Browser Size tool

http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/

Browser Size: a tool to see how others view your website

 

See more about this tool at the following link:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/browser-size-tool-to-see-how-others.html

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Web speed tracer

http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/speedtracer/get-started.html

Speed Tracer is a Google Chrome extension that helps you identify and fix performance problems in your web applications. It visualizes metrics that are taken from low level instrumentation points inside of the browser and analyzes them as your application runs. Using Speed Tracer you are able to get a better picture of where time is being spent in your application

don't forget to start chrome with this flag:

--enable-extension-timeline-api

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The first computer science education week

http://www.csedweek.org/

In Goal of raising awareness for computing and it's role in our society.

Computer Science Education Week, December 6-12, 2009, recognizes that computing:

• Touches everyone’s daily lives and plays a critical role in society
• Drives innovation and economic growth
• Provides rewarding job opportunities
• Prepares students with the knowledge and skills they need for the 21st century

 

The Big computers compaines like microsoft, google, intel and more start a tradition that will recognizes the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels, placing it squarely within the national STEM conversation.

The microsoft site for this event:

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/csew/

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