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Firefox Gets Massive JavaScript Performance Boost (34)
on Slashdot (10732) permalinkmonkeymonkey writes "Mozilla has integrated tracing optimization into SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript interpreter in Firefox. This improvement has boosted JavaScript performance by a factor of 20 to 40 in certain contexts. Ars Technica interviewed Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich (the original creator of JavaScript) and Mozilla's vice president of engineering, Mike Shaver. They say that tracing optimization will 'take JavaScript performance into the next tier' and 'get people thinking about JavaScript as a more general-purpose language.' The ...Shared by AJ (28) André (72) carlback (35) chills (27) David (38) David (55) Denis (32) focoma (87) GerardM (101) Hermes Freitas (41) Jamin (190) Jared (104) Jason Matthews (64) Jeff (128) Joe Lencioni (66) John (22) Jonas Bolinder (42) Justin Ribeiro (71) leonard (52) minus-one (40) Odysseus F (68) PJ Kix (90) Rob (35) Robert (29) sascha (33) Shelton (44) sirmikester (118) Stavros (33) Stephen (29) svartling (173) Vincent van Wylick (77) WindPower (109) Zach (270) Zaki (217)Explore read four notes
- John said: Now if all the browsers could just standardize on this!!!
- chills said: Great to see more javascript improvements, first on Safari, now Firefox... This could really have an impact on the quality of new web apps...
- Jason Matthews said: and here i thought firefox 3 was fast at rendering JS. but this... i want this. i want it immediately.
- sirmikester said: If true, this is kind of a big deal
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Herkimer gets a new brewer (1)
on MNBeer - Beer from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Paul and beyond (12) permalinkAccording to the Pioneer Press, Herkimer has gotten a new brewer. Gustavo de Toledo of Paulaner Brauhaus beer in Munich has taken the reins and hopes to create some new varieties while retaining the classics.Shared by Joe Lencioni (66)Contribute comment
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Jerry Seinfeld Will Plug Vista (9)
on Slashdot (10732) permalinkBarence writes "Microsoft has signed up comedian Jerry Seinfeld to its $300 million Vista PR blitz, as it attempts to turn around the negative perception surrounding its operating system. Reports suggest Bill Gates will also appear in the ads, which, given the comedy timing he displayed in his 'Bill's Last Day' video, and the deadpan manner of Seinfeld, could result in a huge hit for the company." Reader Zarmanto notes in his journal that "Mac ...Shared by AMERICA_2008 (18) ash (157) Busybee (21) cmwaugh (41) fyc (123) Glenn Batuyong (266) Joe Lencioni (66) Jorge (43) Matt (27)Contribute comment
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Mozilla Crowns Best Firefox 3 Extensions [Firefox Extensions] (231)
on Lifehacker (36927) 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 (110) 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 (487) 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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EMI/Virgin Records Sues Platinum Selling Band For $30 Million... Despite Not Paying Them A Dime In Royalties (18)
on Techdirt (2251) permalinkIt's always fun to remember stories like the following one the next time you hear some RIAA exec claim that it represents musicians. The RIAA represents the record labels and record labels are continually at odds with musicians -- sometimes to extreme levels. Wired reported that EMI/Virgin Records had sued the band 30 Seconds To Mars for $30 million recently. The band is apparently fronted by movie star Jared Leto, and is considered something of ...Shared by BIGODE (115) Blaise (132) Christopher Gizzi (177) Db0 (116) Hamish.MacEwan (64) Jeff (67) jerry (76) Joe Lencioni (66) John Magnus (211) Kyle (29) mikecs83 (20) Neagrigore (66) Ross (88) Ryan (45) Scott (82) tarasis (22) trygve (64) usrbingeek (75)Contribute comment
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A Mozilla Plugin to Help Overcome IE Rendering Flaw (16)
on Slashdot (10732) 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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TIGGR shared as favorite Solar Cells - Made In a Pizza Oven (17)
on Slashdot (10732) permalinkstylemessiah writes "The winner of several Eureka Science Awards in Australia is a crafty chick who devised a way to create solar cells cheaply using a pizza oven, nail polish and an inkjet printer. This was developed to address the high cost of cells and in particular for the world's poorest regions. She wanted to give the ~2 billion people around the world who don't have electricity the gift of light and cheap energy. This ...Shared by Darkick (48) DarthMolen (113) Dave (166) Eric Carlson (31) James Wang (15) Jeff (67) Joe Lencioni (66) Joewxboy (34) josep (46) kebernet (165) Rangaraj (15) Sol Young (66) TIGGR (106) Tometheus (33) Travis (45) trygve (64) WindPower (109)
- James Wang said: Hmm, well, I guess Bertucci's now has an alternate business plan if their pizza shops start going under.
