The latest version of Ubuntu includes some nifty embellishments to the GNU Screen program. These improvements make some of Screen’s more sophisticated features accessible to users and simplify Read more…
Archive for April, 2009
Thanks to a new 40nm manufacturing process and GDDR5, ATI manages to bring a lot of performance to the sub-$100 price point. Read more…
The Home Office is accused of collaborating with online ad system Phorm on “informal guidance” over whether the service broke UK law. Read more…
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett repeats a call for the government to scrap plans to introduce ID cards for all. Read more…
Europe’s premier space launch of 2009 – the twin flight of the Herschel and Planck telescopes – is set for 14 May. Read more…
A post on the Facebook developer blog announces the big application program interface (API) update from the social network that was first reported on Sunday night, which it’s calling the Open Stream API. Read more…
Jupiter’s moon Europa has a crust made up of blocks, which are thought to have broken apart and ‘rafted’ into new positions, as shown in the image on… Read more…
Astronomers have discovered a cache of spiral galaxies that challenge reining theories of galaxy evolution. Read more…
A mock-up of the Orion crew exploration vehicle floats in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. NASA engineers are testing this 18,000-pound mock-up… Read more…
Dark energy is the unexplained force that seems to be drawing galaxies away from each other. Read more…