Planet KDE
You may have already wondered why you can't use the full disc space on an ext2/3/4 partition? You already seen something like this, where the used and available blocks don't fit the number of blocks on the device/partition:> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used…
19 August 2011MacOSXHints.com
When logging in to an account on Lion the login items as well as any applications being resumed get launched right away; in my case, this happens before the system has had a chance to unlock the external encrypted disk that some of these programs need…
19 August 2011Slashdot
thatpythonguy writes "Addison-Wesley publishers has released The Python Standard Library By Example, another Python book that strategically fits in between programming cookbooks and library reference manuals. It brings the Python standard library that…
19 August 2011The Official Google Blog
Hey—we've moved. Visit The Keyword for all the latest news and stories from Google Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture My BOLDest summer yet: A recap from the frontlines of a Google internship Lie down and…
19 August 2011Slashdot
snydeq writes with an editorial in InfoWorld about the resurgence of native code. From the article: "Modern programmers have increasingly turned away from native compilation in favor of managed-code environments such as Java and .Net, which shield them…
18 August 2011Planet Mozilla
We can’t change history, but we can change the future. Be nice to each other. @robertnyman HTML5 Forms input types, attributes and new elements – demos, tips and tricks Forms on the web. They are literally everywhere, and there seem to really be all…
16 August 2011Slashdot
Samfer writes "On Friday August 12th 2011, the results for the final ISO ballot on C++0x came in, and the ISO C++ Standards Committee were unanimous in favor of approving the new C++0x (for now unofficially known as C++11) object-oriented programming…
16 August 2011Planet GNOME
Network servers are traditionally implemented using a separate process or thread per connection. For high performance applications that need to handle a very large number of clients simultaneously, this approach won't work well, because factors such as…
16 August 2011Macworld
If you've never used Multi-Touch gestures on your Mac, Lion's new emphasis on them may make you feel as though you're being asked to learn a new language. Which, in a way, you are. Here's how to climb the learning curve as smoothly as possible.
15 August 2011TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TUAW's Dave Caolo did an in-depth look at OS X Lion's new window/application manager, Mission Control, the day of OS X Lion's launch. If you're completely confused about Mission Control's features, Dave's post is a good place to get a baseline of…
13 August 2011