- Tometheus said: NOTE: Before going on, I'd like to just say it's a good idea and I'm not denigrating the inventor. However, this raises an interesting question. They've patented this technology intended to help the "world's poorest regions". Aren't those two aims working at opposite ends? Usually patents are intended to keep people from 'illegally' copying a design / process, but if you truly want it to help the poorest people, the only way to really do that is allow others to copy / improve / make cheaper. I understand she's probably not the person who insisted on the patent, and I also realize that licenses can be given away for free, but I think it raises an interesting philosophical question. If you're trying to be altruistic and help the poor, then BE altruistic and do it without patents. Of course there are those who would argue that altruism doesn't /truly/ exist......
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Intel Says They've Taken A Huge Leap in Wireless Power Tech [Wireless Charging] (20)
on Gizmodo (18235) permalinkWireless power for charging gadgets has been among the more vaporous of developments we've been hearing promises of for years. While there are a few working instances of the tech on the market, its large-scale adoption still feels miles away. So a grain of salt should be taken with this NY Times report claiming Intel will announce a major wireless power breakthrough today at the Intel Developers Forum, but the details do seem enticing this ...Shared by AaronTN (189) Angus (93) Chris (35) David (51) Dileepa (63) Erik C. Thauvin (153) FVT or FVTer (75) G Code (290) Jaron (64) javaneze (149) Joe Lencioni (66) JR A (108) Keenan (66) Keith (78) Mark Torromeo (34) mindspace (72) Paul Winch (150) searingblue (59) tarman (186) WindPower (109)
- Mark Torromeo said: BUY BUY BUY!!!!
- David said: SCIENCE!
- Dileepa said: I wish for the day when wireless power is as ubiquitous as mobile phone connectivity... we will all be 'powerfull' always!
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Stakeout Fail (69)
on FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (4243) permalinkSubmitted by ChrissyShared by al (40) Alex Carpenter (22) Alvin A. (99) Andy (23) beanj007 (52) Beth (35) Brett L. (49) Carl (84) charliereece (49) Chris (124) Chris (49) Chris (35) ChrisOfSpades (49) Chung (393) Clay (145) David (33) Dennis Hostetler (61) Doug Stewart (212) Éric (50) Erik J. Heels (237) fatmuggz (28) Gary Gifford Jr (53) graywolf (139) Greg (44) hober (81) IanZ (54) jadielady (124) Jaemi kehoe (60) Jason Ardell (37) jayman16 (204) Jeff Crump (101) Jess (36) Joe Lencioni (66) John (29) Jon (47) jonmower (45) Josh Anastasia (3) Joshua (36) Kay (100) kebernet (165) Kevin (412) Kreg (28) Lance (21) Laura (29) lnxcwby (97) Malakun (36) Matteo.Balzani (16) mikehillwig (46) nparker13 (608) Rachael (39) Randem (149) RivenStar (78) RTPeat (68) Ru> (59) Ryan (100) Sam (38) Sandaruwan (62) Scott (32) Sean (87) Shack (70) Sheryl (29) Shinya ICHINOHE (129) Sonya Smith (93) StatisticsIO (87) Thiago (103) Tim (212) TiTi (399) Vudoo Vu (47) wildgica (179)Explore read five notes
- charliereece said: Awesome.
- StatisticsIO said: awesome juice
- Joshua said: collective authority resistance WIN
- Kay said: Totally almost shared this one. It made me LOL!! (I hate myself a little more for typing that.)
- Brett L. said: LOL for sure.
