Category: Technology
Adobe donates Flex to foundation in community-friendly exit strategy
First Adobe kills Mobile Flash and now Flex looks like it’s about to wither away.
Analyzing Network Characteristics Using JavaScript And The DOM, Part 1
Pretty sure I would never have thought of attempting measuring the speed of the TCP packest with JavaScript.
Stanford researchers outsmart captcha codes
The only two that came out unscathed, Google and ReCaptcha.
Ars Technica – Apple launches iTunes Match: music hoarders need not apply
Seems like a great deal if you either have a lot of music that is in cruddy versions or are away from wherever most of your music is a lot.
American Civil Liberties Union – It Was Close, But We Won: Viva Net Neutrality!
Yeah for Net Neutrality, boo for my State Senator being the one who introduced this resolution.
GeekWire – Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated
Some really interesting stuff in here.
DARPA Shredder Challenge
Neat challenge, it would be cool to work on this problem but image analysis is so far out of my area of expertise.
BBC News – Blackberry PlayBook operating software update delayed
Who could have guessed that people would want native email, calendar and contacts apps?
Marco.org – What’s Next for Apple
Too true.
My Dinner With Android – Four months with Android: reflections, grievances and some tenuous metaphors bundled up into a weighty tome
That pretty much sums up every bit of experience of Android I’ve ever heard.