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Google Video has now gone live. You can check out the about page on how it works.
“Just type in your search term (for instance, iPod or Napa Valley) or do a more advanced search (for instance, title:nightline) and Google Video will search the closed captioning text of all the programs in our archive for relevant […]

Apple today launched the new iPod Shuffle which comes in two models, the pocket-size 512MB or 1G models starting at $99. You can read more about the iPod shuffle here.

I have 6 Gmail invites available if anyone is interested. The first 6 people to comment will receive an invite. Be sure to leave me with your email address.

Joel Spolsky of JoelOnSoftware is a well renowned software developer and often gives good advice for programmers. A recent article posted on his site is about giving advice to college students pursing a Computer Science degree.
Joel’s advice consists of:

Learn how to write before graduating.
Learn C before graduating.
Learn microeconomics before graduating.
Don’t blow off non-CS classes just […]

Below is a list of organisations that are helping the needs of the tsunami victims in Asia. If you would like to make a contribution then send it to anyone of the organisations listed below.
Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
(212) 967-7800
www.actionagainsthunger.org
ADRA International
Asia Tsunami Crisis Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(800) 424-ADRA […]

“There are times when it may be desired to put the MXML pages outside of the Flex web application structure. This TechNote describe how to configure IIS to accomplish that. This TechNote requires that the web server already be configured to communicate with JRun or ColdFusion and MXML pages can be served up correctly via […]