http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:23:00 EST http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_1 0246dadab0602e7b9aa8d57bf5a9d4ff We've got a sneaking suspicion that the DS Lite will be old ancient news by the time Easy Piano hit the market, but those who've learned to be content in life (and have somehow managed to resist the urge to snap up a DSi in place of their older handheld), have probably been hunting for this date. Valcon Games has just announced that its piano- ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:03:03 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_2 89251e6ad955c3d68047b008cc563c4e We have been working for a while to get a community site together where we can aggregate all the great buzz, resources and discussions about .NET RIA Services. We hope you enjoy the content we already have up there and help us get more good stuff up there. http://silverlight.net/riaservices/ (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:49:50 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_3 2529604a1c3b90d9d98a70cacf324b51 Next week I will be presenting at the ASP.NET Connections event in Las Vegas the following topics: AMS04: Boost Your Site’s Search Ranking with the IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit : Search engines are just robots, and you have to play by their rules if you want to see your site in the top search results. In this session, you will learn ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:48:41 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_4 edfcc77959ca710e6e8f16041bcdddd9 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:39:15 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_5 71b624365682d374fef6824d0db06e94 El jueves pasado tuve la oportunidad de visitar la ciudad de Bahia Blanca, participando del primer encuentro de la gente de Bahia Valley . Quiero agradecer enormemente a Leonardo Valente de ITalentos y a Ricardo de Weerth de Paradigma por recibirnos con extrema amabilidad y buena onda durante todo el día. Tuvimos una agenda muy ocupada, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:25:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_6 aba3f46cf6f8435197fb606009297dbc I'd probably feel slightly smug, if I didn't feel so sick. Smug that after two weeks of me suggesting that social media might not be an unequivocally Good Thing in terms of privacy and human decency , the news has delivered the perfect example to support my view. Unfortunately it's hard to feel smug - hard to feel anything but sadness and nausea - (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:03:03 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_7 9f1f59e0d34ddef4170f9753c72ab5ec Who doesn’t like radio controlled gadgets? With a controller in hand, you can become a racing driver, a helicopter pilot, or even a submariner; all in the comfort of your own lounge. 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[Thanks, David] (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:28:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_17 d5ab5ea6e90bb68e2b06c099ed5aa325 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:13:01 +0000 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_18 e8e984d3e26fdabdc730c9017503408f Yesterday I detailed my quest to find the throngs of Droid fans who had woken up at the crack of dawn to grab a place in line before Verizon unleashed the phone to the masses. Yet despite reports of lines elsewhere, I failed — the Verizon store in Palo Alto was a ghost town, as was the Best Buy down the street. Some commenters took my story ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T01:45:19Z http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_19 0386de7ce53e4be1cd023df815ca420d Here's one of the guns used by Hasan yesterday, purchased legally . I'd hate to think he killed an injured all those people with an illegally-purchased weapon. The one shown here has an optional light, for nighttime operations -- which could be very handy. Records indicate Hasan bought the FN 5.7 at store called Guns Galore in Killeen, Texas, ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T01:45:19Z http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/1#item_20 1f5f12c8e62de447e7972fb63a3c99cf SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -- An unemployed Wisconsin teen spent the first 19 years of his life as Calvin Gosz, but after selling his naming rights you can now call him Verkkokauppa Com. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T22:52:41Z http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_1 a78704733dc659adfbcffe2ebbc1f40c Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:24:59 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_2 d189a47192c6f88791d6f0196d93aa6e Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:24:07 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_3 504c3508841bdf0687e4ecf6e523cc18 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:03:54 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_4 29dfa927e7a2822f521503bfa31fbda9 I met Philippe Schutz at the TechDays in Geneva early this year, and have been following him on Facebook since then. He does amazing work with logos and icons, and it is only natural that I have thought of him when I decided to get a new logo and icons for the MVVM Light Toolkit. A brand identity is quite important to me even in private projects. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:46:45 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_5 ad395c2fda15ffbc765b0425216ff5c3 Today I was attending the Open Dag with a stand to inform our students about OSUM and SAI. I distributed OpenSolaris CDs, data sheets, pens and a lot more. Fontys Venlo OSUM group stand in the IT faculty at Open Dag 7th November 2009 More than 50 people visited the stand and the Fontys Venlo OSUM group got 19% more members and we only need 7 ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:43:12 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_6 0f3eddd983b4177c1d5f0ee059f608e1 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:34:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_7 5c94490ad22250270d4c0a796af17d21 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:34:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_8 16d5375112a6b0ece8d265731636f077 As we prepare for our next RealTime CrunchUp on November 20th in San Francisco, we’re seeing if anything an acceleration of the phenomenon known as RealTime. Startups, cloud platform vendors, the open standards community, and virtually every software and hardware category are being refreshed and reinvented in the new model. And while there ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:26:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_12 b294e0fdadb3f34ad4084c9980beec15 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:11:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_13 a759ecbad56f0f89a19061019e43ccde Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:00 Z http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_14 b7448b16707aa4f6b776c69e342727d2 Tales of Star Trek piracy and sexy slumber party pics topped the week's tech and science stories. Here's what was hot over the past seven days. Two high school student athletes got in hot water after pictures from a slumber party posted on MySpace—with privacy controls, no less—ended up on the principal's desk. After being barred ... 