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  • Jun
  • 18
  • 2008

Giva Labs - mcDropdown jQuery Plug-in | Giva

This is a really cool plug-in for jQuery. It converts a tree of list element into a Form control w/full keyboard support. It basically works like an select element, but contains a full tree control.

<ul id="categorymenu" class="mcdropdown_menu"> <li rel="1"> Arts &amp; Humanities <ul> <li rel="2"> Photography…

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  • Jun
  • 18
  • 2008

Cadence wants to buy Mentor for $1.6B

“Cadence is stressing that its all-cash proposal represents a 30% premium over the $12.33 closing price of Mentors stock on June 16, the last trading day prior to public disclosure of the proposal but is this the best thing for the industry? Analysts are predicting the fight will get ugly, really quickly.”

As Bill and I explained to you on May 2, based upon our knowledge of Mentor Graphics from currently available public information, Cadence is prepared to acquire Mentor Graphics for $16.00 per share in cash. Our proposal is not subject to any…

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  • Jun
  • 03
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Make Your Own DIY Multitouch Pad “Minority report style”

Learn how to make your very own DIY multitouch pad in just a few minutes and at a minimal cost.

2. Pieces of clear, sturdy material such as glass, acrylic or plexiglas

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  • May
  • 27
  • 2008

SoundManager 2: Javascript Sound for the Web

From the site: “SoundManager is a Javascript Sound API which talks to Flash, effectively mapping most of Flash 8's native sound capabilities to Javascript. It allows web developers and front-end engineers to programmatically control sound in a cross-browser/platform way using Javascript.”

Flash has a few different sandbox modes; effectively, a Flash movie cannot have access to both the local file system and remote (network/internet) resources simultaneously unless specifically granted access (ie., by whitelisting in the…

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  • May
  • 24
  • 2008

Computer Mediated Communication

In the present era of globalization and liberalization, the whole world is a market place and the complete population across the globe is the buyer. Therefore, many countries have opened their markets for the products from other countries so that the residents can have access to quality products for lesser price.

?Thus after exploring all aspects of computer mediated communication; I found that the crucial factor in our case was time. The Chinese company had to be informed about the decision regarding the import of toys without any loss of time. Secondly,…

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  • May
  • 23
  • 2008

What People Thought the Future Would Look Like [PICS]

22 articstic pics that shows what people thought the future would look like 100 years ago …

What People Thought the Future Would Look Like…100 Years Ago , funny art pics.

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  • May
  • 18
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Former Microsoft mgr offers fix for XP SP3 ‘endless reboot ‘

A former Microsoft security manager has published a tool designed to detect and fix PCs that may be susceptible to “endless reboots” if updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).

Discover the benefits of paravirtualization in this informative webcast today. This server virtualization-themed webcast not only explores how to improve virtualized server performance, but provides real-world user examples, explains how…

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  • May
  • 17
  • 2008

Dot-me, baby: Clock is ticking on .me domain names

Trademark-holders have until May 20 to register their company and product names under the new .me domain, which is being marketed as a generic top-level domain by the country of Montenegro. Applicants include Apple — which registered apple.me, ipod.me and itunes.me — as well as Microsoft, Skype and Digg.

IT professionals like the idea of consolidating hundreds of servers into only a few, but it takes a lot more to cost effectively consolidate and virtualize servers. Watch this six-chapter webcast, “Reduce Complexity and Cost - Windows…

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  • May
  • 16
  • 2008

3kb Ajax Image Gallery and Slideshow

This lightweight image gallery and slide show script clocks in under 3 kilobytes packed with a number of cool features.

@Bramus - Perhaps not Ajax in the truest sense of the word, no. The images are loaded as they are called and not all at once as they are in many similar scripts. There is no question the term “Ajax” has gained a broader…

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  • Apr
  • 19
  • 2008

Encyclopedia Britannica Now Free For Bloggers

Encyclopedia Britannica is used in often case studies as a definitive example of how new technology can disrupt a business. Everything was great for the nearly 250 year old privately held company until the Internet came around and category five hurricaned on their parade.

However, marketing agencies have still not had time to incorporate Wikipedia into their efforts. Wikipedia relies on the fact that volunteer contributors are more dedicated than vandals and trolls (and generally more conversant with the…

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  • Apr
  • 17
  • 2008

Real People Don’t Have Time for Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Interesting post on the time it takes to be involved in social media. Let's be honest here: we're all a bunch of social media addicts. We're junkies. Whether it's a new Twitter app, a new Facebook feature, or a new social anything service, we're all over it. But we may not be the norm. The truth is, being involved in social media takes time…

Really important point you and Nina Simon got there. I work in public service media in Denmark, and one of my goals for spending (a lot of) time on social media is to find a new model for public journalism. There is a lot of buzz about…

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  • Apr
  • 14
  • 2008

Improve form usability with auto messages

This tutorial explains how to improve form usability adding an auto message which appears and disappears with a nice fade-in and fade-out effect when an user select a field.

Nice Tutorial. I would have made a few changes. Use unobtrusive Javascript techniquesAnd I would have put the message in the content as a div before the input instead of doing a javascript insert. Then I would have pushed in far left (off the…

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  • Apr
  • 09
  • 2008

Microsoft discloses 14,000 pages of coding secrets

Microsoft today lifted the lid on 14,000 pages of sketchy versions of tech documentation for core software code. On show for the first time in public are underlying protocols for Office 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007.

The EC is scrutinising several server products and Office Open XML (OOXML) on the grounds that the specification doesn't work with those of competitors. Just last week OOXML bagged enough votes to be passed as an international…

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  • Apr
  • 09
  • 2008

Why Digg Works. And Where it Fails.

Interesting insights into where Digg helps to overcome information overload and where it does not.

As Techcrunch points out, this is not only Digg’s secret: many successful Web 2.0 services aim to make it easier for people to deal with the mountain of information they are facing every day. And due to the scope of the information…