An anonymous reader writes "With the release of Windows 8.1 to the world in October, January was the third full month of availability for Microsoft's latest operating system version, which was just enough time for it to pass Windows Vista in market share. While Windows 8.1 is certainly growing steadily and eating into Windows 8s share, the duo only managed to end 2013 with 10 percent market share, barely impacting Windows 7."

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”Finns andra vägar att agera rättsligt”.

Samarbetet mellan Sydafrikas största oppositionsparti Demokratiska Alliansen och det mindre Agang, vars ledare Mamphela Ramphele skulle bli den nya grupperingens presidentkandidat, har spruckit.

Den syriska armén fortsatte med flygbombningarna över östra Aleppo i dag.

retroworks writes "Located in Noordwijk, Netherlands, and part of ESA's ESTEDC Test Center, is the Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF), a sound amplification system 'powerful enough to kill a human being.' LEAF is capable of generating more than 154 decibels, the sound equivalent to standing next to several jets taking off. It is used to blast satellites and spacecraft with sound. Large horns are housed in a sound-proofed room that is 16.4meters tall. One wall of horns stands 11 m wide by 9 m deep and 16.4 m high. LEAF requires all the doors to be closed, operating in steel-reinforced concrete walls to contain the noise. The walls are coated with an epoxy resin to reflect noise, producing a uniform sound field within the chamber."

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Wrapper for The Echo Nest API of music intelligence

wrapper to rsync/etc. to upload files to a remote server and give download links.

generate dependency graph using Perl::PrereqScanner

generate syntax-highlighted examples for codes with a markup compatible with jQueryUI's tab widgets.

Ameliorated interface to the CPAN

test for trailing whitespace in files.

a maniac download accelerator.

a collection of PoCos useful for Web Development