For sheer beauty, nothing can beat a razor-thin crescent moon hanging over the western horizon. Read more…
Archive for April, 2009
Florian Effenberger is co-lead of the international OpenOffice.org marketing project. Our sister publication Linux-Community asked him how the deal between Sun and Oracle would affect OpenOffice. Read more…
Canonical’s latest free Ubuntu Linux operating system version is officially released today. Ubuntu 9.04 for desktop, server and “netbook remix” is available for immediate download, CD purchase or you can request a free CD Read more…
Earlier today we reported on YouTube’s plans to roll out a new real-time product that adds a new social layer to YouTube, allowing friends to share the videos they’re watching with each other in real time, without having to turn to outside chat programs or Twitter. Read more…
Google’s Street View technology carries a small risk of privacy invasion but should not be stopped, the UK’s privacy watchdog says. Read more…
Lawyers for the men jailed in the Pirate Bay trial call for a retrial, saying the judge ‘had a conflict of interest’. Read more…
Mobile virus outbreaks could become more common as smartphones start to dominate handset sales. Read more…
For most Americans, mosquitoes are pests whose bites leave behind itchy bumps. But in other parts of the world, mosquitoes carry a disease called malaria that kills more than a million people each year. Read more…
The U.S. space agency might try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on May 11, a day earlier than scheduled, administrators announced Thursday in Houston. Read more…
One day recently, Cynthia Newton’s 12-year-old daughter asked her for help with homework, but Newton didn’t want to help her, because she was too busy on Facebook. So her daughter went upstairs to her room and sent an e-mail asking her for help, but Newton didn’t see the e-mail, because, well, she was too busy [...]