Wed Jun 19 16:24:03 2013 from slashdot.feedsportal.com

darthcamaro writes "Remember back in the day when we all used CVS? Then we moved to SVN (subversion) but in the last three yrs or so everyone and their brother seems to have moved to Git, right? Well truth is Subversion is still going strong and just released version 1.8. While Git is still faster for some things, Greg Stein, the former chair of the Apache Software Foundation, figures SVN is better than Git at lots of things. From the article: '"... [Read More..]

Tue Jun 11 05:11:02 2013 from slashdot.feedsportal.com

MojoKid writes with more detailed information on the new hardware Apple announced earlier today at WWDC "On the hardware side, Apple is updating its two MacBook Air devices; both the 11-inch and 13-inch versions will enjoy better battery life (up to 9 hours and 12 hours, respectively), thanks in no small part to having Intel's new Haswell processors inside. They'll also have 802.11ac WiFi on board. Both models have 1.3GHz Intel Core i5 or i7 (Has... [Read More..]

I'm not really an Apple person but the new MacBook Air with 12 hours of battery life makes me envious.

Wed May 22 22:12:53 2013 from www.ngohq.com

Click on the image above to enlarge it A new vision for the future comes to life today as Microsoft unveils Xbox One , the all-in-one gaming and entertainment system created for today and the next generation. At Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, the company showcased how Xbox One puts you at the center of all your games, TV, movies, music, sports and Skype. "Xbox One is designed to deliver a whole new generation of blockbuster games... [Read More..]

Fri May 17 02:48:56 2013 from www.reddit.com

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Tue Apr 23 16:50:15 2013 from developers.slashdot.org

Peetke writes "As we all know Oracle is not the biggest friend to the Open Source Community. Long standing OSS supporter Wikipedia has now moved from an optimized fork of MySQL 5.1 to MariaDB 5.5, for... [Read More..]

I haven't had a chance to try MariaDB yet but this gives me some hope for the future of MySQL.  Of course, the whole situation was avoidable in the first place.  I've played around with the newer PostgreSQL 9.2 and actually find it quite enjoyable.