Harddisk Camcoder

Sony DCR-SR300 6.1MP 40GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom

- One-touch disc burn
- DVDirect compatibility The DVDirect system allows for easy transfer to a stand-alone DVD burner via USB 2.0. The VRD-VC30 allows for easy transfer of video for DVD burning, while the VRD-MC3 allows for seamless transfer of both video and still images for archiving on a DVD.

Simple & Compact, November 24, 2007
- I made the transition from Hi-8 to Hard Drive Disk (HDD) after an intensive review of all available options. Consumer Reports recently reviewed this camcorder and placed it at the top of it's list.

- The Video is awesome with the recording of 4 GB of Video for 1.5 hrs of recording. Thats huge , you do need a bigger Hard Drive if are gonna save it on your Laptop.

Camera and Camcorder in one, November 13, 2007
I bought this camera because I was tired of lugging around both a camcorder and a hi resolution digital camera. I have had it for a month now, and it fits well for what I wanted. The photos are very sharp and the video is what you would expect from Sony. I do agree that not having a view finder is a disadvantage, but overall I am very happy with this camera.

Worth every penny, June 2, 2007
- No, it's not HD but I honestly don't feel that it's worth paying 2x as much for the marginal (if even noticeable since this camcorder shoots video at 3.1 megapixels) difference in video quality.

ZD review
CNet Review

TWiki, enterprise wiki enterprise collaboration platform

Twiki:
Welcome to TWiki, a flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform and knowledge management system. It is a Structured Wiki, typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the internet. Web content can be created collaboratively by using just a browser

compare different Wikis
Testimonials
Success Stories: SAP when SAP( and yahoo ) are using this should be the best enterprise wiki-- lots of high end corporations, seems paypal is also using it.
Texas Instruments - read all success stories you get problems they solved ..
good Twiki pdf presentaton
-reviews: "Wikis have changed the way we run meetings, plan releases, document our product and generally communicate with each other" - Eric Baldeschwieler, Director of Software Development of Yahoo!

TWiki Plugins: Enhance the TWiki functionality with server side Plugin modules. Developers can create Perl Plugins using the TWiki Plugin API. Some example Plugins:
- It seems all teh Twiki programming is in PERL


Database Plugin
Provide secure access (read and write) to data in an SQL database, with flexible results formatting.Any database that has a DBI interface can be used.
examples:
let's say you wanted to display the next two upcoming scheduled events in the Kalendus calendar.

%DATABASE_SQL{description="calendar_events" command="SELECT subject,body,startdate FROM kalendus_event WHERE to_days(startdate) > to_days(now()) order by startdate limit 2" format="$startdate
$subject
$body"}%
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Twiki seems good for enterprise where you have your sensitive project data connectivity to databases . The following may be more for general purpose small shop easy setup project Wikis ..

PBWiki Gets An Overhaul - comparision of google sites etc ..
As Google gets into the wiki space with Google Sites (the relaunch of Jotspot), all the other little wiki startups out there will need to keep one step ahead. Those includes Wikia, Socialtext, Wetpaint, and PBWiki. As it approaches 500,000 wikis, PBWiki is now putting the 2.0 version of its site into beta. The latest version includes an updated UI, folders, enhanced access controls and an easy way to customize the look and feel of your wiki page (see the screenshot of a customized TechCrunch page below or this generic demo page). The 2 million people a month that the company says visit PBWiki should like that.

google sites -- see the sample sites they are interesting UI




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Amazon Reviews

Amazon top Reviewers
#1: Harriet Klausner : I am a speed reader( a gift I was born with) and read two books a day
- Reviews written: 15208 , Helpful Votes: 93634
#2: Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
- Reviews written: 6666 , Helpful Votes: 94816 ( with just 40% of #1 reviews he got equal Helpful votes speaks for better quality of reviews )


Consider ideas for upgrading Amazon's software -- what a detailed descriptions of customer giving software improvements.
- P D Harris reviewer rank: #17
last updated: 9/7/07
Read: 1,893 times
Rated: 13 out of 19 helpful

Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me
- this 6 th edition has 280 reviews and has used books for $2 , 7 th ed coming in December
- this book reviewed by Jennifer L. Metcalf's ( all her reviews has good helpful votes )

Archive-1: Hyderabad Real Estate Discussions

Archive-1: Hyderabad Real Estate Discussions

View Full Version : Hyderabad Real Estate -- This has all Forums , see Naren plots example ..

