Steve Jobs is Not -- Repeat, Not -- Dead
We're not in the habit of piling on the gaffes of other media, but we feel duty bound to share this gawker story about Bloomberg somehow publishing its work-in-progress obituary of the Apple CEO -- who, by the way, is very much alive.

JavaScript: The Good Parts
Anita Kuno writes "JavaScript: The Good Parts is about the good parts of JavaScript and how to use them. This book takes a realistic look at the strengths and weaknesses of JavaScript and tells you how to use it to its best advantage. The code samples deal with the language and its merits — creating web pages is not discussed. How to understand the language, to execute the operations you want, is the focus of the book, not how to make rounded corners. The author, Douglas Crockford says, 'My microwave oven has tons of features, but the only ones I use are cook and the clock. And setting the clock is a struggle. We cope with the complexity of feature-driven design by finding and sticking with the good parts.'" Keep reading for the rest of Anita's review.

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FBI Arrests Alleged California Music Pirate
The FBI arrested a California man Wednesday on allegations he broke federal copyright law by uploading to the internet nine Guns N' Roses songs before their official release. Kevin Cogill, of Culver City, faces a maximum three years if convicted of violating the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005.

Bottom of The Barrel Book Reviews-Confessions of a Recovering Preppie
An anonymous reader writes "Michael de Mare's, Confessions of a Recovering Preppie, has been sitting on my desk a long time, for good reason. They say you can't always judge a book by it's cover but in this case, the unintentionally embarrassing front is perfect. Confessions is a painfully ordinary collection of college stories. Michael seems to have a different definition for the word preppie than the good people at Webster or I do. Even though the author specializes in cryptography, he seems unable to decipher any social situation, himself or the code to writing a book worth reading. Click below to see how confusing it gets.

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'Babylon A.D.': Add Another Mangled Movie to the List
Arty indie directors and Hollywood execs sometimes don't mix so well. These big-budget clunkers didn't pan out, onscreen or in the studio boardroom.

Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce
Michael J. Ross writes "Many Web developers wish to create e-commerce sites that also support collaborative editing of content, community forums, and other features that can increase traffic to the sites. But most shopping cart products do not include those capabilities, or, if such third-party add-ons exist, they may be quite limited in functionality. Similarly, most if not all content management systems (CMSs) lack native e-commerce capabilities. Yet that barrier is being overcome, because a handful of e-commerce modules have been created for the most popular CMSs. Perhaps the most promising pairing, at this time, is Drupal and the e-Commerce module — a combination covered in the book Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce by Michael Peacock." Keep reading for the rest of Michael's review.

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My Job Went To India
Josh Skillings writes "The author, Chad Fowler, draws upon his experiences as a software engineer, a team leader over a group of Indian developers, and as a jazz musician, to describe 52 ways or tips that will help you to become a more valuable employee. These tips are described in two or three pages each, and are usually illustrated by a practical example or story. The tips are well thought-out, well-explained and make sense. Chad draws upon the open source movement as well, highlighting ways that contributing to and learning from open source can improve your career. These tips gave me greater respect and appreciation for the open source movement in general." Read on for the rest of Josh's review.

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Broadband Gets Some Attention on DNC's Second Night
The focus of Monday night's speeches here at the DNC was to help white undecided voters get to know Barack Obama. Tonight, Tuesday, was all about energy and the economy, how the current administration has failed in those areas,...


Honesty Online Invites Identity Theft
Today I'm going to go through my accounts and change the "forgot your password?" security questions for all of my accounts. Why? Because according to the recent findings of Herbert Thompson, the chief security strategist at People Security, if I...