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LSD Could Heal Thousands as Therapeutic Tool (14)
permalinkLarge numbers of people could benefit from the use of psychedelics as entheogens, introducing people to spiritual experiences, reducing pain and suffering due to isolation, by the irresistible realisation that each of us is a small part of something much greater than any of us, that separateness is an illusion, there is nothing to fear, and love is accessible, shame can be left permanently behind.Shared by Alex France (533) Alex Jarvis (12) Coty Gonzales (15) Emanuel Miller (17) ilias Charis (83) jah (46) Joe Lencioni (66) Logan Koester (6) mark boyce (44) Mike Nayyar (432) Offline (26) Ryan (72) Somazx (26) Stacey B. (39)Contribute comment
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What Michael thinks of Volleyball (1)
on The Office Fan Site: Life In The Office (10) permalinkEnjoy! ~ChrisShared by Joe Lencioni (66)Contribute comment
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Federal Judge Throws Out Gag Order Against Boston Students in Subway Case (10)
on Wired: Threat Level (512) permalinkA federal judge in Boston this morning let expire a temporary gag order against three MIT students who were prevented from presenting a talk on security vulnerabilities in the Boston subway's fare tickets and cards. U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole, Jr., vacated the temporary 10-day restraining order that another judge had instituted more than a week ago against the students and which was scheduled to expire today. District Judge O'Toole also threw out a ...Shared by Andrea Rossetti (77) CJ (338) FKU (76) Gonzo (92) Jessica (47) Joe Lencioni (66) Judith Perrolle (11) MikeD (47) Sally Robinson (18) Scott (82)
- MikeD said: Sweet! Goddamn Boston is so backwards. First the Aqua Teen terrorist signs and then this gag order. They keep getting pulled kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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Lowest Posted Speed Limit in Losanjealous (2)
permalink9.46pm, August 17, 2008. Alongside Verdugo Rd., Eagle Rock, CA. Police officer: “I clocked you going 2 3/4 mph, son. Let’s see that license and registration.” DF: “Sheeeeeit.”Shared by Esther (34) Joe Lencioni (66)
- Esther said: Awesome.
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Geography Fail (127)
on FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (4243) permalinkSubmitted by Nicola MShared by . (81) $udhi™ (65) Aaron (74) Abhinav (78) Adam (72) al (40) Alex (156) Alex (449) Amir (85) Andrew Boardman (212) Bacchus (31) Bast (57) Ben Jackson (19) boerge30 (19) Bruce (65) Burad (36) Caleb (37) Carl (84) carsten (29) cassio (32) ChaoticMind (25) Charles (276) chimeric (47) Chris (49) Chris Schrier (57) CJ (338) ClinicalCases (261) Crutcher D (100) Dan (33) Dan (35) Danny (17) darkeye11547 (1094) David (37) David (45) Deanna (119) dH (26) djspark (358) Don C (21) Earl E Morningwood (154) Elcio (27) Elizabeth (10) eMich (110) Emily (42) Éric (50) Eugene (148) Evan (33) farbod (224) Felipe Hummel (51) Frank (44) Gene W (90) giginger (112) Greg (44) Hermes Freitas (41) Imran (35) jacarui (64) Jamy (66) Jared (106) Jason L (56) Jess (36) JesusDQ (44) jetienne (53) Joe Lencioni (66) John (46) Jonas (30) josebiro (19) Josh (140) Josh Justice (28) kebernet (165) Ken Sykora (27) Kevin (412) L'oracolo (37) Lauro (56) Malakun (36) mamelouk (12) Mark (20) Mark (35) Message (22) mgratzer (33) Mike Mol (35) MikePearce (32) MiramarMike (104) Morgan (46) Musa (44) Nick (70) Nick (37) Nikki (179) Nirav (203) nkronberg (180) NullG (49) Patrick (50) pfostpfilms (31) PsychoPenguin (25) Psythor (38) Rantan (136) Rhiannon (31) Richard (66) Rick Klau (352) RivenStar (78) Rob (111) Rob (106) Rob (69) Ross (20) Roy (30) Ryan Triggs (18) Sam (40) Sam (38) Sandaruwan (62) Scott (27) Scott (32) Scott Harrison (20) Sharath (57) Shayna (110) shrutes (62) StatisticsIO (87) Stephen (68) szajmon (47) Tim (92) Tim (212) Timo Heuer (87) tjp (50) Tom (49) Unseen (79) Valentina (31) WhisKiTo (109) Wilka (39) Zubin (30) 猫影 (77)Explore read nine notes
- Elizabeth said: Please tell me this is a sad, sick joke.
- StatisticsIO said: His first words must have been "uncle dadda".
- David said: I'm speechless... but I suppose I shouldn't be.
- MikePearce said: holy crap!
- josebiro said: Geography Fail, Spelling fail, grammar fail, intelligence fail... the list goes on...
- $udhi™ said: LOLz ! I live in "georegia" but I don't see "rusia"?!!
- Sandaruwan said: This person might have asked the question as a joke.. or are people are getting dumber each day?
- Rhiannon said: OMG
- MiramarMike said: Ha ha ha ha ha - love it
Contribute comment - Review of the first three SSH clients for the iPhone (19)
