Game Career Fair returns

Game Career Fair returns

(For those interested in getting into Games development. - Fergal)

The second annual London Game Career Fair is set to take place next month, hosted by leading industry websites Gamasutra.com and GamesIndustry.biz (which is published by Eurogamer Network).

Last year's inaugural event was a huge success, with more than 1000 visitors in attendance. The 2007 London Game Career Fair will take place at the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane on October 23rd and 24th. Entrance is free.

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Windows Server 2008 Timing Update

Windows Server 2008 Timing Update

...Windows Server 2008, which we have been saying would Release to Manufacturing (RTM) by the end of the calendar year, is now slated to RTM in the first quarter of calendar year 2008.

Not exactly ground breaking news, but to read the whole thread, see here.

-ken

The shroud of secrecy is lifted: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeks

The shroud of secrecy is lifted: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeks

After almost a year of hemming and hawing over how and when to acknowledge publicly its plans for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1, Microsoft finally released on August 29 its officially-approved schedule and feature set for the awaited update.
Vista SP1 will go to about 10,000 to 15,000 selected beta testers by mid-September, officials said. The SP1 beta build will be made available to these testers for download form the Microsoft Connect site. A broader public beta of SP1 is likely around the time Microsoft delivers a release-candidate test build of the service pack, officials said, while declining to provide a timeframe for that build. The final “gold” release of SP1 is now slated for some time in Q1 2008

Full Story, see here.

-Ken

LPI tops 150 000 exams worldwide

LPI tops 150,000 exams worldwide

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) have announced that their exam totals have topped the 150,000 mark and that their rollout is gaining momentum. Jim Lacey, president and chief executive of the LPI commented on the organisation's strong growth in the last two years: "In February 2005, five years after our program's inception, we announced that we had achieved 75,000 exams worldwide. In half that time we have doubled the number. This demonstrates the growing momentum and importance of Linux professionalism in the IT industry."

Read the rest at Tectonic.

NJ teen unlocks iPhone from AT&T network

NJ teen unlocks iPhone from AT&T network

Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience. George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J., spent his last summer before college figuring out how to "unlock" the iPhone, freeing it from being restricted to a single carrier, AT&T Inc. The procedure, which the 17-year-old laid out on his blog Thursday, raises the possibility of a cottage industry springing up to buy iPhones, unlocking them and then selling them to people who don't want AT&T service or can't get it, particularly overseas.

Read the rest at Yahoo News.

Download Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2

Download Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2

The next version of Visual Studio, Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008, will provide an industry-leading developer experience for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and the Web. In addition, it will continue in the Microsoft tradition of development language innovation. To enable early feedback, this page provides links to prerelease versions of Visual Studio 2008, and for technologies that we plan to include in it. As previews of additional technologies become available, we will make them available from this page.

Go and get it at MSDN.

New Manageability TechCenter Launches on TechNet

New Manageability TechCenter Launches on TechNet

Find step-by-step guidance and other valuable resources to help you get started in planning and managing Microsoft servers and business applications for the Windows Server operating system. Recently featured resources include:

• Announcing System Center Essentials 2007
• Download Windows Server Update Services 3.0
• Case Study: Implementing System Center Operations Manager 2007 at Microsoft

Read more at the TechCenter.

Test Your Geek IQ

Test Your Geek IQ

Sure, you may have scored more than 150 on the standardized IQ test, you may party hearty with Mensa Mommas -- but what's that actually worth in the real world? Diddly. If you truly want to know how smart you are when it counts, then InfoWorld's Geek IQ test is the puzzler for you. Answer the 20 questions below, and we'll add up your score and let you know how you measure up. Even a suit can follow those directions. And remember: Googling every question will not give you an accurate score. Got a beef or want to brag? Take it out on the comments section of the Answer Key page at the end of the test.

Take the test and see how you score at InfoWorld.com.

How to Self-Study for a Computer Programming Job

How to Self-Study for a Computer Programming Job

Readers will sometimes ask me, "I don't have a college degree in computer science. How can I study for a computer programming job?" Both my company in general and I personally have put a lot of work into answering that particular question over the past 10 years. The specific answer is based on a few questions that each individual must first answer for himself or herself...

Read the rest at blogs.construx.com.

Web apps over Wi-Fi puts data at risk

Web apps over Wi-Fi puts data at risk

Users who access Google's Gmail or the Facebook social-networking site over Wi-Fi could put their accounts at risk of being hijacked, according to research from Errata Security, a computer security company. It's not just those sites but any rich Web applications that exchange account information with users, including blogging sites such as Blogspot or even SaaS (software as a service) offerings such as Salesforce.com, that could pose a risk for users, wrote Errata CEO Robert Graham and Chief Technology Officer David Maynor in a paper.

Article at InfoWorld.