While it starts officially on June 1, 2009, and lasts until June 4, 2009, JavaOne also has pre-conference activities for the diehards and other fans; this includes a lot of the additional fun-filled conference-related meetings, for other Java- and Sun-related projects. This year also marks the interesting acquisition of Sun, Java’s steward-sponsor since its release [...]
May 2009
Javamancy has just been refreshed with a decently large system update (although smaller than the previous one from about two weeks ago). In addition to new security updates, Javamancy has also had the page images (the ones you see at the upper right hand corner) refreshed. There were also several sundry operational changes made, including [...]
First, it was an inkling of an idea… Then, it was a lil’ Web app that the techies lurked on… Then, it was experiencing some early growing pains as more mainstream Web users landed on it… Then, it became notorious during the 2008 election year and has continued to even earlier this year, as various [...]
Earlier today, I was strolling through a Best Buy [BBY] store, meandering through the games section (as most adults, and even some children, tend to do), when I began noticing several DVD-cased PC games with a blue-banded cover along the spine (the top 1/5-1/4 and the bottom 1/5-1/4). I pulled several of the titles off [...]
While it’s nice to have fun and joke around in a festive manner, Memorial Day (May 25, 2009) was enacted as a remembrance of the U.S. men and women who sacrificed their lives in military service. The day is almost at an end, but many of you have yet to take a bit of time to honor [...]
More than a year ago, we mentioned the TIOBE Index and how, despite being a popular scan of popular programming languages, is the creature of a commercial venture. A few days ago, Tim Bunce discussed on his blog about how the TIOBE Index can be, and perhaps has been, gamed, primarily through having owners of [...]
The Setup Memorial Day is coming soon, and you’re the one tagged with putting together this year’s fantabulous weekend chowdown extravaganza. Sure, you were thinking about doing the typical ‘dogs ‘n ‘slaw… but your buddies have already called up and complained about the debacle a couple of years ago, when you ran the op and [...]
Sprint [S] has finally released a press announcement concerning the Palm [PALM] Pre launch: June 6, 2009 is the official release date. The earlier speculation about the launch date appears within the range, and it sounds like the pricing is in line with other current smartphones offered by other carriers. A lot of people, myself [...]