Good response to APIIC auctions at Rayadurg

The auction conducted by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd., for 90 acres of land in Knowledge City at Rayadurg, near Hi-Tech City, saw intense bidding from three major competitors on Tuesday.

While two plots of 30 acres each were taken yielding APIIC a revenue of Rs.1,296 crore, ( asr: this money may be funding Roads(ORR?) and other developments ..)

The second plot was taken by Bangalore-based company, Purvankar, at Rs.21 crore per acre. All the three plots were locked up in triangular competition between BPTP, Purvankar and DLF. ( asr: good open competition )

Out of 414 acre- knowledge City, the APIIC so far auctioned 140 acres,(asr: seems this is Govt. acquired/reserved? land when created Hi-Tech city ) including 60 acres auctioned on Tuesday. While the first 30 acres about an year ago was bid for at Rs.16 crores per acre, DLF after few months acquired 25 acres at Rs.18.81 crores per acre. ‘My Home’ had bid for 10 acres at Rs. 20.01 crores per acre and ITC acquired five acres at Rs.25.5 crores per acre.

Global players line up $25 bn for Indian realty pie

The Indian real estate industry is estimated to grow by 33% to $50 billion by 2010 and India is looking to remain an appealing investment option for both domestic and foreign investors.

Global real estate majors such as Dubai World, Trump Organisation of US, Smart City of Dubai, Kishimoto Gordon Dalaya, Khuyool Investments, Bonyan Holding, Plus Properties, ABG Group and Al Fara’s Properties are descending on the Indian real estate market with an investment of around $20-25 billion in the next 12-18 months.

It is estimated that an additional 16.8 million people annually adding to the surging demand for infrastructure, housing, schools, hospitals, retail as well as hospitality and commercial property. According to property consultants, with many property markets around the world already on the cusp of recession, India offers ideal investment opportunities.

Can you handle suddenly changing terrains?

You have some knowledge of flying but you want to learn more. So you take some professional lessons and a few days later, you are ready to fly on your own.

It’s a big day. You get into the plane and start the engine and you are on the runway. You are just about to ready to take off and something magical happens.

The plane has now transformed into a speedboat - only without the breaks. Before you realize what happened you see that you are going straight towards some big rocks. You are confused, scared but you don’t want to give up and die. You take control and start navigating the dangerous territory

If you are a first-time entrepreneur and want to be one - be prepared to face this. If you are fortunate enough to have GOOD help, you may not notice the sudden change in terrains (product development, financing, hiring, growing, managing boards, mergers, acquisitions, firing…l)

learning

“Those who stop learning find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists”
- Eric Hoffer Philosopher

Chess Ratings

FIDE Ratings Latest
Country rank by average rating of top 10 players
USA : Country Top players list
Ukraine: Country Top players list
India: Country Top players list

FIDE - Federation Internationale d'Echecs
USCF - The United States Chess Federation
Approximating Formulas for the USCF Rating System

Rating Distributions("What's an Average Player?" ) The average adult USCF tournament player is rated about 1450. Many beginners start out with ratings of 1000 or so, with scholastic players starting out at around 600. The average of all USCF players is about 1100. In the US, if your rating gets up to 2000, you get your first professional title: Expert. Masters are those rated 2200 or higher. A Grandmaster would normally be rated about 2500. (See the next section, which explains International Titles.) The highest rated players in the world on the FIDE system have ratings of about 2800. So, to get a rating, contact your national organization and find out when they have rated events that are open to new players.

Different Kinds of Ratings: Most countries keep separate ratings databases for:
* Standard (regular speed) chess
* Blitz (very fast) chess
* Correspondence (chess by mail), and
* Online (chess played via Internet)
Each of these have different qualities. Some people are great at correspondence, but not that strong at OTB (Over the Board) play. Some good Standard players have trouble with Blitz. So it makes sense to have separate ratings for the different kinds of chess.

