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A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Windows Live: Don't Live and Let Die >> Geeks With Blogs
His argument is that Microsoft doesn't update its products enough: "In general, Microsoft needs to heed the messaging embedded in its own brands: Redmond's online strategy needs to be active and alive. It can't rest passively on its laurels and allow its momentum to die down." Arguably though the smallest department in Microsoft is the one which comes up with product names. And it's not a centre of excellence.
Introducing OpenCharities: Opening up the Charities Register >> countculture
Chris Taggart, the developer behind OpenlyLocal.com, thought there should be data about charities: "OK, so it seems as though they have no intention of making this data available anytime soon (I actually don't buy that there are Intellectual Property or Data Privacy issues with making basic information about charities available, and if there really are this needs to be changed, pronto), so time for some screen-scraping. Turns out it's a pretty difficult website to scrape, because it requires both cookies and javascript to work properly." But he managed it.
Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic, says Quantcast >> Engadget
"..if you're inclined to believe that Android is mopping up Apple and RIM's declining mobile mindshare in the US, you'll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobile web traffic stateside comes from devices running Google's OS, though it's important to know that the iOS tallies apparently don't include the web-friendly iPad." Anyone know what proportion of mobile traffic the US is?
Javascript chess program in 1024 bytes >> JS1K
Pretty good for its size.
Hidden Features of PHP >> Stack Overflow
"This didn't really start as a hidden features of PHP topic, but thats what it ended up as, so go nuts."
Browsing TfL timetable data TransXchange objects >> Placr News
Ain't gonna be so trivial. Then again, there's a tube strike to give you more time to work on them..
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