Thursday, June 30, 2005
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S.
As an eager freshman in the fall of 2001, Andrew Mo's career trajectory seemed preordained: He'd learn C++ and Java languages while earning a computer science degree at Stanford University, then land a Silicon Valley technology job.
The 22-year-old Shanghai native graduated this month with a major in computer science and a minor in economics. But he no longer plans to write code for a living, or even work at a tech company.
The 22-year-old Shanghai native graduated this month with a major in computer science and a minor in economics. But he no longer plans to write code for a living, or even work at a tech company.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
holographic data storage
What's after Blu-Ray? It could be holographic data storage.
It promises to store up to 1.5 terabytes (equivalent to 320 DVDs). But here's the problem, "data storage times for most materials available for HDS have ranged from a few thousandths of a second to a few days -- at most".
It promises to store up to 1.5 terabytes (equivalent to 320 DVDs). But here's the problem, "data storage times for most materials available for HDS have ranged from a few thousandths of a second to a few days -- at most".
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Monday, June 06, 2005
free auctions at Yahoo!
Yahoo will no longer charge fees for people auctioning off stuff at their site. What does this mean? This means eBay was trouncing them and they hope this will drive traffic up at their portal.
For the consumer this is good news for the buyer. More people will put stuff up for sale so the buyer should be able to find more of what they were looking for. And they will should getting items at a better price than at eBay since they will still have far fewer bidders driving up the prices.
Here's more.
For the consumer this is good news for the buyer. More people will put stuff up for sale so the buyer should be able to find more of what they were looking for. And they will should getting items at a better price than at eBay since they will still have far fewer bidders driving up the prices.
Here's more.
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