2002 REGULAR RATING DISTRIBUTION CHART
Three Different Kinds of Time Controls
International Titles
* Grandmaster (GM) - title awarded by FIDE for GM norms
* International Master (IM) - title awarded by FIDE for IM norms
* FIDE Master (FM) - minimum FIDE rating of 2300 after 24 games
* National Senior Master (SM) - e.g., USCF Senior Master--USCF 2400+
* National Master (Master or NM) - e.g., USCF Master--USCF 2200+
* National Expert or Candidate Master (E or CM) - e.g., USCF Expert--USCF 2000+
National US Amateur Classes
* National Class A (USCF 1800- 1999) - top amateur class
* National Class B (USCF 1600-1799) - above average tournament player
* National Class C (USCF 1400-1599) - average tournament player
* National Class D (USCF 1200-1399) - a strong social player
* National Class E (USCF 1000-1199) - social/scholastic players
* National Class F (USCF 800-999) - novice/scholastic players
* National Class G (USCF 600-799) - beginner II/scholastic players
* National Class H (USCF 400-599) - beginner I/scholastic players
* National Class I (USCF 200-399) - early beginner/scholastic players
* National Class J (USCF 100-199) - minimum rating
Remember, though, that an average tournament player is much better than most chess players in the world, and would probably be the best at their local cafe or even in a school club. A starting rating of 900 or 1100 shows that you're a good solid player at a nontournament level, and you're ready to start learning the intricacies of The Royal Game.

October 2006 Top 100 Rating Lists
These Top 100 lists are updated every two months by the United States Chess Federation. Ages are as of the first day of the month in which the lists are first published. These lists only include current USCF members.
Top under 13

Learning Chess

Chessmaster 10th Edition -- Having a computer program is a must for practice( and a little learning)
Chess-Become an aggressive gambiteer-tactician with only 10 books
- Baco says: "I recommend only the essential books needed for this.Each area of the game is covered, though tactics naturally get more attention.If you've never read a chessbook before start with Patrick Wolff's 'The complete idiot's guide to chess',then move on down the list."
- asr: we buy List books as we advance our rating ( mostly in the order of this List)
- asr: I agree with this list mania author Baco because, I read above Patrik Wolff book and it is best first book as Baco pointed, so I validated Baco's recommendations. I assume same must be true with all Baco Recommendations in the List Mania.
- asr: what a great time/money saving using Amazon List mania. I spent so much time in finding books on chess this List helped finally. Only thing is there are many lists on a given subject ( chess , nutrition etc..) you need to validate ONE of List author recommendations by knowing/experiencing ( book or prouduct ) so that you can be sure of rest of the List mania items.

Next Level Books:Next level books recommended by many List are:
Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy - I had this book very good
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course
The Reassess Your Chess Workbook
Art of Attack in Chess
- Rapidly improve your chess to Class D -- this List aggress with Baco List, see List author comments: 1100 rated player who drastically improved in 2 months ( on this page)
- Best Chess books that will improve your game -- this List shows books with high review ratings
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Here is review talks about different Chess books on problems puzzles
A fine addition to a crowded field
-- you can search book names in amazon to get links for books
If you are looking for an exercise set from which to train your tactical muscles, there is no clearly better choice. The closest competitor is [Emms], which has 1001 positions (including two known pairs of duplicates), and a roughly similar structure. I would say that those two are the front-runners. [Blokh] has 1206 positions, many of which are solvable with either player to move; it differs also in that the exercises are sorted by theme and labeled by difficulty; it costs a bit more, too. The old potboilers by [Reinfeld] have 1001 positions each, sorted by theme but not by difficulty; the binding and print are marginal, but they cost much less, too. If you want to mix your tactics problems with strategic/positional/defensive ones (a good idea), you should go with [Cheng]'s 600 positions, or the 300 in [Alburt]. Now, all of the above are appropriate for the wide intermediate range. Advanced players might prefer [Gaprindashvili] or [Nunn]; [Volokitin] looks great, too, though I have only skimmed it. I am less familiar with the books aimed at beginners, but I can recommend [Heisman]. [Sukhin] doesn't quite compare with these books since many of its 1000 puzzles are concerned with historical chess variants, and this is not something many readers would expect or want.

