Archive for February, 2007

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Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner’s Guide

February 1, 2007

While it certainly makes no attempt to constitute a complete guide to the Ruby language, this tutorial will introduce you to some of the basics of Ruby. We’ll power through a crash-course in object oriented programming, covering the more common features of the language along the way, and leaving the more obscure aspects of Ruby

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A new flying car!

February 1, 2007

“You sit in a traffic jam, and everyone gets this urge: I want to get up now, and over this,” he said. “You need a certain kind of machine. I think X-Hawk can do it.” Configured to carry two wounded people, will carry an estimated $1.5 million price tag. A civilian, 10-passenger version of X-Hawk..

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How to buy an HDTV – a great guide from Fortune magazine.

February 1, 2007

Print this guide and take it to your electronics store – it’s all you need to get the right HDTV

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Strange Windows-Powered Devices You Never Knew Existed

February 1, 2007

Who knew they made a Windows NT-powered robotic parking garage? Find that and more in this strange list. Which ones are your favorites?

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Dell working on gaming handheld to compete with DS/PSP?

February 1, 2007

Surely you jest! But we don’t, you see, ’cause it comes straight from the horse’s proverbial mouth. The worldwide head of gaming for Dell, Abizar Vahkaria, was recently asked by UK publication PC Plus whether Dell was planning to release some sort of gaming-oriented handheld

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