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PyPy 1.2 Released
The latest news from Google on open source releases, major projects, events, and outreach programs for early career developers.
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How two magical words increased signups by 28%
Viadeo, a leading SaaS company, used Wingify Testing serivices to increase the CTR on the sign-up form placed on their home page by 28%.
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Some fun mathematical puzzles
Explore research at Microsoft, a site featuring the impact of research along with publications, products, downloads, and research careers.
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FreeBSD 8.1 released
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the 8-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 8.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights:
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Introduction to Pyjamas
Create, build, and maintain websites and web apps that run in a browser.
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How to get better at UI design
A curated guide to UI and UX design books, courses, pattern libraries, publications, and conferences, with resource recommendations reviewed for 2026.
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Firefox 4 Beta 1 Released
Experience cutting-edge browser features in pre-release versions: Firefox Developer Edition, Firefox Beta and Firefox Nightly. Download now!
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Faster Firefox landing page increases download conversion by 15%
Let's start with the punchline: By making a few minor tweaks to our top landing pages, we can drive an additional 60,000,000 Firefox downloads per ...
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Apple seeking to patent spyware
It looks like Apple, Inc., is exploring a new business opportunity: spyware and what we're calling "traitorware." While users were celebrating the new jailbreaking and unlocking exemptions, Apple was quietly preparing to apply for a patent on technology that, among other things, would allow Apple...
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MSNBOT must die
If you've suffered any problems accessing any of the sites, the databases, the CPAN mirror, etc from the CPAN Testers server last night, please direct your wrath at Microsoft. Last night the msnbot took out the CPAN Testers server with a dedicated denial of service attack. As a consequence measures are now being put…
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Introducing the Ubuntu Font Family to the web
Google and the Ubuntu project have today released the Ubuntu Font Family to the world through the Google Font Directory. The new Ubuntu Fon...
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Firefox will support VP8 (aka WebM)
Five important items of note today relating to Mozilla's support for the VP8 codec: 1. Google will be releasing VP8 under an open source and royalty-free basis. VP8 is a ...
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Our first week in the Chrome Webstore: the numbers
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