10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Linux May Power New Nokia Phones
The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company officials said.
More @ PCWorld
2. Introduction to Google Search Quality
Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of times a day people will ask Google questions, and within a fraction of a second Google needs to decide which among the billions of pages on the web to show them -- and in what order.
More @ Googleblog
3. HyperCard: What Could Have Been
Bill Atkinson is the programming genius behind HyperCard, MacPaint and much of the original Macintosh operating system, but these days he's wistful about what could have been.
More @ Wired
The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company officials said.
More @ PCWorld
2. Introduction to Google Search Quality
Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of times a day people will ask Google questions, and within a fraction of a second Google needs to decide which among the billions of pages on the web to show them -- and in what order.
More @ Googleblog
3. HyperCard: What Could Have Been
Bill Atkinson is the programming genius behind HyperCard, MacPaint and much of the original Macintosh operating system, but these days he's wistful about what could have been.
More @ Wired
4. Biggest drawing in the world created with GPS
More @ HackaDay
5. The Importance Of A Competitive Search Market
Is Microsoft's vision to compete in search and reinvent itself as an advertising company nothing more than an attempt to get back into its familiar position as Top Gun?
More @ TechCrunch
6. No is Ark verdict
Ark Linux is a distribution developed primarily for new Linux users, although its developers say experienced users should find it powerful enough to use as well. I've tested it before and found the later claim a bit overstated. Would version 2008.1, released this month, be a change for the better?
More @ Linux.com
7. OLPC Dreams of Power-Skimping, Touchscreen Notebook for 75 Bucks
The One Laptop Per Child organization has revealed details about a new notebook it hopes to offer by 2010. Dual touchscreens will replace a physical keyboard, and the design will use half as much power as OLPC's current XO laptop. In addition, OLPC says the cost of the notebook may be brought down to just $75.
More @ LinuxInsider
Is Microsoft's vision to compete in search and reinvent itself as an advertising company nothing more than an attempt to get back into its familiar position as Top Gun?
More @ TechCrunch
6. No is Ark verdict
Ark Linux is a distribution developed primarily for new Linux users, although its developers say experienced users should find it powerful enough to use as well. I've tested it before and found the later claim a bit overstated. Would version 2008.1, released this month, be a change for the better?
More @ Linux.com
7. OLPC Dreams of Power-Skimping, Touchscreen Notebook for 75 Bucks
The One Laptop Per Child organization has revealed details about a new notebook it hopes to offer by 2010. Dual touchscreens will replace a physical keyboard, and the design will use half as much power as OLPC's current XO laptop. In addition, OLPC says the cost of the notebook may be brought down to just $75.
More @ LinuxInsider
8. Glow in the dark Xbox 360 enclosure takes you back to 1992
More @ Engadget
9. NASA's Phoenix probe lands on Mars
The Mars Phoenix Lander has completed its 296-day, 422 million-mile journey to Mars on a mission to find signs of life. Directors had remained anxious over the first-ever landing of a probe near Mars' north pole, saying there was about a 50-50 chance of a successful touchdown.
More @ CNN.com
The Mars Phoenix Lander has completed its 296-day, 422 million-mile journey to Mars on a mission to find signs of life. Directors had remained anxious over the first-ever landing of a probe near Mars' north pole, saying there was about a 50-50 chance of a successful touchdown.
More @ CNN.com
10. Learn To Say No...So You Can Say A Bigger Yes To Life!
Difficult People Will Teach You How To Build Your Boundaries
More @ BoSanchez
1 comments:
I read about that biggest drawing in the world a few days ago. Truly amazing. Such patience, focus and determination.
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