10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Japanese robots enter daily life
At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust.
More @ USAToday
2. Talks Roy Gould & Curtis Wong: WorldWide Telescope
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe.
More @ TED
3. Bringing it all together
In the last 10 years, the way all of us work has changed. We've grown accustomed to always being connected through email and instant messaging. Consequently, people are working together in teams more often, with larger groups, and with others who may be in different parts of the country or the world. We are shifting our focus from personal to team productivity. It's less about "you" and more about "us."
More @ Googleblog
At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust.
More @ USAToday
2. Talks Roy Gould & Curtis Wong: WorldWide Telescope
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe.
More @ TED
3. Bringing it all together
In the last 10 years, the way all of us work has changed. We've grown accustomed to always being connected through email and instant messaging. Consequently, people are working together in teams more often, with larger groups, and with others who may be in different parts of the country or the world. We are shifting our focus from personal to team productivity. It's less about "you" and more about "us."
More @ Googleblog
4. DIY CD changer
More @ HackaDay
5. Can Linux Stage a Coup D'Etat?
In some countries' governments, the use of Linux is often viewed as a cultural thing. Linux is closely aligned with the concept that software should be free. "In Europe, governments take open source very seriously. They have a fear of being locked into one vendor," said Paul Smith, vice president of government sales operations for Red Hat. "Linux gives governments leverage against the fear of being controlled."
More @ LinuxInsider
6. Intel Announces Atom Brand for Silverthorne, Menlow
Intel's Silverthorne and Diamondville chips will be called Atom and the company's Menlow platform for ultramobile computers will be renamed Centrino Atom when these products hit the market, according to a company spokesman.
More @ PCWorld
7. Like the movie "Be Kind Rewind," computers go haywire around Oswego County boy
Joe, a 12-year-old boy in the town of Richland in Oswego County, began calling himself "Magneto Man" last year, after his teachers concluded that his presence could crash the school computers.
More @ Syracuse.com
In some countries' governments, the use of Linux is often viewed as a cultural thing. Linux is closely aligned with the concept that software should be free. "In Europe, governments take open source very seriously. They have a fear of being locked into one vendor," said Paul Smith, vice president of government sales operations for Red Hat. "Linux gives governments leverage against the fear of being controlled."
More @ LinuxInsider
6. Intel Announces Atom Brand for Silverthorne, Menlow
Intel's Silverthorne and Diamondville chips will be called Atom and the company's Menlow platform for ultramobile computers will be renamed Centrino Atom when these products hit the market, according to a company spokesman.
More @ PCWorld
7. Like the movie "Be Kind Rewind," computers go haywire around Oswego County boy
Joe, a 12-year-old boy in the town of Richland in Oswego County, began calling himself "Magneto Man" last year, after his teachers concluded that his presence could crash the school computers.
More @ Syracuse.com
8. ASUS busts out 7-inch R70 UMPC at CeBIT
More @ Engadget
9. Don't Limit Yourself
Your Size Doesn't Matter; What Matters Is The Size Of Your Dream.
More @ BoSanchezBlog
10. Some of last week's posts/blogs that find "Tech Source From Bohol" fascinating:
*i drank the kool-aid
*Boycott Novell
*The Days
*Linux Depo
*QueGeek
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