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• — It’s Time to Get Behind the Semantic Web

     (Friday, 10 September 2010 17:53)

  In 2005 I dedicated an issue of Standards Today to the future of the Semantic Web. The centerpiece was a very detailed interview (over 5,700 words) with the inventor of both the Web and the Semantic Web, Tim Berners-Lee. It's now five years later, and the Semantic Web may - finally - be ready to take off. Better hope it does.

• — A Performance Comparison of Mono vs .NET

     (Friday, 10 September 2010 16:55)

  Since we’re at it – we not only took the new Mono garbage col­lec­tor through it’s paces regard­ing lin­ear scal­ing but we also made some inter­est­ing mea­sure­ments when it comes to query per­for­mance on the two .NET plat­form alternatives.

• — Android Might Be Top Mobile OS Globally By 2014

     (Friday, 10 September 2010 16:02)

  Gartner has released a report predicting that by 2014, Android will be second only to Symbian in mobile operating system marketshare worldwide, with the two platforms accounting for nearly 60 percent of the mobile OS market within the next four years. The news follows numerous recent bullish reports on the state of Android in the U.S.

• — 5 Things I Miss From Linux When Using OSX

     (Friday, 10 September 2010 15:25)

  Recently I purchased a MacBook Pro. Principally because I like the hardware, and can put Linux on it. However, it has also given me the opportunity to use OSX. In fact I’ve been using OSX quite a lot – given I’ve paid for it, I want to really see how it works. However, in the course of using it, I’ve come across a number of features of Linux and the KDE desktop that I greatly miss.

• — Book review - Learn OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macros Programming

     (Friday, 10 September 2010 14:45)

  If you love using macros in spreadsheets, OpenOffice's macros might suit all of your needs