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Link: Botched McAfee update shutting down corporate XP machines worldwide — Engadget

We’re hearing from all over that a bad McAfee for Windows XP update is causing computers worldwide to shut down. Apparently DAT update 5958 deletes the svchost.exe file, which then triggers a false-positive in McAfee itself and sets off a chain of uncontrolled restarts and loss of networking functionality.

Link: Bechtolsheim Thinks New Box Changes the Game Again – Digits – WSJ

Arista’s new device is designed to send data between thousands of servers, for customers who demand extremely high computing performance. It has 384 ports–think of them like pipes for data–that connect to racks that each may have a stack of 48 servers. The ports send data at 10 gigabits per second, the current standard for high-end switching devices. A comparable Cisco device is about twice the size of the Arista device, draws 10 times the power and offers only 64 ports, the startup says. And it lists for about $10,000 per port, Bechtolsheim says, compared with a little above $1,000 per port for the new Arista 7500.

Link: TVNZ Ondemand available on PlayStation3

TVNZ ‘s Ondemand service is now available on the PlayStation3 console, making it easier for viewers to access catch-up TV in their living rooms.

Link: HTML5 presentation

This presentation is an HTML5 website

Link: 15 CSS Habits to Develop for Frustration-Free Coding – Noupe

It’s been said that the key to a civilization’s success is mastery of the food system. Unless a group of people can effectively control the basic needs for survival, they will never achieve greatness. Likewise, before CSS skills can be expanded to an advanced level, the basics must become instinct to any CSS coder. Develop these habits and you lay a solid foundation to apply advanced CSS techniques.

Link: Handyman injured after chopping down branch he propped his ladder against – Telegraph

Peter Aspinall, 64, had been asked to prune a sycamore tree in the grounds of a hotel, but instead of leaning his ladder against the trunk he placed it against the branch he was hacking down.
When the branch fell it took Mr Aspinall with it, 14ft to the ground below. He broke his heel, damaged his ligaments and had to spend ten days in hospital recovering from surgery on his injuries. Related Articles
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Now Mr Aspinall, who had worked at the Egerton House Hotel near Bolton, Lancashire, for just two weeks, is suing them for compensation.

Link: God of War III – how far can games go?

God of War III following on from Uncharted 2 makes you stop and wonder: Seriously, how much further can games go? Immersive is the most common adjective used to describe gamers’ experience with the recent Sony war title and relates to every aspect of it – including the characters and flawless technical aspects like bloom lightning, not to mention the gorgeous hi-def graphics.

Link: Core Memory: Photographs of Vintage Computers – Photo Essays – TIME

Link: A rebuilt, more real time Google documents

This week we released a preview of that new document editor for anyone who wants to try it out. This version supports a brand new ruler, alignment features, per-paragraph line spacing and more.

Link: Follow Finder by Google

Follow Finder analyzes public social graph information (following and follower lists) on Twitter to find people you might want to follow.