February 4, 2007 by mensming.

Two conferences which I have participated in have recently issued call for papers.

The Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, this year being held October 9-10, 2007 in Portland, requests 300 - 600 word abstracts be submitted via the website by March 31, 2007. Details can be found here.

The Software Division of the American Society for Quality puts on the International Conference on Software Quality, this year being held October 16-17, 2007 in Lakewood, CO. The deadline for proposals is April 16, 2007. The form for technical presentations can be found here and the form for tutorials can be found here.

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February 1, 2007 by mensming.

Finally beginning to see more references to the upcoming DST changes in the United States. Here is an article that I came across (via an ACM TechNews newsletter).

Daylight Saving changes: No Y2K, but there could be headaches - Network World

(Update February 04, 2007) Another article, this one in Computer World…

Daylight Savings Time: When clocks spring forward this year, will IT fall down? - ComputerWorld

And another, this one in eWeek…

IT Pros Prepare to Spring Forward

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