Suspect: Wife committed suicide in Fla. mansion

In the hours after Diane Ward died in the master bedroom of her mansion from a gunshot wound to the face, her husband was taken to the Orange County Sheriff's office for questioning.

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Fla. developer charged in wife's death out of jail

A prominent Southeast real estate developer charged with second-degree murder in his wife's shooting death in Florida has been released from jail.

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Fla. magnate's empire collapsed before shooting

The Orange County Jail is a far cry from J. Robert Ward's seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home in the exclusive gated community that is home to Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neill.

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Report: Developer duped 19 NHL players out of $25M

A golf resort developer duped nearly two dozen NHL players out of $25 million, blowing the money on gratuitous parties that were attended by former Yankees players Roger Clemens and Reggie Jackson, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

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Tahoe-area developer fined record $2.75 million

California regulators say a state water board has imposed a record-setting $2.75 million fine against the developer of an expansion project at a Sierra Nevada ski resort.

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Spain: Developer seeks protection from creditors

The crash in Spain's real estate market claimed another big victim Friday as Promociones Habitat, a major developer, filed for protection from creditors holding euro2.3 billion ($3 billion) in debt.

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Developer Fights for WTC Rebuilding Rights

Larry Silverstein ran the World Trade Center for just six weeks, signing a lucrative lease for the 110-story twin towers in the summer of 2001 only to watch terrorists destroy them on Sept. 11.

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The cause was congestive heart failure, said his daughter Amy R. Segal. Mr. Segal, an embryologist and biochemist, spent his entire career developing contraceptives, including the intrauterine device Mirena, but his most notable breakthrough came with Norplant.

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The glamorous details: a 37,942-square-foot two-story home, which will feature an elevator, a grand stairway, a giant fireplace and 11 bedrooms. Oh, there's also a cottage and guard gate (for ex-teammate Charles Oakley perhaps?) in the works. The glamorous cost: $7,627,669.

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Shaun Malcolm, a self-described civic leader? Turks and Caicos says no

Turks and Caicos Islands is now directly governed by Great Britain as of August 14. Many mainstream news media agencies had been warned that this was imminent, but it seemed that there was difficulty getting the word out.

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On this day 40 years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. This was quite an achievement for mankind and a key milestone in world history.

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Oakland's always been in the shadow of San Francisco, but don't tell that to Restorer/Developer Phil Tagmi...The 'Donald Trump of Oakland' has his sight set on the Oakland Army base as a working waterfront.

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With the recent changes in the economy, a lot of developers are focused on their short-term job prospects. At the same time, it's important to make sure that you get the most bang for your buck when it comes to taking the time and energy to learn new skills.

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It turns out that one of the biggest issues they had was browser compatibility. Yestrumskas told me that the two had working code running on Safari, but that, as he tested it and made a few tweaks, for an unexplained reason the attack just stopped working.

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Interesting comments by John Grubber on bootlegging, and what developers can do to counter it.

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With its glassy touch screen, powerful graphics, crisp sound and tilt feature, the iPhone is more than a smart phone for some users -- it's a portable entertainment system.

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November 11, 2008 (Computerworld) A programmer has unlocked several still-unfinished features of Windows 7 that Microsoft Corp. has hidden from users who received the alpha build at two recent developer conferences.

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The Rails Rumble 2008 took place over the weekend of October 18th. The 48 hour Rails competition resulted in 137 Ruby-on-Rails-based applications, all taken from concept to execution in 48 hours.

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Proverbs are used to express universal truths or life lessons in a short and memorable fashion. I find that they are a great way to keep things in perspective, both in life and in work.

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If you're a web developer looking forward to the new tools in HTML 5, the next generation of the language that powers the web, we have some bad news for you — you're going to waiting a while.

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HTML 5 represents the biggest leap forward in web standards in almost a decade. Unlike the specifications that came before it, HTML 5 is not merely intended to present content to a web browser.

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WWDC 2008: Predictions & Thoughts

Another year has gone by, and on Monday morning at 10:00 AM PST, Steve Jobs will take the stage at Moscone West in California to kick of Apple's annual Word Wide Developers Conference.

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The grocery shopper's beloved BOGO -- buy one, get one (free) -- has moved into the realm of home sales. Yes, home sales.

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Apple announced Tuesday that a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs, will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2008 at San Francisco's Moscone West.

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Today is one of my co-worker's birthday and our Project Manager and Department Admin had this XML cake made for her. This won't be the slightest bit humorous to you unless you do work in enterprise software development.

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Sometimes, there isn't much you can do to kick-start your career. Not everyone can be lucky enough to get involved in a high-profile project at work, or to develop a talent in a technology that's suddenly in-demand.

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Apple's developer documentation reveals some interesting new features that will be included with iPhone OS 2.0, due in June, or perhaps an earlier OS release.

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Apple made a number of major announcements today around the iPhone. We live blogged the event if you want to see all of the details. But if you want a summary of the important parts, read on.

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If all of this commentary didn't seem bleak enough; Fitch ends his post by saying: "Alright, I'm done. Making PC products is not all fun and games. It's an uphill slog, definitely.

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The web IM and chat company, Meebo, just rolled out some very interesting new features. First off, they have introduced a developer API for their Meebo Rooms product. This will allow people to integrate a Meebo Room into their own website.

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An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often find designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at design.

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A very usable description of what it takes to develop a Facebook application.

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