An update on the Economy

Lehman Brothers, Congressional politics, AIG, House Financial Services Committee, Stock Market, Barney Frank, finance, Democratic minority, economy

Steve Ballmer talks about the future of software and mobile

Ballmer remains very bullish on search (advertising) and see's mobile as one of the new completely unconquered markets where new software will emerge. Follow up on the dicussion here

Ballmer and Winblad also discussed the mobile market. Ballmer is focused on the smartphone market, where Microsoft software is a major player. 125 million smart phones will be sold this year, he said, and that will grow to a billion in five years. He says proprietary hardware/software stacks (iPhone) will have trouble competing with the more open approaches, such as Microsoft, Android, Symbian, etc. He ads a caveat, however: users won’t trade off usability just to have different hardware choices. The operating systems must work seamlessly across different hardware configurations.

Diablo 3 Preview

Eights years since the release of Diablo II, Blizzard coming out with Diablo 3. Here's a video Preview and some(link test) game info from the Lead World Designer of Diablo Leonard Boyarsky.

A discussion about the crisis on Wall Street

A discussion about the crisis on Wall Street with Lawrence Summers, Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times Charles Gasparino of CNBC, Josh Rosner of Graham Fisher & Co. and Nouriel Roubini. Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest US investment bank, has filed for bankruptcy protection, stock markets and the US dollar have tumbled in reaction to Lehman's collapse.

Guest speakers :Lawrence Summers, Charles Gasparino, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Nouriel Roubini, Josh Rosner.




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Javascript tutorials

(Slides available at http://yuiblog.com/assets/crockford/javascript.zip). Yahoo! JavaScript Architect Douglas Crockford provides a comprehensive introduction to the JavaScript Programming Language in this four-part video. This is the first section of the four-part video

Douglas Crockford: "The JavaScript Programming Language"/1 of 4 @ Yahoo! Video

Javascript Lecture Part 2 of 4

Douglas Crockford: "The JavaScript Programming Language"/2 of 4 @ Yahoo! Video

Top Gear take on the US part 1: $1000 car & alligator brake challenge - Top Gear - BBC autos

A chance to see the famous Top Gear American road trip with fat Stig, alligators, guns and bargain car deals. Want to watch more? Check out part 2! Jeremy Clarkson

BBC: £1500 Porsche Challenge - Top Gear

The Top Gear boys Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond and James May are all given £1500 to buy a second hand Porsche. As the Top gear production team provide a variety of challenges to put their purchases to the test, who will come out victorious as the best bargain buyer, and who will be shown to be the worst at selecting a vintage (and cheap!) Porsche? Watch this great challenge clip from BBC car show Top Gear to find out!
Don't forget to hit 'view in high quality' at the bottom right of the video to get the best picture. Visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and reviews.

Jeremy's Extreme Ford Fiesta road test

The Top Gear boys are deeply offended by a fan letter claiming that they don't review cars properly anymore. To compensate, Jeremy Clarkson takes the new Ford Fiesta for an extraordinary road test including a car chase inside a shopping centre, and a Royal Marine assisted beach assault. Brilliant high quality video from BBC motoring show, Top Gear. Visit http://www.TopGear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.

Top Gear - Ariel Atom - BBC

Jeremy Clarkson challenges the Ariel Atom to prove more fun than a motorbike - with astounding results. The speed is unlike any car or motorcycle on the road today, Top Gear investigates!

HD: Christian von Koenigsegg with the Swedish Snow White Koenigsegg CCX

Jeremy Clarkson tests Koenigsegg CCX - BBC

Jeremy Clarkson test drives the Koenigsegg CXX - and Stig takes it round the Top Gear track. Speed racing automobiles take to the road in this exciting free clip from BBC Worldwide.

Robert Scoble takes a look behind Facebooks new design and HD video plaform

"If you haven't seen it yet, Facebook has an awesome new design. I wanted to hear more about it from the guy managing the team that did it. Here's Mark Slee, lead product manager at Facebook giving us insight into how they worked it out. Oh, and you'll get a rare look into the executive offices at Facebook."





"Chris Putnam, software engineer at Facebook who runs the video team, talks about its new HD video feature. He also tells me about how he got his job at Facebook, which is quite interesting because it wasn't with a traditional interview"