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It’s no wonder recruiting good developers is difficult when (quoting the article) “199 out of 200 applicants for every programming job can
’t write code at all. I repeat: they can’t write any code whatsoever.”
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A new eco-car that combines a motorbike with a car is being tipped to reduce road congestion and carbon emissions at a stroke. The bizzare-looking, cocoon-like vehicle drives like a car but corners like a motorcycle due to a unique tilting systems which enables it to lean at 45 degrees
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Ever want to remove the default Yahoo! Search title of your site, since it was using the Yahoo! Directory title? Well, now you can with a new meta tag! Finally!
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“A lot of people pay zero for the cell phone. Guess why? That’s what it’s worth,” Apple Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook said yesterday.
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Want to take Linux for a spin? Forget partitions, dual-boot setups and live CDs: The new Ubuntu Windows installer lets you run the Linux distro while keeping the rest of your system intact.
In other words, it’s like a live CD without the CD. Just run the installer, which in turn downloads a disk image of [...]

Steve Jobs definitely loves having symmetry in his product lines, so even though this seems pretty unlikely it’s not totally impossible that he’d want to bring multitouch to stuff besides the iPhone…
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There’s one in every picture. Some fool who ruins your shot by closing their eyes just as you hit the shutter button. Well, Canon’s looking to make that a thing of the past with their new Blink Shot technology, which won’t let you take a picture if your subject’s eyes are closed.
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It is a simple brute force attack, dumb as a rock that just tries keys. If it gets one, you manually have to check it and try activation. Is is ugly, takes hours, is far from point and click, but it is said to work. I don’t have any Vista installs because of the anti-user [...]

The Supra was one of the most popular tuner cars of the ’90’s and continues to be regarded as one of the ultimate Japanese rockets. At the recent Detroit Auto Show, Toyota shocked the world with what may be the actual Supra replacement. Currently dubbed the FT-HS concept, this super-Toyota is actually a hybrid!
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This guy must have had to much free time on his hands, but feel free to come up with more fresh ideas on how to make the day more fun
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