20 Jul
Rick Schummer notes Bill Gates is puzzled by computer science apathy: “This is a headline in this morning’s Great Lakes IT Report: “Bill Gates is puzzled by computer science apathy.” I also read a couple of news items with the same story yesterday. If he wants to understand it, all he has to do is [...]
Posted in Microsoft by: Ted Roche
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20 Jul
Slashdot posts: Google Moon Debuts. Ian writes “From the FAQ: ‘One small step for Google… On July 20, 1969, man first landed on the Moon. A few decades later, we’re pleased to cut you in on the action. Google Moon is an extension of Google Maps and Google Earth that, courtesy of NASA imagery (thanks, [...]
Posted in Technology by: Ted Roche
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20 Jul
Slashdot notes Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.6 Released. micpp writes “Only a short time after the release of version 1.0.5, Mozilla has released version 1.0.6 of both Firefox and Thunderbird . This update fixes a bug in the browser and email program which prevented some extensions from working.”
Oops. Sometimes the cure is almost as bad as [...]
Posted in OpenSource by: Ted Roche
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