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RIAA Lawyer Jumps Ship 181

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday May 09, 2008 @06:22PM from the bigger-better-deal dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's top litigation lawyer, who has been personally leading the RIAA's litigation campaign for the past several years, Richard Gabriel, will be leaving his law practice after getting a job as a state court judge for a 2-year term in Colorado. What this will mean to the RIAA's litigation machine is anyone's guess. Mr. Gabriel has personally argued all of the RIAA's main cases, including Elektra v. Barker, Atlantic v. Howell, Atlantic v. Brennan, Capitol v. Foster, Atlantic v. Andersen, UMG v. Lindor, and London-Sire v. Doe 1, and personally tried the Capitol v. Thomas case, the only RIAA case that has ever gone to trial. He was working directly under the supervision of the RIAA's mysterious 'representative' Matthew Oppenheim."

Concept Computer Based on a Tea Cup Design 166

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday April 04, 2008 @03:02PM from the new-hot-coffee-mod-on-the-way dept.

webarnold writes "A new concept computer is being designed to look like a tea cup. Using holographic projectors, view your data inside the cup, 'spilled' onto the table, or transfer it to other Cup PC users by pouring data into their cup." Acceptance of something like this seems a bit far-fetched given current tech, but no nomad-space comparisons are being made.

Is the Google Web Toolkit Right For You? 163

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 28, 2006 @09:41AM from the sure-why-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The recently released Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a comprehensive set of APIs and tools that lets you create dynamic Web applications almost entirely in Java code. However, GWT is something of an all-or-nothing approach, targeted at a relatively small niche in Web application development market. This article shows you what GWT can do and will help you decide if it's the best tool to use for your web development."

Ubuntu 6.06 Reviewed 351

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 03, 2006 @11:43AM from the kicking-the-tires dept.

Mark writes "This year has been a huge step forward for Desktop Linux users. First, Fedora Core 5 was released and featured the new Gnome 2.14. Then SUSE 10.1 showed us how well applications could be integrated to make a desktop look great. Now it was time for Ubuntu to release their latest version: 'Dapper Drake.'" Oh yeah, the inital review is good, too. Worth checking out for desktop Linux users.

Comment Re:Pair Programming and ADHD? (Score 1) 1748

by Patisserie on Thursday June 19, 2003 @10:23PM (#6250403) Attached to: Working with ADHD?

I haven't officially tried XP on the job; our management remains unenlightened. However I HAVE managed to sneak in some XP/Agile opportunities, with very good results, personally.

I'm ADD and your story is a parallel to mine. Except, I work in a big IS shop for a retail grocery chain. 17 years there and all of it in fear that they'd find out that I'm a screw-up.

The most recent XP situation actually involved Requirements/Analysis under pressure. I enjoyed the experience and it really pulled our butts out of the fire. I felt envigorated and that I was actually accomplishing something. It also served to remind me that I'm not an idiot. The other person, a more seasoned, Senior Analyst, actually called me a genius. That meant a lot.

I'm convinced that XP and the Agile methodologies, are the way to go for me.

A small, rag-tag band of "Agile Agitators" are trying to work more of this in as we find the opportunities. Biding our time...

Patisserie

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