Blokh, Combinative Motifs
Emms, The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book
Reinfeld, 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate; 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
Cheng, Practical Chess Exercises
Alburt, Chess Training Pocket Book
Gaprindashvili, Imagination in Chess
Nunn, John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
Volokitin, Perfect Your Chess
Heisman, Back To Basics: Tactics
Sukhin, Chess Gems

India Stocks: When Will the Party End?

India's Best Blue-Chips marketcap in Billion $
we all understand company Marketcap in $ terms , Ever wonder how does the Marketcap of Indian Blue-chip comapnies compare in terms of Billion $ follow this link , click on "Next button on top" or "bottom Images" ...

For months, India's stock market defied gravity. On Oct. 29 2007 the Sensex—the Bombay Stock Exchange's index of 30 top stocks—touched 20,000, up 1,000 points in just 11 trading sessions, and a gain of 41% since January. It has dropped 5% since, as markets worldwide have fallen amid renewed concern about subprime fallout from the U.S. Still, the stock market capitalization is now $1.3 trillion, much higher than India's gross domestic product of $900 billion.

According to the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in October alone foreign inflows touched $5 billion, compared to the $17 billion total inflow this year. In all, about $30 billion worth of foreign investment has poured into the market since February, 2006.

Back then ( February 2006) the Sensex was at 10,000 points. Now ( October 2007 ) it's almost at 20,000. While some people worry about a correction, Andrew Holland, managing director of Merrill Lynch's (MER) Indian joint venture, DSP Merrill Lynch, is ecstatic about longer-term prospects. "I continue to be bullish on the market," he says. "GDP will continue to grow over the next five years, and corporate earnings will be strong."

In the past year, Indian companies have raised about $13.5 billion in debt and equity from global markets, according to data tracker Prime Database.

CD burning software

OPen source CD burner , DVD burner - good awards, I used it worked well
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Virtualization , VMware equivalent

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Parallels Workstation is an easy-to-use, easy-on-the-pocket solution that lets you run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side on a single PC without rebooting.
How it does it: Run your favorite software at near native speeds! Workstation is optimized to take full advantage of hardware virtualization through support of Intel VT and AMD’s Security and Virtual Machine (AMD SVM) for secure, high-performance virtual machines.
- how I got this web link: from eapps control panel used HSPcompelte software who does this virtualization software
- what is it for: for Web QA engineer have a Mac and test on Mac and Widows browser with one machine instead of two machines with Parallel for Mac product below. Not only that it can have linux , mac, windows , solaris all on same machine ...
- can have auto builds deployed on virtual server for every developer change and perform automated testing. Once done developers can look for difference of test result run for a given test case and make sure bug is fixed in server environment.
Use Windows? Like Linux? Have it all on a single PC.

review 1
- review 1 says: Bottom Line: Parallels Workstation and Desktop equip Windows, Linux, and OS X with the fastest client virtualization yet seen. Parallels’ thin hypervisor layer is key, and with Intel or AMD on-CPU virtualization acceleration turned on, Desktop and Workstation really take off. CPU, disk, and network performance are exceptional and meet, and in some ways can exceed, the vendor’s claim of native speed. Parallels has created a new class of virtualization.
review 2
Windows on Map case study
virtualization white papers


Virtualization on servers:
- -- what is it for: In a company different teams test different different modules or different applications. Having one big server with ton of memory ( 20 GB ), 1,000 GB hard disk you can have this kind of software and allocate different virtual machines to each team. companies like Foursoft etc. can reduce number of machines drastically so less physical space .
- can have auto builds deployed on virtual server for every developer change and perform automated testing. Once done developers can look for difference of test result run for a given test case and make sure bug is fixed in server environment.
- big companies with 10s of teams can give self serve of these virtual servers to developers so that developers can build their dev builds and test quickly instead of waiting for IT to allocate these machines ( like GE kansas company ).



