Weekly Ten (05-19-2008)

10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:


1. Asus to embed Linux into all motherboards
Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards, following good feedback from customers.
More @ ZDNet News

2. Oh Yeah? Fork You!
Because open source code is freely distributable, anyone can take that code and create their own unique mutant mashup version of it any time they feel like it. Whether anyone else in the world will care about their crazy new version of the code is not at all clear, but that's not the point.
More @ CodingHorror

3. Google Translate adds 10 new languages...
Language is one of the biggest challenges we have in making information universally accessible. As part of the machine translation team within Google Research, I'm happy to report we've been hard at work to overcome this challenge.
More @ Googleblog

4. Interfacing your laptops onboard i2c
More @ HackaDay


5. A USF professor plans to add a heart to robot rescuers
Where disasters strike, Robin Murphy and her robots rush in.
More @ Tampabay.com

6. Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?
Are Microsoft and Google really locked into a zero-sum game, where every gain in Google's search business translates into an automatic kick-in-the-pants for Microsoft?
More @ ZDNet Blogs

7. A Tale of Four Kernels
The FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems have kernels that provide comparable facilities. Interestingly, their code bases share almost no common parts, while their development processes vary dramatically. We analyze the source code of the four systems by collecting metrics in the areas of file organization, code structure, code style, the use of the C preprocessor, and data organization.
More @ Spinellis.gr

8. Swashbot sashays his way into our hearts
More @ Engadget


9. Wii Expected to Beat Xbox 360 U.S. Sales in May
It appears as though the Wii will surpass the Xbox 360 in North America a bit earlier than expected, as Nintendo announced last week that 9.5 million units have sold in the U.S. alone since launch.
More @ PCWorld

10. Random Favorites (Philippine Tech News and Blogs)

|Now on Ubuntu Hardy Heron - MakaPalm

|The Principle of Leverage And How To Use It In Our Life - Ready To Be Rich

|The 20 Percent Factor - My Digital Corner

|The Disconnected Life - Jucato’s Data Core

|Do You Have a Difficult Person in Your Life? - Bo Sanchez


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1 comments:

Fitz said...

Hi. Thanks for including me in the list. I really appreciate it. Good day and more power!

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