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| Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:55 PM PDT  10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:1. Are the Glory Days Long Gone for I.T.? IF Thomas M. Siebel can accurately see the future, computer science students with the entrepreneurial gene may want to look for a different major. And investors who think that information technology is a sector that will produce outsized returns should wake up. More @ NYTimes.com 2. Scaling Up a Quantum Computer Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO, have demonstrated multiple computing operations on quantum bits--a crucial step toward building a practical quantum computer. More @ TechnologyReview 3. Leave the math to us: Advertisers increase their profits using Conversion Optimizer If you're an old-school AdWords advertiser, you may remember that you originally set bids based on ad impressions (cost-per-impression, or CPM). Later, AdWords transitioned to a new model where bids were set based on ad clicks (cost-per-click, or CPC). Now, as technology has become even more advanced, we're seeing the next phase of search engine advertising. More @ Googleblog 4. Little Walker 5. Tech = Change, Change is Good (Belated Happy Birthday Carla :-) Using computers doesn't require any kind of special geek talents, just study and a mind open to letting some actual knowledge in. Anyone can learn anything, despite the anti-Linux FUD that insists Linux is not ready for "the masses" because it's not magically simple; these fictional moronic masses who exist only in the mind of FUDsters and astroturfers. It's a shame to waste so many electrons on such dumb stuff. More @ LinuxToday 6. Rejected By Apple, iPhone Developers Go Underground Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store, able to reject apps at will — as it did July 28 with Google Voice. But some developers aren't taking the rejection lying down: They're turning instead to an unauthorized app store called Cydia, where forbidden wares continue to exist — and even earn developers some money. More @ Wired.com 7. Linux - The New 'Hot' Job Skill Nationwide unemployment may be heading toward double-digits in the U.S., but among the skills that are in highest demand are those of a Linux sysadmin. That's partly due to the effects of the recession -- more companies are willing to experiment with lower-cost open source alternatives to proprietary software. More @ LinuxInsider 8. Cloud-Generating 1900-Ship Armada to Sink Climate Change 9. Twitter Continues to Battle DDoS Attack More than two days after experiencing a complete outage as a result of a distribute denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, Twitter and other social networking sites such as Facebook are still battling a surge in traffic related to the attack. More @ PCWorld.com 10. The Little But Really Useful Guide to Creativity It's easier than ever to be creative, to create, to imagine and make what's imagined become reality. More @ Zenhabits  |
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