Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister sees recent experiments enabling a resurgence for JavaScript on the server, one likely to dent Java's role in the data center. 'Today, projects such as CommonJS and Node.js are extending JavaScript even further, allowing it to take on Java's traditional role in the data center. In a fascinating role rever […]
The Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) of Southern Nevada is a nonprofit that sends trained volunteers to the site of severe accidents, suicides, fires, and violent theft. The volunteers comfort family members, witnesses, and bystanders—traumatized people who can't be helped by anything found in an ambulance. TIP might seem an unlikely target for a feder […]
Kaia Kanepi võidupäike loojus selleks korraks, aga suur aitüma talle nii toreda turniiri eest. Paistab, et eile Zvonareva vastu oli väsimus enda töö juba ära teinud, kuigi, tõsi küll, tuul takistas täpselt löömist. Samas Jankovici vastu kaks mängu tagasi oli ka tuul, mis aga rohkem vastast segas. Eks ta tegelikult nii ongi, et kui väsimus kipub liigab tegema […]
I’m not writing this post only because the company involved has the awesome name of Schlumpf, but it certainly played a big part. The gadget in question is a new kind of belt-drive for bikes, the Advanced Belt Drive System, or ABDS. The innovation here isn’t in the belts: the drive uses standard 14mm-pitch belts. It’s in the modular setup that uses a few sta […]
Every so often we publish here at OSNews articles about copyright, about the war of the "old media" establishment against everyone else. Many, myself included, have argued that the way to get out of this mess -- short of changing the law -- is to have more artists release their work under a Creative Commons license. However, after a few years it be […]
We've all heard of patent trolls who buy up patents without using them to make any products. Their only goal is to seek out possible infringers and sue them, making money via the justice system. It was only a matter of time, but we've now got something new: copyright trolls. […]