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The emotions surrounding the hostage crisis combined with the unfuling of the large flag produced an event filled ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:15:54 PST http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/21#item_20 296ff8e6359e8b476efb67f4c5c98627 Please note that links on this site to items at Amazon are generally associated with my Amazon Associates account, and I get a small commission on purchases made via that account. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:15:54 PST http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_1 a4eb5b89ca596f5b2b0d9e6a8e792515 Hey New Yorkers — looking for somewhere to celebrate the Yankees' 27th World Series title? It's now easier than ever to carry a NYC subway map in your pocket. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:15:54 PST http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_2 d8fdf2420ba6153a36859ca7cac75915 The dawn of the 21st century brought us a problem: we had lots of data, but no real way to bring that data into the real world. We could feasibly lug laptops and phones around, but did they ever do exactly what we needed them to do? Don’t answer that. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:59 +0000 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_3 d6f485a78ee12722ed3b0bbb56d3d141 Of all the dot-com superstars that appeared in the ’90s, shone brightly and then disappeared from sight, few have been granted a second act. One exception is Priceline, which 11 years after it was founded — and 10 years after its stock price collapsed — is quietly thriving. It’s no superstar now, but it’s an [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:33:47 EST http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_4 405f2e2ac33a5093c25de9ba4d9fad11 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:33:47 EST http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_5 96426dc6c7ed2d1604747b8b979879bb This begs the question: Why didn't Meg Whitman buy the Joltid IP when it was vastly cheaper in 2005? In 2005 the only market for the Global Index was to iffy music sharing services without a business model. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:16:32 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_6 052839543b1d59dda68eb74a0d3064af Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:19:07 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_7 d0907331692aa3e26123a9119503f5c0 If you have a data table which looks like this one below and holds child,parent rows at the same table; ID ParentID Name guid1 null parent 1 guid2 guid1 child for parent 1 so on so on so on and you wont to retrieve all records from the table in a table looks like below; Parent Childs parent 1 child 1 for parent 1 child 2 for parent 1 child 3 for ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:00:00 Z http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_8 66ffda3a3496f177da913dd4145ea8f2 This week we take a look at just how much content and choice is missing from the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 , and the news is not good for fans of the PC as a gaming platform. We also take a look at how to score some cheap consoles this weekend, why you should be playing Torchlight , and what one Marine thinks about the controversial content ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:31:31 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_9 9a2b8a105afb9db62efd215e835fa6af Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_10 69c0476472fa278d948fdf56e58e37a7 Verizon has been all over the Android news this week, with two of the hottest phones finally arriving on the scene. The Motorola Droid, a stylish phone almost as thin as the iPhone but with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, debuted Friday. Early reviews are not finding the keyboard to be much of a bonus, but [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_11 e98628c11ca0bb8014ea7afc425d6de3 Grid Dynamics , the global leader in scaling mission-critical systems, today announced it is working with Sun Microsystems and Saratov State University (SSU), to develop a new course of study in high-performance computing (HPC) at SSU, which is one of Russia’s oldest and most respected universities. Full Story (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:30:50 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_12 9c4548d0a703e4cccc9bcb99c0815602 It may just be that you need some free music to soothe away the bad taste from a bad week. There are a bunch of pointers on my personal blog . (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:59:31 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_13 64ea529b5212b85dcfa18ee02273d46d September 2009: Hermine Deurloo (harmonica) and Han Bennink (drums), with Ernst Glerum (bass) and Maarten van der Grinten (guitar). (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:42:44 -0800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_14 a67ae1bb00dae609ba2b5315113e9909 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:45:51 GMT http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_15 86d4d1fa9d30612497dce20c202e3aab Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:38:00 -800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_16 5a37f63126d6dc71ad06ff53d48289a4 ISBN: 9781856131001 LibraryThing Jeremy Clarkson isn't one of those people you can read hundreds of pages of at once. That's probably why he writes articles instead of books. This book is a collection of these articles, and it is an interesting and entertaining read. However, I couldn't read it front to back. Instead I read it over a series of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:38:00 -800 http://www.megite.com/scobleizer/1257673440/41#item_17 6311128025875694cb87d52b1e1b7148 The Left 4 Dead project leader Chet Faliszek has said that the Xbox360 community is "head and shoulders" above the PS3's community. He said that this is why the multiplayer zombie-killing series is not on the Sony Console. In a recent interview he said that the community aspects of PC and Xbox360 "really fit" with Left 4 Dead. Sorry PS3 owners. (Read on Source) ]]>