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IBM announced that it is creating an on-demand animation service with RenderRocket, a first-of-its-kind game hosting service with OGSI and an on-demand hosting environment for Hoplon, which supports a game design running on an IBM mainframe.

Denial of service attack forces Sun to withdraw public access to their new grid service.

Greg Stein, Chairman of the Apache Software Foundation, says open source is becoming the paradigm of choice and that in five to 10 years, most software will be free. Paying job prospects for developers looking up...

Will you still be able to get the laptops with the glowing eyes?

Comment out first, delete second. Version control always.

No, they're not smaller than the video iPod, it's Carbon Nanotube Television (CNT), and they'll be 60-100" diagonal upon arrival. Yes please, I'll take one.

Versions for business will be available by November, but Microsoft will miss holiday consumer sales.

News for Wednesday, March 22 2006

Hovering cars appear on Google Earth. The truth is out there!

Code Master Challenge. Write a Windows Vista app, win $50,000USD. What could be more simple?

According to producer, Rick McCallum, the series will be set between episodes three and four and should begin production in 2008.

He missed the record by about 2,000 digits, and is only about 12th on the world-wide list of reciters.

Developers have an opportunity for revenue from developing mini-applications, called Gadgets, for Windows Vista according to Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore.

Learn more about the upcoming Office file formats (soon to be ECMA Standard)

Sun Developer Expert Assistance program will provide e-mail based answers ($99USD per request) and Sun Community Champions Program will highlight community developers for their work promoting Sun tools and services.

You'll now have to wait a few more sleeps before you get your hands on the shipping version of Windows Vista as it's now set for release in January 2007.

News for Tuesday, March 21 2006

The motor that rotates Mars rover Spirit's front right wheel seems to have stopped working according to NASA officials. Only 779 days into its 90 day mission.

Bridging the gap between application developers and Web designers has always been a problem for companies building high-impact Web sites. Now Microsoft Corp. thinks it has the answer through its use of an XML-based language called Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).

Samsung has begun selling their new flash-based hard drive. Silent and fast, but only 32GB. (Pricing not mentioned)

Now everyone's favourite search engine has a finance page. Beta, of course.

Is is part of the longest ever translation exercise for The Code Project, or just curiousity by the code-frog?

Still love Netware? Don't worry, Novell does too -- at least until 2015.

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