17th April 2011 Archive
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Silverlight 5, thy name is 'Windows'
XNA, hardware-accelerated graphics - sounds familiar
What is going on with Silverlight? Microsoft's browser plugin was conceived as a lightweight, cross-platform version of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the .NET application framework for desktop applications introduced in Windows Vista. Silverlight was energetically developed to compete with Adobe's Flash, there was talk …
Developer 17 Apr 2011, 18:00
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XXX domain names go live
Finally, pr0n comes to the interwebs
The first .xxx web addresses have gone live on the internet, almost 11 years after the extension was first proposed. On Friday, the porn-only address was added to the domain name system's root servers – through a convoluted process that involves box-ticking from domain overseer ICANN, the US Department of Commerce, and …
Networks 17 Apr 2011, 18:08
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Can we 'green up' the hunger for data centre electricity?
Interview El Reg talks to Fujitsu sustainability chief Alison Rowe
My starting position on the subject of "green" IT is one of extreme skepticism. I've been around this industry since the 1980s, and in that time I've heard every argument the IT business has put forward to explain its environmental friendliness, whether it’s smart grids, or reduced resource consumption by cutting down on paper …
Cloud 17 Apr 2011, 22:13
