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Ultrafast stock trading relies upon computer programs that take years to develop and are closely guarded secrets.
The trailer for the sequel to the anti-piracy meme hit Don't Copy That Floppy, updated to include modern day crimes and punishments. From the looks of it, there will still be plenty of terrible rap.
A message from a software maker that aims to make the nasty software pirates feel bad for cracking their code. Wait, do pirates actually feel shame?
Tech Buzz Bloggers and tech writers reveal the programs they use. I’m a big fan of: Firefox, Adium, TextPad, Google Reader and Gmail (which I run through Fluid) and Gimp for my sad little Photoshop moments. What do you use?
Tech Buzz A new version of Firefox is coming soon, and they’re hoping to set a Guinness Record for the most downloads in a single day. You can pledge to download here, or just wait until it’s out and then download it; the official date will be released soon.
Tech Buzz The Gray Lady is reportedly working on the first newspaper API. Aron Pilhofer, the paper’s editor of interactive news, says the goal is to “make the NYT programmable. Everything we produce should be organized data.”
Tilt your iPhone and the world tilts with you. This demo of virtual Earth software from Earthscape offers many of the same features as Google Earth, with the bonus of being able to tilt and rotate the phone to change perspective as you navigate.
Tech Buzz A trend in interface design towards simplicity. It’s not just text editing: More and more software is being release to make using the computer just at wee bit less overwhelming and a tad more zen.
Tech Buzz Like Howard Beale in Network, many longtime Microsoft Word users are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. So they’re abandoning Word in droves, turning instead to Google Docs and other more elegant, intuitive, user-friendly apps such as Scrivener, WriteRoom, and Buzzword for all their word-processing needs.
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