http://www.geekillustrated.com.au/ GeekIllustrated is a group of Geeks, dedicated to bringing you the latest news, features, trends and gossip within the Geek world! en-us Copyright 2010GeekIllustrated. All Rights Reserved. 6/09/2010 6:58:40 AM 360 http://www.geekillustrated.com.au/article.htm?articleid=1394 Looks like <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/" title="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> may be taking a page out of their old DOS book, and encouraging younger computer enthusiast to get into programming.<br /> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx" title="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx">Small Basic</a> v0.7 was released somewhat recently, however I only found out about it late last week. Instantly upon writing my first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_World" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_World">Hello World</a> program in <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx" title="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx">Small Basic</a> it reminded me of playing with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic">QBasic</a> back in they day. I mean, it's not an ugly DOS interface or anything. In fact, it's a really nice looking environment so far. That being said, it's still in early development so the IDE isn't exactly the most functional.</p> 11/11/2009 7:56:49 AM http://www.geekillustrated.com.au/article.htm?articleid=1359 Em doesn't just buy the latest phone to be a poser. She uses many of them every freaking day. It's her job and she knows what's really good and what bad is. Don’t try to fool Em with your trumped up features. She is difficult to impress and that's why you should listen. Here's her take on the Motorola RIZR Z8. 20/04/2008 6:42:34 PM http://www.geekillustrated.com.au/article.htm?articleid=1353 Aussie geek girls Holly Owen and Karyn Lanthois have created a new mobile game uniquely for young women that shakes and stirs old school stereotypes, much to the chagrin of some. Get ready for the Coolest Girl in School. 16/12/2007 10:06:33 PM