Open Fusion is a long-term initiative launched by SWsoft to address software integration issues in the web hosting industry and to enable new sources of revenue for both hosting providers and 3rd party application vendors.
SWsoft Sitebuilder is an easy to use, scalable web application designed to create and manage websites. This next-generation software can be integrated into any business process. Sitebuilder is the ideal marketing tool for converting your site traffic into a new client base

price is cheap: $200 for 500 sites: Sitebuilder for Linux/Unix is designed to publish sites to a single server by default (Plesk or non-Plesk).

Hyderabad ShadNagar

shadNagar Realestate

Google's new mobile-software strategy, which includes the Open Handset Alliance

Tim Wu, Freedom Fighter
His wireless-phone manifesto was the inspiration for Google's new mobile-software strategy, which includes the Open Handset Alliance.

A Trigger for Innovation
The paper spread like juicy gossip around the Googleplex. Wu's vision resonated because Google had become frustrated with phone companies that were blocking some Google applications from being used on phones attached to their networks. Like Wu, Google believes an alliance based on openness will trigger a new wave of innovation. "Tim helped us catalyze a strategy," says Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives at Google. "He's a singular force in this space. You're just seeing the start of what he's going to accomplish."

How Speculators Increase Oil Volatility

1/16/2007 article:
On Jan. 16 2007, oil prices tumbled yet again, dropping 3% to settle at $51.21 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil is down 35% from its high of $78 in July 2006. It's already off 16% so far in 2007.

Financial firms remain influential players in the energy markets. Stephen Schork, energy consultant and editor of The Schork Report, says that speculators have wielded significant influence on oil prices over the past five years—and have played a major role in both July's price spike and the current slide. "Speculators are definitely playing the market," he says. "They were bullish last summer, and now they're pulling back."
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How Hot Money Inflames Oil Prices
- Without any major changes in supply or demand, the price of oil has been tumbling, dropping below $59 on Oct. 3. That's 25% off the peak of $78 in July. Natural gas prices have fallen even more sharply, to $5.80 per million Btus from $15 last December, a drop that likely precipitated the $6 billion blowup at hedge fund Amaranth Advisors (see BusinessWeek.com, 9/19/06, "Behind Amaranth's Sudden Swoon").

Out of every dollar that gets put in the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, 70 cents goes into energy," notes Sol Waxman, who follows hedge funds for the Barclay Group financial advisory firm. "Does that have an impact on price? I would suspect so.

Hedge funds and other investors may have helped push oil prices up. Now, they're helping push them down—and fast.

How low could oil prices go? Despite the recent fall in prices, the consensus among Wall Street analysts is that oil will still average $65 a barrel in this year's fourth quarter before falling to $62 next year. Those estimates could be quickly adjusted downward if prices continue to slide. "If you see a lot of money getting out, it could get pretty ugly," says Dell. "You could see crude drop past $40." Good news for motorists, bad news for energy investors.

As Oil Nears $100, Look Out Below

11/7/207
Analysts say that if speculators flee the market en masse, prices could drop even more quickly than they've risen.

There are 595 hedge funds that engage in at least some energy trading now, more than triple the 180 funds involved just three years ago. Fusaro estimates the assets involved in such trading total more than $200 billion, up more than 60% from the beginning of the year.

It's tough to get a firm handle on the speculation. A large portion of trading takes place in the unregulated, over-the-counter market. Still, some of the trading in crude oil takes place on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and there the market is approaching a record in terms of the number of crude oil contracts that predict a price rise.
Traders have committed to 135,000 contracts—each representing 1,000 barrels of crude—betting that prices will continue to rise. That's just shy of the record 155,000 contracts reached this summer.

Some analysts say that if the number of contracts rises sharply, oil prices could fall. "The exit signal for investors could be breaking through the 150,000 or 160,000 contract barrier," says Joel Fingerman, president of OilAnalytics.net, an energy consulting firm. "At that point investors could feel they're using all their bullets."

