Shared by Aaron (66) Alec Peden (187) Andrew (17) AndyDrew (13) Bill (32) Billy Fairchild (156) blake borgeson (53) Brian Junyor (160) Cale (25) ChaoticMind (24) Charles Rice (19) chelpixie (24) Chris (14) Chris Metcalf (45) Christophe Maximin (68) CineVegas (149) Clint (124) crazyjaf (199) Dan (19) Dan (121) Daniel (61) Danny Bo'itanni (137) easyon (30) Edney Souza (154) emaynard (36) etlund (35) evo (68) fseixas (58) Gabriel Gilini (36) Gaufre (58) Gil Creque (42) iBspoof (73) Ignacio (40) izensun (68) JamesK (68) Javed (561) Jeff (39) Jerry (53) John (49) John Pederson (36) Jon (45) Jon (54) Jonathan (27) Jorriss (78) Joshua James (32) Katie (32) Kesor (25) lakshmi (19) Lou (33) Mac (53) Marina Martin (34) Martin (37) Matt Warren (31) Mattodono (68) MERc (19) Michael K Pate (84) Mike (50) Nihar (99) nikhil (156) panuta (30) Pat (38) Paul Helmick (224) phrakture (42) Pierre (60) Rob M (46) Roya (53) Ryan (100) sascha (33) Stephen (68) Stewart Rogers (20) Szulej (19) Tim (212) Tony Buser (61) Travis (45) Vivek (36) X-Phuture (27) xrx (131) Yaroslav (27) Zach (105) zemlanin (190)Explore read 11 notes
- AndyDrew said: This is absolute brilliance. I know I've been this angry before when I see that stupid fail whale on Twitter.
- JamesK said: This is very funny! I'm sure it'll offend but the true target is not what/whom it would seem. If you've ever had a love hate relationship with Twitter, check it out!
- blake borgeson said: nice.
- Kesor said: Hiltler cant live without twitter ... hmm ...
- Mattodono said: I wonder what they're really saying ...
- Nihar said: LOL :D
- zemlanin said: Отличное видео
- Stewart Rogers said: funny!
- John Pederson said: lolz.
- lakshmi said: Wish they had cut it down to a 10-sec video
- Rob M said: finally got around to watching this... thanks bob. absolutely hilarious.
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Agent prefer to sell ILP (1)
on Tan Kin Lian's Blog (2) permalinkA, an American living in Singapore, recently bought some properties and was looking for insurance. He turned to his friend, B, who works in the insurance industry, to help him out.B recommended that A purchases term insurance, either level term or mortgage protection, as the insurance need was to just cover off the mortgages. B drafted a letter up on behalf of A, requesting term quotes to the top 10 insurance companies in Singapore. A ...Shared by easyon (30)Contribute comment
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on Quotes of the Day (2318) permalink"Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything."Shared by easyon (30) Gordon (75) Holden Caulfield (105) Pete (76) Rach (24) rolandog (157) seweso (26)Contribute comment
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Honore de Balzac (2)
on Quotes of the Day (2318) permalink"Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other."Shared by b44prz (20) easyon (30)Contribute comment
