Single-Cup OCS Pioneer Brent Toevs Becomes CEO Of Jammin Java
LOS ANGELES — Jammin Java has announced the appointment of Brent Toevs as chief executive officer. He succeeds Anh Tran, who moves up to president and chief operating officer. Toevs also will join Jammin Java's board. …
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Every Bean Clearly Seen at This Java Joint
Conscious Cup in Crystal Lake serves up the best-tasting cup of coffee in town, some say. By Tim Kane Perhaps you've never smelled fresh coffee … really fresh coffee … not the canned stuff that sits on a grocery-store shelf, sometimes for months. …
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Intertech Launches New Training Course On The Java Message Service (JMS)
Intertech.com) launches a new training course on the Java Message Service (JMS). This intense course is designed for Java programmers looking to communicate with a message server in Java. For years, Intertech's commitment to staying out in front with …
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Cannot close a Java application after using "thread.join()"
After I have marked a thread to join(), shouldn't the thread itself close down then close the Java application? I can't close the Java application afterwards here. When the application is running, the boolean variable "isRunning" is set to true. …
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Java: Vote For Malta House In Aetna Voices Online Contest
Get your voting fingers ready. Another on-line contest, one that could benefit Hartford's Malta House of Care. The non-profit which provides health care to those in need is one of 35 organizations across the nation vying for a $ 25000 cash prize in …
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PHP lands on VMware's Cloud Foundry
Previously, Cloud Foundry was limited to Java, other JVM frameworks, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, and Node.js. AppFog also unveiled a beta online service that runs atop the new code. The company has long offered its own PHP-based "developer cloud" or …
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Java 7: What Does It Mean for Tomcat 8?
Just about one month ago, Java 7 was released. The official project was opened by the Apache Software Foundation for its open source JSP and servlet container – Apache Tomcat. Since Java 7 is the latest version, many users are wondering if Tomcat 8 …
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StackMob integrates with Heroku as mobile backend battle heats up
The partnership allows StackMob to expand the languages it supports beyond Java, Scala and Clojure to include Ruby and later, Node.js. The combination of the two cloud platforms isn't surprising considering that some of StackMob's original seed …
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GM eyes taxi supply in eastern regions
PT General Motors Indonesia plans to market its Chevrolet sedans to taxi operators in Indonesia's eastern regions to avoid competition in the larger cities in Java. Company spokesperson Augusta Sirait said on Friday that the taxi-supply business is a …
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Commentary: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, this java toast is for you
Howard Schultz's letter to "Fellow Concerned Americans" last week made me reconsider my boycott of Starbucks. Mine isn't a hard boycott. I'm not a fanatic or anything. And it has nothing to do with the Sonics. It started five years ago when I read …
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Craigslist seller robbed at gunpoint, then tracks thieves
His change of thinking comes after he was robbed at gunpoint for a computer and an iPad. But an app helped nab the robbers and get his computers back. A Craigslist sale suddenly went bad. The victim, who asked us not to use his name, was selling an …
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Mighty Fin Swims To The iPad – iPad App Review
By Lory | September 2, 2011 | No comment yet It seems like developers should be running out of ideas for cute, simple games by now, but they're not. Mighty Fin is the perfect example of finding a way to take an idea that is somewhat over populated in …
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KERS of the hybrid car: Flywheels and ultracapacitors give you a 10-second jolt
These flywheel cars, dubbed kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) vehicles, are another form of hybrid vehicle because they have an electric drive system supplementing the combustion engine. The flywheel car is simple to describe if not to engineer. …
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Hybrid cars more expensive to own than compacts: CAA study
By Jordan Chittley By Jordan Chittley | Daily Brew – 13 hours ago Hybrid cars may be environmentally-friendly and trendy, but they are more expensive to own and operate according to a new report released by the Canadian Automobile Association. …
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