The era of .whatever: ICANN adopts new Web site naming rules

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers voted Thursday to relax rules for naming Web sites. At its meeting in Paris, ICANN, a not-for-profit organization that oversees the naming scheme for Web sites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in whatever they like.

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Microsoft Pledges Windows XP Support Through 2014

In an unprecedented move, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has committed to providing support services for its soon to be retired Windows XP through 2014 -- a full 13 years after the operating system was originally released.

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Local AMBER Alerts on your phone

AMBER Alerts are broadcast via TV, radio, and even on electronic road signs in some areas. You can also sign up to receive them via SMS text message on your mobile phone. Go to WirelessAmberAlerts.org and enter your cell phone number. You'll be asked about the area for which you want to receive alerts.

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UK Newspaper reports: Army spots UFO fleet

"Soldiers on night patrol are stunned to see UFOs hovering in formation over their Army base." Pictures and blurry footage with description.

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TIOBE Programming Community Index for June 2008

The TIOBE Programming Community index gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. The index is updated once a month. The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors. The popular search engines Google, MSN, Yahoo!, and YouTube are used to calculate the ratings. Observe that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written.

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