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October 2009
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Download Prevx 3.0
by ERSWeb
(via)
Prevx 3.0 detects, removes, and protects, helping to keep your PC and personal information safe from malicious software such as rootkits like MBR, Banking Trojans like Zeus, BOTs like Conficker as well as regular viruses, worms, spyware and adware
April 2009
TV4IT : Développement : pourquoi le multicoeur change les règles du jeux
by pac-recrutement
A l'heure où la course au nombre de coeurs a succédé à la course aux hertz, une question s'impose : comment le logiciel peut-il suivre et tirer parti de cette puissance ? Autrement dit : comment les développeurs peuvent-ils peu à peu appréhender les techniques de la programmation parallèle ? En ont-ils les moyens et... la volonté ? Débat et réponses avec Bruno Boucard, architecte au sein de la SGIB (Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking) et Eric Vernié, en charge des relations techniques avec les développeurs au sein de Microsoft.
March 2009
Home Income Plan
by postasaurus
Mail online have reported that UK pensioners with an existing equity release scheme could save up to £300 million collectively by switching to an alternative plan at a lower interest rate. Equity release rates are fixed for life and have reduced over the past few years from around 8% to approximately 6%. The site claims that customers who have loans with the longest established lenders such as, Northern Rock and Mortgage Express could gain significantly by switching. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 pensioners could save up to £30,000 in interest payments over a 15 year period by switching their current equity release plan to one with a lower interest rate.
February 2009
Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Your Ads, Richer
by kuroyagi
(via)
"A small group of advertisers tested it in the fourth quarter of 2008 and saw click-through rates rise by as much as 25 percent. They’ve also seen improved brand exposure and conversion rates."
ChucK => Strongly-timed, On-the-fly Audio Programming Language
by Emaux
& 3 others
ChucK is a new (and developing) audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, performance, and now, analysis - fully supported on MacOS X, Windows, and Linux. ChucK presents a new time-based, concurrent programming model that's highly precise and expressive (we call this strongly-timed), as well as dynamic control rates, and the ability to add and modify code on-the-fly. In addition, ChucK supports MIDI, OSC, HID device, and multi-channel audio. It's fun and easy to learn, and offers composers, researchers, and performers a powerful programming tool for building and experimenting with complex audio synthesis/analysis programs, and real-time interactive control
Interest Rate Cuts All Round?
by polyxena
Thursday will have a similar deal - the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England announce their interest rates. The ECB is forecast - only forecast - to keep things the same, resisting any pressure to cut - which the larger members of the EU, France, Germany, would prefer - but others, Portugal, for example are dead against it.
January 2009
GonzoBanker - The Evolving World of Internet Banking
by yatahonga
(via)
"While there will likely always be a separate product for the high end, expect to see retail and business solutions merge into one platform and product."
ODP - Open Directory Project
by Emaux
& 17 others
The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
The Republic of the Web
The web continues to grow at staggering rates. Automated search engines are increasingly unable to turn up useful results to search queries. The small paid editorial staffs at commercial directory sites can't keep up with submissions, and the quality and comprehensiveness of their directories has suffered. Link rot is setting in and they can't keep pace with the growth of the Internet.
Instead of fighting the explosive growth of the Internet, the Open Directory provides the means for the Internet to organize itself. As the Internet grows, so do the number of net-citizens. These citizens can each organize a small portion of the web and present it back to the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping only the best content.
December 2008
MD5 considered harmful today
by karlcow
This successful proof of concept shows that the certificate validation performed by browsers can be subverted and malicious attackers might be able to monitor or tamper with data sent to secure websites. Banking and e-commerce sites are particularly at risk because of the high value of the information secured with HTTPS on those sites. With a rogue CA certificate, attackers would be able to execute practically undetectable phishing attacks against such sites.