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others”
- Jonathan Swift (Irish Author)
Want to command a premium?
You can start with creating compelling visions (and, of course, build the capacity to execute on them)
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Vision is the search for meaning. Strategy is the search for competitive advantage. We define foresight as the search for both
- Ron Crossland and Boyde Clark
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Great Quotes

Closing the Gap Between Online and Offline Spreadsheets

Glide Crunch—Closing the Gap Between Online and Offline Spreadsheets
Glide Crunch is not based on Adobe AIR or Google Gears, the two main platforms for creating offline, Web-like apps. Transmedia coded the application from scratch using C/C++. In contrast to something like Google Gears, Glide Crunch is not trying to download data into the browser. “We have left the browser,” says CEO Donald Leka. “The browser is limited. It can only hold so much data.” Google Spreadsheet, for instance, only supports 100,000 cells and up to 40 sheets, says Leka. Glide Crunch, in contrast, can support 16.7 million cells and an unlimited number of sheets in a single spreadsheet.

Google Gears -- techcrunch desc.
Google Gears
Adobe Raises The Stakes For Web Documents With Buzzword and Share

First Pics of Bug Labs Open-Source Hardware

First Pics of Bug Labs Open-Source Hardware

introducing BUGlabs - http://www.buglabs.net/
BUG is a new kind of device, one that's designed by you, not us. BUG is an open source, modular consumer electronics platform that makes building hardware just as easy as writing software or Web applications.


It starts with a BUGBase, which is a general-purpose Linux computer about the size of a PlayStation Portable, encased in white plastic. This has four connectors that plug right into the motherboard. The company will also make a variety of modules that can plug into the computer—like an LCD screen, a digital camera, a GPS unit, a motion sensor, a keyboard, an EVDO modem, and a 3G GSM modem. (There are also places to add USB, Ethernet, WiFi, and serial ports). Bug Labs is planning on making 80 modules over time, and hopes outside companies and developers will create their own.

On using Subversion for web projects

On using Subversion for web projects -- good article addresses the issues I am looking at
- check eapps.com may have this kind of sync support from my desktop to code on the webserver , it should have as it is hosting subversion

I do most of my work at the Athletics office, but there are times when I need to take projects home, on the road, or send projects to other developers. It was always a pain trying to sync my desktop and laptop — I’d use little jump drives, post zip archives to our ftp, or remember to bring my laptop to the office. With Subversion I don’t bother with any of that. To sync any computer, I just run an update and I’m done. To provide another developer with access, I just have them check out a working copy from the repository.

Subversion Hosting
Lately I’ve noticed a bunch of new Subversion hosting providers. I haven’t tried any of them, but I’m fond of hosted/managed services, and I’ve been considering giving one of them a try. Most providers offer built-in integration with Trac, a web-based bug/issue tracking system. We’ve never worked with Trac, but we do use Basecamp on a daily basis, and I’d like to see more Subversion hosting services offer Basecamp integration. (Springloops is the only service I’ve found with Basecamp support.)

* DevGuard

java hosting jsp hosting

eapps : got this from google right side sponsered links for JSP hosting
Have business customers -- so reliable
been there for 10 years
- we do not need to wait for 1 day like godaddy case for jvm to restart. even if godaddy provides our own private server it is $30/month not these many tools/apps ..
- we have root access , can run linux scripts ( site5 did not provide it )
Plans - this $20 plan will have JVM, sub version etc..
Our Standard Plus hosting plan supports your own private Java server for only $20 per month!
Root access using SSH -- this is coll I should run C++ from there
Ability to install your own components, such as Struts, Hibernate, MyFaces ( Myfaces is like JSF so JSF no problem )
Robust programming environment and tools, supporting PHP, Perl, Python, C/C++

Linux Development Tools: -- this is good for us to run our C++ programs
If you need a C compiler and other standard development tools that are available in the Linux operating system you may select this option, at no additional charge.

Also included in the package is Java Server Wrapper, which ensures the reliability of your JVM by restarting it automatically if it crashes or hangs. Our technical support representatives are Tomcat experts.

http://www.eapps.com/Docs/VPSPlanDetails.jsp#subversion -it has sub version ( next gen cvs for code )
Joomla , Serendipity -- on above page can be used for PRD or discussion with developers
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dailyrazor hosting -- also got from google sponsered links
$20/month plan -- also looks good from this company
- but I do not see any C++ programs running with ROOT access etc.. the above eapps looks better at this point